The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive description of what a peer helper programme is and to set guidelines for the design and implementation of a peer helping programme for university residence students. In order to achieve these objectives a literature study was firstly conducted to attain a good understanding of the problems that students of tertiary institutions are currently experiencing. The conclusion was made that students are today faced with a lot of frustrations, problems and challenges resulting in a need for care, support and effective help. Secondly the terms "peer helping", "peer helper" and "peer helper programmes" were defined and peer helping was consequently identified as an effective way of addressing the need for help in the student community. This was followed by a description of guidelines for the design and implementation of a peer helper programme for students in university residences. Plomp's general educational design model was used as a point of reference in the setting of these guidelines. An empirical study was done in the form of a case study as it was exercised only at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. The aims of the empirical research were to determine firstly if there was a real need for the implementation of a peer helper programme among students in university residences; secondly, to look into and examine the guidelines set for the design and implementation of a peer helpers' programme in university residences, and finally to evaluate the efficacy of the training of peer helpers for university residences. Questionnaires, observations and semi structured interviews were used in the empirical study in order to come to the following general conclusions: Students tend to confide in friends when they experience problems of a more serious nature. In other words they share their problems and concerns with people whom they are in a close relationship with. There is a definite need for a peer helpers' programme in university residence environments. Students are willing to take part and make use of such a programme and students want to take the lead in organising and managing such a programme. In order to design and implement a peer helpers' programme successfully in a university residence, the set guidelines for the effective designing and implementation of such a programme should be followed. Finally it is recommended that a peer helpers' programme should be implemented in every residence or on the campus of every university or tertiary institution in South Africa in order to address the growing need for help among students, effectively. Various recommendations for further research were made. / Thesis (M.Ed.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.

The Kin Selection Hypothesis proposes that the genes associated with male androphilia (i.e., sexual attraction/arousal to adult males) may be maintained over evolutionary time if the fitness costs of not reproducing directly are offset by increasing one’s indirect fitness. Theoretically, this could be accomplished by allocating altruism toward kin which would increase the recipient’s ability to survive and reproduce. Evidence for this hypothesis has been garnered through research conducted in Samoa however, no support has been garnered from research conducted in more industrialized cultures (i.e., USA, UK, Japan). In this thesis, I use a Canadian population to examine: (1) the role geographic proximity plays in the expression of androphilic male avuncularity and (2) whether androphilic males direct altruism toward the children of friends who might represent proxies for nieces and nephews in more industrialized cultures. Other sociocultural factors that potentially influence the expression of androphilic male avuncularity are also discussed. / ix, 81 leaves ; 29 cm

The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive description of what a peer helper programme is and to set guidelines for the design and implementation of a peer helping programme for university residence students. In order to achieve these objectives a literature study was firstly conducted to attain a good understanding of the problems that students of tertiary institutions are currently experiencing. The conclusion was made that students are today faced with a lot of frustrations, problems and challenges resulting in a need for care, support and effective help. Secondly the terms "peer helping", "peer helper" and "peer helper programmes" were defined and peer helping was consequently identified as an effective way of addressing the need for help in the student community. This was followed by a description of guidelines for the design and implementation of a peer helper programme for students in university residences. Plomp's general educational design model was used as a point of reference in the setting of these guidelines. An empirical study was done in the form of a case study as it was exercised only at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. The aims of the empirical research were to determine firstly if there was a real need for the implementation of a peer helper programme among students in university residences; secondly, to look into and examine the guidelines set for the design and implementation of a peer helpers' programme in university residences, and finally to evaluate the efficacy of the training of peer helpers for university residences. Questionnaires, observations and semi structured interviews were used in the empirical study in order to come to the following general conclusions: Students tend to confide in friends when they experience problems of a more serious nature. In other words they share their problems and concerns with people whom they are in a close relationship with. There is a definite need for a peer helpers' programme in university residence environments. Students are willing to take part and make use of such a programme and students want to take the lead in organising and managing such a programme. In order to design and implement a peer helpers' programme successfully in a university residence, the set guidelines for the effective designing and implementation of such a programme should be followed. Finally it is recommended that a peer helpers' programme should be implemented in every residence or on the campus of every university or tertiary institution in South Africa in order to address the growing need for help among students, effectively. Various recommendations for further research were made. / Thesis (M.Ed.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.

