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The effects of disgust messages on plant-based food choice: Exploring underlying processes and boundary conditions

 Carfora, V., Festa, S., Pompili, S., Azzena, I., Scaglioni, G., Lenzi, M., ... & Guidetti, M. (2025). Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Link

Communication intervention to improve young adults’ food safety practices: The benefits of using congruent framing.

Vezzoli, M., Carfora, V. & Catellani, P. (2025) Nutrients 2025, 17(5), 928

On the emergent capabilities of ChatGPT 4 to estimate personality traits

 Piastra, M. & Catellani, P. (2025). Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 8, 1484260.

Psychosocial predictors of downloading a mobile app promoting healthy and sustainable eating

 Azzena, I., Festa, S, Pompili, S., Lenzi, M., Carraro, L., Guidetti, M., Cavazza, N., Carfora, V., & Catellani, P. (2025). Cogent Psychology, 12, 2464273.

Bridging the ideological divide: Communicating the positive economic impact of climate policy convinces the right

 Bertolotti, M. & Catellani, P. (2025). Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 35, 70058.

Did sexist voters bring Italy its first female Prime Minister?

 Bertolotti, M., Picciafoco, L., & Catellani, P. (2024). Italian Journal of Electoral Studies, 87, 45-57.

Proenvironmental self identity as a moderator of psychosocial predictors in the purchase of sustainable clothing

Carfora, V., Buscicchio, G., & Catellani, P. (2024). Proenvironmental self identity as a moderator of psychosocial predictors in the purchase of sustainable clothing. Scientific Reports, 14, 23968.

Populism and the effects of political attacks on male and female candidates.

Bertolotti, M., Catellani, P., & Picciafoco, L. (2024). Comunicazione Politica, 25, 195-218.

Regulatory fit to enhance user engagement with an app promoting healthy and sustainable eating. An experimental study to match regulatory concern and anticipated emotions.

Carfora, V., Festa, S., Pompili, S., Azzena, I., Guidetti, M., Scaglioni, G., ... & Catellani, P. (2024) Sustainability, 16 (15), 6388. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/15/6388

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  • 2015
    • The perception of politicians’ morality. Attacks and defenses. (Book chapters)

      Bertolotti, M. & Catellani, P. (2015). In J. P. Forgas, K. Fiedler, & B. Crano (Eds.). Social psychology and politics, Psychology Press, New York, pp. 112-128.

    • The perception of politicians’ morality: Attacks and defenses (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. & Bertolotti, M. (2015). In J. P. Forgas, K. Fiedler, & B. Crano (Eds.), Social psychology and politics . Psychology Press, New York, pp. 113-128.

    • Agreement with climate change policies: Framing the future and national versus supra-national identity. (Journal papers)

      Bertolotti, M. & Catellani, P. (2015).Agreement with climate change policies: Framing the future and national versus supra-national identity.European Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 847-857.     Through an experiment included in a nationwide survey conducted prior to the 2014 European elections, we investigated whether citizens’ agreement with policies dealing with the global issue of climate change depends on how such policies are framed and citizens’ identification with the national or supranational entities enacting them. Participants were presented with different versions of a statement proposing investments in renewable energy sources, manipulated in terms of hedonic consequences (benefits of adoption vs adverse effects of non-adoption), regulatory concern (growth vs safety) and policy actor group membership (national vs supranational actor). Participants’ national/supranational identification was also measured. Participants’ agreement with the policy was stronger for...

  • 2014
    • The effects of counterfactual defences on social judgements (Journal papers)

      Catellani, P. & Bertolotti, M. (2014).European Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 82-92.   Research on counterfactuals (‘If only…’) has seldom considered the effects of counterfactual communication, especially in a defensive context. In three studies, we investigated the effects of counterfactual defences employed by politicians. We assumed that self-focused upward counterfactuals (‘If only I…, the outcome would have been better’) are a form of concession, other-focused upward counterfactuals (‘If only they…, the outcome would have been better’) are a form of excuse, and self-focused downward counterfactuals (‘If only I…, the outcome would have been worse’) are a form of justification. In Study 1, a counterfactual defence led to a more positive evaluation of the politician than a corresponding factual defence. Of the two types of defence, the counterfactual defence reduced the extent to which the politician was held responsible for the past event and was perceived as more convincing. In...

    • Empowering skills for active ageing and healthy living (Book chapters)

      Antonietti, A., Balconi, B., Catellani, P, & Marchetti, A. (2014).In G. Riva, P. Ajmone Marsan & C. Grassi (Eds.), Active ageing and healthy living.Amsterdam, IOS Press, pp. 157-171.   The chapter is aimed at describing four different approaches, each supported by experimental findings, which can be adopted to empower life skills in the elderly. The first approach consists in stimulating aged persons by asking them to carry out some tasks aimed at activating the brain and mental processes which are targeted by the intervention. In the second approach the elderly are hinted at thinking about their mental states to understand one’s own and others’ behavior to act as a reflective agent. The third approach is based on the assumption that the communication context can support and improve old people’s skills, if the messages they receive are devised so to focus their attention on relevant information and to elicit relevant cognitive frameworks. According to the fourth approach, aged people...

