Marta Łockiewicz

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at University of Gdańsk

Background: In many countries, midwives and nurses play a vital role in supporting effective perinatal mental health (PMH) care, including peripartum depression (PPD) management. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of PMH training in increasing certified midwives (CMs) and certified nurse–midwives (CNMs)’ knowledge about PPD man...

This paper presents the adaptation of the POMAS classification of spelling errors (Silliman et al., Developmental Neuropsychology 29:93–123, 2006, Bahr et al., Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research 55:1587–1599, 2012; International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 18:73–91, 2015) to Polish orthography. We identified the most...

Background: Even though in many countries suicide is the leading cause of maternal deaths during the postpartum period, the prevalence of thoughts of self-harm (SHTs), an important risk factor for suicide attempts, is still not well documented. Aim: We aimed to investigate the prevalence of SHTs in a Polish cohort of postpartum women and identif...

Oracy, crucial for individuals to communicate, think, and learn, can be developed through schooling. Our study aimed to compare Polish and Portuguese teachers’ perceptions of oracy. Based on a literature review, a self-report survey was developed for the study. It comprised questions about: 1. the demographic information, 2. the practices in the cl...

Postpartum depression (PPD) affects about 13–20% of new mothers. Xue et al.'s (2020) systematic review and meta-analysis showed that almost three-fifths of women with positive screening results do not take the referral. In Poland, these numbers are even higher. The key action, is the acceptance of the referral by a woman with a positive screening r...

The development of efficient and reliable online assessments has become increasingly important in the digital era. We developed a 10-min online word reading assessment of global English based on the existing paper-and-pencil version of our English silent word reading test. The test includes two parts, namely, random word recognition and contextual...

The aim of this article was to analyse the currently functioning system of support for students with dyslexia at state universities in Poland and to identify and assess good practices that are already being implemented. The research method used was desk research (reviewing both formal and informal documents) and included university websites and nat...

Objectives: Borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) is aclinical entity of polyetiological nature which manifests in heterogeneity of cognitive deficits. The aim of this study was to identify groups of homogenous cognitive profiles within a heterogeneous population of students with BIF. Methods: Cognitive profiles of 114 participants with bord...

The goal of our study was to examine the potential link between dyslexia and spelling difficulties in EFL (English as a Foreign Language), to identify and characterize a model of relations between Polish as a Native Language phonological awareness, rapid automatised naming, and verbal short-term memory, and spelling in EFL, and to compare these rel...

The aim of our paper is to describe and examine the approach to oracy in core curricula in two European countries: Poland and Portugal. In the paper, we examine kindergarten and early education L1 curricula, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, similarities and differences, and discuss theoretical positions that support the guiding documents...

Polish is a West Slavic, inflectional, consonantal language, with a semi-transparent orthography. The level of transparency, however, is higher for reading, than for spelling. These characteristics influence the learning of reading and spelling and literacy instruction. In emergent readers, phonemic awareness is the strongest reading achievement pr...

We aimed to investigate the relationship between reading difficulties in native language (NL: Polish) and English as a foreign language in dyslexia in English and Polish students, respectively, and to develop a model of relations between NL phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming, verbal short‐term memory, and reading in English. Thirteen...

The aim of our study was to examine the spelling, grammar, syntax, and lexicon skills in learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in a free writing task of Polish students with and without dyslexia. We wanted to identify the potential linguistic transfer difficulties. We assumed that these difficulties would result from the deficient phonologic...

The aim of our study was to examine the relationship between NL (Native Language: Polish) phonological processing skills (verbal and phonological short-term memory, phoneme segmentation and blending, rapid automatised naming (RAN)) and the accuracy and fluency of NL and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) word and nonword decoding and word recognit...

Multilingualism creates possibilities of personal growth, which influences the sense of self-esteem and self-identity. This paper reviews topics related to its impact on the activity of the individual. The relationship between L2 (understood both as a second and/or a foreign language, with a focus on learning English as a foreign language) linguist...

Background The aim of our study was to compare free writing skills in English as a native language and a foreign language (in English and Polish students respectively). English and Polish have dissimilar orthographies in terms of grapheme-phoneme correspondence rules that is why we were curious to examine whether native and foreign speakers of Engl...

Involving children in collaborative tasks supports their cognitive, motor and social development. This study, performed in Portugal, aims to describe and compare early childhood educators and parents regarding their collaborative and interactive behavior when working with children. For that purpose, 55 educators (of both genders) with a child from...

When a foreign language (FL) acquisition begins in preschool, at which time young learners are particularly linguistically sensitive, it allows for a higher FL competence in future. Moreover, a second language learning depends on a learner’s aptitude. The aim of our study was to assess the early predictors of learning English as a Foreign Language...

Spelling in Polish is mediated by the relationship between the phonological processing skills in Polish and spelling in English in adolescents without, but not in adolescents with dyslexia The aim of the study was to analyze the relationship between phonological processing skills in L1 (Polish language): short-term verbal and phonological memory, p...

Artykuł omawia zagadnienie organizacji i przebiegu edukacji językowej w odniesieniu do nauczania języków obcych w Polsce. W polskim systemie kształcenia językowego poziomy zaawansowania opisywane są według Europejskiego Systemu Opisu Kształcenia Językowego i odnoszone do kolejnych etapów edukacyjnych. Artykuł charakteryzuje metodykę nauczania język...

