F Cavazzoni
Biographic Data
| ID | 46500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | F Cavazzoni |
| GIVEN NAMES | F |
| FAMILY NAME | Cavazzoni |
| SIGNATURE | CAVAZZONI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Milano-Bicocca |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2475-5945 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Psychosocial interventions, programs and support to promote young caregivers’ well-being: An integrative review
Gendered survival under genocidal violence: A decolonial feminist narrative study of women and displaced families in Gaza
Drawing on qualitative narrative testimonies from 35 displaced Palestinian refugee women collected during the 2024–2025 assault, the study illuminates the relational, embodied, and ethical labor through which life is sustained under siege. Using a decolonial feminist psychological framework, the study integrates structural analysis, narrative interpretation, and thematic mapping across six experiential domains: rupture of home, cyclical displacem…
Agency as a buffer against trauma and psychological difficulties in children affected by war: The mediating role of life satisfaction and hope in a two-wave study in Palestine
Defending children's agency, hope, and life satisfaction is urgently needed to protect children's well-being in war-affected zones. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Way too white’: Navigating our colonial legacies through critical discussions on positionality and power dynamics with Palestinian feminist scholars
Particularly in recent years, interest in decolonizing knowledge production is increasing considerably. Debates have raised within various academic disciplines on the role of the researcher's positionality in the research and knowledge production process. Reflexivity and positionality have become keywords within feminist and anti-oppressive research, forcing scholars to confront a critical analysis of how knowledge is shaped and influenced by the…
Children's agency and well-being in spaces shaped by colonial violence: A participatory methodology
In recent decades, the discourse surrounding children's participation in research has undergone a profound transformation, shedding light on their evolving role from passive subjects to active agents. This shift has placed a strong emphasis on incorporating participatory methodologies while researching with children, which enables us to capture their perspectives and place them at the core of the research process. In this study, to explore the ex…
Oppression, resistance, and radical love: Lessons from Palestinian feminists as a path to healing
This paper examines the pivotal role of Palestinian feminist activism in resisting settler-colonial violence and ongoing genocidal practices in Palestine. Utilizing decolonial theoretical frameworks and qualitative data from interviews with Palestinian feminists, the study explores how feminist praxis serves as a mechanism for both individual and collective survival, as well as psychological healing. This analysis critically engages with the shor…
Agency, life satisfaction, hope, potentially traumatic events, trauma symptoms, and psychological signs. A two waves study with a sample of Palestinian children living in different geographical areas
We sought to examine the changes over time regarding children's agency, life satisfaction, hope, psychological problems, trauma symptoms and potentially traumatic events in areas where warfare, military presence and settler-colonial violence are affecting children's lives. 965 Palestinian children, 494 males and 471 females, were assessed with the Traumatic Check List, Children Impact of events scale-Revised, Strength and difficulties scale, Chil…
Intersectional violence against women in Gaza amidst genocide
"Anyone Else Struggling with Work-Genocide Balance?" Exploring the Psychological and Social Impact of Collective Annihilation in Gaza
This study investigates the psychological and social impact of the ongoing colonial violence in Gaza, both on the local population and on distant witnesses. Drawing on 30 testimonies collected between November 2023 and June 2024, the research captures the lived experiences from two distinct groups: 15 Palestinian participants living in the Gaza Strip, and 15 mental health professionals (including psychotherapists and academics) based in Europe. U…
Well-being and Life Satisfaction in Children Living in Contexts of Political Violence: A Narrative Literature Review
Measuring agency in children: The development and validation of the War Child Agency Assessment Scale - Palestinian version (WCAAS-Pal)
When Agency Turns Into a Risk Factor: A Literature Review of the Negative Consequences of Children’s Agentic Behaviors on Their Physical and Psychological Well-Being
Background: Research has widely documented how, even in conditions of extreme poverty, deprivation, or oppression, children are competent and situated actors, capable of actively mobilizing internal, external, or social resources to protect themselves from their environments and safeguard their everyday lives. Yet, the ways in which their agency might support their well-being or instead increase their own vulnerability has remained underexplored.…
