Projects | PSYCHOLOGY | University of Parma

The research project of PhD students are listed here, divided by cycle.

Research topics | 40th cycle

Davide Albertoni
Tutor: Margherita Guidetti | Co-tutor: Nicoletta Cavazza
Research topic: Explaining and promoting pro-environmental behaviors: the role of perceived efficacy and hope
Stefano Ascari
Tutor: Andrea Pintus
Research topic: Research-training in the educational communities of Emilia-Romagna
Matilde Fabiani
Tutor: Luca Caricati | Corporate tutor: Silvia Iacomini
Research topic: “Neurodivergent Voices”: The Representation of Neurodivergence in the media
(NRRP - DM 630/2024)
Federica Falsaperla
Tutor: Ada Cigala
Research topic: Cognitive and socio-emotional development processes in mixed-age and same-age educational contexts in preschool age
(NRRP - DM 629/2024)
Niyonsenga Japeth
Tutor : Luca Caricati | Co-tutor: Nadia Monacelli
Research topic: Resilience Frameworks, Measurement Tools, and Mechanisms of Resilience Transmission in Populations Affected by Collective Trauma
Karine Milanese
Tutor: Alessandro Musetti | Co-tutor: Francesca Cavallini
Research topic: The mentalization processes in parents of children with autism
(NRRP - DM 630/2024)
Sara Paganelli
Tutor: Tiziana Mancini | Co-tutor: Chiara Imperato
Research topic: Sexual Minorities, Mobility and Social Change: An Analysis of the determinants

Veronica Lusetti
Tutor: Tiziana Mancini | Corporate tutor: Andrea Davolo
Research topic: Stories of exclusion and deviance. Re-thinking the network of services for the prevention and fight against juvenile deviance in the territory of Parma and its province
(funded by the Emilia Romagna Region)
Lucia Medici
Tutor: Martina Giuffré | Co-tutor Sabrina Tosi Cambini
Research topic: Heritage processes of migrant “cultures” in the context of the Parma Apennines, between old and new migrations
(NRRP - DM 118/2023, art.9)
Maddalena Vavassori
Tutor: Luisa Molinari | Co-tutor: Valentina Grazia
Research topic: Active participation and agency of students in learning context

Carlotta Degli Esposti
Tutor: Ada Cigala
Research topic: "Being between" Psychological processes in the transition from kindergarten to primary school
Mattia Pezzi
Tutor: Paola Corsano | Co-tutor: Alessandro Musetti
Research topic: Solitary experiences and problematic social media use in young adults
Cristiana Punzi
Tutor: Paola Corsano
Research topic: The impact of pediatric oncology on sibling relationships
Francesca Rossi
Tutor: Luca Caricati
Research topic: The relationship between heteronormative ideologies and beliefs legitimizing inequality and violence between genders

Silvia Ampollini
Tutor: Ada Cigala
Research topic: Investigating audio-visual Sensitivity to Intersensory Synchrony and its influence on Executive Functions, Self-Regulation, and Language in typical and atypical preschool development
Roberta Bertoli
Tutor: Elena Luciano
Research topic: The university internship as a training device for future educators
Alice Bonini
Tutor: Chiara Panari
Research topic: Efficiency and well-being in organizational contexts
Maria Filosa
Tutor: Alessandro Musetti
Research topic: “Contribution to the validation of an instrument to measure earned secure attachment: the Earned Secure Attachment Questionnaire”
Mariapia Messina
Tutor: Consuelo Mameli
Research topic: Student agency and responsibility in secondary school

Chiara Bonetti
Tutor: Luca Caricati
Research topic: The role of intergroup and temporal comparison in the system justification processes amongst disadvantaged groups
Veronica Marghjerita Cocco
Tutor: Loris Vezzali
Research topic: The Role of Intergroup Contact, Common Ingroup Identity and Morality in Promoting Collective Action among Advantaged and Disadvantaged Group Members
Barbara Dioni
Tutor: Alessandro Musetti | Corporate tutor (Fondazione Bambini e Autismo): Anna Volzone
Research topic: Evaluating the effectiveness of Parent-Mediated Therapy for improving the social-communicative skills of children with autism
Tommaso Manari
Tutor: Alessandro Musetti
Research topic: Examining problematic social networking media uses from an attachment framework

Giulia Amorotti
Tutor: Paola Corsano | Corporate tutor (Centro TICE live and learn): Francesca Cavallini
Research topic: Oral narrative competence of children with disabilities
Antonella Reho
Tutor: Paola Corsano
Research topic: The assessment of parental skills in the context of child protection
Giulia Scaglioni
Tutor: Nicoletta Cavazza
Research topic: Psychosocial factors that hinder adherence to cancer screening programs
Silvia Vescovi
Tutor: Tiziana Mancini - Tutor aziendale (CIAC Onlus): Michele Rossi
Research topic: Promoting health and well-being for refugee women
Elisa Zobbi
Tutor: Damiano Felini
Research topic: School moral atmosphere, understood as the set of norms and values that regulate social relations within the school with particular focus on the teacher and his role in the middle school

PRIN 2022 NRRP
Mapping Social Emotional Learning and School Climate in Italian Lower Secondary Schools: Advancing Understanding and Participation to inform Intervention
The project includes five research units: University of Parma, Università of Perugia, University of Milano Bicocca, University of Milano, University of Firenze
Psychological Processes in School Transitions
Research Project in collaboration with the educational services of Forlì, Trento, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, and the Pradinė Mokykla Centre (Siauliai, Lithuania).
PRIN 2022
Promoting Healthy And Sustainable Eating (PHASE). A deep investigation to reduce and replace meat consumption
PRIN 2022
School needs and service delivery models in school psychology

Coordinator
Prof.ssa Ada CIGALA
T. +39 0521 034828
E. ada.cigala@unipr.it

Deputy Coordinator
Prof.ssa Luisa Maria Emilia Edoarda MOLINARI
T. +39 0521 034821
E. luisa.molinari@unipr.it

Hub

P.le San Francesco 3 – 43121 Parma

Contacts
T. +39 0521 034214
E. dottorati@unipr.it

Head
Dott.ssa Sonia RIZZOLI