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Self-harm is a frequent and very problematic behavior that expresses the adolescent's specific relationship to himself and especially to his/her body. The present study focuses on the ambivalent relationship between art and self-harm. The subject of the research is the analysis of selected factors of illustration and artistic expression of self-harm in society (especially in art or on social networks) and their influence on the growth of self- harm, especially in the young generation. We present psychological conc...

Students’ critical thinking ability includes deductive and inductive thinking, the ability to pla experiments, precise assumption identification, all of which are essential cognitive abilities for prosperity in everyday life and for further career success. Previous studies concluded that students, who participated in extracurricular activities, such as competitions, have higher levels of critical thinking abilities than their non-attending peers. The im of this study is the investigation of the predictive power ...

Metacognitive processes influence not only success in learning, but also contribute to career success. One of the main aims of education is the improvement of higher-order cognitive abilities like metacognition. Earlier studies demonstrated that extracurricular activities, such as experiences acquired during competitions, improve metacognitive skills. The aim of our correlational, cross-sectional study is the establis ment of the explanatory power of different types and levels of competitions for the variability o...

Aim: Aim of this study was to explore the self-perceived quality of sleep and sleep- related problems among women during the postpartum period. Method: Together 131 postpartum women participated in the research (mean age 29.31, SD=5.99), 52.7% primiparas, 66.4% after physiological birth. The data collection was conducted using a self-constructed questionnaire focused on quality of sleep and sleep- related factors in the ostpartum period. The questionnaires were distributed in pediatric ambulances in northern Slova...

Background: The postpartum period is a challenging life experience for a woman, durin which the mother has to cope with a new role and the changes that motherhood brings. One of the important factors that can influence the process of adaptation is al o sufficient and adequate support from loved ones. One of the main sources of such upport is the spouse/partner of the new mother. The main goal of our research was to identify the social support of mothers provided by the partner in the postpartum period and to verif...