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The stress coping strategies used by people with psychotic disorder
HALO, Dagmar
The aim of the thesis is to specify the stress coping strategies used by people with psychotic disorder and afterwards to find out the way of using these strategies is affected psychiatric rehabilitation. The thesis is structured in two parts. The theoretical part is particularly devoted to the theme of stress, coping strategies, psychotic disorder and psychiatric rehabilitation. In the practical part, there are mediated the answers to hypotheses and research questions with the assistance of the analysis of the data. The methods of research are the questionnaire SVF 78 and the semi-structured interview. The research group was formed by clients of Fokus civil association in South Bohemian region and the leader social worker.
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Methamphetamine users and stress
FILIPOVÁ, Zuzana
The diploma thesis called "Stress among Methamphetamine Users" focuses on the phenomenon of stress in general, but especially on the strategies of coping with stressful situations. These so-called coping strategies are given great attention in contemporary research. The thesis inquires into the development of the Czech drug scene and particularly focuses on methamphetamine as a typical "Czech drug". It describes the period of methamphetamine early expansion in the Czech drug scene, the subsequent period of radical intervention of justice and police into the resulting socially unbearable situation, and the recent respective state of affairs. It also deals with the risks associated with the use of methamphetamine and the various forms of its application. In this respect it logically gives attention to the issue of drug addiction in general and the methamphetamine addiction in particular. An indispensable part of the thesis is a description of the phenomenon of stress according to selected distinguished experts in this area Paulík (2010), Baštecká (2009) a Joshi (2007). The initial discussion of specifically defined and operationalized stress is followed by a discussion of coping in general. First, the emergence of coping is discussed. The theoretical section provides definitions of various scientifically developed coping strategies and deals with the situation around the SVF 78 instrument as well as with the stress coping strategies and the phenomenon of stress itself. The section discusses different coping strategies and identifies their respective pitfalls as well as their influence on people from the holistic model viewpoint. The theoretical section is concluded with the topic of social work with drug addicts and its basic pillars. Describes the aims, research questions and hypotheses of the thesis. Two aims were selected for the thesis: "to find out which coping strategies are used by methamphetamine users" and "to find out how coping strategies change over a prolonged period of methamphetamine use". Three research questions and four associated hypotheses were formulated on the basis of these aims. The hypotheses are operationalized in this chapter. The methodological section discusses the SVF 78 instrument which was used to gather data from drug addicted respondents. The data were gathered in contact centres in South Bohemia via quantitative strategy of data gathering. Next, the research sample consisting of 50 respondents and the ethical aspects of the research are described. An indispensable part of the section is also a description of the statistical methods used for data evaluation. Next chapter, called "Results", describes the research sample with respect to respondents' sex, with the actual ratio being 54 percent of female respondents and 46 percent of male respondents. The respondents' age is described here as well together with an average age, median and standard deviations. Another thing mentioned is respondents' time period of methamphetamine use and their highest achieved education. The discussion section focuses on obtained results and their comparison with actual researches. Despite very interesting results it is necessary to assert that none of the hypotheses was statistically verified. However, analysis of similar studies leads us to a discovery of an analogous problem. The most interesting study in this regards appears to be Konopka et al. (2013) which found no significant differences in coping strategies adopted by benzodiazepine users. In spite of this it is possible to point at frequency differences which were found among methamphetamine users. They were found in particular with respect to the relation between negative coping strategies ratio and period time of methamphetamine use, where negative coping strategies were preferred by respondents using methamphetamine for more than 11 years etc. The concluding section summarizes the research results and reflects on the aims of the thesis.
