Jaroslava Suchá

• Ph.D.
• Assistant professor at Palacký University Olomouc

Background and aims The aim of the present study was to estimate the complex association between Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), substance use, and other risky behaviours in Czech adolescents whilst providing prevalence estimates of IGD and psychometric information regarding the Czech Internet Gaming Disorder Scale–Short-Form (IGDS9-SF). Methods A...

This study examines how risky online behaviors among Czech adolescents relate to social support, depression, and anxiety. The behaviors investigated include sending videos to strangers, receiving explicit content, sharing nude photos, encountering monetary offers for meetings, and exposure to blackmail. A nationwide sample of 1095 adolescents aged...

INTRODUCTION: Existing research highlights current issues in youth mental health that are often related to the overuse of modern technology, the experience of depression, or reduced resilience to mental stress. The main aim of this study is to analyse the relationships between Internet Gaming Disorder, depression, and resilience, with a focus on ge...

Purpose: The study aimed to evaluate anti-fat attitudes and beliefs among Czech adolescents and develop a Czech version of the Anti-Fat Attitudes Questionnaire (AFA) and Beliefs About Obese Persons Scale (BAOP). Methods and Participants: A total of 3,345 Czech adolescents aged 11–19 years completed sociodemographics, AFA, and BAOP. Results: The con...

Předložená monografie poskytuje důkladný a komplexní pohled na problematiku užívání digitálních technologií u adolescentů včetně hlediska jejich nezdravého užívání. Monografie předkládá ucelený rámec od definování základních pojmů přes teoretická východiska, diagnostiku a administraci metod až po specifické strategie prevence a intervence. Kniha na...

Aggression and aggressiveness present in situations associated with negative human behaviour. Society largely views aggression as problematic, unacceptable, and destructive. In the past, though, it was one of the key factors of survival and subsistence. Aggression is intended behaviour that is directed against oneself, another person or object. A...

The post will bring up-to-date information about what activities they do, but also what Czech girls and boys (15-19 years old) experience in cyberspace. 2196 adolescents (1140 girls and 1056 boys) with a mean age of 16.81 years (SD = ±1.01) participated in the research project. Adolescents attended secondary education facilities (G, SŠ, SOU; ISCED...

Method: - Internet Use Questionnaire (IUQ; Považanová, Dolejš, & Suchá, 2020): - Identifies how adolescents use the Internet and related social networks (social networking, computer gaming, and acting in cyberspace). - self-constructed questionnaire - method contains 28 items - individual or group administration lasting 5-10 minutes - includes, for...

Background The purpose of the study was to evaluate anti-fat attitudes and beliefs about high-weight people in a nonclinical sample of Czech adolescents. An additional aim was to create a Czech version of the Anti-fat Attitudes Questionnaire (AFA) and Beliefs About Obese Persons Scale (BAOP) and to test their psychometric properties. Methods and P...

BACKGROUND: Adolescence is one of the most important stages in a human life. This period is full of different stimuli and types of influence – from parents, peers, and society. It is related to greater susceptibility to problematic behaviour and to impulsivity. Because of that it is important to explore the topic of impulsivity and impulsive behavi...

Přednáška představí výsledky z výzkumného projektu, který se zaměřoval na aktivity českých a slovenských adolescentů (11–19 let) v kyberprostoru. Výzkumného projektu se účastnilo 3741 dívek a chlapců, kteří navštěvovali sekundární vzdělávací instituce (ISCED 2 a 3) v České republice a na Slovensku. Online prostředí s sebou nese jak pozitivní aspekt...

Aggression and aggressiveness present in situations associated with negative human behaviour. Society largely views aggression as problematic, unacceptable, and destructive. In the past, though, it was one of the key factors of survival and subsistence. Aggression is intended behaviour that is directed against oneself, another person or object. A...

INTRODUCTION: The Czech Republic records one of the highest prevalence levels of obesity in comparison to other European and world countries. The present study aims to fill a gap in the use of tools in research of food addiction (FA), which is believed to be one factor in the high prevalence of obesity. METHODS: A pen-and-paper study was conducted...

