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The article acquaints with the means of dramatherapeutic intervention in two addictions departments – the Centre for secondary prevention and addiction treatment at the Military Hospital in Olomouc and the toxicorehabilitation department at the Psychiatric Hospital in Kromeriz. The first department runs a detoxification and short-term (one month) intervention programme while in Mandala, a medium-term (as long as half a year) dramatherapeutic programme is being implemented. The second part of the text presents th...

Coping with demanding situations in managerial practice is closely related to the overall effectiveness of managerial work. Social intelligence is considered to be a significant predictor of coping with demanding situations in the work of managers. Prediction of behavior of managers in demanding situations is one of the possibilities of selection of the correct persons for managerial positions and of adequate adjustment of the preparation of managers. The report presents the results of an analysis of links between...

The methodological approach to abilities composition and measurement of adequate interpretation of nonverbal behavior is based, from one side, on those features of human nonverbal behavior, nonverbal expression of personality that are identified in numerous studies, from the other side, it takes into account the characteristics of psychological interpretation of expression, deliberate encoding of expression, and, from the third side, it is based on fundamental assumptions concerning the nature of social abilities,...

Young drivers have the highest rates of car crash involvement despite extensive measures taken to prevent it. During the last decade, research has focused on analyzing peer influence and peer pressure in order to gain a better understanding of young drivers' high rates of car crash involvement. This paper analyzes how risk is perceived in traffic situations and how risky driving behaviors are identified by using the perspective of both peers and passengers. Furthermore, this paper analyzes the perceived role of pa...

Several studies have shown that risky driving behaviors are often associated with the involvement in road crash fatalities. Therefore, a deeper understanding of influential factors is required to inform targeted countermeasure implementation. While considerable research has examined the role of personality and situational factors associated with risky behavior in traffic, less is known about the mechanism underlying the relation between personal driving style and risky driving behavior. The present study attempts ...

This study aimed to investigate levels of life satisfaction depending on socio-demographic and mental health factors among Romanian young adults. Method: N= 1509 (891 woman, 618 man) young adults were included in our study. Satisfaction with life, health and mental health were assessed with an online questionnaire including: self-rated health, self-esteem, optimism, subjective happiness, self-efficacy, depression anxiety and health risk behaviors. Findings: Overall Romanian young adults reported being satisfied wi...

The article presents the results of the study of personal and behavioral features of the orphan children who survived ill treatment and violence in the parental family and specifies the main spheres of the personality, psychological influence on which will promote the formation of positive presentation model of behavior. 65 adolescents without parental care, 11-17 years of age (N = 65), acted as subjects. This work was supported by the grant of the President (Russia) MK-99.2014.6.

One of the basic human psychological necessities is the need to have a connection with absolute superior being which is God. In this article we explored how the Romanian students relate to transcendent (religious representations), how important is prayer in their spiritual lives and how parents' spirituality is reflected in their lives. In Orthodox Christian tradition spirituality is the essence of religious life. The purpose of this descriptive study was (a) to investigate how students use prayer as a way to cope...

Objective: Longitudinal analyses examined the extent to which positive resources accumulated in adolescents lead to greater life satisfaction in young adulthood. Method: Data were drawn from a 2 wave (3 year) longitudinal study of the health and development of around N=1459 Romanian nationally representative sample of adolescent and young adults. In the first wave a set of psychological resources were assessed by an online questionnaire. Life satisfaction was assessed with SWLS scale as an outcome in the second wa...

Part of a larger research project, subordinated to the comprehension of the experience of homelessness in contemporaneity, this paper focuses on the analysis of the roles that vocational training and transitions to and from the labor market, assume in the context of experiencing this form of severe deprivation. Although quite unknown to professionals, agents with governance responsibilities (local, regional and national), as well as citizens, homelessness comprises, for many of the adults inhabiting the Portuguese...

The present study sought to replicate on a sample of 194 Romanian first-year students, the results obtained in the mid-1970s and late 1980s by David Hamilton and Robert Gifford, regarding the role of cognitive factors in stereotyping, namely the people's propensity to build negative impressions of minorities based on false associations (the illusory correlation effect). The method implied presenting the participants with a number of statements about each member of two imaginary groups (Group A - the majority group...

This paper focuses on the specific features of the communication of children in the Internet communication platforms (especially social networks), in situations where the child communicates with an unknown Internet aggressor. The paper describes the forms of communication in the various stages of an attack - from the initiation phase (in which the attacker makes contact with the child and seeks to gain his/her confidence), through manipulation stage (in which the attacker affects the opinions and attitudes of the ...

