Prof.ssa Francesca Giorgia Paleari

Francesca Giorgia Paleari received a degree (summa cum laude) in Philosophy (1996) and a PhD in Social Psychology (2002) from Catholic University of Milan, where she was a temporal lecturer. She was visiting fellow at Cardiff University's School of Psychology (1997) and participated in EAESP Summer School at Clermont-Ferrand II University (2000). Since 2005 she has been teaching courses in General Psychology and Psychology of Communication at University of Bergamo and seminars in Quantitative research methods for PhD students at different Italian universities. She has been involved in several research projects including ?Interpersonal and social forgiveness. The case of Italian terrorism? funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (PRIN2009; supervisor Prof. Regalia). Her major topics of research, thus far, has been attributions, gratitude and forgiveness in close relationships, investigated through longitudinal and correlational designs. Most recent representative publications: Paleari, F.G., Regalia, C. & Fincham, F.D. (2011). Inequity in forgiveness: Implications for personal and relational well-being. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30(3), 297-324. Paleari, F.G., Tagliabue, S., & Lanz, M. (2011). Empathic perspective taking in family relationships: A Social Relations Model analysis. In D.J. Scapeletti (Ed.). Psychology of Empathy (pp. 105-202). Nova Science Publishers.