The aim of this work is psychological characteristic of the student. The aim of the analysis is to describe the psychological characteristics of the future border guards and the students of technical specialty (auto-mechanic). As basic characteristics of the future border guards and the auto - mechanic were chosen the following characteristics: aspiration, value orientation, the reasons of study, self-evaluation and the motivation of study. According to the aim of the work such tasks of the research work were proceed. To analyze the following psychological characteristics: reasons, aspiration, value orientation, motivation of study and self-evaluation problems in psychology. To describe the psychological characteristics of the future border guards and the students of the technical specialties. To set the cohesion of motivation of study and the process of self-evaluation. To compare the future civil service self-evaluations, aspirations and value orientations with the technical specialties students’ self-evaluations, aspirations and value orientations. In the work the following methods are applied: the analysis of scientific works and the questioning. In this research the students of Visaginas Border Guard School and the students of Visaginas Technology and Business School were taken part. The results of the research demonstrate the differences between the reasons of study and further reasons of study of the future border guards and the future automakers. The students of... [to full text]

Šio tyrimo tikslas – išanalizuoti psichologinės adaptacijos lietuviškose mokyklose reiškinį tarp tautinių mažumų atstovų, kuriais pasirinkti rusų bei lenkų tautybės moksleiviai. Tyrimo metu siekta išsiaiškinti, kaip jaučiasi moksleiviai, kurie mokosi lietuviškose mokyklose ir tuo pačiu priklauso kitų tautybių grupėms, kurios yra įvardijamos tautinėmis mažumomis. Konkrečiau kalbant, norėta sužinoti kaip nelietuvių tautybės moksleiviai vertina save ir savo padėtį mokykloje. Anketomis buvo surinkti 164 respondentų vertinimai (palyginimui pateikti 164 lietuvių tautybės respondentų vertinimai). Gauti duomenys parodė, jog kaip ir buvo tikėtasi, rusų bei lenkų tautybės moksleiviai (abiejų lyčių) pasižymi negatyvesniu savęs vertinimu, kas turi įtakos jų užimamam žemam statusui klasės koletyve. Taipogi rezultatai akivaizdžiai parodė, jog tiek lenkų, tiek rusų tautybės moksleivių akademiniai pasiekimai iš tiesų yra pakankamai žemi. Palyginus su lietuvių tautybės moksleiviais, gauti stipriai reikšmingi skirtumai. Tyrimas parodė, jog tautinių mažumų moksleiviai lietuviškose mokyklose jaučiasi nejaukiai, menkesniais už lietuvių tautybės moksleivius. / The goal of this research – to analyze the phenomena of psychological adaptation in Lithuanian schools among adolescents who belong to ethnic groups – that is Russian and Polish students. During the research, we tried to discover how Russian and Polish students feel about their attending Lithuanian schools. In other words, we seek to understand how these adolescents estimate themselves and their position among their contemporaries. 164 respondents were asked to fill the questionnaires. It was found, how it was expected, that thus Russian thus Polish students estimate themselves very negatively. Furthermore their social status among classmates is low, too. The results showed that Russians and Polish academic achievements are low, comparing with Lithuanians. This research demonstrated that ethnic groups feel small and more inferior over Lithuanians.

In the final paper for master’s degree the peculiarities of correlations between educators’ sense of coherence and well-being are discussed. The pedagogical characterization of educator’s profession and conception of coherence is tendered after thorough analysis of papers and researches of Lithuanian and foreign authors. The course, methods and data of research on educators’ coherence and well-being are discussed in the paper. The sense of coherence of educators is analyzed according to their social–demographic data, way of live and psychological well-being. The statistical analysis was accomplished to estimate the peculiarities of well-being. The typology of educators’ who took part in a survey and results of cluster analysis are presented in the paper. The peculiarities of correlations between educators’ sense of coherence and well-being are discussed in various aspects. After summarizing all the data conclusions and propositions are presented.

The aim of this paper is to reveal peculiarities and to determine the relationship between psychological well being of pupils in upper classes at school and their self-esteem, by comparing those studying in Catholic school with the ones studying in non-Catholic school. In the first and the second (theoretical) chapters the peculiarities of teenagers’ psychological well-being and self-esteem, as well as their importance in the process of personality development have been studied. In the third chapter the aim, the object and the tasks of the survey are indicated. In the fourth chapter the methodology and the sample of the survey are described. In the fifth (practical) chapter the results of the survey are analysed. The conclusions of the research are drawn in the sixth chapter.

