Adolescents - target group?

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Dušan Šlosár

The monograph "Risk as a Social Category in Adolescence" by Dušan Šlosár was created as part of the VEGA project No. 1-0285/18, which focuses on risky behavior among adolescents as clients of social work due to their loneliness. The monograph explores the issue of risk in a theoretical context and integrates risk as a component of social relationships, contacts, and information exchange. From this theoretical foundation, it defines risk within helping professions. Assessing the level of risk is left to leading managers; however, it currently affects those helping professionals who work with specific client groups, and thus their involvement in assessing the level of risk cannot be overlooked.

The monograph pays special attention to risky behavior among adolescents and discusses the most serious forms of such behavior, ranging from suicidality to crime, substance abuse (both material and non-material), and issues related to sexuality. The conclusion of the monograph consists of three empirical studies that address the topic of risky behavior among adolescents.

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Magdaléna Hovanová (ed.)

Zborník prác vznikol z podujatia osemnásteho ročníka Celoslovenskej študentskej vedeckej odbornej činnosti (ŠVOČ) v študijnom odbore sociálna práca, ktorý sa konal 12. mája 2022. Organizačne ho zastrešila Katedra sociálnej práce Filozofickej fakulty Univerzity Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach. Každoročne je to príležitosť pre stretnutie vybraných najlepších študentov – budúcich odborníkov v sociálnej práci, ako aj šanca prezentovať úroveň vedomostí a schopnosť aplikovať svoje teoretické poznatky a nadobudnuté spôsobilosti do budúcej praxe sociálnej práce. Príspevky v zborníku pojednávajú o tematike rizík moderných technológií v kontexte sociálnej práce, sociálnej opory aj rizikových faktorov rodiny v kontexte procesu radikalizácie adolescentov, problematike kyberšikanovania na základných školách, študentskej ukrajinskej migrácie na Slovensku, faktorov ovplyvňujúcich pracovnú spokojnosť u pracovníkov v sociálnej oblasti, ale aj sociálnej opory rodiny ako klienta sociálnej práce v aktuálnej pandemickej situácii.

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Vladimíra Žofčinová (ed.)

Reviewed Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Doctoral Student Conference, February 15, 2018

On February 15, 2018, the Faculty of Public Administration at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice hosted the second annual doctoral student conference on the theme of "Theory and Practice of Public Administration." For the first time, this academic event took on an international dimension, with participants from partner universities (faculties) in the Czech Republic and Poland, alongside representatives from six Slovak faculties.

The conference, following a brief opening session addressed by the Dean of the Faculty, Assoc. Prof. JUDr. Mária Hencovská, CSc., PhD, was organized into three sections: political science, legal, and socio-economic. Each presenter shared the results of their research, aligning with the title and content of their contribution. The event maintained a scientific-discussion format, with moderated discussions following each presentation or group of thematically related presentations.

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Dušan Šlosár

The monograph offers an insight into radicalization pull and push factors, influencing which is the competence of helping professionals.Radicalization is conditioned by the current social, economic, cultural and political context, i.e. the time-space in which radicalization occurs.It is this fact that directs the content of the monograph to factors that can be considered triggering and influencing factors of radicalization processes as well as radicalization itself.The monograph systematizes knowledge about radicalization from the point of view of pull and push factors, which have been identified as factors of radicalization in professional literature, research reports and other verified sources, including Internet resources focused on radicalization and processes of radicalization, as well as available interventions to influence or prevent radicalization.The monograph mainly focuses on the analysis of pull and push factors that are related to radicalization and radicalization processes.

The monograph offers the results of research carried out through qualitative methodology.The research focused on issues related to radicalization in the research sample consisting of radicalized and non-radicalized respondents.The research focused on the investigation of pull and push factors related to radicalization, which can occur in the family, school or work environment, among peers, in the wider social environment related to the social and political climate in society and the influence of mass media.

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Vladimír Lichner

The presented university textbook presents a basic overview of statistical theory and practice intended for students of social work, including examples of their use in specific studies. This text deals with the first part of statistical practice, namely descriptive analysis, which we perceive as a basic condition for the processing of any empirical research and is also important in grasping typical statistical principles and concepts.

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Anna Arnoldová

Kniha je základní odbornou učebnicí pro studijní obor zaměřený na sociální činnosti. Jejím cílem je seznámit žáky se základy sociální péče, poskytované jednotlivým skupinám obyvatel. Umožní jim získat všeobecný přehled v oblasti komplexní sociální péče, orientaci v systému sociálních služeb, možnost aplikovat vhodné přístupy, organizaci a metody při práci s klienty různých skupin obyvatel dle věku a formy postižení, sociální péči o jednotlivce, rodinu, komunitu.