    • Identità, valori e cibo (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. & Bertolotti, M. (2014).In F. Botturi & R. Zoboli (Eds.),Attraverso il convivio. Cibo e alimentazione tra bisogni e culture, Vita & Pensiero, Milano,pp. 101-114. Che rapporti ci sono tra il cibo che mangiamo, i nostri valori e la nostra identità? Per rispondere a questa domanda in questo capitolo analizziamo anzitutto le relazioni ci sono tra i valori delle persone e le loro scelte alimentari. Scopriamo così che esiste una correlazione significativa tra consumo di carne e di verdura e l’importanza attribuita ad alcuni valori. In particolare, chi mangia spesso la carne dà molta importanza, o più importanza degli altri, ai valori del potere e del successo; chi, al contrario, mangia molta verdura dà molta importanza ai valori della benevolenza e dell’universalismo. Analizziamo quindi più in dettaglio le motivazioni che sono alla base delle scelte alimentari, motivazioni legate alla salute, di natura etica, di natura sociale e infine quelle di tipo ambientale. Ci...

    • The Effects of message framing in policy communication on climate change. (Journal papers)

      Bertolotti, M. & Catellani, P. (2014).Effects of message framing in policy communication on climate change.European Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 474–486.   In two studies, we investigated the framing effects of policy messages regarding climate change. In Study 1, we asked participants to read policy messages that envisioned positive consequences. Messages varied as to their outcome sensitivity (achievement of positive outcomes versus avoidance of negative outcomes), regulatory concern (growth versus safety) and goal-pursuit strategy (investment in renewable energy versus intervention on greenhouse gas emissions). Participants showed the highest agreement with a policy message on renewable energy when it was formulated in terms of the achievement of positive, growth-related outcomes and with a greenhouse gas emissions message when it was formulated in terms of the avoidance of negative, safety-related outcomes. The same held for the intention to vote for candidates proposing...

    • Tra Facebook e i TG. Esposizione mediale e percezione dei leader nella campagna elettorale italiana del 2013. (Journal papers)

      Barisione, M., Catellani, P. & Garzia, D. (2014).Tra Facebook e i TG. Esposizione mediale e percezione dei leader nella campagna elettorale italiana del 2013.Comunicazione Politica, 6, 187-210.     Nell’insieme sempre più diversificato di piattaforme che caratterizza la comunicazione politica ed elettorale, la popolarità dei leader può variare in modo diverso a seconda dei canali di informazione politica utilizzati dagli elettori e della maggiore o minore congruenza dello stile comunicativo di un leader con quello di ogni dato medium. A partire dai dati dell’inchiesta ITANES Rolling Cross Section (RCS) condotta via CAWI su 8.700 intervistati nei 40 giorni precedenti il voto del febbraio 2013, questo articolo analizza la struttura e le dinamiche di popolarità di Berlusconi, Bersani, Monti e Grillo, con una particolare enfasi sulle relazioni tra valutazione del leader e tipo di esposizione mediale degli intervistati. I risultati mostrano come persistano forme di ‘media partisanship’ e...

    • Introduzione allo special issue su moralità e psicologia sociale (Journal papers)

      Catellani, P. (2014). Introduzione allo special issue su moralità e psicologia sociale: percorsi di ricerca e direzioni future. In-Mind, 7, 1-2. I contributi presentati in questo numero di In-Mind offrono un quadro sintetico, ma anche chiaro e aggiornato, delle principali direzioni di ricerca verso le quali si stanno indirizzando gli studi psicosociali sulla moralità. Se già da tempo la moralità è al centro dell’attenzione della psicologia dello sviluppo e del ragionamento, è invece relativamente recente l’interesse della psicologia sociale per questo tema. Interesse che in breve tempo è stato in grado di offrire alcune chiavi di lettura stimolanti. In modi diversi, tutti i contributi mettono in evidenza l’importanza della dimensione della moralità nelle percezioni e nelle scelte delle persone. Mostrano inoltre che, se da un lato la morale è profondamente radicata nell’individuo, dall’altra è profondamente condizionata dalla società. Infine, indicano un serie di percorsi di ricerca...

    • The effects of factual and counterfactual attacks on social judgments (Journal papers)

      Catellani, P. e Bertolotti, M. (2014). The effects of factual and counterfactual attacks on social judgments. Social Psychology, 45, 371-381.          Two experiments were conducted to compare the effects of different styles of verbal criticism (factual vs. counterfactual) on the perceptions of target, source, and quality of the attack. Counterfactual attacks resulted in more negative overall judgment of the target and ratings of the target’s morality than either factual attacks or no attack. Counterfactual attacks were also rated more positively than factual attacks, and the source of the counterfactual attack was rated as being less biased against the target. Regression analyses confirmed that the observed effect on overall judgment was mediated by the perceived bias of the source. The greater effectiveness of counterfactual attacks was moderated by awareness of prior hostility of the source of the attack toward the target....

