Lorenzo Montali
Biographic Data
| ID | 176596 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorenzo Montali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorenzo |
| FAMILY NAME | Montali |
| SIGNATURE | MONTALI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Milano-Bicocca |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6194-779X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Psychosocial impacts of dysphagia on informal caregivers of individuals with neurological disorders: A qualitative template analysis
The experiences of caregivers in the management of neurological oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and dysphagia’s subsequent impact on their quality of life constitute a pivotal yet under-acknowledged facet of person-centred care. This study investigated the impact of dysphagia on the quality of life of caregivers of individuals with different neurological conditions (motor neuron diseases, stroke, Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism). Thirty-one inf…
Illness experience and (unmet) needs of women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome (MRKH): A qualitative analysis of an online forum
OBJECTIVE: Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH) is a congenital condition characterized by the underdevelopment or complete absence of the uterus and the upper part of the vagina. Diagnosis is commonly made during adolescence, a sensitive period for psychophysical development, following the absence of menstruation. Having MRKH syndrome can have a profound and multifaceted psychosocial impact that characterizes these women's subjective e…
Okay, So What Are We?” The Reproduction of Monogamy in Tinder Couples
The formation of monogamous relationships between individuals who met through dating apps represents a growing phenomenon. Monogamy is the dominant relational model in the Western world, but in the context of dating apps, which foster a plurality of romantic and/or sexual encounters, it cannot be taken for granted. This study aimed to explore how monogamous relationships are constructed among individuals residing in Italy who met their partners v…
A football team with no midfield”: A qualitative analysis of anti-vegan stigma in Italy
A growing body of research has demonstrated the prevalence of unfavourable attitudes towards individuals who adhere to a vegan diet and has provided empirical evidence to support the existence of an anti-vegan ideology. The present study aims to contribute to extant knowledge by examining the social perception of veganism and vegans in Italy. Italy is a nation characterised by a traditional culture of food that serves as a significant catalyst fo…
Aggravating and protective factors in patients’ experiences of vulvodynia: A qualitative study with Italian women
Psychological interventions involving partners and families can mitigate women's delegitimization, and treatments centered on autoeroticism can promote women's overall well-being
Making sense of absent-yet-present others: Representing the liminal vegetative state beyond life and death
Feeling uncomfortable in your own skin: A qualitative study of problematic skin picking in Italian women
Skin picking disorder (SPD) is a body-focused repetitive behavior recently added to the DSM-V. It mainly affects women, with a prevalence ranging from 1.5 to 5.4%. Picking causes skin lesions that can lead to serious infections and permanent skin problems, usually on the face, scalp, arms, and legs. The behavior impairs quality of life and is associated with psychological distress and difficulties in managing emotions. The disorder causes social …
The interplay between ovarian cancer and social relationships: An analysis of patients’ metaphors
OBJECTIVE: Research showed that ovarian cancer poses unique challenges to patients' care experiences and that patients' social networks could affect their care path significantly. The present study aimed to analyse the metaphors that patients used to signify the impact of the illness on their social relationships and the role of relationships in dealing with cancer. DESIGN: Following a qualitative description approach we conducted 38 semi-structu…
Trauma and resistance in Niger's emergency transit mechanism: A life narrative study
This qualitative exploratory research delves into the intricate life narratives of forcibly displaced individuals residing within the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niger, employing a methodology grounded in life narrative analysis. The primary objective is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the potential stressors and traumatic experiences encountered by these individuals, encompassing both psychological and physiological dimensions,…
The Discursive Construction of Polyamory: Legitimising an Alternative to Monogamy
Polyamory is an umbrella term denoting the practice of having multiple romantic and intimate relationships with the consent of everyone involved. Within a mononormative culture, becoming polyamorous may be associated with uncertainty and a feeling of being suspended. Moreover, the preferential attitude towards monogamy marginalises polyamory as indecent and corrupt, creating feelings of shame and social isolation. Our research explored the discur…
Toward a Culture-Informed Conceptualization of Child Agency in a Context Characterized by Political and Military Violence. A Qualitative Exploration throughout Experts’ Voices
