BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE
The course analyzes the developmental pathways of socio-emotional competencies throughout the life cycle from the attachment perspective. Great emphasis is placed on the formation and the transmission of attachment relationships across generations and different developmental stages (i.e., childhood, adolescence and adulthood). The monographic course focuses on parenting and child socio-emotional adjustment in sexual minority parent families and in families formed by assisted reproduction.
TEXT/CHAPTERS FOR THE BASIC COURSE:
• Cassidy, J., & Shaver, P. R. (2016) (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications, 3rd edition. New York: Guilford Press. CHAPTERS 1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27.
CHAPTERS FOR THE MONOGRAPHIC COURSE “SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SEXUAL MINORITY PARENT FAMILIES AND FAMILIES FORMED THROUGH ASSISTED REPRODUCTION”:
• Berkowitz, D. (2020). Gay men and surrogacy. In A. E. Goldberg & K. R. Allen (Eds.), LGBTQ-Parent Families. Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice (pp. 143–160). Springer.
• Bos, H. M. W., & Gartrell, N. K. (2020). Lesbian-mother families formed through donor insemination. In A. E. Goldberg & K. R. Allen (Eds.), LGBTQ-Parent Families. Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice (pp. 25–44). Springer.
• Imrie, S., & Golombok, S. (2020). Impact of new family forms on parenting and child development. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 2, 295-316.
The slides and materials used during the course will be uploaded on the KIRO platform. At the beginning of the course, the volumes to be purchased and those made available by the teacher will be communicated.
EXAM
Written and oral. Specifically, the exam test will consist of 21 multiple choice questions and 3 open questions related to the course program, including the monographic course. Students who achieve a score greater than or equal to 18/30 can optionally decide to improve (or confirm) their grade taking an oral exam. The mark range achievable for the oral exam is 0–4 points.
- Teacher: NICOLA CARONE