Bettina F Piko
Biographic Data
| ID | 244413 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bettina F Piko |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bettina F |
| FAMILY NAME | Piko |
| SIGNATURE | PIKO B F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Szeged |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3072-9615 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Smartphone addiction, academic procrastination, and academic achievement: The mediating role of self-efficacy among automotive engineering students in Kenya
The increasing prevalence of problematic smartphone use and academic procrastination among vocational students has raised concerns about academic functioning in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions. This study examines the associations among smartphone addiction, academic procrastination, self-efficacy, and academic achievement among automotive engineering students in Kenyan TVET institutions. A cross-sectional surv…
Factors Shaping Academic Motivation, Achievement, and Career Readiness in Applied STEM, Engineering, and TVET: A Structured Narrative Review
Academic motivation and achievement are central to student success in applied STEM, engineering, and technical and vocational education and training (TVET); however, despite extensive research, the evidence remains fragmented across theoretical traditions, educational levels, and disciplinary settings. This structured narrative review synthesizes research on the factors shaping academic motivation, achievement, and career readiness in these conte…
Leisure activities, substance use and psychological health among Hungarian adolescents
During the past several decades, adolescents’ leisure has undergone several important changes due to, for example, alternative modes of entertainment, such as video gaming and social media which have had a significant influence on their well-being. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships of adolescents’ leisure activities to their substance use and psychological health. Participants were middle and high school students (N = 2,239, …
Music performance anxiety: Insights into primary and secondary instruments
While much research focuses on single-instrument performance, less is known about the unique challenges faced by multi-instrumentalists. This study examined the relationship between music performance anxiety (MPA), perfectionism, flow experiences, resilience, and trait anxiety among musicians who play both a primary and a secondary instrument. A sample of 91 musicians (60% female, M = 35.2 years, SD = 12.6) completed the MPA and flow questionnair…
A Cluster Analysis of Identity Processing Styles and Educational and Psychological Variables Among TVET Students in the Nyanza Region of Kenya
This study investigated the link between identity processing styles, educational background, and psychological factors among engineering students in Kenyan TVET institutions in the Nyanza region. The research employs cluster analysis to identify student groups based on these variables. A total of 450 students from 15 public TVET institutions within the Nyanza region of Kenya comprised the study population. This pilot study included 110 students w…
The role of family environment and school climate in shaping adolescent well-being: The mediating role of positive youth development
Dropout Intention among University Students with ADHD Symptoms: Exploring a Path Model for the Role of Self-Efficacy, Resilience, and Depression
Major conceptual models of ADHD and learning disabilities underscore the adverse effects they have on academic performance and dropout from university. Therefore, identifying psychological risks and protective factors can aid in managing academic challenges and decreasing dropout rates. In this cross-sectional study, a sample of 395 Hungarian college students (66.6% female, mean age 23.72 years [SD = 3.87]) responded to an online survey including…
Exploring fear of happiness among university students: The role of perfectionism, academic burnout, loneliness, and hopelessness
Due to its impact on mental health and well‐being, fear of happiness is beginning to receive more attention in research. This study, conducted in Hungary, explored the relationship between fear of happiness, perfectionism, loneliness, hopelessness, and academic burnout. Participants aged between 18 and 35 years ( N = 1,148, M = 22 years, SD = 4.5) completed an online questionnaire that included self‐report measures of these constructs. In the pre…
Multi-Level Protective Factors of Adolescent Smoking and Drinking
Adolescence is the most critical life stage for experimentation with substance use; however, this is also the most suitable period for strengthening protective factors and thus promoting adult physical and mental health. Since smoking and drinking still appear among the most frequent types of substance abuse in Europe, this study aims to examine the role of potential protective factors at multiple levels for adolescent smoking and drinking: psych…
Adolescent Life Satisfaction: Association with Psychological, School-Related, Religious and Socially Supportive Factors
Adolescent life satisfaction is crucial to later adult health and well-being; therefore, searching for its correlates should receive priority in research. The aim of this study was to explore the role of psychological (depression, future orientation), school-related (school achievement, satisfaction with school), religious (going to church, importance of religion), socially supportive (family and friend support), other familial, and sociodemograp…
Strengths and Difficulties among Adolescent with and without Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) have become a major concern in modern societies. It is essential to detect their emotional, behavioral and social consequences as early as childhood. The aim of this study is to examine a set of strengths and difficulties and compare them between students with and without SLD. Participants in this study were adolescents aged 11-18 years from Budapest and villages of its Metropolitan area (Hungary) (N = 276, mean …
Social Differences in Health Behaviours among Jordanian Adolescents