Hintergrund: Die therapeutische Allianz wird seit vielen Jahrzehnten intensiv hinsichtlich ihres Einflusses auf den Therapieerfolg erforscht. Sie gilt inzwischen als empirisch gut gesicherter Einflussfaktor auf den Therapieerfolg, wobei sich in Metaanalysen kleine bis mittlere Effekte zeigen. Gleichzeitig zeigt sich in Metaanalysen jedoch oft eine große Varianz, was auf mögliche moderierende Einflussfaktoren hinweist. Hierbei können Faktoren sowohl auf Seiten des Patienten 1 als auch des Therapeuten und bezogen auf das Therapiesetting beteiligt sein, die in der bisherigen Forschung vielfach noch nicht ausreichend untersuchtwurden. Im ersten Teil der vorliegenden Arbeit soll die Bedeutung initial besonders gering eingeschätzter therapeutischer Allianz hinsichtlich des Zusammenhangs mit späterem Therapieerfolg analysiert werden. Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit sollen dann Unterschiede im Zusammenhang von therapeutischer Allianz und Therapieerfolg im Bereich verschiedener Persönlichkeitsstörungen betrachtet werden. Fragestellung: Im ersten Teil der Arbeit wurde als zentrale Fragestellung untersucht, inwiefern die Beziehungszufriedenheit in verschiedenen Teilstichproben unterschiedlich zufriedener Patienten eine vergleichbar bedeutsame Rolle als Prädiktor von Therapieerfolg hat. Darüber hinaus sollte anhand der Gesamtstichprobe der Zusammenhang von therapeutischer Allianz und Therapieerfolg in einem naturalistischen, tagesklinischen Setting repliziert werden. Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit wurde der Zusammenhang von therapeutischer Allianz und Therapieerfolg vergleichend anhand zweier Teilstichproben von Patienten mit Borderline Persönlichkeitsstörung respektive zwanghafter Persönlichkeitsstörung untersucht, mit der Hypothese, dass die prädiktive Validität einer singulären Erfassung der Qualität der therapeutischen Beziehung bei Patienten mit zwanghafter Persönlichkeitsstörung größer ist als bei Patienten mit Borderline Persönlichkeitsstörung. Material und Methoden: Grundlage der Arbeit ist eine Gesamtstichprobe von insgesamt n = 809 Patienten (Durchschnittsalter 34 Jahre, 72,6% Frauen), die sich zwischen November 2008 und April 2017 in tagesklinischer Behandlung in der Allgemeinen Tagesklinik der Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik am UKD Dresden befanden. Die Allgemeine Tagesklinik behandelt vorrangig Patienten mit Persönlichkeitsstörungen bzw. Achse-I-Störungen, bei denen eine Thematisierung der hintergründigen Persönlichkeitsakzentuierung therapeutisch sinnvoll ist, in einem multimodalen, multiprofessionellen Setting mittels dialektisch behavioraler und schematherapeutischer Therapiemethoden. Die Behandlungszeit betrug durchschnittlich elf Wochen. Die Diagnosevergabe erfolgte nach klinischer Urteilsbildung auf Grundlage strukturierter bzw. standardisierter Diagnostikinstrumente. Die verwendeten standardisierten Selbstbeurteilungsverfahren zur Erfassung von Symptombelastung (Brief Symptom Inventory-18) und Qualität der therapeutischen Allianz (Helping Alliance Questionnaire) waren Teil des internen klinischen Qualitätsmanagements mit den drei Erhebungszeitpunkten Therapieaufnahme, Zwischenerhebung und Entlassung. In der statistischen Prüfung der Hauptfragestellungen kamen vor allem multiple, lineare Regressionsanalysen zum Einsatz. Ergebnisse: In der Gesamtstichprobe (n = 809 Patienten) war die Qualität der therapeutischen Allianz nach drei Wochen ein signifikanter Prädiktor von Therapieerfolg. In der Extremgruppe des Dezils mit der initial niedrigsten Beziehungszufriedenheit zeigte sich dieser Zusammenhang als statistisch signifikant und stark, jedoch aufgrund des breiten Konfidenzintervalls nicht praktikabel zur Prädiktion individueller Fälle. Dagegen ergab sich für die übrigen 90% der Fälle für die Beziehungszufriedenheit keine über die Aufklärung durch die Erfolgszufriedenheit hinausgehende Varianzaufklärung beim Therapieerfolg. Bezüglich der Substichproben von Patienten mit Borderline Persönlichkeitsstörung sowie zwanghafter Persönlichkeitsstörung zeigte sich über den Therapieverlauf insgesamt eine statistisch signifikante Symptomreduktion. Es fanden sich keine signifikanten Gruppenunterschiede in der Symptomschwere und der Einschätzung der therapeutischen Allianz zu den verschiedenen Erhebungszeitpunkten. Die nach drei Wochen erfasste therapeutische Allianz erwies sich als statistisch signifikanter Prädiktor der Symptomreduktion, allerdings nur in der Gruppe der Patienten mit zwanghafter Persönlichkeitsstörung. Schlussfolgerungen: Die Ergebnisse stützen zunächst die bisherigen Forschungsbefunde, die einen grundsätzlichen positiven Zusammenhang zwischen der Güte