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A lifestyle of a creative personality. Santns de Eliza, artist, art (Italy, 2007), St. Petersburg State University

The purpose of the study was to examine the individual style of the artist as a lifestyle of a creative individual. One of the key hypotheses of this study is that true art requires personal maturity, internal order, improvement and constant existential personal growth. There are differences in lifestyle between the artists who are students or graduates of the International OntoArt School and artists who are recognized as high-level professionals.

Ontopsycihological approach in training social workers to work with teenagers. Gabriella Palumbo, professor, University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy, 2006), St. Petersburg State University

At the heart of this work there is a problem of young people from the so-called "at risk" group, a solution of which we have tried to find by using both the latest research and drawing on the existential-humanistic principles set out in the 40-60's by such authors as Adler, Fromm, Rogers, Frankl, the principles which were redeveloped in Italy in the 70-80s in ontopsychological direction (Meneghetti). In this paper, we have tried to explore the psychological factors behind the high-risk behavior of young people.

Psychological factors of intuition (on the example of the attribution of personal qualities). Fattakhova Alina, Marketing (Master's thesis, Russia, 2006), St. Petersburg State University

In this study we investigated the psychological and socio-demographic factors influencing the manifestation of intuition. The paper put forward the following hypotheses: 1) the manifestations of intuition are individually variative and depend on the socio-demographic and psychological factors 2)internality-externality factor affects the manifestation of intuition. Externalities attributing responsibility for their lives to external circumstances, have more developed intuition 3) the level of intuition development is associated with the level of human empathy 4) the more objectively a person assesses himself (the more "accurate" he is in terms of ontopsychology), the more he uses intuition in everyday life, and 5) an intuitive person is more successful in his life, more satisfied with his life.

Features of bodily perception in melolistics and dance therapy. Laura Mayo (Italy, 2006), St. Petersburg State University

The work has attempted to analyze the approaches to the perception of the body, offered in dance therapy and melolistics. However, dance therapy, as well as all music therapy in general, is often designed for the treatment of patients with physical and psychological dysfunction, and melolistics offers a very different concept of music therapy. It is different in purpose, its own epistemology, methodological process and the results to be achieved. Thus, the aim of this work was to identify the nature and impact of melolistics and dance therapy training on features of adults’ own body perception.

The influence of personal characteristics on the perception of television images. Andrea Andreini, director (Italy, 2006), St. Petersburg State University

It was decided to identify in our study what are the specific features of the viewer which correlate with his ability to recognize the nature of the image offered to him. For this purpose, we used three short films produced by the author over the years, which are characterized by very different image content from extremely stereotypical and negative, reminiscent of pathology and the denial of life, to the highly positive and affirming the value of life and the constant development.

The aim of this work was to identify the correspondence between the technique used for mounting the film (memetic or ontic) and emotional response or feelings of the viewers. Therefore the purpose of this study was to identify individual and group differences in the perception of the film; to identify with the help of correlation analysis, which features of the viewers are related with their ability to recognize the nature of the image offered to them.

Using the media to communicate a new science idea. Andrea Pezzi (Italy, 2006), St. Petersburg State University

The aim of our study was to test whether it is possible in an era of apparent relativism of modern society’s values, where everything is an opinion, using the tools of mass communication to communicate people the scientific idea, based on an ontological relationship, ie, the absolute, which takes relativity on an individual level.

Psychological features of eating disorders. Schiller Clarissa (Italy, 2005) St. Petersburg State University

Basic thesis of the study is as follows: a person is born healthy, but then he himself, relying on his life's selfishness must choose a lifestyle that would be ordered in terms of quality, quantity, content and aesthetics of food, this is followed by not only emotional, perceptual and sensory self-discovery, but also the extreme respect and love for oneself. In this paper I would like to propose a methodology that includes work with the person at different levels: nutrition, behavior, and above all, the mind, this method can restore human well-being and health, and, therefore, functionality. The best food is not the one which is more expensive, but the one that is most relevant to sustainable and healthy maintenance of the body, the mind and the power of a man.

Dream as a phenomenon: the content, structure and determinants. Elena Lyutikova, psychologist (Russia, 2005) St. Petersburg State University

Hypotheses of the study were the following statements: 1.) Various manifestations of dream activity are not a random set of randomly occurring mental elements. They must be intrinsically linked and form a sufficiently clear correlation structure, 2). Manifestations of dream activity must be determined by individually-psychological and socio-demographic data of the dreamer.

Ontopsychological approach in training social workers to work with teenagers. Antonella Ferrara (Italy, 2005) St. Petersburg State University

In our work we have tried to focus on the role of an adult determined to become a teacher. This problem affects mainly the analysis of forms and methods of training of social workers. I should add that these problems concern social workers of both public and private entities. The subject of study is the impact of the training course on the professional competence of teachers.

Intuition as a fundamental factor in decision-making. Christine Cecconi, journalist (Italy, 2005) St. Petersburg State University

The study involved a total of 36 Italian politicians. Of the 30 politicians who were part of the first group (filled in a special questionnaire), 19 respondents working in government (as ministers or deputy ministers), 11 are members of one of the houses of parliament. All of them successfully combine political career and career in another field (as entrepreneurs, executives, teachers, counselors, etc.). Age of the study participants varied from 40 to 70 years, which corresponds to the statistics on the most common age range of successful politicians in Italy and in other countries.