Subordinated to the key question "what is (are) the main problem(s) and/or concern(s) of homeless people?" this study aimed at the generation of a theoretical model, explanatory of the different processes that embody diverse trajectories, since its emergence to successful exit. Entitled surviving the streets, the generated GT emerged from the analysis of information gathered through complementary observation approaches (e.g., unstructured observation, observation of street interventions), and 96 interviews [homele...

College is considered to be an important phase in the life of people. The obtained academic outcomes may impact the future of individuals in many areas. In our correlational study we analyze the role of intrinsic motivation (interest/enjoyment), self - regulation skills and contextual characteristics (stressful events, having a job, etc.) on the academic achievement of 150 minority undergraduate students from Transylvania. We have explored the above characteristics considering objective academic outcomes, starting...

Associative thinking is a key aspect for designers in the phases of their creative work. This type of thinking is based among others on analogical and metaphorical reasoning and reasoning by visual posters. Visual analogy and visual thinking play an important role in the field of design. They are often assisted and guided by visual stimuli. Our main goal was to conduct a global quantitative meta- analysis regarding the relation between analogical reasoning and creativity. The scientific literature was explored and...

Many scientific articles concluded that analogical reasoning can influence creativity in different ways. Some of them claimed that this way of thinking can induce fixation which in turn has a negative influence on the generation of creative ideas. Furthermore, other studies considered analogical reasoning as a key factor of creative thinking. Based on these results we have focused on the relationship between analogical reasoning and creativity. Our main purpose was to investigate figural analogical thinking and cr...

The article presents the study of interrelation between the level of development of communicative competence (through some of its components) and sociometric status in psychology-students. Also the model of communicative competence as predictor of student's sociometric status in an educational group is described. Four characteristics have been included in the model: general index of communicative tolerance, such component of tolerance as inability to forgive, or rancor, the total index of communicative competence ...

Introduction. European models as practiced in most countries in the European area of higher education are based on the educational process and the results of university graduates. The main purpose of the research is to highlight the effectiveness of motivational strategies on student participation in physical education classes at the University of Bucharest. This approach aimed at identify the effects achieved by the training programs and operational structures proposed in the research, specifically targeting the ...

Introduction: Oral health is primarily linked to an individual's overall health, self-esteem. Currently, dental medicine has to consider the diversity of the dental restorative materials. The extent to which they provide opportunities for the mechanical aesthetic, phonetic and biological imperatives is subordinated in their qualities. The emergence of the modern ceramic materials, adhesive methods, and new technologies has increased the interest for all ceramic systems in dentistry. A facilitating technological en...

Background: Personality predispositions play an important role in coping with stress, and therefore can be perceived as an important component in the prevention of burnout in the helping professions. Aim of this study was to examine relationships between risk and protective personal characteristics and burnout syndrome among helping professionals. In this context, social support is discussed in terms of protective effect against burnout. On the other hand, Type-D personality is considered as negative factor with r...

Festivities, national and public holidays have to be regarded as the antithesis of everyday life, they may be considered a universal phenomenon of culture and human existence. The growing interest in the festivity phenomenon is directly linked with the extensive changes occurring in the culture of the last three decades. During a transition period in human life and society when social structures grow weaker or are transforming, festivities carry a special functional load. By reflecting the changes in social landma...

Ideas of nonlinear dynamics are widely used in various fields of human knowledge. The study of nonlinear phenomena shows that they reflect the real dimension of fractals and chaos. In this paper we consider some nonlinear mapping: fractal curve van der Varden modified conversion Baker and building of Julia sets by examining the graphical representation of the attractors of a rational map and developed algorithms to detect singularity Yang-Lee.

Based on previous studies that linked emotional disorders, including depression, with memory biases, the aim of the present study is to assess the relation between depression and memories for negative life events. Specifically, we aimed to investigate the individual differences in depressive state in evocation of both veridical and false memories. To study the occurrence of veridical and false memories, a video paradigm was used. Videos related details were not shown but were presented during a recognition task in...

Senior citizens and active ageing are one of the most important issue in a modern contemporary society. Slovak republic takes a stand through documents and strategies adopted by means of its executive power in cooperation with experts in this area. The main aim of this paper is to call attention to the active ageing of senior citizens in Slovakia and to its enshrinement in the applicable strategic documents. The methodological framework will include theoretical determination of the issue by using analysis and synt...

The purpose of the article is to consider the directions of notion transformation of safety in conditions of the modern world. The concept of turbulent society is offered, where, by means of the term turbulence, two most characteristic features of this society – unpredictability and fluidity are emphasized. The conceptualization of turbulent society is based on theoretical resources of non-classical ontology. The reality of turbulent society is postulated through the concepts of a network and an assemblage. The ...