Pagrindinis šio darbo tikslas nustatyti fizinio aktyvumo ir skausmo intensyvumo sąryšio reabilitacijoje psichologinius veiksnius, t.y. išsiaiškinti reabilitacijos eigoje kintančio pacientų fizinio aktyvumo ir skausmo intensyvumo tarpusavio ryšį, įvertinti pacientų naudojamas skausmo įveikos strategijas ir kinezifobijos lygį bei visų šių veiksnių įtaką reabilitacijos eigai. Kadangi tyrėme pacientus, po klubo endoprotezavimo operacijos, kėlėme hipotezę, kad yra ryšys tarp pacientų skausmo intensyvumo ir fizinio aktyvumo kitimo reabilitacijoje. Taip pat tikėjomės, kad pacientų naudojamos skausmo įveikos strategijos bei kinezifobijos stiprumas irgi bus susiję su jų skausmo intensyvumu ir fiziniu aktyvumu gydymo metu reabilitacijoje. Tyrimui atlikti buvo naudojamas skausmo intensyvumo dienoraštis, fizinio aktyvumo dienoraštis, Įveikos strategijų klausimynas SCQ (Rosental, Keefe, 1983) ir Tampa kinezifobijos skalė TSK (Miller et al., 1991). Gavus reabilitacijos centrų administracijos sutikimą, tyrimas buvo atliekamas viso pacientų gydymo reabilitacijos įstaigoje metu. Tyrime taip pat dalyvavo pacientų kineziterapeutai, kurie stebėjo pacientų fizinį aktyvumą ir pildė jų fizinio aktyvumo dienoraščius. Iš viso tyrime dalyvavo 41 reabilitacijos pacientas po klubo endoprotezavimo operacijos iš Valakupių reabilitacijos centro, Gerontologijos ir reabilitacijos centro ir sanatorijos „Pušyno kelias“. Iš visų tiriamųjų buvo 10 vyrų (24,4%) ir 31 moteris (75,6%). Tiriamųjų amžius svyravo tarp... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The main goal of the study was to examine the psychological factors of the connection between pain intensity and physical performance in rehabilitation patients. With this study had we explored changes in patients’ pain intensity and physical activity over time, evaluated their kinesiophobia level and pain coping strategies they were using in rehabilitation. Moreover we were trying to find out the relations among those variables. We had hypothesized there is a connection between pain intensity and physical performance in patients after hip replacement. Also we expected that pain coping strategies and kinesiophobia would interfere with pain intensity patients were experiencing and their physical activity in rehabilitation. The survey began after given permission to execute the research. The permission was given by administration of Vilnius Valakupiai rehabilitation center, Vilnius center of gerontology and rehabilitation, and sanatorium Pusyno kelias. The study was based on 41 patients in rehabilitation after hip replacement, comprising a total of 10 (24,4%) men and 31 (75,6%) women, age between 34–78 years (average age 62,9 years). Patients were investigated during their whole treatment period. Pain intensity and physical activity diaries were used to accomplish the research. The Coping Strategies Questionaire (Rosental, Keefe, 1983) and Tampa scale for kinesiophobia (Miller et al., 1991) were also applied in this investigation. As it was needed to evaluate the physical... [to full text]

Stefan Elbe (2005) in his writing about international security dimensions calls HIV/AIDS as a “global security threat” and emphasizes the importance of the disease acknowledgement by the scholars and international policy-makers. Indeed, HIV/AIDS is already for a long time not considered solely as a health problem, on the contrary, the medicalisation of the disease, remains one of the biggest obstacles to the global prevention and holistic treatment approaches. This research highlights those particular obstructions in the essence of cross-cultural peculiarities, bringing more vividness into idea of how HIV/AIDS related challenges are seen in different communities, despite of being a globally actual issue for more than three decades. It is almost an undeniable reality that HIV/AIDS pandemic unites millions and millions of people throughout the world each year, and no matter how bitter might the fact of comprehension be, it still continues to take lives away, therefore, investigations and researchers must be going on, for making the survival a better experience. This study provides case-studies of stigma and discriminatory challenges as a cultural systems (both internal and external) with its own symbols, rules, thinking models, approaches, norms, laws, values, beliefs, prejudices, taboos, goals, contexts, and political abutments through the exploration of cultural resources that specific societies adopt. Besides that, psychological and existential analysis are used to reveal... [to full text] / ŽIV/AIDS jau ilgą laiką nėra laikoma tik kaip sveikatos problema, priešingai, medicininiu požiūriu išlieka viena iš didžiausių problemų taikant pasaulines prevencijos ir holistinį gydymą. Šis tyrimas pabrėžia problemos skirtingose kultūrose ypatumus, todėl dėmesys kreipiamas kaip su ŽIV/AIDS susijusios problemos vertinamos skirtingose bendruomenėse. todėl tyrimai ir tyrėjai turi būti vyksta, už išlikimo geresnį įspūdį. Šis tyrimas atskleidė diskriminacijos problemas, kurios atsiskleidė skirtingose kultūrose per tam tikrus simbolius, taisykles, mąstymo modelius, pagalbos metodus, įstatymus, vertybines nuostatas, tabu. Tyrimo duomenys analizuoti taikant psichologinį ir egzistencinį požiūrius. Bendras tyrimo dalyvių skaičius 13 (11 sergančių ŽIV ir 2 ekspertai). Duomenys rinkti Azerbaidžane, Lietuvoje ir Vokietijoje.

