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Massimiliano Schirinzi
Reversing the Trend: a Psychosocial Intervention on Young Immigrants in Sicily
Intervention projects based on providing support for immigrants can offer a number of benefits with regard to the social inclusion of young immigrants. Therefore, the actions suggested in this proposal may not only create a network between institutions and the private sector capable of supporting the intervention of a host country, but may also help to reduce the risk of crime as well as advocating a sense of otherness and integration. The approach to the project, a psychosocial intervention carried out on four young Africans who reached Sicily after crossing the Sicilian Channel on a dilapidated boat, has chiefly been to provide the four individuals with the chance to revisit their origina…
Identity, Couple and Intergroup Dynamics in Intercultural Families: Implications on Life Satisfaction of Partners
The current study analyzed how identity, couple, and intergroup dynamics are related to life satisfaction among 210 intercultural partners living in Italy. Three levels of analysis were considered: a micro level, taking into account the identity aspect of each partner in terms of self- or hetero-ethnic identification; a meso level, examining the passion, commitment, and intimacy of the couple sphere of the partners; a macro level investigating the discrimination that partners can perceive by the community as an effect of the relationship between dominant and minority groups. The results show that for both partners, foreign and Italian, the variables that have a predictive value on life sati…
Migranti e operatori uniti in una flipped classroom. Un percorso di comunicazione interetnica per il benessere individuale e comunitario
L’esigenza di arricchire la formazione professionale di chi lavora con, e per, i flussi migratori rappresenta una delle sfide da affrontare per il soddi sfacimento delle esigenze di una comunità multiculturale. Tra le differenti metodologie di interventi formativi è opportuno individuare quelli che pos sono essere più efficacy, ed efficienti, per la trasmissione dei contenuti atti a garantire il benessere individuale (operatori e migranti) e di comunità. La Flipped Classroom, realizzata a Palermo nel 2021, rappresenta un’esperienza adeguata al raggiungimento degli obiettivi formativi e delle finalità del corso, come la sensibilizzazione e la consapevolezza degli ope ratori (pedagogisti e ps…
Immigrant prisoners in Italy. Cultural mediation to reduce social isolation and increase migrant prisoner well-being?
Purpose This study aims to highlight how easy it is for immigrants to break Italian law because of the country’s inadequate cultural and linguistic mediation service. Insufficiencies in this service also have a negative impact on both the psychological and physical health of migrant prisoners. Furthermore, Italian is used in legal disputes and prison, and reference is made to Italian culture, preventing migrants from understanding their position regarding the law. Design/methodology/approach This report concerns the psychological discomfort of migrant incarcerated individuals within Italian prisons due to national laws in force. Consideration is also given to the negative impact on the phy…