The article aimed at conceptualizating and operationalizating a new psychological phenomenon, cal... more The article aimed at conceptualizating and operationalizating a new psychological phenomenon, called ‘Facebook addiction’. Social network sites are proliferating and have attracted millions people all over the world. Researchers and therapists are concerned about potential addictive influence of social media mainly on young people. The primary purpose of the carried out study was the Polish adaptation of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. A total number of 652 participants, aged 14–30 years, were enrolled into the study. A pool of 18 items were administrated with the measures of Facebook use, self-esteem, loneliness and relationships with parents and siblings. Six items with the highest item-total correlations were remained in the final version of the scale. The reliability and validity of the tool were both
W rozdziale poddano analizie dwa filmy podejmujące tematykę transseksualizmu: „Transamerykę” („Tr... more W rozdziale poddano analizie dwa filmy podejmujące tematykę transseksualizmu: „Transamerykę” („Transamerica”) oraz „Nie czas na łzy” („Boys don’t cry”). Omówiono przedstawione w nich sceny, które stosunkowo dobrze odzwierciedlają stan naukowej wiedzy na temat tego zjawiska (ukazujące między innymi operacyjną zmianę płci, zmedykalizowane podejście do pacjenta transseksualnego, transfobiczne nastawienie społeczeństwa, niewielką wiedzę na temat transseksualizmu – mylenie go z innymi zjawiskami dotyczącymi ludzkiej seksualności itd.). Jednocześnie wskazano te zagadnienia, które w filmach zostały uproszczone, przede wszystkim sugerowanie psychologicznych podstaw transseksualizmu. W podsumowaniu wskazano subtelną, lecz istotną różnicę między sposobem zaprezentowania transseksualizmu w pierwszej i w drugiej z omawianych produkcji. Zwrócono uwagę na większy schematyzm w przedstawieniu tego zjawiska w „Transameryce” i niejednoznaczność bohatera „Nie czas na łzy”.
Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie zjawiska duchowości w pracy wraz z opisem jego pomiaru, a takż... more Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie zjawiska duchowości w pracy wraz z opisem jego pomiaru, a także prezentacja badania sprawdzającego relacje między duchowością w pracy, satysfakcją zawodową oraz wypaleniem zawodowym. Przebadano 432 pracowników wykonujących zawody pomocowe. W celu pomiaru poziomu duchowości w pracy wykonano wstępną adaptację the Spirit at Work Scale (Kinjerski 2013: 383-402). Dodatkowo, wykorzystano Kwestionariusz Wypalenia Zawodowego Maslach (Maslach, Jackson, Leiter 1996) oraz Skalę Satysfakcji z Pracy A. Zalewskiej (2003: 49-61). Duchowość w pracy korelowała negatywnie z emocjonalnym wyczerpaniem (r = -0,41; p < 0,001) i depersonalizacją (r = -0,30; p < 0,001) oraz pozytywnie z poczuciem dokonań osobistych (r = 0,57; p < 0,001). Satysfakcja z pracy okazała się być częściowym mediatorem relacji między duchowością w pracy a emocjonalnym wyczerpaniem/depersonalizacją. W dyskusji zawarto sugestie dotyczące możliwości wykorzystania duchowości w pracy jako zas...
The purpose of this research was to verify whether gender diversification of former sexual partne... more The purpose of this research was to verify whether gender diversification of former sexual partners of women having sexual contacts with women is related to the frequency of visiting the gynaecologist, having gynaecological examinations performed and the assessment of their importance. The respondent group included 268 women who have had at least one sexual act with a woman. Women having sexual relations both with women and men 2.8 times more often have already had their first visit to the gynaecologist, 1.9 times more often have had at least one pap smear performed and 1.7 times more often have had their breasts examined by a gynaecologist at least once as compared with women who have never had sex with a man. In comparison with the former group, the latter one ascribed lower importance to HIV test (OR = 1.80, p = .025), STD test (OR = 1.90, p = .025), information concerning pregnancy (OR = 1.92, p = .034), contraception (OR = 3.64, p < .001), safe sex (OR = 1.89, p = .030) and ...