Our present study sought to qualitative explore the perceptions of experts on the meaning of children agency in a context characterized by ongoing colonial violence and structural racism. Namely, we explored culture and context-specific features of agency, experts’ perceptions about a decolonized definition, and gaps with the mainstream definition of the construct in Western contexts. The study involved 14 participants (N = 8 women), aged between…
Mirroring, monitoring, modelling, belonging, and distancing: Psychosocial processes in an online support group of breast cancer patients
Breast cancer patients are primary users of Internet Health Forums, virtual self-help communities where they find and share information, preoccupations, and support. Previous literature has mainly focused on analysing the contents and the outcomes of breast cancer forums' participation. In light of the Community of Practice theoretical model, our research investigated the psychosocial processes that build and shape patients' experience and partic…
“We’ll Accept Anything, as Long as She Is Okay”: Italian Parents’ Narratives of Their Transgender Children’s Coming-out
The aim of the study was to explore the experiences and representations of Italian parents of TGE (Transgender and Gender-Expansive) adolescents diagnosed with gender dysphoria who, for the first time, attended a gender clinic for psychological consultation. This study presents findings from fifteen parents of TGE adolescents, mostly (93%) trans boys, aged 14–19. The analysis identified four main themes: Gender Dysphoria: Something Impossible to …
Understanding a liminal condition: Comparing emerging representations of the “vegetative state”
Our research explored the social representations of the ‘vegetative state’ across different cultural (India, Italy, and the UK) and social milieus (left‐leaning, right‐leaning, and religious/tabloid newspapers). The aim was to discover how public discourse engages liminality between life and death. Qualitative and quantitative text analyses were conducted on news headlines and full‐texts from British (n = 300), Indian (n = 300), and Italian (n = …
Qualitative research in social and organizational psychology: The Italian way
This article provides a description of the presence of qualitative research in Italian social and organisational psychology. The first section of the article identifies three major phases of qualitative methods and the factors that, from the 1990s, played a major role in their development: the legitimisation of qualitative research in sociology, the rising of theoretical perspectives expressing a critical stance toward the hegemonic quantitative …
Chronic social exclusion and evidence for the resignation stage: An empirical investigation
Experiences of social exclusion, including ostracism and rejection, can last anywhere from a few seconds to many years. Most research focused on short-term social exclusion, whereas virtually no empirical work has investigated the experiences of long-term social exclusion. Williams theorized that prolonged experiences of social exclusion (i.e., ostracism) would cause individuals to pass from the reflexive and reflective stages to the resignation …
Dream contents of early adolescents, adolescents, and young adults: A cluster analysis with T-LAB
A text analysis of dreams and waking-life narratives let us detect typical dream contents. The sample is composed of 1,000 subjects, from early adolescents to young adults, including males and females. For each subject, we collected a dream and a waking-life episode according to “the most recent dream” (Hartmann, Elkin, & Garg, 1991) and “a recent episode” methodology (Maggiolini, Cagnin, Crippa, Persico and Rizzi, 2010)). Through a word analysis…
An Ethnographic-Discursive Approach to Parental Self-Help Groups: The Case of ADHD
Mutual aid groups have become a common form of help in the mental health field. Although self-help groups are associated with a range of health and social benefits, they remain poorly understood in terms of the dynamics of their interactions. Adopting an ethnographic-discursive approach, we conducted a 6-month observation of the meetings of a self-help group of parents with children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) t…
Risky and at-risk subjects: The discursive positioning of the ADHD child in the Italian context
The representation of migrants in the Italian press: A study on the Corriere della Sera (1992–2009)
The research analyses media discourse on migration in Italy, regarded as a means of reproducing and maintaining a racist interpretation of inter-group relations. The theoretical framework is the Critical Discourse Analysis approach. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed on data consisting of headlines and articles from the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, published between 1992 and 2009. Overall, it emerged that discourse is …
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder blame game: A study on the positioning of professionals, teachers and parents
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is currently the most debated childhood psychiatric diagnosis. Given the circulation of competing perspectives about the 'real' causes of children's behaviour and the 'best' way to treat them, we aim to analyse the interactions of the central social actors' discourses about attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder children within the Italian context. Adopting a multi-method approach, we focus on the polyph…