Social differences are evident in both developed and developing countries. During adolescence, there are limited differences in morbidity and mortality, but differences do appear in terms of health behaviours. This study aims to examine the relationship(s) between social differences and students’ health behaviours. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2020 with a sample of high school students (N = 2741, aged 13–18 years) in Jordan. Besides d…
What makes university students perfectionists? The role of childhood trauma, emotional dysregulation, academic anxiety, and social support
While most studies concentrate on the negative psychological consequences of perfectionism, we know less about its antecedents. This study examined the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, difficulties in emotion regulation, academic anxiety and social support and maladaptive perfectionism among university students. A large sample of 1,750 students (81% female; M = 21.6 years, SD = 4.8) completed an online self‐report survey assess…
Smoking or Smartphone Addiction? The Role of Smoking-Related Motivations as Mediators in Youth Clusters
Social support and adolescent mental health and well-being among Jordanian students
Social support from family, friends, and others enhances the quality of life and acts as an important protective mechanism against mental health problems. The purpose of this study is to investigate how social support is related to mental health outcomes among Jordanian adolescents. Data were collected in 2020 from public and private schools in Irbid governorate, Jordan. Multistage cluster sampling was used to recruit students from 8th – 12th gra…
Hungarian Adaptation of the Sport Commitment Questionnaire-2 and Test of an Expanded Model with Psychological Variables
The aims of this study were to adapt the Hungarian version of the Sport Commitment Questionnaire-2 and test an expanded Sport Commitment Model (SCM) with psychological variables. Participants were 526 adolescent athletes (aged 14-18 years, 52.3% males). Applied scales were the following: Hungarian version of the Sport Commitment Questionnaire-2, Consideration of the Future Consequences Scale and Health Attitudes Scale. Exploratory, confirmatory, …
The digital divide: Risk and protective factors and the differences in problematic use of digital devices among Hungarian youth
Adolescents’ attitudes towards healthy eating: The role of self-control, motives and self-risk perception
Problematic Internet Use, Social Needs, and Social Support Among Youth
Aggressive and stressed? Youth's aggressive behaviors in light of their internet use, sensation seeking, stress and social feelings
Being lonely or using substances with friends? A cross-sectional study of Hungarian adolescents’ health risk behaviours
The findings suggest that social behavioural factors, including smoking and drinking of friends, are oddly important predictors of Hungarian adolescents' health risk behaviours. According to our results, health policy should pay more attention to peer norms related to smoking and drinking during school health promotion. Developing health protective social norms may be an indispensable component of effective health promotion in high schools
A reason to stay healthy: The role of meaning in life in relation to physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents
The present longitudinal study investigated the incremental contribution of meaning in life to sustaining health-promoting behaviors, after controlling for well-being and health values among East-European adolescents ( N = 456). Time 1 responses on presence of meaning, search for meaning, well-being, and health values were used to predict levels of healthy eating and physical activity 13 months later. All independent variables significantly predi…
Socioeconomic inequalities in mental well-being among Hungarian adolescents: A cross-sectional study
According to our results, professionals of school-based mental health programs should consider students whose parents are unemployed or have manual occupational status as a high risk group in terms of mental well-being
Social inequalities in adolescent depression: The role of parental social support and optimism
AIMS: Interpersonal theory suggests relationships between socio-economic status (SES) and adolescent psychopathology mediated by negative parenting. This study examines the role of perceived parental social support and optimism in understanding adolescents' depression and self-rated health among a sample of Hungarian youth. METHODS: Using a self-administered questionnaire, data (N = 881) were collected from high-school students (14-20 years old) …
Risks, Assets, and Negative Health Behaviors Among Arkansas’ Hispanic Adolescents
This study examined the relationship between risk, assets, and negative health behaviors among a large sample of Hispanic adolescents. Data were collected from over 1,000 Hispanic youth in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12 attending school in a moderate size school district in Northwest Arkansas. Logistic regression models examined the variation in the odds of youth engaging in negative health behaviors (antisocial or drug use). Within the context of a ris…
Does class matter? SES and psychosocial health among Hungarian adolescents
Bullying and Depressive Symptomatology Among Low-Income, African–American Youth
A reason to stay healthy: The role of meaning in life in relation to physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents
The present longitudinal study investigated the incremental contribution of meaning in life to sustaining health-promoting behaviors, after controlling for well-being and health values among East-European adolescents ( N = 456). Time 1 responses on presence of meaning, search for meaning, well-being, and health values were used to predict levels of healthy eating and physical activity 13 months later. All independent variables significantly predi…
The Role of Individual and Familial Protective Factors in Adolescents' Diet Control