W artykule przedstawione są wyniki badań przeprowadzonych przez Autorki w celu określenia sposobu... more W artykule przedstawione są wyniki badań przeprowadzonych przez Autorki w celu określenia sposobu radzenia sobie ze stresem przez pacjentki z rozpoznaniem jadłowstrętu psychicznego. Badania były przeprowadzone w Polsce i Francji, a uczestniczyło w nich 65 pacjentek, których średnia wieku wynosiła około 18 lat. W badaniu zastosowano kwestionariusz Radzenia Sobie ze Stresem Brief COPE Carvera (1997) oraz Kwestionariusz Zaburzeń Odżywiania Garnera i wsp. (1983). The study is aimed to compare coping strategies in the population with anorexia nervosa. The study posed the question whether or not there are differences within scores of coping strategies between the group with eating disorders and the healthy group. The authors assume that less adaptive coping strategies (based on emotions) often appear in persons with eating disorders rather than amongst the healthy population. The study involved 65 patients who were diagnosed according to DSM-IV criteria, and a control group consisting of ...
Religiosity and meaning in life are recognized as factors supporting recovery from addictions. Ho... more Religiosity and meaning in life are recognized as factors supporting recovery from addictions. However, little is known about the moral mechanisms involved in the relationship between religiosity and meaning in life among individuals with addictions. The main purpose of this study was to test the direct and indirect (through forgiveness by God/higher power and interpersonal forgiveness) relationships between subjective religiosity and the presence of meaning in life among 80 members (72 men and 8 women) of Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) in Poland. The following measures were used: a single-item measure of subjective religiosity, subscales from the Forgiveness Scale and the Heartland Forgiveness Scale, and the Meaning in Life Questionnaire. The sequential mediation model was tested using Hayes PROCESS macro. The results showed a direct positive relationship between subjective religiosity and the presence of meaning in life. Moreover, subjective religiosity was positively related to forgiv...
Background and aims Some people are preoccupied with their sexual urges and fantasies and lose co... more Background and aims Some people are preoccupied with their sexual urges and fantasies and lose control over their sexual behaviors, which can cause adverse consequences for their health and well-being. One of the options available for individuals seeking treatment for compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) is a self-help group based on the twelve-step program. The main purpose of the current study was to examine the direct and indirect (through meaning in life and hope) relationships between involvement in Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) and life satisfaction. Methods The sample consisted of 80 Polish members of SA (72 men and 8 women) with a mean age of 38.96 years (SD = 10.56). The Sex Addiction Screening Test-Revised, the Meaning of Life Questionnaire, the Herth Hope Index, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and items adapted from the Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement Scale were used to measure the study variables. Results Path analysis showed a direct positive relationship between S...
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Problematic overstudying has been conceptualized as a potential addictive disorder and an early f... more Problematic overstudying has been conceptualized as a potential addictive disorder and an early form of work addiction. Previous studies have shown that it is a different phenomenon from healthy learning engagement and is associated with considerable functional impairments. A valid, reliable, and convenient screening measure is warranted to provide cross-culturally comparable and generalizable findings, particularly from large epidemiological studies. The seven-item Bergen Study Addiction Scale (BStAS), based on an addiction framework, was administered alongside learning engagement and anxiety measures in a total sample of 5,884 university students from three continents and five countries: India, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and the United States. The modified five-item version of the scale showed measurement invariance across countries and between genders and allowed for meaningful cross-cultural and gender comparisons. Scores on the BStAS were positively associated with learning enga...
A growing body of work suggests that religiosity is typically associated with deontological or no... more A growing body of work suggests that religiosity is typically associated with deontological or non-utilitarian moral judgments. However, recent conceptualizations of utilitarian psychology show that instrumental harm is just one (negative) dimension of utilitarianism. In the new two-dimensional model of utilitarian psychology, impartial beneficence is the second (positive) dimension of utilitarianism. In the current study, we investigated the relationship between the centrality of religiosity and utilitarianism (its two dimensions) among adults (N = 401). We also examined whether five moral foundations serve as mediators of this relationship. We found that religiosity was directly and indirectly (through the care foundation) related to impartial beneficence. Although the direct effect of religiosity on instrumental harm was insignificant, we found two indirect effects through purity and authority foundations. The results suggest that the relationship between religiosity and utilitar...
The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) is the most commonly used scale for measuring food addiction... more The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) is the most commonly used scale for measuring food addiction (FA). The previous approach to the YFAS and its subsequent versions assumed dichotomization of items, separating addiction symptoms and clinical significance items, and factorial validity testing on a subset of items. In this paper, we discuss the drawbacks associated with these procedures. In addition, we present a different analytical approach to investigate the validity of the modified YFAS (mYFAS) along with an alternative scoring method that overcomes limitations related to the previous approach. After establishing the structure of the mYFAS, we investigated the potential antecedents and consequences of FA separately for men and women. The sample consisted of 1182 Polish undergraduate students (613 women, 559 men, 10 missing values on gender) with a mean age of 20.33 years (SD = 1.68; range: 18–36). They were asked to complete self-report questionnaires measuring FA, personality tr...
