Nadia Rania
Biographic Data
| ID | 768346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nadia Rania |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nadia |
| FAMILY NAME | Rania |
| SIGNATURE | RANIA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Genoa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5952-8094 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Intercultural sensitivity and competence as predictors of well-being and burnout among early childhood education teachers: A quantitative study in the Italian context
This study explores the relationships between intercultural competence (IC), intercultural sensitivity (IS), subjective well-being (SWB), and burnout among early childhood education (ECE) teachers in Italy. Grounded in Chen and Starosta’s model of IS and Fantini’s framework of IC, the study adopts a quantitative approach to examine how these dimensions are associated with teachers’ well-being and burnout. A total of 503 predominantly female teach…
An Evaluation of a Tailored Peer Mediation Program for Incarcerated Women in Italy
Programs aimed at women prisoners are limited. The objective of this work is to evaluate the effectiveness of a peer mediation program implemented in an Italian women’s prison. Two focus groups were conducted with seven incarcerated women who participated in the program. The four mediators who conducted the program compiled a total of 12 reflective diaries. The data were analyzed using Grounded Theory. The results highlight the effectiveness of t…
Legitimizing Coercive Control in Teen Dating Relationships: Psychosocial Risk Factors in the Adolescent Population
Adolescent dating relationships represent a critical developmental context in which beliefs about intimacy, gender roles, and power are formed and consolidated. Within this stage, coercive control often emerges in subtle and normalized forms, contributing to the persistence of gender-based violence. The present research examines the psychosocial risk factors underlying the perception of coercive control in teen dating relationships. Participants …
The impact of the widespread reception of migrant families on rural Italian communities: Understanding the main challenges and opportunities
The phenomenon of migration has become a central issue in the global demographic landscape. The integration of migrants into the host country and cohabitation within rural communities represent a moment of change for both the host community and newcomers. This study investigates a northwestern rural area in Italy where, for over 10 years, reception centers have been active, offering services to immigrant beneficiaries and managed by the third sec…
Intercultural competencies and professional life of social workers in Italy
Can a training program on climate change promote pro-environmental behaviors? A pilot study with adolescents
Environmental Education (EE) programs are of crucial importance. EE are aimed at global citizenship to generate new knowledge and new, more participatory and conscious ways of acting in the environment. This study, therefore, wants to verify the effectiveness of a training intervention that is based on education on climate change issues and on the active participation of subjects in the dimension of the small psychological group. At the intervent…
Subjective well-being, sense of coherence, trauma and psychopathological symptoms predict mental health of Sub Saharan forced migrants. A quantitative exploratory study
A longitudinal study of school adjustment among children attending Reggio-inspired preschools
The goal of this study was to track the progress of Italian children at risk for school failure enrolled in preschools based on the Reggio-Emilia approach. Risk factors considered included family socioeconomic status (SES), child receptive language, and child gender. Participants were 211 children ( M age = 60.8 months, 116 girls) in Reggio-inspired preschools in Genoa, Italy. The sample was followed over six time points starting from the last ye…
The Intercultural Sensitivity of Italian Correctional Officers Between Life Satisfaction and Burnout
Correctional officers (COs) play a crucial role within prisons. The purpose of this study is to analyze the intercultural sensitivity and individual and organizational well-being perceptions of COs. The participants were 400 COs employed in different prisons in northwestern Italy. Analysis of the results shows that there is a significant relationship between intercultural sensitivity and perceived emotional exhaustion and that this affects life s…
Tackling Gender-Based Violence to Increase College Students’ Well-Being: A Study on Psychosocial Dimensions Affecting Attitudes Toward the Nonconsensual Intimate Image Dissemination
One of the most recent forms of gender-based violence is non-consensual intimate images dissemination (NCII). This type of offense, popularly referred to as “revenge pornography”, consists of the nonconsensual creation, dissemination, or threat of dissemination of nude or sexually explicit images (photographs and videos) of individuals. NCII is considered a public health issue because of its damaging psychological consequences, especially among a…
The voice of social workers in the Italian reception field: Criticalities and Solutions Through the Photovoice Technique
Over the last two decades, migration has acquired crucial importance in the global demographic landscape. Furthermore, the recognition of the importance of social work in the context of migration has led researchers to focus on its impact in reception contexts and on the development of intervention models and good practices in various countries. However, from this perspective, research is still limited, especially in Italy. This study aims to inv…
Moving from "balancing" to "blending: The role of identity integration for working parents
