Zornitza Radeva Ganeva

• Ph.D.
• Professor (Associate) at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

В теоретичната статия са разгледани различни видове стереотипи, проследено е историческото им развитие и са представени механизмите за формирането им. Посочени са основните характеристики и са анализирани двете основни групи предразсъдъци, ясноизразения или очевиден предразсъдък, който има “по-класически” характер и прикрития или маскирания предраз...

В теоретичната статия са разгледани различни дефиниции на понятието „европейска идентичност”, очертана е съдържателната му характеристика, анализирано е какво означава да си европеец и кои са основните елементи на общата европейска идентичност. То е представено в по-широк социален контекст като част от изграждането на Аз-образа на личността и е про...

В теоретичната статия са разгледани различни дефиниции на понятието „полова идентичност”, очертана е съдържателната му характеристика и са посочени теориите, които го обясняват. То е анализирано в по-широк социален контекст като част от изграждането на Аз-образа на личността и е проследено неговото развитие във възрастов план. Разгледана е връзката...

The grief model developed by Е. Kübler-Ross Kübler-Ross, 1969) and its 5 stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, were presented in the paper. The main emotions that the oncologic patients feel after announcement of the diagnosis and in the period of following treatment were discussed. Practical advice is given how to surmount...

Целта на теоретичната статия е да се разкрият особеностите в процеса на формиране и развитие на националната идентичност и стереотипите за собствената и другите национални групи през детството. Анализирани са редица световноутвърдени, превърнали се в класически, проведени изследвания, които установяват, че децата на 5-6-годишна възраст знаят името...

Целта на социометричното изследване е да се разкрият социалните и психологическите взаимоотношения в клас между децата-бежанци, дошли в България от различни страни (Сирия, Турция, Нигерия, Албания, Афганистан, Ирак, Иран, Армения, Палестина, Ливан и др.) и децата от приемащата страна-домакин България (децата от мнозинството). В проведеното изследв...

Целта на теоретичната статия е: (1) да се направи сравнителен анализ и да представи основните характеристики, прилики и разлики, както на просоциалното, така и на алтруистичното поведение, (2) да се анализират променливите (факторите): биологични и етологични, личностни, когнитивни, афективни и ситуационни, които ги обуславят, (3) да се предложат н...

В теоретичната статия е разгледана необходимостта от включване на интеркултурни знания в академичната подготовка на бъдещите педагози и е изтъкната ролята на диалога между представителите на различни култури. Дефинирани са три вида поведение спрямо малцинствата: 1) активна солидарност, 2) открито расистко поведение, което декларира своите предразсъ...

The article considers religious identity among other its kinds such as national, ethnic, sexual, European and local (place of residence of person) from the position the social identity theory. The research was carried out among both Bulgarian teenagers (by birth) and teenagers of the Romany population. The author concludes by saying that for the Ro...

Analysis of body apperception by women who have survived breast cancer up to one year after diagnosing and subsequent surgery was made in the article. It was measured by means of the Measure of Body Apperception (MBA) scale (Carver et al., 1998) that consists of 10 items. 41 women of Bulgarian origin at an average age of 35.25 years (at least 18 an...

Analysis of positive and negative methods for coping with stress from breast cancer diagnosis by women up to one year after surgery performed was made in the article. They were measured by means of the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (brief COPE) (Carver, 1997) methodology that consists of 28 items. 41 women of Bulgarian origin at an ave...

Similarly to other European countries, in Bulgaria scholars can identify a developmental stage of emerging adulthood. The purpose of this study was to examine: (I) The criteria and conceptions that adolescents (young people attending college) and emerging adults (young people attending university), in Bulgaria have for adulthood; (2) Whether differ...

Ethnic identity is central to the psychological functioning of members of ethnic minority groups, but research on the topic is fragmentary and inconclusive. This article is a review of studies of ethnic identity published in refereed journals. The author discusses the ways in which ethnic identity has been defined and conceptualised, the components...

