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The Influence of University Studies on Perceived Positivity of Respondents
Plachá, Barbora ; Kočí, Jana (advisor) ; Thorovská, Alena (referee)
The main topic and aim of this paper is to find out the effect of university study on students' perceived positivity. The Positivity Self Test by Barbara Fredrickson was used for this research. The first part of the thesis deals with mental health and the methods by which it can be promoted. The second part of the thesis describes the Positivity Self Test, which was distributed to 5 university students. Respondents completed the test four times over the course of a year, over a period of 14 days. Twice during holidays and twice during school. This test is used to assess the extent to which university study influences respondents' positivity. The results showed that during the semester, the average positivity ratio was equal to 1.04:1. Approximately for every positive emotion, there was one negative emotion during this entire period, and the overall average positivity ratio during the holidays was 1.83:1. Thus, positivity decreased by almost one positive emotion for every one negative emotion. The study concludes with recommendations for students to maintain a stable positivity ratio during a stressful period. KEYWORDS Positivity Self Test, mental health, positive emotions, university students
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Well-being of secondary school teachers in Prague
Klimša, Petr ; Svobodová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Tureckiová, Michaela (referee)
This thesis deals with the subjective perception of well-being among secondary school teachers in Prague. The theoretical part of the thesis first defines the basic concepts related to the topic, namely the definition of the concept of well-being itself, which is viewed from many sources, as it is a very broad term. At the same time, the history of the term, its inclusion in andragogical reality and the topicality of the topic are described. Subsequently, all the areas that fall under this term are described, the ways in which well-being can be measured, but also possible obstacles to well-being are described. Then the theoretical part of the thesis is devoted to the teaching profession and the problematic areas that fall within this profession - demandingness, salary, prestige and others. The practical part focuses on qualitative research, in which data and opinions of individual teachers on their subjective perception of well-being, their current state, possible obstacles they perceive and what they perceive as key to their own well-being are collected through semi-structured interviews; at the same time, some additional questions are answered to reveal the relationships between different areas and well-being itself. This is followed by an evaluation of the research and a discussion in which the...
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Evaluation of the benefits of the primary prevention program Nevypusť duši for its participants
Licholetova, Kateřina ; Frombergerová, Anna (advisor) ; Vozková, Anna (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on the evaluation of the primary preventive programme Duševní zdravověda, which deals with mental health issues and is implemented in secondary schools. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the effectiveness and benefit of this programme for its participants. Another aim was also to find out if variables such as gender, age and experience with mental illness of the respondents can influence their attitudes towards mental health. In the theoretical part of the thesis are defined mental health and illness, primary prevention and the current state of school primary prevention in the field of mental health are also defined. Also identified are protective factors that primary prevention programs dealing with mental health should support. Principles of effective primary prevention programmes and examples of proven mental health prevention programmes are presented. The preventive programme Duševní zdravověda and the non-profit organization Nevypusť duši, which implements it, are described here. The research group consist of 1898 respondents (1655 respondents from the experimental group and 243 from the control group). The research method is evaluation feedback questionnaires, which were provided to respondents before and after the implementation of the programme. The results of...
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Mental health, its diagnosis and therapy in people with hearing impairment
Belšánová, Tereza ; Hradilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Kotvová, Miroslava (referee)
This thesis was created for the purpose of obtaining closer knowledge of the mental health of people with hearing impairment. At the same time, it also deals with psychological diagnostics and therapy for people with hearing impairment in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part is divided into three thematic groups. The first area describes the issue of hearing impairment, its classification and more detailed information regarding prelingual and postlingual hearing impairments. Furthermore, it also describes the field of mental health, which focuses more precisely on the description of mental health in individual stages of life, the process of coping with a disability, and the psyche of the parents of a hearing-impaired child. The last segment of the theoretical part is a description of psychological intervention, which is further divided into psychological diagnosis and psychological therapy. In the practical part, there is a qualitative research investigation based on semi-structured interviews conducted with six informants with hearing loss aged 20-35. The results of this research investigation point to insufficient support for psychological diagnosis and therapy for people with hearing impairment in the Czech Republic. For example, the following problem areas were mentioned: lack of...
