The aim of this article is to present the characteristics of emotional regulation in adolescents according to biological and social aspects, with emphasis on the role of context and its influence on the process of emotional management. A bibliographic review was conducted in the Scopus, Science Direct and EBSCO Host databases, it was considered articles published between years 2011 and 2021 with the terms emotional regulation, adolescents, natural environments, context; as well as bibliographic material related to development and adolescence with earlier dates. It was found that developmental changes, in addition to the contextual factors of social pressures, parenting experiences and the perception of lack of control over situations help to understand how adolescents regulate their emotions and the difficulties they may present in the process. The scope of the findings are related to th...

The vulnerability of the human condition expressed in pain, disease and death puts man before the questions of the meaning of life and suffering. The article focuses its interest on the human capacity to give meaning to all situations in life, including that of inevitable suffering. In addition, it proposes some means or educational suggestions to better face these extreme situations of existence: Discover the personal mission of life; develop the virtues of magnanimity, humility and strength; and finally, live life as a gift and service.  It is concluded that filling life with meaning through love and virtue allows suffering to be more easily integrated into life and transformed into an occasion for human growth and personal maturity.

The urgent demand for a more incisive presence of women in political, social, and cultural life has been made from different perspectives and diverse motivations. However, the specific contribution that only women can make could be frustrated when women's constitutive characteristics are neglected. Due to this risk, the educative l field is an important scenario to comprehend the feminine essence and to permeate the teaching practices. This article is the result of research and teaching of bioethics inserted in the curriculum of Humanities and Nursing. The purpose is to delve into the qualities of the authentic feminine to show what extent they could enrich the university educational praxis. The theoretical references are mainly the anthropological reflections of Edith Stein and John Paul II about women. The three traits that best represent the feminine nature were developed: interiority...