Направен е теоретичен обзор на понятията национална и европейска идентичност, патриотизъм, национализъм и шовинизъм съгласно теорията за социална идентичност. Докладвани са резултатите от проведено емпирично изследване (n=160, 84 момчета, 76 момичета, средна възраст М=21.9 години; 89 българи М=20.9, 71 чехи М=23.1). Направен е съпоставителен анализ...

National identity is basic for the mental functioning of young people from different countries. Theoretical review of its cognitive and affective components has been made in the paper. Results of conducted survey with the national identity scale of young people from Bulgaria and the Czech Republic (n=182; respectively 111 Bulgarians and 71 Czechs,...

Разгледани са етническите стереотипи и предразсъдъци като понятия от гледна точка на теорията за социалната идентичност (Tajfel, 1981). Очертани са основните им характеристики и функции. Представени са резултати от проведено изследване на предразсъдъците на младите хора от български произход (n = 152; 108 мъже и 44 жени; средна възраст 24.6 години)...

The main characteristics and the action mechanism of the ethnic discrimination as notions from the point of the social theory (Tajfel, 1981) were described. The results of the study conducted of the discriminatory behavior of young people of Bulgarian origin (n=152; 108 men and 44 women; mean age M=24.6 years) towards the in-group and the represent...

Целта на настоящото изследване е да се направи сравнителен анализ на психичното благополучие на: (а) жени с рак на млечната жлеза с (б) клинично здрави жени по медицински характеристики и провеждане или не на класически и алтернативни терапии. В изследването участват 127 жени от български произход, от които 83 са с рак на млечната жлеза на средна в...

Comparative analysis has been made of the self-esteem (Rosenberg, 1965), degree of loneliness (Russell, 1996), mastery (Pearlin, Lieberman, Menaghan & Mullen, 1981) optimism and pessimism as life orientation (Scheier, Carver & Bridges, 1994) of women with breast cancer (N = 83, mean age 39.72) in 1st, 2nd and 3rd stage of the disease progress and o...

Направен е теоретичен анализ на понятия като „стереотипи”, „предразсъдъци”, „процес на стигматизиране” и са разгледани начини за тяхното преодоляване. Представени са резултати от проведено изследване на стереотипите, предразсъдъците и модерния расизъм на млади хора от български произход (n=168; 81 мъже и 87 жени; средна възраст – 24.2 години) към г...

Направен е теоретичен анализ на понятия като етническа и национална идентичност, на компонентите, които ги изграждат и на връзката между тях. Разгледан е психологическият портрет на бежанците по света и в България. Представени са резултати от проведено емпирично изследване на взаимодействието на млади хора от български произход (n=212; 106 мъже и 1...

Comparative analysis of the current status of women with breast cancer (N = 41; mean age 39.72) within a period of up to one year from diagnosing and subsequent surgery in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd stage of the disease progress with clinically healthy women (N = 54; mean age 30.64) of Bulgarian origin was made. It was measured by means of the Measure of...

Целта на настоящото изследване е да измери качеството на живот чрез скалата Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors (Avis et al., 2005) на жени с рак на млечната жлеза, успели да преживеят 1-годишен период след първоначалното поставяне на диагнозата и последваща оперативна интервенция. Изследването е част от научен проект за анализ на различни пс...

The study presented here analyses the attitudes, the affect and the social distances of 9-, 12- and 15-year-old Bulgarian children Who study in one and the same classes with refugee children towards them. The sample consisted of 95 children aged 9, 12 and 15 years. The theoretical foundation of the survey is the Developmental Research and the Socia...

Ethnic stereotypes and prejudices as terms were examined from the point of view of the social identity theory (Tajfel, 1981). The results from a carried out longitudinal survey of stereotype and prejudices of young people of Bulgarian origin (n=1154; 453 men and 701 women; average age 21.7 years) in 6 time intervals: in towards the in-group and the...

Belief-attitude relations, as well as different normative regulations in the explanation of stereotypes and prejudices toward minority groups were analyzed in two different countries: Bulgaria and the Basque County. The results found that free-response measures of beliefs showed а highly consistent relation with attitudes. Similarly, the evaluation...

The relationship between beliefs and attitudes, as well as different normative regulations when explaining stereotypes and prejudices towards the two most numerous ethnic groups in Bulgaria: Romany and Turks, were analysed. In the survey conducted, a stable correlation between beliefs and attitudes was established by application of the method of fr...

