INTRODUCTION: This study investigates the antecedents of perceived teacher work ability, a critical construct for addressing challenges associated with extending working lives and maintaining sustained professional engagement in the teaching profession. Grounded in the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, this cross-sectional study investigates the relationships between job demands (quantitative, cognitive, and emotional), job resources (supervisor support, coworker support, and autonomy), burnout, and work-life conflict in shaping perceived teacher work ability. METHODS: Data were obtained from 841 Czech primary and lower secondary school teachers (86.1% female) with a mean age of 45.9 years (SD = 10.8). The full SEM model was developed and estimated based on the proposed hypotheses. RESULTS: The findings suggest that burnout is the most significant antecedent of perceived teacher work ability, with quantitative and emotional job demands indirectly influencing it through burnout. While supervisor and coworker support directly enhance perceived teacher work ability, autonomy primarily alleviates quantitative and emotional job demands, thereby indirectly mitigating burnout. Work-life conflict partially mediates the relationship between job demands and burnout but does not directly impact perceived teacher work ability. DISCUSSION: These results contribute to a deeper understanding of the interplay between job demands, job resources, and burnout in enhancing teachers' capacity to meet the multifaceted demands of their profession effectively.
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Objectives. The Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS) is a brief self-report transdiagnostic measure designed to assess the severity and functional impairment associated with depression. Its broader focus makes the measure useful for screening as well as routine outcome monitoring and assessment of the overall impact of treatment. The measure is widely used and well applicable in both clinical settings and research context. This study was designed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Czech version of ODSIS. Statistical analysis. Ordinal Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted to explore dimensionality. We also examined the ODSIS items using Item Response Theory (IRT). Moreover, internal consistency, test-retest reliability and construct validity were tested. Finally, the cut-off scores for the Reliable Change Index (RCI) and the Clinically Significant Change Index (CSI) were calculated. Sample and setting. The present study assessed selected psychometric properties of the Czech version of the ODSIS in three separate samples: a large general representative sample (n=1738), a clinical sample (outpatients and inpatients; n=58) and a separate online retest sample (n=30). In addition to the ODSIS, participants were asked to respond to conventional measures of depression, anxiety, personality traits, self-esteem, life satisfaction and other scales to determine convergent and divergent validity. Results. Higher depression was observed in females, in widows and widowers, retirees and students. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated an excellent fit of the modified unidimensional model with correlated errors between items 1 and 2: x2(4) = 8.33; p<0.080; CFI = 1.000; TLI = 1.000; RMSEA = 0.025, SRMR = 0.008. The ODSIS score was positively associated with guilt and shame, neuroticism, anxiety, perceived stress and an established measuring tool for depression. The ODSIS yielded an excellent internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha=0.94, McDonald’s omega=0.96), and the temporal stability of the ODSIS score was satisfactory (r=0.65). The ODSIS items had a high discrimination ability and their measurement precision was highest in individuals with a high degree of depression. Differential item functioning revealed that the ODSIS items assess depression in the same way between males and females. Study limitation. The main limitation is the small clinical sample size, the use of self-report questionnaires for validity testing and lower test-retest reliability. Downloads PDF Published 2024-04-30 How to Cite Mikoška, P., Novák, L., Bok, T. ., Ladmanová, M. ., Fülep, M. ., Kořínek, R., & Pilárik, Ľubor. (2024). Validation of the Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS) in the Czech Republic. Československá Psychologie, 68(2), 135-155. https://doi.org/10.51561/cspsych.68.2.135 Issue Vol. 68 No. 2 (2024) Section Articles License Copyright (c) 2024 Lukáš Novák Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Introduction: Sleep disorders are common among shift workers and those who work under stressful and unpredictable conditions. Sleep quality and its promotion in paramedics are understudied. Objective: The study aimed to investigate the quality of sleep in emergency medical service workers, to compare certain relationships between variables (gender, age, length of experience), and to assess whether a cut-off score of 10 is appropriate for the discriminatory ability of the selected instrument in the Czech clinical setting. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: Data were obtained using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The sample comprised 191 paramedics. Data were analyzed using selected statistical methods. Results: The mean PSQI total score was 7.45 (SD 3.60). The lowest scoring component was sleep duration (1.45; SD 1.01). There was no relationship between sleep quality and gender. With respect to age, two components, sleep disturbances and daytime dysfunction, were found to be significant (p < 0.05). Regarding the length of experience, daytime dysfunction was identified as a significant component. The PSQI total parameter with a cut-off of 10 (PSQI total ≤10 good sleep; PSQI total >10 poor sleep) was confirmed to be suitable for discriminating the subjectively perceived sleep quality in paramedics. Conclusion: The study demonstrates that sleep quality is compromised in paramedics. Impaired sleep quality has the greatest impact on daytime dysfunction in paramedics. The PSQI, with a cut-off score of 10, is an appropriate instrument for assessing their sleep disturbances.
