17 research outputs found

    Immigrati di seconda generazione in Toscana: valutazione sperimentale di un modello teorico

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    The following article is part of the discussion about immigration, and it takes into specific consideration the integration phenomenon of the so-called “second generations” of young immigrants. Supported by a research performed throughout the High School Institutes in the Region of Tuscany, this study is aimed at evaluating the trustworthiness and factorial reliability of the assessment model, which has been used to produce the questionnaire administered to the students. In order to assess the reliability and factorial structure of our measurement scales, as well as to better define the role of several theoretical factors (Integration, Relationship with School, Socialization in Groups and Values / Prejudices) assumed for the assessment of the degree of integration between foreign and Italian students, the data analysis was carried out through the use of Structural Equation Modeling. This kind of an approach allows us not only to reduce a certain theoretical complexity, but also to identify and formalize causative relationships between the variables, through the analysis of indexes related to the adaptive effectiveness of data in the model. The outcomes obtained from this study support not only the factorial reliability of the tool – as well as the effectiveness of measurement scales for several factors (INT, RS, VP, SG) – but they also confirm the leading role played by school in producing positive processes for the integration of new generations of immigrants.Lo studio qui presentato spende il proprio interesse alla riflessione sulle tematiche dell’immigrazione ed in particolare dell’integrazione delle c.d. “seconde generazioni”. Partendo da una ricerca svolta negli istituti di istruzione secondaria superiore della Regione Toscana, la ricerca si propone di valutare l’attendibilità e l’affidabilità fattoriale del modello di analisi utilizzato per la costruzione questionario somministrato agli studenti. Al fine di verificare la fedeltà e la struttura fattoriale delle scale di misura utilizzate ed il ruolo dei diversi fattori teorici ipotizzati (Integrazione, Rapporto con la scuola, Socializzazione nei gruppi e Valori/Pregiudizi) nella valutazione del grado di integrazione tra studenti stranieri e studenti italiani, l’analisi dei dati è stata condotta attraverso l’uso dei modelli di equazioni strutturali.Tale approccio consente la riduzione della complessità teorica, l'identificazione e la formalizzazione dei nessi causali tra le variabili attraverso l’analisi degli indici relativi alla bontà di adattamento dei dati al modello.I risultati ottenuti, oltre all’affidabilità fattoriale dello strumento e alla bontà delle scale riferite ai diversi fattori (INT, RS, VP, SG), hanno confermato il ruolo primario dell’istituzione scolastica nella costruzione di processi favorevoli all’integrazione delle nuove generazioni di immigrat

    Victimization and sentimental relationships during COVID-19 pandemic : Vittimizzazione e relazioni sentimentali durante la pandemia da COVID-19

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    Covid-19 pandemic has been hard for all of us. Isolation and social distancing, particularly, have damage the quality of interpersonal relationships. Starting from these considerations the authors questioned what is the impact of the sanitary emergency on the sentimental relationships. Considering that this aspect was already present in the scientific literatures, the authors have narrowed it down to victimization which had not yet appeared in these terms.So, the aim of this study is to evaluate, inside the adult population, if the couples sentimental relationships are different between victimized and not. At last was evaluated if the anxiety, depression and stress moderate the relationship with the victimization.La pandemia da Covid-19 ha messo ognuno di noi a dura prova. L’isolamento e il distanziamento sociale, in particolar modo, hanno minato la qualità delle relazioni interpersonali. Partendo da queste considerazioni gli autori si sono interrogati rispetto a quale potesse essere stato l’impatto dell’emergenza sanitaria sulla qualità delle relazioni sentimentali. Dato che questo aspetto era già presente a vari livelli della letteratura scientifica gli autori hanno ristretto il loro campo di considerazione al fenomeno della vittimizzazione che ancora non era comparsa in questi termini. Quindi l’obiettivo principale dello studio risulta essere quello di valutare, all’interno della popolazione adulta, se le relazioni sentimentali di coppia sono diverse fra soggetti vittimizzati e non vittimizzati. Infine è stato valutato se i sintomi di ansia, depressione e stress fungono da moderatori fra relazione e vittimizzazione

