CV Silvia Russo Date of birth: February 18 th 1982 Place of birth: Torino, Italy. Contacts: Tel: +39 3803164242 Email: silvia.russo@oru.se Degrees and qualifications Professional practice exam to work as psychologist. Acquired professional license, University of Torino. December 2012 Ph.D. in Human Science, Psychology of Health and Quality of Life, University of Torino, January 2009-December 2011. Title of the thesis: Positively negative? The effects of negative campaigning on candidates evaluations and vote choice. Area: Social Psychology, dissertation Advisor: Prof. Michele Roccato. March 2012 M.A. cum laude in Clinical and Community Psychology master program, University of Torino. November 2007 B.A. in Psychology, bachelor program, University of Torino. February 2005 1
Additional training LATHE 1 course, Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, at Örebro University (five weeks of full time studies) August December 2015 Summer school in Research Methods, Mixed linear model and its application to repeated measures, hierarchical models, and the study of change, organized by the Italian Association of Psychology (40 hours) September 2011 Summer school in Research Methods, Implicit measurement, organized by the Italian Association of Psychology (40 hours) September 2010 Appointments Postdoctoral researcher, Youth & Society, Örebro University, Sweden January 2014 present Researcher, Youth & Society, Örebro University, Sweden. October 2013 December 2013 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Italy. September 2012 August 2013. Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Italy. January 2012 July 2012 Ph.D. candidate, Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Italy. January 2009 December 2011 Other Research assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Italy. Main 2010 2011 2
activities: development and management of experiments with the Dynamic Process Tracing Environment (DPTE). Visiting scholar, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Main activities: training on a software to simulate electoral campaign, Dynamic Process Tracing Environment (three months). 2010 Research assistant, Department of Social Science, University of Torino, Italy. Main activities: development and analysis of questionnaires to assess citizens satisfaction for public services. 2007 2009 Internship, Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Italy. Main activities: research on psychosocial predictors of fear of crime (500 hours). 2008 Internship, Therapeutic community for dual diagnosis Il Porto, Moncalieri, Torino, Italy. Main activities: conducting group sessions with newly arrived patients, admission groups (250 hours). 2006 Internship, Psychology health care center for children and adolescents, ASL (Local Health Service), Torino, Italy. Main activities: observation of psychological evaluations of children, scoring psycho-diagnostic tests (250 hours). 2004 Teaching experience University of Torino, Department of Psychology Teaching, November 2015 Teacher of the seminar Critical reading of scientific reports, Master program in Organizational Psychology (10 hours). Örebro University, Department of Psychology Teaching, October-November 2015 3
Teacher of the course Social psychology within the Psychology Program (T3). University of Torino, Department of Psychology Teaching, February-May 2013 Lectures and seminars within the course Organizational social psychology, Master program in Organizational Psychology, responsible Prof. Briante. University of Torino, Medical School Teaching assistant, April 2013 Teaching assistant within the course Social Psychology, Master program in Nursing and Obstetrical Science, responsible Prof. De Piccoli. University of Torino, Human Science Doctoral School Teaching, March 2013 Teaching, March 2012 Introductory course to SPSS to graduate students. Developed course outline and objectives, selected specific material to cover, prepared and presented lectures and seminars (total of 40 hours). University of Torino, Department of Psychology Teaching assistant, 2011-2013 Teaching assistant in Social Psychology (Prof. Roccato, Prof. Mosso, Prof. Briante); member of committee for examinations and Bachelor and Master theses defenses. Grants Post-doc grant for academic writing (100,000 SEK about 11000 Euro sponsored by Örebro University, 2014). Co-applicant of the project Understanding negative and positive youth development within one unifying paradigm: An agentic perspective (3,600,000 SEK about 390000 Euro granted by Vetenskapsrådet). 4
Publications published or in press 1. Russo, S. (2009). LULU conflicts and reactions to perceived injustice: An Italian case study. Psicología Política, 38(1), 47-73. 2. Russo, S., & Roccato, M. (2009). Values and fear of crime, in E. P. Lamont (Ed.), Social psychology: New research (pp. 267-282). New York: Nova Publishers. 3. Russo, S., Vieno, A., & Roccato, M. (2010). Predicting concrete and abstract fear of crime using individual and environmental variables: A multilevel analysis. In J. Valentín & L. Gamez (Eds.), Environmental psychology: New developments (pp. 211-225). New York: Nova Publishers. 4. Russo, S., & Roccato, M, (2010). How long does victimization foster fear of crime? A longitudinal study. Journal of Community Psychology, 38, 960-974. doi:10.1002/jcop.20408 5. Russo, S., & Viola, E. (Eds.). (2010). X Congresso nazionale della sezione di psicologia sociale - Torino, 14-15-16 settembre 2010. AIP, Associazione Italiana di Psicologia. 6. Russo, S., Roccato, M., & Vieno, A. (2011). Predicting perceived risk of crime: A multilevel study. American Journal of Community Psychology, 48, 384-394. doi:10.1007/s10464-010- 9386-x 7. Russo, S. (2011). Le emozioni suscitate dai messaggi elettorali negativi. Psicologia Sociale, 6(2), 225-236. doi:10.1482/35133 8. Roccato, M., Russo, S., & Vieno, A. (2011). Perceived community disorder moderates the relation between victimization and fear of crime. Journal of Community Psychology, 39, 884-888. doi:10.1002/jcop.20470 9. Vieno, A., Russo, S., & Roccato, M. (2011). Il tasso di disoccupazione della zona di residenza modera la relazione tra vittimizzazione e paura del crimine: Uno studio multilivello. Psicologia Sociale, (6)3, 377-386. doi:10.1482/35790 5
