Romana Kadzikowska-Wrzosek

• Professor (Associate) at SWPS University

Background Playing video games is a popular leisure activity, but if prolonged it can increase the risk of sleep and mood disturbances. Individuals with an evening chronotype show a greater tendency to be engrossed in video games. Participants and procedure This study tested whether sleep disturbances would mediate the association between chronoty...

Aim of the study To better understand the origin of sleep quality impairment among psoriasis patients, we sought to examine whether the psoriasis severity, health related life quality, itch and depression are significant predictors of sleep disruption; and whether itch intensity and depression are mediators of the relationship between the health- r...

Self-determination among inmates serving prison sentences in selected systems: the role of temporal orientation and self-control skills Abstract: The aim of the study was to examine how convicts' self-determination-the sense of directing one's own actions and taking responsibility for them-is influenced by the system of serving the sentence (the pr...

The study explored the relationship between a specific type of procrastination – bedtime procrastination, and the amount (hours) of sleep and indicators of sleep deprivation in a sample of 175 Polish adolescents. It also examined the relationship between bedtime procrastination, morningness–eveningness and autonomous vs. controlled motivational reg...

The present study focuses on examining the role of chronotype in the relationship between self-regulation skills and bedtime procrastination. Two possible models were tested, hypothesizing that eveningness may moderate or mediate the association between self-regulation abilities and bedtime procrastination. A sample of 304 participants completed me...

Aim of the study Women’s decisions to quit breastfeeding are strongly influenced by feelings such as physical or psychological fatigue. The purpose of this study was to find out whether the autonomy of a breastfeeding mother’s motivation has an effect on her breastfeeding self-efficacy. Furthermore, the study examined the relationship between breas...

The article presents the results of two experimental studies in which I investigated the effect of the situational context (autonomy-supportive vs. external control) and action vs. state orientation on perseverance and efficacy in task performance. The results of Study 1 (n = 40) confirmed that in a context which supports autonomy - as opposed to o...

b>Background Invoking the fit theory between a person and the environ­ment, the author of which is Lawrence A. Pervin, an attempt to explain the influence exerted by willpower differences and the situational context on perseverance and action effectiveness is made. Participants and procedure Two studies were conducted to test the effect of the...

The article comments on the issue of agency in contemporary psychology introduced by Joanna Trzópek in the key article. In my commentary I contend that a valid deÞnition of free will in psychology should derive from the philosophical tradition known as compatibilism. I discuss the issue of agency as related to the problem of consciousness. I cite r...

Aim. Researchers have proved detrimental effect of stressful life events on physical and mental health. On the other hand psychologists have identified a number of personality variables that exert stress-buffering effect. According to Personality Systems Interactions (PSI) theory, stressful life events (differentiated into demands and threats) are...

This article presents existing in contemporary psychology two perspectives on strength of volition: trait and process-oriented approaches. The trait perspective is concentrated on researches exploring origins and consequences of strength of volition. Within the process-oriented perspective, researchers attempt to define the mechanisms underlying th...

The purpose of two presented studies was to prove differences in coping with external demands by action- oriented versus state-oriented individuals. Obtained results confi rming that in pressing situation action –oriented individuals indicate reaction of “volitional shielding” and bring their persistence and effectiveness down. State-oriented indul...

Two studies investigated the relevance of action vs. state orientation and perceived stress for subjective well-being and self-determination. In accordance with Personality Systems Interaction (PSI) Theory, stressful life events (differentiated into demands and threats) were expected to reduce subjective well-being and self-determination when the a...

The purpose of the present study (N = 120) was to examine whether persistence and effectiveness of goal directed activity depend on situational context (control vs. autonomy support) and individual difference in efficiency of control action mechanisms. The theoretical background for the choice of independent variables included Richard M. Ryan and E...

The purpose of two presented studies was to examine how intention implementation and individual differences in processing of goals manner and action control efÞciency inßuence subjective evaluation of progress in “personal projects” realization (Little, 1980). Assumed that intention implementation could compensate determined by personality difÞcult...

Parenting and the self-regulation abilities: Educational antecedents of the satisfaction degree of basic needs, standards internalization and strength of volition This article describes two researches on relation between parenting and the degree of satisfaction of the basic psychological needs postulated by Self Determination Theory: relatedness, a...

W artykule przedstawiamy założenia teoretyczne oraz wyniki badań, których celem było skonstruowanie Skali Pracy Emocjonalnej (SPE) przeznaczonej do badania osób wykonujących zawody usługowe. Zgodnie z przyjętym sposobem definiowania pracy emocjonalnej (emotional labor) jako procesu regulacji emocji, skala służy do pomiaru dwóch strategii pracy emoc...

Abstract The purpose of the present study was examine two issues: First, does external control versus autonomy support has effect on ego depletion (Baumeister, 2008)? Second, does difference in control mechanisms efficency (Kuhl, 1996) depend on type of control mode: self-regulation or self-control? Consistent with expectations “ego depletion” was...

The article introduces current attempts, in contemporary psychology, to respond to the phenomenon of free will. Psychologists, who believe that determinism excludes free will, adopt a different deÞnition of free will, than those psychologists, who believe that it is possible to reconcile determinism with freedom of will. The Þrst, freedom of the wi...

Artykuł ma charakter przeglądowy. Jego celem jest prezentacja i porównanie różnych ujęć zjawiska pracy emocjonalnej (emotional labor). Pojęcie pracy emocjonalnej zostało po raz pierwszy użyte przez Hochschild (1983), która zwróciła uwagę, iż wiele zawodów, szczególnie związanych ze świadczeniem usług, wiąże się z normami i oczekiwaniami określający...