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DIFFERENCES OF SELF-SERVING COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOURS BETWEEN INSTITUTIONALISED AND NONINSTITUTIONALISED YOUTH: PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
Get PDFAnti-social behaviours carried out by young individualsrepresent an important issue currently faced by the moderncivilisation. Self-serving cognitive distortions are among theessential factors that are associated with the development andmaintenance of anti-social behaviours. The present study aims toexamine if there are any differences regarding self-serving cognitivedistortions and anti-social behaviours between institutionalised andnon-institutionalised adolescents. The sample consisted of 96adolescents (mean age = 16.05, SD = 1.21) from a high schoolsituated in Arad, Romania and 27 adolescents (mean age = 15.04,SD = 1.74) from the Arad General Assistance and Child ProtectionService, Romania. The self-serving cognitive distortions and antisocialbehaviours were assessed with the “How I ThinkQuestionnaire†(HIT; Barriga et al., 2001), which was previously adapted for Romanian language usage (Demeter et al., 2018). Thepreliminary data indicates that institutionalised adolescents expresshigher levels of self-serving cognitive distortions and anti-socialbehaviours than non-institutionalised adolescents. These arediscussed from the perspective of prevention programs addressingthe self-serving cognitive distortions in institutionalisedadolescents
THE RELEVANCE OF MORAL-CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN PREVENTING ALCOHOL-RELATED ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Get PDFAdolescence is an important period in humandevelopment, a period which is often characterised by a highrisk of deviant behaviour. This reality can influence the lifeand academic performance of adolescents in school. Theantisocial behaviour of high school students may often be aconsequence of the use of substances in general and (in theRomanian context) of alcohol in particular. Given thissituation, the present article sets out to explore the preventiverole of moral-Christian education in regard to the alcoholrelatedantisocial behaviour among high school students. Thearticle is based on research which has been conducted in thecontext of a confessional high school, through a quantitativemethod and using the technique of the questionnaire. Thesignificance of the study also lies in the possibility ofidentifying useful resources which moral-Christian educationcan provide for the prevention of alcohol-related antisocialbehaviour. Furthermore, this research highlights the importantconnection between the students’ academic performance andthe school climate in which they undergo their study
Aggressive behavior towards staff in the prison environment. Descriptive study on the first semester of 2015
Get PDFAggression on the penitentiary staff represent a situation for which authorities must identify adequate management methods, given than its escalation leads to serious issues both for the other inmates, and for the entire system. The hereby study intends to analyze the distribution of the aggression acts on the staff within the units subordinated to the National Prison Administration in Romania. During the first semester of 2015, 49 such events were recorded, almost two thirds of them (63.8%) having occurred inside the maximum security prisons and closed-regime prisons. The most vulnerable locations for engagement in aggression acts on the staff were the detention room and the walk yard. The social profile of the aggressors is defined by poor relations with the family and low education level. Verbal aggressions are the most frequent types of behavior manifested towards the staff. Identification of these elements represents an important part in identifying the best prevention and direct intervention methods. Â Â
Features of sensory development in children with autism spectrum disorders
Get PDFResearchers studying autistic spectrum disorders symptomology agree on thefact that the behavioral manifestations of autism are a response to an organicsubstrate of their brains. In fact, autism is a complex developmental syndrome,including a heterogeneous group of individuals with similar symptoms, but withmultiple biological etiologies (Secara,2007).Today autism is described as a pervasive developmental disorder, affectedindividuals manifesting deficits in the social interactions (using nonverbalbehavior in communication, reciprocal social/ emotional), verbal and nonverbalcommunication and a narrow field and stereotyped interests and activities(American Psychiatric Association, 1994; Myles, Cooper Swanson, Holverstott,Moore Duncan, 2007)
Overweight and Obesity in Portugal Higher Education Students
Get PDFPurpose. Overweight and obesity arise, essentially, as a consequence of theadoption of poor eating habits and sedentary lifestyles. Being the teenager a“microworld†in transformation, is intend to characterize and compare (gender)body composition parameters in Higher Education students. Methods. Thecharacterization was performed through univariate analysis and the comparisonusing Mann-Whitney test, for a statistical significance level of 5% (p<0.05).Results. Female students presented less satisfactory results in Waist Circumference(WC) and Waist-Hip Ratio (WHiR), male students in Body Mass Index(BMI) and Waist-Height Ratio (WHeR), and there are statistically significantdifferences in 3 of the 4 parameters (WC, WHiR and WHeR). Conclusions.These results may be useful to define strategies to combat overweight and obesity,considering the characteristics of this specific population
PEDAGOGYIN POSTMODERNITY
