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Partner Relationships and the Fear of Being Single
Štěrbová, Iveta ; Niederlová, Markéta (advisor) ; Šulová, Lenka (referee)
The current study deals with the topic of partner relationships with a special focus on the fear of being single. Although it has been introduced still quite recently, it seems it can predict settling for less in relationships in sense of expressing interest in low-quality mates and lower likelihood of initiating the dissolution of a less satisfying relationship. The first part of this paper aims to explore phenomena of partner relationships and singlehood and to conduct a review of the current research on the topic of the fear of being single. The empirical research examines the association between fear of being single and demographic characteristics, personality traits (the Big Five model) and feelings of loneliness using the Fear of Being Single Scale (Spielmann et al. 2013), whose first Czech translation is introduced, the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (Hřebíčková & Urbánek, 2001) and the UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russel, 1993; Kumstátová, 2014). The study participants include 247 Czech adults. Women and involuntary singles reported significantly higher level of the fear of being single than men and voluntary singles respectively. Also the fear of being single proved to be significantly negatively correlated with Openness to Experience, Consciousness and Extraversion and significantly positively...
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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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