'Social re-presentation for…': An action-oriented formula for intergroup relations research

LJ Buhagiar, G Sammut - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Intergroup relations are of crucial importance in contemporary times, with concerns around
social representations, social influence and collective action remaining salient. A core …

There's no such thing as a good Arab: Cultural essentialism and its functions concerning the integration of Arabs in Europe

LJ Buhagiar, G Sammut, A Rochira… - Culture & …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Concerns about immigration are salient in the European Union and in Malta in particular.
Previous research has demonstrated deep antipathy towards the Arab community in Malta …

Considering the socio-cultural terrain of hazardous behaviours: A cross-cultural study on problem gambling among Maltese and Italian people

T Marinaci, C Venuleo, LJ Buhagiar, P Mossi… - 2020 - um.edu.mt
The literature on problem gambling (PG) has received little attention regarding the role of
how people make sense of their social experiences and community settings. Based on a …

The salience of otherness

S Salvatore, V Fini, T Mannarini, A Suerdem… - Media and Social …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter outlines a qualitative meta-analysis of the analyses of the social
representations of three variants of otherness (ie, immigration, Islam, and LGBT people). The …

The Minimal Model of Argumentation: Qualitative data analysis for epistemic speech, text and policy

LJ Buhagiar, G Sammut - Journal for the Theory of Social …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Social scientific work on argumentation is yet to address the perennial tension between
social cognition and social constructionism. Moreover, argumentation‐based qualitative …

The PASS method: Ecologically valid scaling for intergroup relations research

LJ Buhagiar, G Sammut - Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Intergroup relations research remains characterised by a lack of ecological validity,
particularly when different groups are studied. In this paper, we present the PASS Method for …

LGBT

A Pop, E Avdi, I Kadianaki, I Koutri, A Mylona… - Media and Social …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter presents the results of an analysis focused on the social representations of
LGBT people in six European countries (Romania, Cyprus—the area controlled by the …

Understanding political participation in media discourse: A social representations approach

T Mannarini, LJ Buhagiar, A Rochira, E Avdi, I Koutri… - 2020 - um.edu.mt
Various forms of political participation are found in democratic societies, and these are
diversifying at a steady pace. Scholarly literature presents us with an array of typologies of …

[PDF][PDF] Argumentation and social re-presentation: a study in coalitional psychology

LJ Buhagiar - 2021 - um.edu.mt
This thesis formulates an action-oriented approach to social re-presentation, whereby
representation functions for joint projects, and social and alternative re-presentation are …

[書籍][B] An empirical investigation of responsible gambling tool use, responsible gambling tool implementation, and the early signs of online problem gambling

M Catania - 2022 - search.proquest.com
As technological advances and the availability of the internet increases, online gambling
has also increased in frequency. Unavoidably, this increase in online gambling may …