Critical consciousness from a Palestinian feminist, decolonial perspective: A collective exploratory inquiry
To date, many studies have documented the devastating impact of the Israeli military occupation in Palestine, which deprives Palestinians of all basic and human rights. Yet, the interlocking oppressions that characterize the Israeli occupation—as those of other colonial systems—are mostly overlooked, with little attention being devoted in mainstream literature to the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality within the colonial project.…
Alternative Ways of Capturing the Legacies of Traumatic Events: A Literature Review of Agency of Children Living in Countries Affected by Political Violence and Armed Conflicts
BACKGROUND: It has been revealed that the construct of agency plays a crucial role in contributing to children's positive functioning and well-being despite their traumatic contexts. Yet there is little agreement within the literature about the definition of agency, how agency is displayed by children, or how it should be investigated. AIMS: This study provides a synthetic overview of studies that have analyzed the agency of children living in co…
How Do We Assess How Agentic We Are? A Literature Review of Existing Instruments to Evaluate and Measure Individuals' Agency
The importance and centrality of the construct of agency is wellknown amongst social scientists. Yet, there is still little agreement on how this construct should be understood and defined, as demonstrated by the diversity of instruments that are used to investigate it. Indeed, there is no current consensus or standardized methodology to assess agency. This paper provides a synthetic overview of the studies that have evaluated and measured indivi…
Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Quality of Life. An Exploratory Study During the First Outbreak in Italy
The coronavirus pandemic has been sweeping the world for more than a year. As physical health begins to stabilize in the western world, an increasing concern is related to the impact of the virus and its containment measures on people's mental health. This work aimed to explore the effect of demographic factors (age, gender, level of education, and socioeconomic status) and variables such as fear of COVID-19 and social support in predicting the q…
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…
Structural violence and sources of resistance among Palestinian children living under military occupation and political oppression
The ongoing occupation in Palestine involves structural colonial oppression over the native population, depriving Palestinians of fundamental human rights. The set of political, social, economic, and environmental factors that result from the occupation has a lasting direct and indirect effect on the well-being of the children exposed to systematic violence. In this study, we explored the effect of systematic violence and military oppression in a…
Human Insecurity and Mental Health Among Young Nigerien IDPs: A Qualitative Exploration of the Role of Quality of Life as a Risk and Protective Factor
The role of gender and living context in shaping Palestinian children’s agency and well-being
Through a mixed-method design, the study investigated gender and context differences within the domains of agency, life satisfaction, affectivity, and symptoms of trauma. Two-hundred-fifty Palestinian children from cities, villages, and refugee camps (M = 11.58, SD = 1.49) completed four self-reported measures, Multilevel Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale, Children’s Hope Scale, Children’s Impact of Event Scale, and Positive and Negative Affect S…
Agency operating within structures: A qualitative exploration of agency amongst children living in Palestine
Our research challenges the picture of children exposed to political violence as helpless victims, portraying them as active agents who mobilize resources both within themselves and their social, physical, political world. Based on drawings and walk-along interviews with 70 Palestinian children, the present study provides an analysis of children's agency across the multiple settings in which they live. Our findings highlight the interconnections …
Spatial agency as a source of resistance and resilience among Palestinian children living in Dheisheh refugee camp, Palestine
Survival and Resilience Among Palestinian Women: A Qualitative Analysis Using Individual and Collective Life Events Calendars
Responding to the need for more information concerning the mental health and psychological well-being of women living amid political oppression and war, this study aimed to explore specific factors that contribute to women's individual and collective perceptions about war and the associated traumatic life events that occurred during their lives. Moving from a socioecological and culture-informed perspective, we used narrative timelines elicited f…
I Hope I Will Be Able to Go Back to My Home City”: Narratives of Suffering and Survival of Children in Palestine
Intersectional violence against women in Gaza amidst genocide
