Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Psychologica nr 13/2009http://hdl.handle.net/11089/16582024-03-29T00:12:50Z2024-03-29T00:12:50ZPróba stworzenia typologii ludzi starych na przykładzie osób korzystających z dziennych domów pomocy społecznejJankowska, Monikahttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/46512018-02-01T11:18:56Z2009-01-01T00:00:00ZPróba stworzenia typologii ludzi starych na przykładzie osób korzystających z dziennych domów pomocy społecznej
Jankowska, Monika
The issue undertaken in this essay focuses on the matter of life satisfaction of older people. The purpose was to create a typology of older people with the use of independent variables (the care needs; the goodness of relations with close persons; social activity) and characterize the types by especially quality of life indicators – whole and current life satisfaction (dependent variables). Socio-ecological health model and a life span development approach were the theoretical base of the study. The research was conducted in day care homes in Poznań on a sample of 84 volunteers – elderly day care home residents. The following trial set of questionnaires have been completed by the investigated group: Questionnaire of Personal Details and RANaF (Relations, Activity, Care Needs and their Fulfillment) Questionnaire both made by author and Life Satisfaction Scale. Cluster analysis was made in this research. Four main types of older people were distinguished: 1) family; 2) socially passive; 3) compensatory and 4) socially active type. To sum up, findings of the research have led to following conclusions: 1) relations with close persons and social activity is a significant predictor of current life satisfaction of elderly day care home residents: a) social activity has no significance for current life satisfaction of younger elderly, if their relations with close persons are satisfying, b) social activity in conjunction with relations with close persons are significant predictors of current life satisfaction for older elderly; 2) good relations with close persons and high social activity perform a protective function of pathological aging process: a) high social activity is connected with lower care needs and greater independence in activities of daily living in the group of older elderly; 3) subjective health status is a secondary predictor of life satisfaction, considering relations with close persons and social activity as a prime predictors of current life satisfaction.
2009-01-01T00:00:00ZPotrzeba stymulacji a ekspozycja na zdarzenia traumatyczneDudek, BohdanWojtecka, Katarzynahttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/46442018-02-01T11:18:56Z2009-01-01T00:00:00ZPotrzeba stymulacji a ekspozycja na zdarzenia traumatyczne
Dudek, Bohdan; Wojtecka, Katarzyna
Problem. Prevalence of traumatic stress in general population is not so often but in some vocations it is a serious risk factor for employees’ health. A traumatic event is a main reason for PTSD and other mental disorders. There are multiple risk factors for PTSD development but the exposure to traumatic event is a main cause, included in a definition of PTSD. A need of stimulation, strongly connected to reactivity, may be treated as an individual resource because it let diminishing a chance of PTSD development but it may be treated as the risk factor of this disorder also.
Hypothesis. Number of exposures to traumatic events is correlated to power of stimulation need.
Subjects. 109 soldiers.
Methods. Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) by M. Zuckerman and Stressful Life Events Questionnaire (experimental version by M. Lis-Turlejska).
Results. Relationships between results obtained in the particular dimension of the stimulation need and the number of traumatic events experienced by subjects are as follow: a dimension of thrill and adventure seeking (TAS) – rho = 0.30 (p < 0.008); an experience seeking dimension (ES) – rho = 0.20 (p < 0.060); a disinhibition dimension (DIS) – rho = 0.30 (p < 0.008) a boredom susceptibility dimension (BS) – rho = 0.20 (p < 0.060); a general dimension of stimulation seeking (G) – rho = 0.10 (p < 0.210). Rank correlation between a total results of SSS (a sum of subscales results) and the number of traumatic events experienced by the subjects is 0,25 (p < 0,008).
2009-01-01T00:00:00ZUżyteczność różnych sposobów rozumienia informacji w psychologiiMłodkowski, Janhttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/46422018-02-01T11:18:56Z2009-01-01T00:00:00ZUżyteczność różnych sposobów rozumienia informacji w psychologii
Młodkowski, Jan
Discussions regarding the notion of information have died out several years ago. However an agreement hasn’t been reached on the exact meaning of such a term. Most often the notion of information is understood as: 1) knowledge about structure of an object, 2) third appearance of the substance, 3) perceptible difference between objects. These interpretations are not exclusive, but there is not one theory that combine them.
In cognitive psychology notion of information is perceived as a paradigm. At the same time its meaning is often equated with the concept of mental process, or the content of such mental process. Mental activity and in particular intellectual activity generally is recognized and equated with processing of an information. Such interpretation ignores the fact that information cannot be processed directly because it doesn’t exist without a carrier. In fact these carriers undergo processing. The new information based on re-configuration of carrier’s structure could be re-developed. The carriers are mental representations of the carried content and they represent themselves as icons, symbols and concepts. Hence the mental activity is the processing (sometimes creating) representations.
2009-01-01T00:00:00ZStyl atrybucji, poczucie kontroli i płeć a podatność na powstawanie syndromu wyuczonej bezradnościJarmakowski, Tomaszhttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/46412018-02-01T11:19:31Z2009-01-01T00:00:00ZStyl atrybucji, poczucie kontroli i płeć a podatność na powstawanie syndromu wyuczonej bezradności
Jarmakowski, Tomasz
The article is the review of chosen researches and theories that relates to individual differences in susceptibility of learned helplessness (LH). In the first part of the article the specificity of the learned helplessness syndrome is outlined. Next the theories that are relevant when individual differences in susceptibility of LH are concerned, are presented. Then the researches related to the role of three individual differences: attributional style, Locus of Control and sex, in susceptibility of LH are presented and discussed. In the last part of the article there are some conclusions from the presented researches. Also some conclusions about the possible directions of the future researches to help to separate the reactions to single failure from the reactions to helplessness training.
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