No full textTo avoid a conflict between the mentality of the society in which we live and thedidactic procedures that school employs for the education of youngsters representsa fundamental challenge for the institutional authorities. Present day society needsnew formulas of public and intellectual adjustment, expecting behaviours that aredifferent fromthose proposed by the educational institutions.Modernity is fashioned beyond the outlines that had ensured its virtues, features inwhich school used to excel being now put under question. “A new (post-modern)world†has carved its place in the very body of modernity. The restless youngstersvehemently dispute the personality traits, behaviours and, most of all, the values ofmodernity. Post-modernity has no patience to wait respectfully to be invited amongthe structures of modernity. The new society is no longer satisfied with a shaping ofthe tree’s branches; it demands a cuttingdown of the whole crown, a replacement ofthe entire “plantation.†Post-modernity unscrupulously barges in upon moderninstitutions, with a mind of changing their functions and behaviours. One suchinstitution is school, which today lacks the authority for implementing the “neweducation.â€The generation conflict has exceeded the limits of a natural, progressiveand positive contradiction.Cohabiting at the borderline of different mentalities, the generations (modern andpost-modern) embrace a disjunctive attitude. The moderns would like the youngergeneration to take over at least part of their values, which they had also inheritedand which had given them an existential satisfaction; the restless post-modernyoungsters, on the other side, challenge the becoming, the options, and even thestructure of the formers’ behaviours. They try to occupy “the armchair of authoritybefore the wall-to-wall carpet has been changed,†lecturing on authority andexpecting the “grown-ups†to share their temptations. They propose new guidingvalues, defying old ones either by ignoring them or by altering those that invokethem. The new world, with its globalizing ideas and neo-humanistic attitude, withits “wholes†built up of pieces and its disguised stories, needs a new kind ofeducation. School today seems unable to find solutions to such a contagious andpassionate behavioural aggression. We get the impression that educationalinstitutions are desperately looking for solutions to overcome the deadlock in which they find themselves. Pedagogyhas a new mission: to offer didactic paradigms andmethodological ideas suited for post-modern education. The dynamism ofdespairs that can be witnessed in field of education, the social pressure exercisedupon the pedagogical epistemology, have urged me to write the present study, eventhough I am aware that certain issues deserve greater attention, while others requireserious reconsideratio
SEVERAL MALTREATMENT FORMS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
No full textThe inclusion of children with special educational needs inmainstream schools is based on positive values such as acceptance ofdifferences, respect for diversity, human solidarity, the fight against exclusionand marginalisation but it also involves a change in school policy. Through aqualitative approach, semi-structured interviews applied to the relevantactors, the article examines the forms of maltreatment that may appear in thecase of children with special education needs when schools and social actorsare insufficiently prepared to adapt to this change. The article identifies somesolutions adopted by the school staff and proposes several measures toprevent the phenomenon of victimisation of children with special educationalneeds in inclusive schools
THE FINALITIES OF TEACHING-LEARNING TAP-DANCE TO ACTORS
No full textIn the following study we attempt a presentation of the professional (artistic) and transversal competencies that are targeted in the process of teaching-learning tap dance. These represent a personal contribution, and have been formulated both by our valorising the existing specialised literature on the subject, as well as by our twelve years of experience in the field of tap dance. Our interest in this particular subject is justified by the fact that, in general, the educational finalities represent a referential educational component in the teaching, learning and evaluation stages, as they are the foundation of outlining, realising, directing and regulating these stages. Consequently, current didactics is centred on the problem of educational finalities
COMPETENCY GAP: LEARNERS AND TEACHERS PERCEPTION OF ASSESSMENT
No full textEvaluation is a highly disputed process in pedagogical literature, largely due to its complexity, but also in view of the fact that educational systems generally place great emphasis on standardized learnerss' testing and less on the use of complementary evaluation methods. Of course, we can not discuss evaluation without questioning the training of teachers in this field. This research aims to address a theme of great practical importance for the parties involved, namely the perception of evaluation from the perspective of teachers and learners. We wanted to know the learners 'views on the evaluation criteria used by teachers in terms of labeling phenomena, as well as the teachers' opinions on how to achieve classroom assessment. We used the interview technique to study behaviors that are difficult to observe, greetings and attitudes, about which there are no written documents in advance
THE DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMOR AND UNIVERSALISM AS GROWTH ANXIETY-FREE TYPE OF VALUES
No full textThe theory of basic human values measures universal values that are recognized throughout all major cultures. Schwartz’s theory refined the set of 19 basic individual values that serve as guiding principles in the life of a person or group, further describing the dynamic relations amongst them. Current paper contributes with evidence to the theory of values reformulated by Schwartz in 2012, according to which values are arrayed on a circular motivational continuum in dynamic relationships, according to the compatibility or conflict between the motivations they express. A total of 220 youth respondents from the West side of Romania have answered using a Likert scale from 1 to 6 to a 46 items online questionnaire. The 46 items questionnaire shows solid internal consistency. This study brings evidence to interclasses dynamic relationships between humor as an openness to change value and universalism as a self-transcendence value, both included in the growth anxiety-free value specter. Conclusions and implications are discussed