This study examines a conceptual model linking individual cognitive-behavioral and familial influences to adolescents' poor diet control as a health-risk behavior. A cross-sectional survey collected data from students enrolled in the secondary schools of the Middle Transylvanian Region, Romania ( N = 1977). Self-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. Logistic regression analyses revealed that future-orientation, self-regulatio…
Parent, school and peer-related correlates of adolescents' life satisfaction
Satisfaction with Life, Psychosocial Health and Materialism among Hungarian Youth
Previous research suggests that youth's life satisfaction may be influenced by health and certain socioeconomic/sociocultural factors, which may be important in a post-socialist country like Hungary. We investigated the relationship between youth's life satisfaction, materialism and their psychosocial health in a sample of secondary school students ( N = 1114) in Hungary. Findings show that youth's psychosocial health may play an important role i…
Hungarian Adaptation of the Sport Commitment Questionnaire-2 and Test of an Expanded Model with Psychological Variables
The aims of this study were to adapt the Hungarian version of the Sport Commitment Questionnaire-2 and test an expanded Sport Commitment Model (SCM) with psychological variables. Participants were 526 adolescent athletes (aged 14-18 years, 52.3% males). Applied scales were the following: Hungarian version of the Sport Commitment Questionnaire-2, Consideration of the Future Consequences Scale and Health Attitudes Scale. Exploratory, confirmatory, …
The digital divide: Risk and protective factors and the differences in problematic use of digital devices among Hungarian youth
Adolescents’ attitudes towards healthy eating: The role of self-control, motives and self-risk perception
Air pollution is bad for my health”: Hungarian children's knowledge of the role of environment in health and disease
Aggressive and stressed? Youth's aggressive behaviors in light of their internet use, sensation seeking, stress and social feelings
Interplay between Self and Community: A Role for Health Psychology in Eastern Europe’s Public Health
It is a well-known phenomenon that since the 1970s, there has been a growing difference in health status between populations in Eastern Europe and those in western countries. This phenomenon has been found to relate to unhealthy lifestyles. Individuals’ health behavior, as a part of their lifestyle, stems from an interplay between self and community; between individual traits and states, and community orientations. Theories of health psychology s…
Does class matter? SES and psychosocial health among Hungarian adolescents
Behavioral Medicine in Hungary: Past, Present, and Future
During the socialist period before 1989, training in behavioral medicine and behavioral science was not a priority in Hungary's medical schools despite the nation's long tradition of psychosomatic and behavioral medicine. In this article, the authors review the development of behavioral medicine and behavioral science in Hungarian medical schools and outline some of the problems and future challenges these departments face. The resistance of facu…
Depressive symptomatology among Hungarian youth: A risk and protective factors approach
Psychosocial risk and protective factors were examined to assess their influence on depressive symptomatology in a sample of Hungarian youth. Self-esteem and being happy with school were significant protective factors; older girls (ages 16-20) reported the highest depression scores, and these scores varied significantly by self-reported problem behavior. These findings are discussed in the context of their clinical and practical implications for …
Interplay between Self and Community: A Role for Health Psychology in Eastern Europe’s Public Health
It is a well-known phenomenon that since the 1970s, there has been a growing difference in health status between populations in Eastern Europe and those in western countries. This phenomenon has been found to relate to unhealthy lifestyles. Individuals’ health behavior, as a part of their lifestyle, stems from an interplay between self and community; between individual traits and states, and community orientations. Theories of health psychology s…
Depressive Symptomatology, Exposure to Violence, and the Role of Social Capital Among African American Adolescents
Focusing on the role of capital as both personal and social resources for adolescents, the authors examined depressive symptomatology among a sample of 10- to 18-year-old African American youths (N=1,538). In addition to gender and age differences, adolescents exposed to threatening environments (school, neighborhood, home) reported more depressive symptoms. Social capital had a significant inverse relationship with adolescent depression; self-es…
Satisfaction with Life, Psychosocial Health and Materialism among Hungarian Youth
Previous research suggests that youth's life satisfaction may be influenced by health and certain socioeconomic/sociocultural factors, which may be important in a post-socialist country like Hungary. We investigated the relationship between youth's life satisfaction, materialism and their psychosocial health in a sample of secondary school students ( N = 1114) in Hungary. Findings show that youth's psychosocial health may play an important role i…
Smoke-free world for children's welfare: Perceptions of smoking in preadolescence
Air pollution is bad for my health”: Hungarian children's knowledge of the role of environment in health and disease
The Role of Individual and Familial Protective Factors in Adolescents' Diet Control
This study examines a conceptual model linking individual cognitive-behavioral and familial influences to adolescents' poor diet control as a health-risk behavior. A cross-sectional survey collected data from students enrolled in the secondary schools of the Middle Transylvanian Region, Romania ( N = 1977). Self-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. Logistic regression analyses revealed that future-orientation, self-regulatio…
Parent, school and peer-related correlates of adolescents' life satisfaction
Bullying and Depressive Symptomatology Among Low-Income, African–American Youth
Meaning in Life: Is It a Protective Factor for Adolescents’ Psychological Health?
