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Work experiences of individuals with diagnosed borderline personality disorder: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Půčková, Johana ; Zábrodská, Kateřina (advisor) ; Šustová, Petra (referee)
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder characterized by significant instability in interpersonal relationships, impulsivity, and an increased risk of suicidal behavior. While most previous research has focused on the development and symptoms of BPD, less attention has been paid to the employment and work experiences of individuals with this disorder. Therefore, the aim of this bachelor thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of the psychosocial contexts of work among individuals with BDP and to identify barriers and facilitators to their employment functioning. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on the definition and diagnosis of BPD, the relationship between mental illness and employment, and the specifics work experiences for individuals with BPD. The empirical part of the thesis presents a qualitative study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The research aimed to explore the work experiences of individuals with borderline personality disorder and to identify subjectively perceived facilitators and barriers to their employment. The study was conducted through interviews with five participants diagnosed with BPD. The analysis results show that participants perceive employment opportunities as important and helpful in coping with the disorder....
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Subjectively perceived impact of diagnosis on the experience of mental illness
Kerndl, Kryštof ; Zábrodská, Kateřina (advisor) ; Say, Nicolas (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the subjectively perceived impact of diagnosis on the experience of mental illness, with a specific focus on the mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. The aim is to explore whether and how diagnosed individuals experience changes in symptom perception, self-concept, and other psychosocial aspects of mental illness. The theoretical part of the thesis consists of describing the historical development and definition of the diagnosis of the given mental disorder, stages and factors of the diagnostic process, and changes in self after the diagnosis of mental illness. The empirical part of the thesis describes a qualitative study conducted through semi-structured interviews with 5 participants diagnosed with mixed anxiety and depressive disorder, which were subsequently interpreted and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) methodology. The research aimed to understand the subjectively perceived impact of a mixed anxiety and depressive disorder diagnosis on the experience of mental illness. The analysis results indicate that participants did not perceive experienced symptoms as manifestations of mental illness before the diagnosis. They attempted to manage these unnamed symptoms through various coping mechanisms. After the diagnosis, symptoms were...
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Employment experiences among people with schizophrenia
Nykl, Matěj ; Zábrodská, Kateřina (advisor) ; Šípová, Ivana (referee)
This master's thesis deals with the issue of work experiences and employment of individuals with schizophrenia. Research indicates that engagement in work activities can have a positive impact on the course of the illness, but employment is significantly more challenging for individuals with schizophrenia compared to the general population. Although most individuals with schizophrenia are interested in being employed, only a small proportion of them succeed in the long term. In the Czech context, this is a relatively unexplored issue, therefore there is a lack of knowledge about how people with schizophrenia experience their employment and what difficulties they face. The aim of this master's thesis is to further explore the work experiences of individuals with schizophrenia and to determine what specific factors they perceive as supportive or limiting for their involvement in paid employment. The theoretical part of the thesis is divided into two main chapters, with the first one focusing on schizophrenia itself including its symptoms, prognosis, diagnosis, and the impacts of stigma. The subject of the second chapter is the possibilities of employment for individuals with schizophrenia, particularly the benefits associated with work, support mechanisms for this group, and their needs. The...
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Personality Determinants of Job Crafting
Pospíšilová, Adéla ; Šípová, Ivana (advisor) ; Zábrodská, Kateřina (referee)
The diploma thesis is focused on the relationship between big five personality traits and job crafting tendencies. The aim of the theoretical part is to introduce and explain the concept of job crafting theory and present the current knowledge from the research on big five personality traits and their relationship to job crafting tendencies. The aim of the empirical part is to examine the relationship between the personality traits of openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, and job crafting tendencies. The theoretical part defines various theoretical perspectives on job crafting and its connection to theories of occupational health. Moreover, the individual big five personality traits and their impact on work behavior and job crafting are described. Empirical data were collected through a questionnaire survey. The results of the empirical part of the diploma thesis indicate a significant relationship between the personality traits of openness to experience, conscientiousness, and extraversion and job crafting tendencies. There was a negative correlation between neuroticism and job crafting tendencies.
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Teachers' Occupational Health from a Gender Perspective
Benešová, Hermína ; Zábrodská, Kateřina (advisor) ; Šípová, Ivana (referee)
This master's thesis focuses on occupational health among Czech teachers, providing a gender perspective on this topic. The aim of the thesis is to analyze central themes related to occupational health which are specific for the teaching profession as well as to identify potential role of gender in teachers' occupational health. The theoretical part of the thesis describes key components of occupational health in relation to the teaching profession. Specifically, the attention is paid to job satisfaction and work engagement which represent positive aspects of occupational health. Next, job stress and burnout which represent negative aspects of occupational health are defined. These concepts are first discussed on a general level in the context of occupational health psychology research and then specifically in the context of the teaching profession. In the next chapter of the thesis, the concept of gender is defined, and research findings concerning gender differences and inequalities in the teaching profession and teachers' occupational health are presented. The empirical part of the thesis used qualitative research design. The data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 14 teachers (7 women and 7 men) who were all teachers at the secondary school level. The interviews were...
