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1 Romanian Journal of Experimental Applied Psychology Special Edition, Volume 2, October 2011 The International Conference "Psychology and the realities of the contemporary world" Second Edition,, October 2011 ABSTRACTS Romanian Society of Experimental Applied Psychology 2011

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3 FOREWORD This volume presents the topics of the invited lectures and peer-reviewed abstracts of paper and posters presented at the 2nd International Conference Psychology and the Realities of the Contemporary World - PSIWORLD 2011, in, Romania, October PSIWORLD 2011 is the second international conference organized by the Romanian Society of Applied Experimental Psychology, together with University of, Department of Psychology and Education Sciences, under the aegis of the Romanian Psychology Collegium. It acknowledges that the amount of practical problems to which the psychology is confronted is extremely large, the need of an applied science perspective is highly demanded, while the need of sustaining excellence research in the field is mandatory. The presentations abstracted in this volume range from empirical psychological studies, to theoretical reviews and meta-analyses, covering a variety of practical problems to which nowadays psychologists and educational scientists are confronted to. They provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners from Romania and worldwide to discuss recent trends in the study of topical issues of the modern world and share the knowledge, expertise and solutions they have envisioned. We would like to acknowledge the essential contribution of the organizing institutions and the support provided by our sponsors in making this conference happend. We would also like to express our deepest appreciation for: the members of the Conference Scientific Committee for providing the framework, expertise and support; the members of the Board of Reviewers for their constant effort in reviewing the submissions, providing valuable feedback, and contributing to the ascent of the scientific standards of this conference; for the members of the local Organizing Committee who helped with the countless local arrangements for this meetings; and to the many volunteers who contributed to the success of the Conference. Also, we would like to thank our invited speakers: PhD. Marilyn Campbell, PhD. Ken Evans, PhD. Nathan A. Fox, PhD. Peter Mitchell, PhD. Charles Alexander Nelson III, PhD. Gernot Schuhfried, PhD. Charles H. Zeanah; all those who submitted proposals for their considerable effort and their interest in the conference; the participating authors for the preparation and presentation of their work; and all other colleagues who attended the conference and made it possible. Last but not least, we are glad to announce that all the accepted paper presented to the PSIWORLD 2011 Conference will be published by Elsevier and indexed by ScienceDirect, Scopus, as well as in Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI Web of Science). Thank you for your participation and welcome to the 2011 edition of the PSIWORLD International Conference! Prof. PhD Mihai ANIȚEI President of the PSIWORLD 2011 Organizing Committee President of the Romanian Society of Applied Experimental Psychology 3

4 ORGANIZATION Conference President PhD Professor Charles Nelson III - Harvard University, USA Conference Vice-presidents PhD. Professor Nathan Fox - Maryland University, USA PhD. Professor Charles Zeanah - Tulane University, USA Presidents Organizing Committee PhD Mihai Aniței PhD Nicolae Mitrofan Members PhD Mihaela Chraif PhD Diana Francisco PhD Ana Maria Marhan PhD Emilia Oprișan PhD Maria Magdalena Stan PhD Camelia Truța PhD Cristian Vasile PhD student Ion Bucur PhD student Bogdan Calcan PhD student Ana Maria Cazan PhD student Catalina Cicei PhD student Aliodor Manolea PhD student Viorel Pasca PhD student Radu Popa PhD student Ioana Stoica PhD student Leonard Voloșin Scientific Committee Acad. PhD. Alexandru Surdu Acad. PhD. Constantin Ionescu Târgoviște PhD. Charles Nelson III - Harvard University, USA PhD. Matthias Muller - Leipzig University, Germany PhD. Nathan Fox - Maryland University, USA PhD. Charles Zeanah - Tulane University, USA PhD. Marilyn Campbell MAPS - Queensland University of Technology, Australia PhD. Peter Mitchell - University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus PhD. Zafer Bekirogullari, Cag University, Turkey PhD. Nicolae Mitrofan - University, Romania PhD. Mihai Aniței - University, Romania PhD. Mihaela Chraif - University, Romania PhD. Mircea Dumitru - University, Romania PhD. Cristian Vasile - Ploiesti University, Romania PhD. Romiță Iucu - University, Romania PhD. Doru Popovici - University, Romania PhD. Marcela Luca - Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania PhD. Ion Dafinoiu - Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania PhD. Sofia Chirică - Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Secretaries Psycholgist Elena Buzea MA student Sebastian Vlăsceanu MA student Ciolacu Mihai Student Andreea Barca IT Section Coordinator Vochiță Alexandru 4

