La generazione dei giovani senza lavoro: transizioni all’età adulta in condizioni di precarietà, disoccupazione e sottocupazione

Titolo Rivista RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA
Autori/Curatori Sestito Laura Aleni, Luigia Simona Sica, Maria Nasti
Anno di pubblicazione 2014 Fascicolo 2013/3
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 33 P. 411-443 Dimensione file 1853 KB
DOI 10.3280/RIP2013-003002
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Il presente lavoro ha per oggetto i processi di sviluppo e consolidamento dell’identita personale e professionale in un gruppo di emerging adults italiani, marginali rispetto al mercato del lavoro, in quanto inoccupati, sottoccupati o occupati in maniera precaria e discontinua. La ricerca focalizza i processi di costruzione dell’identita narrativa e in questi esplora, in particolare, le dimensioni della progettualita, del distress identitario e dell’agentivita. Sono stati analizzati, attraverso analisi categoriale del contenuto, 80 racconti autobiografici di giovani, di eta compresa tra i 25 e i 32 anni, con diversa collocazione rispetto al mercato del lavoro (Occupati a tempo indeterminato, Autonomi, Inoccupati, Occupati a tempo determinato). I risultati mostrano, in linea con le ipotesi esplorative, un effetto della collocazione lavorativa sulle modalita di definizione identitaria e individuano profili differenziati in funzione delle dimensioni prese in esame. I rilievi mettono, inoltre, in evidenza che una gran parte dei giovani partecipanti alla ricerca non ha ancora raggiunto una propria definizione identitaria e permane in uno stato di moratoria prolungata.;

Keywords:Precarieta lavorativa, identita personale e professionale, emerging adulthood, capitale d’identita.

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Sestito Laura Aleni, Luigia Simona Sica, Maria Nasti, La generazione dei giovani senza lavoro: transizioni all’età adulta in condizioni di precarietà, disoccupazione e sottocupazione in "RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA " 3/2013, pp 411-443, DOI: 10.3280/RIP2013-003002