Magistro darbe iškeltos šios hipotezės: pagrindinis visuotinės kokybės elementas – vartotojų poreikių tenkinimas yra taikomas pedagoginės psichologinės tarnybos veikloje; siekiant geriausių PPT veiklos rezultatų, skatinamas nuolatinis darbuotojų tobulėjimas; PPT nepakankamai įtraukia savo paslaugų vartotojus į visuotinį dalyvavimą organizacijos veiklos tobulinime.Tyrimo tikslas atlikti kokybės vadybos analizę pedagoginėse psichologinėse tarnybose ir patvirtinti arba paneigti iškeltas hipotezes. Tyrimas pedagoginėse psichologinėse tarnybose buvo paremtas Parasaraman A., Zeithaml V. ir Berry B. kokybės spragų modeliu bei papildant Europos kokybės vadybos fondo (toliau - EKVF) tobulumo modelio Politikos ir strategijos kriterijumi. Tyrimas buvo atliekamas 5 Šiaurės Lietuvos pedagoginėse psichologinėse tarnybose. Iš viso atlikta 80 interviu. Įvertinus gautus rezultatus, teigtina, jog tiriamose įstaigose siekiama dirbti remiantis visuotinės kokybės vadybos koncepcija, tačiau nepakankamai. / The hypothesis of this work are: the main element of qality management – the meeting of the consumers requirements is found in tthe Pedagogical Psycological service; encouraging permanent perfection of employees by way of reaching the best results of PPS; the customers of PPS are undersell involved to the public presence in the activity developement of an organization. The aim of this master’s final paper is to analyze the management of quality in the Pedagogical Psychological services ant to sustain or deny the stated hypothesis. The research was done using the model for quality management gaps made by Parasaraman A., Zeithaml V. ir Berry B. The research was complemented using the criterion of Politics and strategy in the perfection model Europe quality management fond. The researches were made in the fife Pedagogical Psychological services. 80 interviews were made there. The results have shown that the Pedagogical Psychological services are trying to work by using the conception of quality management, but still not enough.

Nowadays about 10% of population in European Union about 38 million people are treated as disabled people. In Lithuania there are about 350 thousand disabled people. After independence, disabled people seek more and more integration into society. They seek it through employment, possibility to study and cultural artistic activity. In Lithuania applied dance practise for disabled people is only in experimental tone, but the experience of foreign coutries shows that it can become a profesional as it gets proper attention. The aim of the research is to explore how the applied dance influences feelings and adaptation in the society people with physical disability. Qualitative research method was chosen which helped to know disabled people better and communicate with them personally. In the work such methods were used: observation, diaries, half structure interview, questionnaire, the analysis of document content. Research population - people with inborn motional disability who attend Kaunas disabled youth occupation centre. The made research showed that motional disability contracts possibilities to accommodate in the surrounding. With the help of applied dance practise disabled people have possibility to improve social behaviour participating in social life as full members of society. Applied dance gives the opportunity for disabled people to acknowledge surrounding, find new contacts. We can say that the applied dance practise helps disabled people to integrate into... [to full text]

