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Absence of Rites of passage in liminal situations
NOVÁKOVÁ, Anna
This dissertation seeks to evaluate the absence of rites of passage in the context of indi-viduals´ marginal life situations. The aim of this research is to describe rites of passage and to highlight its importance in the contemporary age. Furthermore, it proposes an implementation of rites of passage in the area of social work due to its potential to aid in dealing with difficult life situations. For example, it can be used as a tool in group the-rapy for people with substance use disorder diagnosis, in social work with terminally ill patients or the bereaved dealing with grief. In addition to that, it is also a useful tool for the work woth adolescents going through multiple life changes. Conclusively, this dis-sertation proposes the rite of passage as a valuable tool for social work with many groups of people, and also seeks to encourage other social areas and individuals to im-plement rite of passage in their daily life.
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The Representation Of Drug Addicts In Selected Printed Media
Kaschteová, Gabriela ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Vochocová, Lenka (referee)
Bachalor thesis "The Representation Of Drug Addicts In Selected Printed Media" is research of the way Czech journals (dailies Mladá fronta DNES, Právo and Blesk) issued in the period between the 1st of January 2006 and the 31st of December 2006 depict drug addicts. The first part is theoretical and it focuses, on summarizing available sources in the area of media theory (representation, stereotypes etc.) and addictology (categorisation of psychoactive substances, patterns of addiction etc.). The second, researching part consists of a research done on selected daily journals. By means of quantitative content analysis, it examines the image of drug addicts as presented in the selected media during 2006. The gathered data is interpreted and described in detail and graphs are used to represent the results of the analysis. The thesis concludes with answers to the initially defined hypotheses and a summary of the results gained from the analysis.
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Which aspects motivate users of exchange programs to treat
Molnárová, Jana ; Čihánková, Ivana (advisor) ; Semerádová, Martina (referee)
The aim of the bachelor thesis entitled Which aspects of exchange programs lead their users to treat is to introduce the importance and role of contact center workers in the life path of an addicted (drug addicted) client. Further focus on aspects of their treatment process through harm reduction, which can lead to lifestyle changes and associated abstinence. This was done by the testimonies of two k-center workers in the South Bohemian region, who helped to map their activities and consequently the difficulties of dependent clients. The theoretical part describes the nature of dependence, the concept of motivation and related terms such as motivational interviews and case management. This section also includes types of facilities that provide services to drug addicts (hospitals, therapeutic communities, aftercare centers, substitution treatments). The practical part contains qualitative research, which was created from interviews with four workers of k-centers. Followed by a discussion of the results obtained and the conclusion of the thesis. Keywords: Dependency, addiction Motivation Harm reduction Motivational talks Exchange programme
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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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Health related quality of life (HRQoL) in drug addicts and their dependets in relation to the age.
LIŠKOVÁ, Kateřina
In my thesis I address the quality of life of drug addicts in dependence on the duration of their drug use and their age. Drug addicts have a number of social problems and are also exposed to health risks. The objective of my thesis was to determine the quality-of-life score of those persons, and to ascertain whether their quality of life differs in comparison with the general population and also in comparison between the individual groups into which the drug addicts were divided according to the period of the drug use. In order to achieve these objectives, I raised hypotheses H1: Drug addicts have lower quality of life than the general population, H2: The quality of life of drug addicts deteriorates in relation with the length of the addiction, and H3: The quality of life of drug addicts is lower with increased person age. The method used in my work was SF- 36 questionnaire. From the results of my work it follows that, in statistic terms, drug addicts have considerably lower quality of life than the control group in all 8 examined fields (domains). Actually, in three domains the average score achieved by the drug addicts did not reach even a half of the score achieved by the control group. Hypothesis H1 was confirmed. Comparison of individual groups of drug addicts, namely the persons addicted for 11-15 years and the group of users (0-5 years), revealed an interesting value of emotional restriction of roles. From this comparison it follows that the persons who have been drug addicts for rather a long time have not been able to hold their social roles in the society in emotional terms any more, which confirms also hypothesis H2. In the end was hypothesis H3 confirmed. It is also obvious from the results of my work that, while working with drug addicts, the attention needs to be given to their motivation to undertake treatment so that their quality of life ceases to deteriorate and, on the contrary, improves again in their life without drugs.
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Health related quality of life (HRQoL) in drug addicts and their dependents in relation to gender.
ZLATUŠKOVÁ, Vendula
I focus my bachelor thesis on ascertaining the life quality of drug-addicted persons and their family members. The goal of my work is to document, with standardized methods, the differences in their perception of life quality compared with healthy population and to try to analyze differences in both sexes. The following hypotheses were set: H1: Life quality of drug-addicted persons and their families is lower than that of general population. H2: Life quality of drug-addicted persons and their family members differs depending on their sexes. Quantitative character method was selected for the research part, using the SF-36 standardized questionnaire of health-conditioned life quality. The resulting research shows considerable difference of the observed sample of drug-addicted persons compared to European Oxford standard in 8 domains. The perception of life quality by family members is also different in all domains, statistically significant at 5% level of significance, which confirms the hypothesis H1 in full extent. The comparison of perception of life quality by drug-addicted men versus drug-addicted women shows only slight differences. The same applies to family members; therefore that difference appears statistically insignificant, under 5% level of significance. So I can disprove the hypothesis H2. The thesis presents compact survey of the issue of life quality of drug-addicted persons and their family members, trying to give a base for further work with them, particularly in social-therapeutic area.
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