Charakterystyka umiejętności czytania pojedynczych słów i pseudosłów, poprawnego pisania oraz słownika biernego w języku angielskim (L2) u polskich uczniów gimnazjów i liceów The Characteristic of Single Word and Pseudoword Decoding, Spelling, and Receptive Knowledge of Vocabulary in English (L2) in Polish Junior High School and High School Student...

Involving children in collaborative tasks supports their cognitive, motor and social development. This study, performed in Portugal, aims to describe and compare early childhood educators and parents regarding their collaborative and interactive behavior when working with children. For that purpose, 55 educators (of both genders) with a child from...

Many people with dyslexia experience numerous failures in their lifetime. This can reduce their life satisfaction and the sense of happiness. However, external support and one’s personal resources, for example resiliency, aid in dealing with difficult situations. Our study verified the importance of resiliency and perceived social support for the l...

Background: The present research examined the mediating role of self-efficacy in the association between perceived maternal and paternal parental attitudes and health behaviours of males and females in emerging adulthood. Parental attitudes shape children's self-esteem, positive self-image, and self-competence. This may affect their physical health...

Research has shown that learners of different linguistic backgrounds make similar errors, which is due to linguistic transfer. Cross-linguistic similarities between L1 and L2 can result in: positive transfer, negative transfer, and differing lengths of acquisition. The bigger the difference between the languages, the bigger Second Language Acquisit...

Background: In the semi-transparent Polish orthography, children develop their reading skills from sound blending, through syllable and morpheme blending, to word and phrase recognition strategies (Awramiuk & Krasowicz-Kupis, 2015). Aim: The aim of the study was to examine reading proficiency and reading strategies of year 4, 11-year-old primary sc...

The aim of the study was to examine the role of phonological processing in people with and without dyslexia, who should have already mastered the skill of reading. We tested 98 high school students aged 16–18 years, including 49 with dyslexia and 49 without. The results indicate that the participants with dyslexia, as compared with participants wit...

The aim of our study was to examine the familial risk of dyslexia in Year 1 school beginners, whose parents had been diagnosed as dyslexic or exhibited symptoms of the specific difficulties in reading and writing without a formal opinion issued by a counselling centre. We found that both a dyslexia report and specific reading and writing difficulti...

The aim of our study was to describe specific difficulties in reading and spelling in English (L2) of Polish (L1) students with dyslexia, as compared with Polish students without dyslexia. We found that Polish students with dyslexia, as compared with the controls, were less accurate and fluent in reading actual words and nonwords in L2. They made m...

Background: This article aims to assess the linguistic functioning in terms of phonological and semantic verbal fluency in people with dyslexia, when compared to those without dyslexia. Material/Methods: We examined, qualitatively and quantitatively, the preferred performance strategies, depending on specific learning difficulties and the criterion...

In this exploratory study, we evaluated the relationship between a woman's self-reported romantic attachment style (as measured with The Attachment Styles Questionnaire), her experience of pregnancy, antenatal (The Maternal–Fetal Attachment Scale) and postnatal (Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire) attachment with her baby, and depressive symptomatolo...

The aim of our study was to examine the relationship between access to the mental lexicon, working memory and knowledge of English (L2) vocabulary. Analyses were undertaken amongst monolingual speakers of Polish (26 with dyslexia, 24 without) who studied English as a second language as part of their compulsory educational programme at school. We as...

Background Stuttering is a developmental speech disorder that affects the fluency of speech. Persons who stutter perceive speaking situations and social interactions as threatening. Participants and procedure Nineteen (47.50%) adults with speech fluency disorders (SFD) and 21 (52.50%) without participated in the study. All participants completed...

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the phonological functioning (reading speed and accuracy) of hospital patients under general anaesthesia administered during colonoscopy. Methods: In this study the 'Łatysz' non-word reading test was used to measure the impact of selected anaesthetics on the phonological aspect of language process...

The present study was aimed at analysing cognitive deficits of dyslexic adults, and examining their written language skills in comparison with their peers. Our results confirm the presence of a certain profile of symptoms in adult dyslexics. We noticed deficits in: phonological (verbal) short-term memory, phonological awareness, rapid automatised n...

Borderline intelligence is the level of intellectual ability located between -1.01 and - 2.00 standard deviations, i.e. between the average level and intellectual disability. People with borderline intellectual function constitute one of the most neglected groups, both in education as well as the social system. Despite the fact that these individua...

The aim of our study was to describe specific psychological resources of adults with developmental dyslexia and compare them with psychological resources of adults without developmental dyslexia. Potential differences were analyzed in visual-spatial, creative, and motivational abilities. No evidence was found for either creative, or visuospatial su...

Background: The aim of our study was to analyze the functioning of various aspects of memory in adults with developmental dyslexia, as compared to adults without developmental dyslexia. Material/Methods: Our research involved a total of 180 adults, mostly students and university graduates from the Tri-City metropolitan region in north central Polan...

This article is dedicated to the topic of social marginalization and exclusion of individuals with Borderline Intellectual Functioning (BIF). Nonetheless the group of people with BIF makes up to 14% of population (normal distribution), their problems are still widely ignored and seldom attract the attention of specialists. Due to low cognitive abil...

Background A literature review concerning dyslexia, including several empirical studies and work of a more theoretical nature, suggests that there is a connection between creative activity and developmental dyslexia. The aim of our research was to test the hypothesis that such a correlation exists, and that creativity can be trained in dyslexic per...