Maysa Siag

Dr. Maysa Siag is a Researcher at Sapienza University of Rome, currently affiliated with the European Doctorate on Social Representation and Communication program. Her research bridges Social Identity Theory and Social Representations Theory, focusing on the layered identities of Palestinian adolescents in diaspora contexts.

• Research Focus: Social identity construction among displaced populations
• Methodology: Twenty Statements Test (TST) and qualitative analysis
• Demographics: 200 adolescents in Jordanian refugee camps (mean age 16.53)

The study revealed dominant identity layers including Palestinian refugee, Arab, and Muslim, with analysis spanning spontaneous self-definitions, identity negation, and salience manipulation experiments. Her 2013 project, completed through the IPRA Foundation, contributes to understanding how historical trauma and sociopolitical contexts shape adolescent self-perception.