Can promoting a European identity favor youth’s moral development and positive attitudes towards immigrants? Two studies have been carried out to investigate this research questions. Almost 1000 Italian young people (14-25 years old) participated in the studies. The results have provided some evidence that, actually, identifying with the European Union is associated with youth’s higher levels of identification with the moral values funding the EU and higher levels of openness towards immigrants. Therefore, policies and educational interventions should be realized in order to promote the development of a European identity among youngsters.
Promuovere nei giovani un’identità europea può favorirne lo sviluppo morale e atteggiamenti postivi di inclusione verso gli immigrati? È questo l’interrogativo indagato in due studi che hanno coinvolto quasi mille giovani italiani dai 14 ai 25 anni. Dai due studi è emerso che, effettivamente, nei giovani sentirsi europei si associa con una maggiore identificazione con gli alti valori morali a fondamento dell’Unione Europea e con una maggiore apertura verso gli immigrati. Sono auspicabili, quindi, politiche e interventi educativi volti a favorire lo sviluppo dell’identità europea nei giovani.
Caravita, S. C. S., Sabatti, C., I giovani e l’Europa, <<CONSULTORI FAMILIARI OGGI>>, 2018; 26 (1): 80-91 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/121706]
I giovani e l’Europa
Caravita, Simona C. S.
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2018
Abstract
Can promoting a European identity favor youth’s moral development and positive attitudes towards immigrants? Two studies have been carried out to investigate this research questions. Almost 1000 Italian young people (14-25 years old) participated in the studies. The results have provided some evidence that, actually, identifying with the European Union is associated with youth’s higher levels of identification with the moral values funding the EU and higher levels of openness towards immigrants. Therefore, policies and educational interventions should be realized in order to promote the development of a European identity among youngsters.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.