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Aging Societies and Intergenerational Solidarity
2010
Due to an increased life expectancy—more people over 65 years old and never before seen numbers of older adults above 85—all countries around the world are nowadays facing rapid demographic changes...
Family Reciprocity and Caring Relationships in Ageing Societies
2010
Custodial Grandparents: The State of the Art and the Many Faces of this Contribution
2009
The number of grandparent-headed households has been growing steadily since the early seventies, and an even larger increase has been experienced by the number of children reared by their grandpare...
Editorial and Introduction
2010
The steady decline in total fertility rates for all European Union (EU) countries since the 1970s combined with a steady increase in longevity has resulted in the maturing of European populations (...
Grandparents and Their Adolescent Grandchildren: Generational Stake or Generational Complaint? A Study with Dyads in Spain
2010
The majority of research on grandparenting has been carried out either from the perspective of the grandparent or from the perspective of the grandchild. The present study compares the perceptions of grandparents and their adolescent grandchildren on four relationship variables: frequency of contact, shared leisure activities, closeness, and grandparenting styles. A sample of 80 couples answered a series of parallel questionnaires. The results suggest that grandparents perceive a greater level of change in the relationships as grandchildren age. The discrepancies between members of the dyad seem not to follow the intergenerational stake hypothesis, which predicts that older generations will…
The impact of theatrical experiences on young adults in Spain
2018
This study examines how young adults experience theatre and how this activity impacts their personal development. A total of 305 subjects, between 14 and 29 years old, completed the 'Theatre and me' (T&Y) battery of questions. Correlation and variance analysis were conducted considering age and gender. Older subjects reported that participating in drama activities has a greater impact on their lives, helps them to have a greater proclivity to take risks and to be more open-minded. With respect to gender, girls score higher than boys in 'Tolerance to RiskTaking and Commitment', 'Identity and Consciousness', Expression of Feeling' and 'Escape'
International Education Studies: Increasing Their Linguistic Comparability by Developing Judgmental Reviews
2012
In international education studies, the different-language test versions need to be equally difficult to read and answer for the test to be valid. To ensure comparability, several quality control procedures have been developed. Among these, surprisingly little attention has been paid to judgmental reviews and their ability to identify language-related sources of bias. Also, the reviews have often failed in identifying biases. This paper explored whether it is possible to improve the ability of judgmental reviews to identify language-related sources of bias. A new review was made of two Finnish items which in the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2000 reading test showed …
Paratesto e narratività in antropologia: il prologue a Non-lieux di Augé.
2010
Attraverso una disamina dell’introduzione a Nonluoghi di Marc Auge, scritta dall’autore per il suo lavoro sull’antropologia della contemporaneita, questo studio esplora le modalita secondo cui si creano, nei suoi testi, ‘effetti di letterarieta’ pregnanti sia per le strategie narrative utilizzate, sia per i risvolti teorici in antropologia. La tesi che viene sostenuta e che, gia nelle prefazioni dei testi di Auge, l’invenzione di ‘storie dei tempi moderni’ diventa un mezzo per riflettere criticamente su alcuni fenomeni tipici della nostra epoca, quali le nuove formazioni spaziali, il senso della memoria e della storia, le conseguenze delle nuove tecnologie e le relative forme di ritualita. …
Adulterare l’India: una prospettiva antropologica sui racconti di viaggio di Moravia e Pasolini
2013
Nell’ambito della produzione/ricezione testuale il concetto di “adulteramento” puo assumere valenze diverse. Tuttavia, va rilevato che il suo utilizzo puo far emergere delle criticita: se impiegato per descrivere un qualche “cambiamento” nel processo di testualizzazione, ossia di produzione di un testo, esso pare individuare la presa di distanza rispetto a un’idea o a una forma “originaria”, ovvero pone il problema del rapporto fra testo e contesto e fra autenticita e copia. Se lo si osserva da una prospettiva antropologica e semiotica, il concetto di adulteramento implica percio almeno un’“alterita” cui rivolgersi e un’“autenticita” rispetto a cui prendere le distanze, ponendo dei problemi…
Innovation et croissance économique: rôle et enjeux du financement des PME
2012
À travers une double lecture, économique et financière, ce travail tente d’expliquer en quoi le lien établi, au plan théorique et empirique, entre innovation et croissance économique est sous-optimal en raison d’une inadéquation structurelle entre la demande des PME innovantes et l’offre du marché des capitaux.