How Do Young People Respond to Conflict? A Comparative Study of Argentinean and Portuguese College Students

Questions relating to sociability, relationships concerning conflicts and behaviours of indiscipline and violence among young people have turned out to be of particular importance. Various studies exist about the sociability of young people (e.g. Machado Pais, 1990; Margulis - Urresti, 1998; Cangilini, 2004). Nevertheless, studies focused on sociability and behavior in the face of socially learned conflicts in the context of inter-personal relationships are still very scarce. The investigation carried out falls within the area of Co-operative Conflict Resolution (CCR) - a field of knowledge and practices that emerged in the 1980s (Ury - Fisher, 1991; Aréchaga, Brandoni - Finkelstein, 2004). The work that we present shows the results of a study undertaken with young people attending the first year of university education in public and private universities in Argentina and Portugal. This investigation, which was of an exploratory nature, had two general objectives: i) to analyse the ways of approaching conflicts by young people (aged 18 to 31 years); and ii) to understand the present day social dynamics that characterise these young people. The descriptive analysis of the data, which was obtained from the responses to a questionnaire with open and closed questions completed by around 700 young university students, revealed some differences concerning the behaviour adopted towards conflicts by these young Argentineans and young Portuguese.

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Technological stress in higher level students in San Luis Potosí

Journal Health Education and Welfare ◽

10.35429/jhew.2021.9.5.1.8 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Juana María HUERTA-GONZÁLEZ ◽

Rosa Elia MARTÍNEZ-TORRES ◽

Patricia RIVERA-ACOSTA ◽

Gloria Del Carmen RENDÓN-SUSTAITA

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Well Being ◽

Public And Private ◽

San Luis ◽

San Luis Potosi ◽

Education Levels ◽

The Face ◽

Favorable Reaction ◽

Teaching Learning ◽

San Luis Potosí

During 2020, in the face of the recession caused by the COVID19 pandemic, public and private sectors suffer massive losses that force them to promote strategies for immediate reactivation. Education in México, despite estimating a considerable lag, had a favorable reaction towards "online classes” in all education levels. Through technological resources, administrative, teachers, parents and students were involved without having the opportunity to be questioned. As a result of this, a study was proposed with a quantitative approach and descriptive method, to keep record of the effects presented by college students before this modality. Natural stress is associated with social isolation through dimensions involving ICTs with the aim of diagnosing the personal, family, social and technological impact on college students in San Luis Potosí, to determine the effects that are adverse to their learning and professional life. The results will contribute to the development of strategies associated with the effective use of the ICTs that institutions offer and facilitate the teaching-learning process; the study also concluded according to the integral well-being of the student in this new modality.

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Psychological Security and Values in Adolescents and Young People

Psychological Science and Education ◽

10.17759/pse.2020250601 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (6) ◽

pp. 5-18

Author(s):

I.A. Baeva ◽

L.A. Gayazova ◽

I.V. Kondakova ◽

E.B. Laktionova

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Social Behavior ◽

Young People ◽

Linear Growth ◽

Educational Environment ◽

Young Age ◽

First Year ◽

Second Year ◽

Different Levels ◽

Normative Ideals

The article analyses the relation between psychological security (PS) and values in adolescent and young age. The value-semantic sphere of an individual determines his or her social behavior, and the strategic task of the education system is to create such educational environment that would promote the development of personal potential in students. The aim of the study is to identify the features and characteristics of students’ personal values in adolescence and young age depending on the level of their PS. The hypothesis was tested that the values of adolescents and young people with different levels of PS have different significance. The sample of the study consisted of 2789 first- year and second-year college students, aged 15-21 years. Significant differences in values at the level of normative ideals were found in groups with different levels of PS. There are also significant differences in the significance of values at the level of individual priorities which, in contrast to normative ideals, have a non-linear growth depending on the level of PS – the lowest values are observed in the group with an average level of PS. Values at the level of individual priorities in the group with a low level of PS are more significant than values at the level of normative ideals.

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Experience of Medical Students on Appearing in First Sub Stage of Anatomy

10.53350/pjmhs211581914 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (8) ◽

pp. 1914-1917

Author(s):

Kanwal Saeed ◽

Muhammad Qasim Muneer ◽

Samar Ashraf ◽

Shamsa Ijaz ◽

Mujtaba Ashal Pal ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Medical Students ◽

Cognitive Learning ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

First Year ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Public And Private ◽

Medical College ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Medical Colleges

Background: Higher level of stress experienced by medical students has been found to have a negative effect on their cognitive learning. The first year MBBS student have to face the challenge of higher standards of course work and examination as compared to his previous school and college coursework. Moreover, student from rural background and living in hostel has to face additional challenges of coping with homesickness, hostel related and many financial problems. Aim: To determine the experience and feelings amongst First year MBBS students to the first sub stage in anatomy in different public and private medical colleges of Punjab. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore. A sample of 275 students of First year MBBS class were selected from both public and private sector of medical colleges in various cities of Punjab through convenience sampling technique. A self-administered structured questionnaire was prepared for data collection and distributed amongst First Year MBBS students. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS 21. Results: The result of the study showed that 53.8% of First Year MBBS students were nervous before the first substage. Results of the study also showed that hostelites and females students were more nervous and these findings were statistically significant. Also our study showed that government medical college students were better prepared for their substage as compared to private college students and there is statistically significant difference between them (p < 0.00). Conclusion: Majority of First year MBBS students (58%) are facing increase level of stress during their first substage. Statistically significant higher stress levels are observed among females, hostellites. Keywords: First Year MBBS, Experience, Stress, First substage

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Young People and Political Participation: An Analysis of European Union Policies

Sociological Research Online ◽

10.5153/sro.1862 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 63-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Rachel Brooks

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Political Participation ◽

Young Women ◽

New Technologies ◽

Public And Private ◽

Political Activities ◽

European Elections ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Face ◽

Political Act

There is now widespread recognition that, far from being politically apathetic, young people across Europe are engaged in a wide range of ‘political’ activities. While turnout at national and European elections among the 18-25 age group may be low, researchers have highlighted diverse and creative new forms of political participation. In relation to young women, in particular, Harris (2005) has presented a compelling analysis of the new ‘borderspaces’ opened up between public and private domains by young women through the use of new technologies. She contends that in the face of greater surveillance and regulation brought about by the shift to neo-liberal forms of governmentality, carving out a protected space for oneself is a political act, in itself. Moreover, the creative ways in which young women across the world use such spaces – to question dominant narratives about the nature of contemporary girlhood, to resist discourses which construct young women as merely passive consumers, and to trouble conventional notions of ‘youth participation’ – are highly political. Some EU representatives have indicated an awareness of these new forms of engagement and professed a desire to develop links between them and more traditional forms of party politics and policy making (Hoskins, 2005). Nevertheless, the degree to which these sentiments have been translated into policy remains unclear. This article draws on recent documents on young people, citizenship and political participation to assess the extent to which these new spaces of young women's politics are, firstly, recognised and, secondly, valued within EU policy.

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