Sense of community and interethnic relations: Comparing local communities varying in ethnic heterogeneity
This study investigates the sense of community and interethnic relations in two different metropolitan areas that vary in ethnic heterogeneity. The study was conducted in Milan, Italy using a sample of 318 participants living in different city districts that vary in ethnic heterogeneity (low vs. high). The participants completed a questionnaire that assessed their psychological sense of community, blatant and subtle prejudice, host community accu…
Chronic social exclusion and evidence for the resignation stage: An empirical investigation
Experiences of social exclusion, including ostracism and rejection, can last anywhere from a few seconds to many years. Most research focused on short-term social exclusion, whereas virtually no empirical work has investigated the experiences of long-term social exclusion. Williams theorized that prolonged experiences of social exclusion (i.e., ostracism) would cause individuals to pass from the reflexive and reflective stages to the resignation …
The representation of migrants in the Italian press: A study on the Corriere della Sera (1992–2009)
The research analyses media discourse on migration in Italy, regarded as a means of reproducing and maintaining a racist interpretation of inter-group relations. The theoretical framework is the Critical Discourse Analysis approach. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed on data consisting of headlines and articles from the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, published between 1992 and 2009. Overall, it emerged that discourse is …
An Ethnographic-Discursive Approach to Parental Self-Help Groups: The Case of ADHD
Mutual aid groups have become a common form of help in the mental health field. Although self-help groups are associated with a range of health and social benefits, they remain poorly understood in terms of the dynamics of their interactions. Adopting an ethnographic-discursive approach, we conducted a 6-month observation of the meetings of a self-help group of parents with children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) t…
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder blame game: A study on the positioning of professionals, teachers and parents
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is currently the most debated childhood psychiatric diagnosis. Given the circulation of competing perspectives about the 'real' causes of children's behaviour and the 'best' way to treat them, we aim to analyse the interactions of the central social actors' discourses about attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder children within the Italian context. Adopting a multi-method approach, we focus on the polyph…
Sense of community and interethnic relations: Comparing local communities varying in ethnic heterogeneity
This study investigates the sense of community and interethnic relations in two different metropolitan areas that vary in ethnic heterogeneity. The study was conducted in Milan, Italy using a sample of 318 participants living in different city districts that vary in ethnic heterogeneity (low vs. high). The participants completed a questionnaire that assessed their psychological sense of community, blatant and subtle prejudice, host community accu…
Understanding a liminal condition: Comparing emerging representations of the “vegetative state”
Our research explored the social representations of the ‘vegetative state’ across different cultural (India, Italy, and the UK) and social milieus (left‐leaning, right‐leaning, and religious/tabloid newspapers). The aim was to discover how public discourse engages liminality between life and death. Qualitative and quantitative text analyses were conducted on news headlines and full‐texts from British (n = 300), Indian (n = 300), and Italian (n = …
Toward a Culture-Informed Conceptualization of Child Agency in a Context Characterized by Political and Military Violence. A Qualitative Exploration throughout Experts’ Voices
Our present study sought to qualitative explore the perceptions of experts on the meaning of children agency in a context characterized by ongoing colonial violence and structural racism. Namely, we explored culture and context-specific features of agency, experts’ perceptions about a decolonized definition, and gaps with the mainstream definition of the construct in Western contexts. The study involved 14 participants (N = 8 women), aged between…
Qualitative research in social and organizational psychology: The Italian way
This article provides a description of the presence of qualitative research in Italian social and organisational psychology. The first section of the article identifies three major phases of qualitative methods and the factors that, from the 1990s, played a major role in their development: the legitimisation of qualitative research in sociology, the rising of theoretical perspectives expressing a critical stance toward the hegemonic quantitative …
Sense of community and interethnic relations: Comparing local communities varying in ethnic heterogeneity
This study investigates the sense of community and interethnic relations in two different metropolitan areas that vary in ethnic heterogeneity. The study was conducted in Milan, Italy using a sample of 318 participants living in different city districts that vary in ethnic heterogeneity (low vs. high). The participants completed a questionnaire that assessed their psychological sense of community, blatant and subtle prejudice, host community accu…