Social inequalities in adolescent depression: The role of parental social support and optimism
AIMS: Interpersonal theory suggests relationships between socio-economic status (SES) and adolescent psychopathology mediated by negative parenting. This study examines the role of perceived parental social support and optimism in understanding adolescents' depression and self-rated health among a sample of Hungarian youth. METHODS: Using a self-administered questionnaire, data (N = 881) were collected from high-school students (14-20 years old) …
Risks, Assets, and Negative Health Behaviors Among Arkansas’ Hispanic Adolescents
This study examined the relationship between risk, assets, and negative health behaviors among a large sample of Hispanic adolescents. Data were collected from over 1,000 Hispanic youth in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12 attending school in a moderate size school district in Northwest Arkansas. Logistic regression models examined the variation in the odds of youth engaging in negative health behaviors (antisocial or drug use). Within the context of a ris…
Socioeconomic inequalities in mental well-being among Hungarian adolescents: A cross-sectional study
According to our results, professionals of school-based mental health programs should consider students whose parents are unemployed or have manual occupational status as a high risk group in terms of mental well-being
Being lonely or using substances with friends? A cross-sectional study of Hungarian adolescents’ health risk behaviours
The findings suggest that social behavioural factors, including smoking and drinking of friends, are oddly important predictors of Hungarian adolescents' health risk behaviours. According to our results, health policy should pay more attention to peer norms related to smoking and drinking during school health promotion. Developing health protective social norms may be an indispensable component of effective health promotion in high schools
A reason to stay healthy: The role of meaning in life in relation to physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents
The present longitudinal study investigated the incremental contribution of meaning in life to sustaining health-promoting behaviors, after controlling for well-being and health values among East-European adolescents ( N = 456). Time 1 responses on presence of meaning, search for meaning, well-being, and health values were used to predict levels of healthy eating and physical activity 13 months later. All independent variables significantly predi…
Aggressive and stressed? Youth's aggressive behaviors in light of their internet use, sensation seeking, stress and social feelings
Problematic Internet Use, Social Needs, and Social Support Among Youth
Adolescents’ attitudes towards healthy eating: The role of self-control, motives and self-risk perception
Hungarian Adaptation of the Sport Commitment Questionnaire-2 and Test of an Expanded Model with Psychological Variables
The aims of this study were to adapt the Hungarian version of the Sport Commitment Questionnaire-2 and test an expanded Sport Commitment Model (SCM) with psychological variables. Participants were 526 adolescent athletes (aged 14-18 years, 52.3% males). Applied scales were the following: Hungarian version of the Sport Commitment Questionnaire-2, Consideration of the Future Consequences Scale and Health Attitudes Scale. Exploratory, confirmatory, …
The digital divide: Risk and protective factors and the differences in problematic use of digital devices among Hungarian youth
What makes university students perfectionists? The role of childhood trauma, emotional dysregulation, academic anxiety, and social support
While most studies concentrate on the negative psychological consequences of perfectionism, we know less about its antecedents. This study examined the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, difficulties in emotion regulation, academic anxiety and social support and maladaptive perfectionism among university students. A large sample of 1,750 students (81% female; M = 21.6 years, SD = 4.8) completed an online self‐report survey assess…
Smoking or Smartphone Addiction? The Role of Smoking-Related Motivations as Mediators in Youth Clusters
Social support and adolescent mental health and well-being among Jordanian students
Social support from family, friends, and others enhances the quality of life and acts as an important protective mechanism against mental health problems. The purpose of this study is to investigate how social support is related to mental health outcomes among Jordanian adolescents. Data were collected in 2020 from public and private schools in Irbid governorate, Jordan. Multistage cluster sampling was used to recruit students from 8th – 12th gra…
Psychology (32 works) · Medicine (26 works) · Clinical Psychology (20 works) · Environmental health (20 works) · Developmental psychology (18 works) · Psychiatry (18 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works)