Elvira Cicognani

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the relationship between social participation and Sense of Community in a sample of University students and the impact of such variables on Social well being and assess the generality of the relationships between these constructs across different countries, and specifically, the USA, Italy and Iran.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between sense of community, civic engagement and social well-being in a sample of Italian adolescents and found that involvement in formal groups is associated with increased civic involvement and increased sense of communities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined age and gender differences in coping strategies used by adolescents (N = 342; age = 14-19 years) in dealing with everyday minor stressors.

TL;DR: Results confirmed the expectations based on Social Cognitive Theory that self-efficacy buffers the impact of perceived stressful encounters on professional quality of life and suggest the usefulness of interventions aimed at increasing rescue workers' psychosocial skills.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated dimensions of quality of life at work (compassion fatigue, Burnout and Compassion satisfaction), and their relationships with coping strategies and some psychosocial variables (Sense of Community, Collective Efficacy and Self-efficacy).