  • 2013
    • The day after an electoral defeat: Counterfactuals and collective action (Journal papers)

      Milesi, P. e Catellani, P. (2011). British Journal of Social Psychology, 50, 690-706.   An intriguing question for scholars of collective action is how participants of unsuccessful actions become re-engaged in future collective activities. At an individual level, previous research has shown that after negative outcomes counterfactual thoughts (‘if only … ’) may serve to prepare for future action. In the current research, we investigated whether counterfactuals may also prepare for future action at a collective level. After a defeat of their party at the regional elections, 163 political activists rated their agreement with abstract (as opposed to concrete) and party-focused (as opposed to other-focused) counterfactuals about how the elections outcome might have been better. Results showed that abstract counterfactuals, dealing with the core elements of the elections, supported collective action intention better than concrete ones. Consistent with the recent developments of...

    • The “Big Two” in political communication: The effects of attacking and defending politicians’ leadership or morality (Journal papers)

      Bertolotti, M., Catellani, P., Douglas, K.M., & Sutton R.M. (2013).Social Psychology, 44, 117-128. In two experimental studies (conducted in Britain and Italy), participants read about a politician answering to leadership- versus morality-related allegations using either downward counterfactuals (“things could have been worse, if...”) or upward counterfactuals (“things could have been better, if...”). Downward messages increased the perception of the politician’s leadership, while both downward and upward messages increased morality perception. Political sophistication moderated the effect of message direction, with downward messages increasing perceived morality in low sophisticates and upward messages increasing perceived morality in high sophisticates. In the latter group, the acknowledgment of an intent to take responsibility mediated morality judgment. Results were consistent across different countries, highlighting previously unexplored effects of communication on the...

    • The strategic use of counterfactual communication in politics (Journal papers)

      Catellani, P. & Covelli, P. (2013).Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 32,495-504.   While counterfactual thinking has been widely investigated, we know much less about how counterfactual (“If . . . then”) statements are employed in political communication. We analysed statements made by politicians during pre-electoral televised broadcasts, to assess whether politicians employ counterfactuals in facework. Counterfactuals were coded according to their direction, controllability, and structure. Log-linear analysis revealed that upward, controllable, and additive counterfactuals were more frequent than downward, uncontrollable, and subtractive counterfactuals, respectively. A significant three-way interaction between target, direction, and controllability also emerged. While politicians more often employed upward controllable counterfactuals when speaking about targets other than themselves, they more often used downward controllable and upward uncontrollable counterfactuals...

    • Counterfactuals, the national economy, and voting choice (Journal papers)

      Catellani, P., Milesi, P. e Alberici, A.I. (2014).Current Psychology, 33, pp. 47-63. Previous research has shown that counterfactual thinking (“if only…”) is related to event explanation, blame assignment, and future decisions. Using data from a large-scale electoral panel survey (ITANES), we investigated the association between pre-election counterfactual thoughts on the national economy and subsequent voting choice. Results revealed that voters focused counterfactuals on the government and other political or economic actors but also, and more frequently, on unspecified or reified actors. Whereas counterfactuals focused on the government were associated with voting for the challenger, counterfactuals focused on political or economic actors or on reified actors were associated with voting for the incumbent. These associations were even stronger when counterfactuals had a subtractive (“if only X had not…”) rather than an additive (“if only X had…”) structure. The inclusion of the...

    • Political communication, social cognitive processes, and voters’ judgments (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P., & Bertolotti, M. (2013). In J. Forgas, O. Vincze, & J. Laszlo (Eds.), Social cognition and communication . Psychology Press, New York, pp. 283-296.

    • Alla ricerca di un leader (Book chapters)

      Barisione, M., Catellani, P. e Garzia, D. (2013).In ITANES (a cura di), Voto amaro. Disincanto e crisi economica nelle elezioni del 2013, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 247-258. ISBN 978-88-15-24712-4 S e le si analizza alla luce del ruolo giocato dai leader di partito, le elezioni politiche del 2013 hanno presentato aspetti tanto di continuità quanto di rottura rispetto al passato. Come nelle cinque elezioni politiche precedenti dal 1994, la principale forza del centrodestra ha avuto alla sua guida Silvio Berlusconi, mentre al centrosinistra si presentava per la prima volta Pierluigi Bersani, dopo le esperienze di Veltroni nel 2008, Prodi nel 2006 e nel 1996, Rutelli nel 2001 e Occhetto nel 1994. In questo senso, la dinamica appariva speculare a quelle precedenti: da una parte, il leader di un partito personale che egli ha fondato e di cui è il “riflettore”, nella misura in cui le sue luci e le sue ombre personali e politiche si riflettono direttamente sul consenso di cui gode il partito;...

