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…

Teachers' Representations on Adoptive Families and Educational Practices: New Challenges in Teachers' Preparation

ABSTRACTIn Italy, as in Europe, the number of internationally adopted school-aged children is increasing. The school is the first place where they can meet their new context, enabling good achievement of the whole integration and adoption processes. The research uses a qualitative method to explore the representations and the strategies that guide the educational work of 268 teachers of eight primary schools in relation to the adoptive family. ATLAS.ti 7.0 software was used. The results show an ambivalent representation of the adoptive family, which is reflected in the contents and strategy used by teachers to address issues of adoption.

Il benessere delle famiglie multilingue tra pratiche linguistiche, dinamiche generazionali e comunità. Ipotesi di un’emergenza teorica

Management and Human Factors: Exploratory Research With Focus Groups

The article analyzes the training needs of managers belonging to public and private companies in the Region of Sicily, Italy, using focus groups. Fifty-two managers took part in the research—32 executives and 20 employees with intermediate positions in collaboration with senior management. This is a qualitative research with explorative purposes whose approach is part of the symbolic interactionism paradigm. Data analysis, supported by the Atlas.ti software, has permitted the coding of the meanings underlying the text of the narratives and identifying four “code families” as key themes of the observed reality. A managerial profile emerges that, moving between critical issues and resources, …

New trends in teacher’s education. Educational placement of the adopted child

Abstract In Italy, the number of adopted school-age children is increasing. According to the Commission of Intercountry Adoption (2013), 3106 children were adopted, 47.5% of them are between 5 and 9 years old. The present action-research aims at exploring the spread of good approaches in schools in terms of welcoming of adopted children. For this purpose, 268 teachers of primary schools were involved in analyzing the social representation about adopted children and their family. The results show a simplified vision of the adoptive family, which is described as heroic family or, on the contrary, as a family with difficulty.

Coparenting in coppie omo ed eterogenitoriali: una ricerca esplorativa sull'autoefficacia e gli stili educativi

Le molteplici configurazioni familiari, alternative al modello tradizionale, testimoniano le complesse trasformazioni che, da alcuni decenni, interessano la famiglia. Una pluralità di conformazioni tra loro differenti che sfuggono spesso alla comprensione dei più conservatori (Garro e Salerno, 2014). La famiglia omoparentale, “tra tutte” oggetto di attenzione della ricerca psicologica negli ultimi 30 anni, così come il progetto genitoriale in essa presente, rappresentano tematiche fortemente dibattute (P rati e Pietrantoni, 2008); e ciò perché, nello specifico, essa implica il riconoscimento non solo della coppia di fatto (e omosessu ale), a livello giuridico e sociale, ma anche de l di rit…