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Background: Infertility is consistently associated with reduced quality of life. This brings about a negative impact on emotional, social, and physical functioning. Moreover, the infertile individual is often faced with feelings of resentment, anxiety, uncertainty, or grief. So far, various psychological interventions have validated their effects on the psychological functioning of infertile participants, yet very few creative-expressive techniques have been documented. Accordingly, art therapeutic interventions t...

Background. Due to globalization and rapid economic changes the job insecurity is becoming more and more common for the contemporary labor market in most countries. There are many investigations devoted to the consequences of an job insecurity for individual and organization in the international scientific literature. But there is still little research on this theme in the Russian context. So, the aim of our study is to fill this gap. In our previous studies (Chuykova, Sotnikova, 2016); (Chuykova, 2018) we found t...

The main aim of the research is to raise awareness of some of the most intractable eating disorders of the last two centuries – anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. In accordance with this aim in mind, the following sub-aims were also pursued by the authors: 1) to highlight the most typical feature of both diseases, 2) to compare them with a view to establishing convergent and subevent features, 3) to track some of the possible causes and consequences of these disorders, 4) to suggest possible treatment, 5) to ...

Coping with demanding situations is a regular part of managerial work. In this context, demanding situations are perceived by managers as either unpleasant or as a starting ramp for their career growth. The paper presents the results of an experimental research project on human capital development on the basis of increasing the efficiency of resolving difficult situations. The experimental group underwent a specific preparation, whereas the control group did not. The experiment was conducted on a research sample o...

Family relationships are related to their coherence, ability to solve everyday problems and challenging situations. However, the family has internal and external circumstances that affect the relationships between its members. Gender stereotypes and a number of other circumstances can also weaken the coherence of these relationships in the daily confrontation with a child's handicap. The paper provides an overview of these circumstances that may affect the quality of family relationships. Data collection and evalu...

One of the most important tasks of psychological support of the child in the educational space is to create the most comfortable conditions for effective education and development. Particularly relevant is the problem of creating a favorable, psychologically safe environment. All researchers of the phenomenon of safety emphasize the significance of the characteristics of the communication process as a condition that may contain threats to a safe environment. Also, the quality of interpersonal relations impacts the...

Participation in competitions has numerous advantages on studentsВ’ psychological characteristics. Beyond the attractive rewards, attending competitions contribute to the development of social, cognitive skills and to the refining of metacognitive skills. Participation in contests promote the transformation of metacognitive skills: planning, time management, self-monitoring and evaluation of performance. The aim of the current study is the investigation of differences between metacognitive skills of students atten...

Domain specific knowledge such as visual art has been claimed to have an impact on the performance of various visual tasks. The limited amount of research led us to investigate where the reaction times (RT) of art- and non-art school students have been measured and compared. Data were collected from students from 3 Romanian art- and non-art high-schools. The design of the study is quasi- experimental. The purpose of this research was to investigate such difference in RT between students with different backgrounds ...

The study of subjective well-being of Russian and Chinese students appears relevant, firstly, because of an individualВ’s pursuit of inner harmony, which becomes ever more important in the modern multi-cultured society where the number of contacts between people of different ethnic backgrounds is constantly increasing, and the societal demands for individuals are growing. Secondly, the relevance of the study is accentuated by the growing dynamism of Russian-Chinese relations, showcased by high student mobility tha...

The role of human behavior in traffic accidents is widely recognized. Previous studies sustain the associations between dysfunctions cognitions and some forms of maladaptive driving behaviors. The present study investigated how three types of dysfunctional driving cognitions (accident, panic, and social cognitions) are related to four classes of aberrant driving behavior (errors, lapses, ordinary, and aggressive violations). We also investigated the differences between drivers who drive daily and those who drive w...

Objectives: In the present study some predicting factors of externalizing and internalizing problems were examined as childrenВ’s emotion regulation strategies. The main aim of the research was to investigate the relationship between emotion regulation strategies -as cognitive reappraisal (CR) and expressive suppression (EP)-, and behavioral problems in the case of youngsters. Methods: A Hungarian minority group of children from Transylvania were selected. The children (N = 227; male = 53.3%) completed the Emotion...