    • Comunicazione politica (Book chapters)

      Milesi, P. e Catellani, P. (2013).in L. Lotto e R. Rumiati (a cura di), Introduzione alla psicologia della comunicazione, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 185-204. ISBN 978-3-642-41544-9 Quando comunicano con i cittadini, i politici si propongono di acquisire consenso, promuovere l’immagine di se stessi e del proprio gruppo, e differenziarsi da gruppi avversari e concorrenti. Nel perseguire questi obiettivi sono condizionati dal fatto che la comunicazione politica è prevalentemente mediatizzata e in quanto tale caratterizzata da una forte personalizzazione, drammatizzazione e semplificazione. Anche in questo modo si spiega l’ampio spazio che i politici dedicano sia ad attaccare l’immagine degli avversari sia a difendere la propria, con effetti persuasivi diversificati per differenti segmenti di popolazione. Molto spazio viene dedicato anche alla costruzione discorsiva delle categorie sociali: dalla contrapposizione dicotomica tra ingroup e outgroup, utilizzata dai politici per mobilitare i...

    • Counterfactual communication in politics: Features and effects on voters (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P., Bertolotti, M., & Covelli, V. (2013).In I. Poggi, F. D’Errico, L. Vincze, & A. Vinciarelli (Eds.), Multimodal communication in political speech. Shaping minds and social actions,Springer Verlag, Berlin,pp. 75-85. ISBN 978-3-642-41544-9 During debates and interviews, political leaders often have to defend themselves from adversaries and journalists questioning their performance. To fight against these threats, politicians resort to various defensive strategies, either direct or indirect, to draw attention away from their responsibilities or shed a more positive light upon their work. Counterfactual defences (i.e., comparing past actual events with other hypothetical events) may be included among indirect defensive strategies. We first analyzed counterfactuals evoked by politicians during pre-electoral televised broadcasts. Results showed that politicians defended themselves by using: a) other-focused upward counterfactuals; b) self-focused downward counterfactuals. We then...

  • 2012
  • 2011
    • Psicologia della politica (Books)

      Patrizia Catellani, Gilda Sensales2011Cortina, Milanopp. 380. ISBN: 978-88-6030-400-1 Q uali sono le motivazioni che ci inducono a essere di sinistra oppure di destra e quanto ne siamo consapevoli? In un leader politico cerchiamo competenza ed energia o invece etica e comunicatività? Quanto conta la ragione e quanto l’emozione nei nostri giudizi politici? A queste e ad altre domande risponde il volume, il primo a unire gli studiosi di psicologia politica più accreditati in Italia. I temi fondamentali della disciplina sono organizzati in un quadro articolato e coerente ed esposti in un linguaggio chiaro, con riferimenti alla realtà italiana e internazionale. Download Publisher website

    • Psicologia politica (Books)

      Patrizia Catellani2011Il Mulino, Bolognapp. 272. ISBN: 978-88-15-14680-9   La psicologia politica ha assunto in questi anni un ruolo centrale nell'ambito della psicologia sociale applicata, affrontando una serie di questioni rilevanti per gli studiosi come per i cittadini. Quali sono le informazioni politiche che ci colpiscono di più? Su cosa si basa la nostra scelta di voto, sulla fedeltà a un partito, sulle caratteristiche dei candidati o sull'operato di un governo? Si può parlare di fondamenti psicologici delle ideologie? Come utilizzano i politici il linguaggio per raggiungere i loro scopi? Il volume risponde a questi e altri interrogativi offrendo un compendio della disciplina aggiornato agli sviluppi più recenti. Indice: Premessa. - I. Area di studio. - II. Conoscenza e atteggiamenti politici. - III. Orientamento ideologico e politico. - IV. Identità sociopolitica. - V. Comunicazione politica. - VI. Azione collettiva. - VII. Scelta di voto. - Riferimenti bibliografici. Download...

    • Attacco e difesa nella comunicazione mass-mediale (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. (2011).In Catellani, P. e Sensales, P. (a cura di). Psicologia della politica. Cortina, Milano,pp. 97-112 ISBN: 978-88-6030-400-1 The relation between negative political communication and participation is taken into account first. Then the effects of attacks on citizens' judgments of politicans are considered. The various ways through which politicians defend themselves from attacks are then taken into account, as well as the effects on citizens' judgments. Publisher website

    • Counterfactuals in the social context: The case of political interviews and their effects (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. (2011).In Birke, D., Butter, M., & Koeppe T. (a cura di), Counterfactual thinking/Counterfactual writing De Gruyter, Berlino/New York,pp. 81-94 ISBN 978-3-11-026866-9 Politicians can use counterfactual communication to promote their own representations of past political events, to defend themselves, to attack their adversaries, and, more generally, to influence citizens’ representation of political reality and of politicians. In this chapter, we focus on two main questions: a) What counterfactuals do politicians use in discourse? b) What effects do these counterfactuals have on voters? In addressing these questions, we build on what previous psychological research has shown regarding counterfactual thinking and its relations with other psychological processes, such as causal reasoning, emotional reactions, and decision making.   Publisher...

