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The Life Story Of A Person With Visual Impairment And His Family
KOTKOVÁ, Markéta
The present thesis deals with the subjective perception of one's own life situation and life story of an adult with visual impairment and cerebral palsy. Person is perceived in the context of his entire family, and so the accounts of other family members are also integral. The aim of this thesis is to detail the life of an adult individual through the eyes of several generations of his family. The sub-questions are a closer specification of the main research question. To achieve the aim, narrative interviews were analysed with the individual with a disability himself, his parents, grandmother, sister and niece. The narrative interviews allowed us to capture in more detail the subjective experiences of each family member. In the theoretical part, the visual impairment and cerebral palsy are briefly described. Furthermore, the thesis focuses on the specifics resulting from visual impairment in relation to the individual's personality. Another important chapter is the family with a child with a disability, which undoubtedly has a great influence on the individual. The loneliness that accompanies a person with a disability is an integral part of the overall conception of the question we have set out. Disability is part of society. Previously, or rather before 1989, this was not the case. It was not very common to meet individuals with any disability. For today's society, this fact may seem somewhat unimaginable. The thesis gives an insight into a time when the possibilities, approaches and overall view of a family with an individual with a disability were from the very beginning completely different than they are today. The results of the research investigation point to the influence of the lack of support at that time, which may have had some impact not only on the individual but also on the family's present. The data collected for this thesis can be used as teaching material for degree programs that prepare students for their future helping profession. Furthermore, they can be beneficial to families who are in similar situations.
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Social isolation during Covid-19 pandemic: the perspective of the elderly living alone
Picková, Šárka ; Povolná, Pavla (advisor) ; Lejsal, Matěj (referee)
This thesis concerns the problem of social isolation in older adults living alone. It authentically captures the unique experience of older people during the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim of this work is to understand whether older people think their needs changed during the period of Covid-19 pandemic in comparison with the time before it, and moreover to formulate recommendations for field workers providing health and social services, general practitioners and municipalities with extended powers. This thesis is processed by the method of interpretive phenomenological analysis. The theoretical part presents a view of social isolation in older adults, risk factors leading to it and possibilities of prevention through various social institutions. It focuses not only on the period of the Covid-19 pandemic when the risk of social isolation was significantly influenced by the emergency measures against the spread of the diseases but also on the period before its onset. The empirical part presents the issue of social isolation of older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic from the perspective of the adults themselves. The research survey is supplemented with the experience of experts working with the target group of older adults. The real experience of participants in the research survey shows that the...
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John Steinbeck's treatment of loneliness - a biographical and fictional experience - an analysis of loneliness in Tortilla Flat, Cannery Row and Of Mice and Men
Purkrábková, Petra ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Farrell, Mark Robert (referee)
"Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself." (Butler) The aim of this thesis is to put forward the importance of the author behind the book and to see clearly the effect of an author's life upon his work. The theme in focus is loneliness. This theme is to be analyzed in a dual manner. Firstly as an account of Steinbeck's own experience of loneliness. Secondly as a theme of focus in the novels; Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row and Tortilla Flat. Where applicable, a correlation between the author's own experience of loneliness and the struggle of his characters is to be highlighted. This thesis is separated into five parts. The initial part is a brief definition of loneliness which serves the purpose of introducing the theme of study. It also states the terms that will be used throughout the thesis. The second part is an analysis of Steinbeck's own experience of loneliness as obtained through a compilation of his letters. These two parts conclude the theoretic background of John Steinbeck and his intimate relation to the phenomenon of loneliness. The further three parts are analyses of the three listed novels. The focus is on each applicable character and his/her portrayal of loneliness. By analysing each individual...
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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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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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The characters in the novel of Ernesto Sábato El túnel and the novel of Carlos Fuentes Aura
Veselá, Helena ; Poláková, Dora (advisor) ; Marešová, Jaroslava (referee)
(in English) This Bachelor's Thesis deals with the characters of two novels from Hispanic-American literature of the Twentieth Century. The first is Túnel written by Ernesto Sábato and the second is Aura by Carlos Fuentes. The initial part of my work briefly summarises the life and principal works of these writers. The following section tries to describe theoretically the literary characters and offers a few possible reasons for their division. The practical part is occupied by analysis of the characters and divides them by using methods which were described in theoretical part. In Túnel, the focus is on the main characters of the novel and the evolution of their relationship. In Aura, the primary focus is on the fantastic transformation of the characters. In the final section, my work offers a summary of several common and different traits of the characters appearing in both novels.
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How elderly people cope with loneliness: comparative study of coping strategies
Hottková, Lucie ; Grygar, Jakub (advisor) ; Hasmanová Marhánková, Jaroslava (referee)
This masters's thesis focuses on coping strategies elderly people use to cope with their loneliness. The thesis uses twenty semi-structured interviews with the elderly living in nursery home and community-dwelling elderly, which are then compared. Theoretically the thesis is based on Robert Weiss's typology of social and emotional loneliness and the current knowledge of the relationship between health and loneliness and coping strategies. The major results are that experiencing loneliness does not differ between the two selected groups, which contradicts the conclusions of previous research and that health was an important aspect in both groups. Further the thesis concludes that no relationship was found between the number of coping strategies the elderly use and their loneliness. Loneliness of the elderly in relation to the concept of coping strategies, in addition with comparassion of the elderly living in nursery home and community-dwelling elderly, is not greatly discussed topic in the Czech Republic. Thus, the master's thesis constibutes to the discussion within the Czech context on the coping strategies the elderly people use to cope with their loneliness and the differences or similarities between the two selected groups.
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