Jiri Cenek

Mendel University in Brno · Department of Social Development

This article investigates cross-cultural differences in analytic/holistic cognitive styles among participants from 11 countries: Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Ghana, Philippines, Slovakia, Taiwan, and Türkiye. Using a preregistered design, 993 university students were assessed with three perceptual tasks based on Navon’s h...

The ETDD70 dataset comprises eye-tracking recordings from 70 Czech participants, equally divided into dyslexic and non-dyslexic readers, all aged 9–10 years. The dataset captures eye movements during three text-reading tasks in Czech: syllable reading (Task 1), meaningful text reading (Task 4), and pseudo-text reading (Task 5). This dataset is the...

This article investigates the links between the Big Five personality traits and self‐efficacy, perceived stress, and life satisfaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic on a large sample of Czech university students and lecturers ( N = 11,824). The study's findings indicate that during the pandemic, negative emotionality was strongly associated with bot...

When spatial information is depicted on univariate or multivariate maps, different visualization designs should be considered to fit the designs to suit the target audience and define the map’s general purpose and therefore also the map user’s expected cognitive processes. Although multivariate maps have attracted research for decades, only several...

We examined theories of cross‑cultural differences in cognitive style on a sample of 242 participantsrepresenting five cultural groups (Czechia, Ghana, eastern and western Turkey, and Taiwan). Theexperiment involved immersive virtual environments consisting of two salient focal objects and acomplex background as stimuli, which were presented using...

This article presents a comprehensive dataset and its associated data collection methodology aimed at understanding public opinion and attitudes across diverse socio-political dimensions in Czechia and Slovakia. The dataset covers a wide array of variables, including socio-demographic variables, media consumption patterns, scales measuring attitude...

This eye-tracking research investigates cross-cultural similarities and differences in visual attention in complex scenes free-viewing perception. The study utilizes 70 real-world photos with one or two focal objects as stimulus materials. The study examines the amount of time spent on focal objects, saccadic lengths, temporal changes in saccadic l...

This is an exploratory research that seeks to investigate how ideology predicts Taiwanese perceptions of cross-strait relations, including attitudes toward Taiwan independence, perceptions of mainland China and Chinese people, Chinese invasion of Taiwan, and Chinese democracy. We took an inductive approach to left-right differences in Taiwan to off...

This paper investigates cross-cultural differences in analytic/holistic cognitive styles among participants from eleven countries: Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Ghana, Philippines, Slovakia, Taiwan, and Türkiye. Using a pre-registered design, 993 university students were assessed with three perceptual tasks based on Navon...

This article investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a large sample of Czech university students and lecturers (N = 11,824), focusing on the links between the Big Five personality traits and self-efficacy, perceived stress, and life satisfaction. The study’s findings indicate that during the pandemic, neuroticism was strongly associated...

Cognitive styles are commonly studied constructs in cognitive psychology. The theory of field dependence-independence was one of the most important cognitive styles. Yet in the past, its measurement had significant shortcomings in validity and reliability. The theory of analytic and holistic cognitive styles attempted to extend this theory and over...

People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from m...

Individualism and collectivism are some of the most widely applied concepts in cultural and cross-cultural research. They are commonly applied by scholars who use arithmetic means or sum indexes of items on a scale to examine the potential similarities and differences in samples from various countries. For many reasons, cross-cultural research impl...

Cognitive styles are commonly studied constructs in cognitive psychology. The theory of field dependence-independence was one of the most important cognitive styles. Yet in the past, its measurement had significant shortcomings in validity and reliability. The theory of analytic and holistic cognitive styles attempted to extend this theory and over...

This manuscript aims to present a novel behavioral impulsivity test ImGo, which is suitable for impulsivity assessment in the general population. A series of three studies was conducted to validate its psychometric qualities. In Study 1 we describe the principles of ImGo and verify its test-retest and split-half reliability and its convergent valid...

This article introduces a validation study of the Czech version of an independent and interdependent self-construal questionnaire (SCS, Vignoles et al., 2016) conducted on 330 Czech subjects. In this study, the reliability, convergent validity and factor validity were verified. However, the confirmatory factor analysis revealed unsatisfactory facto...

The aim of this study was to compare the performance of two bivariate visualizations by measuring response correctness (error rate) and response time, and to identify the differences in cognitive processes involved in map-reading tasks by using eye-tracking methods. The present study is based on our previous research and the hypothesis that the use...

Individualism and collectivism are some of the most widely applied concepts in cultural and cross-cultural research. They are commonly applied by scholars who use arithmetic means or sum indexes of items on a scale to examine the potential similarities and differences in samples from various countries. For many reasons, cross-cultural research impl...

