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Ability to self-regulate social networking sites usage and its relationship to feelings of loneliness and life satisfaction
Nekola, Adam ; Horáková Hoskovcová, Simona (advisor) ; Blatný, Marek (referee)
This master thesis is in theoretical part focusing on the term of self-regulation according to Albert Bandura's theory (1991) and its domains of self-monitoring, self-judgement and self-reaction. Next we define its stand against terms such as addiction and habit, in case of low ability of one's regulation. Thanks to analysis of mainly foreign resources we oriented the work to explanation of relationship between self-regulation and loneliness and life satisfaction. These resources are chosen for their historical consistency and contemporary application, especially in domains of media and online environment. In empirical segment of thesis we are proposing our own questionnaire measuring our ability to self-regulate Facebook usage (SRQ-FB), inspired by original theory of Brown et al. (1999) and Czech translation of their questionnaire, translated and tested by Jakešová et al. (2015). Next we tested hypotheses based on assumption of relationship existence between score of our questionnaire (SRQ-FB) and score of loneliness (measured by UCLA Loneliness Scale; Russell et al., 1980) and life satisfaction score (SWLS - Satisfaction With Life Scale; Diener et al., 1984). Research sample consisted of two nation-based groups: Slovak (N = 168) and Czech (N = 21), which differed significantly in achieved score...
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The topic of the loneliness in Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Loneliness
Iltisová, Andrea ; Poláková, Dora (advisor) ; Zaťko, Roman (referee)
(in English) The topic of this thesis is the loneliness in Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Loneliness. It's engaging in differentiation of loneliness and solitude and the comparation of personal loneliness and the loneliness of the society, in this case the loneliness of Macondo. It's essential to mention the subject of the novel and the situation in real Latin America. It's reflected in Márquez's novel. The most important topic of the thesis is the loneliness which touches every caracter from the novel and it's the accompany of the reader. Itś accompany of the reader in real life and that's because I've chosen this topic.
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Needs of Older Single Women
Košnarová, Kateřina ; Havránková, Olga (advisor) ; Vodáčková, Daniela (referee)
The thesis topic is The needs of women suffering from feelings of loneliness. The author focuses on the work of women who suffer from feelings of loneliness. It can be both a woman living alone, and also women who live with her husband or children, but feels lonely. My work is aimed to map their needs from the perspective of social work. The thesis is normally divided into theoretical and research, practical. The theoretical part is based on basic human needs such as the need of belonging, the need for integration, the need for association, the need for integration and the need for interpersonal relationships. An important chapter of the theoretical part are sections covering old age and aging, as an important factor that can increase the risk of feeling lonely. The practical part of the thesis focuses on mapping the current supply and state entities and facilities, services, self-help groups that focus on providing assistance and support to single women. The main goal of this work is to analyze and define the needs of single women in terms of social work. Outcome of this work should be to design specific programs that are aimed directly at women. It should be a support or self-help groups where women could share their feelings and to share them with someone who can understand them.
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Forbidden love theme in Musil's work
Hansl, Jiří ; Glosíková, Viera (advisor) ; Bučková, Tamara (referee)
TITLE: The Motive of "Forbidden" Love in Work of Robert Musil SUMMARY: The thesis deals with the problems of adolescence of a young boarder in a boarding school. The objective of the thesis was to analyze the novel of Robert Musil "The Confusions of Young Törless" in context of behaviour models and the role of sensuality in the development of adolescent personality from the viewpoint of rational reasoning of own thinking processes. The analysis stresses the importance of the motive of young man's solitude, furthermore the motive of violence, the role of sensual cognition in adolescence as well as the role of these factors during determination of preferred relationships that might, however, come into contrast with the contemporary taboos and become "forbidden". "The Confusions" of the main character may so be structured and interpreted on several levels. KEYWORDS: Robert Musil, The Confusions of Young Törless, adolescence, sexuality, solitude, violence, visual cognition, love
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The Problems of Contemporary Society in Movies of Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Stejskalová, Tereza ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
This Bc. thesis focuses on contemporary cinema work of Kurosawa Kiyoshi (born 1955), in which we may discern themes concerning social issues, especially identity loss, alienation, inability of communication etc. It dwells in the interpretation of five films (Kyua, Ōinaru Gen'ei, Karisuma, Kairo, Tōkyō Sonata), which were made within 1997 and 2008, and attempts at clarification of these problems on the basis of the artworks. Apart from this, the work describes Kurosawa's work in relation to specific genres and evaluates his film career.
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Forbidden love theme in Musil's work
Hansl, Jiří ; Glosíková, Viera (advisor) ; Bučková, Tamara (referee)
TITLE: The Motive of "Forbidden" Love in Work of Robert Musil SUMMARY: The thesis deals with the problems of adolescence of a young boarder in a boarding school. The objective of the thesis was to analyze the novel of Robert Musil "The Confusions of Young Törless" in context of behaviour models and the role of sensuality in the development of adolescent personality from the viewpoint of rational reasoning of own thinking processes. The analysis stresses the importance of the motive of young man's solitude, furthermore the motive of violence, the role of sensual cognition in adolescence as well as the role of these factors during determination of preferred relationships that might, however, come into contrast with the contemporary taboos and become "forbidden". "The Confusions" of the main character may so be structured and interpreted on several levels. KEYWORDS: Robert Musil, The Confusions of Young Törless, adolescence, sexuality, solitude, violence, visual cognition, love
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The Loneliness as a Phenomenon of the Old Age.
