Identities in interaction

Research lines of the group documented by publications in the period 2019-2023

• analysis of the dynamic processes through which identities are formed and changed over time, with variable-centered and person-centered approaches

• analysis of how adolescents’ identities are embedded in ecological contexts (e.g., family, peers, school contexts)

• analysis of the impact of identity pathways on adolescents’ psychosocial development

• analysis of the impact of migration processes on adolescents’ identities and adaptation

Head

Elisabetta Crocetti, PhD, Full Professor

ERC Sectors

SH Social Sciences and Humanities

- SH3 The Social World, Diversity, Population

• SH3_6 Kinship; diversity and identities, gender, interethnic relations
• SH3_3 Social integration, exclusion, prosocial behaviour

- SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity

• SH4_2 Personality and social cognition; emotion

Scientific Disciplinary Sector: M-PSI/05 Social Psychology

Selected publications of the group for period 2019-2023

1. Crocetti, E., Albarello, F., Meeus, W., & Rubini, M. (2023). Identities: A developmental social-psychological perspective. European Review of Social Psychology, 34(1), 161-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2022.2104987
2. Crocetti, E., Albarello, F., Prati, F., & Rubini, M. (2021). Development of prejudice against immigrants and ethnic minorities in adolescence: A systematic review with meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Developmental Review, 60, 100959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2021.100959
3. Erentaitė, R., Vosylis, R., Crocetti, E. (2019). Longitudinal associations of identity processing styles with pro-diversity and pro-equality values in adolescence. Child Development, 90, 1490-1502. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13291
4. Kaniušonytė, G., Truskauskaitė-Kunevičienė, I., Žukauskienė, R., & Crocetti, E. (2019). Knowing who you are for not feeling lonely? A longitudinal study on identity and loneliness. Child Development, 90, 1579–1588. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13294
5. Hatano, K., Sugimura, K., Crocetti, E., Meeus, W. (2020). Diverse-and-dynamic pathways in educational and interpersonal identity formation during adolescence: Longitudinal links with psychosocial functioning. Child Development, 91, 1203-1218. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13301
6. Bobba, B., Thijs, J., & Crocetti, E. (2023). A war on prejudice: The role of media salience in reducing ethnic prejudice. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12234

Funding for the period 2019-2023

International Projects

-  ERC-Consolidator grant IDENTITIES “Managing Identities in Diverse Societies: A Developmental Intergroup Perspective with Adolescents” (GA n°101002163). Duration: from 1/05/2021-30/04/2026

 - Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnerships project PROMIS “Promoting social inclusion skills in a post-truth world: A gamified online platform and curriculum” (Project number: 2019-1-RO01-KA203-063157). Duration: from 1/09/2019-31/08/2022

 National Projects

- IDENTITIES through pandemic “Managing identities during the COVID-19 outbreak: A longitudinal study on long-term implications for adolescents’ psychosocial development” (R20CMJ9NHP), funded by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) within the scheme FARE. Duration: from 01/12/2022 to 30/11/2027.

Active National and International Collaborations for the period 2019-2023

 International collaborations

- Prof. Susan Branje, PhD (Full professor; Utrecht University, the Netherlands)

- Prof. Kai Hatano, PhD (Associate Professor; Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)

- Prof. Wim Meeus, PhD (Emeritus professor; Utrecht University, the Netherlands)

- Prof. Seth Schwartz, PhD (Full professor; University of Texas at Austin, United States)

- Prof. Kazumi Sugimura, PhD (Full professor; Hiroshima University, Japan)

- Prof. Jochem Thijs, PhD (Associate Professor; Utrecht University, the Netherlands)

- Prof. Rita Žukauskienė, PhD (Full Professor; Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania)

 National collaborations

- Prof. Guido Alessandri, PhD (Full Professor; Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)

Editorial activities in the period 2019-2023

Elisabetta Crocetti

- Editor-in-Chief, Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research

- Associate editor

European Journal of Personality

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Psicologia Sociale

- Consulting editor

Journal of Research on Adolescence

- Member of journal editorial boards

Adolescent Research Review

Emerging Adulthood

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

European Review of Social Psychology

Fellow in scientific academies and / or executive committees of scientific associations for the period 2019-2023

Elisabetta Crocetti

- Institute of Advanced Studies (ISA), Member of the scientific council

- European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Secretary (till 2022) and then President-elect (from 2022), member of the Executive committee

- Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA), Member of the executive committee (till 2019)

Beatrice Bobba

- European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Young scholar National Representative for Italy and Deputy-Representative of the Young Scholar Committee