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She is an assistant professor at the Department of
Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology, School of
Psychology,University of Padova. She teaches Diversity management in
the workplace and Psychology of work inclusion for people with
disability and is member of the teaching staff of the post-graduate
Master Course in ‘Life Design and Career Counseling’. She actively
collaborates with the Larios Laboratory (Laboratory for Research and
Intervention in Vocational Designing and Career Counseling) and of the
University Centre for Research and Services on Disability,
Rehabilitation and Inclusion, at the University of Padova. She is
member of SIO (Italian Society of Vocational Guidance), of the European
Society for Vocational Designing and Career Counseling, and of the
International Section of Counseling Psychology, Division 17, American
Psychological Association.
She is member of the Career Adaptability International Collaborative
Group and of the European project University Network for Innovation in
Guidance - Lifelong Learning Programme (2009-2012/2013-2015). She is
co-editor of The Italian Journal of Vocational Psychology and the
newsletter of the SIO. She is co-editor of the Giornale Italiano di
Psicologia dell'Orientamento [Italian Journal of Vocational
Psychology], and ad hoc reviewer of Journal of Happiness Studies,
International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance,
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Educational Research Review, and
Social Behavior and Personality, Journal of Counseling Psychologist.
Research interests
As regards the field of career counseling, research activities are
related to the study of career construction over the life according to
the latest approaches of life design and the sociocognitive model.
Special attention is paid to the development and adaptation of
assessment instruments with regard to self-determination, career
adaptability, career preparedness, the concept of work and also to
hope, optimism, time perspective and resilience. As regard the
intervention activities, her interests focus on career counseling and
career education programs for young people and adults with diverse
characteristics (disability, disadvantages, etc.). As regard the field
of disability, research activities focus on the variables that
characterize the quality of life of people with disabilities and their
self-determination. Attention is given to the development of assessment
instruments and intervention programs related to these variables. More
recently her interests focus on disability management and on the study
of factors involved in the processes of job placement and job search
for adults with disability and psychosocial distress.
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