Dzintra Iliško

Daugavpils University · Institute of Humanities and Societal Sciences Center of Sustainable Education Daugavpils University

The article explores theoretical insights about the complex concept of achievement motivation. The authors adapted research methodology for the purpose of this study to explore the motivation for the achievements of Latvian population. The authors have conducted a detailed empirical study by examining various types of occupations or professions of...

Digitalization of Latvian economy is set as a comprehensive and long-term developmental strategy for the society as a whole. The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic determined the quantitative values for the economic growth score in order to overcome the existing technological gap with leading countries in technological progress, thus a...

The problem of assertiveness as a condition of self-actualization is actively developed by both, theorists and practitioners. In order to explore it, more than 30 different tests are being developed by the scientists. However, most of them have common drawback.In reality, behavioural acts that in one cultural environment are perceived as manifestat...

The issue of addiction to social networks is relevant for our time. The studies carried out in different cultural contexts indicate that addicted people are anxious, less satisfied with life, they may have problems with academic performance and with the achievement of their life and professional goals. Addicted people are more common among younger...

Unfounded—conspiracy and health— beliefs about COVID-19 have accompanied the pandemic worldwide. Here, we examined cross-nationally the structure and correlates of these beliefs with an 8-item scale, using a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. We obtained a two-factor model of unfounded (conspiracy and health) beliefs with good internal struct...

This paper investigates how horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism predict self-report loneliness in addition to the variance accounted for by age and sex in 28 countries (N = 8,345). Horizontal and vertical aspects of individualism and collectivism had small but significant contributions to predicting loneliness. Horizontal-collect...

The requirement of assertive behavior in communicative professions is relevant for the field of medicine, pedagogy, politics and public service. The purpose of the study is to establish a link between assertive and non-assertive communicative behavior and addiction to social networks. For this purpose, Sheinov's tests were used, translated from Rus...

Stress is a typical reaction to internal or external factors that are disrupting equilibrium in one’s life or daily routine. In this study stress in considered as a multifaceted factor resulting either in good or bad outcomes depending on one’s mindset and context. The context of the study is the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic when University...

The topic of academic integrity (AI) has recently gained importance worldwide. In Latvia, from 2019, these issues have been revisited in initiatives of the Ministry of Education and Science and higher education institutions (HEIs). Taking into account the increasing diversity of challenges related to AI, HEIs face the need to create research and an...

The relationships between self-report loneliness and the four humor styles of affiliative, aggressive, self-defeating, and self-enhancing were investigated in 15 countries (N = 4,701). Because loneliness has been suggested to be both commonly experienced and detrimental, we examine if there are similar patterns between humor styles, gender, and age...

Currently, the educational system in Latvia is undergoing a transition from a traditional to a competence-based curriculum where civic education plays an important place in pupils’ holistic development. In the context of strengthening civic education, it is important to gain experience in practising citizenship in order to promote the active partic...

Assertiveness is the ability to act on the basis of one’s self-esteem by considering the point of view of other people, so that the behaviour remains within positive boundaries. Given the fact that online communication is already firmly entrenched in our lives, the study aims to explore the relationship between individuals' self-assertive behaviour...

The role of health care personnel in any medical institution is particularly important. Staff as a resource is the most important and valuable capital that ensures the continuous and systemic functioning of the institution, its development in perspective. The competence and attitude of the employees determine the satisfaction of clients and patient...

At present teachers are facing a number of challenges caused by the reform processes in education that require acquisition of new competencies. Digital competence, that includes both technical skills needed to manage the software and cognitive skills that are related to education, has been gradually introduced in the curricula over the past decade....

COVID-19 has been a source of fear around the world. We asked whether the measurement of this fear is trustworthy and comparable across countries. In particular, we explored the measurement invariance and cross-cultural replicability of the widely-used Fear of COVID-19 (the FCV-19S) scale, testing community samples from 48 countries (N = 14,558). T...

During the social distancing, an increasing number of people use communication applications, various types of digital tools and programs. Various video conferencing platforms are regularly used in the educational environment. The study presents the analyses how intensive is the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the educatio...

The globalization and migration processes are typical features of our societies that affect policy, economy and the culture of each country. Migration involves many challenges: identity issues and well-being of migrants in negotiating new roles and values. At the social level, migration involves demographic, educational, sociological and employment...