10. Vieno, A., Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (2012). La grande paura del crimine. Psicologia Contemporanea, 230, 62-66. 11. Russo, S., Roccato, M., & Vieno, A. (2012). A conservative is a liberal urban dweller who has been mugged : A longitudinal study on the links between victimization and voting preferences. In A. N. Hutcherson (Ed.), Psychology of victimization (pp. 193-204). New York, NY: Nova Publishers. 12. Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (2012). Insicurezza e criminalità: Psicologia sociale della paura del crimine. Napoli: Liguori. ISBN: 978-88-207-5928-5 13. Mosso, C., Briante, G., Aiello, A., & Russo, S. (2013). The role of legitimizing ideologies as predictors of ambivalent sexism in young people: Evidence from Italy and the USA. Social Justice Research, 26(1), 1-17. doi:10.1007/s11211-012-0172-9 14. Russo, S., Roccato, M., & Vieno, A. (2013). Criminal victimization and crime risk perception: A multilevel longitudinal study. Social Indicators Research, 112(3), 535-548. doi:10.1007/s11205-012-0050-8 15. Roccato, M., Russo, S., & Senestro, S. (2013). Adult attachment styles, life experiences, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation. Psicologia Sociale, 2, 249-266. doi:10.1482/74262 16. Roccato, M., Vieno, A., & Russo, S. (2013). Criminal victimization fosters conservatism of people living in disadvantaged areas: A multilevel longitudinal study. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 585 592. doi:10.1002/ejsp.1968 17. Vieno, A., Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (2013). Is fear of crime social and economic insecurity in disguise? A multilevel multinational analysis. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 23(6), 519-535. doi:10.1002/casp.2150 18. Viola, E., Mosso, C., Rutto, F., & Russo, S. (2013). La relazione tra infraumanizzazione e ideologie sociali nei bambini: il ruolo della giustificazione del sistema. InMind, 4, 27-31. 19. Selvestrel, L., Russo, S., Roccato, M., & Mosso, C. (2013). Has conservatism genetic origins? Psicologia Sociale, 3, 313-334. doi:10.1482/74876 6
20. Russo, S., & Roccato, M. (2013). Does right-wing authoritarianism reduce fear? An experimental study. In M. N. Purcella (Ed.) Psychology of Fear: New Developments (pp. 69-82). New York, NY: Nova Publishers. 21. Roccato, M., Russo, S., & Vieno, A. (2014). Perceived risk of crime. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (pp. 4707-4710). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. ISBN:978-94-007-0752-8 22. Roccato, M., Vieno, A., & Russo, S. (2014). The country s crime rate moderates the relation between authoritarian predispositions and the manifestations of authoritarianism: A multilevel, multinational study. European Journal of Personality, 28(1), 14-24. doi:10.1002/per.1922 23. Rutto, F., Russo, S., & Mosso, C. (2014). Development and validation of a Political System Justification Scale. Social Indicators Research, 118(2), 645-655. doi:10.1007/s11205-013- 0444-2 24. Mirisola, A., Roccato, M., Russo, S., Spagna, G., & Vieno, A. (2014). Societal threat to safety, compensatory control, and right-wing authoritarianism. Political Psychology, 35, 795-812. doi: 10.1111/pops.12048 25. Russo, S., Rutto, F., & Mosso, C. (2014). Benevolent sexism toward men: Its social legitimation and preference for male candidates. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 17(4), 465-473. doi:10.1177/1368430213510571 26. Spagna, G., Russo, S., & Roccato, M. (2014). Necessarily positive? Coping and its individual and social consequences. Psicologia Sociale, 1, 3-28. doi:10.1482/76366 27. Russo, S., Mirisola, A., & Roccato, M. (2014). Symbolic threat fosters right-wing authoritarianism only among low authoritarians. TPM, 21, 197-211. doi:10.4473/tpm21.2.6 28. Roccato, M., Rosato, R., Mosso, C., & Russo, S. (2014). Measurement properties of the System Justification Scale: A Rasch analysis. TPM, 21, 467-478. doi:10.4473/tpm21.4.7. 7
