Maria Baran

SWPS University | SWPS · Faculty of Psychology

This study delves into the diverse experiences of Ukrainian refugee women in Poland amid the ongoing Russian war, employing a community-based participatory action research approach in collaboration with a Polish foundation aiding Ukrainian war refugees. With the practical aim of formulating recommendations for the third sector assisting refugees, 3...

Facing global challenges like economic crises, political unrest, and public health issues, societies must be resilient. Societal Resilience is the collective capacity to endure and bounce back from such adversities. This study delves into its complexity and its ties to economic, social, healthcare, and political domains, offering insights for decis...

Background Global conflicts and geopolitical tensions are causing mass displacement, making refugee integration a pressing issue. The aftermath of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine has resulted in over 5 million internally displaced Ukrainians and more than 8 million refugees settling across Europe. The success of their integration relies on the ho...

This study investigated psychological toll of the ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine in a sample of adult Poles ( N = 1245). Data were collected online in early February and August 2022. Prospective analyses that accounted for psychological health status assessed before the Russian invasion showed that higher levels of sense of danger due to the wa...

The study examined the resilience and coping of samples from Ukraine and five nearby countries during the war in Ukraine. The research focused on (1) the levels of community and societal resilience of the Ukrainian respondents compared with the populations of five nearby European countries and (2) commonalities and diversities concerning coping ind...

The Russian Federation’s attack on Ukraine has resulted in a number of socio-economic challenges for Poland. Currently, Poland needs an effective strategy to cope with the influx of people fleeing the war and also to create a vision of the future, taking into account the challenges and opportunities emerging in various areas of socio-economic life...

In the present research, we focus on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and empirically examine how different forms of social identity (defensive vs. secure national identity and identification with all humanity) and conspiracy beliefs are associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. In two cross-sectional nationwide surveys (Study 1, n = 432, and Study 2,...

Goal: Investigation of COVID-19 related changes in different types of social identifications, conspiracy thinking, emotional reactions, well-being and behaviors of Poles during the first months of the pandemic. Method: Three waves of data collection, starting with a representative national sample, using CAWI method, were conducted in March (N = 10...

Readiness to help and providing help during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of political orientations The purpose of this paper is to investigate changes in the readiness to help and in actually providing help to others during the 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland in 2020. It also addressed the relation between political orientations an...

To sum up 10 months of our research on the well-being of Poles during the pandemic, we notice its negative effects: between March and May/June, life satisfaction decreased and the feeling of loneliness increased. Fortunately, we saw no further declines in these areas in December. However, a sense of having social support dropped. The condition of...

The 2nd report from the psychological studies upon coronavirus pandemic conducted in Poland. Are Poles following restrictions connected to the pandemic? Is it connected to their fear of coronavirus? How is it connected to their gender, age, level of education and place of residence?

The 1st report from the psychological studies upon coronavirus pandemic conducted in Poland. What are Poles afraid of? How is it connected to their gender, age, level of education and place of residence?

The 1st report from the psychological studies upon coronavirus pandemic conducted in Poland.

Czy w Polsce żyją obok siebie dwa narody? Czy po ponad ćwierćwieczu demokracji nasza mentalność uległa zmianie? Jaki jest jej obecny stan? Jakie cechy odróżniają nas od innych społeczeństw? Odpowiedzi na te pytania udzielają w książce psychologowie społeczni, prowadzący od kilkudziesięciu lat empiryczne badania polskiego społeczeństwa…