Tomáš Sollár

Constantine the Philosopher Unversity in Nitra · Department of Psychological Sciences

Background and objectives Positive and negative changes in outlook represent psychological changes that are the results of the cognitive processing of stressful and traumatic events by an individual. The objectives of the study were (1) to determine the level of occurrence and types of positive and negative changes in connection with the COVID-19 p...

Background: Individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) suffer from an excessive fear of abandonment, leading to tense moments in their intimate relationships. These struggles translate into lower marital satisfaction perceived by both intimate partners. However, this connection is bidirectional, since conflicts with a romantic partner...

Cognitive-behavioural therapists and trainees are encouraged to undergo supervision when offering therapy to troubled clients and to process personal attitudes and events likely to affect their therapeutic work. We discuss common problems in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) supervision, which may arise at the client, supervisee, or supervisor le...

Introduction: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) presents a highly stigmatised condition. Individuals with BPD may experience stigmatising attitudes and remarks from the general population and mental health professionals. Significant self-stigma also seems common. The paper reviews the current knowledge regarding the stigma connected to BPD. M...

Objectives: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been connected to various psychosocial factors that might influence its onset and course. Developmental factors, such as parenting styles or early adverse experiences, and adult attachment have been listed as examples. However, the research on the interconnections of these factors brought mixed r...

Objectives: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic mental disorder that is often hard to treat with current treatment options. Therapeutic outcomes are predicted by many factors, ranging from biological to psychosocial. Early life experiences and adult attachment influence the effectiveness of the treatment. This study explores their pre...

The homework aims to generalize the patient's knowledge and encourage practicing skills learned during therapy sessions. Encouraging and facilitating homework is an important part of supervisees in their supervision, and problems with using homework in therapy are a common supervision agenda. Supervisees are encouraged to conceptualize the patient'...

Chairwork is a creative and emotionally charged technique that enhances therapeutic progress. It is based on the assumption that if individuals become aware and express their inner beliefs or conflicts, it would help them understand and choose solutions more freely than if they act unaware and automatically. When used within the conceptualization o...

This study explored the correlates of climate anxiety in a diverse range of national contexts. We analysed cross-sectional data gathered in 32 countries (N = 12,246). Our results show that climate anxiety is positively related to rate of exposure to information about climate change impacts, the amount of attention people pay to climate change infor...

Dysfunctional patterns, beliefs, and assumptions that affect a patient's perception of other people often affect their perceptions and behaviours towards the therapist. This tendency has been traditionally called transference for its psychoanalytical roots and presents an important factor to monitor and process. In supervision, it is important to p...

The Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10; Rammstedt & John, 2007) is one of many short versions of personality inventories that measure the Big Five trait dimensions. Short versions of scales often present methodological challenges as a trade-off for their convenience. Based on samples from 28 countries (N = 10,560), the current study investigated inter-i...

This study explored the antecedents and outcomes of negative emotional responses to climate change among people from a diverse range of cultural and national contexts. We analysed cross-sectional data gathered in 28 countries (N = 10,963). Our results show that negative emotional responses to climate change are positively related to the amount of a...

Background:To select the appropriate strategies for treatment of osteoarthritis, it is advisable to assess not only the functional dis- orders but also their psychological and social aspects. The study objective was to examine the relationship between quality of life in patients with osteoarthritis and selected clinical, demographic and psychologic...

Objectives: The first research objective was to study the prevalence of anxiety in patients after myocardial infarction; next objective was to investigate demographic and personality predictors of anxiety. Methods: 100 hospitalized patients after myocardial infarction were studied. The Mini IPIP tool was used for the evaluation of personality chara...

Climate change threatens mental health via increasing exposure to the social and economic disruptions created by extreme weather and large-scale climatic events, as well as through the anxiety associated with recognising the existential threat posed by the climate crisis. Considering the growing levels of climate change awareness across the world,...

Multimethod objective interests test battery (MOI) represents an innovative multi-method approach to diagnosing career interests by combining explicit measure of interests (questionnaire and nonverbal test) with implicit measurement (3 objective personality tests). Objective. The aim of the study was to verify the validity of Slovak version of MOI...

Background: Panic disorder and agoraphobia not only affect the patients themselves but also may have a detrimental effect on their intimate relationships. A problem arising in the intimate sphere could be a trigger, a modulator, a maintenance factor, or the result of the panic disorder and agoraphobia. The consequences of panic disorder include in...

