Giannino Melotti
Biographic Data
| ID | 288159 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giannino Melotti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giannino |
| FAMILY NAME | Melotti |
| SIGNATURE | MELOTTI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6452-1679 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Human, Animal and Automata Attributions: An Investigation of the Multidimensionality of the Ontologization Process
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…
Social Representations of the War in Italy during the Russia/Ukraine Conflict
Social representations of the war, anchored in historical experience and cultural values, play a motivational role in justifying collective behavior. Following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the research delves into the meanings associated with war through a social representation approach. Employing Doise’s sociodynamic approach, researchers identify the semantic field linked with war and analyze its organizing principles, revealing the varia…
Social invisibility and discrimination of Roma people in Italy and Brazil
In everyday debates on topics such as cultural differences, it seems relevant to analyze not only institutional conversations or speeches, but also mass-media communications. The way the media portray social events contributes to the construction of our categories of explanation of the world. The main purpose of this research is to analyze the representations of ‘gypsies’ in news articles published in some of the most important national newspaper…
Lecturer Competence from the Perspective of Undergraduate Psychology Students: A Qualitative Pilot Study
Understanding what students mean by lecturer competence can be crucial in order to recognise indicators with which to assess these competences, improve the quality of university teaching and support lecturers in undertaking their role appropriately. This qualitative pilot study aimed to explore the meaning of competence in a convenience sample of Italian undergraduate psychology students (N = 122). We collected free-associations about what “lectu…
Social representations of coronavirus/Covid-19 in Italy: Psychosocial anchoring to conspiracy beliefs, vaccine hesitancy, and the psychological dimension
From the societal approach of the Theory of Social Representations, this study aimed to investigate the social representations of coronavirus/COVID-19 among the Italian population. By means of an online questionnaire, 599 individuals participated in the research, with a mean age of 38.09 years (SD = 14.44), 62.1% being women. The instrument was composed of sociodemographic questions, free association technique for the inductive term “coronavirus/…
Conspiracy Beliefs and Acceptance of Covid-Vaccine: An Exploratory Study in Italy
The availability of vaccines does not mean that people will be willing to get vaccinated. For example, different conspiracy beliefs on the adverse effects of vaccines may lead people to avoid collective health measures. This paper explores the role played by antecedents of COVID-related conspiracy beliefs, such as the role of political ideology and the endorsement of moral purity values, and the consequences of COVID-related conspiracy beliefs in…
The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Italian Nature-Based Programs in the Educational, Therapeutic, Training and Leisure Areas
In these times of global crisis caused by COVID-19, there is an urgent need to address the topic of nature-based experiences in education: the pandemic has strongly highlighted both the interdependence between human beings and nature, and the need for mending the dichotomic vision that keeps them separate. Experiential education in natural contexts within an ecological framework might have a strategic role in this crucial period to develop anthro…
Adolescents at Risk of Delinquency. The Role of Parental Control, Trust, and Disclosure
This study investigates the role of parental control, trust, and disclosure as protective factors on individual and peer-group delinquency in a sample of 1420 Italian high school students aged from 14 to 18 (M-age = 15.59, SDage = 1.17), representative of the adolescent student population in Rimini (57.3% males and 42.7% females). A cluster analysis identified different patterns of parental monitoring, associated with different levels of involvem…
An exploration of social representations of the Roma woman in Italy and Brazil: Psychosocial anchoring to emotional reactions
Princípios organizadores das representações de rural e cidade
O estudo foi desenvolvido com o propósito de conhecer os princípios que organizam as tomadas de posição de integrantes de um grupo rural em frente às representações de rural e cidade, a partir da análise dos processos de ancoragem psicológica, social e psicossocial. Foram realizadas entrevistas individuais com 200 integrantes de uma comunidade rural, distribuídos em quatro gerações. O roteiro foi composto por questões que focalizavam: (1) dados s…
Representation of the Serial Killer on the Italian Internet
The representation of serial killers was examined from the analysis of 317 Web pages in the Italian language to study how the psychological profiles of serial killers are described on the Italian Internet. The correspondence analysis of the content of these Web pages shows that in Italy the serial killer is associated with words such as "monster" and "horror," which suggest and imply psychological perversion and aberrant acts. These traits are pe…
Conspiracy Beliefs and Acceptance of Covid-Vaccine: An Exploratory Study in Italy
The availability of vaccines does not mean that people will be willing to get vaccinated. For example, different conspiracy beliefs on the adverse effects of vaccines may lead people to avoid collective health measures. This paper explores the role played by antecedents of COVID-related conspiracy beliefs, such as the role of political ideology and the endorsement of moral purity values, and the consequences of COVID-related conspiracy beliefs in…
Adolescents at Risk of Delinquency. The Role of Parental Control, Trust, and Disclosure
This study investigates the role of parental control, trust, and disclosure as protective factors on individual and peer-group delinquency in a sample of 1420 Italian high school students aged from 14 to 18 (M-age = 15.59, SDage = 1.17), representative of the adolescent student population in Rimini (57.3% males and 42.7% females). A cluster analysis identified different patterns of parental monitoring, associated with different levels of involvem…