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Influence of Social Work on Quality of Life of Clients with Mental Disorders
KVĚCHOVÁ, Pavlína
Presented bachelor thesis concerns itself with the influence of social work on the quality of life of clients with mental illness. In the theoretical part we define key terminology related to the thesis. It is primarily definition of mental illness, preceded by basic terminology of health, illness, mental health and mental illness, and further by definition and explanation of quality of life and related concepts like personal well-being and general satisfaction with life. The goal of this bachelor thesis is to map the influence of specific aspects of social work on the quality of life of clients with mental illness. To reach the goal, quantitative type of research is employed, together with quantitative research strategy. As the method of interviewing and data gathering technique two standardized questionnaires were used, complemented by one personal non-standardized questionnaire in which socio-demographic data and cooperation with experts were secured. Theory testing was done via pivot table using statistical method known as Pair T-test with help of IBM SPSS Statistics programme. The results of this research have confirmed that the influence of social work on the quality of life of clients with mental illness is a significant and important intervention that significantly influences the general level of quality of life. The tested theory is therefore confirmed. The discussion summarizes reached results and compares them with reference books that concern themselves with the topic of influence of social services on the quality of life of a client with mental illness. The end of the thesis mentions what benefit can this work bring and its possible practical application.
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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Clients of Fokus Český Krumlov. Reactions of People with Mental Illness
KOLAROVÁ, Soňa
The thesis examines how selected clients of FOKUS in Český Krumlov perceived and coped with the Covid- 19 pandemic and related government measures. The theoretical part describes the needs of people with specific diagnoses such as schizophrenia, depression, neurotic, stress and somatoform disorders, and their functioning in everyday life. It also describes the FOKUS organization, the Covid- 19 pandemic and all the related government measures. The practical part analyses the research based on interviews with selected clients of FOKUS in Český Krumlov. The practical part summarises how these clients perceived their mental health during the pandemic and whether they felt the impact of government measures through the lens of their illness.
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Human Perception in Condition of Uncertainty: The Visual, Auditory and Embodied Responses to Ambiguous Stimuli
Boschetti, Silvia ; Flegr, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Palanza, Paola (referee) ; Pfaus, James (referee)
In order to orient ourselves in the environment our senses have evolved so as to acquire optimal information. The optimization, however, incurs mistakes. To avoid costly ones, the over-perception of patterns (in humans) augments the decision making. I tested the decision- making in two modalities, acoustic and visual. A set of stimuli (using computer-generated graphics, based on output from a very good pseudo random generator) was produced: masks with a random pattern with varying degree of transparency over geometrical figures were used, followed by similar task that involved black and white high-contrast patterns. In both cases, I was able to find, using a Bayesian statistical approach, that the ability to detect the correct pattern presence (or lack thereof) was related to respondents' thinking styles, specifically Rationality and Intuition. Furthermore, I used ambiguous facial expressions, and accompanying vocalizations, of high-intensity affects (pain, pleasure and fear) and low- intensity (neutral and smile/laughter). My findings evidenced that the high-intensity facial expressions and vocalizations were rated with a low probability of correct response. Differences in the consistency of the ratings were detected and also the range of probabilities of being due to chance (guessing). When...
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Dual diagnosis from a social work perspective
Čermáková, Judita ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Janečková, Hana (referee)
The goal of this bachelor thesis named Dual diagnosis from the standpoint of social work is to shed light on what role a social worker has in the process of a patient's recovery and social rehabilitation from dual diagnosis. In addition to that, this thesis should clarify the position of a social worker in a multidisciplinary team and to describe dual diagnosis as a complex problem from the biopsychosocial standpoint. Both primary and secondary literature (printed and in the form of internet resources) were used as the theoretical framework of this thesis. The theoretical framework should primarily act as a guide to help better understand the phenomenon that is dual diagnosis in the context of social work. Qualitative interviews and case studies were then used as the practical framework for this bachelor thesis. The group of respondents is made up mainly by social workers, psychiatrists, adiktologists, and psychologists that work in the respective field. Keywords Social work, dual diagnosis, psychiatric comorbidity, addiction, mental health, multidisciplinary team.
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School and mental health as peceived by future teachers who identify themselves as LGBTQ+
Nekvasilová, Sára ; Machovcová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Smetáčková, Irena (referee)
The master thesis explores the topic of school and mental health of LGBTQ+ people. The theoretical part of the thesis introduces the topic of LGBTG+ mental health of adolescents in the context of school. The aim of the empirical part of the study was to find out how is the issue viewed by future teachers who self-identify as LGBTG+. The research is composed of three questions: 1) what experiences do the respondents as LGBTG+ students have had in high school and find significant, 2) how they view these experiences and in what way they reflect their influence on their mental health and future direction, 3) how they view their future role as teachers in the context of mental health issues for LGBTQ+ people in schools. Data were collected in the form of individual semi-structured interviews, with the structure of the interview based on focus groups on a related topic. Interviews were conducted with 11 respondents of various gender and sexual identifications. The data were subsequently analysed by reflexive thematic analysis. The results of the research are presented in a thematic map depicting 9 themes and 9 sub-themes, including: School doesn't let LGBTQ+ people know sufficiently that they belong there; the impossibility of sharing, the impossibility of not knowing; even small comments have a big...
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