Successful identity integration processes are fundamental for the well-being of working parents during stressful circumstances. In two studies we analyzed the associations between Parent-Work Identity Integration (PWII), workload, care-load, and parents' work problems in a sample of individual working parents in Italy ( N = 326 individuals; Study 1), and those between work-life conflict, task-sharing between partners, PWII, and parents' intention…
Enhancing empowerment in young adults during the Covid-19 era in Italy through the Photovoice technique
The spread of COVID-19 has led to increasingly stringent containment measures. After the first period of lockdown, there has been an easing of measures worldwide. However, this choice has helped bring about a second wave to be faced by many states. The present research was conducting during the period in which it was necessary for the population to find strategies for living with COVID-19. The proposed action research envisaged the use of Photovo…
Parenting in migration: Critical aspects and challenges of “doing family” of refugee families and social workers
Although migrant families comprise a small number of immigrants, they present a significant challenge for the host community. In the Italian context, social services support migrant families through paths to autonomy and integration in the community. The purpose of this study was to investigate perceptions that families and social workers have of “parenting” and “doing family” (training and management of family identity, roles and daily practices…
Mothers and Workers in the Time of Covid-19: Negotiating Motherhood within Smart Working
The article is an autoethnographic account written by three Italian academic researchers and mothers with children of different ages. The authors engage in a reflection starting with their experience as working women committed to the work–family negotiation process while facing the COVID-19 health emergency that has affected the whole world. This article focuses on how we, as middle-class, heterosexual, white mothers working in a privileged emplo…
Attitudes and Beliefs of the Italian Population towards Covid-19 Vaccinations
In light of these results, it is necessary to pay greater attention to the perplexity and fears expressed by the population, especially women and youth, in relation to vaccinations; in fact, it would help to achieve a wider adherence to the tools designed to contain the spread of viruses at the base of severe health crises
Family well‐being during the Covid‐19 lockdown in Italy: Gender differences and solidarity networks of care
During the COVID‐19 pandemic, families experienced new challenges related to reorganizing living spaces and the need to renegotiate domestic and care roles. This paper aims to understand how Italian families have reacted to this situation with respect to psychological well‐being, the management of domestic and care activities and solidarity networks of care. The participants were 560 Italian subjects who reported having a parental role. The proto…
Women Face to Fear and Safety Devices During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy: Impact of Physical Distancing on Individual Responsibility, Intimate, and Social Relationship
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 in Italy had its first epidemic manifestations on January 31, 2020. The socio-sanitary rules imposed by the government concerned the social distance and management of intimate relationships, the sense of individual responsibility toward public health. Physical distancing and housing isolation have produced new representations of intrafamily, generational, neighborhood, community responsibility, bringing out a new “me…
Spiritual Well-Being and Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy
During the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, people and families experienced a new and sudden situation that forced them to stay in their homes for a long period (February 25- May 26). In this context, many people found themselves in great difficulty, not only because of the fear of contagion or the economic problems deriving from the closure of production activities but also because the virus profoundly changed the way of life in society. The “Social …
Which intercultural competences for teachers, educators, and social workers? A literature review
Reception Social Services for Migration Families in Italy: Strength, Critical Aspects, and Challenges
Purpose: The objective of this research is to investigate the perception that migrant families and social workers have of their relationship and of the services offered and received in the reception path. Method: The qualitative research involved thirty parents with semi-structured family interviews and their twelve reference social workers, with focus group. The collected materials were transcribed verbatim and analysed through the grounded theo…
A Qualitative Study of Organizational and Psychosocial Factors in the Burnout of Italian Correctional Officers
Correctional officers (COs) are subject to the development of burnout syndrome. This investigation focuses on those factors that contribute to burnout syndrome in COs who work in Italian penitentiary institutions. Utilizing a qualitative methodology with 50 northern Italian COs, the study finds burnout to be caused by two types of factors, organizational and psychosocial. Notably, the results highlight feelings of anguish, sadness, and abandonmen…
A Study of Subjective Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Italy: How are Children doing at 8 years of Age
Unaccompanied migrant minors: A comparison of new Italian interventions models
Parental Competence in Italy: A Comparison Between Italian and Immigrant Parents