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- Sleep Quality MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm * MeSH
- Shift Work Schedule MeSH
- Surveys and Questionnaires MeSH
- Paramedics MeSH
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- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
Text si klade za cíl nastínit základní principy Franklinovy metody (F-M) při práci s tělem, pohybem a představami. Popíše, jakým způsobem lze v rámci F-M přemýšlet o těle a pohybu tak, aby myšlenky optimalizovaly fyziologickou a biomechanickou funkci našeho organizmu. Pokusím se v rámci F-M detekovat způsoby vnímání vlastního těla skrze obrazy a následné vnímání účinku našich myšlenek na kvalitu pohybu a jeho koordinaci. Specifická myšlenka na pohyb, ať již při jeho aktivním provedení, tak při jeho absenci, a práce s mentálními obrazy může mít nejen pozitivní vliv na fyzické tělo, ale také na psychickou a emocionální stránku člověka. Cílem F-M je zdravý pohyb bez bolesti do vysokého věku, harmonie těla a mysli a schopnost užití adekvátních mentálních obrazů a praktických cvičení při každodenním pohybu.
The manuscript aims to outline the basic principles of the Franklin Method (F-M) when working with the body, movement and ideas. It describes how to think about the body and movement within F-M in such a way that thoughts optimize the physiological and biomechanical function of our organism. Within F-M, I will attempt to detect the ways of perceiving our body through images and the subsequent perception of the effect of our thoughts on the quality of movement and its coordination. A specific thought of movement, both when actively performed and when it is absent, and working with mental images can have a positive effect not only on our physical body, but also on the psychological and emotional side of a person. The goal of F-M is healthy pain-free movement up to the old age, harmony of the body and mind, and the ability to use adequate mental images and practical exercises during daily movement.
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- Franklinova metoda,
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- Mind-Body Therapies methods MeSH
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BACKGROUND: Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) have an increased risk of developing chronic health conditions. Evidence suggests that poor health behaviors further increase health risks. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) involved in survivorship care have a key role in providing health behavior support (HBS) but can feel limited in their ability to do so. This study aims to explore European HCPs perceived facilitators and barriers to providing HBS to CCSs. METHODS: Five focus groups with 30 HCPs from survivorship care clinics across Europe were conducted. Topic guides were informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to capture domains that may influence provision of HBS. Focus groups were analyzed with thematic analysis. Transcripts were inductively coded, after which axial coding was applied to organize codes into categories. Finally, categories were mapped onto the TDF domains. RESULTS: Nine TDF domains were identified in the data. The most commonly reported TDF domains were "Knowledge", "Skills", and "Environmental context and resources". HCPs indicated that their lack of knowledge of the association between late effects and health behaviors, besides time restrictions, were barriers to HBS. Facilitators for HBS included possession of skills needed to pass on health behavior information, good clinic organization, and an established network of HCPs. CONCLUSIONS: This study identified education and training of HCPs as key opportunities to improve HBS. Survivorship care clinics should work towards establishing well-integrated structured care with internal and external networks including HBS being part of routine care. Proper understanding of facilitators and barriers should lead to better survivorship care for CCSs.
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- Child MeSH
- Qualitative Research MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Delivery of Health Care MeSH
- Health Behavior * MeSH
- Health Personnel * education MeSH
- Focus Groups MeSH
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- Child MeSH
- Humans MeSH
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- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a life-threatening complication of heparin therapy (both unfractionated heparin and low-molecular-weight heparin). In our study, we examined a group of 122 patients with suspected HIT. The samples of all patients were analyzed in the first step using an immunoassay (ID-PaGIA Heparin/PF4, Hemos1L-Acustar HIT IgG, ZYMUTEST HIA Monostrip IgG) to detect the presence of antibodies against heparin-PF4 complexes (platelet factor 4). When the immunoassay was positive, the sample was subsequently analyzed for HIT with a functional flow cytometry assay, the HITAlert kit, the purpose of which was to demonstrate the ability of the antibodies present to activate platelets. A diagnosis of HIT can be made only after a positive functional test result. In this article, we present an overview of our practical experience with the use of the new functional method of analysis, HIT, with flow cytometry. In this work, we compared the mutual sensitivity of two functional tests, SRA and the flow cytometry HITAlert kit, in patients perceived as being at risk for HIT. This work aims to delineate the principle, procedure, advantages, pitfalls, and possibilities of the application of the functional test HITAlert using flow cytometry.
