Eugenia Scabini
Biographic Data
| ID | 94044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eugenia Scabini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eugenia |
| FAMILY NAME | Scabini |
| SIGNATURE | SCABINI E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Milan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 178 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
When I think of me as a parent”: Procreative options and young adults’ identity motives
The current study explored whether and to what extent different procreative options (natural conception, adoption, homologous techniques, and heterologous techniques) were perceived as enriching or threatening to young adults’ expectation of identity motives fulfillment. Our sample consisted of 1380 Italian young adults (62.9% women) aged between 18 and 33 years who participated in a national online survey on young adulthood. Results showed that …
Living Longer: A Resource for the Family, An Opportunity for Society
Acquiring dyadic coping: Parents and partners as models
Using self‐reported data on dyadic coping from 153 premarital couples and their parents, this study investigates (a) how similar individuals are to their parents and partner and (b) whether parent–child similarities in dyadic coping vary as a function of child's gender and the type of dyadic coping model parents represent. Similarities were computed using an idiographic approach, and 2 components of dyadic similarity—unique and stereotypical—were…
Family Processes and Identity
Value transmission in the family: Do adolescents accept the values their parents want to transmit?
This study focused on value transmission in the family and assessed adolescents’ acceptance of the values their parents want to transmit to them (socialisation values), identifying some factors that may affect the level of acceptance. Specifically, actual value agreement between parents, parental agreement as perceived by adolescents, parent–child closeness and promotion of child’s volitional functioning, were considered as predictors. Participan…
Identity Motives Underlying Desired and Feared Possible Future Selves
Desired and feared possible future selves are important motivators of behavior and provide a temporal context for self‐evaluation. Yet little research has examined why people desire some possible selves and fear others. In two studies, we tested the reflection of identity motives for self‐esteem, efficacy, meaning, continuity, belonging, and distinctiveness in people's desired and feared possible future selves and in their possible future identit…
Changing intergenerational relationship
This article explores the literature on intergenerational relationships within psychological and sociological disciplines. After a brief description of the different meanings of the term ‘generation’, two theoretical perspectives are discussed: Mannheim's theory of generations and Bengston and colleagues' theory of intergenerational solidarity. Particular attention is given to the process of intergenerational transmission. This is followed by a r…
Beyond self-esteem: Influence of multiple motives on identity construction
Diverse theories suggest that people are motivated to maintain or enhance feelings of self-esteem, continuity, distinctiveness, belonging, efficacy, and meaning in their identities. Four studies tested the influence of these motives on identity construction, by using a multilevel regression design. Participants perceived as more central those identity elements that provided a greater sense of self-esteem, continuity, distinctiveness, and meaning;…
Cohesion and Enmeshment Revisited: Differentiation, Identity, and Well‐Being in Two European Cultures
We examined the nature and implications of family differentiation among adolescents facing a life transition in 2 European countries with differing family cultures. One hundred and twenty‐four Italian and 109 U.K. adolescents completed measures of family differentiation (cohesion and enmeshment), identity threat (perception of threat to the self associated with finishing school), life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, and anxiety. Confirmatory f…
Impact of Adolescents' Filial Self‐Efficacy on Quality of Family Functioning and Satisfaction
In this prospective study, we tested a structural model in which adolescents' perceived self‐efficacy to manage parental relationships affected their satisfaction with family life both directly, and indirectly, through its impact on family practices. Findings based on 380 Italian adolescents showed that perceived filial self‐efficacy was linked directly and indirectly to satisfaction with family life, and that these relations held both concurrent…
Psychosocial Adjustment and Family Relationships: A Typology of Italian Families with a Late Adolescent
Young Adult Families: An Evolutionary Slowdown or a Breakdown in the Generational Transition
This article is divided into two parts. The first one, through both qualitative and quantitative data, shows the results of research concerning Italian families with young adults. The second part is devoted to qualitative research and related findings. In particular, young adults ages 20 to 30 have been interviewed jointly with their parents. Given that the evolutionary slowdown is also due to the labor market (see the high rate of youth unemploy…
Still in the Nest: Delayed Home Leaving in Europe and the United States
Beyond self-esteem: Influence of multiple motives on identity construction
Diverse theories suggest that people are motivated to maintain or enhance feelings of self-esteem, continuity, distinctiveness, belonging, efficacy, and meaning in their identities. Four studies tested the influence of these motives on identity construction, by using a multilevel regression design. Participants perceived as more central those identity elements that provided a greater sense of self-esteem, continuity, distinctiveness, and meaning;…
Cohesion and Enmeshment Revisited: Differentiation, Identity, and Well‐Being in Two European Cultures
We examined the nature and implications of family differentiation among adolescents facing a life transition in 2 European countries with differing family cultures. One hundred and twenty‐four Italian and 109 U.K. adolescents completed measures of family differentiation (cohesion and enmeshment), identity threat (perception of threat to the self associated with finishing school), life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, and anxiety. Confirmatory f…
Still in the Nest: Delayed Home Leaving in Europe and the United States
Changing intergenerational relationship