The study presented here analyses the national pride, national symbols and sources of information from which 6-, 9-, 12 and 15-year-old children of Bulgarian, Jewish, Turkish and Romany origin derived their views on in-group and selected out-groups. The sample consisted of 642 children aged 6, 9, 12 and 15 years. The investigations performed in thi...

Целта на настоящото изследване е да се направи сравнителен анализ на психичното благополучие на българи и роми в условията на криза по: (а) етнос, (б) пол и (в) възраст. В изследването участват 100 подрастващи от български и ромски произход (45 момчета и 55 момичета) на средна възраст М=19.0 години, от които 61 от български произход (33 момичета и...

Националната идентичност е основа за психичното функциониране както на членовете на групата на мнозинството, така и на членовете на етническите малцинства. Проведените изследвания по темата обаче са малко на брой и недостатъчни. В статията е направен теоретичен обзор на когнитивните и афективните компоненти на националната идентичност, изяснени са...

Целта на настоящото изследване е да се направи сравнителен анализ на самооценката на българи, турци и роми в условията на криза по: (а) етнос, (б) пол, (в) възраст и (г) изповядвана религия. В изследването участват 355 подрастващи от български, турски и ромски произход (151 момчета и 204 момичета) на средна възраст М=18.1 години, от които 122 от бъ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the structure of ethnic identity among young adolescents of Bulgarian and Romany origin. Students in eleventh grade (N = 239) completed the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised (MEIM-R), measures of psychological well-being and a measure of salience of ethnicity. Factor analyses of data for the two eth...

Статистиката е част от съвременния ежедневен динамичен начин на живот. Въпреки това за нея не съществува единно общоприето определение. Думата статистика означава различни неща за различните хора. Всеки ден синоптиците представят прогнозата за времето чрез статистическа информация, например каква е минималната и максималната температура за деня или...

Definitions of the term “ethnocentrism” have been proposed, the characteristic of its content has been laid down, the theories that explain it have been shown and the functions it performs have been examined. It has been analysed in a wider social context as a part of the formation of the self-image of the person and its historical development has...

Results of conducted survey of national identity with the methodology of Barrett [2] have been presented. Comparative analysis by nationality, gender and age of young people from Bulgaria and the Czech Republic has been made. The results show that national identity is of greater importance to the group of Bulgarians, both to girls and boys. With th...

Ethnic stereotypes and prejudices as terms were examined from the point of view of the social identity theory (Tajfel, 1981). The results from a carried out longitudinal survey of stereotype and prejudices of young people of Bulgarian origin (n=1154; 453 men and 701 women; average age 21.7 years) in 6 time intervals: in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012...

The purpose of this study was to examine the structure of ethnic iden-tity among young adolescents of Bulgarian and Romany origin. Students in elev-enth grade (N = 239) completed the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised (MEIM-R), measures of psychological well-being and a measure of salience of ethnicity. Factor analyses of data for the two e...

In the past two decades, research has strongly suggested that males have a supremacy over females in the hard sciences. The controversy has spawned a surge regarding gender differences in science performance and school education. Recent studies have asserted that there are no gender differences. However, the question remains why hard sciences even...

The main components that build intercultural competences: knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviour, have been examined and their importance for successful intercultural communication has been shown. The Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) and the stages that build it: three ethnocentric stages – Denial, Defense and Minimizatio...

Comparative analysis of the current status of women with breast cancer (N = 41; mean age 39.72) within a period of up to one year from diagnosing and subsequent surgery in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd stage of the disease progress with clinically healthy women (N =54; mean age 30.64) of Bulgarian origin was made. It was measured by means of the Measure of...

Ethnically based discrimination and its relation to ethnic stereotypes have been discussed. Comparative analysis of the main characteristics of the “old”, “biological” or “traditional” with the “new”, “modern” or “symbolic” prejudice (Pettigrew & Meertens, 1995) has been made. The results of a longitudinal study of discriminatory behaviour of young...

