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Masturbation and masturbation imagination of Czech women
Tichotová, Lenka ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (referee) ; Weiss, Petr (advisor)
Purpose: The objective of the submitted work is to map out a so far lesss examined sphere of masturbation behaviour and masturbation imagination of Czech women. And examine a connection between certain aspects of masturbation and sexual behaviour in general. Methods: The data have been collected with the help of a specially prepared questionnaire. The questionnaire has been shown on internet pages. The data have been elaborated with the help of the Excel programme and the SPSS statistical programme. Our sample was 1339 women, who completed the whole questionnaire. Results: 94.1% of women have experience with masturbation, 71.2% masturbate at least several times a month, a further 17.6 % masturbate at least several times a month. a further 17.6 several times a year. About 5.3% masturbate less than once a year. Frequency of masturbation differs among women who either have or have no partnership relation as well as among women who have or have no experience with rape. The frequencies of masturbation are negatively depending on their age. The average age of the first masturbation is 13 years. Women more frequently attain an orgasm in the case of masturbation rather than in the event of intercourse. 75% of all women achieve it in the event of 100 percent of masturbation. Masturbation is carried out even by women...
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The evaluation of psychological changes in intensive weight reducing program
Štěpánková, Zuzana ; Šivicová, Gabriela (referee) ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (advisor)
Diplomová práce se zaměří na sledování psychologických změn u pacientů hospitalizovaných na intenzivním redukčním pobytu na interním oddělení. Na základě prostudování odborné literatury se pokusíme popsat možné psychologické změny způsobené redukcí hmotnosti a redukčním pobytem samotným, zejména v oblasti vnímání vlastního těla a změn nálady. Ve výzkumné části se budeme snažit ověřit, zda k námi předpokládaným změnám během intenzivního redukčního pobytu dochází. Naše závěry budou porovnány se zjištěními uvedenými v odborné literatuře.
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Health related quality of life in persons with severe mental illness
Pěčová, Jana ; Niederlová, Markéta (referee) ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (advisor)
The Diploma Thesis concerns with a still up-to-date issue of the health related quality of life namely in persons with severe mental illness. The work is divided as usually in a theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part deals with a definition of a concept of quality of life (QoL) and with a concept of health related quality of life (HRQoL) and also with their theoretical and historical contexts. Realized studies in quality of life of persons with severe mental illness are described. Most of these abroad studies show that quality of life in persons with severe mental illness is worse than in general population and also worse than in ill with somatic diseases. It reveals predominantly in a social sphere. The term of severe mental illness (SMI) is elucidated and common characteristic of persons with severe mental illness are described, incl. influence of the illness on relatives of the patients. An issue of a care and help for severely mentally ill is even not neglected. The practical part makes us acquainted in the research of quality of life in severe mentally ill, which was realized in a day treatment program of the Clinic ESET. The WHOQOL-BREF quality of life questionnaire and the HoNOS health outcome scale were used as assessment instruments for measurements. To determine the demographic data...
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Influence of psychosocial factors on emotional status, rehabilitation and quality of life of patients after myocardial infarction
Pilipčincová, Alexandra ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (advisor) ; Honzák, Radkin (referee) ; Kebza, Vladimír (referee)
Objective: To examine the impact of dispositional optimism/pessimism, social support and coping strategies on emotional distress (symptoms of depression and anxiety) of patients with myocardial infarction (MI) during hospitalization and one year after the discharge. To identify predictors of recovery and factors affecting quality of life of these patients. Methods: The sample consisted of 102 patients (25 women, 77 men) with diagnosis of acute MI, 2 - 4 days after MI. The age of men patients was lower than 65 and of women lower than 75. During the follow-up, one year after the discharge, we interviewed 63 patients (45 men, 18 women). The group used for comparison consisted of 1% random sample of Czech population from Benešov district, matched with regard to age and sex, selected during epidemiological survey PostMONIKA. Results: Patients with acute MI were significantly more depressed than the subjects from comparison group (ll% vs. 3% p<0.05). One year after MI, the prevalence of depression symptoms among patients was the same as in the comparison sample. Patients with acute MI reported anxiety symptoms only rarely and denial as a coping strategy was associated with diminished occurrence of anxiety symptoms. An association between emotional coping, distraction cop1ng, lack of social support, dispositional...
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Changes in mental state experienced by patients with diabetes along therapy
Hackerová, Petra ; Šivicová, Gabriela (referee) ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (advisor)
The thesis is focused on the problematic of quality of life, depression, eating behaviour and cognitive representations of illness among people with type 2 diabetes. It stems from literature and information about problematic. In the theoretical part, the overview about diabetes mellitus, its symptoms, types, complications, and treatment is outlines. Next topics of this part are quality of life of people with diabetes, especially with type 2 diabetes, depression in people with diabetes and cognitive representations of illness. The empirical part is concentrated on the examination of degree of depresivity, quality of life, eating habits and illness perceptions among people with type 2 diabetes. It compares these variables before and after large intervention program, which is aimed at weight-loss and better metabolic control. And it compares them in relationship to gender and to type of diet.