5 BOARD OF REVIEWERS Valerica Anghelache Lower Danube University of Galați Eugen Avram - University of Cristina-Corina Bențea - Lower Danube University of Galați Ovidiu Brăzdău - Ecological University of Ion Bucur - University of & Spiru Haret University Bogdan Calcan - University of Cătălin Nedelcea - University of Ana-Maria Cazan - University of & Transilvania University of Brașov Cătălina Cristiana Cicei - National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Manuela Mihaela Ciucurel - University of Pitești Aurel Ion Clinciu - Transilvania University of Brașov Elena Cocorada - University Transilvania of Brașov Geanina Cucu-Ciuhan - University of Pitești Bogdan Danciu - Institute of Philosophy and Psychology "C. Rădulescu Motru", Romanian Academy Laura Teodora David - Transilvania University of Brașov Margareta Dincă - Titu Maiorescu University, Diana Francisco - University of Matei Georgescu - Spiru Haret University, Alois Gherguț - Al. I. Cuza University, Iași Laura Goran - Spiru Haret University, Eugen Iordănescu - Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu Oltea Joja - Titu Maiorescu University, Julien-Ferencz Kiss - University of George Lăzăroiu - Spiru Haret University, Marcela Rodica Luca - Transilvania University of Brașov Manuela Gyorgy - Dimitrie Cantemir University, Târgu Mureș Ana-Maria Marhan - Institute of Philosophy and Psychology "C. Rădulescu Motru", Romanian Academy Rodica Matei - Spiru Haret University, Valeria Negovan - University of Ioana Omer - Spiru Haret University, Emilia Oprișan - University of Brîndusa Orășanu - Titu Maiorescu University, Mariela Păvălache-Ilie - Transilvania University of Brașov Adina Pescaru - University of Ploiești Gabriela Popescu - Spiru Haret University, Doru-Vlad Popovici - University of Adina Rădulescu - Spiru Haret University, Viorel Robu - Petre Andrei University, Iași Elena-Claudia Rusu - Spiru Haret University, Paul Sârbescu - West University of Timișoara Doina Ștefana Săucan - Institute of Philosophy and Psychology "C. Rădulescu Motru", Romanian Academy Elena Seghedin - Al. I. Cuza University, Iași Andreea Stan - University of Pitești Maria Magdalena Stan - University of Pitești Elena Stănculescu - University of Dan Florin Stănescu - National School of Political Studies and Public Administratio, Traian Moldovan - Dimitrie Cantemir University, Târgu Mureș Camelia Truța - Transilvania University of Brașov Bogdan Tudor Tulbure - Transilvania University of Brașov Cristina Tulbure - Transilvania University of Brașov Roxana Urea - University of Doina Usaci - Transilvania University of Brașov Diana Lucia Vasile - Hyperion University, Romeo Zeno Crețu - University of 5

6 Keynote Speakers Cyberbullying PhD. Marilyn CAMPBELL, Assoc. professor, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Psychotherapy in the 21 st Century : Challenges and Opportunities PhD. Ken EVANS, The European Centre for Psychotherapeutic Studies (Eurocps), France Institutionalization and foster care intervention: Effects on brain functioning and cognitive development PhD. Nathan A. FOX, Director Laboratory of Child Development, University of Maryland, USA How do we interpret other people s thoughts and emotions? Insights from autism PhD. Peter MITCHELL, University of Nottingham; Editor of the British Journal of Psychology, UK A cognitive neuroscience perspective on the early identification of autism PhD. Charles Alexander NELSON III, Harvard Medical School Director, Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Division of Developmental Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, USA New challenges in psychological assessment: a test publisher view PhD. Gernot SCHUHFRIED, SCHUHFRIED GMBH Company, Austria Institutionalization and foster care intervention: Effects on socioemotional development and psychopathology PhD. Charles H. ZEANAH, Tulane University School of Medicine; Executive Director of the Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, New Orleans, USA 6

7 ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY Vol. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE, October 2011 ABSTRACTS - TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHODIAGNOSIS ) Cognitive and emotional aspects in evaluating the risk of floods Iuliana ARMAŞ, Eugen AVRAM 2) The relationship between the professional models of the parents and the adult professional route of their children Andreea ARSENE, Marinela TANASE, Burtoiu NATALIA 3) Informatic technology, internet in the distribution of erotical shows: psychological aspects in service providers Eugen AVRAM, Iustin PRIESCU, Peter KATONA, Adina LEAŞU 4) Access to information and empowerment perspectives in health services Eugen AVRAM, Iustin PRIESCU 5) Trauma-related dissociation may explain the psychopathological features of the difficult-totreat BPD patients a proposed model Dana BICHESCU-BURIAN 6) How does the sex/gender system influence on people s health? Data of a sample of romanian people living in Spain Andreea Catalina BRABETE, María del Pilar SÁNCHEZ-LÓPEZ 7) Trait-anxiety, visual search and memory for facial identities in preschoolers: an investigation using task-irrelevant emotional information Lavinia CHEIE, Laura VISU-PETRA, Mircea MICLEA 8) Study of latent inhibition at high-level creative personality Cristina CHIRILA, Aneta FELDMAN 9) How can we improve the existing assessments used in art-therapy? A meta-analysis on art therapy assesments Cristina CHIRILA, Aneta FELDMAN 10) The importance of sedentarism in the development of depression in elderly people Constantin CIUCUREL, Elena Ioana ICONARU 11) Association between metabolic syndrome and depression in elderly Constantin CIUCUREL, Elena Ioana ICONARU 12) Risk factors for non-lethal self-injury due to substances abuse Tudor CIUHODARU, Magdalena IORGA, Sandy-Narcis ROMEDEA 13) Risk factors for iterative non-lethal self-injury Tudor CIUHODARU, Magdalena IORGA, Sandy-Narcis ROMEDEA 14) Convergent validation of EATQ-R questionnaire against Eysenck s PEN model of personality32 Aurel Ion CLINCIU 15) Evaluation cognitive and emotional distress to teachers of undergraduate Lucica Emilia COŞA 16) The romanian Interpersonal Reactivity Index: adaptation of an instrument for empathy research Alina COVACI,Petru-Madalin CONSTANTINESCU 7

