Ariela Giladi received her Ph.D. in education from Ariel University, Israel, where she presently lectures. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the HBSC-Israel, an international research program on adolescent well-being and health, at Bar Ilan University Faculty of Education. Her focus of research includes higher education, foreign language learning, self-efficacy, effort, wellbeing, adolescents, risk behaviors, and emotional health. Ariela has participated in and presented at conferences in Italy and Israel.