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Ginevra, Maria Cristina; Santilli, Sara; Camussi, Elisabetta; Magnano, Paola; Capozza, Dora; Nota, Laura – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2020
This project developed and examined the psychometric properties of an Italian version of the Courage Measure, the reduced version composed of six items as suggested by Howard and Alipour (J Posit Psychol 9:449-459, 2014). Two studies were conducted with independent samples of Italian adults, providing psychometric support for the Italian…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Psychometrics, Personality Traits, Foreign Countries
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Nota, Laura; Soresi, Salvatore – Career Development Quarterly, 2003
Indecisive students often present with social skills problems, which may make academic and vocational decision-making tasks difficult and complex for them. This article presents a training program devised to augment assertive competencies in indecisive students choosing a university course of study. Intended aims and the analyses to assess the…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Counseling Techniques, Decision Making
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Lent, Robert W.; Tracey, Terence J. G.; Brown, Steven D.; Soresi, Salvatore; Nota, Laura – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2006
In a cross-national replication and extension of prior research with American students, Italian middle and high school students completed measures of interests and competency beliefs relative to a variety of school- and nonschool-related activities. Both interests and competency beliefs tended to show greater adherence to circumplex Realistic,…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Foreign Countries, Competence, Models