Piumatti Giovanni, Garro Maria, Pipitone Laura, Di Vita Angela Maria, Rabaglietti Emanuela
Institute of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Eur J Psychol. 2016 May 31;12(2):271-87. doi: 10.5964/ejop.v12i2.1078. eCollection 2016 May.
The main goal of this study was to compare Northern and Southern Italian emerging adult university students, regarding the importance attributed to criteria for adulthood and the levels of life and education satisfaction. Self-report questionnaires were filled by 475 Northern and Southern Italian University students (Age M = 22.91, 76% females, n = 359). Multivariate analysis of variance revealed that Southern emerging adults were more likely to place importance on family capacities, norm compliance, interdependence and role transitions as criteria for achieving adulthood than Northern emerging adults. Regarding gender differences, females were more likely to believe in the importance of norm compliance than males, while males were more likely to espouse the importance of legal transitions. Finally, emerging adults from the North reported higher levels of life satisfaction than their Southern counterparts. We interpreted these findings in light of socio-economical and gender socialization differences among Northern and Southern Italian emerging adults.
本研究的主要目的是比较意大利北部和南部的成年初期大学生，比较他们对成年标准的重视程度以及生活和教育满意度水平。475名意大利北部和南部的大学生（年龄M = 22.91，76%为女性，n = 359）填写了自我报告问卷。多变量方差分析显示，与意大利北部的成年初期个体相比，意大利南部的成年初期个体更有可能将家庭能力、遵守规范、相互依赖和角色转变视为实现成年的标准。关于性别差异，女性比男性更倾向于认为遵守规范很重要，而男性则更倾向于支持法律转变的重要性。最后，来自意大利北部的成年初期个体报告的生活满意度水平高于南部的同龄人。我们根据意大利北部和南部成年初期个体在社会经济和性别社会化方面的差异来解释这些发现。