The COVIDiSTRESS global survey collects data on early human responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic from 173 429 respondents in 48 countries. The open science study was co-designed by an international consortium of researchers to investigate how psychological responses differ across countries and cultures, and how this has impacted behaviour, copin...

The COVIDiSTRESS global survey collects data on early human responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic from 173 429 respondents in 48 countries. The open science study was co-designed by an international consortium of researchers to investigate how psychological responses differ across countries and cultures, and how this has impacted behaviour, copin...

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The COVIDiSTRESS global survey collects data on early human responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic from 173 429 respondents in 48 countries. The open science study was co-designed by an international consortium of researchers to investigate how psychological responses differ across countries and cultures, and how this has impacted behaviour, copin...

this N = 173,426 social science dataset was collected through the collaborative COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey-an open science effort to improve understanding of the human experiences of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic between 30th March and 30th May, 2020. The dataset allows a cross-cultural study of psychological and behavioural responses to the Coronavir...

This report is a result of a wide-scale study of public opinion in 13 European countries on China conducted in September and October 2020, on a research sample (n = 19 673) representative with respect to gender, age, level of education, country region, and settlement density.

Previous research on cross-cultural differences in visual attention has been inconclusive. Some studies have suggested the existence of systematic differences in global and local attention and context sensitivity, while others have produced negative or mixed results. The objective in this study was to examine the similarities and differences in hol...

This article introduces three unsuccessful attempts to adapt Independent and Interdependent Self Scale (IISS) and Self-Construal Scale (SCS) into Czech. The article consists of three studies using secondary analysis of unpublished data in order to estimate their psychometric properties, especially reliability and factor structure. The first study w...

The theory of holistic and analytic cognitive style is currently one of the most prominent theories with the ambition to describe and explain cross-cultural differences in perception and cognition. This paper is focused on four newly adapted methods of cognitive style measurement trying to establish convergent validity of these methods with already...

The Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Emotional Competence Questionnaire (IIECQ) was developed from the Emotional Skills and Competence Questionnaire, addressing some of its content issues. Measurement invariance of the two-factor IIECQ model (interpersonal and intrapersonal emotional competence factors) was examined across countries and gender group...

The article examines cross-cultural differences encountered in the cognitive processing of specific cartographic stimuli. We conducted a comparative experimental study on 98 participants from two different cultures, the first group comprising Czechs (N = 53) and the second group comprising Chinese (N = 22) and Taiwanese (N = 23). The findings sugge...

This study is focused on stereotypes of women as managers. The literature review summariz-es the most common areas of gender stereotypes. In the empirical part we conducted research on a sample of 111 respondents (students). Research data was obtained by administration of translat-ed and adapted questionnaire Women as Managers Scale (L. Peters et a...

This paper reviews the current findings on the dimension of individualism/collectivism, which might be a useful tool for the comparison of different cultures and for the investigation of the effect of culture as a psychological concept on individual mental processes. The validity and reliability of the concept of the dimension of individualism/coll...

Stimuli for CMMS (Categorization of Multivariate Map Symbols) methods are available at: https://osf.io/urzg3/

Experimental designs are always limited by the possibilities of technological solutions used for data collection. This paper aims at presenting hardware and software solution for eye-tracking implemented in an immersive virtual reality device, which was designed for the purpose of a cross-cultural study. This study focuses on differences in visual...

The paper presents a concept of an experimental design and its statistical analysis. The objective of the experiment is to examine cognitive processing of various cartographic visualizations in regard to an individual’s cognitive style. In cartography, alternative methods may be used to represent data. In our study, two forms of representation of b...

Londýnská věž (Tower of London; dále ve zkratce ToL) je třídimenzionální performační neverbální zkoušku exekutivních funkcí (přesněji plánování nebo řešení problémů). Test je určen pro dospělé od 18 let věku až do stáří. Česká verze ToL je dlouho očekávaným standardizovaným nástrojem s vcelku adekvátními českými normami, který je velice jednoduše a...

This review is focused on the issues of equivalence of the test methods and their adaptation from one culture into another. The emphasis is placed on the identification of the reserves of Czech psychological assessment in the area of minorities testing, and on methodological procedures common in cross-cultural psychology, which can be used in the p...

This paper deals with the issue of the perceptual aspects of selected graphic variables (specifically shape and size) and map background in cartographic visualization. The continued experimental study is based on previous findings and the presupposed cross-cultural universality of shape and size as a graphic variable. The results bring a new perspe...

In the past several years, we could witness a massive mass and social media coverage of Muslims and their migration to Europe. This particular group is an object of stereotypical views and intensive emotional reactions. Despite that, Muslims living in Czech Republic are a relatively unknown and so far unexplored cultural group. Therefore, our study...

