Publications by authors named "Franca Sarracino"

Background: Healthcare rehabilitator skills can be grouped into hard and soft skills. Hard skills are specific and teachable, which can be defined and measured, while soft skills are less tangible and more difficult to quantify. The aim of this study is to investigate the level of knowledge of soft skills among Italian healthcare rehabilitators, and how they were acquired.

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  • Game addiction is recognized as a significant public health issue, especially among pre-adolescents and adolescents, necessitating attention to identify those at risk and provide support.
  • A study involving 622 students found that 1.93% exhibited pathological gaming behavior, with higher rates seen using Monothetic analysis (37.46%) compared to Polythetic analysis (4.50%).
  • Results indicated that males displayed higher rates of gaming disorders, with increased daily gaming time and frequency correlating to addictive behaviors, while higher education levels tended to correlate with lower levels of addiction.
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