This paper studies an instantiation of Dung-style argumentation system with classical propositional logic. Our goal is to explore the link between the result obtained by using argumentation to deal with an inconsistent knowledge base and the result obtained by using maximal consistent subsets of the same knowledge base. Namely, for a given attack relation and semantics, we study the question: d...

Although considerable research has investigated parenting stress and children’s externalizing behavior problems, comparatively less has considered parenting stress in relation to children’s internalizing difficulties. Even less research on parenting stress has incorporated children’s report of their internalizing symptoms or the potential mediating role of children’s attributional style. The cu...

The term response style is used to indicate the tendency for an observer to respond in a stereotyped way which is independent of that which he is observing. A study is described, designed to detect differences in response style among psychiatrists dealing with 42 different items of clinical data. Item sheets completed by 5 psychiatric registrars (residents) in relation to their patients were ex...

This paper focuses on modeling users’ cognitive style based on a set of Web usage mining techniques on navigation patterns and clickstream data. Main aim is to investigate whether k-means clustering can group users of particular cognitive style using measures obtained from a series of psychometric tests and content navigation behavior. Three navigation metrics are proposed and used to find iden...

Children spend a lot of time with their parents who are the first agents that educate them. The parenting style implemented in the family influences other contexts outside home such as the school. There is evidence that a positive parenting style has an influence on school success. However, there are other variables related to school success, for example, temperament. The influence of parenting...