(in Polish) Psychologia (SD-NPS-D4)

Project author/potential promoter: prof. UO dr hab. Anna Bokszczanin

e-mail: abok@uni.opole.pl 

Researchtopics:

- Relationships between stress and coping by people (including children and adolescents) in various life contexts

- Factors and mechanisms leading to youth health and well-being (e.g., hygienic lifestyle, nutrition, physical activity)

- Experiences of individual stress (e.g., school stress, home stress) and group stress (e.g., natural disasters, unemployment)

- The Role of coping strategies in creating resilience to external stressful situations such as violence and war.

- Psychosocial consequences of traumatic stress (PTSD);

- The Role of social support in Dealing with Adversity

- Anxiety, depression, loneliness, and post-traumatic growth (PTG) as consequences of life events.

Scientific experience of the promoter:

-I have over 20 years of experience in mental health research

- Author of about 100 scientific publications, including monographs and articles in reputable psychological journals

- Extensive cooperation with scientists from various domestic and foreign centers, including the USA, Great Britain, and Portugal.

- Managing international projects, including EU "Horizon 2020" "Homelessness as an unfairness."

Research facilities of the implemented project, possibilities of  international mobility of the doctoral student, possibilities of employing the doctoral student in implemented projects or grants:

- research facilities for projects:

-  the possibility of involvement in currently implemented research projects, including data collection and development, co-authorship of articles

- opportunities for international mobility of doctoral students:

- an internship abroad

- taking advantage of Erasmus's mobilit

Other Promoter's requirements for the applicant:

-  knowledge of the English language

- knowledge of statistics for psychologists

- skills to create PP presentations

Project author/potential promoter: prof. UO dr hab. Romuald Derbis

e-mail: rderbis@uni.opole.pl 

Researchtopics:

Sources, effects and mechanisms of stress

Quality of life  

Experiencing globalization

Job satisfaction and engagement  to work

Scientific experience of the promoter:

- six completed doctoral proceedings in the field of social sciences and humanities as a PhD promoter

- about twenty  PhD reviews

- several times participated in habilitation committees as a reviewer or member

Research facilities of the implemented project, possibilities of  international mobility of the doctoral student, possibilities of employing the doctoral student in implemented projects or grants:

- research facilities for projects:

- all national organizational units with which the Institute of Psychology has an agreement

- statistical program owned by the Institute of Psychology UO

opportunities for international mobility of doctoral students:

- all foreign organizational units with which the Institute of Psychology has an agreement

Other Promoter's requirements for the applicant:

- high motivation and perseverance in scientific work

- openness to continuous learning, discussion and readiness to ask research questions

 Project author/potential promoter: prof. UO dr hab. Alicja Kalus

e-mail: akalus@uni.opole.pl 

Researchtopics:

Psychological aspects of childlessness: infertility, adoption

Research on family and human development 

Dyadic coping with stress in different contexts

Scientific experience of the promoter:

- supervisor in four completed doctoral theses

- a reviewer in the doctoral degree granting procedure - 7

- reviewer in the proceedings for granting the degree of doctor habilitated in the discipline of psychology - 1

Research facilities of the implemented project, possibilities of  international mobility of the doctoral student, possibilities of employing the doctoral student in implemented projects or grants:

- research facilities for projects:

- opportunities for international mobility of doctoral students:

Other Promoter's requirements for the applicant:

 Project author/potential promoter: prof. UO dr hab. Dariusz Krok

e-mail: dkrok@uni.opole.pl 

Research topics:

Psychological aspects of health and quality of life

Stress and coping with stress - psychological determinants and consequences

Personality and quality of life

Psychology of religion

Scientific experience of the promoter:

- Author or co-author of several books in the field of psychology of health and social relations (e.g. Religiousness and quality of life in the perspective of psychosocial mediators, Opole 2009; In search of the meaning of neoplastic disease, Opole 2017; Quality of life and health, Opole 2020) and more than 100 scientific articles in Polish and international journals (total 4028 MNiSW points in the UO Knowledge Base, Hirsch Index = 18 in the Research Gate database; Hirsch Index = 12 in the Web of Science database).

