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- Roccato, Michele, et al.
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Adult attachment styles, life experiences, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation
- 2013
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Ingår i: Psicologia Sociale. - : Societa Editrice Il Mulino. - 1827-2517. ; 8:2, s. 249-265
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In a sample composed of 427 Italian undergraduates we analyzed the relations between adult attachment style on the one hand and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) on the other hand, through the mediation of life experiences. A structural equations model with latent variables showed that the avoidant and the ambivalent-merger attachment styles positively influenced RWA and SDO through the mediation of the evaluation of the experiences one has had, while the ambivalent-worry style did so via the mediation of a low inclination to richly experiencing life.
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- Barni, Daniela, et al.
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Basic Personal Values, the Country's Crime Rate and the Fear of Crime
- 2016
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Ingår i: Social Indicators Research. - : Springer. - 0303-8300 .- 1573-0921. ; 129:3, s. 1057-1074
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The main aim of this study was to investigate the relations between basic personal values, drawn on Schwartz's value theory, and the expression of the individual fear of crime by analysing the moderating role of contextual cues (i.e., crime rates). We performed a multinational, multilevel study using the 2008 European Social Survey dataset (N = 53,692, nested in 27 European countries). The fear of crime, which is a generalised insecurity about personal safety, showed a positive association with conservation (i.e., tradition, conformity and security) and a negative association with openness to change (i.e., hedonism, stimulation and self-direction) and self-transcendence values (i.e., benevolence and universalism). With the exception of self-transcendence, all the associations between basic values and the fear of crime were amplified by the country's crime rate: the higher the crime rate, the stronger the relation between values and the fear of crime. The implications and limitations of these results and possible further research directions are discussed.
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- Kim, Yunhwan, 1980-, et al.
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The longitudinal relation between online and offline political participation among youth at two different developmental stages
- 2017
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Ingår i: New Media and Society. - : Sage Publications. - 1461-4448 .- 1461-7315. ; 19:6, s. 899-917
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The role played by the Internet in young people’s political lives has received great research attention. However, two gaps in the literature hinder the drawing of conclusions on how online political participation is related to its offline counterpart. First, although there are multiple hypotheses on the nature of the relationship, they have not been compared in any single study. Second, although the relation may differ according to developmental stage, age differences have not been examined. We address these gaps using longitudinal data from two samples of youth at different developmental stages, and test four hypotheses for each sample. It was found, among late adolescents, that online participation serves as a gateway to offline participation. However, among young adults, offline participation spills over into online participation. These findings indicate the positive potential of online political participation in youth’s political lives, and highlight the need to focus on their developmental stages.
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- Mannarini, Terri, et al.
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The false consensus effect : a trigger of radicalization in locally unwanted land uses conflicts?
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Psychology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0272-4944 .- 1522-9610. ; 42, s. 76-81
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We tackled conflicts over locally unwanted land use (LULU) focusing on the false consensus effect (FCE). Through a secondary analysis of data from a representative sample of residents in the district of Turin, Italy, where a high-speed railway (HSR) is to be sited (. N=1785), we tested whether the FCE mediated the relationship between perceived threat to the location and mobilization against the HSR. Participants tended to overestimate the number of people holding their same opinion. Among opponents of the HSR (. n=305), the tendency to be liable to the FCE was higher for those who perceived the project as a threat to the location. Moreover, the perception of an alleged consensus based on their own opinion mobilized them to defend their position. Our study suggests that standard approaches to LULU conflicts may benefit from the use of socio-cognitive variables.
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- Manzi, Claudia, et al.
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Meaning buffers right-wing authoritarian responses to societal threat via the mediation of loss of perceived control
- 2015
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Ingår i: Personality and Individual Differences. - OXFORD : Pergamon Press. - 0191-8869 .- 1873-3549. ; 83:Sept, s. 117-121
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The literature shows that exposure to societal threat stemming from criminality can elicit an increase in right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) via the mediation of the loss of perceived control. In this study, we investigated whether the perception of meaning can act as a buffering factor for such process, performing an experiment with 316 Italian university students (67.8% women; mean age = 25.81, SD = 9.18). A moderated mediation model showed that the loss of perceived control mediated the relation between societal threat stemming from criminality and RWA, but that the second link was significant only among people low in meaning. Limitations, implications and possible developments of this research are discussed.© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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- Mirisola, Alberto, et al.