8 17) Genetic counselling in reproductive disorders Georgeta Camelia COZARU, Lăcrămioara Ionela BUTNARIU, Eusebiu Vlad GORDUZA 18) Genetic considerations in syndromic autism Georgeta Camelia COZARU, Adrian PAPARI 19) The relationship between perfectionism, procrastination and anxiety Barbara CRĂCIUN, Ruxandra RĂŞCANU, Steliana RIZEANU 20) The relation of clinical empathy to secondary traumatic stress Irina CRUMPEI, Ion DAFINOIU 21) The experience of therapeutical change for psychologists preparing to become psychotherapists Gabriela DIMA, Mihaela Dana BUCUŢĂ 22) Diabetes s adherence to treatment: the predictive value of satisfaction with medical care Luminita DIT, Adriana BĂBAN, Dan DUMITRASCU 23) Experiential psychotherapy in geriatric groups Rozeta DRĂGHICI 24) The relationship between anxiety, depression and self-esteem after surgery in women with breast cancer Rodica Gabriela ENACHE 25) Funerary imaginary, social relationship and pulsional correspondences. An ethno-psychoanalytical study based on a projective application Matei GEORGESCU 26) The valences of the harmonic musical intervals as stimulus-material of a projective test Matei GEORGESCU 27) The use of ericksonian hypnosis in somatic disorders Irina HOLDEVICI, Barbara CRĂCIUN 28) The incidence of the behavioral types Anger-in and A in pacients with cardiovascular diseases46 Ioan Bradu IAMANDESCU, Alexandru CHIŢU, Cristina Alice BARBU 29) Ethnobotanical use among freshman engineering students Magdalena IORGA, Tudor CIUHODARU, Daniela Tatiana (Corodeanu) AGHEORGHIESEI, Sandy-Narcis ROMEDEA 30) Social-psychological effects of laws that prohibit the marketing of the plants, extracts and substances known as ethnobotanicals Magdalena IORGA,Tudor CIUHODARU, Sandy-Narcis ROMEDEA, Ion COPOERU 31) A cross-cultural comparison between EDI results of romanian and German students Oltea JOJA,Jörn VON WIETERSHEIM 32) Health related quality of life of diabetic and chronic renal failure patients Adina KARNER-HUŢULEAC 33) Assessment of executive functions for essential hypertension patients Adina KARNER-HUŢULEAC 34) Role and involvement of educational issues, health behaviours, and collaborative participation of the pacients with diabetes in current treatment practice: a practitioners perspective George Florian MACARIE, Ovidiu GAVRILOVICI, Ana Voichiţa TEBEANU 35) Transduction of emotional potentials into thermic, electric and electromagnetic potentials in the context normal state versus relaxed state Aliodor MANOLEA, Mihai Valentin CIOLACU, Sebastian VLĂSCEANU 8

