Female Immigration. Intergroup Relationships, Integration Processes And Role of Selves

In Italy the presence of female immigrants is roughly equal to that of males (Dossier Caritas, 2012:105). Women are ofteninserted in the ‘global market of care’ (Ehrenreich & Hochschild, 2004:26) or are involved in the family reunion process. Theyhave to deal with a lot of changes and challenges that are strictly related to their social identity (Tajfel, 1981) and integrationdynamics. The aim was to explore the attitudes that a group of female immigrants has on: integration processes; intergrouprelationships; the possibility to promote a positive change towards a better quality of life. Our hypothesis is that theserepresentations correlate with Selves and groups’ dimensions. Data have been collected by a semi-structured questionnaire.Results delineates an articulated framework.