Katarzyna Tomaszek

University of Rzeszów · Institute of Psychology

Introduction: False self is defined as the discrepancy between what we show and what we truly think and feel, and is associated with mental health and social problems. The present study aimed to examine the perception of false self-relationships with emotions, and educational and mental health problems. Specifically, the mediation effects of emotio...

Aim: Youth who are engaging themselves in overeating behaviours are at risk of numerous adverse outcomes. Overeating may be also considered as an early warning sign of additional psychological issues, e.g. poor well-being, depression and suicide ideation. Although a vast body of literature has examined pandemic Covid-19 related stressors as potenti...

Zaburzenia depresyjne oraz syndrom wyczerpania sił w grupie uczniów to zjawiska, które w swoim przebiegu cechują się długim czasem trwania oraz stopniową eskalacją symptomów. Dotychczasowe wyniki badań potwierdziły, że obydwa powyższe zjawiska stanowią istotne czynniki utrudniające a nawet blokujące rozwój jednostki. Jednocześnie obydwa wiążą się z...

This study aimed to apply latent profile analysis (LPA) to (a) empirically identify adoles-cents' profiles based on their time perspective (TP), using a person-centered approach; (b) outline the identified profiles across student burnout, depression, and perceived family acceptance; and (c) establish differences between pre-COVID-19 and post-COVID-...

Several psychological factors are strongly related to aggressive behaviours in university students, such as educational issues and problematic digital activity, namely Smartphone and social media addiction. At the same time, little is known about the role of student burnout syndrome in predicting these mental and social problems. Moreover, although...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread school closures and therefore forced students to study outside of the classroom at home via the Internet. However, for some students remote education was found to be challenging and stressful (Bilal et al., 2022). Past research revealed that despite the advantages of online classes, there are several threats...

Background Gratitude, empathy and humility have been defined as personality dispositions, as complex interpersonal emotions, and as states that prompt people to be more pro-social. However, studies on the associations between these emotions and authen-ticity are scarce. The main purpose of this study was to analyze the mediation effect of gratitude...

The association between problematic internet use and school burnout among adolescents so far has not gained sufficient attention. Only a few studies have been conducted about social media overuse and burnout syndrome in an educational context. The main goals of the current study were (1) to examine the mediation role of Facebook (FB) motives on the...

Past studies indicate that a number of environmental and psychological factors positively predict the perpetration of cyber-aggression. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the moderation mediating effect of problematic cyber-activities (FB addiction, phubbing) and culture (Japanese vs. West European) on the association between...

Previous studies confirmed that maladaptive coping strategies are strongly connected to job burnout. However, little is known about the association between coping strategies and student burnout and the differences between high and low burnout adolescents in the frequency of using them. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship betwe...

This study examined the role of health behaviors in the relationship between personality traits and psychological well-being. The sample consisted of 147 participants (51% female), aged between 20 and 35 years. Respondents completed the NEO-FFI Personality Inventory, Psychological Well-being Scale (PWBS), and Health Behaviour Inventory (IZZ). The r...

Nowadays, a growing increase in depression and school burnout is being observed in students. The research aim is to test the mediating effect deviation from balanced time perspective, gender, and subjective sense of family network acceptance on the relationship between depression and school burnout. The sample consisted of 355 students (61.6% girls...

W badaniu poszukiwano związku między doświadczaniem wyobcowania przez młodzież a syndromem wypalenia szkolnego. Analizy przeprowadzono na grupie 84 uczniów z I i II klasy gimnazjum (47 kobiet i 37 mężczyzn) w wieku 12–15 lat (M wieku = 13,70 lat). Poziom poczucia alienacji mierzono inwentarzem PAI, do pomiaru syndromu wypalenia szkolnego wykorzysta...

The problem of alienation in education is an issue that has been rarely analysed in Poland so far. However, experiencing alienation is related not only to poor indicators of functioning as a pupil/student (i.e., poor school achievements, lack of sense of learning, disengagement in the implementation of the curriculum or educational burnout), but al...

It is well known that student burnout is a serious mental health problem, caused by chronic stress related to the educational area. However, in the COVID 19 pandemic, young people have to struggle with additional threats that affect their overall functioning and perception of the world. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the mediatin...