The poster will present the results of a research project that was focused on the activities of Czech and Slovak adolescents (11-19 years) in cyberspace. The online environment has both positive aspects that contribute and help to shaping and finding human identity, and adolescents in the online world may also encounter risks that may jeopardize th...

The edited monograph discusses timely topics and the current state of knowledge concerning primarily the psychological and holistic concept of health. The axis of this work follows biological, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects of health including reflection on the current influence of digital technologies. The included texts were written through...

The presentation deals with the ethical values of adolescents in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. The main goal of the research is to find out whether adolescents differ in three types of ethical values - in autonomy, spirituality and community and whether these values are influenced by the idols they can have online and the time adolesc...

The Questionnaire of Digital Game Playing (QDGP) is used for diagnosis of the severity of playing digital games in adolescents. This psychodiagnostic method is therefore a suitable tool for the identification of problematic gamers and addicted gamers. For some children, adolescents, and also adults are playing digital games their only activity, the...

The Questionnaire of Digital Game Playing (QDGP) is used for diagnosis of the severity of playing digital games in adolescents. This psychodiagnostic method is therefore a suitable tool for the identification of problematic gamers and addicted gamers. For some children, adolescents, and also adults are playing digital games their only activity, the...

The Questionnaire of Digital Game Playing (QDGP) is used for diagnosis of the severity of playing digital games in adolescents. This psychodiagnostic method is therefore a suitable tool for the identification of problematic gamers and addicted gamers. For some children, adolescents, and also adults are playing digital games their only activity, the...

The Scale of depression Dolejš, Skopal and Suchá, is one of a few methods in the Czech environment that can be used for diagnosis of depression in humans (mainly adolescents). It is a psychodiagnostic tool designed to detect the current level of depression. Depression in people is manifested, for example, by a pessimistic view of the future, sadnes...

The Scale of depression Dolejš, Skopal and Suchá, is one of a few methods in the Czech environment that can be used for diagnosis of depression in humans (mainly adolescents). It is a psychodiagnostic tool designed to detect the current level of depression. Depression in people is manifested, for example, by a pessimistic view of the future, sadnes...

The Questionnaire of Digital Game Playing (QDGP) is used for diagnosis of the severity of playing digital games in adolescents. This psychodiagnostic method is therefore a suitable tool for the identification of problematic gamers and addicted gamers. For some children, adolescents, and also adults are playing digital games their only activity, the...

The Scale of depression Dolejš, Skopal and Suchá, is one of a few methods in the Czech environment that can be used for diagnosis of depression in humans (mainly adolescents). It is a psychodiagnostic tool designed to detect the current level of depression. Depression in people is manifested, for example, by a pessimistic view of the future, sadnes...

Adolescent girls and boys go through an infinite number of changes on physiological, psychological, social levels, including the spiritual area. Adolescence is the period of a highly complex transition and is different for every adolescent. Adolescent development needs to be subjected to both quantitative assessment (a comparison with average peer...

Abstrakt: V současné době pandemie COVID-19 se přesunulo mnoho aktivit do online prostředí. To s sebou nese jak mnoho výhod, tak ale i nevýhod. Přílišné trávení času na internetu či sociálních sítích se může stát až rizikovým a ve velkém měřítku ovlivnit sebepojetí, vztahy, a celkově život jedince. Z tohoto důvodu se výzkumný projekt, který příspěv...

The Digital Gaming Questionnaire (DHDH) will be presented, as well as basic prevalence data from the field of digital gaming and the relationship between this activity and the actual use of the Internet. The Internet Dependence Test (IAT) was also used in the research. Several thousand Czech girls and boys attending various types of school faciliti...

Overuse of games can lead to negative effects, such as Internet Gaming Disorder. Playing video games can lead in a reduced quality of life. The term Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), was included in the latest edition of the DSM-5. The ICD-11 also works with this term. Despite the growing interest of scientists in IGD and epidemiological research poi...

This age offers adolescents a number of stimuli for development, but also time for stagnation. One of these factors is the Internet, which plays an irreplaceable role in today's society. In our research, we deal with the use of the Internet and social networks among Czech and Slovak adolescents aged from 15 to 19 years. In our questionnaire battery...