The article aimed at conceptualizating and operationalizating a new psychological phenomenon, cal... more The article aimed at conceptualizating and operationalizating a new psychological phenomenon, called ‘Facebook addiction’. Social network sites are proliferating and have attracted millions people all over the world. Researchers and therapists are concerned about potential addictive influence of social media mainly on young people. The primary purpose of the carried out study was the Polish adaptation of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. A total number of 652 participants, aged 14–30 years, were enrolled into the study. A pool of 18 items were administrated with the measures of Facebook use, self-esteem, loneliness and relationships with parents and siblings. Six items with the highest item-total correlations were remained in the final version of the scale. The reliability and validity of the tool were both
W rozdziale poddano analizie dwa filmy podejmujące tematykę transseksualizmu: „Transamerykę” („Tr... more W rozdziale poddano analizie dwa filmy podejmujące tematykę transseksualizmu: „Transamerykę” („Transamerica”) oraz „Nie czas na łzy” („Boys don’t cry”). Omówiono przedstawione w nich sceny, które stosunkowo dobrze odzwierciedlają stan naukowej wiedzy na temat tego zjawiska (ukazujące między innymi operacyjną zmianę płci, zmedykalizowane podejście do pacjenta transseksualnego, transfobiczne nastawienie społeczeństwa, niewielką wiedzę na temat transseksualizmu – mylenie go z innymi zjawiskami dotyczącymi ludzkiej seksualności itd.). Jednocześnie wskazano te zagadnienia, które w filmach zostały uproszczone, przede wszystkim sugerowanie psychologicznych podstaw transseksualizmu. W podsumowaniu wskazano subtelną, lecz istotną różnicę między sposobem zaprezentowania transseksualizmu w pierwszej i w drugiej z omawianych produkcji. Zwrócono uwagę na większy schematyzm w przedstawieniu tego zjawiska w „Transameryce” i niejednoznaczność bohatera „Nie czas na łzy”.
Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie zjawiska duchowości w pracy wraz z opisem jego pomiaru, a takż... more Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie zjawiska duchowości w pracy wraz z opisem jego pomiaru, a także prezentacja badania sprawdzającego relacje między duchowością w pracy, satysfakcją zawodową oraz wypaleniem zawodowym. Przebadano 432 pracowników wykonujących zawody pomocowe. W celu pomiaru poziomu duchowości w pracy wykonano wstępną adaptację the Spirit at Work Scale (Kinjerski 2013: 383-402). Dodatkowo, wykorzystano Kwestionariusz Wypalenia Zawodowego Maslach (Maslach, Jackson, Leiter 1996) oraz Skalę Satysfakcji z Pracy A. Zalewskiej (2003: 49-61). Duchowość w pracy korelowała negatywnie z emocjonalnym wyczerpaniem (r = -0,41; p < 0,001) i depersonalizacją (r = -0,30; p < 0,001) oraz pozytywnie z poczuciem dokonań osobistych (r = 0,57; p < 0,001). Satysfakcja z pracy okazała się być częściowym mediatorem relacji między duchowością w pracy a emocjonalnym wyczerpaniem/depersonalizacją. W dyskusji zawarto sugestie dotyczące możliwości wykorzystania duchowości w pracy jako zas...
The purpose of this research was to verify whether gender diversification of former sexual partne... more The purpose of this research was to verify whether gender diversification of former sexual partners of women having sexual contacts with women is related to the frequency of visiting the gynaecologist, having gynaecological examinations performed and the assessment of their importance. The respondent group included 268 women who have had at least one sexual act with a woman. Women having sexual relations both with women and men 2.8 times more often have already had their first visit to the gynaecologist, 1.9 times more often have had at least one pap smear performed and 1.7 times more often have had their breasts examined by a gynaecologist at least once as compared with women who have never had sex with a man. In comparison with the former group, the latter one ascribed lower importance to HIV test (OR = 1.80, p = .025), STD test (OR = 1.90, p = .025), information concerning pregnancy (OR = 1.92, p = .034), contraception (OR = 3.64, p < .001), safe sex (OR = 1.89, p = .030) and ...