The aim was to answer the question about the role of time from the trauma experience in associations between life-satisfaction, experiencing burnout and post-traumatic growth. The sample consisted of 199 university students. The participants were approached in the Internet by using university platforms, social media and e-mails. The study was perfo...

Background Each person receives and experiences stress differently and applies more or less effective ways of coping. However, the lack of such skills can lead to burnout. As Różańska-Kowal (2004) writes, the most important predictor of burnout is stress. Everyone is different, has different resources, so there are differences in how to deal with d...

Most previous research has examined the relationship between FB addiction and burnout level by conducting cross-sectional studies. Little is known about the impact of changes in burnout on FB addiction in an educational context. Through a two-way longitudinal survey of a student population sample (N = 115), this study examined the influence of chan...

Student school engagement is a multi-dimensional meta-construct describing identification and sense of belonging with school environment, an acceptance of the goals of schooling, and students psychological investment of physical and psychical energy academic work and school life. The construct including three dimensions: aspirations, belonging and...

Student engagement and burnout have become the latest focus of attention among researchers and practitioners. This is because both are seen as the main factors connected with the meaningful and purposeful educational activities that lead to high learning outcomes and better physical and mental health. Specifically, burnout decreases, and engagement...

STRESZCZENIE Celem artykułu jest określenie specyficznych cech obrazu siebie młodzieży wyalienowanej. Analizy teoretyczne i empiryczne wskazują, że doświadczanie wyalienowania przez młodzież wiąże się z poważnymi zniekształceniami w percepcji siebie w kierunku nadmiernej krytyki siebie, braku akceptacji siebie, mniejszej zwartości struktury obrazu...

The concept of school engagement has attracted increasing attention as representing a possible explanation to declining academic achievement, school burnout and school dropout. Although its conceptualization varies according to authors there is a wide agreement concerning its multidimensional nature with cognitive, affective, behavioral and agentic...

School burnout among young people is an increasingly common topic. The syndrome may be affected by external factors such as addiction or the environment, but also internal factors, which may include emotional dysregulation or personality structure. In the study, student school burnout scale (SSBS) was used to measure the level of burnout, the level...

Background: Burnout syndrome is a condition which can affect people in a variety of settings and in every period of life. Preliminary studies have focused on adults’ burnout related to occupational hazards. However, in recent years researchers have become increasingly interested in student burnout in the academic and school setting. Objective: The...

Student school engagement is a multi-dimensional meta-construct describing identification and sense of belonging with school environment, an acceptance of the goals of schooling and students’ mental investment of physical and psychical energy into academic work and school life. The study aims to investigate the main predictors of student school eng...

Past research shows most women report higher levels of empathy and gratitude than men. Although studies show relations among resilience, gratitude, and empathy, little is known on the influence of gender on the links among. The present study examined the individual differences and relations among adults’ levels of empathy, gratitude, and resilience...

The current study examined the relationship between empathy, resilience, and gratitude. Specifically, the study investigated the potential mediating role of resilience between empathy and gratitude. The study involved 214 participants who completed the Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Test-Revised (GRAT-R), the Questionnaire of Cognitive and A...

Background: The global outbreak of COVID-19set new challenges and threats for every human being. In the psychological field it is similar to deep existential crises or a traumatic experience that may lead to the appearance or exacerbation of a serious mental disorder and loss of life meaning and satisfaction. Courtney et al. (2020) discussed deadl...

Investigaciones anteriores muestran que la mayoría de las mujeres reportan niveles más altos de empatía y gratitud que los hombres. Aunque los estudios muestran relaciones entre resiliencia, gratitud y empatía, se sabe poco sobre la influencia del género en los vínculos entre ellos. El presente estudio examinó las diferencias individuales y las rel...

Problematyka wyczerpania sił jest obecna w literaturze psychologicznej od wielu lat, ale spór wokół jego definicji, kategorii diagnostycznej, przyczyn czy następstw nadal nie został rozstrzygnięty. Badacze zgadzają się jednak, że doświadczanie wypalenia wiąże się z wysokim ryzykiem zaburzeń zdrowia psychicznego, takich jak: depresja, zaburzenia lęk...