29. Mannarini, T., Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (2015). The false consensus effect: A trigger of radicalization in locally unwanted land-use conflicts? Journal of Environmental Psychology, 42, 76-81. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.03.001 30. Manzi, C., Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (2015). Meaning buffers right-wing authoritarian responses to societal threat via the mediation of loss of perceived control. Personality and Individual Differences, 83, 117-121. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.04.009 31. Montanari, P., Petrucci, C., Russo, S., Murray, I., Dimonte, V., & Lancia, L. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy Health Professional Students version (JSE-HPS): An Italian validation study with nursing students. Nursing & Health Sciences, 17(4), 483-491. doi:10.1111/nhs.12221 32. Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (2015). Two short, balanced, unidimensional, invariant across genders parallel forms of Altemeyer's (1996) Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale. Psicologia Sociale, 10(3), 257-271. doi:10.1482/81371 33. D Andrea, S., Roccato, M., Russo, S., & Serafin, F. (2016). Mass media, linguistic intergroup bias, and fear of crime. In D. Chadee (Ed.), Psychology of Fear, Crime and the Media: International Perspectives (pp. 194-210). New York: Routledge. 34. Pacilli, G., Roccato, M., Pagliaro, S., & Russo, S. (in press). From political opponents to enemies? The role of perceived morality distance in the animalistic dehumanization of the political outgroup. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. doi:10.1177/1368430215590490 35. Russo, S., & Amnå, E. (in press). The personality divide: Do personality traits differentially predict online political engagement? Social Science Computer Review. doi:10.1177/0894439315582487 36. Barni, D., Vieno, A., Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (in press). Is the relation between basic values and fear of crime moderated by the country s crime rate? Social Indicators Research. doi:10.1007/s11205-015-1161-9 8
37. Kim, Y., Russo, S., & Amnå, E. (in press). The longitudinal relation between online and offline political participation among youth at two different developmental stages. New Media & Society. doi:10.1177/1461444815624181 38. Russo, S., & Amnå, E. (in press). When political talk translates into political action: The role of personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences (Young Researcher Special Issue). doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.12.009 39. Russo, S., & Stattin, H. (in press). Stability and change in youths political interest. Social Indicators Research. doi:10.1007/s11205-016-1302-9 40. Russo, S. (accepted). Explaining the effects of exposure to negative campaigning: The mediating role of emotions. Psicologia Sociale. Publications articles under review 1. Roccato, M., & Russo, S. Right-wing authoritarianism amplifies the effects exerted by societal threat to safety on psychological distress. European Journal of Social Psychology (third round of revision). 2. Stattin, H., Hussein, O., Özdemir, M., & Russo, S. Why do some adolescents encounter everyday events that increase their civic interest while others do not? Developmental Psychology (second round of revision). 2. Vieno, A., Lenzi, M., Roccato, M., Russo, S., Monaci, G., Scacchi, L. Social capital and fear of crime in adolescence: A multilevel study. American Journal of Community Psychology (first round of revision). 4. Russo, S, & Stattin, H. Politically interested youths can drive their own political development. Journal of Youth and Adolescence (first round of revision). 5. Russo, S. The subjective group dynamics in negative campaigns. Basic and Applied Social Psychology (first round of revision). 9
Conferences papers and oral communications Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (2015, September 17 th -19 th ). Societal threat to safety, right-wing authoritarianism, and psychological distress. Paper presented at the national meeting of the Italian Association of Psychology (Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, AIP, division of social psychology), Palermo, Italy. Russo, S., & Stattin, H. (2015, September 3 rd -6 th ). Stability and change in youths political interest. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), San Francisco, CA. Russo, S., Özdemir, M., & Stattin, H. (2015, August 26 th -29 th ). What makes you interested in politics? The role of parents, peers, media, and basic psychological needs. Paper to be presented at the general conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Montreal, Canada. Mannarini, T., Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (2014, September 11 th -12 th ). The false-consensus effect in locally unwanted land uses: Is it a boost of radicalization in LULU conflicts? Paper presented at the national meeting of the Italian Association of Psychology (Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, AIP, division of social psychology), Roma, Italy. Russo, S., & Amnå, E. (2014, September 3 rd -6 th ). When political discussion translates into political engagement: The differentiating role of personality traits. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Çesme-Izmir, Turkey. Russo, S., & Amnå, E. (2014, August 28 th -31 st ). The personality divide: Do personality traits differently predict offline and online political engagement? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington DC. Russo, S., & Amnå, E. (2014, July 4 th -7 th ). When political discussion translates into political engagement: The differentiating role of personality traits. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP), Roma, Italy. 10