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University students' experience of an art therapy
Jonášová, Adéla ; Urban, Kamila (advisor) ; Zábrodská, Kateřina (referee)
There is an increasing demand for mental health support for undergraduate students in university counselling centres. Art therapy is one of the interventions that can be applied in the mental health care of university students. Research focusing on university students shows that art therapy helps to reduce stress, anxiety and depression, and promotes an increase in self-acceptance, self-esteem, self-confidence, resilience and overall mental well-being. The aim of the theoretical part of the thesis was to offer an overview of art therapy with focus on group art therapy with university students. The empirical part of the thesis aimed to focus on the voice of the client, specifically mapping the expectations and themes of university students entering an art therapy group, their experiences of participating in the group and the impact they feel. The research was conducted on a sample of 11 university students. In-depth interviews were used and were conducted twice - after the group began and after the group ended. The data was analysed using thematic analysis. Five themes were identified in the first interview - Working on oneself, Social reasons, Art, Organization, Professional interest. The second questioning resulted in four themes - Art Therapy Process, Social Dimensions, Participant Development...
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Stress and coping strategies in gifted individuals in emerging adulthood
Mykiska, Mojmír ; Zábrodská, Kateřina (advisor) ; Hrdličková, Kristýna (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on and experiencing stress and coping with it among gifted individuals. It aims to identify the specifics of experiencing stressful situations in the gifted in emerging adulthood. The scope of the teoretical section is first to delineate key definitions and theories related to the concepts of intelligence, giftedness and exceptional performance. Subsequently, the paper focuses on defining the concepts of stress, strain and coping. It will sum up major current theories of stress management and their implications for gifted individuals. The empirical part of the thesis was conducted using a qualitative research design. It's aim was to understand the stressors that gifted in emerging adultgood encounter, how they cope with these stressors and what role does perception of their giftedness play in these proceses. Data were obtained through semi-structured interviews with six gifted male and female respondents. The data obtained were analysed using the principles of thematic analysis. The results of the analysis then provide insights into the themes of stress perception and coping in the gifted on three different levels: personal, social and meta-level. The personal level was defined by the themes of: intrinsic pressure to perform, awareness of one's abilities, awareness of...
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Stress and Coping Resources in Crisis Intervention Helpline Professionals: A Grounded Theory Approach
Hlaváčová, Karin ; Zábrodská, Kateřina (advisor) ; Dragomirecká, Eva (referee)
This master's thesis focuses on experiences of occupational stress in professionals employed at crisis intervention helplines. The aim of the thesis is to develop a theoretical model of coping resources used by crisis interventionists to cope with occupational stress. The theoretical part of the thesis describes key definitions and theories of occupational stress, drawing on occupational health psychology literature. Specific stressors that endanger workers' occupational health in helping professions, particularly in crisis interventions, are identified. Next, the thesis defines the concept of coping and describes specific personal, social, and other resources that can be used to cope with work-related stress. The theoretical part is concluded with an overview of recent empirical studies focusing on coping resources in counseling and crisis intervention. The empirical part of the thesis uses qualitative design, and specifically a grounded theory approach, to develop a theoretical model of coping resources used by crisis interventionists to cope with occupational stress. The theoretical model aims to identify the main occupational stressors, coping resources, intervening conditions, and effects of coping in a selected sample of professionals employed at crisis intervention helplines in the Czech...
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Workplace bullying: prevalence, forms, and work environment predictors
Knor, Ondřej ; Zábrodská, Kateřina (advisor) ; Pekárková, Simona (referee)
The thesis focuses on the issue of workplace bullying or mobbing, with the aim of identifying organizational factors affecting the incidence of workplace bullying in the public sector. The theoretical part of the thesis defines the main concepts and theories related to bullying as one of the main forms of workplace hostility. The disciplinary context of research in occupational health psychology is introduced. Subsequently, definitions and typologies of workplace bullying are presented and the main organizational predictors of bullying, including job demands or leadership, are discussed in detail. The Job-Demands and Resources (JD-R) Theory is described in detail and provides a theoretical framework for the hypotheses tested in the empirical part of the paper. The theoretical part ends with an overview of the prevalence of mobbing abroad and in the Czech Republic. The empirical part of the thesis describes the quantitative research conducted to determine the prevalence and forms of mobbing and to identify selected organisational predictors of mobbing in the public sector. Based on JD-R theory, hypotheses were formulated about the relationship between job demands/resources and the prevalence of mobbing. The formulated hypotheses were tested on a sample of state employees (n = 201). The data were...
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Recipes in the Květy Magazine and Their Transformations in the Era of Socialism
Jedličková, Adéla ; Končelík, Jakub (advisor) ; Zábrodská, Kristina (referee)
This thesis uses analytical tools of a qualitative nature, namely historical, content and linguistic analysis, to observe the elements, examples and manner of propaganda and its projection into culinary recipes in the Květy magazine between 1951 and 1989. It describes not only the transformation of the magazine's content and the related increase in the proportion of media content devoted to culinary recipes and related topics, but also the development of the recipes themselves, taking into account the use of ingredients. The thesis further treats findings such as the increasing share of carnivore recipes and places them in the economic and political context. It also focuses on the ways of regime propaganda projection into media content, which was manifested, for example, in recipes devoted to the cuisines of so-called "friendly" countries. Further, it focuses on the methods of how certain foods were promoted in the analysed period. It explains why such content disappears in times of prosperity and reappears in times of scarcity. It also explores why certain food can be encountered in particular segments of the studied period. Furthermore, the thesis describes the form of advertising content at the time and mentions the most frequent columns dealing with the subjects under study and the...
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