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Context of family upbringing style and aggression in children of younger school age
Pokorná, Tereza ; Šírová, Eva (advisor) ; Gillernová, Ilona (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on a context of family upbringing style and aggression in children of younger school age. The Fairy Tale Test and The Parental Styles Questionnaire for the children from 8 to 12 years old are used as the methods to assess the context of this issue. The theoretical part aims to define the developmental stage of younger school age underlying notions related to upbringing of a child and its behavior typical for the stage. The last part describes the concept of aggression or aggressivity. Furthermore, its specifics in childhood are presented. The empirical part specifies the possible ways of examinating the issue, mainly through the methods mentioned earlier and proposes alternatives of using the data we have gained. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Potential risks of joint custody of pre-school child
Bortlíková, Kristina ; Šulová, Lenka (advisor) ; Šírová, Eva (referee)
The present bachelor's thesis deals with the possible risks of joint custody of preschool children. At the beginning there are some notes on family and the factors which can lead to its break-up. Then the three possible after-divorce arrangements which are allowed by the current legal regulation of the Czech Republic are defined and described. The core of the thesis is the chapter on joint custody, which describes its most frequently cited advantages and shortcomings which also presents previous research into this topic. The next chapter describes selected areas of the preschool period of child development, which are linked to the divorce of the parents, and to the pros and cons of joint custody. Emphasis is placed on the risks of this after-divorce arrangement, which should be taken into account by parents, as well as by courts. The final part of the thesis is the proposal for a research project in this field.
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Kindergarden teacher and child interaction in problem solving situations
Mertinová, Aneta ; Horáková Hoskovcová, Simona (advisor) ; Šírová, Eva (referee)
This thesis deals with manners of interaction of teachers with children in kindergartens and focuses mainly on solving problematic situations. We are examining question on how to strengthen resilience of children and what ways of interactions with teachers contribute to this process. To find recommendations for interactions with preschool children, we are looking at needs and characteristics of preschool children and comparing various models of resilience in the theoretical part of the work. The theories of Bandura and Seligman form a basis for our approach, but we also contrast them with other sources. At the same time, we are looking at results of international studies describing nature of interactions in their preschool institutions. In the empirical part, we look at the question, which interactions teacher-child occur with highest frequency when solving a problematic situation and if these interactions from teacher to child can be considered as supportive for strengthening resilience of the child. Our research is based on the analysis of 242 events recorded in preschool institutions in Prague. We compare our results with German study of König (2006), from which we have adapted part of the coding scheme. Keywords: resilience, self-efficacy, mediated learning experience, children (preschool...
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The child's personality and beginning attending a nursery school
Zradičková Šafránková, Karla ; Horáková Hoskovcová, Simona (referee) ; Šírová, Eva (referee)
The ability of autoregulation of an individual is a process which moderates coping with social demands. The transition from family environment to a nursery school, functioning in the interaction of various changes, can be considered one of such strong developmental challenges. Theoretical foundations of our research project consist of the concept of resilience based on social cognitive theory. Our probands were a group of 97 preschool children, beginning with attending a nursery school, incoming from the family environment. The data has been collected twice, in September and November. In our research, the data stem from two sources - teacher's observations, and a questionnaire method. As for observations, the areas of monitoring have been established in advance. The frequency and quality of behavioral expressions of children in the adaptation period were recorded by teachers utilizing observation sheets, which were created based on the study of literature on adaptation, and empiricism. Resilient factors are operationalized by initiative, self-regulation, and quality of relationships, measured by means of the DECA - P2 (Devereux Early Childhood Assessment for Preschoolers) questionnaire method. For the purposes of this research, it was transferred and converted into the Czech language from the...