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Michal Jesenko - Martina Kantorová - Jana Volochová - Viktória Ferková (eds.)

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Vladimír Lichner - Dušan Šlosár

The scientific monograph focuses on the issue of adolescent risk behaviors on the internet in the form of its problematic use in the context of valid theories and practices of a social work. Text of the monograph is divided into four parts.

The first part focuses on the multidisciplinary definition of a risk behavior on the internet. It offers an up-to-date literary overview of the issue through the latest, especially foreign, theoretical knowledge.

The second part focuses on the problematic use of the internet in contexts of valid origins of the social work. The third part focuses on the presentation of the most important psychosocial factors correlating with the problematic internet use in the adolescent´s group. The theoretical knowledge is supplemented by the authors research into the present factors.

The final part is application-oriented and focuses on the possibilities that the social work offers at the praxis level to prevent and solve the presented problems.

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Ján Šimko - Dušan Šlosár

The monograph is dealing with the issue of homosexuality and homophobia in the context of social work and it is divided into five chapters, which are devoted to individual fields of the tackled issue. The first chapter is describing the phenomenon of homosexuality in the society; the focus is put on human sexuality and sexual orientation. The following chapter is clarifying the formation of homosexual identity in connection to coming out and it describes its frequently utilized models. The third chapter is devoted to the concepts of heteronormativity and heterosexism in the social context.

Furthermore, the chapter is dealing with the formation of attitudes towards this issue from the point of view of religion and masculinity. Another chapter is describing homophobia as the result of heteronormativity, stereotypes and prejudice.

In the last chapter, the authors are introducing selected social work theories dealing with the homosexual minority, the approaches to LGBT+ community and suggestions towards elimination of homophobia within the social work environment.

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Lukáš Šutor (ed.)

The proposed anthology represents for many doctoral students their first entry into the publishing environment of scientific genres. The studies in such cases contain the essence of future dissertation works, which represent the creative pinnacle of doctoral studies. In addition to providing doctoral students with the opportunity to publish scientific outputs, we also consider the anthology a space for interdisciplinary encounters and mutual enrichment. However, interdisciplinarity is not merely a characteristic of the anthology as a whole but also of some studies.

Most notable interdisciplinary approaches are observed in literary studies. The traditional subject of research into artistic texts is enriched in individual studies by examining theatrical and film works (Peter Getlík), linguistic aspects of phrasemes (Ivana Hudiková), musical elements (Terézia Kulíková), visual art (Dominika Petáková), and digital spaces of new media (Alexandra Popovičová). From other disciplines, we highlight Miroslava Süčová Vernarská’s study, which extends psychological research into sociological and linguistically communicative contexts (the concept of metaphor), or conversely, Zuzana Šoltésová and Dušan Šlosár’s contribution, analyzing eating disorders from their disciplinary background in social work.

Both mentioned disciplines also include contributions with traditional research subjects. Nikola Fabiny from psychology analyzes consequence expectations in the context of goal selection and achievement. Jana Plavnická and Dušan Šlosár’s co-authored study from the Department of Social Work presents a multi-perspective analysis of integration barriers for immigrants in Slovakia. Within their own disciplines, both philosophy contributions operate: Juraj Brenišin interprets the ethical aspects of Avicbron’s Fons vitæ, while Michal Kručko examines Edmund Husserl’s unfinished work through a comparative lens of his students Jan Patočka and Roman Ingarden. The anthology concludes with Lukáš Lukačín’s study (written in English), which explores the semantic-grammatical category of modality in the verbs MAY and CAN within legal-administrative documents of the European Union.

The representation of academic disciplines and doctoral students’ individual creative outputs in Doktorandské miscelaneá 4 is thus appropriately diverse. We present this publication to the broader academic community as a representative overview of trends in young scholars’ thinking across the spectrum of humanities and social sciences doctoral programs at the Faculty of Arts, UPJŠ in Košice.

Lukáš Šutor

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Katarína Šiňanská

For a non-governmental organization to be successful, it must focus, among other things, on its main goal of spreading its vision and mission to another area. It can achieve success by increasing its visibility and raising awareness about its activities in society, sending a clear message, and maintaining transparency.

The monograph deals with specific areas in which non-profit NGOs are active, i.e. marketing and fundraising. Both these areas are of key importance for the NGO’s success, therefore they require particular attention. It is well known that NGOs lack proper support in Slovakia and their funding is insufficient given the demand for their services. NGOs therefore search for multiple sources of funding and use marketing as a tool.

The monograph explains the importance of NGOs in the non-profit sector and justifies the tools they employ when navigating the commercial space.