Jaunesniojo paauglio psichologinė savijauta - neabejotinai aktualus klausimas šiandieną ugdant sveiką visuomenę. Svarbiausias paauglio asmenybės ir psichologinės savijautos aspektas yra sveikatos kontrolės lokusas, kuris parodo, kaip žmogus suvokia savo sveikatą bei priežastis, nuo kurių priklauso jo sveikata, ir savęs vertinimas. Šio magistro darbo tikslas - ištirti 5-12 klasių mokinių savęs vertinimo ir sveikatos kontrolės lokuso ypatumus sąryšyje su sveikata ir mokymosi sėkme. Siekiama nustatyti 5-12 klasių mokinių sveikatos kontrolės lokuso ir savęs vertinimo skalių įverčių vidurkius pagal amžių (11-18m.) ir lytį, taip pat ištirti sveikatos kontrolės lokuso ir savęs vertinimo ryšį su praleistų pamokų skaičiumi dėl ligos bei su pažangumu. Tyrime dalyvavo 240 bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos mokinių (5-12 kl, 11-18 m.). Tyrimui atlikti buvo naudojama daugiadimensinė sveikatos kontrolės lokuso skalė/MHLC - A forma (Wallston K.,1978) ir M. Rosenberg savigarbos skalė (Rosenberg M., 1965). Užduočių rezultatai buvo išreikšti 4 rodikliais: vidinė kontrolė(HLC), atsitiktinumas(CHC), kitų įtaka(PHLC), savęs vertinimas(BRSV). / Nowadays the psychological being of pupils ‘is a very topical issue in trying to raise a healthy community. One of the main factors indicating the psychological health of the individual is the health control locus and self-esteem, showing how a person conceives his health and himself, his abilities, properties, and his status among other people. A teenager‘s psychical and physical health relies strongly on this, as well as learning advance and relationship to other people. The aim of the present work has been to analyze the 5 – 12 class children self-esteem and health control locus singularity in connection with learning advance. In the research, however, the aim has been to analyze 5 – 12 class children‘s indicators of health control locus and self-esteem according to the age (11-18 years old) and sex, quest 5 – 12 class children health control locus and self-esteem in connection with absences from school due to some illness and with learning advance. There were data collected from 240 schoolchildren 5 – 12 class (11-18 years old) in Lithuanian comprehensive schools. In the research there were used Multidimensional health locus of control scale (MHLC) (Wallston K., 1978) and Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale (RSV) (Rosenberg M., 1965). The result of work was expressed by the following four indicators: internality (HLC), chance (CHC), powerful others (PHLC) and self-esteem (BRSV). The results of the research revealed that the average locus in the pupil‘s health control scales... [to full text]

Magistriniame darbe aptariamas bendraklasių ir jų tėvelių bei pedagogų požiūris į integruotai ugdomus sutrikusio intelekto SP mokinius ,Vilniaus apskrities pagrindinėje mokykloje. Pateikti tėvų, pedagogų ir vaikų anketinės apklausos duomenų analizės rezultatai, išvados . Išvados: 1. Intelekto sutrikimus lemia endogeniniai ir egzogeniniai faktoriai: endogeniniai – nėštumo metu motinos patirtos traumos, persirgtos infekcinės ligos, gimdymo traumos, paveldimumas ir chromosomų patologija; egzogeniniai faktoriai – vaikų persirgti infekciniai susirgimai( meningitai, meningoencefalitai, encefalitai), galvos traumos ir kt. 2. Intelekto sutrikimų turinčių SP mokinių specialieji ugdymosi poreikiai konstatuojami mokyklų specialiojo ugdymo komisijoje ir PPT. 3. Dauguma mokyklos bendruomenės narių nepritaria sutrikusio intelekto SP mokinių integruotam ugdymui - 48% pedagogų nepritaria, nes trukdo kitų mokinių ugdymui klasėje, 29% - nepritaria, nes neįžvelgia tokių mokinių ugdymo tęstinumo, 21%- pritaria, 2%- į šį anketos klausimą neatsakė; - 79% - tėvų nepritaria intelekto sutrikimų turinčių SP mokinių integruotam ugdymui, tačiau moko savo vaikus būti draugiškais su visais bendraklasiais, 14%-visapusiškai pritaria, 7% - pritaria, nes augina SP turintį vaiką.; - draugauja su ”kïtokiais” bendraklasiais 90% mergaičių ir 40% berniukų; vengia bendrauti, nes nesupranta jų elgesio 3% mergaičių ir 25% berniukų; 3% mergaičių ir 26% berniukų... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In master dissertation is discussing classmates, parents and teachers opinion to integrated education of mentality disorder SR(special requirements) students in Vilnius district secondary-school. Parents, teachers and children questionnaire information analysis results, findings are given. Conclusions: 1. Mentality disorders determine endogenous and exogenous factors: endogenous – during pregnancy period mother‘s experienced injury, recovered infectious diseases, birth traumas, inheritance and chromosomes pathology; exogenous factors:- children recovered infectious diseases ( meningitis, meningoencephalitis, encephalitis ), head traumas and etc. 2. SR students with mentality disorder special education requirements are stated at schools special education commission and PPS (pedagogical psichological service). 3. Majority of school community members disapprove to mentality disorder SR students integrated education. 48% - of teachers disapprove , because it disturbs other students education in class, 29% disapprove, because don‘t observe such students education succession, 21% approve, 2% had‘t respond to this question. 79% - of parents disapprove to having mentality disorder SR students integrated education, however teach their children to be friendly with all classmates, 14 % comprehensively approve, 7% approve, because bring up a child who has SR. Communicate with „different“ classmates 90% of girls and 40% of boys, avoid to communicate because misunderstand their behavior... [to full text]