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest prezentacja wyników pilotażowych badań adaptacyjnych nad skróconą (16-itemową) wersją skali GRAT. W badaniach pilotażowych udział wzięło 124 respondentów w wieku 20-50 lat (M = 33,55, SD = 5,84). Narzędzie służy do oceny poziomu wdzięczności traktowanej jako dyspozycja jednostki do doświadczania tej emocji. W badania...

Poziom merytoryczny i oryginalność prezentowanych rozwiązań zachęca czytelnika do zapoznania się z publikacją i krytycznej analizy poszczególnych obszarów tematycznych. Publikacja jest wartościowym dziełem, wnoszącym nowe spojrzenie na wiele obszarów związanych z funkcjonowaniem, rozwojem i problemami człowieka w biegu życia. Publikacja odpowiada o...

Student burnout and Internet addiction are two of the serious problems that are common among young people. Both are connected with many negative effects on the mental functioning of adolescents. However, so far only few studies have explored these two phenomena all together. The aim of our study was to test the relationship between student burnout...

W okresie przejścia od dzieciństwa do dorosłości występują istotne zmiany w rozwoju fizycznym, psychicznym i społecznym. Młodzi ludzie stają przed wieloma nowymi wymaganiami i decyzjami, rzutującymi na całe ich późniejsze życie. Dokonują oni wyboru ważnych dla nich wartości, określają swoje możliwości rozwoju w różnych dziedzinach i obszarach funkc...

Głównym celem artykułu jest poznanie związku między cechami temperamentu i charakteru a poczuciem alienacji (różnymi jego wymiarami) u młodzieży. Badania w grupie 331 uczniów szkół średnich w wieku 16–20 lat bazowały na analizie wyników w Kwestionariuszu Poczucia Alienacji Kmiecik-Baran oraz Inwentarza Temperamentu i Charakteru Clonningera (TCI). W...

Background: The Internet has many positive sides, but it can also have a negative impact on human emotional-cognitive and behavioral functioning, especially during adolescence. To the most common consequences, the authors add addiction of the teenager to the Internet. This addiction is related to many negative physical and mental problems, includi...

The purpose of the article is to present the results of the Polish adaptation of the Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Test (Revised GRAT), published by P.C. Watkins, K. Woodward, T. Stone & R.L. Kolts. This tool is meant for the measurement of an individual disposition of gratitude. In literature, the concept of gratitude is vague. A shallow,...

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie wyników badań nad relacją między poczuciem humoru, systemem wartości a jakością życia. Humor uznawany jest za jedną z 24 sił charakteru człowieka ważnych dla jego rozwoju. Szereg badań potwierdza, że humor i śmiech to mechanizmy regulujące psychofizyczną równowagę, przyczyniające się do utrzymania zdrowia psychicz...

School burnout is defined as a reaction to experiencing chronic stress resulting from educationalfailures of previously strongly engaged students. This leads to psychological discomfort, physical and psychological exhaustion, as well as withdrawal. The syndrome contains threecomponents: emotional exhaustion (the pupil experiences exhaustion with re...

Celem prezentowanego tekstu było przeanalizowanie wybranej literatury psychologicznej i pedagogicznej na temat wypalenia zawodowego nauczycieli i mniej znanego w opracowaniach naukowych wypalenia szkolnego uczniów. Analiza i interpretacja różnych koncepcji naukowych pozwoliła dostrzec podobieństwa i różnice w istocie, przejawach, przyczynach i skut...

This study investigated the relationships between student alienation and the self concept. Adolescents completed The Kmiecik-Baran Scale measured Sense of Alienation and the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS). Analysis was based on total of 331 undergraduate students age 16–20 years. Results indicated a moderate negative correlation between most s...

Abstrakt The sense of alienation is defined in psychology as a person’s estrangement from important areas of functioning. The psychological understanding of this phenomenon includes also a sense of loneliness and withdrawal from social situations. The negative consequences of experiencing alienation in the teenage years involve increased anxiety,...