  • 2010
    • Fatti e controfatti nel ragionamento giudiziario (Journal papers)

      Catellani, P. (2010).Sistemi Intelligenti,22, 209-220.   W hen reasoning about judicial cases, people often compare reality with its alternatives, what happened with what could or should have happened. While doing this, they may refer to various types of legal and extra-legal norms. In this paper, I review research results on how people engage in counterfactual reasoning in the judicial context. Some studies have shown that the spontaneous use of counterfactual reasoning may produce a biased decision, leading jurors to focus attention on aspects that are not relevant to the legal evaluation of the case at hand. Other studies, however, have suggested that a more controlled use of counterfactual thinking may reduce reference to legally irrelevant norms. These results suggest that instructions and training programmes aimed at fostering the generation and comparison of several counterfactual alternatives may improve the quality of judicial decision making. Publisher website...

    • What has been and what should have been. The representation of the government’s performance in a television interview with Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P., Colombo, F., Milesi, P., Villa, M., e Scaglioni, M. (2010). In Colombo, F. (a cura di). A trivial country. Essays on media and politics in Italy. Vita e Pensiero, Milano. pp. 31-48.

    • I valori e la scelta di voto - La scelta degli indecisi (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. e Milesi, P. I valori e la scelta di voto, pp. 213-245.Barisione, M., Catellani, P. e De Sio, L. La scelta degli indecisi, pp. 359-389.2010In P. Bellucci e P. Segatti (a cura di), Votare in Italia: 1968-2008. Dall’appartenenza alla scelta. Il Mulino, Bologna. ISBN 978-88-15-14654-0 In Itanes 2006 survey, voters' values were investigated through the social values model proposed by the social psychologist Shalom Schwartz (1992, 1994). The chapter at first deals with what the values are (ingredients of ideology or motivational goals), which types of values can be found, and how they can be measured. Then, the chapter tests whether the measures used in Itanes 2006 survey match with the compatibility and incompatibility structure expected according to the Schwartz's model. Afterwards, the chapter investigates the hierarchy of values, e.g. the relative importance associated with each value type, and their links with voters' sociodemographic variables such as gender, age,...

  • 2009
    • Soggetti, strategie ed efficacia della comunicazione politica (Journal papers)

      Catellani, P. (2009). Comunicazione Politica , 1, 75-84. Some recent developments of psychological research on political communication are discussed. First, a focus on the effi cacy of several features of politicians' verbal and non-verbal communication, such as concreteness versus abstractedness of language employed or gestures. Second, a focus on the use and the effi cacy of defence and attack communicative strategies by politicians and journalists, as well as of strategies aimed at enhancing citizens' identifi cation with given social categories. Finally, an increasing attention for the consequences of pragmatic constraints related to the various contexts in which political communication takes place. Publisher website

  • 2008
    • L’offerta personalizzata degli sfidanti (Book chapters)

      Barisione, M. e Catellani, P. (2008).In ITANES, Il ritorno di Berlusconi. Vincitori e vinti nelle elezioni del 2008. Il Mulino, Bologna.pp. 137-148. ISBN 978-88-15-12739-6 B astano tre dati a dirci che le ultime elezioni politiche rappresentano una svolta rispetto alle precedenti. Primo: nel 2006 sono entrati alla Camera gli eletti di 15 liste, nel 2008 quelli di 9 liste. Secondo: nel 2006 sedevano in Parlamento 72 deputati di Rifondazione comunista, Comunisti italiani e Verdi; oggi non ce n'è nessuno, come non c'è nessun eletto in partiti che si richiamino alla tradizione socialista. Terzo: nel 2006 le due aree politiche che si sono date battaglia con alterne vicende dal 1996 in poi erano alla pari quanto a voti validi, nel 2008 c'è stato un divario di oltre 4 milioni di voti. Dopo un simile sconvolgimento, grande è la confusione sotto il cielo, soprattutto - naturalmente - sotto quello degli sconfitti. Per capire meglio ciò che è avvenuto questo volume affronta, sulla base di una...

    • “Se non ci fosse stato l’euro…”. Controfattuali tra economia e politica (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P., Alberici, A.I. e Milesi, P. (2008). In A. Antonietti e D. Balconi (a cura di), Mente ed economia. Come psicologia e neuroscienze spiegano il comportamento economico. Il Mulino, Bologna.pp. 209-224 ISBN: 978-88-15-12173-8 La situazione economica dell’Italia è un argomento che ha monopolizzato l’attenzione degli italiani nel corso della campagna elettorale del 2006. Nel mese precedente le elezioni politiche, circa il 40% degli italiani riteneva l’aumento del costo della vita, il rilancio dell’economia e la disoccupazione tra i problemi più importanti del paese. Nello stesso periodo, inoltre, circa tre quarti degli italiani considerava la situazione economica dell’Italia peggiorata rispetto agli ultimi anni. Il capitolo presenta i risultati preliminari di una ricerca volta a indagare il modo in cui gli elettori hanno ragionato sulla situazione economica, e quali tipi di ragionamento si associano alla successiva decisione di votare per la coalizione di centro-destra...