Spatial agency as a source of resistance and resilience among Palestinian children living in Dheisheh refugee camp, Palestine
Survival and Resilience Among Palestinian Women: A Qualitative Analysis Using Individual and Collective Life Events Calendars
Responding to the need for more information concerning the mental health and psychological well-being of women living amid political oppression and war, this study aimed to explore specific factors that contribute to women's individual and collective perceptions about war and the associated traumatic life events that occurred during their lives. Moving from a socioecological and culture-informed perspective, we used narrative timelines elicited f…
Structural violence and sources of resistance among Palestinian children living under military occupation and political oppression
The ongoing occupation in Palestine involves structural colonial oppression over the native population, depriving Palestinians of fundamental human rights. The set of political, social, economic, and environmental factors that result from the occupation has a lasting direct and indirect effect on the well-being of the children exposed to systematic violence. In this study, we explored the effect of systematic violence and military oppression in a…
The role of gender and living context in shaping Palestinian children’s agency and well-being
Through a mixed-method design, the study investigated gender and context differences within the domains of agency, life satisfaction, affectivity, and symptoms of trauma. Two-hundred-fifty Palestinian children from cities, villages, and refugee camps (M = 11.58, SD = 1.49) completed four self-reported measures, Multilevel Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale, Children’s Hope Scale, Children’s Impact of Event Scale, and Positive and Negative Affect S…
Agency operating within structures: A qualitative exploration of agency amongst children living in Palestine
Our research challenges the picture of children exposed to political violence as helpless victims, portraying them as active agents who mobilize resources both within themselves and their social, physical, political world. Based on drawings and walk-along interviews with 70 Palestinian children, the present study provides an analysis of children's agency across the multiple settings in which they live. Our findings highlight the interconnections …
Critical consciousness from a Palestinian feminist, decolonial perspective: A collective exploratory inquiry
To date, many studies have documented the devastating impact of the Israeli military occupation in Palestine, which deprives Palestinians of all basic and human rights. Yet, the interlocking oppressions that characterize the Israeli occupation—as those of other colonial systems—are mostly overlooked, with little attention being devoted in mainstream literature to the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality within the colonial project.…
Way too white’: Navigating our colonial legacies through critical discussions on positionality and power dynamics with Palestinian feminist scholars
Particularly in recent years, interest in decolonizing knowledge production is increasing considerably. Debates have raised within various academic disciplines on the role of the researcher's positionality in the research and knowledge production process. Reflexivity and positionality have become keywords within feminist and anti-oppressive research, forcing scholars to confront a critical analysis of how knowledge is shaped and influenced by the…
Children's agency and well-being in spaces shaped by colonial violence: A participatory methodology
In recent decades, the discourse surrounding children's participation in research has undergone a profound transformation, shedding light on their evolving role from passive subjects to active agents. This shift has placed a strong emphasis on incorporating participatory methodologies while researching with children, which enables us to capture their perspectives and place them at the core of the research process. In this study, to explore the ex…
Agency, life satisfaction, hope, potentially traumatic events, trauma symptoms, and psychological signs. A two waves study with a sample of Palestinian children living in different geographical areas
We sought to examine the changes over time regarding children's agency, life satisfaction, hope, psychological problems, trauma symptoms and potentially traumatic events in areas where warfare, military presence and settler-colonial violence are affecting children's lives. 965 Palestinian children, 494 males and 471 females, were assessed with the Traumatic Check List, Children Impact of events scale-Revised, Strength and difficulties scale, Chil…
"Anyone Else Struggling with Work-Genocide Balance?" Exploring the Psychological and Social Impact of Collective Annihilation in Gaza
This study investigates the psychological and social impact of the ongoing colonial violence in Gaza, both on the local population and on distant witnesses. Drawing on 30 testimonies collected between November 2023 and June 2024, the research captures the lived experiences from two distinct groups: 15 Palestinian participants living in the Gaza Strip, and 15 mental health professionals (including psychotherapists and academics) based in Europe. U…