9 36) Characteristics of computer and internet use among adolescents in Iasi county George Florian MACARIE, Gabriela Elena CHELE, Cristinel ŞTEFĂNESCU, Ana Voichiţa TEBEANU 37) Elaborating and implementing an experiential-systemic counselling model (E.S.C.) for adolescents victims of intra-family violence Iolanda MITROFAN, Petruța COMAN 38) Comparative analyses of three different creative models to optimize the developmental processes of pre-school children Iolanda MITROFAN, Andreea Simona OLTEANU 39) Self image and excessive concern over weight Laurentiu MITROFAN 40) The uep method in clinical psychology, personal development and education-theoretic and methodologic specific, validation, applied domains Iolanda MITROFAN 41) The aetiology and recovery of addictions in eastern christian psychotherapy. A contribution to the person centered health care Sebastian MOLDOVAN 42) Adoptions of children in Romania: applying attachment theory Ana MUNTEAN, Violeta STAN, Mihaela TOMITA, Roxana UNGUREANU 43) Family-of-origin, romantic attachment, and marital adjustment: a path analysis model Antoaneta Andreea MURARU, Maria Nicoleta TURLIUC 44) Family test used as an experientialist method focused on emotional intelligence development62 Laura-Elena NĂSTASĂ, Anca-Daniela FĂRCAŞ 45) Using metaphorical items for describing personality constructs Cătălin NEDELCEA, Iulia Dana CIORBEA, Andrei Gabriel ION 46) A few variables of influence in the concept of marital satisfaction Emilia OPRISAN, Daniel CRISTEA 47) Psychic movements between internal and external reality Brînduşa ORĂŞANU 48) I want to fly - initiating a program of psychological counselling in order to mitigate the inferiority complex of teenagers in disadvantaged families Rozina (David) PADURARU, Mioara (Trandafira) STANCU 49) Self-efficacy survey: a new assessment tool Teofil PANC, Alexandru MIHALCEA, Ioana PANC, 50) A comparative study of anxiety and depressive symptoms, and perceived stress between aromanian and romanian populations in constanta county Adrian C. PAPARI, Georgeta COZARU, Cristiana GLAVCE 51) The influence of facial expressions on recognition performance in facial identity Florin Alexandru PAVEL, Eugen IORDĂNESCU 52) Visual search for real emotional faces: the advantage of anger Irina PITICA, Georgiana SUSA, Oana BENGA, Mircea MICLEA 53) Attachment styles - from theory to integrative intervention in anxiety disorder and depression71 Mara PRICEPUTU 54) Conscious versus unconscious option of psychology students concerning the psychotherapy orientation training Nicoleta RABAN-MOTOUNU, Geanina CUCU CIUHAN 55) The openness to experience questionnaire: construction and validation Nicoleta RABAN-MOTOUNU, Geanina CUCU CIUHAN 9

10 56) Aspects of socio-professional adjustment of schizophrenic patients with good instruction level Ruxandra RĂȘCANU, Ofelia POPESCU, Alexandra PIROIU 57) Attitudinal and emotional structures specific for infertile women Ruxandra RĂȘCANU, Simona VLADICA 58) Psychological health in chilean women based on the history of mistreatment Raquel RIVAS-DIEZ, María del Pilar SÁNCHEZ-LÓPEZ, Andreea Catalina BRABETE 59) Elderly institutionalization and depression Patricia-Luciana RUNCAN 60) The role of the cognitive behavioral approach in the reduction of the risk of recidivism for the persons under surveillance of the probation service Doina Ştefana SǍUCAN, Mihai Ioan MICLE, Ana-Maria MARHAN, Gabriel OANCEA 61) Lessons learned in the implementation of an innovative preventive family intervention service in Dan Florin STANESCU 62) Functional imaging correlates of environmentally -induced memory changes Angelica STANILOIU, Hans MARKOWITSCH 63) Gender differences in violence and aggression - A neurobiological perspective Angelica STANILOIU, Hans MARKOWITSCH 64) Anxiety-related attention biases in preschoolers: an investigation using the pictorial dot-probe task Georgiana SUSA, Irina PITICA, Oana BENGA, Mircea MICLEA 65) Adapting and implementing the wisconsin card sorting test in Romania. A look at the clinical data Alexandru TAŞCU, Dragoş ILIESCU, Eugen AVRAM 66) Body image screening questionnaire for eating disorder early detection: a romanian replication Raluca TOMSA, Nicoleta ISTFAN, Cristina JENARO, Noelia FLORES, Belén BERMEJO 67) Psychosomatics and psychical tension (clinical research) Simona TRIFU, Cristina DELCUESCU, Claudia Monica BOER 68) Generational vein in mourning problematic (case study) Simona TRIFU 69) Human attitudes toward error: a quest in search of scientific evidence Bogdan Tudor TULBURE 70) Digital era psychology-studies on cognitive changes Cristian VASILE 71) Efficiency in a new approach: identity structures therapy Cristian VASILE 72) Using metaphors in experiential group focused on career exploration and development Ileana-Loredana VITALIA 73) Research on the use of the hand test in clinical assessment of children and adolescents Elena Otilia VLADISLAV, Gabriela MARC, Elena Mirela AGRAVRILOAEI, Irina MĂRĂCINEANU, Luiza ŞTEFAN 74) The self-concept at adolescents: between normality and pathology Elena Otilia VLADISLAV 75) The relationship between positive emotions, coping strategies and ego-resiliency: a mediation model Alina VULPE, Ion DAFINOIU 10

