The submitted thesis deals with the issue of the meaning in life in the elderly. The meaningfulness of life, which was as a deep human need listed among the evaluated items in the WHOQOL assessments, is considered to be an important salutogenic factor. The thesis briefly introduces logotherapy, a method focused on the revelation and renewal of the meaning in life and the orientation towards values. It also mentions the possibilities of logotherapeutic approach in the communication with seniors being in a difficult life situation. The theoretical part specifies the fundamental terms regarding the ageing, the elderly, the demographic evolution of the contemporary society, health and psychosocial aspects of ageing and the seniors' needs. Further, this part summarizes the theoretical knowledge about the issue of quality of life and its meaning, the methods of their examination and the results of research. The last chapter of the theoretical part summarizes the existing knowledge regarding the depression in the elderly. The course of the research is described in the empirical part of the thesis. The aim of the research was to find out to what extent the seniors over 75 years of age in the Czech Republic live their lives as meaningful, to compare the measure of meaningfulness of life of older and younger...

The work deals with the issue of a loss of a close person. The theoretical part describes several attitudes towards death, different views of death, the loss of a close person and the process of coping. The work also mentions several ways of how to help and pedagogic approach towards children that encountered death. The practical part consists of a quality survey in the form of controlled conversations. The conversations were conducted with people that experienced death of a close person in their childhood. This section also contains a suggestion for an appropriate approach to help these children to overcome the loss. Aducational approach trying to make the issue of death more accesible for children not yet affected with the loss is included. The suggested solutions are for children of the early, middle school age and for adolescents are dealt with separately.

The main subject of this thesis is a reflection issue of the terminal care ethics. The structure of the thesis consists of four thematic units. The first part is the introduction to the concept of medical ethics: the description of the subject, the historical development and its principles. The second block of the thesis focuses on the biggest existential event of human life ? death, and the human approach to death and dying. The search for the meaning of life and for the meaning of suffering be

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-18T17:54:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao.pdf: 351240 bytes, checksum: 9a133e09ba3c76f152c0dc95109002f0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-03-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / RESUMO A formação humana do aluno é um tema importante dentro de nossas preocupações atuais enquanto educadores. Ironicamente, a violência individual e sua manifestação grupal, a guerra, vêm sendo praticadas por pessoas que tiveram acesso à educação formal, revelando que a formação intelectual em si mesma não tem garantido um comprometimento com as questões sublimes e éticas do processo civilizatório. Com isso, torna-se necessária um posicionamento do educador, em relação aos aspectos filosóficos e pedagógicos, para promover uma interferência concreta na formação dos educandos. Este trabalho tem o intuito de propor uma reflexão sobre estes aspectos filosóficos e pedagógicos na obra de Viktor Emil Frankl, através de um estudo de suas principais obras. O autor Viktor E. Frankl vive durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, passando por campos de concentração e, frente esta realidade desumanizadora, produz uma teoria chamada logoterapia. Inicialmente, a logoterapia esteve voltada à psicoterapia através do sentido da vida, porém seus postulados tomaram proporções maiores sendo utilizados em outros campos de conhecimento, como por exemplo a Educação. Cabe ressaltar que foram encontradas poucas obras que relacionam diretamente os pensamentos de Frankl à Educação, e isto se constituiu um dos desencadeadores da realização deste trabalho. Frankl escreveu mais de trinta e dois livros, sendo possível extrair de suas obras fundamentos educacionais que têm como suportes filosóficos a fenomenologia, o existencialismo e o humanismo existencial. Segundo o autor, a existência humana vacila, desmorona, se não for vivida no cotidiano com sentido e com qualidade de auto-transcendência.