The migration experience could influence parental competence perception in immigrant parents. Within this framework the current work focuses on immigrant parenthood and whether a family’s migratory path could lead parents to feel less competent in their parental roles. The aim of the present study is to analyze perceptions of parental competence and family routines among immigrant and Italian parents during the middle childhood stages. The result…
A qualitative method to “make visible” the world of intercultural relationships: The photovoice in social psychology
In recent decades, the study of intercultural relations and the complexity of relationships due to the migration phenomenon have become more important for social scientists to analyze. The aim of this article is to show that photovoice, a methodology that belongs to the field of participatory action research, can be a useful qualitative tool in social psychology to analyze intercultural relationships. This method offers participants the opportuni…
Daily Family Routines of Italian and Ecuadorian Immigrant Mothers in Everyday Life: A Qualitative Approach Using Diaries and Interviews
This study compares Italian mothers' and Ecuadorian immigrant mothers' daily family routines. Thirty mothers took part in this investigation: 15 Italians ( M = 37.5 years, with ages ranging from 30 to 42 years) and 15 Ecuadorians ( M = 36.1 years, with ages ranging from 18 to 46 years and having lived in Italy for an average of 15 years), with children ranging in age from 4 to 8 years. The objective is to highlight the differences and similaritie…
A Study of Subjective Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Italy: How are Children doing at 8 years of Age
Unaccompanied migrant minors: A comparison of new Italian interventions models
Photovoice and Interpretation of Pictures in a Group Discussion: A Community Psychology Approach
The primary objective of this article is to contribute to the literature on the Photovoice method through analysis of its characteristics. The Photovoice visual methodology often employed in qualitative research in the frame of community psychology because it enables participants to express their ideas using pictures. This study aims to demonstrate the utility of Photovoice through presentation of evidence gathered during our study on immigration…
Moving from "balancing" to "blending: The role of identity integration for working parents
Successful identity integration processes are fundamental for the well-being of working parents during stressful circumstances. In two studies we analyzed the associations between Parent-Work Identity Integration (PWII), workload, care-load, and parents' work problems in a sample of individual working parents in Italy ( N = 326 individuals; Study 1), and those between work-life conflict, task-sharing between partners, PWII, and parents' intention…
Enhancing critical dialogue about intercultural integration: The Photovoice technique
Giving a Face to Immigration and Integration Processes: The Use of Photovoice with Italian Young Adults
This study used Photovoice to investigate the perspectives of majority youth in Italy about the immigration and integration processes. The participants were 99 Italian young adults living in two northwestern regions of Italy. Images produced by young adults and subsequent discussion focused on the benefits, challenges and possible solutions to foster intergroup integration. The proposed solutions involved intergroup contact, deepening knowledge o…
Motivations and Family Functioning of Foster Families in Italy
The aim of this paper was to investigate foster family care to better understand this unique care-giving context. The research objective was to understand motivation, family functioning, and individual attachment styles in foster families. Participants were 33 foster parents who completed a questionnaire that included the motivations for choosing foster care, the relationship with the birth family and with social service workers, a measure of fam…
The voice of social workers in the Italian reception field: Criticalities and Solutions Through the Photovoice Technique
Over the last two decades, migration has acquired crucial importance in the global demographic landscape. Furthermore, the recognition of the importance of social work in the context of migration has led researchers to focus on its impact in reception contexts and on the development of intervention models and good practices in various countries. However, from this perspective, research is still limited, especially in Italy. This study aims to inv…
Family well‐being during the Covid‐19 lockdown in Italy: Gender differences and solidarity networks of care
During the COVID‐19 pandemic, families experienced new challenges related to reorganizing living spaces and the need to renegotiate domestic and care roles. This paper aims to understand how Italian families have reacted to this situation with respect to psychological well‐being, the management of domestic and care activities and solidarity networks of care. The participants were 560 Italian subjects who reported having a parental role. The proto…
Reception Social Services for Migration Families in Italy: Strength, Critical Aspects, and Challenges
Purpose: The objective of this research is to investigate the perception that migrant families and social workers have of their relationship and of the services offered and received in the reception path. Method: The qualitative research involved thirty parents with semi-structured family interviews and their twelve reference social workers, with focus group. The collected materials were transcribed verbatim and analysed through the grounded theo…
Enhancing critical dialogue about intercultural integration: The Photovoice technique
Photovoice and Interpretation of Pictures in a Group Discussion: A Community Psychology Approach