11 76) The romanian version of consideration of future consequences scale RO-CFC-S Andreea ZĂGĂRIN, Eugen IORDĂNESCU SECTION 2 - WORK PSYCHOLOGY ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED IN TRANSPORTATION & SERVICES ) Resilience to stress evidence-based improvements in integrative psychoterapy working groups95 Mihai ANIŢEI, Mihaela CHRAIF, Gina CHIRIAC 78) Asertivness and organizational trust as predictors of mental and physical health in a romanian oil company Sorin TĂNASE, Mihai ANIŢEI, Mihaela CHRAIF 79) The influence of sleep deprivation on short term memory and attention to details in young students Mihaela CHRAIF 80) The effects of radio noise in multiple time reactions tasks for young students Mihaela CHRAIF 81) Shaping the future for the drug users at the workplace. How the master students will act as future decision makers to manage this situation Daniela Tatiana (Corodeanu) AGHEORGHIESEI, Magdalena IORGA, Tudor CIUHODARU 82) Access to information and empowerment perspectives in health services Eugen AVRAM, Iustin PRIESCU 83) The boit training: an overview of a burnout intervention and initial survey results Adriana BORZA, Sara TEMENT, Cristina ZDREHUȘ, Christian KORUNKA 84) Examining the association between job affect and organizational citizenship behavior in romanian communication and marketing organizations Cristiana Catalina CICEI 85) Employee occupational stress and organizational commitment. Can we find an association in Romanian public organizations? Cristiana Catalina CICEI 86) The big five personality factors and the working styles Daniel CIUCUR, Augustina Florentina PÎRVUŢ 87) Intelective and nonintelective factors in automotive industry management and leadership Daniel CIUCUR, Augustina Florentina PÎRVUŢ 88) The relation between anxiety, reaction time and performance before and after sport competitions Manuela Mihaela CIUCUREL 89) Ecological attitudes of romanian students Bogdan DANCIU, Camelia POPA, Ana-Maria MARHAN, Doina Ştefana SǍUCAN 90) Road safety and personality traits Bogdan DANCIU, Camelia POPA, Mihai MICLE, Georgeta PREDA 91) Poor mental health symptoms among romanian employees - a two-step cluster analysis Diana FRANCISCO 92) Social autism as a degenerative psycho-social syndrome in changing societies Alin GAVRELIUC 93) Driving behaviour of a sample of young romanian drivers Alexandra GHEORGHIU, Cornel HAVÂRNEANU 94) Characteristic of instrumental movements eye hand coordination in sports Vasilica GRIGORE, Georgeta MITRACHE, Radu PREDOIU, Remus ROȘCA 11

12 95) The perceived causes of severe traffic accidents: a psycho-social approach Grigore M. HAVÂRNEANU 96) Fairness behaviour in economical crisis environment: a romanian experimental perspective114 Alexandru IORDĂNESCU, Eugen IORDĂNESCU 97) The subliminal influence of the form s quantics Aliodor MANOLEA, Sebastian VLĂSCEANU, Mihai Valentin CIOLACU 98) The influence of the psychological factors upon the entrepreneurial behaviour in crisis environment Gabriela MARCU, Cornelia IORDĂNESCU, Eugen IORDĂNESCU 99) Development and validation of a romanian version of the expanded version of the positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS-X) Mariana ISPAS COTIGĂ 100) Traffic risk behavior: a theoretical and empirical research Crenguţa OPREA 101) The relationship between organizational culture and mentality towards work in the romanian organizational environment Crenguţa OPREA 102) Cross-understanding and trust formation within medical emergency intervention teams Cătălina OŢOIU, Daniela ANDREI, Adriana BĂBAN 103) Motivation in a crisis society. romanian perspective Georgeta PÂNIȘOARĂ, Ion-Ovidiu PÂNIȘOARĂ 104) An experimental perspective over personality and leadership styles inside romanian organizations Radu-Ioan POPA 105) Using the alternative five factor personality model to explain driving anger expression Paul SÂRBESCU, Iuliana COSTEA, Silvia RUSU 106) Psychometric properties of the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale in a romanian sample Paul SÂRBESCU, Iuliana COSTEA, Silvia RUSU 107) Violence and agressiveness in traffic Doina Ştefana SǍUCAN, Mihai Ioan MICLE, Camelia POPA, Gabriel OANCEA 108) Images of the self: prediction of peer-evaluations of one s personality, using implicit and explicit self-assessments Florin Alin SAVA, Laurențiu MARICUȚOIU, Silvia RUSU, Delia VÎRGĂ, Irina MACSINGA 109) Aspects related to intersegmental coordination in individual and team sports - implications for sports training Silvia TEODORESCU, Aura BOTA, Radu PREDOIU, Georgeta MITRACHE 110) Job satisfaction in the context of person-organization fit : does value congruence improve work satisfaction? Andra-Florina TOADER 111) Emotional labour strategies adopted by school psychologists Camelia TRUŢA 112) Early predictors of workplace mobbing Szigety TÜNDE 113) Understanding job performance through persistence and job competency Andreea ŢUŢU, Constantin TICU 12

