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Psychological aspects of obesity in adolescence
Pešková, Barbora ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (advisor) ; Morávková Krejčová, Lenka (referee)
The thesis deals with obesity in adolescent population and with its psychological aspects. At first it focuses on obesity from the medical point of view. It presents diagnostics, epidemiology and etiology of obesity. Subsequent chapters describe complications and treatment options of obesity considering the period of adolescence. The larger part of the thesis analyses the psychosocial aspects of obesity. It focuses on the personality of obese adolescents, on family lifestyle and relationships with peers. Furthermore it analyses the issue of incidence of pathology with a focus on eating disorders. The empirical part proposes a research design which focuses on relationships between obese adolescents and their peers. Keywords: Obesity in adolescence, personality, body image, eating disorders, peer relationships
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Psychological aspects of obesity in adolescence
Pešková, Barbora ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (advisor) ; Morávková Krejčová, Lenka (referee)
The thesis deals with obesity in adolescent population and with its psychological aspects. At first it focuses on obesity from the medical point of view. It presents diagnostics, epidemiology and etiology of obesity. Subsequent chapters describe complications and treatment options of obesity considering the period of adolescence. The larger part of the thesis analyses the psychosocial aspects of obesity. It focuses on the personality of obese adolescents, on family lifestyle and relationships with peers. Furthermore it analyses the issue of incidence of pathology with a focus on eating disorders. The empirical part proposes a research design which focuses on relationships between obese adolescents and their peers. Keywords: Obesity in adolescence, personality, body image, eating disorders, peer relationships
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Peer relationships of children in early adolescence placed in foster home
Rezková, Anna ; Presslerová, Pavla (advisor) ; Sotáková, Hana (referee)
TITLE: Peer relationships of children in early adolescence placed in foster home AUTHOR: Anna Rezkova DEPARTMENT: Department of Psychology SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Pavla Presslerova, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The bachelor's thesis is focused on peer relationships of early adolescents, who were placed in a foster home. The thesis is divided in two parts. The theoretical part deals with adolescence as the stage of human development, with different types of adolescents' relationships with peers and moreover with institutional care and its impact on child's personality. The empirical part includes a description of the methodological design and presentation and interpretation of results. The discussion compares and puts into context the results with theoretical concepts introduced in the first part. The main aim of the thesis is a probe mapping the form of peer relationships of early adolescents placed in a foster home. The thesis also ascertains whether the peers are for clients of the foster home a source of social support. This was proven. It was found that early adolescents placed in the foster home Dolni Pocernice prefer to establishing relationships with peers outside of the institutional environment. The results of the thesis will help with creating of educational strategies in foster homes and will potentially initiate...
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Special Attributes of Adolescent Behaviour and Communication
Machková, Klára ; Pacovská, Jasňa (advisor) ; Vaňková, Irena (referee)
This thesis is based on theoretical findings in the area of developmental psychology and focuses on the period of adolescence. The aim of the thesis is the description of specific features of adolescence as a developmental period typically associated with certain types of behaviour and typical language usage, mainly in the area of vocabulary. The thesis aims at linking description of intellectual development with linguistic alasysis to specify norms of communication within the youth subculture. Theoretical claims are verified by data from empirical research in the form of a survey and linguistic analyses of both audio and video recordings and samples of written communication between adolescents. The thesis accentuates the term youth subculture and puts forward that one of its main characteristics is a specific area of vocabulary which helps to strengthen peer relationships.
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