der therapeutischen Allianz und dem Therapieerfolg postulieren. Sie zeigen zudem, dass auch in einem teilstationären Behandlungssetting, in dem die zwei Einzelsitzungen pro Woche nur einen Teil der stattfindenden Interventionen während der Therapie ausmachen, der Qualität der therapeutischen Beziehung zum Bezugstherapeuten eine bedeutsame Rolle zukommt. Die Ergebnisse des Extremgruppenvergleichs weisen zum einen darauf hin, dass bei früh etablierter, ausreichend guter Beziehungszufriedenheit andere Prozessfaktoren von größerem prädiktivem Wert bzgl. des Therapieerfolgs sind. Zum anderen verweisen sie auf die hohe Bedeutung der Beziehungszufriedenheit bzgl. des Therapieerfolgs bei mit der Beziehung zu ihrem Bezugstherapeuten sehr unzufriedenen Patienten. Hier zeigt sich als praktische Implikation die Wichtigkeit, eine sich ungünstig entwickelnde therapeutische Beziehung frühzeitig zu erkennen und ihr entsprechend zu begegnen. Dabei gilt es zunächst, den Empfehlungen der „APA Task Force on Evidence-Based Relationship and Responsiveness“ folgend, den therapeutischen Wert einer standardisierten Erfassung von Therapiebeziehungsvariablen auch jenseits des forschungsorientierten universitären Kontextes zu betonen und breiter zu etablieren. Aufgrund des erhöhten Anteils von Patienten mit der Diagnose einer Persönlichkeitsstörung in der Substichprobe von Patienten mit besonders geringer Beziehungszufriedenheit, wurden im Rahmen des zweiten Papers Substichproben von Patienten mit Borderline Persönlichkeitsstörung und zwanghafter Persönlichkeitsstörung hinsichtlich des Zusammenhangs von therapeutischer Allianz und Therapieerfolg untersucht. Eine mögliche Erklärung dafür, dass die therapeutische Allianz in unserer Stichprobe nur bei Patienten mit zwanghafter und nicht bei Patienten mit Borderline Persönlichkeitsstörung einen Prädiktor des Therapieerfolges darstellte, könnte in den unterschiedlichen Mustern der Allianzentwicklung liegen, die für diese Persönlichkeitsstörungen charakteristisch sind. Die Ergebnisse der vorliegenden Arbeit zeigen, dass die einmalige Messung der therapeutischen Allianz in einer frühen Phase der Therapie einen guten Prädiktor für Therapieerfolg bei Patienten mit zwanghafter Persönlichkeitsstörung darstellt und somit auch aus therapiepraktischer Sicht gewinnbringend Verwendung finden könnte, um mögliche, eventuell verdeckt gebliebene Konflikte in der therapeutischen Beziehung frühzeitig zu erkennen. Bei Patienten mit Borderline Persönlichkeitsstörung scheint die einmalige Erfassung der therapeutischen Allianz bzgl. des späteren Therapieerfolges einen begrenzten prädiktiven Wert zu besitzen, weshalb hier eine kontinuierlichere Messung der therapeutischen Allianz ratsam ist. / Objective: The therapeutic alliance has been intensively researched for many decades with regard to its influence on therapeutic success. It is now considered to be an empirically well-established influencing factor on therapeutic success, with meta-analyses showing small to medium effects. At the same time, however, meta-analyses often show a large variance, which points to possible moderating effects. This may involve factors on the side of the patient, the therapist and related to the setting, which have not yet been sufficiently investigated in existing research. In the first part of the present work, the role of therapeutic alliance, which is initially assessed as particularly low, will be investigated with regard to its association with therapeutic success. In the second part, differences in the relationship between therapeutic alliance and therapeutic success in the context of different personality disorders will be analysed. Hypotheses: In the first part of the work, the central question investigated was to what extent relationship satisfaction has a comparably important role as a predictor of therapeutic success in different subsamples of differently satisfied patients. In addition, the relationship between therapeutic alliance and therapeutic success was replicated in a naturalistic, day hospital setting. In the second part of the work, the relationship between therapeutic alliance and therapeutic success was comparatively analysed using two subsamples of patients with borderline personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, respectively, with the hypothesis that the predictive validity of a singular assessment of the quality of the therapeutic alliance is greater in patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder than in patients with borderline personality disorder. Material and Methods: The work is based on a total sample of n = 809 patients (average age was 34, 72.6% women) who were treated in the Allgemeine