- Member of the Editorial Board in international journals: Journal of Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Science, X 2017 - present, Studia Humanitatis. International Scientific Research Journal, Psychology section. 2016 - present.

- Board member: Polish Society for Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Association of Pastoral Psychology

- Member: Polish Society for Positive Psychology. 2013 - present and International Association for the Psychology of Religion, 2007 - present.

- Promoter of 4 doctorates

- Reviewer of 3 habilitations and 12 doctorates

- Reviewer of ca. 250 publications, including Polish and international journals, scientific monographs, chapters in books and conference proceedings.

Research facilities of the implemented project, possibilities of  international mobility of the doctoral student, possibilities of employing the doctoral student in implemented projects or grants:

- research facilities for projects:

- Laboratory of the Institute of Psychology

- Computer room, statistical software: STATISTICA, SPSS, AMOS

- Access to scientific databases: EBSCO, Elseveier, Proquest, Sage, Springer, Wiley et al.

- Possibilities of international mobility of a doctoral student - direct: Trinity University of Leeds, England; Palacky University, Olomouc ora indirect: all foreign organisational units with which the Institute of Psychology UO has an ERASMUS agreement

 Project author/potential promoter: prof. UO dr hab. Barbara Mróz

e-mail: bmroz@uni.opole.pl 

Researchtopics:

Self-image and psychological needs in research on personality and the hierarchy of values in adults

Scientific experience of the promoter:

Barbara Mróz, professor at the University of Opole in Psychology. She lectures at the Institute of Psychology, UO, delivers lectures and seminars on psychology of personality, management, quantitative and qualitative psychological research. She has prepared several projects regarding personality psychology, including a personality study of outstanding Polish actors, a study of personality of managers, and papers on axiological issues concerning personally and professionally successful people. Prof. Barbara Mróz is the author of over 150 scientific publications (Impact Factor) and seven scientific books on psychology, among others: Personality of outstanding Polish actors. A study of generations differences (2008); A sense of life quality among senior managers. Personality and axiological determinants (2011); Functioning in the Workplace. Quantitative and Qualitative Psychological Research (ed.) (2012); 20 years later. A longitudinal study in the Personalities of outstanding Polish actors (2015) - Scientific Publishing House SCHOLAR, Warsaw.

Research facilities of the implemented project, possibilities of  international mobility of the doctoral student, possibilities of employing the doctoral student in implemented projects or grants:

- research facilities for projects:

- opportunities for international mobility of doctoral students

Other Promoter's requirements for the applicant:

 Project author/potential promoter: prof. UO dr hab. Aleksandra Rogowska

e-mail: arogowska@uni.opole.pl 

Research topics:

- Health psychology

- Individual differences

- Sport psychology

- Music psychology

Scientific experience of the promoter:

- Author or co-author of over 100 scientific publications, including articles in Polish and international journals, scientific monographs, book chapters and conference materials (a total of 6669 points of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in the UO Knowledge Base, Hirsch Index = 14 in the Web of Science database, Hirsch Index = 15 in the Scopus database).

- Member of the Editorial Board of international journals, including BMC Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Scientific Reports, Behavioral Medicine, Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment 

- Reviewer of about 300 publications, including renowned Polish and international journals, scientific monographs, book chapters and conference materials.

Research facilities of the implemented project, possibilities of  international mobility of the doctoral student, possibilities of employing the doctoral student in implemented projects or grants:

- research facilities for projects:

- Laboratory of the Institute of Psychology

- Computer room, statistical software: STATISTICA, SPSS, AMOS

- Access to scientific databases: EBSCO, Elseveier, Proquest, Sage, Springer, Wiley i in. 

- opportunities for international mobility of doctoral students:

- ERASMUS international mobility program

Other Promoter's requirements for the applicant:

- At least a good level of English language

- Using statistical methods on at least an intermediate level