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Mothers of children with learning disabilities
GALDIA, Silvie
The diploma thesis is about the difficult situation of mothers who are raising a child with specific learning disabilities. The content is traditionally divided into a theoretical part, which focuses on the child, the family as a system and motherhood in the context of specific learning disabilities, also a practical part. The practical part is devoted to qualitative research. Through interviews with mothers were collected information about their experience, their individual issues of mothering child with specific learning disabilities, most stressful area of care, or further fears and expectations. The main goal of the research is to identify the main groups of problems and any other contexts of mothering child with specific learning disabilities, which are perceived by mothers participating in this research.
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Stress factors affecting operators of emergency call 112 and their prevention at chosen workplaces
DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Kamila
This thesis is dealing with the issues of stress and stress factors found at the 112 emergency call operators. Citizens call the emergency number 112 in case of notification of an extraordinary situation. However, in some cases the emergency call is being misused. The call is then marked as spiteful. The ECC runs in a 24-hour shift operation and the operators change after a 12-hour shift. Each new operator is accepted in the service based on his knowledge, physical, health and above all psychological examination. He is obliged to attend the entrance training and courses in lenght of overall nine weeks. There he gets to know the issues of FRS CR, operational management and he has to pass a language course as well. It is very psychologically demanding for every operator to receive emergency calls. The operator needs to be able to listen, empathize and react adequatly. He deals with calls concerning accidents, injuries, foreigners and spiteful calls. An operator should recognize its gravity and devote to its resolution. However, he has his own personal life along with its joys and problems. It is vital that he is able to separate issues of his work and those of personal nature. This and many other indicators may cause stress reactions to the operator. Many psychologists have attempted to define stress. Each has, however, a different opinion and it is complicated to reach a an accurate definition. One thing is for sure - and that is stress shows itself in different ways and everyone is affected by it differently. In case of an emergency call operator, the stress factors are mainly time to execute the call, character of the notification, as well as the working group, personal life and emotional challenge. Multiple questions have been formulated for this thesis. Both current and former emergency call operators in Ceske Budejovice have been asked these question, which were then processed. The questions were divided into five fields concerning the interviewees' characteristics, collective and family, prevention a one last field was designated for the former operators. The interviews were anonymous, recorded and summarized. Two objectives were defined for this thesis: an analysis of the stressful situations of the emergency call operators and also of the impulses causing the formation of the stress factors, aw well as drafting a solution to stressful situations, possibility of the psycho-training, motivation and relaxation. The answer to the research question 'Which stress factors restrict the operators while performing service and how do they come into being' was determined from the carried-out interviews. There are situations which can make the operators insecure, such as a suicidal call, or when the call is unintelligible, or in case the incident cannot be correctly and quickly localized. Another problem can be the spiteful calls, in which case the telephone just rings and the caller hangs up right away. Another answer has also been extracted from the respondents: 'Which possibilities to handle stress do the operators have, which way to get rid of stress is satisfactory for them'. In the area of FRS of the South Bohemian Region there is a sports ground for every member to use. They would gladly welcome an opportunity to visit the firefighters's intervention in person. They are interested in psychology education, working with a suicidal call and periodic language courses. There are some proposals and ways to prevent stress of the 112 emergency call operators stated in the conclusion of the thesis. The system of training, possibilities to exchange workplaces, periodic language courses and interviews with the regional psychologist of the FRS of the South Bohemian Region. There are relaxation methods introduced, which would enable the operators to reduce stress and thus prevent illnesses, psychic exhaustion and eventually even a burnout. The results of this thesis can be used for all 112 EECs in the Czech republic.