Tagesklinik of the Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics at the UKD Dresden between November 2008 and April 2017. The Allgemeine Tagesklinik primarily treats patients with personality disorders or Axis I disorders, in whom a focus on the underlying personality accentuation is therapeutically important, in a multimodal, multiprofessional setting using dialectical behavior and schema therapeutic methods. The average treatment duration was eleven weeks. Diagnoses were based on clinical judgment utilizing a structured or standardized diagnostic tool. The standardized questionnaires used to assess symptom burden (Brief Symptom Inventory-18) and the quality of the therapeutic alliance (Helping Alliance Questionnaire) were part of the internal clinical quality management with three survey points: therapy admission, interim survey after three weeks and discharge. Multiple linear regression analyses were primarily used in the statistical analyses of the main hypotheses. Results: In the total sample (n = 809 patients), the quality of the therapeutic alliance after three weeks was a significant predictor of treatment success. In the extreme group of the decile with the initially lowest relationship satisfaction, this relationship was found to be statistically significant and strong, but not feasible for predicting individual cases due to the large confidence interval. In contrast, for the remaining 90% of cases, there was no variance explanatory effect on treatment success beyond that explained by satisfaction with therapy success. Regarding the subsamples of patients with borderline personality disorder as well as obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, there was a statistically significant overall symptom reduction over the course of therapy. No significant group differences were found in symptom severity and assessment of therapeutic alliance at the different time points. Therapeutic alliance assessed after three weeks proved to be a statistically significant predictor of symptom reduction, but only in the group of patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Conclusion: The results support previous research postulating a generally positive correlation between the quality of the therapeutic alliance and therapy success. In addition, they show that also in a day-care setting the quality of the therapeutic relationship plays a significant role with regard to the success of therapy. Firstly, the results of the extreme group comparison indicate that in the case of sufficiently good relationship satisfaction established at an early stage, other process factors are of greater predictive value with regard to the success of the therapy. Secondly, they point to the high importance of relationship satisfaction with regard to therapy success in patients who are very dissatisfied with the relationship to their therapist. The practical implication of these findings is the need to recognize an unfavorably developing therapeutic relationship at an early stage and to address it appropriately. Following the recommendations of the 'APA Task Force on Evidence-Based Relationship and Responsiveness', the therapeutic benefit of a standardized assessment of therapeutic relationship variables should be emphasized and established beyond the research-oriented university context. Due to the increased percentage of patients with the diagnosis of a personality disorder in the subsample of patients with particularly low relationship satisfaction, the second paper examined subsamples of patients with borderline personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder with regard to the relationship between therapeutic alliance and therapy success. One possible explanation for the fact that therapeutic alliance was a predictor of treatment success in our sample only in patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and not in patients with borderline personality disorder may be found in the different patterns of alliance development characteristic of these personality disorders. The results show that the one-time measurement of therapeutic alliance in an early phase of therapy is a good predictor of therapeutic success in patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and thus could be profitably used from a clinical point of view to identify possibly hidden conflicts in the therapeutic relationship at an early stage. In patients with borderline personality disorder, the one-time measurement of the therapeutic alliance seems to have a limited predictive value with regard to later therapy success, which is why a more continuous measurement of the therapeutic alliance is advisable for these patients.

