Ieva Stokenberga

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• Dr.psych.
• Associate Professor at University of Latvia

Objectives: The consequences of long-lasting restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have become a topical question in the latest research. The present study aims to analyze longitudinal changes in adolescents' social emotional skills, resilience, and behavioral problems. Moreover, the study addresses the impact of adolescents' social emotion...

Effective school-based mental health programs are a research field with growing interest and great social value. At the stage of development and initial testing of the program, as well as during dissemination, and adaptation in other cultures, it is important that the implementation is carried out in the way that was originally intended. Fidelity o...

This research report presents the findings of semi- randomised evaluation of the Promoting Mental Health in School (PROMEHS) programme, developed by a nine-partners European consortium funded by the EU. The evaluation with more than 10,000 students from six different countries examined whether the progrmme is effective in enhancing students’ social...

As children and young people today face ever increasing social, emotional and mental health challenges, schools, as one of the primary systems in children’s lives, are called to broaden their agenda and help to address these challenges. This paper discusses the evaluation of a school-based, universal mental health promotion programme developed rece...

Objectives The consequences of long-lasting restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have become a topical question in the latest research. The present study aims to analyze longitudinal changes in adolescents’ social emotional skills, resilience, and behavioral problems. Moreover, the study addresses the impact of adolescents’ social emotiona...

Background Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects 3–8% of adolescents. It is characterized by hyperandrogenism and oligoovulation/anovulation. PCOS has a negative impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, the extents to which factors influence total HRQoL of adolescents are not known. Adult PCOS patients have a higher incidence o...

This paper addresses the role of social emotional competence in the emotional and behavioral problems and learning outcomes of preschool children based on their parents’ and teachers’ evaluations. In this study, we compared the perceptions of teachers and parents when evaluating the same child using the multi-informant assessment. First, the associ...

This article presents a feasibility study of a schoolteachers’ professional development program on virtue education. Using a questionnaire and focus group discussions, the study explored program feasibility through implementors’ and participants’ perceptions. While participants were more critical than implementors regarding design and delivery, the...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a new and challenging experience for families with children. It has changed the routine of everyday life dramatically. The aim of this mixed methods study was to explore the sources of parental stress and applied coping strategies during the first emergency situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as compare the...

The aim of the study was to investigate the role of mental health concepts (depression, anxiety, and stress) and work engagement in the prediction of burnout sub-variables in different conceptual models and which sub-variable they explain the most. It was assumed, that conceptualization of burnout subtypes could be more successful in the distinctio...

Aspects of emotional and social intelligence, such as self-awareness, self-management, empathy, and social skills, are encouraged for persons in positions of leadership. Empathy, in turn, is a predictor of an appreciation of human diversity. One’s sense of humor is advantageous in facilitating effective social communication and positive social inte...

Benevolent and corrective humor are two comic styles that have been related to virtue, morality, and character strengths. A previous study also supported the viability of measuring these two styles with the BenCor in 22 countries. The present study extends the previous one by including further countries (a total of 25 countries in 29 samples with N...

The study aimed to test the validity of the burnout subtypes hierarchic model operationalized by the ‘Burnout Clinical Subtypes Questionnaire’ (BCSQ-36) and its applicability in other cultures. To that aim psychometric properties, factorial and convergent validity regarding the Maslach Burnout Inventory – General Survey (MBI-GS), and correlation wi...

Recently, two forms of virtue-related humor, benevolent and corrective, have been introduced. Benevolent humor treats human weaknesses and wrongdoings benevolently, while corrective humor aims at correcting and bettering them. Twelve marker items for benevolent and corrective humor (the BenCor) were developed, and it was demonstrated that they fill...

Objective To investigate the risk factors associated with unwanted pregnancy in 16- to 25-year-old women in Latvia. Methods Case-control study of 16- to 25-year-old, sexually active women who did not want to get pregnant: the cases were 144 women who underwent their first abortion whereas 278 nulliparous women served as controls. Data concerning th...

The current study examines whether the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia) can be assessed reliably and validly by means of a self-report instrument in different countries of the world. All items of the GELOPH (Ruch and Titze, GELOPH〈46〉, University of Düsseldorf, 1998; Ruch and Proyer, Swiss Journal of Psychology 67:19–27, 2008b) were translat...

Recent studies on individual differences of humour-related traits and their relationship to stress coping focus on a humour style approach. The present study was aimed at cross-cultural validation of the Humor Style Questionnaire in Latvia. Participants were 183 undergraduates. Results provide support for a four humour style model and its relation...

The aim of the study was to determine whether humor affects stress responses in an experimental stress situation. Sixty-nine students of psychology and education and fifty students of building engineering took part in the study. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups and watched the stress inducing movie. One of the groups was i...