Solo l’inizio di una rivoluzione giudiziaria? Un’interpretazione politica e “di contesto” di Van Gend en Loos

The essay proposes an historical reading of the Court of Justice's Van Gend en Loos ruling, highlighting the passage on the participation of individuals in the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee that precedes the better known passages on the role of individuals and national ordinary courts in the enforcement of Community law. It will be highlighted a correlation between the ruling (and the Italian and French judges who were its main architects) and the internal politica...

Validity of a very short measure of character strengths: The Italian VIA-48

Character strengths are recognized as 24 key personal resources for individual and societal well-being. Their applicability to time-constrained settings (e.g., organizations, counseling services) may be limited by the length of the currently available assessment tools. To address this issue, we developed and tested a very brief measure of character strengths, with only two items per character strength. To do this, in Study 1 (N = 16,722) we first selected the best two items from the Italian V...

Use and Coherence of Study Skills and Learning-Strategy Knowledge in Typically Developing Children and Children With Specific Learning Disabilities

Difficulties with study skills are often reported in children with specific learning disabilities (SLDs), yet few studies have examined how strategy use relates to learning outcomes. This study investigated the perceived utility, actual use, and coherence of study strategies in 89 students with and 809 without SLD in Grades 3–8. The students completed strategy questionnaires and performed two study tasks; their teachers provided achievement ratings. Students with SLD reported lower use and pe...

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