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Cultural orientations and Psychological Functioning among the Second-generation Vietnamese Living in the Czech Republic
Neumannová, Karolína ; Taušová, Jitka (advisor) ; Nikolai, Tomáš (referee)
The objective of this Master's thesis is to examine the psychological functioning and psychological adjustment among the second-generation Vietnamese living in the Czech Republic. Theoretical part explores relationship between cultural orientations on one side and negative and positive aspects of psychological functioning on the other side. Concrete strategies and concepts of acculturation will be described more closely, including the concept of bicultural identity. Concept of subjective well-being is also discussed in the theoretical part and the information used in the theoretical framework come mostly from the research regarding the subjective well-being and overal psychological functioning among the second-generation immigrants. The aim of the research is to explore relationship between the level of cultural orientations and the aspects of psychological functioning among the second-generation Vietnamese living in the Czech republic. The positive aspects of psychological functioning will be assessed by the questionnaire that measures life satisfaction which represent one component of subjective well- being and negative aspects of psychological functioning will be assssed by the screening tool evaluating negative psychological functioning. The research will be focused on the second generation...
Explanatory style and optimism in relation to health
Neumannová, Karolína ; Niederlová, Markéta (advisor) ; Kaplan, Cyril (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to deal with the explanatory style construct of optimism and its impact on health. Theoretical part summarizes the existing relevant research and findings with the aim of organizing the knowledge that is important for the orientation in a given topic. Firstly, the thesis describes a concept of explanatory style, its development and characteristics. Furthermore, the thesis is focused on optimistic explanatory style as one of the possible factors that might be positively connected to physical and mental health. The final part of thesis summarizes positive psychology interventions designed to develop and increase optimism. Practical part consists of designed research aimed at population of young adults. The exploratory aim is to determine whether the application of positive psychology intervention might lead to a significant reduction in depressive symptoms and, if so, whether the optimistic explanatory style might represent one of the factors that helps maintain mental health.

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