Pathological gambling is a disorder of impulse control with negative personal and societal consequences. This paper reviews diagnostic criteria and screening instruments for pathological and problem gambling. Prevalence rates and treatment options for this disorder are briefly described, with an...

This article reviews a body of research, empirical and speculative, describing variables thought to determine a psychologist's choice of theoretical orientation. The review finds two types of variables (1) the influences of training, colleagues, supervisors, initial experience and (2) the...

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality instrument most commonly used. It is based on Jungian-type theory in which people are seen as being oriented to one of two types of psychic energy and they also prefer to receive data in one of two different ways: sensing or intuition....

Le principal objectif de cette étude a été celui d’analyser la relation entre l’attachement à l’espace des étudiants universitaires, la perception de la stimulation environnementale et le bienêtre subjectif relatif aux événements de la faculté (satisfaction avec la vie –...

The main purpose of the present study was to analyze the relationship between the university students’ place attachment, perception of environmental stimulation and the psychosocial well-being, a relation that was less studied, although it is very important for the quality of the students’...

In this article we address some fundamental questions concerning information: Can the existing laws of physics adequately deal with the most striking property of information, namely to cause specific changes in the structure and energy flows of a complex system, without the information in itself...

În cadrul economiei de piaţă, asigurările constituie o ramură, un sector al serviciilor care contribuie nu numai la protecţia bunurilor şi persoanelor împotriva diferitelor riscuri preluate în asigurare, dar şi la crearea produsului intern brut, participă, în calitate de ofertant, pe...

The content of this study comprises pluri /inter/ trans /co /cross-disciplinarily approaches and a consequent open invitation addressed to the scientific community of the MMF '12 Conference to receive all these, to meditate/analyze, and to decide if the co-participation to the represented here...