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Communication skills of youth volleyball coach and their development by VIG
Baláková, Veronika ; Šírová, Eva (advisor) ; Gillernová, Ilona (referee) ; Šafář, Michal (referee)
This multiple case study relates to the field of sport psychology describing coach's tasks and skills. Good communication skills contribute to performance enhancement, personal growth, and good interpersonal relationship and also to positive training and motivational climate. The aim of this multiple case study is to use the Video Interaction Training method for working with coaches in order to develop their communication skills and consequently evaluate utility of this method. This study helps to increase the number of Video Interaction Training application areas and shows the direction how it is possible to educate coaches and improve their skills. Key words: Video Interaction Training, intervention, coach's skills, interaction
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Psychological background of usage of English phrases acronyms in schools
Bytelová, Ivana ; Šírová, Eva (advisor) ; Čáp, David (referee)
The thesis talks about psychological aspects of English phrases acronym usage among adolescent students of primary and secondary schools. It looks at which acronyms adolescents use, how they understand, use and perceive them and finally what are the specifics of vulgar acronym use. The theoretical part introduces the term acronym and sets it into a broader context of language and specifically e-language. It further talks about adolescence and specifics of adolescent communication. As acronyms that adolescents use the most come from electronic communication, it is also given a fair amount of attention. The empiric part offers research results of a survey consisting of two questionnaires. The results show that due to electronic communication adolescents abbreviate language intensively. The most popular way of abbreviating are acronyms. They use only limited number of selected acronyms though. Adolescents use acronyms exclusively among themselves. They expect rejection from adults. Even though almost all of them use acronyms, not all perceive them positively. Vulgar acronyms are used often and are not perceived as as strong as their unabbreviated versions. Keywords: acronym, abbreviation, English phrases, e-language, electronic communication, adolescents
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Sleep and Professional Stress of Teacher
Kotenová, Yvetta ; Štětovská, Iva (advisor) ; Šírová, Eva (referee)
The thesis deals with the topic of sleep and professional stress of teachers. The theoretical part provides information on workload, its sources and its possible consequences. From the long- term consequences of workload is paid attention to burnout syndrome, its symptoms and diagnostic possibilities. One part also reviews the results of burnout studies among teachers and attention is also paid to risk and protective factors. Furthermore, the theoretical part focuses on the topic of sleep, its physiological characteristics, the need and importance of sleep in human life and the consequences of insufficient sleep. It also provides information on selected sleep disorders. The last section of theoretical part summarizes studies of sleep in relation to stress and burnout, which is followed by the empirical part of the thesis. The aim of the empirical research is to investigate the quality of sleep among primary and secondary school teachers and to confirm relationships among sleep quality (PSQI), burnout syndrome (SMBM) and satisfaction with life (SWLS).
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Self-efficacy in transitional moments with a focus on the transition from primary to lower secondary school education
Kučerová, Barbora ; Horáková Hoskovcová, Simona (advisor) ; Šírová, Eva (referee)
OF THESIS Title: Self-efficacy in transitional moments with a focus on the transition from primary to lower secondary education Author: Bc. Barbora Kučerová Supervisor: PhDr. Simona Hoskovcová, PhD. Number of pages and characters: 74 pages and 155 289 characters Number of appendices: 2 Number of references: 79 Abstract: This diploma thesis considers the self-efficacy concept from the point of view of social cognitive theory. The main goal of this thesis is to investigate the differences in the level of pupils' academic self-efficacy as well as the emotional perception of the change during the transition from primary to lower secondary education. The research was made on a sample of 173 fifth-graders using a questionnaire where the level of their academic self-efficacy and emotional perception of the change was measured during 3 times - before the transition, after the transition and after the adaptation to the change. The results did not prove a statistically significant decrease of the level of academic self-efficacy during the transition. Against expectations the pupils' positive perception of the change was proven. Key words: self-efficacy, academic self-efficacy, transition, adaptation, change
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Sibling relationships
Štěrbová, Iveta ; Gillernová, Ilona (advisor) ; Šírová, Eva (referee)
The bachelor thesis concerns with sibling relationships between children growing up in the same family during childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. Particular emphasis is placed on the distinctive characteristics of the interactions between siblings, such as warmth and closeness, relative status and power, conflict and rivalry, and their impact on the perceived quality of the bond between brothers and sisters and the functioning of the relationships outside the family. Presented proposal of the empirical investigation is a quantitative replication study focused on a different perception of the parental treatment toward siblings, which is interpreted in the light of the experience of rivalry and jealousy between brothers and sisters.
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Coaches' expectations in connection with their approach to athletes
Šímová, Markéta ; Šírová, Eva (advisor) ; Čáp, David (referee)
The bachelor thesis introduces a topic of coache's expectations in connection with their approach to athlete. Expectations in context of Pygmalion effect or self-fulfilling prophecy are, at the beginning, generally characterized from a social psychology point of view and then more specified in terms of sport psychology. The thesis is based on a four-step expectation cycle, which is applied on specific areas of sport psychology. The aim of this work was to map which sources are used by coach to create expectations towards some athlete and how these expectations effects his/her approach towards the athlete. The empirical part of the thesis introduces a research design focusing on changes of coache's behavior towards the athlete, all in context with expectations the coach helds towards the athlete. CBS-S (Coach Behavior Scale for Sport) is used as a measuring tool. Key words Self-fulfilling prophecy, Pygmalion effect, coache's expectation, coach-athlete relationship
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