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Coping strategies, social support and self-esteem siblings of children with autism spectum disorder
DOČEKALOVÁ, Markéta
This thesis is focused on the psychosocial situation of autism spectrum disorder siblings, especially on coping strategies, self esteem and social support. The goal of this thesis is to define which coping strategies siblings use and the "health" of their social support and self esteem. The Research sample was taken from organizations dealing with autism. The Method of research was an interview, two worksheets and a questionnaire on self esteem. One worksheet was inspired Children´s Coping Questionnaire. The Research sample was limited to four children. They were from nine to eleven years old. The Children comprised three boys and one girl. The Results were presented as case studies. The results showed high correlation in the frequent use of avoidant actions such as coping strategies,low social support from teachers, high hostility in the self esteem questionnaire and negative attitudes in talk about disabilities.
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Adaptation of applicants for international protection in the Reception centre Prague - Ruzyně
ŠTĚRBA, Sebastian
The work explores adaptation process of applicants for international protection in the Reception centre Prague - Ruzyně. The theoretical part describes Reception center Prague - Ruzyně, especially services, leisure activities and procedures for granting international protection in the Reception centre Prague - Ruzyně. It also describes characteristics of total institutions and major modes of adaptation defined by Goffman. In accordance with the characteristics of the Reception centre Prague - Ruzyně considered a total institution. The practical part contains an analysis of four interviews and interpret data, which were organized under the following categories: specific environment of the centre, rules of the centre, relationships between applicants and relationships of applicants to staff, the possibility of limited leisure time and procedure for granting international protection. On this basis, the main methods of adaptation were identified and analyzed, that correspond to Goffman's typology of coping strategies.
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Mental stress and stagefrightofartists on thestage
JELÍNKOVÁ, Kristýna
This thesis deals with the musico-psychological phenomenon of the stage fright of musicians that are about to perform. The aim of the thesis is to explore the individual experiencing of the stage fright of musicians, their experiences with public performing and the use of coping strategies to help them becoming less nervous. The theoretical part includes the phenomenon itself and other psychological categories that relates to the stage fright. Furthermore, there is a list of several possibilities of precaution, elimination of negative effects and available techniques of coping with the stress. The empirical part deals with the individual experiencing of the stage fright. It tries to describe the individual experience of the subjects.
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Psychological Aspects of Studying Abroad
VACKOVÁ, Petra
The topic of this thesis is study abroad. The theoretical part presents knowledge about the process of adaptation in a new country and its culture; then it deals with acculturative and coping strategies, culture shock and its determinants and also reverse culture shock, which takes place after arrival home form a foreign country. It also introduces the age group of participants on study abroad (21 {--} 26 years old) from the developmental psychology point of view. Then it describes the already known correlation relationships between personality characteristics and some aspects of long term stays abroad. Finally, it outlines a personality profile of the ideal person for a long term study abroad. The research part informs the reader about knowledge we have found out from 3 research questionnaires that were completed by students before, during and after the experience of study abroad, and also knowledge we have gained thanks to interviews with the students. The main research areas are the following: the personality profile, changes of chosen characteristics that have taken place due to the experience of the study abroad, motivation, expectations and their fulfillment, process of culture shock and reverse culture shock.
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Aspects of Coping in Early Adolescence in Connection With Behaviour Disorders.
BENEŠOVÁ, Štěpánka
The theme of this work is Aspects of Coping in Early Adolescence in Connection With Behaviour Disorders. In theoretical part of this work I focused on explanation of conceptions that were important and were related to this theme. The practical part I conceived as the analysis of these interviews and their comparison. The result of this work should summarize how adolescence with behaviour disorders or without these disorders deal with stressors. Important is also which are their strategies of dealing with stressors, if they are similar or different.
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Strategie zvládání stresu u učitelek záklaadních škol
Řehulková, Oliva ; Řehulka, Evžen
This essay presents some facts about handling stress by basic school female teachers, based on researches from 1992 and 2002 that were carried out using the same method, and on the research that was carried out using the SVF 78 questionnaire (the strategy of handling stress) by W. Janek and G. Erdmann. Comparing all the data allows comparatively unified interpretation that points out to the importance of social support and alternate activities when handling stress on the part of basic school female teachers and on taking care of more extensive usage of positive coping strategies.
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