The paper deals with the effect of mentality on literary creation. Dialectic of interrelation between human, national and personal was treated using conventional and modern theories of philosophy (on aesthetics, epistemology, axiology), psychology of creativity, cognitive poetics and cognitive linguistics. The objective of the paper is to determine when and how mentality influences writers' artistic understanding of the reality. Research methods were based on a comparative and historical approach with elements of ...

Modern virtual space reaches the stage of saturation of perceived information. Various types of information coexist and are waiting for their intended recipient. A special place within the virtual space occupied by the various phenomena of multimedia features which are examined by experts from various fields of knowledge. Philosophical analysis media phenomena within the virtual space allows you to diagnose and analyze important trends of modern, post informational society. Modern media phenomena (computer games, ...

A significant increase in interest to the cultural heritage of the province and its regional features can be noted in today's socio-cultural space. It†s worth to notice that socio-cultural development of some regions of our country also has a considerable influence on the issue. At the moment, different ethnic groups, social groups and individuals are showing increased interest in self-identification, which is only possible when referring to their cultural heritage. The scientific novelty of this study includes ...

Apophatic theology appears in every religion. The reasons for this approach to theology, however, are different. The present text focuses on the three monotheistic religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. The first part is devoted to analysis of selected religions and how they develop negative theology. In Christianity we deal with Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Master Eckhart. In Islam, we focus on the arguments submitted by Al Ghazali and Ibn Rushd. In Judaism, we focus on the idea of Maimonides and its...

The current state of society sets new trends into the development of all its spheres. This is reflected in its economic, social, political and cultural sides of the society. New trends in the development of culture emerged in the 20th century. Nowadays the visual information is getting more and more popular, and the new information and computer technologies are helping to spread it. Computer games as a part of virtual world are required a high level of visualization, which affects on human being. In our paper we i...

Among the phenomenons of postmodernism is the highlighting of experience, even exciting approach to all areas of human life. Today's people are flooded by constant repetition of the words "experience", "enjoyment", "to enjoy something" and stressing their necessity for a happy and fulfilling life. Emotionally powerful experience has begun to be considered the key criterion of live faith among many Christian communities and their members, squeezing by a new interpretation of "empirical verifiability" the truths of ...

The aim of this article is to show and critically analyse the explanation - different from traditional approaches - of the nature of mathematics with reference to the social-cultural factors. Speaking of traditional approaches, the author means the traditional approaches of philosophy of mathematics that came into being at the beginning of the 20th century, namely: logicism, intuitionism and formalism. The common feature of traditional approaches is to consider mathematics as a domain of objective knowledge, indep...

Looking beyond the concept of national canons and their selective forgetting of mixed and hybrid pasts, the aim of the paper is to look at the Eastern Adriatic in an anthropological perspective as a historical space which has been shaped by the complexity of migratory processes and interactions between the components of the “eternal triangle” (heredity, environment and culture). We will present the comprehensive results of the holistic anthropological research conducted for several decades in the area, based o...

The efforts to improve the people's living conditions are effective only if they have, as a solid foundation, the citizen's right to private property. This property, even if it can be obtained through inheritance or donation, however, usually is obtained through his work by each person within family, professional associations or labour groups. The purpose whereon the man proposes, as a result of its activities, is the private property, the fruit of his labour. The worker, investing its forces and capabilities in t...

Discourse analysis as a theoretical and methodological perspective can be very useful for the study of stereotypes which can be defined as cognitive representation of social groups. Individuals define and redefine stereotypes using speech forms in is the process of categorizing and self-categorisation. The article focused on examining representations of Polish migrants in the media discourse in four the most opinion-forming dailies. The collected analytical data consisted of 391 articles. It was noted that (1) dis...

The paper presents the theoretical and applied research carried out in the Department of Architecture, Roma Tre University, for the upgrading of a historical working class neighborhood in Rome: Testaccio. The main objective is to face the discomfort, consequent to the heat island effect and heavy traffic, acting both on private and public spaces with environmentally sustainable strategies. The two main topics are: At urban level, the use of an Italian prescriptive tool: the "Environmental Island" for improving sus...

The topic of healthy cities is strategic, as outlined in the Zagreb Declaration for Healthy Cities (2009) that expresses “the clear and strong commitment of political leaders of cities in Europe to strengthen and champion action on health, health equity, sustainable development and social justice”. “A healthy city is one that is continually creating and improving those physical and social environments and expanding those community resources which enable people to mutually support each other in performing all...