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…
I Hope I Will Be Able to Go Back to My Home City”: Narratives of Suffering and Survival of Children in Palestine
Spatial agency as a source of resistance and resilience among Palestinian children living in Dheisheh refugee camp, Palestine
Survival and Resilience Among Palestinian Women: A Qualitative Analysis Using Individual and Collective Life Events Calendars
Responding to the need for more information concerning the mental health and psychological well-being of women living amid political oppression and war, this study aimed to explore specific factors that contribute to women's individual and collective perceptions about war and the associated traumatic life events that occurred during their lives. Moving from a socioecological and culture-informed perspective, we used narrative timelines elicited f…
The role of gender and living context in shaping Palestinian children’s agency and well-being
Through a mixed-method design, the study investigated gender and context differences within the domains of agency, life satisfaction, affectivity, and symptoms of trauma. Two-hundred-fifty Palestinian children from cities, villages, and refugee camps (M = 11.58, SD = 1.49) completed four self-reported measures, Multilevel Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale, Children’s Hope Scale, Children’s Impact of Event Scale, and Positive and Negative Affect S…
Agency operating within structures: A qualitative exploration of agency amongst children living in Palestine
Our research challenges the picture of children exposed to political violence as helpless victims, portraying them as active agents who mobilize resources both within themselves and their social, physical, political world. Based on drawings and walk-along interviews with 70 Palestinian children, the present study provides an analysis of children's agency across the multiple settings in which they live. Our findings highlight the interconnections …
Alternative Ways of Capturing the Legacies of Traumatic Events: A Literature Review of Agency of Children Living in Countries Affected by Political Violence and Armed Conflicts
BACKGROUND: It has been revealed that the construct of agency plays a crucial role in contributing to children's positive functioning and well-being despite their traumatic contexts. Yet there is little agreement within the literature about the definition of agency, how agency is displayed by children, or how it should be investigated. AIMS: This study provides a synthetic overview of studies that have analyzed the agency of children living in co…
How Do We Assess How Agentic We Are? A Literature Review of Existing Instruments to Evaluate and Measure Individuals' Agency
The importance and centrality of the construct of agency is wellknown amongst social scientists. Yet, there is still little agreement on how this construct should be understood and defined, as demonstrated by the diversity of instruments that are used to investigate it. Indeed, there is no current consensus or standardized methodology to assess agency. This paper provides a synthetic overview of the studies that have evaluated and measured indivi…
Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Quality of Life. An Exploratory Study During the First Outbreak in Italy
The coronavirus pandemic has been sweeping the world for more than a year. As physical health begins to stabilize in the western world, an increasing concern is related to the impact of the virus and its containment measures on people's mental health. This work aimed to explore the effect of demographic factors (age, gender, level of education, and socioeconomic status) and variables such as fear of COVID-19 and social support in predicting the q…
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…
Structural violence and sources of resistance among Palestinian children living under military occupation and political oppression
The ongoing occupation in Palestine involves structural colonial oppression over the native population, depriving Palestinians of fundamental human rights. The set of political, social, economic, and environmental factors that result from the occupation has a lasting direct and indirect effect on the well-being of the children exposed to systematic violence. In this study, we explored the effect of systematic violence and military oppression in a…
Human Insecurity and Mental Health Among Young Nigerien IDPs: A Qualitative Exploration of the Role of Quality of Life as a Risk and Protective Factor
Well-being and Life Satisfaction in Children Living in Contexts of Political Violence: A Narrative Literature Review
Measuring agency in children: The development and validation of the War Child Agency Assessment Scale - Palestinian version (WCAAS-Pal)
When Agency Turns Into a Risk Factor: A Literature Review of the Negative Consequences of Children’s Agentic Behaviors on Their Physical and Psychological Well-Being