Education plays a key role in promoting fundamental values, citizens’ rights and responsibilities as well as social inclusion, in particularly so by reducing hostility towards vulnerable social groups. Therefore, all stages of education, including higher education, are important in the development of civic transversal competence. To ensure sustaina...

The article discusses the necessity of gradual and meaningful integration of innovations in education by respecting cultural and educational traditions of the local context. Sometimes, the crises require urgent action to be taken to sustain the educational process, like digitalization of the educational process caused by the Covid-19. The internati...

One of the Indonesian government's efforts to provide equal education for disabilities is by implementing inclusive education. Inclusive education gives special needs (SEN) students have the same opportunity to get education together in class with the typical students of their age and obtain equal education services. So, inclusive education concept...

The present study examines the question of whether certain humor styles predict self-esteem. Men and women in 15 countries (NTOTAL = 4,701) completed self-report measures assessing self-esteem and the four humor styles of affiliative, aggressive, self-defeating, and self-enhancing. Each of the country samples had self-esteem averages at or above th...

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced regular patters of career guidance. Globally everything has stopped: projects were postponed, and workplaces were closed but this situation has pushed career counselors to search for new opportunities about how career guidance could be carried out. The pandemic has intensified existing challenges in society, add...

COVID-19 resulted in school closures on a global scale. However, the most significant closures appear to be in North America. Educational disruption is anticipated to impact educational attainment in terms of drop-out rates but more significantly with respect to exacerbating pre-pandemic educational inequity and corresponding poverty. This discussi...

Values has been explored in connection to a deeper understanding of human behavior. Values provide the answer to the basic existential questions, help to provide meaning in one’s life. Values are the key aspects of one’s self-esteem. They reflect diverse aspects of one’s social identity. According to a number of scientists, ethnic identity is a par...

The issue of a human person, and his/her development, and particularly in connection with a social sphere is extremely relevant for our times. In psychology, this issue has been developed through developmental periods, theories of personality identity and conditions that contribute to a self-actualization of an individual. In this regard, interest...

There has been a significant increase in interest about a psychological well-being among the researchers, politicians, media and general public. This study focuses on a measurement on a psychological well-being of the custom employees. For the purpose of measurement of a psychological well-being of custom employees, the authors have used Ruff’s sca...

COVID-19 has been a global disruptor. In many cases due to uncertainty and limited information, the pandemic has created chaos across business and private activity; education is no exception. The reality of the limited flexibility of existing systems of teaching was immediately acknowledged by the closure of physical facilities and the subsequent m...

Topicality of the study is related to the in-depth study of the art of works of Van Gogh, Velázquez and Repin by relating art to the biography of these authors. The aim of the study is to explore the symbolism and the biography of the painters using the examples of analysis from the works of Van Gogh, Velasquez, and Repin and also to determine the...

Religious encounters are one of the most debated issues in Europe. Tools for dealing with sensitive, controversial religious issues still remain underdeveloped. Therefore, religious educators need to promote a deeper understanding of religious issues instead of merely passing information onto students. Expanding borders and developing a more inclus...

Norm enforcement may be important for resolving conflicts and promoting cooperation. However, little is known about how preferred responses to norm violations vary across cultures and across domains. In a preregistered study of 57 countries (using convenience samples of 22,863 students and non-students), we measured perceptions of the appropriatene...

Communication about educational issues has moved into engaging teachers and researchers to discuss international topics and global aspects of education in their classes. Topicality of the study: Research areas such as Global Education are since about 40 years back well established and imply that education at schools needs to take an interest in imp...

Incorporating education for sustainable development (ESD) into the curriculum is one of the main priorities of education policy in Latvia and internationally. Implementation of ESD relies greatly on individual teachers’ beliefs, enthusiasm, theoretical knowledge and practical expertise. It is widely recognized that teachers’ beliefs influence their...

Abstract Objectives: The Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) capture individual differences in aversive personality to complement work on other taxonomies, such as the Big Five traits. However, the literature on the Dark Triad traits relies mostly on samples from English-speaking (i.e., Westernized) countries. We bro...