  • 2007
    • L’efficacia politica: una premessa necessaria alla partecipazione (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. (2007). In B. Gelli (a cura di), Le nuove forme della partecipazione. Un approccio interdisciplinare. Carocci, Roma.pp. 57-71. ISBN 9788843042425 Political efficacy as an antecedent of political participation is taken into account. After a definition of the notions of political efficacy, internal efficacy, external efficacy, and system trust, the various levels of political efficacy in the European countries are taken into account. The obstacles to the development of political efficacy are then reviewed, as well as some reasoning processes that may lead to increase or vice versa diminish one’s perception of being efficacious from a political point of view. Some suggestions to increase citizens’ political efficacy are finally given. Publisher website

    • Two psychological routes to right-wing extremism: How Italian workers cope with change (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. & Milesi, P. (2007). Two psychological routes to right-wing extremism: How Italian workers cope with change , pp. 105-121. De Weerdt, Y., Catellani, P., De Witte, H. & Milesi, P. (2007). Perceived socio-economic change and right-wing extremism: Results of the SIREN-survey among European workers , pp. 63-83. In J. Flecker (ed.), Changes in working life and the appeal of the extreme right Ashgate, London.

  • 2006
    • Il salotto e la scena: il conflitto politico in Porta a Porta (Journal papers)

      Colombo, F. e Catellani, P. (2006). Comunicazione Politica , 7, 343-355. Publisher website

    • Sinistra e destra Le radici psicologiche della differenza politica (Books)

      Patrizia Catellani, Piergiorgio Corbetta2006Il Mulino, Bolognapp. 192. ISBN 978-88-15-10911-8 D a qualche tempo il comportamento politico degli italiani risulta sempre meno influenzato da variabili classiche come la religione, la classe sociale e l'area territoriale di appartenenza. Di qui l'affanno dei tradizionali studi sociologici e politologici, che su quelle variabili si erano concentrati, e l'esigenza di aprire a nuovi approcci esplicativi. Scaturito da una ricerca empirica originale, condotta su un campione della popolazione italiana attraverso mille interviste faccia a faccia, il volume costituisce una novità di grande rilievo in questo ambito di indagine; alla sua realizzazione ha infatti lavorato un'équipe composta, oltre che da sociologi e politologi, anche da psicologi sociali. Gli elettori di sinistra e quelli di destra sono veramente diversi? Di che natura è questa diversità? Affonda forse le proprie radici in una dimensione psicologica pre-politica? In quali modi e...

    • Tutta colpa dell’Euro - Successo o benevolenza? I valori degli elettori (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. (2006). Tutta colpa dell’Euro , pp 225-234, Catellani, P. e Milesi, P. (2006). Successo o benevolenza? I valori degli elettori , pp 145-162. In ITANES, Dov’è la vittoria? Il voto del 2006 raccontato dagli italiani. Il Mulino, Bologna.

    • Juries in Italy: Legal and extra-legal norms in sentencing (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. e Milesi, P. (2006). In M. F. Kaplan e A.M. Martin (a cura di), Understanding world jury systems through social psychological research, Psychology Press, New York.pp. 125-145. ISBN 978-1-13-800612-6 I n the Italian judicial system there are both mixed and non-mixed juries. Mixed juries are composed by six laymen, drawn from among citizens with at least a secondary school diploma, and by two trained judges. These juries pass judgment for the most severe crimes only, that is, crimes punished with a 24-year sentence or more. Non-mixed juries, on the other hand, are composed of three trained judges and pass judgement for less severe crimes. A mixed jury is also found in juvenile courts, whose members are two trained judges and two experts chosen among professionals who are competent in juvenile deviance (e.g. psychologists, teachers, and sociologists). In the present chapter, we will focus on how juries refer to legal and social norms in their activity. In case evaluation,...

    • Un’agenda psicologica per una società multiculturale. I. Ridurre l’incertezza per aprirsi alla diversità (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. (2006), In Galli, C. (a cura di), Multiculturalismo. Ideologie e sfide. Il Mulino, Bologna. pp. 139-152.