13 SECTION 3 - EDUCATION SCIENCES ) The unseen side of evaluation Gabriel ALBU 115) Tensions, pursuits and options in contemporary education Gabriel ALBU 116) Educational changes and teachers attitude towards change Valerica ANGHELACHE, Cristina Corina BENŢEA 117) Dimensions of attitudes towards educational change Valerica ANGHELACHE, Cristina Corina BENŢEA 118) The influence of faculty specialization on the deductive reasoning aptitude for young romanian students Mihai ANIŢEI, Tatiana MIULESCU, Andreea BÂRCĂ 119) Complementarity of formal and informal learning within weblog Elena BRUMA 120) Marks of social and psychological identity of Romanian students Natalia BURTOIU, Andreea ARSENE, Marinela TANASE 121) Learning diary as a tool for metacognitive strategies development Otilia CLIPA, Aurora Adina IGNAT, Mihai STANCIU 122) Screen-frames, images and subtle influence on e-learning cognitive aspects Mihaela COSTIN 123) Critical thinking and integrated programs. The problem of transferability Daniela DUMITRU 124) Communities of inquiry as a method to teach Daniela DUMITRU 125) Professional development of the university teacher inventory of methods necessary for continuing training Nicoleta DUŢĂ 126) Analysis of didacticians psycho-pedagogical competences Liliana EZECHIL, Petruța COMAN 127) Qualitative analysis about inclusion in romanian regular schools Alois GHERGUT, Mihaela Ciobanu GRASU 128) Roles identified in didactic communication Angelica HOBJILĂ 129) Effective and ineffective in pedagogical practicum some considerations on the initial training of pre-school teachers Angelica HOBJILĂ 130) Teachers work satisfaction and their emotional competence Aurora Adina IGNAT, Otilia CLIPA 131) Diagnostics of time perception is sports of high achievements Leonov SERGEY 132) What the easter bunny will bring? Parents preferences when offering easter presents Daciana LUPU, Andreea Ramona LAURENŢIU, Mariana NOREL 133) A study regarding teenagers self-image and the importance of physical activities in its formation Elena LUPU, Andreea Loredana PETRESCU 13

14 134) A structural equation model of mediation between parental variables and school outcomes. The moderating effect of parental education Marius MARICI, Maria Nicoleta TURLIUC 135) Comparative study on the development of emotional intelligence of institutionalized adolescents and teenagers in the family Raluca MATEI, Simona Mariana DUMITRESCU 136) Study of the psychomotor level development of children with mental disability. Implications on their social and professional integration Neagu Nicolae EMILIAN, Camelia RUS 137) Improving social and professional integration of people with down syndrome by means and kinetic techniques Enikő Gabriela PAPP, Nicolae- Emilian NEAGU, Roxana Cristina RAD 138) Teachers and parents in a community of learners Adina PESCARU 139) Perceptions of school climate among children of romanian migrants Nicoleta Laura POPA 140) The relationship between media and violence Georgiana POPESCU, Delia DUMINICA 141) The ideal teacher. Theoretical and investigative approach Carmen RUSU, Laurenţiu ŞOITU, Oana PANAITE 142) Mentoring a tool for developing teachers reflectivity Elena SEGHEDIN 143) The self-conscious emotion of pride as mediator between self-esteem and positive affect Elena STANCULESCU 144) Occupational stress in physical education and sport area Monica STANESCU, Ana Maria VASILIU, Marius STOICESCU 145) Academic learning from control and systematic assistance to autonomy Mihaela Aurelia ŞTEFAN, Claudiu Marian BUNĂIAŞU, Alexandru-Constantin STRUNGĂ 146) Reflexive practice in teacher education: facts and trends Mihaela STÎNGU 147) Study on the identification of educators perception over the selection, structuring and optimal combination criteria of didactic strategies Sofia Loredana TUDOR 148) A study on the efficiency of using combined modern and traditional didactic strategies Sofia Loredana TUDOR 149) Systematic reflective enquiry methods in teacher education Camelia TUGUI RADULESCU 150) Learning styles, teaching strategies and academic achievement in higher education: a crosssectional investigation Cristina TULBURE 151) Teachers attitudes towards inclusive education Ecaterina Maria UNIANU 152) The influence of teacher s communication style on alter s social perception at preadolescents with mental disabilities Roxana UREA 153) Creative contexts as a way to strengthen mathematics learning Cristian VOICA, Florence Mihaela SINGER 14