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Methamphetamine users and stress
FILIPOVÁ, Zuzana
The diploma thesis called "Stress among Methamphetamine Users" focuses on the phenomenon of stress in general, but especially on the strategies of coping with stressful situations. These so-called coping strategies are given great attention in contemporary research. The thesis inquires into the development of the Czech drug scene and particularly focuses on methamphetamine as a typical "Czech drug". It describes the period of methamphetamine early expansion in the Czech drug scene, the subsequent period of radical intervention of justice and police into the resulting socially unbearable situation, and the recent respective state of affairs. It also deals with the risks associated with the use of methamphetamine and the various forms of its application. In this respect it logically gives attention to the issue of drug addiction in general and the methamphetamine addiction in particular. An indispensable part of the thesis is a description of the phenomenon of stress according to selected distinguished experts in this area Paulík (2010), Baštecká (2009) a Joshi (2007). The initial discussion of specifically defined and operationalized stress is followed by a discussion of coping in general. First, the emergence of coping is discussed. The theoretical section provides definitions of various scientifically developed coping strategies and deals with the situation around the SVF 78 instrument as well as with the stress coping strategies and the phenomenon of stress itself. The section discusses different coping strategies and identifies their respective pitfalls as well as their influence on people from the holistic model viewpoint. The theoretical section is concluded with the topic of social work with drug addicts and its basic pillars. Describes the aims, research questions and hypotheses of the thesis. Two aims were selected for the thesis: "to find out which coping strategies are used by methamphetamine users" and "to find out how coping strategies change over a prolonged period of methamphetamine use". Three research questions and four associated hypotheses were formulated on the basis of these aims. The hypotheses are operationalized in this chapter. The methodological section discusses the SVF 78 instrument which was used to gather data from drug addicted respondents. The data were gathered in contact centres in South Bohemia via quantitative strategy of data gathering. Next, the research sample consisting of 50 respondents and the ethical aspects of the research are described. An indispensable part of the section is also a description of the statistical methods used for data evaluation. Next chapter, called "Results", describes the research sample with respect to respondents' sex, with the actual ratio being 54 percent of female respondents and 46 percent of male respondents. The respondents' age is described here as well together with an average age, median and standard deviations. Another thing mentioned is respondents' time period of methamphetamine use and their highest achieved education. The discussion section focuses on obtained results and their comparison with actual researches. Despite very interesting results it is necessary to assert that none of the hypotheses was statistically verified. However, analysis of similar studies leads us to a discovery of an analogous problem. The most interesting study in this regards appears to be Konopka et al. (2013) which found no significant differences in coping strategies adopted by benzodiazepine users. In spite of this it is possible to point at frequency differences which were found among methamphetamine users. They were found in particular with respect to the relation between negative coping strategies ratio and period time of methamphetamine use, where negative coping strategies were preferred by respondents using methamphetamine for more than 11 years etc. The concluding section summarizes the research results and reflects on the aims of the thesis.
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Stress in mothers on parental leave in relation to the risk of job loss
MELECKÁ, Renata
This thesis Stress in mothers on parental leave in connection with the risk of job loss deals with the issues of stress and unemployment phenomenon, as well as on the topic of employment of women, pregnant women and mothers, also on equal opportunities for women and men in the labor market, the systems of social security and on topics related to the return of mothers after maternity leave to the labor market. This work consists of two main parts - the theoretical and the research (empirical). The theoretical part deals with the above-mentioned problems and issues. The empirical part is focused on the research and descriptions of its results, where quantitative methods of data collection were use. For the purpose of this work the main target is a group of mothers on maternity leave. The data from respondents were collected using a questionnaire method. Collected data was then quantified using descriptive statistics. Two research questions and three hypotheses in total were defined. Hypotheses were statistically tested using statistical methods - ANOVA. The total number of 320 questionnaires from the target group was collected. To achieve the validity of the collected data and homogeneity of the sample, data collection was aimed exclusively at women, i.e. mothers on maternity leave from only the South Region. Aim of the work was to determine which group of mothers on parental leave more is more stressed mothers with a strong economic background or mothers with less strong economic background. Using a Likert scale was measured the extent of stress in mothers, who are not assured of having their job after returning from maternity leave. Using the above mentioned scale also was measured the stress in mothers on parental leave regarding their return to job and related duties, or finding a completely new job. Related to the results and testing, in the first hypothesis testing we found that mothers who do not receive any social security benefits, are more stressed than those mothers who receive benefits. Second