    Neuroticism and Conscientiousness Moderate the Effect of Oral Medication Beliefs on Adherence of People with Mental Illness during the Pandemic

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    Background. After the declaration of the pandemic status in several countries, the continuity of face-to-face visits in psychiatric facilities has been delayed or even interrupted to reduce viral spread. Little is known about the personality factors associated with medication beliefs and adherence amongst individuals with mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic. This brief report describes a preliminary naturalistic longitudinal study that explored whether the Big Five personality traits prospectively moderate the effects of medication beliefs on changes in adherence during the pandemic for a group of outpatients with psychosis or bipolar disorder. Methods. Thirteen outpatients undergoing routine face-to-face follow-up assessments during the pandemic were included (41 observations overall) and completed the Revised Italian Version of the Ten-Item Personality Inventory, the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire, the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8-item and the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Results. Participants had stronger concerns about their psychiatric medications rather than beliefs about their necessity, and adherence to medications was generally low. Participants who had more necessity beliefs than concerns had better adherence to medications. People scoring higher in Conscientiousness and Neuroticism traits and more concerned about the medication side effects had poorer adherence. Conclusions. These preliminary data suggest the importance of a careful assessment of the adherence to medications amongst people with psychosis/bipolar disorder during the pandemic. Interventions aimed to improve adherence might focus on patients' medication beliefs and their Conscientiousness and Neuroticism personality traits

    The PANGEA project: a qualitative analysis for Intimate Partner Violence through anti violence workers during COVID-19 pandemic : Il progetto PANGEA: un’analisi qualitativa dell’Intimate Partner Violence attraverso i lavoratori della rete antiviolenza durante la pandemia da COVID-19

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    Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is the most difficult gender-based violence’s form to identify and to stop. The pandemic conditions may have caused an increase of this form but it is difficult to measure. The anti-violence workers could be a valuable and reliable source to obtain informations about women and working conditions during the pandemic. Tuscany region is suitable to conduct this study because has an high rate of IPV and had a long period of lockdown. Thanks to the regional interest it was possible to make a project able to study many aspects of this phenomenon. In the first phase, described in this article, it was possible to understand the major sentiments, emotions, feelings and moods of the anti-violence workers respect of the issues in question.La violenza di genere è un fenomeno molto frequente e l’Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) è la forma più difficile da identificare e contrastare. Le condizioni pandemiche potrebbero aver causato un incremento di questa forma, ma misurarla risulta estremamente complesso. Gli operatori anti violenza sono delle valide ed affidabili risorse per ottenere informazioni riguardo alle condizioni delle donne, ma anche riguardo alle condizioni lavorative durantela pandemia. Considerando che la regione toscana ha un alto tasso di IPV e che in questa regione il lockdown è durato a lungo, è una delle migliori regioni in Italia dove condurre uno studio di questo tipo. Grazie all’interesse mostrato dalla regione è stato possibile iniziare un progetto in grado di valutare molti aspetti di questo fenomeno. Nella prima fase, che sarà descritta in questo articolo, è possibile comprendere i principali sentimenti, emozioni,stati d’animo e atteggiamenti degli operatori anti violenza rispetto alle tematiche in questione

    Mobile opportunity against stress: Open study protocol on the effectiveness of a mobile platform for stress self-management in the post-pandemic era