    • Identificazioni: dal partito alla coalizione - Pregiudizio: sguardi diversi sugli immigrati - Efficacia: fare o lasciar fare (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. e Milesi, P. (2006). Identificazioni: dal partito alla coalizione, pp. 73-89Catellani, P. e Milesi, P. (2006). Pregiudizio: sguardi diversi sugli immigrati, pp. 129-149Catellani, P. e Milesi, P. (2006). Efficacia: fare o lasciar fare, pp. 151-171In Catellani, P. e Corbetta, P. (a cura di). Sinistra e destra. Le radici psicologiche della differenza politica Il Mulino, Bologna. ISBN: 978-88-15-10911-8  Making reference to the social identity theory, the chapter investigates party and coalition identification. The intensity of identification of left-wing and right-wing voters with their party and coalition are taken into account. Then, coexistence between party and coalition identifications is considered. Data come from an ITANES survey carried out on a representative sample of the Italian population in 2004. Results show that identification with the coalition is usually lower than identification with the party. Left-wing voters are however more identified than...

    • Italy: The offspring of fascism - Schismatic tendencies (Book chapters)

      Milesi, P., Chirumbolo, A. e Catellani, P. (2006). Italy: The offspring of fascism, pp. 67-92.Catellani. P., Milesi, P. e Crescentini, A. (2006). Schismatic tendencies, pp. 204-223.In B. Klandermans e N. Mayer (a cura di), Extreme right activists in Europe: Through the magnifying glass Routledge, London. ISBN: 978-0-415-49443-4 The chapter analyses how the issue of fascism is dealt with by Italian extreme right-wing party activists when they account for their political involvement. Given the stigmatization of fascism in Italy since the Second World War, membership in parties that present themselves as the offspring of fascism is likely to foster a situation of psychological conflict in their members. On the one hand, continuity with fascism may be a way of stressing one’s existential consistency, which is a basic human need. On the other, showing continuity with fascism implies being exposed to discrimination and stigmatization , which is a threat for a positive social identity....

  • 2005
    • Experiences in working life and the attraction of the extreme right. Empirical findings of a European study (Journal papers)

      Flecker, J., De Witte, H., Hentges, G., Catellani, P., De Weerdt, Y, e Milesi, P. (2005). Ethical Perspectives , 12, 141-170.

    • Identità e appartenenza nella società globale (Books)

      Scritti in onore di Assunto Quadrio AristarchiPatrizia Catellani2005Vita e pensiero, Milanopp. 344. ISBN: 9788834319819   Tra le conseguenze più evidenti dei processi di globalizzazione nella società contemporanea vi è la crisi delle tradizionali categorie di appartenenza sociale e l'emergere di nuove categorie più complesse e instabili. La crescente mobilità, le massicce immigrazioni, il configurarsi di nuove realtà nazionali e sopranazionali comportano una profonda trasformazione delle appartenenze culturali, territoriali e politiche. Al contempo, altre appartenenze rilevanti, come quelle familiari e lavorative, risultano influenzate dai cambiamenti in atto. Quali opportunità di relazione si offrono alle persone in una società globale? Che cosa rimane e che cosa cambia nell'identità di ciascuno di noi? Che cosa è unico e che cosa è condiviso? Download Publisher website

    • The Psychology of Counterfactual Thinking (Books)

      David R. Mandel, Denis J. Hilton, Patrizia Catellani2005Routledge, Londonpp. 192. ISBN: 978-0-415-75865-9 This book provides a critical overview of significant developments in research and theory on counterfactual thinking that have emerged in recent years and spotlights exciting new directions for future research in this area. Key issues considered include the relations between counterfactual and casual reasoning, the functional bases of counterfactual thinking, the role of counterfactual thinking in the experience of emotion and the importance of counterfactual thinking in the context of crime and justice. Download P ublisher website

    • When the social context frames the case: Counterfactuals in the courtroom (Book chapters)

      Mandel, D., Hilton, D. & Catellani, P. (2005). Introduction , pp. 1-7. Catellani, P. e Milesi, P. (2005). When the social context frames the case: Counterfactuals in the courtroom , pp. 183-198. In D. Mandel, D. Hilton e P. Catellani (a cura di), The psychology of counterfactual thinking. Routledge, London.

    • Identità multiple nella società globale (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. (2005). In Catellani, P. (a cura di) Identità e appartenenza nella società globale. Vita e Pensiero, Milano,pp. 17-44. ISBN 978-3-642-41544-9 The chapter aims at showing that research results on the processes of social identification in the socio-political and work context may offer useful suggestions to politicians and policy-makers interested in making decisions that lead to an improvement of individual and social living conditions in a global society. Social identity in uncertainty conditions is taken into account first, reviewing research results of how people react to the need of social belongingness when they find themselves in (objective or subjective) conditions of uncertainty and threat. Multiple social identities are then examined, especially those characterized by hierarchical inclusiveness. Publisher website

    • Ascesa e declino: percezione di cambiamento in contesti lavorativi (Book chapters)

      Milesi, P., Covelli, V. e Catellani, P. (2005).In Kaneklin, C., Scaratti, G. e Bruno A. (a cura di), I processi di generazione delle conoscenze nei contesti organizzativi e di lavoro. Vita e Pensiero, Milano,pp. 123-149. Il capitolo presenta i diversi livelli ai quali può essere percepito il cambiamento nel contesto lavorativo e esamina come esso incida sulle percezioni di controllo e di appartenenza delle persone coinvolte. A questo scopo, vengono analizzate trentasei interviste a persone che hanno vissuto un cambiamento (positivo o negativo) nel loro contesto lavorativo, impiegate in una varietà di settori occupazionali. I risultati indicano che il cambiamento viene qualificato soggettivamente come "ascesa" o "declino": 1) in rapporto alla prevedibilità e volontarietà del cambiamento e alla percezione di possedere le competenze necessarie per gestirlo; 2) in rapporto al modo in cui il bisogno di inserirsi e sentirsi parte di un gruppo viene soddisfatto.   Publisher website...