hypothesis testing showed that mothers living with partners are less stressed than mothers who do not live with a partner. The third hypothesis testing found out that mothers on maternity leave, who are not assured of having their jobs after the maternity leave, are more stressed than mothers who have such certainty. From the results of the collected data was found out that most respondents are women aged twenty-five to thirty years, and women from thirty-one to thirty-five years. Mostly with the secondary school education (with graduation) and with university education. A large number of women working full-time and women cohabiting with a partner. A large majority of those mothers receives social security benefits. Also, a large number of women planned a combined parental leave with three years of geting the social security benefits. A considerable part of the interviewed mothers but also answered that along with the parental leave they do not have any another job. The results also showed that almost 80 % of respondents were not working at a leader position. Over 60 % of respondents are currently on parental leave with a child, a smaller part of the respondents with a second or third child. An interesting result is the fact that almost a half of respondents is planning another motherhood and nearly 60 % of them plan the second motherhood following the first one. The results of this research may lead to a consideration on the facts determined. For example, why most of the women do not work in a leader position despite their education. Or if women do really have such strong economic background to be able to continue with another parental leave. This work may help the women themselves, whether those planning to be a mother, expecting a child or having it already. Work can be as a basis or a handbook with an overview of the benefits of social security systems.
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Burnout among employees in direct care in a nursing home Mitrov
HARVÁNKOVÁ, Dana
This bachelor thesis deals with the problems of the burnout syndrome of the direct-care employees (nurses, caregivers) in the Home for elderly Mitrov. General awareness of this issue is surveyd by using a qualitative research. The thesis is divided into two parts theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part is focused on an overall description of the burnout syndrome, there also the "direct-care worker" term and his or her responsibilites are also defined. At the end of the thesis the Home for the elderly Mitrov, where the research had been done, is briefly introduced. The main part of the bachelor thesis is the empirical part. It includes research clarification, interviews elaboration and data evaluation. My aim was to focus on general awareness of this issue and how the respondents and the employer can prevent from this problem.
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The responsibility of students of nursing for their health
HELMICHOVÁ, Veronika
Title: The responsibility of students of nursing for their health Current situation: the health development of young people is closely connected with family and other social relationships outside the family circle. Within the good functioning family youngsters gain their social and health routine, that can be follow up during all their lives. These the basics for the responsibility of their health. The young population nowadays will be better informed of the basics of the healthy lifestyle, because education of health is going to be taught at schools. Young people are in danger typical for this period of their lives. The most typical dangerous factors are smoking, alcohol, using of drugs, wrong diet and lack of exercise. Especially students of nursing should be more responsible for that, they are the role models for their contemporary and members of family and friends. Target: The thesis is focused on the changes of lifestyle of students of nursing going through grades individually. Analyse the lifestyle risks of students of nursing. Methodics: This thesis was driven by quantitative research. Information was collected by index of health survey, from Nursing part one, Kozierova book, page 571. Information was processed in Microsoft Excel 2007 and rated by pivot chart. The chi square (considered agreement test) was used for the statistics testing. We worked out diagrams of answers for each questions of our respondents. Their answers were compared against the length of their studies. The tests accomplished reliability of 95%, the level of signification was defined on the value of 0,05 (5%). The relations inside the pivot chart were described by sign pattern. Research complex: The research complex was generated by students of health and social faculty of the University of the South Bohemia In Ceske Budejovice, universal nurse subject, full-time study, 1st, 2nd and 3rd year. One hundred and twenty surveys were handled and the same number of surveys was used for the research. Considering the fact that there are no students male, only students female filled in the survey. Outcome: One hypothesis was set down to confirm or confute. The hypothesis one said: I consider that there are differences in the students responsibility for their own health according to the length of their studies. The significant relation was detected between the length of their studies and other reasons like health disability, regular relaxation, excessive muscle stress and warm or dry hands. There were no significant relation detected between the length of the their study and their nutrition, addictive substances, strengthening of their heart and blood-vessels, motion, taking care of themselves, stress, self-control, life purpose, responsibility for their health and illnesses. Conclusion: The research did not detect any relation between the length of their studies and the basic components of their lifestyle aswell as nutrition, sufficient exercise, consumption of addictive substances or stress. Even though the main role of the nurse is health support, students themselves do not follow up this priority. The education of health should dedicate more attention to these risk parts and the support of lifestyle and health.
