Beata Rynkiewicz

• Ph.D. Associate Professor
• University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

This chapter describes the democratic experiences and aspirations of Eastern and Central European countries in the context of young adults’ citizenship activity. Based on data collected from 3374 females (57%) and males in the early adulthood developmental period (age 18–27), we addressed three research questions: (1) Do young people observe change...

The article addresses the impacts of the pandemic on the functional aspects of societies that could potentially shape young persons’ social worldviews and pose a challenge to their civic participation in the future. It addresses the questions and reflections that could create barriers for the civic participation of young people: are authoritarian r...

There is shared commitment across European countries to ensure young people acquire social, civic and intercultural competences, by promoting across the disciplines democratic values and fundamental rights, social inclusion and non-discrimination, as well as active citizenship. However, this raises many challenges, not least in an uncertain world c...

Celem prezentowanych badań jest analiza zależności między aktywnością obywatelską młodzieży a podstawowymi cechami osobowości. Badano trzy wymiary obywatelstwa, zgodnie z modelem Zalewskiej i Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz: (1) pasywne, (2) półaktywne i (3) aktywne – polityczne, społeczne, osobiste i zorientowane na zmiany. Podstawowe cechy osobowości badano...

Scholars have reported that mental toughness (MT) moderates stress, helps with regaining balance after failure, and promotes mobilizing action. Accordingly, we used the Mental Toughness Questionnaire-48 to explore stage-related MT differences in a sample of 342 teenagers representing 3 stages of adolescence: 11-year-olds (early adolescence; n = 104...

The Netherlands is a country of diverse, often contradictory and dynamically changing views and policies with regard to civic integration of immigrants. In this context, studying how young Dutch immigrants express their citizenship may provide valuable insight. This research analyses how Dutch youth of immigrant and local origin differ in forms of...

This article explores passive, semi-active and active citizenship among young Ukrainians, empirically revealed using the Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered to 371 pupils aged 11, 14, and 17–18 years. This empirical study is introduced through a socio-political and educational description of the current situation...

The relationship between citizenship activity and economic status is examined and discussed in the article. We refer to the three-dimensional citizenship model by Zalewska and Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz: passive (patriotism and national activity), semi-active (loyalty and civic virtues) and active (political, social personal and action for change). A tota...

In this article we investigate the relationship between different educational systems and the citizenship activity of young people. We refer to a three-dimensional citizenship model developed by Zalewska and Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz: passive (patriotism and national activity); semi-active (loyalty and civic virtues); and active (political, social person...

In this article we present a different approach to citizenship research and understanding, with a focus on the citizenship model described by Zalewska and Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz in a study included in this thematic issue of CTL. The model developed by Zalewska and Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz consists of eight types of citizenship behaviour defined in three di...

In this chapter, the methodological background of the research is presented. In the study, we are looking to answer two questions: (1) to what extent are young Europeans ready to become involved in citizenship activities and (2) is this activity related to social, economic and political context? We use the comparative quantitative methodology. Data...

Citizenship activity of polish youth in relation to other young europeans and adolescence stages In the article the essence and range of young people citizenship is discussed. Results of research on citizenship activity of Poles in relation to other young Europeans and to adolescence stages are presented. Referring to citizenship model by Zalewska...

The project idea reflects European Commision recommended Work Programm 2013 for information and communication technologies management. Surveys conducted by analysts such as Forrester Research (2012) demonstrate that social technologies continue to grow in popularity inside the society and these developments will have an influence on policies and dr...

At the same time, the research on how a young generation interprets situation and what are their perspectives on achievements in the sphere of human rights, citizenship, humanisms of young people is utmost importance both for professionals in public security and in any other field, for educationalists in any sphere, and for the civilisation as we k...

The study explored young people’s tendency for cooperation in different social conditions and explanations of behaviour given by them. Cooperation seems to be an important part of citizenship behaviour. Here, it is defined as a tendency to maximize common payoff. According to the Homo economicus theory, people are egoistic entities and should make...

Department of Psychology of Development and Education Social Science Faculty University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 2 10-975 Olsztyn, Poland In this article, we analyse the phenomenon of responsibility and its understanding among young people from Visegrad countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary). Using the...

Istotnym elementem życia człowieka jest formo-wanie się tożsamości poprzez szukanie odpowiedzi na pytanie " kim jestem? ". Zmiany cywilizacyjne (w tym kulturowe) ostatnich dziesięcioleci w istotnym stopniu wpłynęły na tor tych poszukiwań. Obu-chowski (2000) podkreśla, że od lat 70. XX wie-ku mamy do czynienia z rewolucją podmiotów i budowaniem konc...

It was hypothesized that mental tasks that involve program running (RUN tasks) would cause a greater tonic heart rate (HR) increase than tasks that require the search for problem solutions (EDIT tasks). Three experiments using verbal, numeric, and graphic material were run to compare tasks matched for difficulty but differing in qualitative demands...

The aim of the study was to present the concept of student's responsibility as understood by younger primary school children. The interviews and responsibility dilemma tests conducted during the experiment on a group of 100 younger primary school pupils provided the basis for: (1) developing a model of subjective responsibility, and (2) determining...