Laura Di Giunta

Laura Di Giunta is research associate at the Interuniveristy Center for the Study of Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior, Sapienza University of Rome, and lecturer at Temple University Rome (General Psychology and Developmental Psychology courses). In 2014 she was a lecturer for the course on Developmental Psychology at the Sanford’s School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Arizona, United States. In 2012, she received a professional certificate in cognitive behavioral psychotherapy. In 2011 she won a research grant for young scholars funded by the Jacobs Foundation during the Jacobs Foundation Conference 2011 on Adolescence: Exploration and Self-Regulation of the Unknown. Between 2006 and 2010 she has been a visiting researcher at the Psychology Department of Arizona State University, gaining advanced education on longitudinal statistical analyses and emotional development. Between 2004 and 2012 she was a research assistant for the Genzano (Rome) Longitudinal Study on determinants of psychological adjustment in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. In 2003 she was a visiting student at the Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sècuritè, Université de Montreal, Canada. Her current research focuses on the continuity and change of individual differences in predicting youth (mal)adjustment, accounting for socialization and cultural factors, specifically in emotion regulation, adjustment, and social competence. She also investigates individual differences in youth entrepreneurship in partnership with the Regional Government to evaluate policy implementation to encourage youth to engage in jobs that revitalize cultural heritage. She is the author of several scientific papers published in scientific journals on personality development in adolescence and young adulthood. She also serves on the editorial board of several international journals, such as Social Development, Developmental Psychology, and Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.