The primary objective of this article is to contribute to the literature on the Photovoice method through analysis of its characteristics. The Photovoice visual methodology often employed in qualitative research in the frame of community psychology because it enables participants to express their ideas using pictures. This study aims to demonstrate the utility of Photovoice through presentation of evidence gathered during our study on immigration…
Giving a Face to Immigration and Integration Processes: The Use of Photovoice with Italian Young Adults
This study used Photovoice to investigate the perspectives of majority youth in Italy about the immigration and integration processes. The participants were 99 Italian young adults living in two northwestern regions of Italy. Images produced by young adults and subsequent discussion focused on the benefits, challenges and possible solutions to foster intergroup integration. The proposed solutions involved intergroup contact, deepening knowledge o…
Daily Family Routines of Italian and Ecuadorian Immigrant Mothers in Everyday Life: A Qualitative Approach Using Diaries and Interviews
This study compares Italian mothers' and Ecuadorian immigrant mothers' daily family routines. Thirty mothers took part in this investigation: 15 Italians ( M = 37.5 years, with ages ranging from 30 to 42 years) and 15 Ecuadorians ( M = 36.1 years, with ages ranging from 18 to 46 years and having lived in Italy for an average of 15 years), with children ranging in age from 4 to 8 years. The objective is to highlight the differences and similaritie…
Family Routine Behaviors and Meaningful Rituals: A Comparison Between Italian and Migrant Couples
Routines and meaningful rituals play an important role in the family dynamic system. During the past 30 years, migratory flow into Italy has been constantly increasing. Our aim was to explore the structure of daily life in order to understand and compare family functioning of migrant couples in Italy with the family functioning of couples who were born and bred in Italy. In our study there were 124 participants (31 Italian couples and 31 migrant …
A qualitative method to “make visible” the world of intercultural relationships: The photovoice in social psychology
In recent decades, the study of intercultural relations and the complexity of relationships due to the migration phenomenon have become more important for social scientists to analyze. The aim of this article is to show that photovoice, a methodology that belongs to the field of participatory action research, can be a useful qualitative tool in social psychology to analyze intercultural relationships. This method offers participants the opportuni…
Reflections on Teaching Qualitative Methods Using Team-Based Learning: An Exemplification by Photovoice
This research article as a part of larger study intends to explore the role of teaching qualitative methods is not easy and often represents a great challenge. In this work, we describe our experience of teaching a qualitative methods course for undergraduate psychology students. In this course, we used a Team-Based Learning (TBL) approach in which we had students cluster into small groups to enhance their education by having them become more act…
A Study of Subjective Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Italy: How are Children doing at 8 years of Age
Unaccompanied migrant minors: A comparison of new Italian interventions models
Parental Competence in Italy: A Comparison Between Italian and Immigrant Parents
The migration experience could influence parental competence perception in immigrant parents. Within this framework the current work focuses on immigrant parenthood and whether a family’s migratory path could lead parents to feel less competent in their parental roles. The aim of the present study is to analyze perceptions of parental competence and family routines among immigrant and Italian parents during the middle childhood stages. The result…
Motivations and Family Functioning of Foster Families in Italy
The aim of this paper was to investigate foster family care to better understand this unique care-giving context. The research objective was to understand motivation, family functioning, and individual attachment styles in foster families. Participants were 33 foster parents who completed a questionnaire that included the motivations for choosing foster care, the relationship with the birth family and with social service workers, a measure of fam…
A Qualitative Study of Organizational and Psychosocial Factors in the Burnout of Italian Correctional Officers
Correctional officers (COs) are subject to the development of burnout syndrome. This investigation focuses on those factors that contribute to burnout syndrome in COs who work in Italian penitentiary institutions. Utilizing a qualitative methodology with 50 northern Italian COs, the study finds burnout to be caused by two types of factors, organizational and psychosocial. Notably, the results highlight feelings of anguish, sadness, and abandonmen…
Women Face to Fear and Safety Devices During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy: Impact of Physical Distancing on Individual Responsibility, Intimate, and Social Relationship
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 in Italy had its first epidemic manifestations on January 31, 2020. The socio-sanitary rules imposed by the government concerned the social distance and management of intimate relationships, the sense of individual responsibility toward public health. Physical distancing and housing isolation have produced new representations of intrafamily, generational, neighborhood, community responsibility, bringing out a new “me…
Spiritual Well-Being and Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy
During the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, people and families experienced a new and sudden situation that forced them to stay in their homes for a long period (February 25- May 26). In this context, many people found themselves in great difficulty, not only because of the fear of contagion or the economic problems deriving from the closure of production activities but also because the virus profoundly changed the way of life in society. The “Social …
Which intercultural competences for teachers, educators, and social workers? A literature review
Reception Social Services for Migration Families in Italy: Strength, Critical Aspects, and Challenges
Purpose: The objective of this research is to investigate the perception that migrant families and social workers have of their relationship and of the services offered and received in the reception path. Method: The qualitative research involved thirty parents with semi-structured family interviews and their twelve reference social workers, with focus group. The collected materials were transcribed verbatim and analysed through the grounded theo…
Parenting in migration: Critical aspects and challenges of “doing family” of refugee families and social workers
Although migrant families comprise a small number of immigrants, they present a significant challenge for the host community. In the Italian context, social services support migrant families through paths to autonomy and integration in the community. The purpose of this study was to investigate perceptions that families and social workers have of “parenting” and “doing family” (training and management of family identity, roles and daily practices…
Mothers and Workers in the Time of Covid-19: Negotiating Motherhood within Smart Working
The article is an autoethnographic account written by three Italian academic researchers and mothers with children of different ages. The authors engage in a reflection starting with their experience as working women committed to the work–family negotiation process while facing the COVID-19 health emergency that has affected the whole world. This article focuses on how we, as middle-class, heterosexual, white mothers working in a privileged emplo…
Attitudes and Beliefs of the Italian Population towards Covid-19 Vaccinations
In light of these results, it is necessary to pay greater attention to the perplexity and fears expressed by the population, especially women and youth, in relation to vaccinations; in fact, it would help to achieve a wider adherence to the tools designed to contain the spread of viruses at the base of severe health crises
Family well‐being during the Covid‐19 lockdown in Italy: Gender differences and solidarity networks of care
During the COVID‐19 pandemic, families experienced new challenges related to reorganizing living spaces and the need to renegotiate domestic and care roles. This paper aims to understand how Italian families have reacted to this situation with respect to psychological well‐being, the management of domestic and care activities and solidarity networks of care. The participants were 560 Italian subjects who reported having a parental role. The proto…
Enhancing empowerment in young adults during the Covid-19 era in Italy through the Photovoice technique
The spread of COVID-19 has led to increasingly stringent containment measures. After the first period of lockdown, there has been an easing of measures worldwide. However, this choice has helped bring about a second wave to be faced by many states. The present research was conducting during the period in which it was necessary for the population to find strategies for living with COVID-19. The proposed action research envisaged the use of Photovo…
Can a training program on climate change promote pro-environmental behaviors? A pilot study with adolescents
Environmental Education (EE) programs are of crucial importance. EE are aimed at global citizenship to generate new knowledge and new, more participatory and conscious ways of acting in the environment. This study, therefore, wants to verify the effectiveness of a training intervention that is based on education on climate change issues and on the active participation of subjects in the dimension of the small psychological group. At the intervent…
Subjective well-being, sense of coherence, trauma and psychopathological symptoms predict mental health of Sub Saharan forced migrants. A quantitative exploratory study
A longitudinal study of school adjustment among children attending Reggio-inspired preschools
The goal of this study was to track the progress of Italian children at risk for school failure enrolled in preschools based on the Reggio-Emilia approach. Risk factors considered included family socioeconomic status (SES), child receptive language, and child gender. Participants were 211 children ( M age = 60.8 months, 116 girls) in Reggio-inspired preschools in Genoa, Italy. The sample was followed over six time points starting from the last ye…
The Intercultural Sensitivity of Italian Correctional Officers Between Life Satisfaction and Burnout
Correctional officers (COs) play a crucial role within prisons. The purpose of this study is to analyze the intercultural sensitivity and individual and organizational well-being perceptions of COs. The participants were 400 COs employed in different prisons in northwestern Italy. Analysis of the results shows that there is a significant relationship between intercultural sensitivity and perceived emotional exhaustion and that this affects life s…
Psychology (26 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Political science (14 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Social science (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Immigration (7 works) · Participatory Visual Research Methods (7 works)