The grief model developed by E. Kiibler-Ross (Kiibler-Ross, 1969) and its 5 stages: denial, anger. bargaining, depression and acceptance, were presented in the paper. The main emotions that the oncologic patients feel after announcement of the diagnosis and in the period of following treatment were discussed. Practical advice is given how to surmou...

PREFACE BY Professor Raphael Mechoulam Breast cancer is a brutal disease. About 8-9% of all women get breast cancer and it is by far the most prevalent female cancer. According to the World Health Organization breast cancer accounts for 16% of all types of cancer deaths globally. Total deaths of cancer amount to 7,600,000, whereas total breast canc...

Introduction by Professor Martyn Barrett This book presents the results of an extremely important and timely series of studies into the development of ethnic stereotypes and prejudice. It is difficult to overstate the urgency of research in this field. Across the world, globalisation processes are bringing people from different cultural background...

Introduction by Martyn Barrett This book examines issues concerning identity and well-being in Bulgarians, not only Bulgarians who are living in Bulgaria itself but also those who are living in other European countries, in Canada and in the USA. The book also examines identity and well-being in two significant ethnic minority groups (Turks and Rom...

Comparative analysis of the current status, own body perception and positive experience within a period of up to 1 year from diagnosing of women with breast cancer (N = 41; mean age 35.25) in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd stages of the disease progress, of Bulgarian origin, was made. Reliability and validity of the scales were described. They were analysed...

Two types of parental control exercised: dependency-oriented and achievement-oriented (Soenens et al., 2010), were analysed in the article. A cross-cultural comparison between relativistic and universalistic perspective when examining the parental psychological control was made. The psychodynamic theory of Blatt (1974; 2004) was presented as a scie...

Comparative analysis has been made of the self-esteem (Rosenberg, 1965), degree of loneliness (Russell, 1996), mastery (Pearlin, Lieberman, Menaghan & Mullen, 1981) optimism and pessimism as life orientation (Scheier, Carver & Bridges, 1994) of women with breast cancer (N = 83, mean age 39.72) in 1st, 2nd and 3rd stage of the disease progress and o...

Theoretical analysis of notions such as ethnic and national identity, of the components that build them and of the relation between them has been made. The psychological portrait of refugees in the world and in Bulgaria has been examined. Results of conducted empirical survey of the interaction of young people of Bulgarian origin (n=212; 106 men an...

Results of conducted survey of national identity with the methodology of Romanova (Romanova, 1994; Stefanenko, 2009) have been presented. Comparative analysis by nationality, gender and age of young people from Bulgaria and the Czech Republic has been made. The results show that national identity is of greater importance to the group of Bulgarians,...

A comparative analysis by countries, gender and age of the level of optimism and pessimism of students from Bulgaria and the Czech Republic was made in the paper. It was measured by means of the life-orientation scale (Life-Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) (Scheier, Carver & Bridges, 1994). 161 persons (89 Bulgarians and 72 Czechs; 85 boys and 76 g...

The development of self-categorisation, national and ethnic identification of Romany and Bulgarian children and adolescents growing up in Bulgaria is addressed in this study. The sample consisted of 322 children aged 6, 9, 12 and 15 years. It was found that national and ethnic identifications differ in the two ethnic groups. It is argued that the c...

The relationship between beliefs and attitudes, as well as different normative regulations when explaining stereotypes and prejudices to-. wards the two most numerous ethnic groups in Bulgaria: Romany and Turks, were analysed. In the survey conducted, a stable correlation between beliefs and attitudes was established by application of the method of...

The article considers religious identity among other its kinds such as national, ethnic, sexual, European and local (place of residence of person) from the position the social identity theory. The research was carried out among both Bulgarian teenagers (by birth) and teenagers of the Romany population. The author concludes by saying that for the Ro...

Analysis of body apperception by women who have survived breast cancer up to one year after diagnosing and subsequent surgery was made in the article. It was measured by means of the Measure of Body Apperception (MBA) scale (Carver et al., 1998) that consists of 10 items. 41 women of Bulgarian origin at an average age of 35.25 years (at least 18 an...

