Objectives. The study aimed to explore which barriers adult people perceive when deciding whether to enter psychotherapy and how these barriers influence their decision to start psychotherapy. Sample and setting. The sample consisted of 392 adult respondents who considered entering individual psychotherapy during the last five years. They completed a questionnaire on perceived barriers to entering psychotherapy, the phase of decision-making, and the severity of psychological symptoms. Hypotheses. This was an exploratory study with the following questions: a) What is the perceived importance of specific barriers to entering psychotherapy? b) What groups (principal components) of barriers to entering psychotherapy can be identified? c) What is the relationship between the perceived importance of barriers and the decision to enter psychotherapy? Statistical analysis. The number of barriers was reduced using PCA. The relationship of the decision-making phase to other variables was explored via multinomial regression analysis. Results. The most severe barrier to entering psychotherapy were price, reluctance to express emotions in front of others and the assumption that one’s problems were not as severe as the problems of people in psychotherapy. Respondents who decided not to enter psychotherapy were older, expressed more distrust of psychotherapy, and perceived it as more stigmatizing than those who contacted a therapist. Respondents who decided to enter psychotherapy (but who had not contacted a therapist) had less severe symptoms and perceived psychotherapy as more stigmatizing than those who contacted a therapist.
Cíle. Cílem práce bylo zjistit psychometrické vlastnosti české verze Dotazníku obecné self--efficacy (General Self-Efficacy Scale – GSES) u populace hospitalizovaných pacientů.Vzorek a metodika. Sledovaný soubor činil 386 respondentů hospitalizovaných ve Fakultní ne-mocnici Hradec Králové. Byla použita česká verze dotazníku General Self-Efficacy Scale.Statistická analýza. Veškeré analýzy byly pro-vedeny v prostředí R. Faktorová struktura byla ověřována s využitím teorie odpovědi na polož-ku (Item Response Theory), a to pomocí dvou-parametrového Graded Response Modelu. Tento byl použit i pro ověření invariance měření mezi muži a ženami. Pro hodnocení vztahu obecné self-efficacy s demografickými proměnnými byla použita lineární regrese a t-testy. Percen-tilové normy byly sestrojeny pomocí vyhlazené kumulativní distribuční funkce pro muže a ženy zvláště.Výsledky. Celkový skór škály se pohyboval v rozmezí 15–40 bodů s průměrem M = 30,86 (SD = 6,05). Psychometrické vlastnosti české verze dotazníku GSES jsou dobré, vnitřní kon-zistence je vysoká (Cronbachovo α = 0,924; ωt = 0,938). Struktura dotazníku je spíše dvou-dimenzionální, korelace obou faktorů je však velmi vysoká. Je tedy smysluplné pracovat s je-diným celkovým skórem dotazníku. Ze všech sledovaných proměnných pouze pohlaví mělo statisticky významný vliv na vnímanou self--efficacy (SE), škála byla pro obě pohlaví in-variantní. Rozdíly mezi klinikami byly velmi malé, pouze respondenti z psychiatrické kliniky dosahovali statisticky významně nižšího skóru oproti respondentům z ostatních klinik.Limity studie. Limity studie vyplývají z jejího průřezového charakteru a skutečnosti, že výběr respondentů nebyl reprezentativní. Data jsou založena na subjektivních výpovědích; jedná se o respondenty hospitalizované s různými zdra-votními potížemi.
Objectives. The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Czech version of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) in the group of hospitalized patients. Sample and setting. The sample contained 386 respondents hospitalized in the Faculty hospital Hradec Kralove. The Czech version of GSES was used. Statistical analysis. All the analyses were performed in the R environment. Factor structure was tested using Item Response Theory (IRT), namely two‑parameters Graded Response model. This model was used also for testing measurement invariance for men and women. We used t‑tests and linear model to test relation between GSES and demographical variables. Percentile norms were constructed using kernel smoothed cumulative distribution for men and women separately. Results. The score of the scale ranged from 15 to 40 points with an average of M = 30,86 (SD = 6,05). Our results suggest that the Czech version of the GSES has satisfactory psychometric properties, the internal consistency is on high level (Cronbach α = 0,924; ωt = 0,938). Even though the analysis of the structure of the questionnaire showed to be slightly twodimensional, the correlation of the two factors is quite high. This implies the potential of working with one universal questionnaire score. Of all monitored variables, only gender had statistically significant influence over the perceived self-efficacy, the scale was invariant for both genders. The differences between clinics were very small, only the respondents from psychiatric clinic achieved statistically significant lower score. Study limitations. The limits of the study come from its cross-sectional character and the fact that the choise of respondents was not representative. Data are based on subjective statements coming from respondents hospitalized with various health problems.