This study was conducted to investigate the psychometric properties of the Czech version of The Scale for Assessment of Pathological Computer-Gaming (AICA-S) and to identify the proportion of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) among juvenile gamblers in Czech primary schools and grammar schools. This study involves 2 475 students in age from 11 to 19 y...

Škála depresivity Dolejša, Skopala a Suchej (SDDSS) je screeningový nástroj na diagnostiku aktuálne prežívanej depresie dospievajúcich. Škála bola aplikovaná v niekoľkých celonárodných a regionálnych štúdiách, ktoré potvrdili žiadané psychometrické parametre. Poskytuje populačné normy pre dospievajúcich vo veku 10 až 19 rokov. Kompletná príručka k...

Our study estimates the prevalence of Internet addiction in Czech adolescents as well as differences by gender and school type. A total of 3,950 adolescents (n = 1,940 boys, n = 2,010 girls) from 11 to 19 years of age (M = 15.73, SD = 1.99) participated in the research. They completed the Internet Addiction Test, which consists of subscales for Sal...

The psychological conference "Psychologická diagnostika Brno 2021" is an annual event focused on psychodiagnostic, psychological measurements, psychometrics, and statistics. This new tool DHDH from Czech authors for measuring internet gaming disorder was presented.

While video games can be helpful in personal development, participating in certain gaming activities may lead to negative effects such as video game addiction. The overuse of computer games, which can lead to reduced quality of life and affect a person’s practical skills. Around 3% of adolescents suffer from Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), there is...

(ENGLISH) The first comprehensive concept of locus of control was developed by Julian Rotter, who noted that the reinforcement of certain behaviour depends in part on attributing the outcome (reward or punishment) either to one’s own behaviour and efforts or to external forces. Locus of control is a one-dimensional construct, which distinguishes tw...

The Questionnaire of Digital Game Playing (QDGP) is used for diagnosis of the severity of playing digital games in adolescents. This psychodiagnostic method is therefore a suitable tool for the identification of problematic gamers and addicted gamers. For some children, adolescents, and also adults are playing digital games their only activity, the...

Svět her se s vývojem technologií výrazně proměnil a nabyl nové podoby. V současnosti se ukazuje, že pro děti a dospívající se jednou z nejoblíbenějších volnočasových aktivit stává hraní digitálních her, tj. elektronických her, které lze hrát prostřednictvím počítače, mobilního telefonu, tabletu, herní konzole a dalších. Toto číslo Zaostřeno přináš...

As modern technologies develop, the world of digital games has changed remarkably and gained a new character. It is apparent at present that playing digital games, i.e. electronic games that can be played by means of a PC, mobile phone, tablet, game console, and other devices, is becoming one of the very favourite leisure activities for children an...

Die Adoleszenz ist im menschlichen Leben die dynamischste Entwicklungsetappe; es sind nämlich die Lebensjahre, in denen ein Kind zu einem erwachsenen Individuum wird. In diesem Zeitraum kommt es zu vielen Veränderungen auf verschiedenen Ebenen, in verschiedener Intensität, aber auch in verschiedenen Phasen dieser Etappe. Als Adoleszenz kann die zwe...

V české společnosti se začaly digitální hry objevovat od 90. let 20. století. Významný a rychlý rozmach hraní digitálních her přichází ale až s finanční dostupností zobrazovacích zařízení a her a se snadnou dostupností internetu v českých rodinách. V dnešní době je herní svět samostatnou komoditou, jak na finančních burzách, tak i ve společnosti. E...

The Scale of depression Dolejš, Skopal, and Suchá, is one of a few methods in the Czech environment that can be used for diagnosis of depression in humans (mainly adolescents). It is a psychodiagnostic tool designed to detect the current level of depression. Depression in people is manifested, for example, by a pessimistic view of the future, sadne...

Abstract. Objectives: The main aim of the work is to identify impact of impulsivity on adolescent risk behaviors. 2. Sample and setting: Representative research sample consisted of 4,098 highs students of the Czech Republic. The basic set represents 348,678 adolescents, of which approximately 86,796 attend four-year, six-year and eight-year high sc...