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Zvládání zátěže a stresu je jednou z nejvýznamnějších klíčových kompetencí pro úspěšnou práci ve specifickém prostředí ozbrojených sil. Cílem tohoto příspěvku je poskytnout širší pohled na tuto kompetenci v pedagogicko-psychologických souvislostech z pohledu vzdělávání a rozvoje budoucích vojenských manažerů. Pro řešení tohoto cíle jsou využity metody deskripce, komparace, analýzy a syntézy. Studie vychází z výzkumných zjištění. a poznatků vojenské praxe. Na klíčové kompetence nahlíží zejména optikou profesních a manažerských kompetencí včetně kompetence k zvládání zátěže a stresu. Tato studie se primárně opírá o tento rámec. Autor ji zde pojímaná v identifikaci dvou rovin, a to z hlediska osobnostních a výkonových charakteristik, které se vzájemně ovlivňují. Z analýzy uvedeného prostředí vyplývá důraz především na vybrané osobnostní rysy, vlastnosti a strategie k zvládnutí stresu a zátěže v první rovině. Druhá rovina vyzdvihuje nejvíce potřebu schopností spojených s rozhodováním v časovém stresu a kvalitu pozornosti při udržení její koncentrace. V kontextu změn v bezpečnostním prostředí autor v závěru nastiňuje možné směry rozvoje, kam by se mělo vzdělávání budoucích vojenských manažerů ubírat. Upozorňuje mj. na nový typ mentální zátěže spojený se zvládáním hranic mezi reálným a virtuálním světem, který se bude do budoucna ztenčovat a postupně prolínat.
Stress manegement is one of the most important key competencies for successful work in the specific environment of the armed forces. The aim of this contribution is to provide a broader view of this competence in pedagogical-psychological contexts from the point of view of education and development of future military managers. Methods of description, comparison, analysis and synthesis are used to solve this goal. The study is based on research findings and knowledge of military practice. Key competencies are viewed mainly through the lens of professional and managerial competencies, including monitored competence. This study is primarily based on this framework. The author understands it here in the identification of two levels, namely in terms of personality and performance characteristics that influence each other. From the analysis of the mentioned environment, the emphasis is primarily on selected personality traits, characteristics and strategies to cope with stress and burden on the first level. The second level highlights most the need for decision-making abilities under time stress and the quality of attention while maintaining its concentration. In the context of changes in the security environment, the author outlines the possible directions of development where the education of future military managers should by focused. Among other things, it draws attention to a new type of mental load associated with managing the boundaries between the real and virtual world, which will become thinner and gradually blend in the future. There are different divisions of key competencies. From a curricular, i.e. general educational, point of view, these are so-called key competencies that are part of the framework educational programs of schools and form the profile of a graduate (Skalková, 2018; Průcha, Walterová, Mareš, 2013). However, they can also be based on a professional point of view. This study focuses primarily on this framework. Military students at the University of Defense become professional soldiers with all the rights and obligations that belong to them from this role from the first day after starting school. First of all, they are perceived as professional soldiers and only then as students of a higher military school. This is also related to another important aspect of this role, which is that they are subject to annual service evaluation of soldiers, including their academic results, military training and other service duties. This overview study can be used not only for the pregraduate preparation of military managers, but also for the purposes of postgraduate education. This is most often realized at the University of Defense in Brno, especially through various professional courses. Determining personal competencies, whether interpersonal or performance, is already a common part, for example, when choosing a study specialization at school, or the findings are verified during training or exercises. Their use in psychological and professional counseling is also possible.