Objective: Young schema questionnaire - short form (YSQ-S3) represents a useful method for the identification of early maladaptive schemas in clinical and non-clinical samples. The study aimed to examine the internal consistency and factorial structure of the recently adapted Slovak version of YSQ-S3 in a non-clinical sample. Methods: The sample...

Aim: The aim of the study was to examine validity and diagnostic accuracy of the single-item Faces Anxiety Scale for the purposes of preoperative anxiety screening. Background: Anxiety is common in most patients expecting surgery interfering with patients' recovery. Valid and reliable measures for situations with limited time for assessment are...

Purpose: The investigation aimed to explore the association between personality traits, stressful life events, quality of life on anthropometric characteristics (waist/height ratio and percentage of visceral fat). Method: A total of 227 participants took part in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed the Social Readjustment Rating Sc...

Objectives. The aim of the study was to assess psychometric properties, validity and internal consistency of the Slovak version of the Proactive Coping Inventory (PCI). The article deals with: a) factorial structure of the PCI, b) item analysis and internal consistency of its scales, c) discriminant validity. Subjects and settings. The sample consi...

Illness perceptions are the organized cognitive and emotional representations that patients have about their illness. They represent the key factors that influence the outcome and course of the illness, patient´s quality of life and their change in the positive way as a goal for clinical interventions. The main goal of our work was to explore how i...

The aim of this study was verification of validity of Multimethod objective interest test battery (MOI) by Proyer and Häusler (2008). MOI represents an innovative approach in the vocational interests diagnostics because it combines explicit measurement of interests (questionnaire and nonverbal test) with implicit measurement of interests (3 objecti...

Abstrakt: Štúdia ponúka psychometrické hodnotenie Multimetódovej objektívnej testovej batérie záujmov (MOI) od autorov Proyera a Häuslera, určenej k diagnostike kariérových záujmov. MOI diagnostikuje profesijné záujmy na základe Hollandovej teórie, ktorá rozlišuje medzi prakticko-technickými, intelektuálno-vedeckými, umelecko-jazykovými, sociálnymi...

The main aim of our work was to verify an effect of the illness perception as a moderator in the relationship between personality characteristics and the health related quality of life. The sample consisted of 110 cardiological patients, of which 61 with the diagnosis myocardial infarction and 49 with the diagnosis ischemic heart disease. An averag...

The ability to adapt is one of the key competences in today´s rapidly changing world. The article deals with the relationship between career adaptability and satisfaction with life in employed adults. The research sample consisted of 187 participants (Mage = 42), ranged from 20 to 60 years. Two measurement tools were administered: Life Satisfaction...

The study is focused on relationship between Holland´s theory of vocational interests (1997) and five-factor model of personality (Costa & McCrae, 1985). The relationship of personality dimensions and also at specific level of facets was examined. The Big Five Structure Inventory (Arendasy, 2014) was used to measure the five-factor model of persona...

The study is focused on relationship between Holland´s theory of vocational interests (1997) and five-factor model of personality (Costa & McCrae, 1985). The relationship of personality dimensions and also at specific level of facets was examined. The Big Five Structure Inventory (Arendasy, 2014) was used to measure the five-factor model of persona...

The aim of the study is to verify psychometric properties and factor structure of SIMS questionnaire (The Situational Motivational Scale), which measures Situational motivation. The questionnaire contains subscales assessing the level of External regulation, Intrinsic motivation, Identified regulation and Amotivation. The psychometric properties of...

Objectives: Anxiety in stroke patients is very frequent. It negatively influences the whole recovery process. The study objective is to study personality traits, age, gender, and type of stroke as predictors of anxiety in stroke patients. Methods: Research presents a prospective cross-sectional descriptive study. The sample consisted of 74 hospi...

The aim of this study was to verify the validity of Slovak revised version of General Interest Structure Test (ASITR - Allgemeiner Interessen-Struktur-Test-revidierte Fassung) by Bergmann and Eder (1999). The AISTR is a differential test based on Holland´s theory and it identifies educational or career interests. We examined construct validity of A...

The aim of the research study is to verify the psychometric properties of the Slovak translation of the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire, which measures burnout in the sample of actively competing athletes. Burnout in sport may result either from emotional and physical exhaustion, but also can be demonstrated by reduced sense of accomplishment and dev...

