Identità multiple, connessione sociale e attivismo sociale: un modello esplicativo in adolescenti immigrati e italiani

Titolo Rivista RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA
Autori/Curatori Maria Giuseppina Bartolo, Rocco Servidio, Pasquale Musso, Anna Lisa Palermiti, Nicoló Maria Iannello, Paola Perucchini, Angela Costabile
Anno di pubblicazione 2020 Fascicolo 2020/1
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 23 P. 21-43 Dimensione file 273 KB
DOI 10.3280/RIP2020-001003
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Secondo la prospettiva teorica del Positive Youth Development (PYD), il coinvolgimento dei giovani nell’attivismo sociale, ovvero in iniziative che promuovono il cambiamento sociale, e espressione di un percorso di crescita adeguato. In particolare, il PYD sostiene che l’adesione degli adolescenti immigrati ad azioni in favore del progresso delle comunita ospitanti e indice di adattamento positivo. Nell’ottica del PYD, e necessario sostenere l’impegno civico dei giovani, identificando i fattori individuali ed ecologici che lo favoriscono. Tra questi, l’identita e la connessione sociale multiple sembrano avere un ruolo rilevante, specie in contesti fortemente ambigui, come quello italiano, in termini di accoglienza degli immigrati e di inclusione dei giovani negli spazi di partecipazione civile. A partire da tali premesse, questo lavoro ha testato un modello di relazioni in cui l’identita sociale multipla puo essere considerata una risorsa che influisce positivamente sull’attivismo sociale attraverso il ruolo mediatore della connessione sociale multipla. Tale modello e stato ipotizzato invariante tra adolescenti immigrati ed italiani che, pur affrontando situazioni di vita diverse, condividono lo stesso contesto generale di sviluppo. Allo studio hanno partecipato 86 adolescenti immigrati (57% maschi; Meta = 17.12, DS = 1.73) e 114 adolescenti italiani (52% maschi; Meta = 16.68, DS = 1.68) frequentanti tre scuole superiori di secondo grado nel Sud Italia. I dati sono stati raccolti con l’uso di un questionario self-report che includeva tre misure di identita sociale (nazionale, religiosa, etnica/regionale), tre di connessione sociale (rispetto delle autorita, connessione con la societa italiana e gruppo religioso) e una di attivismo sociale. L’analisi dei dati ha previsto la stima di modelli di mediazione alternativi (totale e parziale) e l’invarianza tra adolescenti immigrati e italiani. I risultati suggeriscono che l’associazione dell’identita sociale multipla con l’attivismo sociale e pienamente mediata dalla connessione sociale multipla in un processo che sembra promuovere un sano impegno sociale sia per gli adolescenti immigrati sia per gli italiani. Quanto emerso offre utili spunti per programmare interventi educativi che stimolino i giovani a esplorare le loro diverse appartenenze sociali e li incoraggino a sentirsi parte di una comunita allargata, verso la quale indirizzare azioni che ne favoriscano il cambiamento in modo costruttivo.;

Keywords:Immigrati, PYD, attivismo sociale, identita multiple, connessione sociale.

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Maria Giuseppina Bartolo, Rocco Servidio, Pasquale Musso, Anna Lisa Palermiti, Nicoló Maria Iannello, Paola Perucchini, Angela Costabile, Identità multiple, connessione sociale e attivismo sociale: un modello esplicativo in adolescenti immigrati e italiani in "RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA " 1/2020, pp 21-43, DOI: 10.3280/RIP2020-001003