Risky and at-risk subjects: The discursive positioning of the ADHD child in the Italian context
The representation of migrants in the Italian press: A study on the Corriere della Sera (1992–2009)
The research analyses media discourse on migration in Italy, regarded as a means of reproducing and maintaining a racist interpretation of inter-group relations. The theoretical framework is the Critical Discourse Analysis approach. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed on data consisting of headlines and articles from the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, published between 1992 and 2009. Overall, it emerged that discourse is …
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder blame game: A study on the positioning of professionals, teachers and parents
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is currently the most debated childhood psychiatric diagnosis. Given the circulation of competing perspectives about the 'real' causes of children's behaviour and the 'best' way to treat them, we aim to analyse the interactions of the central social actors' discourses about attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder children within the Italian context. Adopting a multi-method approach, we focus on the polyph…
Dream contents of early adolescents, adolescents, and young adults: A cluster analysis with T-LAB
A text analysis of dreams and waking-life narratives let us detect typical dream contents. The sample is composed of 1,000 subjects, from early adolescents to young adults, including males and females. For each subject, we collected a dream and a waking-life episode according to “the most recent dream” (Hartmann, Elkin, & Garg, 1991) and “a recent episode” methodology (Maggiolini, Cagnin, Crippa, Persico and Rizzi, 2010)). Through a word analysis…
An Ethnographic-Discursive Approach to Parental Self-Help Groups: The Case of ADHD
Mutual aid groups have become a common form of help in the mental health field. Although self-help groups are associated with a range of health and social benefits, they remain poorly understood in terms of the dynamics of their interactions. Adopting an ethnographic-discursive approach, we conducted a 6-month observation of the meetings of a self-help group of parents with children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) t…
Chronic social exclusion and evidence for the resignation stage: An empirical investigation
Experiences of social exclusion, including ostracism and rejection, can last anywhere from a few seconds to many years. Most research focused on short-term social exclusion, whereas virtually no empirical work has investigated the experiences of long-term social exclusion. Williams theorized that prolonged experiences of social exclusion (i.e., ostracism) would cause individuals to pass from the reflexive and reflective stages to the resignation …
Qualitative research in social and organizational psychology: The Italian way
This article provides a description of the presence of qualitative research in Italian social and organisational psychology. The first section of the article identifies three major phases of qualitative methods and the factors that, from the 1990s, played a major role in their development: the legitimisation of qualitative research in sociology, the rising of theoretical perspectives expressing a critical stance toward the hegemonic quantitative …
“We’ll Accept Anything, as Long as She Is Okay”: Italian Parents’ Narratives of Their Transgender Children’s Coming-out
The aim of the study was to explore the experiences and representations of Italian parents of TGE (Transgender and Gender-Expansive) adolescents diagnosed with gender dysphoria who, for the first time, attended a gender clinic for psychological consultation. This study presents findings from fifteen parents of TGE adolescents, mostly (93%) trans boys, aged 14–19. The analysis identified four main themes: Gender Dysphoria: Something Impossible to …
Understanding a liminal condition: Comparing emerging representations of the “vegetative state”
Our research explored the social representations of the ‘vegetative state’ across different cultural (India, Italy, and the UK) and social milieus (left‐leaning, right‐leaning, and religious/tabloid newspapers). The aim was to discover how public discourse engages liminality between life and death. Qualitative and quantitative text analyses were conducted on news headlines and full‐texts from British (n = 300), Indian (n = 300), and Italian (n = …
Toward a Culture-Informed Conceptualization of Child Agency in a Context Characterized by Political and Military Violence. A Qualitative Exploration throughout Experts’ Voices
Our present study sought to qualitative explore the perceptions of experts on the meaning of children agency in a context characterized by ongoing colonial violence and structural racism. Namely, we explored culture and context-specific features of agency, experts’ perceptions about a decolonized definition, and gaps with the mainstream definition of the construct in Western contexts. The study involved 14 participants (N = 8 women), aged between…
Mirroring, monitoring, modelling, belonging, and distancing: Psychosocial processes in an online support group of breast cancer patients