W artykule przedstawione są wyniki badań przeprowadzonych przez Autorki w celu określenia sposobu... more W artykule przedstawione są wyniki badań przeprowadzonych przez Autorki w celu określenia sposobu radzenia sobie ze stresem przez pacjentki z rozpoznaniem jadłowstrętu psychicznego. Badania były przeprowadzone w Polsce i Francji, a uczestniczyło w nich 65 pacjentek, których średnia wieku wynosiła około 18 lat. W badaniu zastosowano kwestionariusz Radzenia Sobie ze Stresem Brief COPE Carvera (1997) oraz Kwestionariusz Zaburzeń Odżywiania Garnera i wsp. (1983). The study is aimed to compare coping strategies in the population with anorexia nervosa. The study posed the question whether or not there are differences within scores of coping strategies between the group with eating disorders and the healthy group. The authors assume that less adaptive coping strategies (based on emotions) often appear in persons with eating disorders rather than amongst the healthy population. The study involved 65 patients who were diagnosed according to DSM-IV criteria, and a control group consisting of ...
Religiosity and meaning in life are recognized as factors supporting recovery from addictions. Ho... more Religiosity and meaning in life are recognized as factors supporting recovery from addictions. However, little is known about the moral mechanisms involved in the relationship between religiosity and meaning in life among individuals with addictions. The main purpose of this study was to test the direct and indirect (through forgiveness by God/higher power and interpersonal forgiveness) relationships between subjective religiosity and the presence of meaning in life among 80 members (72 men and 8 women) of Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) in Poland. The following measures were used: a single-item measure of subjective religiosity, subscales from the Forgiveness Scale and the Heartland Forgiveness Scale, and the Meaning in Life Questionnaire. The sequential mediation model was tested using Hayes PROCESS macro. The results showed a direct positive relationship between subjective religiosity and the presence of meaning in life. Moreover, subjective religiosity was positively related to forgiv...
Background and aims Some people are preoccupied with their sexual urges and fantasies and lose co... more Background and aims Some people are preoccupied with their sexual urges and fantasies and lose control over their sexual behaviors, which can cause adverse consequences for their health and well-being. One of the options available for individuals seeking treatment for compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) is a self-help group based on the twelve-step program. The main purpose of the current study was to examine the direct and indirect (through meaning in life and hope) relationships between involvement in Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) and life satisfaction. Methods The sample consisted of 80 Polish members of SA (72 men and 8 women) with a mean age of 38.96 years (SD = 10.56). The Sex Addiction Screening Test-Revised, the Meaning of Life Questionnaire, the Herth Hope Index, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and items adapted from the Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement Scale were used to measure the study variables. Results Path analysis showed a direct positive relationship between S...
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Problematic overstudying has been conceptualized as a potential addictive disorder and an early f... more Problematic overstudying has been conceptualized as a potential addictive disorder and an early form of work addiction. Previous studies have shown that it is a different phenomenon from healthy learning engagement and is associated with considerable functional impairments. A valid, reliable, and convenient screening measure is warranted to provide cross-culturally comparable and generalizable findings, particularly from large epidemiological studies. The seven-item Bergen Study Addiction Scale (BStAS), based on an addiction framework, was administered alongside learning engagement and anxiety measures in a total sample of 5,884 university students from three continents and five countries: India, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and the United States. The modified five-item version of the scale showed measurement invariance across countries and between genders and allowed for meaningful cross-cultural and gender comparisons. Scores on the BStAS were positively associated with learning enga...
A growing body of work suggests that religiosity is typically associated with deontological or no... more A growing body of work suggests that religiosity is typically associated with deontological or non-utilitarian moral judgments. However, recent conceptualizations of utilitarian psychology show that instrumental harm is just one (negative) dimension of utilitarianism. In the new two-dimensional model of utilitarian psychology, impartial beneficence is the second (positive) dimension of utilitarianism. In the current study, we investigated the relationship between the centrality of religiosity and utilitarianism (its two dimensions) among adults (N = 401). We also examined whether five moral foundations serve as mediators of this relationship. We found that religiosity was directly and indirectly (through the care foundation) related to impartial beneficence. Although the direct effect of religiosity on instrumental harm was insignificant, we found two indirect effects through purity and authority foundations. The results suggest that the relationship between religiosity and utilitar...
The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) is the most commonly used scale for measuring food addiction... more The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) is the most commonly used scale for measuring food addiction (FA). The previous approach to the YFAS and its subsequent versions assumed dichotomization of items, separating addiction symptoms and clinical significance items, and factorial validity testing on a subset of items. In this paper, we discuss the drawbacks associated with these procedures. In addition, we present a different analytical approach to investigate the validity of the modified YFAS (mYFAS) along with an alternative scoring method that overcomes limitations related to the previous approach. After establishing the structure of the mYFAS, we investigated the potential antecedents and consequences of FA separately for men and women. The sample consisted of 1182 Polish undergraduate students (613 women, 559 men, 10 missing values on gender) with a mean age of 20.33 years (SD = 1.68; range: 18–36). They were asked to complete self-report questionnaires measuring FA, personality tr...
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