Born
in Rimini on 24/04/1948, I was awarded a Bachelor of Education with
honours from the University of Bologna in 1971. In 1973-74 I
received a ministerial scholarship and in 1979 gained the title of
Assistant lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in the
University of Bologna.
In
1986 I was appointed Associate Professor in the same Faculty which
was awarded via a state exam.
Between 1971-78 I was part of the
medico-psycho-pedagogical team operating in Bologna in lower-middle
schools, dealing with issues related to scholastic and social
maladjustment of minors.
After several years of working in the Psychology
department as a psychological assistant for university students,
from 2004 I have been working as a psychological assistant for
cancer patients in the S. Orsola-Malpighi General Hospital in
Bologna.
In this context, I have also participated in
various internships and conferences for doctors, radiotherapists
and nurses working in the cancer field.
Overall, my research has dealt with the following
themes:
- interpersonal perception and decoding non-verbal
messages;
-
cognitive-emotive dynamics caused by video stimuli;
-
advertising message analysis and consumer behaviour;
-
illness experience and related dynamics in the family
environment;
-
adolescent maladjustment and its relationship with socio-familial
dynamics;
-
critical review of spirit mottos theories;
-
analysis of the relationship between primitive knowledge and
creativity;
-
literary texts analysis, communication and medico-patient
relationship, with particular focus on cancer illnesses;
-
motivational factors in the treatment of oral hygiene;
-
corporeal image and construction of identity;
-
structure of personality and psychosocial factors in the treatment
of anxiety.
My teaching activities have been in the General
Psychology discipline (M-PSI/01) conducted in the School of
Medicine of Bologna University in the following
Courses:
- Medicine and Surgery
- Dietetics
- Dental Hygiene
- Nursing.
I
also lecture in the Master course in “Palliative Medicine and Pain
Therapy” at the Hospice Seragnoli Foundation in Bentivoglio,
Bologna.