Studie shrnuje výzkumy z oblasti politické psy-chologie zabývající se vlivem úzkosti a hněvu na politické myšlení a chování, které vycházejí z teorie afektivní inteligence. Tyto dvě emoce jsou chápany jako emoční kategorie shlukující v sobě více podobných afektů. Úzkost a hněv v tomto pojetí mají mít podle teorie afektivní inteligence odlišný vliv na politické myšlení a chování, což koresponduje s většinou dosa-vadních zjištění. Výzkumy zahrnuté v této studii jsou rozděleny do tří politicko-psychologických oblastí podle zaměření svého výzkumného pro-blému. Konkrétně se jedná o oblasti získávání informací a uvažování, formování názorů a po-stojů a politické participace.
Study summarizes political psychology research dealing with the effects of anxiety and anger based on theory of affective intelligence. In this field of study, emotions are understood as emotional categories that cluster similar affects. According to the theory of affective intelligence, anxiety and anger have different effects on political thinking and behavior, a fact that corresponds to most of the existing findings. Researches in this study are divided into three political psychology domains according to their research problems. These domains are acquiring information and thinking, forming opinions and attitudes, and political participation.
Studie zkoumá vztah specifické self-efficacy (SE), pracovní spokojenosti (PS) a výkonu. 96 studentům byl popsán úkol, ve kterém měli psát slova začínající na stanovené slabiky. Dotazníkem bylo změřeno jejich SE spojené s úkolem, byl jim administrován cvičný úkol a změřena jejich PS s úkolem. Následně řešili samotný úkol, při kterém byl měřen výkon dle počtu slov, které napsali v časovém limitu. Výsledky ukázaly slabé pozitivní statisticky významné vztahy mezi SE a PS, PS a výkonem a SE a výkonem. Byla také testována hypotéza, že je PS mediátorem vztahu mezi SE a výkonem. Ukazatel velikosti účinku κ2 poukázal na slabý mediační efekt, dle mediační analýzy s využitím bootstrappingu ale není nepřímý efekt SE na výkon skrze PS statisticky významný. Náš výzkum přispívá k integraci postojových a osobnostních teorií vysvětlujících pracovní výkon a porozumění podstatě vztahu mezi SE a výkonem. Využití jednotného úkolu umožnilo omezit vliv vnějších proměnných, snižuje ale ekologickou validitu výzkumu.
Problem: The current study focused on the relationships between task-specific self-efficacy, satisfaction with the task and task performance. It tested the hypothesis that the satisfaction mediates the influence of self-efficacy on performance. It built upon Bandura‘s conception of self-efficacy (1994) and studies that confirmed the individual relationships between satisfaction and performance (e.g. Riketta, 2008), between self-efficacy and satisfaction (e.g. Judge, Locke, & Durham, cited by Smith, Choi, Fuqua, & Newman, 2011) and between self-efficacy and performance (e.g. Stajkovic & Luthans, 1998). Method: The research sample consisted of 96 Czech and Slovak university students of natural science (46,9 % women) in ages ranging between 19 and 26 years (M = 21,1; SD = 1,86). The task-specific self-efficacy was measured using an adapted version of the General selfefficacy scale (Křivohlavý, Schwarzer, & Jerusalem, 1993) after the task was described to the respondents. The scale was adjusted to measure the task-specific construct. Internal consistency of the adjusted scale was measured using Cronbach’s alpha and was satisfactory (α = .70). Satisfaction was measured using the adjusted Stone’s (1977) Satisfaction scale after the task was described and respondents completed a training task designed to allow them to judge their task satisfaction. Cronbach’s alpha was used again to measure the internal consistency of the satisfaction scale (α = .88). Finally, respondents completed the actual task, during which they were instructed to write words starting with four prescribed syllables. Their task performance was operationalized as the number of words written within a time limit. Results: The results showed a weak positive significant relationship between self-efficacy and satisfaction (r = .26*), satisfaction and performance (r = .23*) and self-efficacy and performance (r = .23*). The hypothesis that satisfaction is the mediator of the relationship between task-specific self-efficacy and performance was tested by the κ2 indicator of effect size (Preacher & Kelly, 2011) and by a bootstrap test of indirect effect (Hayes, 2012). According to the κ2 indicator, there was a weak mediation effect (κ2 = .05, 95%LLCI ˃ .00, 95% ULCI = .16) and the indicator was significantly larger than 0. However, the bootstrap analysis did not reveal a significant indirect effect (B = .17, SE = .16, 95%LLCI = -.04, 95%ULCI = .61). Discussion and conclusion: The study contributes to the integration of attitudinal and personality theories that explain work performance. It helps to understand the nature of the relationship between self-efficacy and performance. The use of a single standardized task is both the strength and limit of the study. It served to reduce the impact of external variables, yet it also led to a reduction of the ecological validity of the research.
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