Young people and gambling: an empirical research.

Gambling appears today as a heterogeneous, multidimensional phenomenon (Caretti et al., 2010; Whelan et al., 2007) that involves also young people. In our country, there is a progressive increase in pathological gambling in the youth population and in the disadvantaged social strata also supported by strong media pressure to spread the use of gambling, thus fuelling the mentality of relying on fate rather than the skills or commitment to succeed in life. The purpose of this research is to investigate the knowledge, perceptions and behaviours associated with gambling in a sample of 523 Italian teenagers attending high school and detect the presence of subjects with pathological or risky behaviour related to gambling.

The empathic abilities in nursing students: a longitudinal study.

INTRODUCTION: The evaluation of the empathic tendency is particularly useful both in training and in professional practice which there seems to be an empathic drop during clinical practice. Empathy and empathic communication are key components for the nursing profession, widely recognized, constituting the prerequisites for providing quality health care. Many studies show how these components provide healthcare professionals with the ability to improve the health of their patients, as the quality of the relationship with the patient is able to influence the course and outcome of the disease. For some time, the importance of providing students with not only technical but also human and relational skills has been understood in nursing education. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The aim of this longitudinal study is to investigate the emotional empathy skills in nursing students in three different moments of their degree course and to examine any empathic differences between the two genders. For the conduction of the empathic trend survey, the Balanced Emotional Empaty Scale (BEES), validated in Italian, was administered to a sample of 210 students, of a degree course in Nursing, of which 75, 2% is composed of the female gender and 24.8% of the male gender. The possible presence of differences in the levels of empathic tendency between male and female students in the various years of the course was investigated. RESULTS: Data were analyzed for a sample of 210 participants. The average total BEES score was 25.2 (Standard Dev. 19.3). During the second year of the course students obtained a higher BEES score, but a statistically significant difference (p <0.05) was found only between the students of the first and second year and of the first and third year. As the course year increases, the level of emotional empathy seems to increase. The female students achieved a higher score of empathy than their male colleagues over the three years of the course. CONCLUSIONS: It is appropriate to underline the need to continue offering both educational and emotional support to nursing students who, precisely according to what emerged in the study, show greater levels of emotional empathy with the growth of their training path.

Contributi scientifici in memoria di Antonio Fusco.

Come si leggerà nell'Introduzione della sezione propriamente scientifica del Volume, il presente testo nasce dalla volontà e, soprattutto, dall'esigenza culturale di omaggiare il fu Prof. Antonio Fusco. Un debito scientifico ed umano che trova il suo locus naturale in questa prima parte del testo stesso, cui farà poi seguito la parte propriamente scientifica. In siffatta parentesi dovuta per le ragioni appena menzionate, il lettore, l'amico o l'allievo dell'opera del Prof. Fusco potranno trovare un suo sintetico Curriculum Vitae, correlato da una specifica ed accurata prosa, svolta dal già Magnifico Rettore Carlo Cipolli; il quale, oltre che evidenziare, ricordando, i meriti del collega oramai scomparso, aggiunge alsuo scritto un elemento che sarebbe imprescindibile a non trasformare lo stesso in una mera sequenza di parole: l'amicizia e l'affetto per un amico che, oramai, non c'è più. A fine lettura, evidente risuonerà il fatto che la vita di ognuno, se mossa dalla passione per ciò per cui si è predisposti cognitivamente e psicologicamente, può essere ricca di riconoscimenti, riconoscenze e soddisfazioni che, lungi dal divenire un cuscino di allori su cui adagiarsi, per una mente creativa come quella del Prof. Fusco hanno funto solo da motivazioni ad agire instancabilmente guardando sempre al futuro. Il lavoro di una vita che, materialmente, è sancito da un supporto poco più di cm 25x15: una targa. Una materialità evidente che, con grande commozione e riconoscenza, è stata affissa il 25 ottobre 2019 sull'aula fronte l'Aula Magna del Campus "La Folcara", a testimonianza che quello spirito creativo in continua evoluzione non si ferma; non si arresta neppure con la fine biologica di chi lo ha "posseduto". Rimangono le opere ed il pensiero del Prof. Fusco e restano gli affetti. A tal proposito, il lettore troverà una breve e sentita sezione su Testimonianze; coloro i quali hanno avuto modo, nell'arco della vita accademica ed umana, personale, di Fusco di conoscerlo. Ecco, allora, che i ricordi saranno i veri protagonisti di questa parentesi. Dopo di ciò, prima dei contributi prettamente scientifici dei lavori, tenutisi in occasione del Convegno Internazionale Psicologia, Arte, Letteratura. Antiche e Nuove Tendenze, seguiranno i saluti delle autorità che in quei due giorni si sono succedute a rappresentare non solo l'istituzione affiliata, ma anche la relazione di stima e di affetto che le legava al compianto Professore. Si passerà, infine, al volume tradizionalmente inteso.

[Integrated project of personalisation school curricula and training].

OBJECTIVES: To strengthen the motivation to study, promote awareness of their attitudes and actions of orientation / re-orientation to the profession, making the learning experience more stimulating and training in order to staunch the sharp drop-out affecting the school. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The project, coordinated by psychologists, involved the administration of AMOS Test as a tool to detect the variables of interest (self-image, ambitions and motivations, concerns for the future, soft skills etc.) in a sample of students belonging the CFP of Lazio. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 632 students (aged between 14 and 20 years and made up 70.6% of females). The sample is divided between the Agency's structures Formation of the Province of Frosinone: Anagni (7,3%); Cassino (24,7%); Ferentino (10,9%); Frosinone (31,8 %); Pontecorvo (4,1%) and Sora (21,2%) that offer various training courses: a wellness area (81%), electronic / mechanical area (12%), administrative one (7%). Most of the students have poor self-esteem and con dence in their own resources. They have a poor perception of their skills both profes- sionally and personally, have trouble thinking of an ambitious future with a 'negative self-image'. Few have plans for the future and are determined to achieve them and bring them forward, demonstrating uncertainty about future careers. CONCLUSIONS: The survey findings emerges the need of the students to have a support not only educational but also cognitive and emotional. Possible proposals for action are: the implementation of techniques such as cooperative learning, action learning, problem solving, the 'activation of a door psychological listening and the like.