The aim of this study was to verify the validity of Slovak revised version of General Interest Structure Test (ASITR - Allgemeiner Interessen-Struktur-Test-revidierte Fassung) by Bergmann and Eder (1999). The AISTR is a differential test based on Holland´s theory and it identifies educational or career interests. We examined construct validity of A...

Cieľom výskumnej štúdie bolo skúmať vzťahovú väzbu k rodičom ako prediktor ťažkostí v kariérovom rozhodovaní chlapcov a dievčat. Vychádzali sme z teórie vzťahovej väzby Johna Bowlbyho a konceptu ťažkosti v kariérovom rozhodovaní od Saka, Gati, Kelly. Úroveň ťažkostí v kariérovom rozhodovaní sme merali pomocou Dotazníka rozhodovania o kariére (Emo-t...

In this study the validity of the Slovak revised version of the General interest structure test (AISTR – Allgemeiner Interessen-Struktur-Test-revidierte Fassung) was verified. The AISTR is a differential test for identifying educational or career interests, for the use from the age of 14 onwards. We focused on verification of construct validity thr...

An Integrated person is defined by Rogers as being harmonized on all the levels. Personality is fully functioning when different aspects of personality are integrated. Fully functioning personality was studied mostly in the context of therapeutic changes. The article studies integrated personality in a nontherapeutic context by verifying applicabil...

Emotion recognition ability is considered to be crucial for human relationships in general and it is accepted as a part of emotional intelligence concept. According to growing body of research, the ability to read and understand facial expressions of emotions is related to various personality constructs and it can be improved by training. The prima...

The study aim was to establish the differences in the levels of anxiety, depression, and quality of life in patients with acne and atopic dermatitis, to examine differences related to gender, and to examine the relationship of levels of anxiety, depression, and quality of life to age and personality traits. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods:...

The study was focused on research of coping strategies as predictors of life satisfaction. We based our research on the concept of proactive coping by E. Greenglass. The concept involves 7 coping strategies: proactive coping, reflective coping, strategic planning, preventive coping, emotional support seeking, instrumental support seeking and avoida...

Vocational Identity is one of the core components of identity construction in adolescence. The suitability of using the Vocational Status Assessment for population of Slovak adolescents was explored via comparing results of the cluster analysis conducted on American students. Our chapter describes relations among Vocational Identity, career motivat...

In clinical practice for the diagnosis of anxiety it is very useful to know the various predictors which increase the risk of preoperational anxiety in patients. The aim of this study is to identify which predictors (gender, age, type of surgery, type of anaesthesia, previous experience with surgery, time before surgery, and medical diagnosis) are...

Do the type of career motivation and preference of values relate to type of vocational identity status? Our main aim of the research is to describe how they can relate to each other and how can career motivation and values clarify the vocational identity status.

Patients with indications of amputation experience stressful situations of high intensity as several stressors combine, including particularly the surgical procedure, pain, immobilisation, hospitalisation, and concerns about future. The intensity of the stressful situation can be so high that patients do not have the ability to cope with it. In suc...

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The authors examined the assumption that Personal need for structure (PNS) is negatively related to the approach component of control motivation and positively related to the avoidance component of control motivation. Participants (n = 60 university students) were administered self-report Personal Need for Structure scale and semi-projective Multi-...

The aim of the paper is to contribute to discussions and initiatives aimed at strengthening the role and impact of humanistic psychology, specifically of the person-centred approach (PCA) in a non-therapeutic context. This is achieved both by re-exploring Rogers’ contributions regarding the concept of the fully functioning person and the process of...

Anxiety is a natural phenomenon experienced by hospitalized patients. The adverse effects on the patient's condition and interventions which may alleviate it are known. To date there are still no recommendations for valid and reliable anxiety assessment. The aim of the study was to examine various aspects of the validity of data related to anxiety...

In the present, nursing diagnosis is a widely discussed topic in the conditions of the Slovak Republic. Based on the theoretical findings, nursing diagnosis in the present clinical practice in the conditions of the Slovak Republic has limitations of the use and does not fully provide nurses with help in selecting the diagnoses, thus it can affect t...

