The cultural representations and symbolizations emerging from Italian psychologists working in multidisciplinary assisted reproduction teams

A linguistic analysis with the emotional text mining

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ID4228301
AuthorsMichela Di Trani (0000-0002-5085-3453, Sapienza University of Rome), Roberta Spoletini (0000-0001-6351-8331, Assisted Reproductive Treatment - Italian National Register, National Centre for Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion, Italian National Health Institute, Italy), Alessia Renzi (0000-0002-8553-4444, Sapienza University of Rome), Monaco (0000-0001-6838-7537, Sapienza University of Rome), Fabiola Fedele (0000-0002-2000-0644, Assisted Reproductive Treatment - Italian National Register, National Centre for Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion, Italian National Health Institute, Italy), Giulia Scaravelli (0000-0003-0720-9467, Assisted Reproductive Treatment - Italian National Register, National Centre for Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion, Italian National Health Institute, Italy)
Year2025
Volume30
Issue3
Pages528-542
Publication date2025-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13591053241251528
PMID38716895
OpenAlexW4396746238
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited31

This study aims to explore the perspectives of Italian psychologists who work in assisted reproductive treatment (ART) centres regarding their roles within multidisciplinary teams. Twenty-eight psychologists were interviewed, recorded and their transcribed text was analysed using emotional text mining. The analysis revealed four clusters representing the psychologists' cultural symbolizations of their works: 'Clinical Practice with the patient', 'Placing Psychology within the Treatment', 'Psychologist's Loneliness' and; 'Collusion with Medicine'. The symbolic representations emerging clearly highlighted a lack of integration of psychology within the medical field. Psychologists expressed emotional and practical difficulties in trying to integrate their role, including a desire to provide psychological assistance, feelings of loneliness and concerns about jeopardizing their professional opportunities, which are intertwined with the medical field. Present findings underscore the importance of integrating psychology within ART centres and multidisciplinary teams and of establishing operational guidelines for psychologists. These steps are crucial for reaching integration of psychologists within the medical setting

Feeling · Field (mathematics · Health psychology · Loneliness · Multidisciplinary approach · Public health · Social science · Sociology · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Applied Psychology · Social Psychology

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