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Validization of diagnostic methods in PTSD
Vágnerová, Anna ; Preiss, Marek (advisor) ; Heider, David (referee)
With this work, I became involved in an ongoing project of tool validation for measuring psychological trauma within the activities of the National Institute of Mental Health - Validation of tools for measuring psychological trauma. The aim of this thesis was to collect data from a clinical population with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and compare it with the results of diagnostic methods in the general population (N=303). The research clinical sample consisted of 31 respondents who, based on diagnostic criteria for PTSD diagnosis according to DSM-5, were divided into two research groups - with a probable PTSD diagnosis (N=17) and without a probable PTSD diagnosis (N=14). In this work, the results of three research groups were compared using the PTSD Checklist 5 method, which assesses the level of traumatization, and the Life Events Checklist-5 method, which examines the frequency of experienced traumatic events. At the same time, measurement of depressive and anxious symptoms of all participants was conducted to assess convergent validity. The results of statistical analysis showed that the PCL-5 method proved to be valid. The group with a probable PTSD diagnosis achieved statistically significantly higher values than the general population group, even in the results of methods measuring...
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Life plans of teenage girls leaving institutional care
Vágnerová, Anna ; Presslerová, Pavla (advisor) ; Kucharská, Anna (referee)
The aim of my bachelor's thesis is to map the attitudes and life expectations of girls after leaving the juvenile deliquency center (institutional care center). In the theoretical part are explained the basic concepts related to the topic of institutional education, described the common reasons for placement in the institution, the principle of operation of a comprehensive system of this form of alternative care, this part also focuses on specific impact of institutioal care on development of the child, the structure of the institucional care center and its internal rules. The thesis also mentions behavioral disorders, the adolescence associated with self-concept in adolescence and also describes the concept of attitudes. The practical part of the work focuses in more detail on the plans and ambitions of the respondents using the method of semi-structured interview. Next step was data analysis using the method of open coding and data interpretation. The research sample consists of 7 girls aged 17-18 who will be leaving the educational institution in the foreseeable future. The data analysis reveals specific categories of plans and attitudes which are identical to the theoretical facts presented in the first part of the work. KEYWORDS institucional care, adolescent girls, juvenile deliquency center,...
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