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Determinants of romantic identity : The layperson perspective's contribution to expert understanding. This qualitative study identifies the elements which laypersons view as influencing one's self-conception as a romantic partner, and compares them to determinants noted in the scientific literature. Ten non heterosexual and ten heterosexual adults, half of which are women, took part in semi-structured individual interviews. A thematic content analysis presents a complex and subtle portrait of the lay perspective of the determinants of romantic identity, including intrapersonal, interpersonal, positional and ideological-level factors. Most participants discuss factors belonging to at least three levels of analysis, though specific themes vary according to sexual orientation and gender. Future research should focus on positional and ideological determinants of the romantic self, neglected by social scientists but salient to laypeople.

The always-warm-police-officer effect : impact of trait centrality and behavior frequency on the reduction of stereotype-based attributions. The aim of this research was to study the effects of the diagnosticity of counter-stereotype behavioral information on reducing the stereotype-based judgment of a policeman. Diagnosticity is operationalized through the manipulation of two variables : the centrality (central vs peripheral) of the stereotypical trait which is contradicted and the frequency (constant vs occasional) of the counter-stereotypical behavior. Results indicate that the greater impact is observed for frequent behavior that contradicts a central trait whereas the lesser impact is observed for occasional behavior that contradicts a peripheral trait. The trait centrality has more robust effects than behavior frequency on stereotype-based judgment. Results are discussed in terms of the impact of information diagnosticity on attention and cognitive models of stereotype change.

The role of emotional dissonance among burnout of employment conselors
Conducted among 342 employment counselors, this study refers to the JD-R framework (Demerouti & Bakker, 2011) to assess emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Interviews, activity analysis and questionnaire results identify emotional dissonance particularly prevalent in this population in the current practice of their profession.

Coaching to mentoring in the practice of organized activities : How to promote positive youth development ? The quality of the relationships that are formed in organized activities can directly influence the developmental benefits that youth may derive from participating. This article reviews the recent literature to better understand the effects and implications of coaching to promote the positive youth development perspective in the field of organized leisure activities. The first part of the article presents the theoretical and empirical basis of practices of organized leisure on positive youth development. The second part discusses the methods used by coaches to facilitate the process of positive development. The third part proposes that mentors are also likely to have an impact on positive youth development and how they may differ from coaches. Finally, limitations and recommendations are discussed for future research and practice.

Animatic principles practices groups. Animation strategies to experiential learning
The paradigm of the face-to-face group dynamics encloses the postulates, intentions and principles underlying group's process. It formates the methodology of their conduct. Fourteen components of this paradigm are here listed, to help the trainers, from the angle to apply it in their practical experience in leading groups. They make a consistent whole and guide the trainer in its using of the methodology of structured experiences.

Apprehensions, fears, insecurities
Often group leaders and/of trainers must regularize the feelings of apprehension, fear, insecurity becoming apparent by the participants at the activities. These words covering a wide diversity of realities, a taxonomic effort appears to be necessary. We look into successively the « quiet » fears ; the fact to be afraid of other people ; the uneasy feeling to get in touch for the first time ; the group ‘s phantasmagorias ; the « collective » fears, crisis and rumors ; the fears of the environment ; of the epidemics ; the fears about our society more particularly the insecurity with delinquency but also about the threats to lose security and one's own life resources ; also possible islamophobia or homophobia. The perception and the analysis of specific phenomena will contribute to compensate the handicap of some apprehensions. In that way can the fear become a good adviser.