Anna M Meneghini
Biographic Data
| ID | 147527 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna M Meneghini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna M |
| FAMILY NAME | Meneghini |
| SIGNATURE | MENEGHINI A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Verona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0685-4360 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Emotion Regulation Flexibility Questionnaire
The ability to effectively use different emotion regulation (ER) strategies across situations—i.e., ER flexibility (ERF)—plays a key role in emotional intelligence and social functioning. However, it has rarely been studied in young people, partly due to the lack of age-appropriate measurement instruments. This study investigated children’s perceptions of ERF by adapting an adult scale and proposing the 10-item Emotion Regulation Flexibility Ques…
Volunteering in Transition
Episodic and digital forms of engagement have been marking volunteering as in transition. Individuals tend to engage in volunteering activities in multiple ways other than traditional volunteering, that is, an enduring activity, long‐term and organization‐centred volunteering. While episodic volunteering refers to occasional forms of engagement, digital volunteering represents the new avenue of engagement via information technologies and the inte…
What makes patients engaged
Patient engagement is increasingly recognized as a crucial aspect for healthcare quality, safety, and outcomes. While literature highlights its multidimensional nature, encompassing individual behaviors, relational dynamics, organizational practices, and social influences, there remains limited integration of these perspectives. This complexity makes it difficult to understand how to define and promote patient engagement, as its antecedents and m…
Using the K‐Means Node Clustering Method and ROC Curve Analysis to Define Cut‐Off Scores for the Caregiving System Scale
This study was conducted to establish cut‐off scores for the subscales of the Caregiving System Scale (CSS). Two samples of Italian adults ( N 's = 682 and 227) completed the CSS. In the first sample, K‐means node clustering and ROC curve analyses were conducted. Four caregiving profiles were identified and cut‐off scores were calculated for classifying participants into these profiles. In the second sample, participants completed the CSS and the…
Investigating the Psychometric Properties of the Emotion Regulation Flexibility Questionnaire in the Italian Context
Background: Following the idea that individuals engage with different strategies to regulate their emotional experiences, scholars in the field of psychology have shown increasing interest in the notion of emotion regulation flexibility. Despite growing attention to this construct, validated instruments for assessing individuals’ capacity to choose among different emotion regulation strategies effectively are limited, particularly in non-English-…
A Scoping Review of the Psychological Perspectives on Online Volunteering
Online volunteering is distinguishable from in‐presence volunteering due to its procedural nature as being partially or totally online. Over the past decades, scholars within psychology have been interested in understanding the online volunteering process. However, while bringing attention to the phenomenon, psychology still has to manifest concentrated engagement with online volunteerism. This review seeks to situate the study of online voluntee…
The Representations of Caregiving in Informal Caregivers
Informal caregiving is usually deemed stressful and an activity leading to worsening life conditions. Nevertheless, recent studies have suggested the possibility for an informal caregiver to simultaneously experience both positive and negative feelings, identifying in the positive assets the merit of raising resilience and a sense of self-effectiveness. To support informal caregivers and promote their personal well-being, which is crucial also fo…
Yes, I will do it! Factors promoting the intention to volunteer after Covid ‐19 pandemic in Italy
This cross‐sectional study assessed the extent to which the intention to volunteer after the COVID‐19 pandemic is associated with resilience, post‐traumatic growth, and community service self‐efficacy in a representative Italian sample ( N = 295; M age = 44.77; SD = 14.79; range = 18–83 years; 53.22% men). The model tested through a path analysis revealed a positive association between community service self‐efficacy and intention to continue vol…
Human, Animal and Automata Attributions
The ontologization process involves the use of social representation relating to the human–animal binary to classify ingroup and outgroup members. To date, no study has investigated the multidimensional nature (i.e. human, animal and automata) of the ontologizing process via structural equation modelling (SEM). Four hundred and twenty-one Italian participants were asked to attribute 24 positive/negative, human/animal/automata associates to each o…
“Doing well by doing good”
Research has supported the hypothesis that volunteering enhances volunteers’ well-being. However, more clarity is needed regarding the link between volunteering and the various facets of well-being (i.e., hedonic vs eudaimonic) and the mechanisms that favor the increase of the various facets of well-being in volunteers. One hundred and seventy-five volunteers serving in various organizations were involved in the study. First, the results showed t…
The central role of social exclusion when representing ethnic minorities and its association with intergroup attitudes
A mixed-methods approach was used to analyze the social representations of four ethnic minorities in southern Spain. Following a between-subjects design, Spanish participants (n = 532) were assigned to evaluate either Romanian Roma, Spanish Roma, Moroccan, or Romanian non-Roma people, with a free-association task and scales of stereotypes, emotions, and behavioral tendencies. Results showed that Romanian Roma was the most devalued target, eliciti…
The distinctive role of morality in fostering behavioural tendencies of facilitation towards Romanian Roma and immigrants