This paper is focused on innovative and effective method of reducing carbon footprint in the building sector. It concerns the possibility to introduce the novel iron-based carbon negative binding material into the contemporary architectural realisations as an environmentally safe substitute for Portland cement. The paper describes the characteristics and practical application of innovative product obtained from carbonation of waste steel powder and other concrete ingredients such as fly ash, limestone powder and m...

City, to where the citizen belongs to as being the citizen, thus having an identity with the city, to live in the city, with or without the rights of the citizenship.. Well, on which point will the citizen be right- while living inside the city/ while trying to live on the city-? If being happy/ living happy is the will of each and every of us, who is going to create this happiness to us? we? or the others? who else? the country? the government? or the authorities? or the capitalism that we live for? or the it's n...

This article continues the series of publications focused on the application of mental models of built environment in Urban Design and Spatial Planning. The issue of scale, both as a scale of event and as a scale of physical dimensions of space - gives us a ground to propose three rows of spatial models of public space: micro-, mezzo-, and macro-spaces. The concept of spatial models or patterns was tested in a series of field studies. Micro-space is seen as an object of urban design and landscape architecture. Mic...

The article deals with the coexistence of the material environment and its expression in the process of forming urban environment as well as in various philosophical, theoretical and practical interactions related to creativity. In a constantly changing environment factors, which influence creativity and approaches used to identify it, are considered controversial in both the scientific literature and practice and are also undergoing changes. Different authors interpret factors which influence creativity in a diff...

The objective of this research is a development of new technology of creation of a glass mosaic, which will allow us to produce products of arts and crafts without application of a cement assembly due to its replacement with heat treatment (tack fusing). This paper presents the technology of tack fusing, which imitates the technology of creation of the Byzantine mosaic. Main results of the experiments revealing nature of glass behavior during heat treatment are presented. On their basis the author submits some app...

This study focuses on objects as companions on the experiences of everyday life, connecting the emotional worlds to the mental space of individuals, through their functions and symbolisms, characterizing them as true predicates of culture. Examining their biographies means highlighting them before ignored cultural facets. Artifacts are not inert or passive objects, but interactive agents in sociocultural life and cognition. The signification of the artifact resides in both the object as a self-enclosed material fa...

As design action constitutes specific meanings for each discipline, it can be accepted as a very complicated process, requiring particular emphasises for various fields. Although this process may involve diversified steps for special areas, some factors such as providing a solution for a functional need and/or forming a satisfactory interaction with the user, generally remain the same. However, a design is not made up of solely form and function. It is possible to state that a design would probably have a richer c...

Housing has become to be discussed in finance, economy and banking sector rather than architecture and construction industry in today's professional world. The reason of the displacement of house being one of the major research areas in the field of architecture is the transformation of the meaning of notion in time. House, a sheltering, cultural belonging and architectural design object as its basic definition, has gained value in time as a prestige, consumption and investment object commodified with its land in ...

This research is based on the basic concept of "Five Elements" and the theory of mutual promotion and restraint between “five elements”. The major well-known enterprises have shift much more attention to the huge potential Chinese market. The "five elements" as the Chinese People's traditional material concept has a huge impact on people's aesthetic inclination and life style. Especially for high-income people, mutual promotion and restraint of "Five Elements" concept should influence their choice of daily nec...

A major goal in contemporary urban planning and design is to provide a built environment that is conducive to walk. A city where people choose to walk as a means of transport and enjoy such activity, is closely related to physical and psychological health, social contact and urban sustainability. Nevertheless the above mentioned conduciveness is often focused on the most functional requirements of the urban layout at the sacrifice of other more subtle requirements such as the quality of the walking experience and ...

The article presents a discussion of the crossroad between art and architecture. It sketches out the theoretical and practical aspects of space revitalisation and improving its quality in the context of multisensory dimension of public spaces. The unique manifestation of art and creativity in public space could be detected and stimulated using participatory architecture, for instance interactive installations, projects related to the convergence of arts, projects and sound installations, as well as spatial sound. ...

Social media became part of the fabric of everyday life around the world. People have embraced social media in both simple ways-connecting with networks and sharing images or exploring cities. Services such as Foursquare provide us rich databases that hold digital geo-marks of our communications. This paper discusses on geo-social networking, the meanings of the Foursquare check-ins by tracing the spatial behavior of users. Spatial search engine as Foursquare can give past check-in history and past mobility. Mappi...

The character of space development and traditional nature management was one of the components of the traditional culture generality of all nations of the North Caucasus, therefore regional architectural features of the Christian churches of the North Caucasus as a whole were manifested most clearly in the location of the temple in the structure of the settlement and in its relationship with the landscape and a natural environment. During all studied period (from VI to XIV centuries) mutual influence of basic foun...