The possibility of a historically determined shift in developmental tasks of young adulthood was investigated. Personal goals at age 25 of participants from three cohorts spanning twentieth-century Swiss history were studied in an interview combining ...

We investigated whether and, if so, for what reason, problem solving in design may be supported by “external approaches”, especially sketching. An experimental study with 74 undergraduates analyses whether sketching before and/or during Computer Aided ...

This study deals with the sociocognitive organization of the self-schema in alcoholic patients. It was aimed at understanding how the self-schema takes shape within the framework of social judgments known to be determinants of personality. Alcoholic ...

The study evaluated the effect of a school-based social-cognitive training program on 14- and 15-year-old students'empathy. Two instruments were used, an empathy subscale derived from Gresham and Elliot's Social Skills Rating System and Olweus' Empathic ...

Social representations of human rights violations were investigated in a questionnaire study conducted in five countries (Costa Rica, France, Italy, Romania, and Switzerland) (N = 1239 young people). We were able to show that respondents organize their ...

Cannabis use does not show homogeneous patterns in a country. In particular, urbanization appears to influence prevalence rates, with higher rates in urban areas. A hierarchical linear model (HLM) was employed to analyze these structural influences on ...