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Cultural differences have always been observed in the way that drivers act suggesting that in part, the cultural aspects could bring an insight into risky driving behaviors. Two hundred and five drivers from 3 countries (Morocco, N=30; France, N=87; Romania, N-=88) have taken part into an exploratory study aiming to analyze how various cultural values might have an impact on risky driving behavior and driving anger. Participants had in average 22 years (SD=2.12, min=18, max=25), had had their driving license for 3...

A Recent survey of household pro - environmental behavior in Latvia (March 2016; n 1009), clearly indicates that 56.7% of respondents identify themselves as certainly green thinking or as rather environmentally friendly, however most of the time they do not act pro – environmentally. The aim of this research was to explore different pro – environmental behaviors and intentions by using multidimensional scaling as well as to look for patterns these behaviors form. Clusters of habit and non-habit driven behaviors as...

Objectives: In this study the relationship between social skills and behavioral problems in secondary school students was examined. In addition, the gender differences between these variables were investigated. The main aim of the study was to analyze the relation between the social and emotional competencies and behavioral problems. Furthermore, the prognostic role of social and emotional competencies in the prevalence of problematic behavior was analyzed. Methods: Participants were selected from a Hungarian mino...

The results of the study of the content of representations about professional success and attitude towards it in connection with the professional motivation, purpose-in-life and value orientations of 90 students of the South-Russian universities are presented. The complex internal relations between the representations about professional success, values and professional motivation of the person are discussed. The orienting, motivating and evaluative functions of the representations about professional success are an...

The paper deals with the first translation of the IAS-R psychological test (Revised Interpersonal Adjective Scale by J. S. Wiggins) and its application during the pilot study at the Faculty of Education at the University of South Bohemia. The Interpersonal Adjective Scales provides an efficient and structurally precise measure of major dimensions that underlie interpersonal transactions: Dominance (DOM) and Nurturance (LOV). Furthermore, eight octants are defined within the 64 scaled items that describe specific p...

The aim of this paper is to present the Five Ways to Wellbeing method. This original Anglo-Saxon concept in applied the Czech Republic as part of therapeutic interventions for persons with addictions. The experience with this method is described in the qualitative analysis. The ultimate question is whether the Five Ways to Wellbeing method is applicable in the Czech Republic. What are the specifics and whether they are consistent with the conventional methods and procedures used in the target group. Another aim wi...

Theoretical framework. The research is based on the psychological conception of metaphors as a way of social cognition. It touches on the problem of distinctions of representations about "friend" and "alien" persons with different ethnocultural appearance reflected in metaphors and narratives. The objective of this research was comparative analysis of metaphors of "friends" and "aliens" with different ethnocultural appearance of persons with different stratificational characteristics (gender, age, level of educati...

Knowing the abilities and the personality traits which affect the academic success we could be able to intervene, helping students to achieve better grades. The purpose of our research consists in exploring and identifying personality traits which reflect significantly upon academic performance (the marks registered by the students). Personality refers to the organized psychophysical systems (within the individual) which determine specific behavior and thinking. The Five Factor Model (FFM) was investigated. The in...

Autistic Spectrum Disorders as a heterogeneous group of disorders in the dysogenogenesis are an object of interest in many specialties and interdisciplinary sciences. As far as the mental development disorders are examined by the psychology, the somatic and neurological disorders are a subject to pediatrics and child neurology, it seems that the problems of social cognition of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders remain in the background. Considering the fact that social work and social activities generally a...

Mindfulness has been successfully practiced for over 2,500 years with the goal to “quiet the mind’s constant chattering: thoughts, anxieties, and regrets” [14]. Organizational mindfulness refers to a combination of observation of existing expectations and willingness to invent new expectations, and identification of new possible dimensions with aim to improve foresight and current functioning of the organization, in addition to swiftly act in response to emerging threats [15]. According to Jacqueline Carte [3], mi...

The paper deals with an experimental application of computational linguistic analysis of Czech text in psychological assessment and psychodiagnostics. The paper presents the design and methodology of an interdisciplinary research CPACT (Computational Psycholinguistic Analysis of Czech Text), as well as its predecessor and pilot study QPA-FPT (Quantitative Psycholinguistic Analysis of Formal Parameters of Czech Text). The CPACT research aims to understand the relations between a person’s personal characteristics an...

Occurrence of cognitive distortions in managerial work relates to the objective conditions of this work but also to the subjective characteristics of managers. In this context, the presented paper focuses on the analysis of gender specifics of the links between the attributes of emotional intelligence of managers and assessment of the occurrence of cognitive distortions of managers. Data were collected from 67 female and 80 male managers using the methodologies TEIQue (emotional intelligence) and PCD18 (occurrence...

Efficiency is one of the most important indicators of elite professionalism. Measuring this indicator we reveal the quality of a particular elite community, their professional training and acmeological level. Empirical data only gives an external quality measure. Personal assessments of elite subjects are made In the role of an internal criterion. It is the comparison of the objective and subjective (external and internal) indicator which gives us an adequate assessment of the effectiveness of modern political eli...