Breast cancer patients are primary users of Internet Health Forums, virtual self-help communities where they find and share information, preoccupations, and support. Previous literature has mainly focused on analysing the contents and the outcomes of breast cancer forums' participation. In light of the Community of Practice theoretical model, our research investigated the psychosocial processes that build and shape patients' experience and partic…
The Discursive Construction of Polyamory: Legitimising an Alternative to Monogamy
Polyamory is an umbrella term denoting the practice of having multiple romantic and intimate relationships with the consent of everyone involved. Within a mononormative culture, becoming polyamorous may be associated with uncertainty and a feeling of being suspended. Moreover, the preferential attitude towards monogamy marginalises polyamory as indecent and corrupt, creating feelings of shame and social isolation. Our research explored the discur…
Feeling uncomfortable in your own skin: A qualitative study of problematic skin picking in Italian women
Skin picking disorder (SPD) is a body-focused repetitive behavior recently added to the DSM-V. It mainly affects women, with a prevalence ranging from 1.5 to 5.4%. Picking causes skin lesions that can lead to serious infections and permanent skin problems, usually on the face, scalp, arms, and legs. The behavior impairs quality of life and is associated with psychological distress and difficulties in managing emotions. The disorder causes social …
The interplay between ovarian cancer and social relationships: An analysis of patients’ metaphors
OBJECTIVE: Research showed that ovarian cancer poses unique challenges to patients' care experiences and that patients' social networks could affect their care path significantly. The present study aimed to analyse the metaphors that patients used to signify the impact of the illness on their social relationships and the role of relationships in dealing with cancer. DESIGN: Following a qualitative description approach we conducted 38 semi-structu…
Trauma and resistance in Niger's emergency transit mechanism: A life narrative study
This qualitative exploratory research delves into the intricate life narratives of forcibly displaced individuals residing within the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niger, employing a methodology grounded in life narrative analysis. The primary objective is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the potential stressors and traumatic experiences encountered by these individuals, encompassing both psychological and physiological dimensions,…
Aggravating and protective factors in patients’ experiences of vulvodynia: A qualitative study with Italian women
Psychological interventions involving partners and families can mitigate women's delegitimization, and treatments centered on autoeroticism can promote women's overall well-being
Making sense of absent-yet-present others: Representing the liminal vegetative state beyond life and death
Psychosocial impacts of dysphagia on informal caregivers of individuals with neurological disorders: A qualitative template analysis
The experiences of caregivers in the management of neurological oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and dysphagia’s subsequent impact on their quality of life constitute a pivotal yet under-acknowledged facet of person-centred care. This study investigated the impact of dysphagia on the quality of life of caregivers of individuals with different neurological conditions (motor neuron diseases, stroke, Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism). Thirty-one inf…
Illness experience and (unmet) needs of women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome (MRKH): A qualitative analysis of an online forum
OBJECTIVE: Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH) is a congenital condition characterized by the underdevelopment or complete absence of the uterus and the upper part of the vagina. Diagnosis is commonly made during adolescence, a sensitive period for psychophysical development, following the absence of menstruation. Having MRKH syndrome can have a profound and multifaceted psychosocial impact that characterizes these women's subjective e…
Okay, So What Are We?” The Reproduction of Monogamy in Tinder Couples
The formation of monogamous relationships between individuals who met through dating apps represents a growing phenomenon. Monogamy is the dominant relational model in the Western world, but in the context of dating apps, which foster a plurality of romantic and/or sexual encounters, it cannot be taken for granted. This study aimed to explore how monogamous relationships are constructed among individuals residing in Italy who met their partners v…
A football team with no midfield”: A qualitative analysis of anti-vegan stigma in Italy
A growing body of research has demonstrated the prevalence of unfavourable attitudes towards individuals who adhere to a vegan diet and has provided empirical evidence to support the existence of an anti-vegan ideology. The present study aims to contribute to extant knowledge by examining the social perception of veganism and vegans in Italy. Italy is a nation characterised by a traditional culture of food that serves as a significant catalyst fo…
Psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Qualitative research (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Anthropology (5 works)