caa a22 4500 605520216 CHVBK 20210128100734.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11213-014-9332-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11213-014-9332-1 The Power of Group Discussion: Enhancing Reflexivity in Professionals' Practice When Dealing with Family Diversity [Elektronische Daten] [Marina Everri, Laura Fruggeri, Elena Venturelli] This paper describes an action research study that illustrates the potential of group discussion to enhance reflexivity on professionals' theoretical and technical models that foster a change in their practice when facing contemporary family diversity. Focus groups were carried out with thirty-five experienced professionals (females, N=22; males, N=12; mean age=45years) working in the Italian Health Care System (IHCS). Group discussions centered on clinical cases involving same-sex families, an emerging phenomenon in Italy and still subject to social stigma. Our results showed that group discussion allowed professionals to develop a communicative process through which they changed their initial prejudiced positions. This process was named the group re-orienting process and four progressive phases were recognized: (a) defense (b) familiarization with novelty (c) self-reflection and (d) generation. Each phase is described in detail using extracts from focus group data. Implications for training and intervention are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Focus group nationallicence Reflexivity nationallicence Action research nationallicence Communicative processes nationallicence Same-sex families nationallicence Professional practice nationallicence Everri Marina University of Parma, Borgo Carissimi 10, 43121, Parma, Italy aut Fruggeri Laura University of Parma, Borgo Carissimi 10, 43121, Parma, Italy aut Venturelli Elena University of Parma, Borgo Carissimi 10, 43121, Parma, Italy aut Systemic Practice and Action Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/4(2015-08-01), 297-314 1094-429X 28:4<297 2015 28 11213 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-014-9332-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-014-9332-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Everri Marina University of Parma, Borgo Carissimi 10, 43121, Parma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fruggeri Laura University of Parma, Borgo Carissimi 10, 43121, Parma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Venturelli Elena University of Parma, Borgo Carissimi 10, 43121, Parma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Systemic Practice and Action Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/4(2015-08-01), 297-314 1094-429X 28:4<297 2015 28 11213