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- The effects of music tuition on academic achievement in portuguese 8th year studentsPublication . dos Santos-Luiz, Carlos; Coimbra, Daniela; Andrade, CláudiaThe positive association between music lessons and academic achievement is well documented in the literature. Students who learn music show better academic achievements than those who are not involved in musical activities. However, this is a multifaceted association that can only be explained if several dimensions are taken into account, such as socioeconomic status (SES) or general intelligence (g). Significant differences in academic achievement were found between 8th year students who studied music (n=60) and those who did not (n=50) in five out of seven subjects analysed: natural sciences, physics and chemistry, Portuguese language, history, and geography. In addition, a multiple linear regression analysis was conducted in order to assess the role played by other potential dimensions (SES and general intelligence) in academic achievement. After including SES in the analysis, the results indicated that music tuition still contributed significantly to the given variance in academic achievement. However, in combination with all the factors (music tuition, SES, and general intelligence), music learning lost its statistical significance. Moreover, contrary to the majority of studies, one noteworthy finding was that SES had no significant impact on academic achievement. In conclusion, the results suggest that musical tuition does have a positive relationship to academic achievement.
- The Role of Meaning in Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Young Adults’ Future Perspectives in Italy and PortugalPublication . Zambelli, Michela; Andrade, Cláudia; Lobo de Mesquita Simões Pires Fernandes, Joana; Tagliabue, SemiraPresence of meaning in life has been found to be adaptive during the pandemic (Humphrey & Vari, 2021; Samios et al., 2021), however, no studies were conducted to understand whether meaning in life is related to future perspectives in young adulthood. In the current study both the objective impact and the subjective impact of the COVID-19 pandemic were considered as predictive factors of young adults’ negative future perspectives through the activation of presence and search for meaning in life, in Italy and Portugal. Data were collected from emerging adults (18–35 years) between February and October 2021 via an online survey. Results showed that the objective impact of COVID-19 was not associated to neither meaning in life nor future perspectives in both countries. While the subjective COVID-19 impact was similarly associated in the two countries with both meaning in life and future perspectives, as young adults who were more worried about the pandemic effects, perceived their future more negatively and were engaged in a deeper search for meaning in life. Cross-country differences were found only in the strength of the relations between meaning in life and future perspectives. Specifically, a low presence of meaning was associated to negative future perspectives especially in Italy, while a high search for meaning was associated with negative future perspectives especially in Portugal. The present study has the merit of underlining the importance of considering subjective COVIDrelated worries and the role of meaning in life in the way young people cope with present and future uncertainties related to the pandemic.