Children constitute a large part of the client group that social workers deal with on a daily basis. Establishing a helping relationship between the child client and the social worker is crucial for accurate assessments and successful interventions. In the rural areas there are limited resources for social workers and that impedes referrals for therapeutic interventions with children. The social worker is then expected to be able to intervene in order for children to deal with their problems and improve their well-being. If the social worker is unable to establish a relationship with the child client, then his/her assessments and interventions would be affected detrimentally. The literature is clear that an established helping relationship is necessary in order for social workers to be able to intervene successfully. This study endeavoured to qualitatively explore the relationship building experiences in the initial phase of social work intervention between social workers and child clients in their middle childhood years. The findings of the study showed that it is indeed a wonderful and motivating experience to be able to establish a helping relationship with a child and to be allowed to influence the child’s life. But social work is practical and sometimes has to focus on immediate needs and crisis decisions instead of solely focusing on building a helping relationship. First impressions are lasting and the helping relationship often has to be built swiftly and in difficult circumstance. There are a few major constraints to establishing the helping relationship in the initial phase of social work. Limited time and resources prevent social workers from committing to individual intervention with a child. Children are wary of social workers due to the stigma of statutory work, and building rapport is thus difficult as a result of the resistance the social worker experiences from the child client and/or his parents. Rural social workers often have to travel to the child client as the child does not have the means to come to the social worker, and these guest locations are usually not child- and/or intervention-friendly. The participants observed that the children are not familiar with play material which limits the initial relationship building activities that one can employ. An interesting experience that the social workers had, was that they withdrew from certain individual interventions with children for fear that they might worsen the child’s experience due to their lack of skills in working with children on sensitive matters. Certain professional attributes of the social workers aid the initial relationship building experience with children. It was observed that the natural appeal between the social worker and child plays a significant role in establishing the relationship and that it cannot be forced. Based on the findings of the study certain recommendations could be made towards further research in the future. Apart from discussing their experiences and constraints in relationship building during the initial phase, the children and social workers also made suggestions for practice. These suggestions were captured in guidelines for the readers of this report. Propositions are made to non-government organisations for training opportunities for social workers in the field. A few recommendations are also made to researchers who propose to do research with children as participants. / MSW, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Children constitute a large part of the client group that social workers deal with on a daily basis. Establishing a helping relationship between the child client and the social worker is crucial for accurate assessments and successful interventions. In the rural areas there are limited resources for social workers and that impedes referrals for therapeutic interventions with children. The social worker is then expected to be able to intervene in order for children to deal with their problems and improve their well-being. If the social worker is unable to establish a relationship with the child client, then his/her assessments and interventions would be affected detrimentally. The literature is clear that an established helping relationship is necessary in order for social workers to be able to intervene successfully. This study endeavoured to qualitatively explore the relationship building experiences in the initial phase of social work intervention between social workers and child clients in their middle childhood years. The findings of the study showed that it is indeed a wonderful and motivating experience to be able to establish a helping relationship with a child and to be allowed to influence the child’s life. But social work is practical and sometimes has to focus on immediate needs and crisis decisions instead of solely focusing on building a helping relationship. First impressions are lasting and the helping relationship often has to be built swiftly and in difficult circumstance. There are a few major constraints to establishing the helping relationship in the initial phase of social work. Limited time and resources prevent social workers from committing to individual intervention with a child. Children are wary of social workers due to the stigma of statutory work, and building rapport is thus difficult as a result of the resistance the social worker experiences from the child client and/or his parents. Rural social workers often have to travel to the child client as the child does not have the means to come to the social worker, and these guest locations are usually not child- and/or intervention-friendly. The participants observed that the children are not familiar with play material which limits the initial relationship building activities that one can employ. An interesting experience that the social workers had, was that they withdrew from certain individual interventions with children for fear that they might worsen the child’s experience due to their lack of skills in working with children on sensitive matters. Certain professional attributes of the social workers aid the initial relationship building experience with children. It was observed