Bridging cultures and contexts: A multi-method study on risk and protective factors for socio-emotional adjustment among immigrant early adolescents in Italy
Research Seminar
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
12:30 to 2:00 PM
The Child Psychiatry Research Committee is sponsoring a Child Psychiatry Research Seminar. This seminar is open to all staff and students. The seminar will be informal and encourage active audience participation and discussion.
“Bridging cultures and contexts: A multi-method study on risk and protective factors for socio-emotional adjustment among immigrant early adolescents in Italy”
Diana Miconi, PhD,
Presenter: Is a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Psychiatry at McGill University and SHERPA University Institute in Montreal, Canada, under the supervision of Prof. Cécile Rousseau. She completed her master in Clinical Psychology and her PhD in Developmental psychology at the University of Padova, Italy. Clinically, she is a licensed psychologist in Italy and was trained in psychoanalytic infant observational studies at the Tavistock Clinic. Her research interests include the investigation of the risk and resilience processes underlying psychological adaptation among immigrant and refugee youth. Specifically, her current research focuses on risk and protective factors for violent radicalization.
Date:
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
Time:
12:30 to 2:00 PM
Place:
The Montreal Children’s Hospital, Glen Site
1001 Decarie Blvd.
Block B
Conference room – B 08 3019
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will be introduced to an integrative, multi-disciplinary and resilience-oriented framework for the study of immigrant youths’ adaptation.
2. Participants will learn about the complex interplay among personal (e.g., executive functions), social (e.g., parenting, self-concept) and cultural variables (e.g., ethnic discrimination, ethnic background) in shaping immigrant youths’ socio-emotional adjustment.
3. Participants will consider the implications of research findings in terms of prevention and intervention efforts with early adolescents in multi-cultural contexts.