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Societal threat to safety, compensatory control, and right-wing authoritarianism
- 2014
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Ingår i: Political Psychology. - : Wiley. - 0162-895X .- 1467-9221. ; 35:6, s. 795-812
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We analyzed directly and indirectly the relationships between societal threat to safety, perceived control, and the increase in right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) in two studies. In Study 1 (national sample of the Italian population, N=1,169), we performed a longitudinal analysis structured into three waves (January 2003, September 2004, and January 2005). A moderated regression analysis showed that RWA increased from 2003 to 2005 as a function of perceived societal threat to safety more among low- than among high RWA scorers. In experimental Study 2 (Italian university students, N=131) a moderated mediation model showed loss of perceived control to mediate the relation between societal threat to safety and the increase in RWA, but among low authoritarians only. Limitations, implications, and possible developments of this research are discussed.
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- Montanari, Paola, et al.
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Psychometric properties of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professional Student's version : An Italian validation study with nursing students
- 2015
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Ingår i: Nursing and Health Sciences. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 1441-0745 .- 1442-2018. ; 17:4, s. 483-491
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This methodological study was conducted to test the psychometric properties of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professional Student's version (JSE-HPS), in a convenience sample of 797 Italian nursing students and to describe their empathic engagement. Data were subjected to exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, test-retest, correlation analysis, t-test, and analysis of variance method. Principal component factor extraction with Oblimin rotation on the first half of the sample was conducted. The analysis suggested a three-factor solution for 14 items: compassionate care/emotional engagement, perspective-taking, and standing in the patient's shoes. Confirmatory factor analysis on the second half of the sample showed good fit indexes for the 14-item solution, indicated by the exploratory factor analysis, and the 20 item solution of the scale, with the exception of one item. Test-retest correlation was 0.50 (P<0.001) for the overall scale. Results from group comparisons and correlations are also provided and discussed. The Italian version of the JSE-HPS is a psychometrically sound tool. The translated 20-item solution is also suitable to carry out cross-cultural comparisons.
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- Mosso, Cristina, et al.
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The role of legitimizing ideologies as predictors of ambivalent sexism in young people : evidence from Italy and the USA
- 2013
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Ingår i: Social Justice Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0885-7466 .- 1573-6725. ; 26:1, s. 1-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The studies presented here focus on the relationship between legitimizing ideologies and ambivalent sexism. 544 Italian students (Study 1) and 297 US students (Study 2) completed several scales: social dominance orientation (SDO), system justification (SJ), political orientation, religiosity, and the Glick and Fiske (J Pers Soc Psychol 70(3):491-512, 1996) Ambivalent Sexism Inventory. Zero-order correlations revealed all facets of ideological attitudes to be positively related to each other and correlated with ambivalent sexism. In particular, the SDO was related to both ideology components of SJ and political orientation and to ambivalent sexism (hostile and benevolent). Moderated regressions revealed that SDO has a positive impact on hostile sexism for men only, while SJ has a positive impact on hostile sexism for women only. While the first result was stable across the two studies, the last moderated effect has been detected only in Study 1. We discuss the results with respect to different facets of social ideologies and cultural differences between the two countries.
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- Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina, et al.
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From political opponents to enemies? : the role of perceived morality distance in the animalistic dehumanization of the political outgroup
- 2016
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Ingår i: Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. - : Sage Publications. - 1368-4302 .- 1461-7188. ; 19:3, s. 360-373
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we analyzed the relationships among political identity, the perception of moral distance between the political ingroup and the political outgroup, and outgroup animalistic dehumanization. One correlational and one experimental study revealed a positive correlation of ingroup identification (Study 1, N = 99) and salience of ingroup membership (Study 2, N = 96) with the degree to which participants dehumanized the outgroup. This relationship was mediated by the perceived moral distance between the ingroup and the outgroup. The limitations, implications, and possible developments derived from the present findings are discussed.
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