Zira HICHY

Full Professor of SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY [PSIC-03/A ]

Office: Via Biblioteca, 4 - PALAZZO INGRASSIA, piano terra, stanza IV
Email: z.hichy@unict.it
Phone: 095 2508069
Fax: +39 095 2508070

Tuesday and Thursday from 15:00 to 16:00

2000: Laurea degree in Psychology, specializing in Work and Organizational (mark 110/110), University of Padova (Italy).
2002: Qualification as Psychologist (occupational qualification), University of Padova (Italy).
2005: Ph.D. in Personality and Social Psychology, University of Padova (Italy).
From 2005 to 2017: Assistant professor of Social Psychology at the Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania.
From 2018 to 2023: Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania.
From 2023: Full Professor of Social Psychology at the Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania.

Last update, 13/01/2025

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Determinants of discrimination and prejudice. Influence of personality and psychosocial variables on discrimination and favoritism for the ingroup.
Theoretical models of behavioral intentions. Heuristic power of different models of intentions, in the field of health and consumer psychology. The models or theories investigated are: theory of reasoned action, theory of planned behavior and model of goal-directed behavior.
Reduction of prejudice. Validity of models derived from the contact hypothesis. The models analyzed are: the model of mutual intergroup differentiation, of the decategorization model, the common identity model and of dual identity model.
Acculturation processes. Acculturation orientation of Italian community in the interaction with immigrants and their determinants.
Methodological problems of psychosocial research. Detailed study of methods to verify hypothesis of mediation and moderation, measurement of social representations, validation of Italian versions of various measurement scales.
Values. Influence of values in various areas, such as immigration and politics.
Secularism of the state. Determinants and consequences of the desire to have a secular state.

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Psychological Sciences and Techniques