The present study reports the results of the Bulgarian adaptation of the Job Stress Index (JSI) scale. The research was conducted on a sample of 412 participants. The factorial structure of the instrument was examined, and key descriptive statistics, including means and standard deviations, were calculated. The findings demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties, providing evidence for the reliability and construct validity of the instrument within the Bulgarian cultural context (α = .942, and KMO measure of sampling adequacy was .938, Bartlett’s test of sphericity was statistically significant χ² = 3989.616, p .001), confirming that the correlation matrix was appropriate for factor analysis and that the observed correlations were not random. The strong convergence between parametric and non-parametric results, together with the consistent ranking of item effects, provides compelling evidence for the discriminant validity of the scale. Collectively, these results confirm that the questionnaire possesses a high and stable capacity to distinguish between individuals with low and high levels of perceived occupational stress.
Research about positive personality traits has gained relevance in the last decades, with different theoretical models and assessment tools being developed worldwide. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the psychometric properties of the Light Triad Scale (Kaufman et al., 2019) to be used in Argentina and to evaluate whether light traits significantly increment the prediction of total well-being and its three dimensions (emotional, social, and personal), beyond the variance explained by normal personality traits (Five Factor Model). Two general population samples were investigated: sample A, composed of 607 Argentine adults (Mage = 42.4, SD = 15.8), and sample B, composed of a subgroup of sample A, with 392 individuals (Mage = 39.2, SD = 13.8). For data collection, the following instruments were used: Light Triad Scale (LTS), Dark Triad Scale (DTS), Big Five Inventory (BFI), Five Continua Personality Inventory, Short Form (FCPI-SF), The Mental Health Continuum, Short Form (MHC-SF). Results: The three-dimensional structure of the LTS scale could be confirmed. In addition, evidence was obtained regarding the incremental validity of the LTS in the prediction of well-being (especially for the social well-being dimension). Conclusions: The analyses conducted provide evidence of validity and reliability of the LTS scale, which guarantees its use in Argentina.
Social media has now become an inseparable part of modern human life. However, its improper use will increase the risk of addiction, which will hurt individual well-being. This study aims to examine the influence of depression literacy, quality of life, and social media addiction. This study used convenience sampling and involved 195 participants aged 17 to 40. The instruments used were the Internet Addiction-Revised (IAT-R), Depression Literacy (D-Lit) Questionnaire, and 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). In this study, quality of life was analyzed as a mediator variable between depression literacy and social media addiction. The results showed that depression literacy did not significantly predict quality of life (β = -0.102, p = 0.062, 95% CI [-0.418, 0.0364]). In addition, quality of life has a significant negative effect on social media addiction (β = -0.633, p 0.001, 95% CI [-0.781, -0.538]). This study also found a significant indirect effect between depression literacy and social media addiction through quality of life as a mediator (β = -0.113, p = 0.013, 95% CI [-0.357, -0.053]). This finding indicates a full mediation effect, in which quality of life moderates the relationship between literacy and social media addiction.
This research article examines the growing phenomenon of parental violence against educators, focusing on the case of Greek teachers. Drawing on systematic content analysis of Greek press and electronic media reports, it explores the main causes, forms, and consequences of parental aggression, as well as the adequacy of the existing institutional protection framework. Five principal causes are identified: questioning of teachers’ evaluative and pedagogical competence, overprotective and interventionist parenting, weakening of institutional trust and teacher authority, dysfunctional school–family communication, and heightened psychosocial stress within families. Parental aggression manifests in multiple forms, including verbal and psychological abuse, institutional and legal harassment, public targeting through digital media, and, in rare cases, physical violence. These behaviors significantly affect teachers’ professional autonomy, psychological well-being, and job satisfaction, often leading to defensive teaching practices and increased intentions to leave the profession. A comparative overview reveals that, unlike several European countries with clear preventive frameworks, Greece lacks a unified and specialized system for teacher protection. This study underscores the need for comprehensive institutional, communicative, and psychosocial interventions.
The article, based on the premise that a transition to a new geological era is taking place – the noosphere/anthropocene, one of the main characteristics of which is a comprehensive change in the “nature” of Man, justifies the view that this process is also related to the formulation of a new comprehensive worldview, which, depending on the understanding, presentation and protection of human nature in the new conditions, could be defined and perceived as a new anthropocenic humanism. The main thesis is that: anthropocenic humanism is impossible both with the uncritical perception of technological optimism - it inevitably leads to the destruction of the natural/divine nature of man, and with its uncritical denial, because the technological transformation of man and nature is objectively inevitable; It would be possible, when forming a new approach to the modern anthropocene transition, to implement its “reasonable”, protecting human in technical/technological modification of human nature - preserving it within the limits of naturally necessary and useful “improvement”, and limiting/preventing modeling through technological design of a more or less artificial man. In conclusion, the position is put forward that: the possibility or impossibility of the formation and existence of anthropocenic humanism are inextricably linked, are the result of the solution to the question of the ontological status of man - will he retain, albeit modified, his human nature or not. If yes – despite many conditions, such humanism would be possible, if not – it would be impossible.