Objective: The objective of the study was validation of the nursing diagnosis acute confusion in the selected settings. Methodology: We used the Diagnostic Content Validity Model described by Fehring for content validity. The sample included 119 experts. The experts were considered to be the nurses who obtained minimally 4 points according to the m...

Purpose. The aim of the study was to validate the nursing diagnosis Anxiety in Slovak cultural context and to identify critical and supporting defining characteristics for nursing diagnosis Anxiety. Method. Modified Diagnostic Content Validity Model (Fehring, 1987) was applied. Nurses (n=78) rated how relevant for nursing diagnosis Anxiety are 48 d...

The authors examined the assumption that individual differences in Need For (cognitive) Closure (NFC) and the Ability to Achieve (cognitive) Closure (AAC) are related to information-processing style in threatening situations. Analysis showed that NFC was related to monitoring style and high level in NFCS subscale Discomfort with ambiguity was assoc...

There is growing empirical evidence that association of coping style and the amount of provided information influence anxiety prior to surgical procedure or threatening medical examination. The aim of the study is to critically evaluate findings concerning the association of monitoring-blunting cognitive coping style, preoperative information and p...

U nás na Slovensku, podobne v ďalších stredo- a východoeurópskych krajinách v spoločenských vedách takmer päťdesiat rokov sa dizertačná práca štúdia skladá z dvoch hlavných častí: teoretickej a empirickej časti. Vedome, či nevedome je postavená na koncepcii lineárneho vzťahu medzi teóriou a empíriou. Z toho plynie, že výskumník nezačne svoju činnos...

The paper presents the results of a research aimed at agreement rate between self – evaluation and judgment by others regarding the interpersonal characteristics of managers. The rate of agreement among the judges of a different level of expertise regarding their work with managers was studied. Evaluation of interpersonal characteristics within Wig...

The paper deals with the prevention strategy that was used in different types of high schools. The Social Norm campaign was chosen as a health promotion strategy and its aim was the correction of not accurately perceived peer norms related to substance use. The campaign was a part of the project and the cooperation of city Nitra and University of I...

The article deals with methodological issues of dissertation from two basic aspects: the dissertation as a process and as a final product from the thesis topic determination until successful dissertation defense. We discuss the recommendations to the development and to the results of the dissertation. First we define the dissertation, the types of...

In the presented research, the authors investigated the difference between the self-reported frequency of addictive substance use (actual norm) and students’ perceptions of the frequency of use (perceived norm). They verified whether the Slovak students (as well as the foreign ones) have a tendency to overestimate the occurrence of alcohol use a...

The integrated person is defined by Rogers as unified within him/herself at all levels and with low discrepancy between lhe present self and the desired self. Optimal functioning of a person occurs when the various aspects of a person are integrated into a relatively harmonious organization. This paper presents a research study where relationships...

The article presents the results of a study of proactive coping in its relationships with age, gender and education. The concept of proactive coping contains the aspect of time in the sense of involving steps that are to precede the situations to be coped with. In the sample of 172 subjects differences were studied between groups defined by the abo...

The paper presents an investigation of the dimensionality of the need for structure construct in two scales - PNS (Thompson et al., 2001) and NFCS (Bar-Tal, 1994) on three Slovak samples (N = 1093). In Study 1 we tested four models by means of confirmatory factor analysis. Results indicate that need for structure is a multi-dimensional construct. I...

Quantitative assessment of MDZT is influenced by the psychologist´s personality. Projective tests as well as other methods need to meet the criteria of reliability and validity. Increase in quality and adequacy of work with MDZT reflects the knowledge centered on psychometric characteristics. In the present paper we focused on the topic of inter-ra...

The present article deals with the psychological construct of curiosity and introduces the Curiosity Exploration Inventory (CEI) devised by the American authors Kashdan, Rose and Fincham (2004). The CEI originated as reaction to unsatisfactory methods measuring curiosity. The article refers to several foreign studies concerning curiosity and result...

Príspevok predstavuje aplikáciu metód zhlukovej analýzy v konkrétnom psychologickom výskume. Predstavujeme dva psychologické konštrukty – potrebu kognitívnej štruktúry a schopnosť vytvárať kognitívnu štruktúru. Rozoberáme doporučované kroky pri aplikácii metód zhlukovej analýzy. Nehierarchickými metódami sme počítali riešenie pre dva až päť zhlukov...