Разгледани са етническите стереотипи и предразсъдъци като понятия от гледна точка на теорията за социалната идентичност (Tajfel, 1981). Очертани са основните им характеристики и функции. Представени са резултати от проведено изследване на предразсъдъците на младите хора от български произход (n = 152; 108 мъже и 44 жени; средна възраст 24,6 години)...

Analysis of quality of attachment of women with breast cancer within 1 year after initial diagnosing and subsequent treatment was performed in the article by means of the Measure of Attachment Qualities (MAQ) scale (Carver, 1997). 41 women of Bulgarian origin at an average age of 35.25 years (at least 18 and 69 at the most) in stage I, II and III o...

Analysis of positive and negative methods for coping with stress from breast cancer diagnosis by women up to one year after surgery performed was made in the article. They were measured by means of the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (brief COPE) (Carver, 1997) methodology that consists of 28 items. 41 women of Bulgarian origin at an ave...

Analysis of the positive experience from diagnosis made to women who have survived breast cancer was made in the article. It was measured by means of the Benefit Finding scale (Tomich & Helgeson, 2004) that consists of 17 items. 41 women of Bulgarian origin at an average age of 35.25 years (at least 18 and 69 years at most) in stage I, II and III w...

A theoretical analysis of terms such as “stereotypes”, “prejudices”, and “stigmatisation process” has been made and methods for their overcoming have been examined. Results of conducted survey of stereotypes, prejudices and modern racism of young people of Bulgarian origin (n=168; 81 men and 87 women; average age – 24.2 years) towards the group of...

В статията е направен анализ на психичното благополучие на жени с рак на млечната жлеза в съпоставка със здрави жени. То е измерено чрез скалите за ориентация в живота (Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) (Scheier & Bridge, 1994), за самооценка (Rosenberg, 1965), за самота (UCLA Loneliness Scale, Version 3) (Russell, 1996) и за контрол (Pearlin et al., 1...

Like most countries in Europe, Bulgaria has a population that is char-acterised by significant ethnocultural variety. Bulgaria is an example of tolerant co-existence among the representatives of30 ethnic and religious groups on the Balkan Peninsula. As of 2002, the share of the Bulgar-ian citizens with minority ethnicity exceeded 16%. The focus in...

Results of conducted survey of national identity with the methodology of Romanova(Romanova, 1994; Stefanenko, 2009) have been presented. Comparative analysis by nation-ality, gender and age of young people from Bulgaria and the Czech Republic has beenmade. The results show that national identity is of greater importance to the group of Bul-garians,...

Similarly to other European countries, in Ukraine scholars can identify a developmental stage of emerging adulthood. Little work has been done to examine emerging adulthood in Eastern European countries, such as ex-Soviet Union republics like Ukraine, which are making the transition out of communism into the broader free-market economy of Western E...

In the two studies presented here, the role of the core and peripheral elements of the social representations are analysed as a function of both- a) the induction of implication of the self with the object vs. not implication and b) the framing of the message (to eliminate discrimination vs. implementing equality) in case of the European Gender Equ...

Разгледана е дискриминацията на етническа основа и връзката й с етническите стереотипи. Направен е съпоставителен анализ на основните характеристики на „стария”, „биологичния” или „традиционния” с „новия”, „модерния” или „символния” предразсъдък (Pettigrew & Meertens, 1995). Представени са резултати от лонгитюдно изследване на дискриминационното по...

The purpose of this study was to examine the structure of national identity among young adolescents of Bulgarian and Czech origin. University students (N=161) completed the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure Revised (MEIM-R) (Phinney & Ong, 2007), four measures of psychological well-being and a measure of salience of ethnicity. Factor analyses of d...

Ethnic stereotypes and prejudices as terms were examined and a historical review of their development (Duckitt, 1992) was made. The results from a survey of prejudices of young people of Bulgarian origin (n=942; 347 men and 595 women; average age 21.3 years) towards the in-group and the representatives of the main ethnic minorities: Turks, Roma and...

The study presented here analyses the development of self-categorisation, national, supranational, local and regional identification of Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Italian children and adolescents growing up in Bulgaria, Ukraine and Italy. The sample consisted of 541 children aged 6, 9, 12 and 15 years. It was found that national, supranational, local...