Maia Mestvirishvili- Doctor of Psychology
- Associate Professor at Tbilisi State University
Maia Mestvirishvili
- Doctor of Psychology
- Associate Professor at Tbilisi State University
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The current study was designed to assess the role of moral foundations in predicting the moral/conventional distinction. A significant amount of empirical evidence shows that moral and conventional rules are used in complex social settings; however, there is a lack of knowledge on how moral foundations contribute to people’s tendencies to judge tra...
This paper presents an in-depth analysis of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Georgia through the lens of ecological systems theory, highlighting the pervasive nature of gender-based violence within the country and its implications on women’s health, rights, and societal participation. The study draws on recent national research, revealing that ha...
The study aimed to explore the processes of positive psychological changes and the underlying factors following an extremely stressful life event – spinal cord trauma – in the life stories of 15 socially active individuals who use the wheelchair. The data were collected using life story interviews. The qualitative part of the study involved themati...
An ambiguous loss describes a loss that lacks closure due to its ambiguity and uncertainty. The study applies to those who have experienced separation from the family and struggle with keeping their family members psychologically present, namely, immigrants. The study aimed to explore the phenomenology of ambiguous loss experienced by Georgian immi...
Religious beliefs strongly influence moral judgment, moral values, and priorities. In this article, we analyze the nature and genesis of utilitarian versus deontological moral judgment, the role of religiosity in human morality, and finally, we present empirical findings on the interrelationship between moral judgment, moral identity, moral compete...
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between moral orientation types and the level of acceptance. Besides, the issue was to identify value systems on which moral types are built and their role in structuring acceptance. In the third part of the study, we describe a presumable mech- anism, which might affect the relationship between...
The current study presents the psychometric investigation of the Georgian translation of the HEXACO-PI-R-GE (Lee, & Ashton, 2018). Altogether, 2448 individuals across four independent samples participated in the standardization process of the instrument. The results show that the six-factor structure is replicated in the Georgian translation with l...
The present study explores the connection between the actual/ideal (A/I) and actual/ought (A/O) self-discrepancies and negative emotional states such as stress, anxiety and depression. Moreover, it seeks to understand the effects of potentially intervening variables, self-control //and self-consciousness, on the affect-discrepancy relationship. 638...
Perfectionism is a personality trait that plays an important role in understanding human behavior and functioning. There has been a focus on the negative aspects and outcomes of perfectionism, and less is known about whether and how perfectionism relates to adaptive characteristics of personality and normal functioning. We investigated associations...
The present study examines three components of moral character: moral competencies, moral judgment and moral identity and seeks to understand how emotion-related competencies are linked these moral categories. The aim of the study is twofold, first to discover integrative linkages between different components of moral character and secondly, to und...
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Scientific study of marital satisfaction attracted widespread attention decades ago. Since then, hundreds of studies have been conducted on determinants of marital satisfaction. The present study attempted to extend previous research on marital life by discussing two important correlates of marital satisfaction: personality traits and lo...
When talking about human well-being, Unconditional Self-acceptance represents one of the cores. Although researchers have focused on various predictors of Acceptance, there is not a clear understanding of personal values impacting the process of accepting oneself. The aim of the research was to explore the association between basic values and uncon...
This study investigates citizenship representation styles and their compositional modalities in contemporary Georgia. The article starts with a discussion of legal, social, and political influences that shaped conceptions of citizenship in post-Soviet countries, including Georgia. The study presents the results of a survey of 700 students from 10 u...
One chapter examines how the social sciences study migration, another chapter is devoted to the topic of gender and labor migration.
This is the mixed method study aiming at revealing the interrelation of stigma representation and redemption and contamination sequence of life story narratives of 16 same sex desire individuals, and tracing the major themes in narration.
უარყოფისადმი მგრძნობელობა ინდივიდის მახასიათებელია , რომელიც უბიძგებს მას სიტუაციის გადაჭარბებულად ნეგატიურად შეფასებისკენ და უსაფრთხო ვითარებაშიც ქმნის მოლოდინს , რომ უარყოფილ ი იქნება გარშემომყოფების მიერ . მოცემული კვლევის მიზანია , უარყოფისადმი მგ რძნობელობასა და მარტოობას შორის კავშირის განსაზღვრა . კვლევაში მონაწილეობა მიიღო 266 - მა ადამიანმ...
The mixed method study aims at revealing the interrelation of stigma representation and redemption and contamination sequence of life story narratives of 16 same sex desire individuals, and tracing the major themes in narration. The McAdams life story interview protocol with some modifications was used as data collection method. Qualitative data an...
The purpose of this study is to determine statistical predictors of homophobic attitudes among the residents of Tbilisi, Georgia. We analyze 2013 survey data from a representative sample of the Tbilisi adult population. Residents were asked about their attitudes, beliefs, and political and social values in the context of the May 17, 2013 attack on...
Disturbances in emotion are associated with the most of the diagnostic criteria of the personality disorders, though the role of emotional intelligence in the diagnosis of personality disorders has been the subject of limited research. The present study was designed to investigate the relationships between trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) an...
To achieve the status of ego identity remains the most important challenge for the adolescence period and consequently is a challenge for developmental psychologists too. The vast majority of studies focus on understanding the dynamics of ego identity development, however, factors that cause different path of development remained unclear. This stud...
‘I am Georgian and therefore I am European.’ These words spo- ken by the late Georgian Prime Minister, Zurab Zhvania, in front of the Council of Europe in 1999. During the speech, he expressed Georgia’s EU aspirations and outlined the country’s foreign policy agenda for the next decade. Since the Rose Revolution (2003), Georgia has significantly de...
The main interest of the study is to determine whether and how an individual’s perceived economic situation is related to emancipative values in Georgia. The analysis employs individual-level survey data from nationwide public opinion surveys conducted by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) in 2010 and 2011 in Georgia. Several dimensions...
Folktales represent rich materials for research. They convey important ideas related to identity, culture and belonging and offer a perspective on the world, which has been developed throughout centuries and has been satisfying and beneficial for every generation, who read or heard and reproduced them. This chapter employs narrative analysis to sho...
The current study presents the results of the adaptation of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue; Petrides, 2009) to the Georgian population. Nine hundred twenty two individuals participated in the standardization of the instrument (267 male and 655 female participants, from 17 to 70 years). Results from exploratory factor analyse...