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Symptoms of depression in children diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome
ERTLOVÁ, Gabriela
In the first part of the thesis the reader is acquainted with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), disorder of the autistic spectrum, with Asperger's Syndrome and the diagnostic criteria. It dedicates in detail specific manifestations of Asperger's Syndrome. In the second part, the thesis introduces the syndrome of depression, its symptoms in children, diagnostic criteria, and it further describes depressive thinking and feeling, chosen depressive disorders and surveys their occurrence and manifestations in children with Asperger's Syndrome. It also deals with the problem of diagnostic. In the final part of the thesis a specific case study of one boy diagnosted with Asperger's Syndrome and anxiety depressive disorder is described.
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Comparison of students lifestyle at the selected faculties of the University of South Bohemia, with a special focus on managing mental stress
BRŮŽKOVÁ, Radka
The thesis is composed of theoretical and practical parts. Theoretical part deals with the matter of key determinants of health. The lifestyle also belongs there. The thesis describes the lifestyle with its factors. It also contains the characteristic of the high school population and changes in the student´s lifestyles connected with it. It is also focused on the field of psychical resistance and dealing with the stressful situations. Practical part of this bachelor thesis was processed by the quantitative method with the help of questionnaires. The sample for research was composed of students of The Health and Social faculty and The Faculty of Agriculture of The University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. Own original questionnaires were used for the research. The main aim of this thesis was to explore the difference between the lifestyles with the focus on the students´ psychical stress of two different faculties of The University of South Bohemia. There was a hypothesis defined for the research. I supposed there are important differences in the lifestyles between the students of both faculties. These differences were considered in connection with the psychical stress. The data were statistically processed. I came to conclusion that the hypothesis wasn´t proved after statistical evaluation. The research showed that the students are different in some fields, but there is not important difference in many of them. It was discovered after the comparison with the help of t-test. It is supposed that the bachelor thesis could be used as the source of information about the students´ lifestyles focused on the dealing with psychical stress for the concrete faculties. It also can serve to inform about the determinants which predispose to the illnesses and awareness of the importance of the own mental health.
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Mental Hygiene as Prevention of Burnout Syndrome in the Nursing Profession
VÁŇOVÁ, Kristýna
The bachelor thesis deals with mental hygiene as the main means of prevention of nurses fighting burnout syndrome. The theoretical part describes the main cause of burnout - stress. It also describes the profession of nurses and the entire process of burning out. The end of the theoretical part characterizes mental hygiene, mental health, and describes the methods of relaxation. The practical part is devoted to research in utilizing mental health nurse issues in the profession in relation to the preventing burning out. The aim of the study was to determine whether nurses know and respect the principles of mental hygiene and what experience they may have with it. Another goal was to determine how nurses perceive and assess the psychosocial burdens of their profession.
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Employees With Special Needs
JANČOVIČOVÁ, Nikola
At present, almost every top manager is struggling with stress and the effects associated with it. The aim of the thesis discusses two basic groups of workers - occupations that involve increased risk, problems solving and increased mental and emotional burden (managerial occupations, professions in the military, ...). And the workers who found themselves in the short-term unfavourable situation that burdens them as well as their surroundings. We must be familiar with basic concepts, history, leadership and the problems associated with this profession in order to approach the topic. Status of women and men in leadership positions and expert opinions how to manage best stressful situations are observed. Data obtained from eight managers from different companies are gathered through interviews. Results are obtained from graphs and tables. Based on the data and their analysis, problem areas are defined and appropriate recommendations to managers are made.
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