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Possibilities for improving anger management by an 8-weeks mindfulness course
Tomešová, Adriana ; Čáp, David (advisor) ; Bahbouh, Radvan (referee)
Currently, researchers are more likely to use mindfulness techniques. These practices have a beneficial effect on anger perception, experience, understanding, expression, and anger control. There has not yet been research on the influence of mindfulness on anger management in the Czech Republic. This thesis concerns the question, of whether it is possible to better manage and understand anger with the help of an 8week mindfulness course (MBSR). The literature-overview part summarizes current knowledge about mindfulness and anger, possible mechanisms of mindfulness on anger and methods of measuring anger. The research part includes the translation of the self-assessment inventory of anger STAXI-2 into the Czech language and the verification of its psychometric properties. It also covers the pilot use of STAXI-2 supplemented by FFMQ-15 in quantitatively focused research. The research design consists of a pretest-posttest control-group design plus a third measurement after one month. The experimental group participates in the eight-week mindfulness course, whereas the active control group participates in walks. The research is complemented by a qualitative analysis using semi-structured interviews. The main result of the research part is that completing an eight-week mindfulness course can lead to a...
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Possibilities of psychological intervention with focus on the end of the career by professional athletes
Tomešová, Adriana ; Niederlová, Markéta (advisor) ; Baláková, Veronika (referee)
4 Abstract This bachelor thesis is divided into two sections. It starts with a theoretical part, which is devoted to a theoretical demarcation of the end of careers in elite sport. Further the focus is on divergent experiencing of athletes, depending on two different types of career endings including presupposed ends and sudden ends of athletes' sport careers. Also, the theoretical part introduces the latest possibilities of intervention in sport psychology. The second part of this thesis follows with a suggestion for a research project. The aim of this research project is to present forms and processes of the ends of sport careers from elite athletes in the Czech Republic. For research purposes, a pattern of questions of a semi-structured interview is created. The interview will be conducted by sport psychologists, who will be trained for the special aim of the research project. The study is based on a qualitative methodology with focus on the end of careers from elite athletes.
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