This article reports on an empirical study investigating cultural differences in the visuospatial perception and cognition of qualitative point symbols shown on reference maps. We developed two informationally equivalent symbol sets depicted on identical reference maps that were shown to Czech and Chinese map readers. The symbols varied in visual c...

Manual of a "Test of Verbal Reasoning". Test of Verbal Reasoning is a original performace psychological test which was implemented on the SW platforme Hypothesis. https://is.muni.cz/publication/1408047/en?lang=en

Free sugars contribute to the overall energy density of diets and may promote a positive energy balance. According to WHO, the recommended sugar intake is 25 grams per day for an adult of normal BMI. According to Euromonitor International, the amount of sugar consumed per day in the Czech Republic is 71.6 grams. Excessive sugar intake can increase...

The article examines a topical issue: the prevention of crime committed in the Czech Republic against senior citizens. It aims to describe: (1) how aware senior citizens are of the options available to prevent crime; (2) from what sources they obtained this information; and (3) how sufficient they judge this information to be. A semi-structured que...

Purpose of the article: The research focused on the identification of types and frequencies of posts added by e-shops and the reactions of fans to the posts. Three e-shops were analysed: Alza.cz, Czc.cz and Mironet.cz. Several categories were selected as qualitative units of analysis of communication between e-shops and fans, the frequencies of all...

Kniha ŘEKY VE MĚSTECH vznikla jako výstup projektu č. EHP-CZ02-OV-1-032-2015 " Zvyšování povědomí a propagace významu funkcí lesů v krajině a přírodě blízkých koryt vodních toků v městském prostředí jako součást ekosystémových služeb povodí " , pracovně nazývaného RaFA. Cílem autorů bylo představit široké veřejnosti řeky ve městech v České republic...

The publication is a summarising outcome of a part of a project financed by EEA fund “Increasing of awareness and propagation of significance of functions of forests in landscape and nature-close water course basins in urban areas asa part of ecosystem services of drainage areas” (EHP -CZ02-OV -1-032-2015). The project was solved during January 201...

The thesis is focused on the theoretical constructs of individualism and collectivism (Triandis, 1996) and of analytic/holistic perception (Nisbett & Masuda, 2003) and their mutual relationship. Scale INDCOL translated by Bartoš (2010) was used to measure individualism/collectivism, three different methods were used to measure cognitive style – FLT...

The article is focused on the topic of the quality of life of citizens in Brno (Czech Republic). In the introduction the phenomenon of quality of life is described and various methods of measurement of the quality of life are summarized. In the empirical part a questionnaire survey based on the European Commission 2013 survey is conducted that trie...

This article relates to the process of adaptation of Czech citizens to Turkish culture. The article explores the perception of Turkish culture by Czech citizens, problems they encounter in the Turkish society and the ways of their adjustment to the host culture. The empirical research on 10 Czech citizens was conducted using the method of semi-stru...

The book Cross-cultural psychology introduces reader to the basic terms, discussions, methodological issues, concepts and findings of this dynamic psychological sub-discipline. Cross-cultural psychology is profiled as interdisciplinary research area. This monograph derives ideas from other psychological disciplines such as social and managerial psy...

The current article is an empirical approach reviewing the theories for the factors for formation of identity and self-conception in the adolescent. Under the theories for internal attribution and temporal perspective the study was conducted with teenagers between 11 and 18 years with different achievements. The aim is to show the relevance between...

According to recent cross-cultural studies there exist culturally based differences between visual perception and the related cognitive processes (attention, memory). According to current research, East Asians and Westerners percieve and think about the world in very different ways. Westerners are inclined to attend to some focal object (a salient...

This text introduces of basic topics of cross-cultural psychology and the possibilities of application in the case of non-pedagogical and non-psychological disciplines at Faculty of regional development and international studies of Mendel University in Brno are introduced.

This paper focuses on the present-day relationship between sport and the manifestations of patriotism, and observes various displays of what has been termed ‘national chauvinism’ in sport. A belief in the superiority or supremacy of one’s own nation is typical of national chauvinism; such chauvinism does not consider nations as equal in terms of th...

This study describes the process of adaptation of citizens of the Czech Republic to the cardinally different cultural, societal and environmental conditions of the African continent. In the theoretical section the focus is on the issues of immigrants and expatriates in the globally inter-connected world and the process of psychological adaptation o...

This study is focused on stereotypes of women as managers. The literature review summarizes the most common areas of gender stereotypes. In the empirical part we conducted research on a sample of 111 respondents (students). Research data was obtained by administration of translated and adapted questionnaire Women as Managers Scale (L. Peters et al....

This paper is devoted to problematice of group processes in radical right-wing settings. It describes selected group processes that have effect on behavior of individuals in radical right-wing social groups. These processes and mechanisms - more specifically: deindividuation, group cohesion and polarization, identification, obedience, conformity, e...