Abstract Children with Down Syndrome need a specialized and customized education, the degree of specificity of educational programs is also given by individual uniqueness at the expense of classification, “part of a syndrome”, in this case Down syndrome. The determination of the specific intelligence of the mentally deficient, respectively the mentally deficient with Down syndrome, […]

Abstract There is growing evidence that alcohol abuse among adolescents is a major public health concern. Understanding the risk factors associated with adolescent alcohol misuse is crucial for the development of prevention programs. The aim of our study was to examine whether general attitudes toward health risk behaviors (i.e., predisposition to engage in risky behaviors) […]

Abstract Over the last decades, the prevalence of eating disorders has dramatically increased. In the current psychiatric nomenclature of the DSM-5 (APA, 2013), the eating disorders consist of three clearly defined syndromes, i.e. anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. The onset of most clinical cases is in adolescence or young adulthood. Data provided by […]

Abstract Background: Humor produces laughter which contributes positively to psychological wellbeing, and the amusement effect is related to the affective state of an individual.  Physiological responses to humor might help to characterize the influence of the affective state. Methods: We invited 25 healthy participants to undergo the Mood Disorder Questionnaire, the Hypomania Checklist-32, and the […]

Abstract Engagement with school is a variable that has generated a growing interest from researchers, practitioners and decision-makers in education in recent decades. A consistent body of studies conducted in different segments of the middle and high school age population in Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, USA and other countries supports the protective role that […]