Kim, Y., & Russo, S. (2014, July 4 th -7 th ). Internet as a gateway: Interaction of online and offline political participation over time. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP), Roma, Italy. Mosso, C., & Russo, S. (2014, June 19 th -22 nd ). How the perception of legitimacy and instability of status differences may affect infrahumanization. Paper presented at the biennial conference of the International Society for Justice Research (ISJR), New York City. Mirisola, A., Roccato, M., Russo, S., Spagna, G., & Vieno, A. (2013, September 26 th -28 th ). Social threat, compensatory control, and right-wing authoritarianism. Paper presented at the national meeting of the Italian Association of Psychology (Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, AIP, division of social psychology), Padova, Italy. Russo, S., & Mosso, C. (2013, September 26 th -28 th ). Does the perception of instability and legitimacy of status differences boost the infrahumanization bias? Paper presented at the national meeting of the Italian Association of Psychology (Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, AIP, division of social psychology), Padova, Italy. Russo, S., & Amnå, E. (2013, September 4 th -7 th ). Do personality traits predict civic engagement and political participation? Understanding offline and online engagement and participation. Paper presented at the general conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Bordeaux, France. Roccato, M., Russo, S., & Vieno, A. (2013, February 22 nd -23 rd ). Is it possible to cope with the negative consequences of criminal victimization by voting for right-wing parties? Paper presented at the national meeting of the Italian Society of Positive Psychology (Societa Italiana di Psicologia Positiva), Milano, Italy. Russo, S., Vieno, A., & Roccato, M. (2012, September 27 th -29 th ). Fear of crime or social and economic insecurity? A multinational-multilevel analysis. Paper presented at the national meeting of the Italian Society of Community Psychology (Societa Italiana di Psicologia di Comunita, SIPCO), Milano, Italy. Vieno, A., Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (2012, September 27 th -29 th ). Victimization and perception of crime risk: A multilevel longitudinal study. Paper presented at the national meeting of the 11
Italian Society of Community Psychology (Societa Italiana di Psicologia di Comunita, SIPCO), Milano, Italy. Roccato, M., Russo, S., & Vieno, A., (2012, September 20 th -23 rd ). The crime rate moderates the relationship between authoritarian predispositions and authoritarian manifestations. Paper presented at the national meeting of the Italian Association of Psychology (Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, AIP, division of social psychology), Chieti, Italy. Russo, S. (2012, September 20 th -23 rd ). The black-sheep effect in negative electoral campaigns. Paper presented at the national meeting of the Italian Association of Psychology (Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, AIP, division of social psychology), Chieti, Italy. Russo, S., & Roccato, M. (2012, September 13 th -15 th ). The effects of person- and issue-based negative messages on the evaluation of the source: When does the black-sheep effect occur? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Italian Society of Political Science (Societa Italiana di Scienza Politica, SISP), Roma, Italy. Russo, S., Mirisola, A., Roccato, M., Spagna, G. & Vieno, A. (2011, November 11 th -12 th ). Authoritarianism as coping strategy. Paper presented at the national meeting of the Italian Society of Positive Psychology (Societa Italiana di Psicologia Positiva), Milano, Italy. Russo, S., Vieno, A., & Roccato M. (2010, September 16 th -17 th ). Abstract and concrete fear of crime: A multilevel analysis. Paper presented at the national meeting of the Italian Society of Community Psychology (Societa Italiana di Psicologia di Comunita, SIPCO), Torino, Italy. Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (2009, June 25 th -27 th ). The duration of psychological reactions to criminal victimization: A longitudinal research. Paper presented at the 7 th national meeting Prevention in schools and communities ( La prevenzione nelle scuole e nelle comunità ), Padova, Italy. Conferences posters Kim, Y., Russo, S., & Amnå, E. (2015, September 3 rd -6 th ). Overtime relation between online and offline political participation among youth. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), San Francisco, CA. 12
Vieno, A., Roccato, M, & Russo, S. (2011, July 9 th -12 th ). A multilevel study on antecedents of perceived risk of crime. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP), Istanbul, Turkey. Russo, S., & Roccato, M. (2010, September 14 th -16 th ). Positively negative? The emotions elicited by negative electoral messages. Poster presented at the national meeting of the Italian Association of Psychology (Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, AIP, division of social psychology), Torino, Italy. Conferences organization and panels proponent Kim, Y., & Russo, S. (2014, September 3 rd -6 th ). Communication and civic engagement. Symposium organized at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Çesme-Izmir, Turkey. Russo, S. (2014, July 4 th -7 th ). Youth s citizenships: Processes and modes of developing civic engagement. Panel organized at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP), Roma, Italy. Member of the organizational committee for the 10 th national conference of the Italian Association of Psychology, division of Social Psychology, Torino, September 14-15-16 2010. Peer review activities Psicologia Sociale, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Psychological Research, Computers in Human Behavior 13