The present study investigates the career choice of 8th graders in the context of reform processes in Latvia and changing demands of the job market. Career planning in this article is seen as a spiralling and dialectic process that is influenced by multiple factors, the process that involves planning, generating options, evaluation of options and m...

Ethnic identity is an important component of a person’s personal identity. Many studies indicate that a strong and secure ethnic identity positively correlates with an adequate self-esteem, coping mechanisms, and optimism. In this study the authors intend to analyse the socio-psychological theories of the ethnic group, ethnic identity and the relat...

A number of studies are focusing on interrelations that exist between teachers’ subjective well-being and financial well-being, occupational stress and other factors that influence teachers’ happiness at work. The aim of this study is to explore the factors influencing teachers’ psychological well-being. This involves teachers’ engagement with thei...

Spirituality and worldview are broad concepts with many different understandings and perspectives. They include a sense of connection to a higher power, as well as a search for answers to existential questions of life. Human spiritual experiences can be described as sacred or transcendental, or as an awareness that everything in this world is deepl...

The Dark Triad (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) has garnered intense attention over the last 15 years. We examined the structure of these traits’ measure—the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD)—in a sample of 11,488 participants from three W.E.I.R.D. (i.e., North America, Australia & Oceania, Western Europe) and five non-W.E.I.R.D. (i.e....

The article analyses the aspects of personality traits as well as their role in the choice of one's employment, field of work, and a career. The theoretical framework is based on the theories of different authors who have studied individual's adaptation skills to the surrounding world and the work environment, and the decision-making aspects in the...

Responses to a measure of the four humor styles of affiliative, aggressive, self-enhancing, and self-defeating from the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ; Martin et al. Journal of Research in Personality, 37(1), 48–75, 2003) were collected from individuals (N = 8361) in 28 countries encompassing 21 different languages. The purpose of this global coll...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of teaching on the mathematical reasoning skills and the attitude towards problem solving with cooperative heterogeneous student groups formed according to learning preferences in a learning environment enriched by using different learning ways. The study was carried out by a provincial center in S...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the learning process in the context of mathematical reasoning which is enriched by using different teaching methods from the perspectives of seventh grade students and mathematics teachers attending their classes. In this study, a qualitative research approach has been adopted since a case is tried to be examine...

In line with the EU2020 strategy, sustainable development has been a high priority in the EU. Implementing a sustainable strategy in any organization is a complex, value-based multi-dimensional process where sustainability is translated and adapted in the regional context. Implementation of a sustainability strategy requires defining a vision, deve...

The article focuses on a discourse of resilience and remembering and its interconnectedness in teaching contested historical narratives. History mainly consists of events, remembrance, narratives, rituals, discourses, and stereotypes which can facilitate or prevent resilience. Since such purposes are part of religious and values education, a multid...

The aim of this chapter is to offer a viable perspective for religious educators in developing learners’ competency “in living together” in an increasingly diverse world. The topicality of developing students’competency “in living together” is undermined by evidence of hostility toward different religious positions that is in line with strong tende...

Survival of organizations nowadays depends on their ability to learn properly and quickly increase their efficiency and their performance and to adapt to the changing environment. Creating an organizational learning culture (OLC) could achieve an increase in the survivability of organizations. This paper examines the OLC questionnaire, the develope...

Sustainable education and education for sustainable development (ESD) have witnessed a deserved number of research studies in the recent years. The present article proposes a holistic research framework for the research on sustainable education and education for sustainable development in the 21st century. The article aims to choose a more holistic...

To analyse the similarities and differences in personal meaning of academic experience associated with intrinsic and extrinsic academic motivation, the conceptual ideas of Self-Determination theory were blended with methodological elaborations based on the Dialogical Self Theory. The Academic Motivation Scale to identify intrinsically and extrinsic...

Teachers are being identified as key actors for ensuring quality education, therefore they need to receive a proper professional support during their first years of work in overcoming initial challenges. As the preliminary research indicates, support that they gain is systemic and fragmentary. The aim of the study is to explore the sustainability a...

Creative Imagination and its Development in Ontogenesis Valērijs Makarevičs Dr.psych.; Dzintra Iliško Dr. paed. Daugavpils University, Latvia Abstract: Education for sustainability comprises knowledge about the ontogenetic tendencies of development of creative imagination, because creative imagination is necessary for implementing programs of sus...