The purpose of study is to shape a socio-psychological profile of computer science students and to investigate the relationship between students' social and psychological characteristics and the choice for this specialization. Variables like parent's education, number of family members, previous academic results, emotional or multiple intelligence scores were taken into consideration. Previous academic results, mother's education level and verbal intelligence seem to have to most powerful influence. Despite students' orientation for specific activities, high scores for other types of intelligence were identified for most of them. Results are important for teachers, psychologists and counselors working in the academic area.

After the fall of communism in Romania, the situation of the Rroma community became dramatic. Massive unemployment, the loss of traditional crafts of this ethnic group, the preservation of early marriage customs resulted in large families facing extreme poverty, dysfunctional relationships and domestic violence. The purpose of the research was to determine the degree to which a parental education module, adapted to Rroma families, may result in increased family cohesion and adaptability, increased emotional warmth exhibited in the parent-child relationship, reduced rejection and over protectiveness of children by their parents. The lot of 20 subjects consists of children from Rroma families from a village in the Northern part of Romania.