This article explores the literature on intergenerational relationships within psychological and sociological disciplines. After a brief description of the different meanings of the term ‘generation’, two theoretical perspectives are discussed: Mannheim's theory of generations and Bengston and colleagues' theory of intergenerational solidarity. Particular attention is given to the process of intergenerational transmission. This is followed by a r…
Impact of Adolescents' Filial Self‐Efficacy on Quality of Family Functioning and Satisfaction
In this prospective study, we tested a structural model in which adolescents' perceived self‐efficacy to manage parental relationships affected their satisfaction with family life both directly, and indirectly, through its impact on family practices. Findings based on 380 Italian adolescents showed that perceived filial self‐efficacy was linked directly and indirectly to satisfaction with family life, and that these relations held both concurrent…
Young Adult Families: An Evolutionary Slowdown or a Breakdown in the Generational Transition
This article is divided into two parts. The first one, through both qualitative and quantitative data, shows the results of research concerning Italian families with young adults. The second part is devoted to qualitative research and related findings. In particular, young adults ages 20 to 30 have been interviewed jointly with their parents. Given that the evolutionary slowdown is also due to the labor market (see the high rate of youth unemploy…
Psychosocial Adjustment and Family Relationships: A Typology of Italian Families with a Late Adolescent
Young Adult Families: An Evolutionary Slowdown or a Breakdown in the Generational Transition
This article is divided into two parts. The first one, through both qualitative and quantitative data, shows the results of research concerning Italian families with young adults. The second part is devoted to qualitative research and related findings. In particular, young adults ages 20 to 30 have been interviewed jointly with their parents. Given that the evolutionary slowdown is also due to the labor market (see the high rate of youth unemploy…
Still in the Nest: Delayed Home Leaving in Europe and the United States
Psychosocial Adjustment and Family Relationships: A Typology of Italian Families with a Late Adolescent
Impact of Adolescents' Filial Self‐Efficacy on Quality of Family Functioning and Satisfaction
In this prospective study, we tested a structural model in which adolescents' perceived self‐efficacy to manage parental relationships affected their satisfaction with family life both directly, and indirectly, through its impact on family practices. Findings based on 380 Italian adolescents showed that perceived filial self‐efficacy was linked directly and indirectly to satisfaction with family life, and that these relations held both concurrent…
Changing intergenerational relationship
This article explores the literature on intergenerational relationships within psychological and sociological disciplines. After a brief description of the different meanings of the term ‘generation’, two theoretical perspectives are discussed: Mannheim's theory of generations and Bengston and colleagues' theory of intergenerational solidarity. Particular attention is given to the process of intergenerational transmission. This is followed by a r…
Beyond self-esteem: Influence of multiple motives on identity construction
Diverse theories suggest that people are motivated to maintain or enhance feelings of self-esteem, continuity, distinctiveness, belonging, efficacy, and meaning in their identities. Four studies tested the influence of these motives on identity construction, by using a multilevel regression design. Participants perceived as more central those identity elements that provided a greater sense of self-esteem, continuity, distinctiveness, and meaning;…
Cohesion and Enmeshment Revisited: Differentiation, Identity, and Well‐Being in Two European Cultures
We examined the nature and implications of family differentiation among adolescents facing a life transition in 2 European countries with differing family cultures. One hundred and twenty‐four Italian and 109 U.K. adolescents completed measures of family differentiation (cohesion and enmeshment), identity threat (perception of threat to the self associated with finishing school), life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, and anxiety. Confirmatory f…
Identity Motives Underlying Desired and Feared Possible Future Selves
Desired and feared possible future selves are important motivators of behavior and provide a temporal context for self‐evaluation. Yet little research has examined why people desire some possible selves and fear others. In two studies, we tested the reflection of identity motives for self‐esteem, efficacy, meaning, continuity, belonging, and distinctiveness in people's desired and feared possible future selves and in their possible future identit…
Family Processes and Identity
Value transmission in the family: Do adolescents accept the values their parents want to transmit?
This study focused on value transmission in the family and assessed adolescents’ acceptance of the values their parents want to transmit to them (socialisation values), identifying some factors that may affect the level of acceptance. Specifically, actual value agreement between parents, parental agreement as perceived by adolescents, parent–child closeness and promotion of child’s volitional functioning, were considered as predictors. Participan…
Acquiring dyadic coping: Parents and partners as models
Using self‐reported data on dyadic coping from 153 premarital couples and their parents, this study investigates (a) how similar individuals are to their parents and partner and (b) whether parent–child similarities in dyadic coping vary as a function of child's gender and the type of dyadic coping model parents represent. Similarities were computed using an idiographic approach, and 2 components of dyadic similarity—unique and stereotypical—were…
Living Longer: A Resource for the Family, An Opportunity for Society
When I think of me as a parent”: Procreative options and young adults’ identity motives
The current study explored whether and to what extent different procreative options (natural conception, adoption, homologous techniques, and heterologous techniques) were perceived as enriching or threatening to young adults’ expectation of identity motives fulfillment. Our sample consisted of 1380 Italian young adults (62.9% women) aged between 18 and 33 years who participated in a national online survey on young adulthood. Results showed that …
Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (4 works) · Identity, Memory, and Therapy (4 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 works)