Princípios organizadores das representações de rural e cidade
O estudo foi desenvolvido com o propósito de conhecer os princípios que organizam as tomadas de posição de integrantes de um grupo rural em frente às representações de rural e cidade, a partir da análise dos processos de ancoragem psicológica, social e psicossocial. Foram realizadas entrevistas individuais com 200 integrantes de uma comunidade rural, distribuídos em quatro gerações. O roteiro foi composto por questões que focalizavam: (1) dados s…
Social Representations of the War in Italy during the Russia/Ukraine Conflict
Social representations of the war, anchored in historical experience and cultural values, play a motivational role in justifying collective behavior. Following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the research delves into the meanings associated with war through a social representation approach. Employing Doise’s sociodynamic approach, researchers identify the semantic field linked with war and analyze its organizing principles, revealing the varia…
An exploration of social representations of the Roma woman in Italy and Brazil: Psychosocial anchoring to emotional reactions
Representation of the Serial Killer on the Italian Internet
The representation of serial killers was examined from the analysis of 317 Web pages in the Italian language to study how the psychological profiles of serial killers are described on the Italian Internet. The correspondence analysis of the content of these Web pages shows that in Italy the serial killer is associated with words such as "monster" and "horror," which suggest and imply psychological perversion and aberrant acts. These traits are pe…
Princípios organizadores das representações de rural e cidade
O estudo foi desenvolvido com o propósito de conhecer os princípios que organizam as tomadas de posição de integrantes de um grupo rural em frente às representações de rural e cidade, a partir da análise dos processos de ancoragem psicológica, social e psicossocial. Foram realizadas entrevistas individuais com 200 integrantes de uma comunidade rural, distribuídos em quatro gerações. O roteiro foi composto por questões que focalizavam: (1) dados s…
An exploration of social representations of the Roma woman in Italy and Brazil: Psychosocial anchoring to emotional reactions
Adolescents at Risk of Delinquency. The Role of Parental Control, Trust, and Disclosure
This study investigates the role of parental control, trust, and disclosure as protective factors on individual and peer-group delinquency in a sample of 1420 Italian high school students aged from 14 to 18 (M-age = 15.59, SDage = 1.17), representative of the adolescent student population in Rimini (57.3% males and 42.7% females). A cluster analysis identified different patterns of parental monitoring, associated with different levels of involvem…
The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Italian Nature-Based Programs in the Educational, Therapeutic, Training and Leisure Areas
In these times of global crisis caused by COVID-19, there is an urgent need to address the topic of nature-based experiences in education: the pandemic has strongly highlighted both the interdependence between human beings and nature, and the need for mending the dichotomic vision that keeps them separate. Experiential education in natural contexts within an ecological framework might have a strategic role in this crucial period to develop anthro…
Conspiracy Beliefs and Acceptance of Covid-Vaccine: An Exploratory Study in Italy
The availability of vaccines does not mean that people will be willing to get vaccinated. For example, different conspiracy beliefs on the adverse effects of vaccines may lead people to avoid collective health measures. This paper explores the role played by antecedents of COVID-related conspiracy beliefs, such as the role of political ideology and the endorsement of moral purity values, and the consequences of COVID-related conspiracy beliefs in…
Lecturer Competence from the Perspective of Undergraduate Psychology Students: A Qualitative Pilot Study
Understanding what students mean by lecturer competence can be crucial in order to recognise indicators with which to assess these competences, improve the quality of university teaching and support lecturers in undertaking their role appropriately. This qualitative pilot study aimed to explore the meaning of competence in a convenience sample of Italian undergraduate psychology students (N = 122). We collected free-associations about what “lectu…
Social representations of coronavirus/Covid-19 in Italy: Psychosocial anchoring to conspiracy beliefs, vaccine hesitancy, and the psychological dimension
From the societal approach of the Theory of Social Representations, this study aimed to investigate the social representations of coronavirus/COVID-19 among the Italian population. By means of an online questionnaire, 599 individuals participated in the research, with a mean age of 38.09 years (SD = 14.44), 62.1% being women. The instrument was composed of sociodemographic questions, free association technique for the inductive term “coronavirus/…
Social invisibility and discrimination of Roma people in Italy and Brazil
In everyday debates on topics such as cultural differences, it seems relevant to analyze not only institutional conversations or speeches, but also mass-media communications. The way the media portray social events contributes to the construction of our categories of explanation of the world. The main purpose of this research is to analyze the representations of ‘gypsies’ in news articles published in some of the most important national newspaper…
Human, Animal and Automata Attributions: An Investigation of the Multidimensionality of the Ontologization Process
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…
Social Representations of the War in Italy during the Russia/Ukraine Conflict
Social representations of the war, anchored in historical experience and cultural values, play a motivational role in justifying collective behavior. Following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the research delves into the meanings associated with war through a social representation approach. Employing Doise’s sociodynamic approach, researchers identify the semantic field linked with war and analyze its organizing principles, revealing the varia…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 works) · Law (3 works)