Emotional Engagement and Caring Relationships
In spite of the importance of emotion regulation for nurses' well-being, little is known about which strategies nurses habitually use, how these strategies combine in order to regulate their emotional distress, and how these are related to their caregiving orientations. The current study aimed to explore the emotion regulation repertoires that characterize health-care providers and to investigate the association between these repertoires and care…
Attitudinal ambivalence towards the Romanian Roma
Recent migrations of East European Roma have exacerbated the currently widespread phenomenon of antiziganism in Europe, but there are cultural, social, political, and historical factors in the various European countries that may affect reactions to Roma in diverse ways. This study aims to compare the attitudes of two groups of 198 young Italian and French people towards Romanian Roma. Stereotypical representations, affective reactions, and levels…
The contribution of caregiving orientations to volunteering‐related motives, costs, and benefits
In four studies, a behavioral system approach was adopted to understand prosocial behavior, and the contribution of caregiving orientations (hyperactivation, deactivation) to various aspects of volunteerism was examined. In Studies 1 and 2, conducted in Italy, engagement in volunteer activities and motives for volunteering were assessed. In Studies 3 and 4, conducted in Israel, compassion fatigue and changes in life satisfaction and meaning follo…
How to Foster Commitment Among Volunteers
This study explored the perspectives of Italian volunteers: the meanings they attribute to their role as volunteer and to the various facets of the experience of volunteering. The aim was to identify and foster those outlooks that help maintain commitment in nonprofit organizations (NPOs). Two intertwined studies were carried out. In the first, twenty-seven semistructured interviews were conducted with highly committed volunteers belonging to fou…
Volunteer Motivation and Organizational Climate
Keeping volunteers committed and engaged is one of the toughest challenges for NPOs. The aim of the present study is to investigate the individual and organizational factors that promote volunteer satisfaction and, vice versa, foster intentions to quit. Two hundred forty-seven volunteers operating in four different NPOs were asked to fill in a self-report questionnaire that aimed to explore their motivations to volunteer, their degree of satisfac…
Volunteer Motivation and Organizational Climate
Keeping volunteers committed and engaged is one of the toughest challenges for NPOs. The aim of the present study is to investigate the individual and organizational factors that promote volunteer satisfaction and, vice versa, foster intentions to quit. Two hundred forty-seven volunteers operating in four different NPOs were asked to fill in a self-report questionnaire that aimed to explore their motivations to volunteer, their degree of satisfac…
Attitudinal ambivalence towards the Romanian Roma
Recent migrations of East European Roma have exacerbated the currently widespread phenomenon of antiziganism in Europe, but there are cultural, social, political, and historical factors in the various European countries that may affect reactions to Roma in diverse ways. This study aims to compare the attitudes of two groups of 198 young Italian and French people towards Romanian Roma. Stereotypical representations, affective reactions, and levels…
How to Foster Commitment Among Volunteers
This study explored the perspectives of Italian volunteers: the meanings they attribute to their role as volunteer and to the various facets of the experience of volunteering. The aim was to identify and foster those outlooks that help maintain commitment in nonprofit organizations (NPOs). Two intertwined studies were carried out. In the first, twenty-seven semistructured interviews were conducted with highly committed volunteers belonging to fou…
Volunteer Motivation and Organizational Climate
Keeping volunteers committed and engaged is one of the toughest challenges for NPOs. The aim of the present study is to investigate the individual and organizational factors that promote volunteer satisfaction and, vice versa, foster intentions to quit. Two hundred forty-seven volunteers operating in four different NPOs were asked to fill in a self-report questionnaire that aimed to explore their motivations to volunteer, their degree of satisfac…
How to Foster Commitment Among Volunteers
This study explored the perspectives of Italian volunteers: the meanings they attribute to their role as volunteer and to the various facets of the experience of volunteering. The aim was to identify and foster those outlooks that help maintain commitment in nonprofit organizations (NPOs). Two intertwined studies were carried out. In the first, twenty-seven semistructured interviews were conducted with highly committed volunteers belonging to fou…
The contribution of caregiving orientations to volunteering‐related motives, costs, and benefits
In four studies, a behavioral system approach was adopted to understand prosocial behavior, and the contribution of caregiving orientations (hyperactivation, deactivation) to various aspects of volunteerism was examined. In Studies 1 and 2, conducted in Italy, engagement in volunteer activities and motives for volunteering were assessed. In Studies 3 and 4, conducted in Israel, compassion fatigue and changes in life satisfaction and meaning follo…
Attitudinal ambivalence towards the Romanian Roma
Recent migrations of East European Roma have exacerbated the currently widespread phenomenon of antiziganism in Europe, but there are cultural, social, political, and historical factors in the various European countries that may affect reactions to Roma in diverse ways. This study aims to compare the attitudes of two groups of 198 young Italian and French people towards Romanian Roma. Stereotypical representations, affective reactions, and levels…
Emotional Engagement and Caring Relationships