ONDRÁČKOVÁ, Miroslava
The main aim of this work is to map the level of loneliness of seniors in an early old age between 65 75 years. It is also important to find out whether seniors feel lonely and if so, what are the reasons of loneliness, how is the loneliness influenced by the physical and psychological health, family, friends, hobbies and the overall attitude to life. I divided the work to research and empirical chapters. The research chapter has two sections. The first section is aimed at different views of an old age. Positive psychology with personality strengths is also mentioned in this section. Recent studies about loneliness are summed up in the second section. The qualitative research of loneliness is described in the empirical chapter. Seven participants living alone in an apartment or a house took part in this research. The method of snowball sampling was used to get the participants who were interviewed using a semi-structured dialogue. During the research interview I used the interrogation method with prepared questions and then asked additional questions in case of doubt. A personality strengths questionnaire was a part of the interview. The whole interview was recorded and subsequently rewritten into this work. The personality strengths questionnaire was used to compare the results of the qualitative research with the strengths of questioned seniors. The results of my work showed that the loneliness as a phenomenon of an old age truly exists. The research also showed that more than 50% of questioned seniors feel lonely in an early old age. This may lead to a conclusion that the loneliness is an important problem. Since the feelings of loneliness are eliminated by an abundance of social contacts and hobbies, we should consider creating an environment which would help the seniors better manage the feelings of loneliness. Moreover, the personality strengths like sense for curiosity and interest in the world, optimism with future orientation, vitality and enthusiasm are the strengths of the interviewed seniors, who never feel lonely or on rare occasions. Therefore, it would be beneficial to strengthen personality strengths of seniors and educate them to be more active in order to maintain vitality and optimism until the late old age. I see the solution of the problem of loneliness mainly in prevention. It is important to prepare for the retirement as early as in the productive age in order to have enough social contacts and a broad spectrum of hobbies.
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Poverty and solitude ratio among generation 65+
NEJEDLÁ, Kateřina
The thesis deals with the life of people over sixty-five years, with special focus on financial security and loneliness. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the problems of aging and aging-related changes. Following chapters are devoted to the issues of poverty, gender inequalities in old age and social exclusion. Furthermore, according to the available scientific literature, i describe the themes of loneliness, the impact of loneliness on health and the importance of interpersonal relationships on the issue of loneliness. The thesis aims to better understand the impact of life events and life circumstances on poverty and loneliness in the lives of respondents, and how were these aspects perceived and experienced in the past. Also how do they perceive their current situation, especially in the area of the financial safety and loneliness. There was random selection of five respondents for the research with special objectives in mind equal participation both men and women and living alone after divorce or widowhood and marriage / partnership. These respondents retold their life stories with the help of extensive narrative interviews, which I later transcribed in detail and carefully read through, not to omit important milestones in their lives, which helped me to accomplish the aim of the thesis. For the practical part of the thesis I have chosen the strategy of qualitative research using narrative interviews. Narrative mode is based on a unique and compelling life story presentation with an emphasis on life experience. This technique is suitable for the older generation, which was also confirmed during the research. Two main questions were established for the research. 1.Did the experienced life events and life circumstances influence poverty and loneliness in their current lives? 2. How they perceived and experienced the poverty and loneliness during their lifetime? To answer these questions, it was necessary to keep the conversation arend relevant topics. The research resulted in the following conclusions. Surprisingly, respondents feel no poverty, although the level of their pension is often very near poverty area. Poverty is percieved as the situation of nothing to eat, nowhere to live and no means of subsistence. The explanation lies in the fact that all respondents lived in a time and place where you had to make do with less, and it is the source of their modesty and unpretentiousness. All respondents agree that the transition to retirement was an important milestone in their lives. Altough current pensions doesn't provide for that much activities they were accustomed to, they don't perceive their situation as feeling poor. You can say, that a modest life prepare respondents for life in retirement. In a similar way, respondents expressed the theme of loneliness. In all the interviews family was dominating factor. Respondents living in villages and small sized towns declare to maintain good neighbor relationships, often lasting from the time of childhood. Loneliness is most often associated with the loss of a partner. In the stories of two female respondents, there was loneliness occurance after the death of a partner. This period is stated as the worst in their life and they felt most alone then. Currently the loneliness is compensated by their children and grandchildren.
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Philosophy as Pneumatology of Ferdinand Ebner in the work "Das Wort und die geistigen Realitäten: Pneumatologische Fragmente"
ČERNÁ, Tereza
The thesis deals with a philosophical conception of an Austrian thinker of the 20th century Ferdinand Ebner in his life?s work ?Das Wort und die geistigen Realitäten: Pneumatologische Fragmente? (1921). Not only his life and the persons who influenced Ebner?s work were taken into account, but also the cultural-historical context of the period in which his original thoughts evolved. The heart of this paper lies in the introduction and explanation of the basic terms and theses that are crucial for Ebner?s philosophy, or more precisely his pneumatology. This part also contains Czech translation of some of the most important passages of Ebner?s work.
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Health condition and lifestyle of discoverts women over 60 years
NEJEDLÁ, Kateřina
The thesis focuses on finding the health and lifestyle of lonely women after sixty years old. The theoretical part characterizes the old age and the process of getting old, the health, loneliness, seniors living, generation gap relationship, ageism and poverty. Practical part contains of quantitative research, where there are mentioned above to compare reciprocally the aspects among women of the same age living with their husbands or partners to women living without a partner. The aim of the thesis is to find out, how do the lonely women feel after sixty years old? What is their health like? What is their lifestyle like and how they spend their free time.
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