  • 2004
    • Counterfactual thinking and stereotypes: The nonconformity effect (Journal papers)

      Catellani, P., Alberici, A.I. e Milesi, P. (2004)European Journal of Social Psychology, 34, 421-436.   P ast research has shown that counterfactual thinking (‘if only…’) is related to judgements of responsibility for negative events. It has also shown that behaviours deviating from the target's own behavioural standard (intrapersonal norm) are likely to trigger counterfactuals—the so-called exceptional-routine effect. In the present research, we demonstrate that behaviours deviating from a social category's behavioural standard (social norm) are also likely to trigger counterfactuals—what may be called the nonconformity effect. Two studies investigated counterfactual thinking regarding a rape case, classifying counterfactuals according to their conformity versus nonconformity to relevant social norms, and their focus on actions versus inactions. In Study 1, participants with higher endorsement of the rape victim stereotype generated more counterfactuals on the victim's non-conforming...

    • Turning right? Socio-economic change and the receptiveness of European workers to the extreme right. (Books)

      De Weerdt, Y., De Witte, H., Catellani, P. & Milesi, P. (2004). Riegelnik GmbH: Vienna.

    • Political psychology. Overview (Book chapters)

      Catellani, P. (2004). In C. Spielberger (a cura di), Encyclopedia of applied psychology. Elsevier, London, vol. 2, pp. 51-65.

    • I corsi online all’università: aspetti cognitivi e psicosociali (Book chapters)

      Antonietti, A., Catellani P., Ciceri R. e Gilli G. (2004).In Scurati C. (a cura di), E-learning/Università. Esperienze, analisi, proposte. Vita e Pensiero, Milanopp. 243-283. ISBN Publisher website

  • 2003
    • 1985 - 2003 (Books)

      2002 Catellani, P. e Alberici, I.A. (2002). Relazioni di status e identità sociale. In M. Cesa Bianchi e A. Antonietti (a cura di), Dentro la psicologia. Contesti, teorie, ricerche, personaggi, Mondadori, Milano, pp. 239-248. Milesi, P. e Catellani, P. (2002). L’analisi qualitativa di testi con il programma Atlas.ti. In B. Mazzara (a cura di), Metodi qualitativi in psicologia sociale. Prospettive teoriche e strumenti operativi, Carocci, Roma, pp. 283-304. 2001 Catellani, P. & Milesi, P. (2001). Counterfactuals and roles: Mock victims’ and perpetrators’ accounts of judicial cases, European Journal of Social Psychology, 31, 247-264. 2000 Catellani, P. e Pajardi, D. (2000). La testimonianza, in A.M. Clerici, A. Quadrio Aristarchi e M. Simionato (a cura di), Psicologia e problemi giuridici, Giuffrè, Milano, pp. 209-296. 1999 Catellani, P. (1999). L’ “expertise”, in V. Girotto e P. Legrenzi (a cura di), Psicologia del pensiero, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 175-201. 1998 Catellani, P. e...

    • 1985 - 2003 (Book chapters)

      2002 Catellani, P. e Alberici, I.A. (2002). Relazioni di status e identità sociale. In M. Cesa Bianchi e A. Antonietti (a cura di), Dentro la psicologia. Contesti, teorie, ricerche, personaggi, Mondadori, Milano, pp. 239-248. Milesi, P. e Catellani, P. (2002). L’analisi qualitativa di testi con il programma Atlas.ti. In B. Mazzara (a cura di), Metodi qualitativi in psicologia sociale. Prospettive teoriche e strumenti operativi, Carocci, Roma, pp. 283-304. 2001 Catellani, P. & Milesi, P. (2001). Counterfactuals and roles: Mock victims’ and perpetrators’ accounts of judicial cases, European Journal of Social Psychology, 31, 247-264. 2000 Catellani, P. e Pajardi, D. (2000). La testimonianza, in A.M. Clerici, A. Quadrio Aristarchi e M. Simionato (a cura di), Psicologia e problemi giuridici, Giuffrè, Milano, pp. 209-296. 1999 Catellani, P. (1999). L’ “expertise”, in V. Girotto e P. Legrenzi (a cura di), Psicologia del pensiero, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 175-201. 1998 Catellani, P. e...

    • 1985 - 2003 (Journal papers)

 

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