The article follows an investigation conducted last year at the Department of Toxicological Rehabilitation of the Psychiatric Hospital in Kromeriz and the Detoxication Department of the Military Hospital in Olomouc. It focuses on evaluation during the process of drama-therapeutic intervention in persons with a drug addiction, and on cover-up strategies in the evaluation process. The material from the original investigation and the subsequent content of the evaluation are evaluating statements of clients.

with and without oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) was examined considering their social-emotional competence (SEC). The main aim of the study was to investigate the mediating role of children SEC in the relationship between externalizing / internalizing problems and the presence of ODD. Methods: The population included a Hungarian minority group of children (N = 560, male = 50.7%), ages between 10-15 years (M = 12.13, SD = .93), and childrenВ’s parents and teachers. In the final analysis the number of the parti...

Object recognition involves processes that activate conscious interpretation of the visual field. Such processes are influenced by previous knowledge and experience. However, previous studies report interesting results, which draw out gender asymmetry in visual perception tasks performance, claimed to occur as a reason of biological differences, other findings attribute this difference to socio-cultural factors, as a result of semantic interpretation due to difference of environment. To test this assumption, the a...

These days the development of civilizational social relations makes the problem of modern civil society formation ever more acute. Civil society nowadays should be perceived as an area of personal development and self-expression of free citizens, including self-realization of young people. Civil identity, being part of the value-based motivational component of a personality, is responsible for successful self-realization of young people – future specialists of various specializations. Students preparing to becom...

Multiple authors identify and discuss the factors of decisional influence for the choice of the teaching career; Anne D. Cockburn and Terry Haydn in 2004 [1] show that these factors are: collegiality, friendship, the sense of being supported by management, the resources of the department, the type of school children, the values and ethical conduct of the institution, induction, positive relationship with the director, positive relationship with other colleagues, laptop, computer, salary during summer holidays, an ...

Students' school burnout can be referred to structured by Maslach [1] [2], firing planes regarding not only the interpersonal sphere but also the organizational sphere. In the case of pupils, organizational factors may be big classes, lack of individualization of education, lack of ability to organize time devoted to learning at home and other. One of the important factors causing student burnout is their perception of the school environment [3]. Class and school climate perception is important for a sense of secu...

The article is devoted to the research of personal traits and motivation of students of a college of art (organizational and performing activities). The method of the empirical study was a psychological test (Aspiration Index questionnaire by T. Kasser, R.Ryan; test of creativity by N.F. Vishnjakova, The Traits Personality Questionnaire 5 (TPQue5)). The study was held in Novosibirsk Region College of Culture and Art. The sample includes 78 students of directing (students-directors) and choreographic (students-danc...

When we think about why the use of positive psychology should lead to increasing resilience in pupils and students, the possible answer is that positive psychology also focuses on methods for increasing personal well-being, which is an important factor in personal resilience. The key issue in positive education is the fact that resilience can be taught and practised. Improving oneВ’s well-being leads to improving oneВ’s learning. The article provides an outline of how to use positive psychology in education. We la...

All projects in different sectors are unique, but the information technology industry is a prosperous and growing sector of all developing countries, which is mainly based on projects [1]. The purpose of the work is to investigate the quality of working life of IT project managers in Riga, causes of job related stress and influencing factor and to find out what strategies for stress management are used and also, develop proposals for major IT companies to improve the quality of life of IT project managers and over...

Background: Abuse experienced in childhood including physical and emotional neglect, has been identified as a major risk factor for a variety of negative outcomes for mental and physical health. Objective: We aimed to find out whether history of family violence experienced in childhood and adolescents predicts affective disorders in Romanian youth assessed by depression, anxiety (GAD) and risk for suicide. Method: Data were drawn from a large-scale, national representative sample of 1497 young adults (Mean Age 21,...

Cardiovascular patients comprise more than a half of Czech in-patients. Some patients need a surgical intervention and their recovery is affected by various psychosocial factors. The aim of this research was to examine the influence of Big Five personality traits and health-related behaviour on postoperative adaptation, which was defined as the length of postoperative hospitalization and postoperative quality of life. To explore the above relationships, the BFI-10 personality inventory, the Health-Related Behaviou...

holistic system in psychology, where motivation, metacognition, learning skills and regulation of internal (e.g. concentration) and external resources (e.g. time) are evenly important in the prediction of academic success in university. Objective: To study the predictors of self-regulated learning (learning skills, motivation and resource regulation) in academic performance among STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine), respectively non-STEMM undergraduates (N= 106). Method: The study wa...