that the natural appeal between the social worker and child plays a significant role in establishing the relationship and that it cannot be forced. Based on the findings of the study certain recommendations could be made towards further research in the future. Apart from discussing their experiences and constraints in relationship building during the initial phase, the children and social workers also made suggestions for practice. These suggestions were captured in guidelines for the readers of this report. Propositions are made to non-government organisations for training opportunities for social workers in the field. A few recommendations are also made to researchers who propose to do research with children as participants. / MSW, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att belysa hur olika personlighetsdrag och motiv har inflytande på yrkesvalet till att bli sjuksköterska med fokus på medberoendeproblematik. Detta med anledning av att personer med en problematisk uppväxt tenderar att välja ett omvårdnadsyrke där behovet av att ta hand om andra kan uppfyllas. Metod; en allmän litteraturöversikt vilken består av 10 kvalitativa studier från år 2008 till 2016. Resultatet identifierades genom fyra teman: Viljan att hjälpa andra, Påverkan från andra, Olika personlighetsdrag, Praktiska anledningar och tidigare erfarenheter. Slutsatser; studien har svarat på syftet om varför man väljer att bli sjuksköterska och vad som kan influera valet. Huruvida olika personlighetsdrag har påverkat valet besvarades till viss begränsning. Författarna anser att studien möjliggör en inblick i vilka faktorer som påverkar individers motiv att välja yrket, detta kan komma att ge vårdpersonal och patienter en bättre förutsättning att mötas i en god vårdrelation. Funna teman har sammanvägts med begreppen caring och medberoende, vilket har genomsyrat arbetet. Förslag på fortsatt forskning är ytterligare undersökningar om personlighetsdrag hos de som väljer att bli sjuksköterska och om yrket är passande för alla personligheter. / The aim of this study was to highlight the different personality traits and the motives of wanting to become a nurse with a focus on co-dependency. Due to that people with a problematic childhood tend to choose the nursing profession in which the need to care for others can be satisfied. The used method is a literature review consisting of 10 qualitative studies from the years 2008 to 2016. The results were identified by four themes: The desire to help others, the influence from others, various personality traits, practical reasons and previous experience. Conclusions; the study answered the aim of why one chooses to become a nurse and what can influence the choice. Whether the different personality traits influenced the choice was answered to some limitation. The authors believe that the study allows an insight into the factors that influence an individual's motives for choosing the profession, this may provide healthcare professionals and patients a better condition to meet in a good care relationship. The findings are weighted with the concepts caring and co-dependency, which has permeated the work. Suggestions for future research is to investigate further about the personality traits of those who choose to become a nurse and if the profession is suitable for all personalities.

1 Annotation This thesis is focused on the issues of burnout syndrome and supervision as a form of prevention. The topic is focused on staff dedicated to the seniors with dementia in day-care centers. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part is devoted to the definition of basic terms related to burnout syndrome, dementia, daily care center and supervision. Results in the practical part come from the research methods used, specifically self-prepared questionnaire and questionnaire prepared by Ch. Maslachová and Ayala Pines "Tedium Measure". Furthermore I expanded the thesis with interview with selected expert. Using open questions the area of supervision and burnout syndrome is being discussed. The primary target of this thesis is to contribute to the prevention of burnout syndrome and also to map, whether supervision is being used in day-care facilities and whether it helps preventing the burnout syndrome.

The diploma work is called: The cooperation of psychosocial crisis workers and fire fighters. Psychosocial crisis workers and fire fighters meet at extraordinary situations - at disasters, where they are in the role's of helpers. The diploma work is written from the position of newcomer, who is learning how to do their job well. The aim of this thesis is to chart the areas and possibilities of the cooperation between these two professions which meet in practice, so that they can make their job well and in harmony with their own expectations and expectations of the others. The thesis bear upon specialized literature from Czech and foreign environment. Procedures and methodics are compiles especially according to the valid legislation and The Standards of psychosocial crisis help and cooperation. The thesis is divided into two parts - the theoretical and the practical. The theoretical part consists of definitions of basic therm, the desrcibtion of the psychosocial crisis help and cooperation and the work of fire fighters from the point of view of their values, principals, roles, impositions, targets of help and cooperation and their bearers. The central part focuses on the area of cooperation between them. The end of the thesis is devoted to considerations about good practice and some experience of it. The...

Dissertation deals with problems of family relationships and family structures. Target of my dissertation was bringing these relations and structures near. Theoretical part sketches terms as family, its evolution, function and parentcraft. Among others also forms of work with family. In theoretical part there are also brought near terms as a marriage, divorce and partnership. Empire part of dissertation dedicates to the opinions of students of Theological faculty on the family relationships and structures in nuclear family and it also dedicates to their ideas of future common life