In spite of the importance of emotion regulation for nurses' well-being, little is known about which strategies nurses habitually use, how these strategies combine in order to regulate their emotional distress, and how these are related to their caregiving orientations. The current study aimed to explore the emotion regulation repertoires that characterize health-care providers and to investigate the association between these repertoires and care…
The distinctive role of morality in fostering behavioural tendencies of facilitation towards Romanian Roma and immigrants
The Representations of Caregiving in Informal Caregivers
Informal caregiving is usually deemed stressful and an activity leading to worsening life conditions. Nevertheless, recent studies have suggested the possibility for an informal caregiver to simultaneously experience both positive and negative feelings, identifying in the positive assets the merit of raising resilience and a sense of self-effectiveness. To support informal caregivers and promote their personal well-being, which is crucial also fo…
Yes, I will do it! Factors promoting the intention to volunteer after Covid ‐19 pandemic in Italy
This cross‐sectional study assessed the extent to which the intention to volunteer after the COVID‐19 pandemic is associated with resilience, post‐traumatic growth, and community service self‐efficacy in a representative Italian sample ( N = 295; M age = 44.77; SD = 14.79; range = 18–83 years; 53.22% men). The model tested through a path analysis revealed a positive association between community service self‐efficacy and intention to continue vol…
Human, Animal and Automata Attributions
The ontologization process involves the use of social representation relating to the human–animal binary to classify ingroup and outgroup members. To date, no study has investigated the multidimensional nature (i.e. human, animal and automata) of the ontologizing process via structural equation modelling (SEM). Four hundred and twenty-one Italian participants were asked to attribute 24 positive/negative, human/animal/automata associates to each o…
“Doing well by doing good”
Research has supported the hypothesis that volunteering enhances volunteers’ well-being. However, more clarity is needed regarding the link between volunteering and the various facets of well-being (i.e., hedonic vs eudaimonic) and the mechanisms that favor the increase of the various facets of well-being in volunteers. One hundred and seventy-five volunteers serving in various organizations were involved in the study. First, the results showed t…
The central role of social exclusion when representing ethnic minorities and its association with intergroup attitudes
A mixed-methods approach was used to analyze the social representations of four ethnic minorities in southern Spain. Following a between-subjects design, Spanish participants (n = 532) were assigned to evaluate either Romanian Roma, Spanish Roma, Moroccan, or Romanian non-Roma people, with a free-association task and scales of stereotypes, emotions, and behavioral tendencies. Results showed that Romanian Roma was the most devalued target, eliciti…
Using the K‐Means Node Clustering Method and ROC Curve Analysis to Define Cut‐Off Scores for the Caregiving System Scale
This study was conducted to establish cut‐off scores for the subscales of the Caregiving System Scale (CSS). Two samples of Italian adults ( N 's = 682 and 227) completed the CSS. In the first sample, K‐means node clustering and ROC curve analyses were conducted. Four caregiving profiles were identified and cut‐off scores were calculated for classifying participants into these profiles. In the second sample, participants completed the CSS and the…
Investigating the Psychometric Properties of the Emotion Regulation Flexibility Questionnaire in the Italian Context
Background: Following the idea that individuals engage with different strategies to regulate their emotional experiences, scholars in the field of psychology have shown increasing interest in the notion of emotion regulation flexibility. Despite growing attention to this construct, validated instruments for assessing individuals’ capacity to choose among different emotion regulation strategies effectively are limited, particularly in non-English-…
A Scoping Review of the Psychological Perspectives on Online Volunteering
Online volunteering is distinguishable from in‐presence volunteering due to its procedural nature as being partially or totally online. Over the past decades, scholars within psychology have been interested in understanding the online volunteering process. However, while bringing attention to the phenomenon, psychology still has to manifest concentrated engagement with online volunteerism. This review seeks to situate the study of online voluntee…
The Emotion Regulation Flexibility Questionnaire
The ability to effectively use different emotion regulation (ER) strategies across situations—i.e., ER flexibility (ERF)—plays a key role in emotional intelligence and social functioning. However, it has rarely been studied in young people, partly due to the lack of age-appropriate measurement instruments. This study investigated children’s perceptions of ERF by adapting an adult scale and proposing the 10-item Emotion Regulation Flexibility Ques…
Volunteering in Transition
Episodic and digital forms of engagement have been marking volunteering as in transition. Individuals tend to engage in volunteering activities in multiple ways other than traditional volunteering, that is, an enduring activity, long‐term and organization‐centred volunteering. While episodic volunteering refers to occasional forms of engagement, digital volunteering represents the new avenue of engagement via information technologies and the inte…
What makes patients engaged
Patient engagement is increasingly recognized as a crucial aspect for healthcare quality, safety, and outcomes. While literature highlights its multidimensional nature, encompassing individual behaviors, relational dynamics, organizational practices, and social influences, there remains limited integration of these perspectives. This complexity makes it difficult to understand how to define and promote patient engagement, as its antecedents and m…
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychotherapist (5 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (4 works)