Background: The Internet has become an integral part of the young peopleВ’s daily life where the network is used not only as an information resource, but also as a medium of communication, and entertainment. The possibilities of social virtual reality influence the perception of oneself, the attitude towards oneself as a person. The purpose of research is to study the characteristics of studentsВ’ self-relation in relation to the characteristics of network activity and attitudes towards using the Internet. Practic...

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in all the Central European countries. Some patients undergo a cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation and their postoperative adaptation is influenced by various psychosocial factors. The aim of the research was to examine the impact of sense of coherence, positive mental health and selected personal characteristics on postoperative adaptation defined as the length of postoperative hospitalization combined with postoperative quality of life. To explor...

Responding to the call of the times, women around the world are becoming more and more self-sufficient when it comes to matters of financial security and making key life-changing decisions. Therefore, it becomes important to study the influence this trend has on the populationВ’s well-being, and also to study what factors of this matter are pertinent to the well-being of women. Studies from across the world give reason to believe that, despite the fact that a number of studies confirm a positive correlation betwee...

Background: Child abuse and lack of emotional support experienced in childhood or even adolescents has long term costs affecting the capacity to fulfill life. Objective: The principal goal of this article was to study the extent to which the consequences of different forms of abuse are reflected in youth subjectively evaluated happiness and satisfaction with life. Method: Data were drawn from a large-scale, national representative longitudinal sample of 3524 senior high school students, who reported on their child...

The goal of this study is the consolidation and generalization of the body of theoretical analysis of empirical research studying the correlation between subjective well-being and mindfulness, demonstrating the effectiveness of mindfulness-boosting methods in raising the level of life satisfaction. The factual basis of the present study is physiological in nature and showcases the great variety of forms, types, determinants and factors of the subject matter. Methodology: analysis, comparison and verification of a ...

Modern studies show that todayВ’s education is focused on the development of the personality of a student. This is due to the fact that at the moment the most important aspect in the process of receiving knowledge is learning the methods of it, which are based on analysis and forecasting. This is guided by the educational process for the development of probabilistic style of thinking that all adequate solutions in the conditions of limited information, and when the decision-making process itself is based on the pr...

The aim of the present study is to assess the relations between both subjective (e.g. traumatic fear, perceived threat to oneВ’s life) and objective trauma appraisal (e.g. number of days of hospitalization, number of deaths, physical wounds) and posttraumatic stress (PTSD) symptoms in victims of road traffic accidents (RTA). Furthermore, we wanted to identify the moderating role of traffic locus of control (T-LOC) (internal and external T-LOC) in the relations between objective and subjective trauma appraisal and ...

The article discusses the importance of attachment (emotional bond) for the healthy development of personality. It expresses a permanent emotional bond, characterised by the need to seek and maintain proximity with a particular person, especially under stressful conditions. This person is usually perceived as wiser and stronger and cannot be easily replaced with another person. Protection is considered to be one of the basic biological functions, one of the conditions of survival and healthy development of an indi...

Introduction: Literature suggests that both Assessment and Locomotion regulatory modes are important in oneВ’s general goal-directed behavior and in academic performance in higher education. Objective: The analysis of regulatory mode preference predictive power in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM), respectively non-STEMM field related academic performance in undergraduates. Method: Our study had a correlational design. We applied the Regulatory Mode Questionnaire (Kruglanski et. al...

Background: It has long been proved that relationship quality is positively linked to overall physical health as well as longevity. Thus, understanding the role of the individual food preferences related to the couples functioning is important for creating tailored strategies to promote both individual and coupleВ’s healthy eating behavior. The purpose of this study was to identify the role of the sensory liking for a food within the dyadic adjustment. Methods: Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) was used for assessment...

Participation in competitions is strongly connected to studentsВ’ academic achievement, the highly performing students usually participate in competitions. Social environmental factors, such as the extent of social support, which can derive from the family members, parents, friends, or the familyВ’s social economic status, can also influence studentsВ’ participation in competitions. The aim of our study was to find out which are those key components, that particularly determine students to attend competitions, soc...