15 154) The role of intercultural education in defining the system of individual values Mihaela VOINEA SECTION 4 - SPECIAL PSYCHOPEDAGOGY ) Teachers motivation for professional activity Cristina Corina BENŢEA, Valerica ANGHELACHE 156) Assessing the impact of large residential institutions on the quality of life of mentally retarded people Marilena BRATU, Florin VERZA, Ruxandra FOLOŞTINĂ 157) Social axioms, cultural dimensions and personal autonomy in romanian educational field. 175 Alin GAVRELIUC, Dana GAVRELIUC 158) Social effects of school PERFORMANCE the interpersonal APPRECIATION AND preference Florinda GOLU, Emil GÂTEJ 159) A narrative approach Down s syndrome Alina MĂRGĂRIŢOIU, Simona EFTIMIE 160) A cognitive-behavioral approach of university staff didactic expertise Dana OPRE, Adrian OPRE, Monica ZAHARIE 161) Disability as a risk factor regarding the access to the labour market the role of the family and school in the career guidance of teenagers with mental deficiency Florin VERZA, Marilena BRATU, Ruxandra FOLOŞTINĂ 162) Aspects of emotional life and communication in institutionalized children Florin VERZA, Marilena BRATU, Ruxandra FOLOŞTINĂ 163) Gender differences in the language concerning the children with mental impairment Florin VERZA 164) The scolar integration of the students with special needs - a regional approach Elena DĂNESCU, Dan IORDĂCHESCU SECTION 5 - PSYCHOLOGY FOR DEFENSE, PUBLIC ORDER AND NATIONAL SECURITY ) Professional performance within a romanian police force in the context of change Daniela ANDREI, Lucia RAȚIU, Cătălina OȚOIU, Sofia CHIRICĂ 166) Study regarding psychophysiological reactivity values depending on subject s gender in polygraph testing Viorel PAŞCA 167) An analysis of environmental changes, resources and performance: an internal police organization perspective Claudia Lenuţa RUS, Gabriel VONAŞ, Adriana BĂBAN 168) Evidences of the external validity of a tests battery used during the psychological assistance to officers special training courses Gheorghe PERTEA, Silvia ISARI SECTION 6 - EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY ) Characteristics of socializing puber affectivity in today s romainian society Anda-Bianca BĂCANU, Roxana-Elena NEGRU, Oana-Loredana DUMITRACHE, Roxana UREA - Coordinator 170) Anxiety, impulsiveness and time perception among secondary and high school students Elpida BAGANA, Andreea RACIU 15

16 171) The role of the initial psycho-pedagogical training in structuring motivational and attitudinal dynamic toward teaching career Carmen Cornelia BALAN, Liliana BUJOR,Nadia Laura SERDENCIUC 172) Comparative aspects concerning the effects of extraversion on performances in a cognitive task In competitive and cooperative conditions Cristina Corina BENŢEA, Valerica ANGHELACHE 173) Place attachment, proactive coping, and well-being in the university environment Corina BOGDAN, Liliane RIOUX, Valeria NEGOVAN 174) Preschool and primary teachers -psychological differences and similarities Cristian BUCUR 175) Self regulated learning strategies predictors of academic adjustment Ana-Maria CAZAN 176) Enhancing self regulated learning by learning journals Ana-Maria CAZAN 177) Study of predictive validation of working memory battery Aurel Ion CLINCIU 178) Adolescent coping strategies in secondary school Elena COCORADĂ, Violeta MIHALAŞCU 179) Gender differences in the microviolence connected to assessment Elena COCORADĂ 180) Predictors of burnout syndrome to teachers of undergraduate Lucica Emilia COSA 181) An investigation over courses preferences and coping strategies at psychology students Iuliana COSTEA, Paul SÂRBESCU, Silvia RUSU 182) What could mathematical cognition tell us about the actual world Sorin COSTREIE 183) Factorial validity and reliability evidence for the modified behavioral regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 among romanian adolescents Marius Traian CRĂCIUN, Claudia Lenuţa RUS 184) Training of spatial abilities through computer games results on the relation between game s task and psychological measures that are used Laura Teodora DAVID 185) Training effects on mental rotation, spatial orientation and spatial visualization depending on the initial level of spatial abilities Laura Teodora DAVID 186) Is frustration intolerance a characterstic of rroma population? Floare CHIPEA, Diana NEGRUTI, Simona TRIP 187) romanian screening instrument for dyscalculia Fotinica GLIGA, Teodora GLIGA 188) Dimensions of child s psychological maturation and preparation for school Florinda GOLU 189) Performance anxiety and musical level of undergraduate students in exam situations: the role of gender and musical instrument Dorina IUSCA, Ion DAFINOIU 190) Use self-talking for learning progress Ioana LEPADATU 191) To be or not to be an entrepreneur Marcela Rodica LUCA, Ana-Maria CAZAN, Denisa TOMULESCU 16