Guided by attachment theory and principles of positive psychology, a conceptual model was developed depicting the direct and indirect effects of attachment insecurity, state hope, belongingness, and meaning in life on wellness indicators (i.e., life satisfaction, physical health, and depression) of first generation Latino immigrants in the U.S. Specifically, the present study proposed that the effects of attachment insecurity on Latino immigrants' wellness would be mediated by two tiers of factors. The first tier consisted of state hope (i.e., general state hope, spiritual state hope, mastery state hope) and sense of belonging (i.e., general belongingness; connectedness with mainstream/ethnic community), which represented individual-level and relational factors, respectively, salient in Latino culture. Greater attachment insecurity was hypothesized to contribute to a compromised MIL and poorer wellness by decreasing state hope and sense of belongingness. A total of 352 first-generation Latino immigrants from Texas participated in this study. The exploratory factor analysis on the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale revealed a two-factor factor structure that is different from the two factors of adult attachment typically found with American samples (i.e., anxiety and avoidance). The emerged two factors represent anxious-distancing attachment and comfort-seeking attachment. Results from structural equation modeling analysis showed adequate model fit with the data. The final model indicated that the effects of comfort-seeking attachment on wellness were fully mediated by two layers of mediators (belongingness and state hope as the first layer and meaning in life as the second layer). In addition, the effect of anxious-distancing attachment on wellness was fully mediated by belongingness and meaning in life but not through state hope. Bootstrap methods were used to assess the significance magnitude of these indirect effects. Comfort-seeking attachment explained 13% of the variance in state hope and both attachment variables explained 36% of the variance in sense of belongingness. Anxious-distancing attachment, comfort-seeking attachment, state hope, and sense of belongingness explained 78% of the variance in meaning in life, and the overall model explained 75% of the variance in wellness. Limitations, future directions, and implications for counseling and theory are discussed from attachment theory, positive psychology, and immigration perspectives.

The submitted thesis deals with the issue of the meaning in life in the elderly. The meaningfulness of life, which was as a deep human need listed among the evaluated items in the WHOQOL assessments, is considered to be an important salutogenic factor. The thesis briefly introduces logotherapy, a method focused on the revelation and renewal of the meaning in life and the orientation towards values. It also mentions the possibilities of logotherapeutic approach in the communication with seniors being in a difficult life situation. The theoretical part specifies the fundamental terms regarding the ageing, the elderly, the demographic evolution of the contemporary society, health and psychosocial aspects of ageing and the seniors' needs. Further, this part summarizes the theoretical knowledge about the issue of quality of life and its meaning, the methods of their examination and the results of research. The last chapter of the theoretical part summarizes the existing knowledge regarding the depression in the elderly. The course of the research is described in the empirical part of the thesis. The aim of the research was to find out to what extent the seniors over 75 years of age in the Czech Republic live their lives as meaningful, to compare the measure of meaningfulness of life of older and younger...

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la relación entre el sentido de vida y las fuentes de sentido de vida durante la cuarentena por el COVID-19. Los participantes fueron 424 voluntarios (53.1% mujeres y 46.9% hombres) con edades entre 18 y 65 años. La investigación es de tipo cuantitativo correlacional. Los instrumentos aplicados fueron una ficha de datos sociodemográficos, el MLQ, instrumento de 10 ítems que mide la presencia y búsqueda de sentido, y el PMP-B, instrumento de 21 ítems que mide siete fuentes de sentido: relaciones, intimidad, logro, autoaceptación, autotranscendencia, trato justo y religión. Los resultados indican que presencia de sentido se relacionó significativamente con autotrascendencia (r=.51) y logro (r=.50). Los participantes hombres presentaron mayores niveles de presencia de sentido en comparación con la mujeres. Asimismo, los adultos mayores de 60 años presentaron mayores puntuaciones en autotrascendencia, trato justo y autoaceptación. Se concluye que el sentido de vida es un factor protector ante la crisis e incertidumbre de la pandemia a través de las fuentes de sentido de vida. En esta coyuntura, autotrascendencia y logro son variables que se asociaron de manera significativa con presencia de sentido. / This study aimed to analyze the relationship between meaning in life and the sources of meaning in life during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine. 424 volunteers participated (53.1% women and 46.9% men) aged between 18 and 65 years. This is a correlational quantitative investigation. The applied instruments were a sociodemographic datasheet, the MLQ, a 10-item instrument that measures the presence and search for meaning, and the PMP-B, a 21-item instrument that measures seven sources of meaning: relationships, intimacy, achievement, self-acceptance, self-transcendence, fair treatment and religion. The results indicate that the presence of meaning is positively and significantly associated with self-transcendence (r = .51) and achievement (r = .50). The male participants presented higher levels of presence of meaning compared to the women. Likewise, adults over 60 years of age had higher scores in self-transcendence, fair treatment and self-acceptance. It is concluded that the meaning of life is a protective factor against the crisis and uncertainty of the pandemic through the sources of meaning of life. At this juncture, self-transcendence and achievement are variables that were significantly associated with the presence of meaning. / Tesis