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The quality of life
Faťunová, Zuzana ; Kebza, Vladimír (referee) ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (advisor)
The quality of life have been a subejct of many studies and thesis for about last fifteen years. This work presents the concept of quality of life, especially from the view of the psychology and the medicine. There are discussed some methodological problems of the measuring and the evaluation of the health-related quality of life and there are also described basic and inportant instruments used in clinical studies. The aim of the second practical part is to illustrate a use of an instrument in a concrete situation - in the evaluation of the health-related quality of life of patients with coronary disease.
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Crisis and personal growth: possibilities and metaphors of crisis
Veselá, Ivana ; Bahbouh, Radvan (advisor) ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (referee)
Each person has an experience with crisis, it is a natural part of human life. A crisis has an inner potential in the form of a challenge and it brings a new possibility for people in percieving reality and themselves. In this thesis I focuse on possibilities which open for those people who seek a professional advice. I suppose that crisis is a part of the process of personal growth. Therefore the main theoretical chapters refere to these four thems: crisis, personal growth, posttraumatic growth and metaphor. First I define what a crisis is including it's course and various types. Than I place crisis into the context of difficult life situations including coping strategies. Personal growth is defined in the view of development and change. Both are focused on the process. The goal of personal growth is described in a subchapture on optimal personality. The following chapter is on positive psychology which pays attention to the quality of life and percieving benefits. Out of psychoterapeutical schools I have chosen existencial-humanistic tradition which corresponds to my research question the most. I put attention to the founders of main schools - V. E. Frankl's logotherapy, A. Maslow's humanistic psycholgy, C.R. Rogers's client-centred therapy and F. Perls's gestalt therapy. The chapters about crisis and...
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Psychological aspects of amniocentesis
Skutilová, Vladana ; Šulová, Lenka (referee) ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (advisor)
Genetical counselling represents complex activity with multidisciplinar overlap. Most of patients are pregnant women who usually pass amniotic fluid sampling. The aim of this diploma work is to describe these womens behaviour and feelings on the basis of chosen aspects. The text is divided into twelve chapters Theoretical part presents surveyed problems from two poits of view - psychological and medical. It describes indication to invasive prenatal nealth check, thereinafter it talks about most frequented chromosomal deficiency which can be exposed by karyotypisation. Further it talks about the doctor and patinet's realition and about aspects of genetical counselling as well as about ethical aspects of prenatal diagnostics. On the basis of questionaire results, empirical part presents feelings, behaviour and attitudes of women to prenatal health check within in process. Thereinafter it shows and verify which factors influence women's far of health check results.
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Mechanism of patients with anorexia nervosa
Ježková, Tereza ; Šivicová, Gabriela (referee) ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (advisor)
The Defence Style Questionnaire which assesses three factors of defence mechanisms ( mature, neurotic, immature) was completed by 44 anorexie women aged from 14 to 30 years, and 121 healthy women. The Thematic Apperception Test used to assess ego developpement and defence was completed by 15 patients. We found that the anorexie women differ from the healthy population in use of neurotic and immature defence mechanisms. In contrast, no difference was found between restrictive and purgative patients who do not differ in any factor of the Defence Style Questionnaire.
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The influence of depression on cognitive functions in the remission period. What changes can be observed in cognitive functions during the course of mood improvement until the remission period?
Dušánková, Erika ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (referee) ; Preiss, Marek (advisor)
The aim of this study is to summarize a research on cognitive functions and depressive disorder with focus on the remission period and to map, on this background, using a longitudinal design, changes in cognitive performance of the depressive patients during the course of mood improvement until the remission period. We set together a test battery consisting of two cognitive functions measures (AVLT, Letter-number sequencing), two mood rating instruments (BDI, MADRS) and two additional questionnaires (Unfavourable-events questionnaire and Social support Survey - MOS). We included an interview, as well. The research took place in Prague psychiatric centre. The sample consisted of 10 inpatients with unipolar depressive disorder according to ICD-10. 4 of the patients were excluded - 2 of them for deeper mood impairment and other 2 for early discharge from the clinic. Only 2 of the remaining 6 patients achieved remission. We present their case studies in this thesis. The conclusion of this study is that the image of cognitive performance in depressed patients can be various. All patients experienced subjective cognitive performance impairment and work ability impairment. We didn't observe, in some of the patients, cognitive performance impairment in the neuropsychological measures used. When cognitive impairment...
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