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Mindfulness in homosexually oriented individuals
Porkertová, Martina ; Loneková, Katarína (advisor) ; Weiss, Petr (referee)
The focus of this work is to bring the idea of mindfulness closer, in terms of connection with other personality traits. Additionally it highlights the use of mindfulness in psychotherapy practice, specifically in regard to homosexually orientated clients. The study summarizes the main findings on the mindfulness phenomenon, highlighting the important aspects of adopting a new identity within this demographic. The study also monitors the connection of coming out process with particular aspects of mindfulness. In the empirical section the results of the FFMQ questionnaire, in which participated 294 persons of both male and female gender and of both heterosexual and homosexual orientation are compared using quantitative methods. By means of statistical analysis of variance (ANOVA) it was determined that the homosexually orientated do not differ significantly from those of heterosexual orientation. Furthermore there was no significant statistical difference in mindfulness between genders within the research sample. Keywords: mindfulness, psychotherapy, mindfulness definitions, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, sexual orientation, coming out, homosexual identity, personality
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Approach adolescent to homosexuality
Bílková, Karolina ; Nováková, Ivana (advisor) ; Dvořáčková, Hana (referee)
Annotation: This paper's thesis "Approach adolescent to homosexuality" is divided to two parts. The first part is theoretical and the second is practical. In the theoretical part I deal with the topic of homosexuality from the historical and present perspective. The goal of this part is to introduce the main problems of homosexuality. In the practical part I carry out a survey on high schools and interviews six homosexuals. The goal of the survey was to found out if the higher education on schools has influence to the opinion of adolescents on these problems. I want to point out how persons with this sexual orientation sense the attitude of society to homosexuality in the interviews with homosexuals.
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Contemporary Czech Sexology and Homosexuality
Mašková, Johana ; Sokolová, Věra (advisor) ; Kolářová, Kateřina (referee)
7 ABSTRACT This thesis focuses on a textual analysis of articles in the field of sexology, which were published in the Czech Republic after 1989. It will examine through both quantitative and qualitative methods, how authors of sexological articles defined the term homosexuality and worked with it, as well as explore their varying approaches to the topic depending on context. The thesis will ask whether the sexological discourse about homosexuality has changed after the fall of the communist regime, and if it has, in what ways. Keywords: AIDS/HIV, biologization, coming out, discourse, essentialization, gay, gender, heteronormativity, homosexuality, lesbian, medicalization, registered partnership, sexualization, sexology, stereotype, stigmatization, taboo, victimization
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Same-sex love in India
Beranová, Petra Nina ; Bendíková, Soňa (advisor) ; Hons, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor thesis 'Same-sex love in India' deals with selected aspects of homosexuality in Indian society. It describes aspects of homosexuality in film, television, traditional romantic friendship, family, marriage and suicides. It also deals with the corresponding health issues in one part. The first part of the thesis briefly describes history and terminology related to homosexuality in India, including practical examples from Urdu poetry and one of its genres called rekhti. The biggest attention of the thesis is paid to present selected homosexual aspects closer. Neither the names of people active on a homosexual Indian field are omitted from this thesis. Bachelor thesis also documents the most important organizations dealing with rights of homosexuals in India.
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Gay life in contemporary Czech society
STUHLOVÁ, Barbora
This thesis deals with problems of gay individuals in Czech society. The first part is devoted to theoretical knowledge and basic concepts associated with homosexuality. The theoretical part introduces the legislative definition of gay rights not only in the Czech Republic but also in other places in the world. The next chapter deals with legislation of registred partnership that does not allow homosexual couples to adopt children. The current law allow adoption or forster care only to homosexual individuals. The last section of theoretical part is devoted to the field of theoretical research that dealt with the issues of homosexuality and homophobia. The practical part contains research of homosexuals in the Czech Republic. Qualitative research realised by the interviews with the homosexual respondents deals with conditions of homosexuxual in the Czech Republic. The semi-structured interviews show the essential moments and daily worries in the life of homosexual individuals. The basic topics discussed during the interview includes coming out, registered partneship, adoption and respondents' experience with homophobia. Batchelor thesis provides insight into the lives of people who live here with us.
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The life experiences and opinions of young homosexuals
HANISCHOVÁ, Nela
This bachelor thesis's occupation analyses matters of young homosexual people. The aim of this work is to describe experineces and opinions which relate to their different sexual orientation. The first part of the thesis is the base for the next practical part. It defines kinds of sexual orientation, possible causes of homosexuality and it furthermore outlines the issues of coming out, homophobia and registrated partnership. The practical part is represented by qualitative research. The researched group consists of three gays and four lesbians aged from 19 to 26. The method of data collecting were depth focusing semi-structured interviews. The data were divided in categories which are interpreted in the second part.
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Look into Life Story of Homosexuals in South Bohemia Region
ZHORNÁ, Petra
This thesis is about life of homosexuals and repercussion on their mentality. It strives to compare results of my own research made in southern region and results available in professional literature. It is most of all about impact on individual's mentality. There are outlined basic information about this orientation including definition, cause, history and variants of homosexual life. I also deal with public attitude to homosexuality which undoubtedly has influence on individual's mentality. In last chapter, there is also mentions parency of homosexual couples. The goal of this thesis was to find out effect of homosexuality on individual's mentality. To achieve this goal, research questions were made. Asking method was used to collect data - depth interview. Gathered data were processed and compared with existing knowledge of this matter. Matches and disagreements between professional literature and my own research are highlited. This thesis can enrich existing knowledge of this matter and can be a resource for further research.
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