Graziella Di Marco

The Interplay Between Religious Orientations, State Secularism, and Gay Rights Issues

The aim of this study was to test the effects of religious orientations (intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest) and secularism of state on attitude towards both same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples. Moreover, the mediating effects of secularism of state on the relationship between religious orientations and attitude towards gay rights were assessed. Participants were 276 heterosexual, Catholic Italians who completed a questionnaire containing measures of the investigated constructs. Results showed that state secularism and quest orientation positively correlated with both attitudes investigated, whereas intrinsic orientation negatively correlated with both types of attitude. Moreover, secularism of state mediated the relationship between extrinsic and intrinsic orientations and attitude towards both same-sex marriage and adoption by gay men and lesbians.

Distanza sociale e disabilità: gli atteggiamenti degli insegnanti curriculari e di sostegno

L’obiettivo di questo studio era di indagare la percezione che gli insegnanti curriculari e gli insegnanti di sostegno hanno nei confronti della disabilita. A tale scopo, abbiamo somministrato un questionario a 56 soggetti per rilevare i vissuti di distanza sociale riferiti a quattro tipi specifici di disabilita (Sensoriale, Motoria, Intellettiva, Psichiatrica). I risultati mostrano che entrambi i gruppi di insegnanti hanno atteggiamenti simili per i vari tipi di disabilita ma atteggiamenti diversi verso la disabilita intesa come categoria generica. The aim of this study was to investigate the perception that regular education teachers and special education teachers have towards disability. To this end, a questionnaire investigating feelings of social distance referred to four specific types of disability (Sensory, Physical, Intellectual, Mental) was administrated to 56 participants. Results showed that both groups of teachers had same attitudes towards different kinds of disability; moreover, the two groups of teachers had different attitudes towards disability as a general category.