Our research design is based on the assumption that impulsivity and aggression are closely related. The investigation is focused on differences in the aggressive behaviour of students with average and high rates of impulsivity. The research sample consists of 5841 pupils in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic aged 10-15 years. Impulsivity wa...

The Scale of depression Dolejš, Skopal and Suchá, is one of a few methods in the Czech environment that can be used for diagnosis of depression in humans (mainly adolescents). It is a psychodiagnostic tool designed to detect the current level of depression. Depression in people is manifested, for example, by a pessimistic view of the future, sadnes...

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to verify the factor structure of the Czech translation ofin Self-CuriosityCzech grammarAttitude-Interestschools, studentsScaleand(SCAI)to explore reliability of the scale. Curiosity about self was initially conceptualized as the desire that people have to explore and understand themselves and their psychol...

In clinical counselling practice, but also when planning prevention programmes, it is useful to know the personality characteristics and current psychological state of the girls and boys being examined. In the Czech Republic, psychodiagnostic methods that are developed meet strict methodological requirements imposed on this type of psychodiagnostic...

Abstrakt: Výzkumný projekt se zaměřuje na posouzení úrovně rizikovosti hraní počítačových her a videoher, čímž jsou myšleny jakékoli digitální hry na různých typech zobrazovacích zařízení (mobil, tablet aj.). Klíčovým cílem této studie je vytvořit psychodiagnostickou metodu, na základě které by bylo možné určit přijatelnou míru hraní her a zároveň...

Agresivita je tendence k agresivnímu a násilnému chování, přičemž agrese je již reálný projev této vnitřní dispozice. Následující strany poskytují vhled do teoretického backgroundu sledovaného fenoménu. Čtenáři získají základní informace o psychodiagnostických nástrojích, které měří agresi či agresivitu. Teoretické poznatky jsou doplněny výsledky,...

Monografie se primárně zabývá fenoménem agresivity a jejími souvislostmi s depresivitou, impulzivitou a sebehodnocením u dospívajících mezi 15–19 lety. Z celkové sledované populace bylo do výzkumného šetření zapojeno 2378 respondentů se zastoupením každého kraje ČR, jednalo se tak o 2,75 % základního souboru. Všechny osobnostní proměnné byly posuzo...

This research study deals with an assessment of personality characteristics in risk and non-risk individuals. The study is a response to the serious social issue of the abuse of legal and illegal drugs amongst adolescents, and is based on the prevalence values relating to the use of these substances.

GOALS: The main objective was to identify the specific features of high-risk behaviour among adolescents. The focus is on differences in high-risk behaviour with respect to the age and gender of adolescents. METHODS: The forms of high-risk behaviour were surveyed using the VRCHA questionnaire, which consists of 18 items aimed at detecting bullying,...

BACKGROUND: This research study deals with the assessment of personality traits in risk and non-risk individuals. The study is a response to the serious social issue of the abuse of legal and illegal drugs amongst adolescents, and is based on the prevalence values relating to the use of these substances. AIMS: The objective of this research study i...

Abstrakt: Cílem příspěvku je prezentace výsledků dotazníkového šetření o rizikovém chování žáků 2. stupně ZŠ ve vztahu k jejich osobnostním charakteristikám se zaměřením na agresivní tendence a projevy. Agresivita je výrazným rizikovým faktorem, který může mít různé zdroje, jednak osobnostní (např. impulsivita), tak i situační (reakce na frustraci)...

Many research projects (Lepík et al., 2010; Vacek, 2008; Csémy & Chomynová, 2012) have approved and demonstrate the occurrence of risk behaviour among pupils attending upper primary schools and corresponding years at grammar schools. In contrary, other projects (Dolejš, 2010; Skopal, 2012) monitor and evaluate the occurrence of various personality...

The text of the submitted publication deals with risky behavior in adolescents in relation to their personality dispositions. The introductory chapters deal with the theoretical anchoring of used terms. From the description of adolescence period focused on physical, cognitive and psychosocial development, the text aims to define the concept of risk...