17 192) The relation between explanatory style, locus of control and self-esteem in a sample of university students Irina MACSINGA, Ioana NEMETI 193) A review of mental models research in child-computer interaction Ana-Maria MARHAN, Mihai Ioan MICLE, Camelia POPA, Georgeta PREDA 194) Searching internet: a report on accesibility, nature, and quality of suicide-related information212 Ana-Maria MARHAN, Doina Ştefana SǍUCAN, Camelia POPA, Bogdan DANCIU 195) Animal s roots of human education a comparative perspective of the basic upbringing culture213 Mihai IOSIF 196) Prediction models for maladjustment behaviour with temporary abandoned children Nicolae MITROFAN, Doinița (Bentu) BURNAZ 197) Fury and hostility as indicators of the emotion regulation and of the well-being at the beginning and the ending period of the adolescence Nicolae MITROFAN, Cristina CIULUVICĂ 198) Being manipulated in the group of friends - predisposition and psychological implications-216 Laurentiu MITROFAN, Sorina Daniela DUMITRACHE 199) Specific methodological particularities for studying the advancing in the zone of proximal development Traian MOLDOVAN, Sorina MOLDOVAN 200) Adolescents emotional intelligence and parental styles Laura-Elena NĂSTASĂ,Kincso SALA 201) Sources of professional satisfaction of psychologists working in educational system Valeria NEGOVAN, Ana Elena BARSAN, Dana ENE 202) Does providing opportunity to choose the type of independent activities for the assignment at seminars differentiate undergraduate psychology students learning outcomes? Valeria NEGOVAN, Maria-Elena OSICEANU 203) The efficacy of self kit program in developing socio-emotional competencies of kindergarten children Adrian OPRE, Ramona BUZGAR 204) Testing a simulation game as a potential teaching method for a masters course in human resources management Cătălina OŢOIU, George OŢOIU 205) The motivation of school learning and scope of values of the teenagers Lăzărescu Mihaela PĂIŞI 206) A study on moral development in childhood Lăzărescu Mihaela PĂIŞI 207) Entrepreneurship as a career choice for romanian undergraduate students: who takes it from intention to action Ioana PANC, Alexandru MIHALCEA, Teofil PANC 208) Locus of control and the pro-environmental attitudes Mariela PAVALACHE-ILIE, Ecaterina Maria UNIANU 209) The perception of parents on the issue of early intervention in child development Mariana POPA, Fotinica GLIGA, Theodora MICHEL 210) Professional challenges in computer-assisted speech therapy Doru-Vlad POPOVICI, Cristian BUICĂ-BELCIU 211) Antecedents of baccalaureate exam anxiety: Testing a model of structural links by path analysis Viorel ROBU, Anişoara SANDOVICI 17

18 212) The role of family climate in expression of emotions and feelings in preschool children Mihaela ROCO, Adriana-Mihaela STOICA 213) The time factor: does it influence the parent-child relationship? Patricia-Luciana RUNCAN 214) An exploratory study on computer game players in romania Silvia RUSU, Iuliana COSTEA, Roxana SÂRBU, Daliana ISTRAT, Paul SÂRBESCU 215) Student-teacher relationship and communication barriers in the learning process: a diagnose study Mirela SAUPE, Delia GOIA, Ana BULAI, Marius DRASOVEAN, Anca DOBREAN, Sebastia PINTEA, Elena SEGHEDIN, Ovidiu GAVRILOVICI 216) Cognitive development: structuring innate capacities within the knowledge construction Florence Mihaela SINGER 217) Socio-emotional predictors of school success at the beginning of school years Maria Magdalena STAN 218) The role of parental styles and the socio-emotional competence of children at the beginning of school years Maria Magdalena STAN 219) Predictors for career indecision in adolescence Elena Cristina STĂRICĂ 220) Ways of identifying aggressive events in the educational environment. Strategies of prevention and intervention Marinela TANASE, Andreea ARSENE 221) Psychologycal basics of the homework in romania today Victorita TRIF 222) A universal primary prevention program for aggressive behavior in secondary school Simona TRIP, Carmen BORA 223) Psychometric properties of low frustration tolerance scale for students Simona TRIP, Carmen BORA 224) Efficient strategies of learning in initial training of psychologists Doina USACI, Rodica Mariana NICULESCU 225) High standards and self-criticism in university environment gender, age and learning context differences Madalin VANEA, Elena GHIZDAREANU 226) Imagery training efficacy among novice soccer players Aleksander VERAKSA, Aleksandra GOROVAYA 227) The structure of executive functions in preschoolers: an investigation using the NEPSY battery Laura VISU-PETRA, Lavinia CHEIE, Oana BENGA, Mircea MICLEA 228) Are dimensions of psycho-social well-being different among latvian and romanian university students? Santa VORONE, Alexey VOROBYOV, Valeria NEGOVAN 229) Transition from school to work at young people with disabilities Ecaterina VRĂJMAȘ, Traian VRĂJMAȘ 230) The academic structure and organization within the romanian higher education system from the perspective of the Bologna Process: a practical application for Technical Higher Education institutions Romiţă IUCU, Liliana-Luminiţa TODORESCU Author Index