Purpose at work. Motivations of Workers of Selected Low-threshold Facilities for Children and Youth Bc. Michaela Valentová Abstract Diploma thesis focuses on the experience of purposefulness of employees of low- threshold facilities for children and youth. In theoretical part low-threshold facilities are firstly conceptualized as a part of Czech organized civil society. Secondly, relevant theories of purpose are introduced. In empirical part, qualitative research is conducted by in-depth interviews with nine employees of two typical civil society organizations. Workers of low-threshold facilities for children and youth construct their purpose around four categories: helping clients, professionality, work ethics and self-development. Each of these categories brings specific consequences for their organizations. The theory expects purpose to be inspirational for others, however research participants do not reflect on the possibility to inspire their clients that way. This work suggests it is caused by workers' strong emphasis on professionality which creates borders in relationships between clients and workers and also limits the possibility to inspire one another with purpose. Keywords low-threshold facility for children and youth, civil society organization, CSO, non-profit organization, mission, meaning of...

Tidigare forskning visar att höga nivåer av andlighet kan associeras med bättre psykiskt välbefinnande och lägre nivåer av psykiska besvär. Meningsfullhet framhävs som en av nyckelkomponenterna i detta sammanhang, och framtida forskning uppmanas till att utforska bakomliggande mekanismer ytterligare. En begräsning i det aktuella forskningsläget är att majoriteten av studierna har utförts i samhällen med en stark religiös anknytning, och att ingen forskning har kunnat hittas som utforskar sambanden i det mer sekulariserade Sverige.  Denna studie syftar till att analysera eventuella samband mellan mening i livet, psykisk hälsa och trosuppfattning i en svensk kontext, för att undersöka huruvida sekularisering som samhällsförändring bör beaktas inom socialt arbete. Studiens forskningsfrågor besvarades via en enkät, och utgick från ett bekvämlighetsurval där respondenterna tillfrågades att delta i undersökningen på en offentlig plats i en av Sveriges storstäder.    Studiens resultat visar att andlighet inte kan relateras till bättre psykiskt välbefinnande, men att meningsfullhet ökar psykiskt välbefinnande och att ju högre grad av andlighet som skattas desto mer upplevelse av meningsfullhet i livet. Dessutom visar resultatet att majoriteten av undersökningens respondenter har en personlig anknytning till en andlig dimension oavsett trosuppfattning.   Utifrån studiens resultat dras slutsatsen att sekularisering i det svenska samhället inte minskar behovet av att adressera existentiella och andliga frågor inom socialt arbete. Studien indikerar en potentiell koppling mellan andlighet, meningssökande och psykiskt välbefinnande, vilket underbygger att det kan vara fördelaktigt att integrera dessa komponenter i socialt arbete för att kunna erbjuda ett mer omfattande och heltäckande stöd, och för att bättre bemöta individuella behov i ett samhälle som genomgår ökad sekularisering. / Previous research shows that high levels of religiosity/spirituality can be associated with better mental well-being and fewer mental health issues. Meaningfulness is highlighted as one of the key components in this context, and future research is encouraged to further explore underlying mechanisms. A limitation in the current research landscape is that the majority of studies have been conducted in communities with a strong religious affiliation, and no research has been found that explores these relationships in the more secularized Sweden. This study aims to analyze possible relationships between meaning in life, mental health, and belief systems in a Swedish context, to investigate whether secularization as a societal change should be considered within social work. The study's research questions were answered through a survey, based on a convenience sample where respondents were asked to participate in the survey at a public place in one of Sweden's major cities. The study's results show that religiosity/spirituality cannot be related to better mental well-being, but that meaningfulness increases mental well-being and that the higher the level of religiosity/spirituality assessed, the more experience of meaningfulness in life. Furthermore, the results show that the majority of the survey's respondents have a personal connection to a spiritual dimension regardless of their belief system. Based on the study's findings, the conclusion is drawn that secularization in Swedish society does not reduce the need to address existential and religious/spiritual questions within social work. The study indicates a potential link between religiosity/spirituality, the search for meaning, and mental well-being, which supports the integration of these components into social work to provide more comprehensive and holistic support, and to better meet individual needs in a society undergoing increased secularization.