Background: Research has widely documented how, even in conditions of extreme poverty, deprivation, or oppression, children are competent and situated actors, capable of actively mobilizing internal, external, or social resources to protect themselves from their environments and safeguard their everyday lives. Yet, the ways in which their agency might support their well-being or instead increase their own vulnerability has remained underexplored.…
Critical consciousness from a Palestinian feminist, decolonial perspective: A collective exploratory inquiry
To date, many studies have documented the devastating impact of the Israeli military occupation in Palestine, which deprives Palestinians of all basic and human rights. Yet, the interlocking oppressions that characterize the Israeli occupation—as those of other colonial systems—are mostly overlooked, with little attention being devoted in mainstream literature to the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality within the colonial project.…
Agency as a buffer against trauma and psychological difficulties in children affected by war: The mediating role of life satisfaction and hope in a two-wave study in Palestine
Defending children's agency, hope, and life satisfaction is urgently needed to protect children's well-being in war-affected zones. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Way too white’: Navigating our colonial legacies through critical discussions on positionality and power dynamics with Palestinian feminist scholars
Particularly in recent years, interest in decolonizing knowledge production is increasing considerably. Debates have raised within various academic disciplines on the role of the researcher's positionality in the research and knowledge production process. Reflexivity and positionality have become keywords within feminist and anti-oppressive research, forcing scholars to confront a critical analysis of how knowledge is shaped and influenced by the…
Children's agency and well-being in spaces shaped by colonial violence: A participatory methodology
In recent decades, the discourse surrounding children's participation in research has undergone a profound transformation, shedding light on their evolving role from passive subjects to active agents. This shift has placed a strong emphasis on incorporating participatory methodologies while researching with children, which enables us to capture their perspectives and place them at the core of the research process. In this study, to explore the ex…
Oppression, resistance, and radical love: Lessons from Palestinian feminists as a path to healing
This paper examines the pivotal role of Palestinian feminist activism in resisting settler-colonial violence and ongoing genocidal practices in Palestine. Utilizing decolonial theoretical frameworks and qualitative data from interviews with Palestinian feminists, the study explores how feminist praxis serves as a mechanism for both individual and collective survival, as well as psychological healing. This analysis critically engages with the shor…
Agency, life satisfaction, hope, potentially traumatic events, trauma symptoms, and psychological signs. A two waves study with a sample of Palestinian children living in different geographical areas
We sought to examine the changes over time regarding children's agency, life satisfaction, hope, psychological problems, trauma symptoms and potentially traumatic events in areas where warfare, military presence and settler-colonial violence are affecting children's lives. 965 Palestinian children, 494 males and 471 females, were assessed with the Traumatic Check List, Children Impact of events scale-Revised, Strength and difficulties scale, Chil…
Intersectional violence against women in Gaza amidst genocide
"Anyone Else Struggling with Work-Genocide Balance?" Exploring the Psychological and Social Impact of Collective Annihilation in Gaza
This study investigates the psychological and social impact of the ongoing colonial violence in Gaza, both on the local population and on distant witnesses. Drawing on 30 testimonies collected between November 2023 and June 2024, the research captures the lived experiences from two distinct groups: 15 Palestinian participants living in the Gaza Strip, and 15 mental health professionals (including psychotherapists and academics) based in Europe. U…
Psychosocial interventions, programs and support to promote young caregivers’ well-being: An integrative review
Gendered survival under genocidal violence: A decolonial feminist narrative study of women and displaced families in Gaza
Drawing on qualitative narrative testimonies from 35 displaced Palestinian refugee women collected during the 2024–2025 assault, the study illuminates the relational, embodied, and ethical labor through which life is sustained under siege. Using a decolonial feminist psychological framework, the study integrates structural analysis, narrative interpretation, and thematic mapping across six experiential domains: rupture of home, cyclical displacem…
Sociology (19 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Political science (14 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Social science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Agency (philosophy (8 works)