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    Mobile health platforms have shown promise in the management of various mental health conditions (including stress, anxiety, and depression) and cognitive behavioral strategies emerged as a popular and effective option offered by the platforms. This paper presents the protocol of a study aimed to test the effectiveness of a mobile platform that uses cognitive-behavioral strategies for stress self-management in the Tuscany region (Italy). The mobile app is adapted to the specific needs of each vulnerable population for which it is designed: young and older people, healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs. The app will be evaluated on the following outcomes: (i) perceived susceptibility and severity of the pandemic situation, perceived benefits, and costs of preventive health behaviors, (ii) knowledge about Covid-19 preventive behaviors and negative consequences of social distancing, (iii) stress and psychopathological symptoms (i.e., anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms) and cognitive distortions. If successful, we expect that the platform could give various groups clinical benefits by providing symptom self-monitoring and early intervention, consolidating the number of mental health programs available, and decreasing barriers to treatment-seeking. This population-level approach has the potential to improve mental health outcomes in pandemic periods for many people

    The phenomenon of people trafficking in Italy:our experience in Tuscany,with reference to prevention and support plans for the victims

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    The phenomenon of people trafficking, and especially of trafficking aimed at sexually exploiting the victims, is acknowledged as a criminal phenomenon now strictly connected to various areas and fields such as migration, prostitution, moonlighting and black economy, as well as to the condition of women and of underage people. This phenomenon is undergoing a persistent transformation due to the effects of the international financial imbalance between countries and globalization processes, criminal networks, exploitation forms and contexts, depending on the affected countries, both in terms of places of origin and of destination of the victims. This has become a crucial concern together with issues such as migrant prostitution, begging, pseudo-slavery, illegal economies endangering human rights, both in terms of seriousness of the exploiting levels detected in the investigative and judicial phases, as well as of their exten

    L’inquietudine delle differenze. Immigrazione e scuola in Toscana: teoria e sperimentazione

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    The article starts with a theoretical and methodological introduction talking about the need for new directions to be taken in Criminology Research, in the light of the major social, cultural and anthropological changes occurring in the Postmodern Era (with particular reference to the phenomena of multiculturalism and of the redefinition of the concept of identity). The second part of the article reports the results of a survey carried out in secondary schools in Tuscany, aimed at analysing the forms of proximity/distance patterns between the native student population and the population of students born in Italy but belonging to immigrant communities. This study has the purpose of checking the actual degree of ethno-cultural integration of the new generations, as well as identifying any possible optimizations of this process in schools and society.La prima parte dell’intervento è introduttiva e di carattere teorico-metodologico; si riferisce alla necessità di tentare nuove direzioni nella ricerca criminologica alla luce degli importanti cambiamenti sociali, culturali, antropologici che si manifestano nell’epoca postmoderna (con particolare riferimento ai fenomeni del multiculturalismo e della ridefinizione del concetto d’identità). La seconda parte dell’articolo propone i risultati di un’indagine condotta nelle scuole superiori della Toscana, finalizzata a esaminare le forme di prossimità/distanza tra la popolazione studentesca autoctona e quella nata in Italia ma appartenente a comunità di immigrati. Ciò al fine di verificare l’effettivo grado d’integrazione etnico-culturale nelle nuove generazioni e di individuare i margini eventualmente esistenti per l’ottimizzazione di questo processo nella realtà scolastica e nella società

    immigrati, vittima plurale. Statistiche e pregiudizio

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    l lavoro si propone di accostarsi allo straniero oltre l’immagine stereotipata che sovente soprattutto i mass media ne offronoall’opinione pubblica: «estraneo» alla comunità e minaccia da cui difendersi.Attraverso la lettura del dato statistico ufficiale emerge un profilo sostanzialmente diverso: quello di uno straniero prevalentementenon autore bensì vittima di alcuni tra i reati più socialmente allarmanti.L’analisi consente di mettere a fuoco un momento significativo nella lunga sequenza di vittimizzazione che conduce il migrantedalle terre di provenienza a quelle di destinazione. Scopo prioritario del lavoro è proprio di mettere in rilievo ilplurale ruolo di vittima assunto oggi dall’immigrato, attraverso una riflessione che si inserisce nell’episteme definita dal pensierodella complessità applicato alla ricerca propria scienze sociali
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