A growing body of research has been focusing recently on the life and well-being of students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and also on the well-being of their teachers. However, there is a need for in-depth, qualitative insights into ADHD issues from the teachers' perspectives. Therefore, the main aim of this qualitative study was to use thematic analysis to explore how teachers perceive the relationship with students with ADHD and the factors that influence the quality of this relationship. Sixteen teachers working with adolescent ADHD students were interviewed for this purpose. The results indicate that the quality of the teacher-ADHD student relationship is associated with the ADHD students related behaviours, ambivalent emotions of the teacher, the teacher's beliefs about ADHD and the beliefs about the determinants of the behaviour of the students with ADHD and the teacher's approaches and methods of work in the classroom. Furthermore, the results suggest that increasing the quality of the teachers' well-being is associated with knowledge of ADHD determinants, regulation of ambivalent emotions, empathy, teachers' ability to perceive positive qualities and the potentials of the students with ADHD and their motivation to teach ADHD students.
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- Emotions MeSH
- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity * psychology MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Motivation MeSH
- Students psychology MeSH
- School Teachers psychology MeSH
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- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
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Bioinformatics is presently a basic expertise in many examination and business conditions as organic information are expanding in both size and intricacy. South African specialists perceived this need during the 1990s and answered by working with the public authority as well as worldwide bodies to foster drives to construct bioinformatics limit in the country. Huge infusions of help from these bodies gave a springboard to the foundation of computational science units at various colleges all through the country, which took on instructing, essential examination and backing jobs. A few difficulties were experienced, for instance with instability of financing, absence of abilities, and absence of framework. In any case, the bioinformatics local area cooperated to defeat these, and South Africa is currently ostensibly the main country in bioinformatics on the African landmass. Here we examine how the discipline created in the nation, featuring the difficulties, victories, and examples learnt.
Východiská: Nedostatok sestier predstavuje jeden z výrazných problémov rezortu zdravotníctva na Slovensku. Pre výkon povolania sestra sú kľúčové motivačné a demotivačné faktory, osobitne počas mimoriadnej situácie v kontexte pandémie COVID-19, ktorá determinovala všetky oblasti života.Cieľ: Zistiť najčastejšie motivačné a demotivačné faktory pre výkon povolania sestra počas pandémie COVID-19.Metódy: Pre kvantitatívny výskum bol použitý dotazník vlastnej konštrukcie so zameraním na motivačné a demotivačné faktory. Súbor tvorilo 888 sestier z nemocníc v Slovenskej republike.Výsledky: Najčastejšie uvádzané motivačné faktory sú možnosť pomáhať ľuďom, istota zamestnania a nutnosť finančného zárobku. Ako najfrekventovanejšie demotivačné faktory boli uvedené psychická náročnosť povolania sestra, nedostatok personálu a nedostatočné finančné ohodnotenie. S použitím Chí-kvadrát testu sme zistili, že vek má vplyv na vnímanie dopadu pandémie COVID-19 na motiváciu pre výkon povolania sestra.Diskusia: Motivácia sestier je veľmi dôležitá pre poskytovanie kvalitných služieb a dosiahnutie zamýšľaného úspechu organizácie. Aj s ohľadom na dosahovanie cieľov nemocnice je nutné venovať pozornosť demotivácii pracovníkov, aby ani taká náročná situácia, akou je pandémia COVID-19, neprehĺbila nedostatok sestier.Záver: Výskum poukázal na faktory, ktoré sestry vnímajú ako motivačné a demotivačné. Tieto výsledky je možné vzhľadom na pomerne rozsiahly výskumný súbor využiť v implementácii optimálnych motivačných nástrojov na národnej aj lokálnej úrovni.
Background: The shortage of nurses is one of the significant problems of the health care system in Slovakia. Motivating and demotivating factors are the key to the performance of the nursing profession, especially during an emergency situation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which determined all areas of life.Aim: To identify the most common motivating and demotivating factors for the nursing profession during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: A self-designed questionnaire focusing on motivating and demotivating factors was used for quantitative research. The group consisted of 888 nurses from hospitals in the Slovak Republic. Results: The most common motivating factors are the ability to help people, job security and financial security. The most frequent demotivating factors were the psychological demands of the nursing profession , lack of staff and insufficient financial evaluation. Using the Chi-square test, we found that age influenced the perception of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the motivation of the nursing profession.Discussion: The motivation of nurses is very important for providing quality services and achieving the intended success of the organization. Even with a view to achieving the hospital's goals, it is necessary to pay attention to the demotivation of staff, so that even such a challenging situation as the COVID-19 pandemic does not exacerbate the shortage of nurses.Conclusion: The research pointed out the factors that nurses perceive as motivating and demotivating. Due to the relatively large research package, these results can be used in the implementation of optimal motivatin techniques at the national and local level.
