Research fellow: Andrea Spano
Role: R2 - Recognised Researcher
Project: “To Be Present: implicazioni del phubbing dei genitori sulla vita dei bambini. Come si può diminuire l'uso eccessivo dello smartphone da parte dei genitori? Un progetto di sensibilizzazione sui rischi del phubbing e sull'importanza della reciprocità nei rapporti genitoriali”
Scientific manager: Prof.ssa Maria Pietronilla Penna
Area: 11 - Scienze storiche, filosofiche, pedagogiche e psicologiche - SSD: M-PED/01
Check end date: 14/10/2025.

Currently, Andrea Spano works in a research project called “To Be Present: parental phubbing implications on children's lives. How can parents' smartphone overuse decrease? An awareness-raising project on the risks of phubbing and on the importance of reciprocity in parental relations”. It concerns the interference caused by the excessive use of smartphones in the relationship between parents and children, often named as Technoference. The project aims to improve family’s relationships, starting from promoting the quality of parental presence in children’s daily lives. In “To Be Present” Andrea Spano deals with:

• Communication between institutions (local schools and the university) and the drafting of agreements for carrying out research activities and implementing interventions in schools.
• Conception, design, planning and implementation of educational and personal development interventions.
• Drafting and distribution of information materials aimed at participants.
• Collection and Analysis of quantitative data.
• Collection and analysis of qualitative data (interviews, logbooks, reports).
• Coordination of parental training courses implemented all over the region by experts.
• Implementation of training interventions on digital well-being.