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Iveta Jeleňová - Gabriela Kravčáková (eds.)

Zborník príspevkov z medzinárodnej vedeckej konferencie 16. október 2014, Košice

V polovici októbra 2014 sa uskutočnil druhý ročník konferencie Ľudský kapitál a spoločnosť, organizovaný Katedrou sociálnych štúdií Fakulty verejnej správy Univerzity P. J. Šafárika v Košiciach v spolupráci s ďalšou katedrou fakulty, a to Katedrou ekonomiky a riadenia verejnej správy. Dnes máte pred sebou zborník zahŕňajúci príspevky prednesené účastníkmi tejto konferencie. Pri jeho príprave sa editorky museli vyrovnať z rôznorodosťou profilácie účastníkov konferencie, premietajúcou sa do prístupu autorov pri spracovaní problematiky, ktorej sa venovali a následne príspevky nechať posúdiť recenzentmi z rôznych odborov. Jednotlivé príspevky sa venujú tradičným témam, ale aj novším a novým témam, reflektujúc aktuálne problémy a otázky týkajúce sa ľudského kapitálu, organizačného správania a predovšetkým, verejnej správy.

Na konferencii sa stretli výskumníci venujúci sa manažmentu, psychológii, politológii, sociálnej práci, sociológii, antropológii, jazykovede, ale aj ľudia, ktorí sa nezaraďujú iba k jednej vednej disciplíne. Bolo zaujímavé vidieť ako na ten istý jav pozerajú ľudia z rôznych disciplín. Konferencia ukázala, že interdisciplinárny prístup môže upozorniť na nedostatky identifikácie a poznania problémov len z pohľadu jednej disciplíny.

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Lenka Pčolinská

The university textbook "Social Economics and Social Entrepreneurship" presents the issue of the social economy from a complex point of view and it is the first university textbook focused on the topic of social economy in Slovakia. Its aim is to contribute to the understanding of the concept of social economy, its development, basic conceptual apparatus, legislative anchoring and practical realities of social economics and social enterprises in Slovakia. The textbook discusses the basic legislative principles that need to be known when establishing a social enterprise.

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Miroslava Köverová - Margita Mesárošová (eds.)

The publication „Helping professions and self-care from the perspective of psychology and social work“ includes research studies focused on self-care, and the positive and negative effects of helping among specific groups of helping professionals – psychologists and social workers.

A number of Slovak as well as foreign authors contributed to the book of proceedings. The contributions are theoretical studies, research studies and case studies. The theoretical and research studies are focused on important issues of professional helping: self-care, compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, burnout, perceived stress, secondary traumatic stress, mindfulness, empathy, job satisfaction and turnover among psychologists and social workers.

Research interest in the phenomena is especially important in the context of the mental health of helping professionals and in reducing the negative consequences of helping. 

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Soňa Lovašová

Pred sebou máte učebnicu, ktorej cieľom je najmä priblížiť čitateľom problematiku metód, metodológie, metodiky a metodológie výskumu v sociálnej práci. Kniha je obsahovo rozdelená do štyroch celkov, ktorých usporiadanie má svoj význam. Ten spočíva najmä v obsahovej nadväznosti učebnice ako takej. Prvou časťou sú kapitoly, ktoré sa zaoberajú odbornou terminológiou, vývojom metodiky sociálnej práce a klasifikáciou metód. Druhú časť tvoria výskumné metódy sociálnej práce, kde autorka venuje priestor metodológii výskumu sociálnej práce. Cieľom týchto kapitol nie je predložiť čitateľovi metodologické minimum, len ho zorientovať v základných typoch výskumov a ukázať ako postupne, krok za krokom vytvoriť projekt výskumu. Tretia časť predstavuje prierez jednotlivými formami sociálnej práce: sociálnou prácou s jednotlivcom, rodinou, skupinou, komunitou a spoločnosťou. Každá z týchto kapitol obsahuje v úvode krátky historický vstup do problematiky. Poslednú časť učebnice predstavujú kapitoly o práci s agresiou v praxi sociálnej práce a jej rôznych podobách. Verím, že učebnica bude nápomocná študentom pri štúdiu a že svojou skladbou čitateľov osloví.

Soňa Lovašová

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Soňa Lovašová a kol.

Násilie v práci je problémom, ktorému sa venuje pozornosť už päťdesiat rokov. Klientske násilie je jednou z jeho podôb. Ide o prípady, keď je agresorom človek, prichádzajúci do inštitúcie za účelom využitia jej služieb. Klientske násilie sa týka všetkých pomáhajúcich profesií. Táto monografia sa zaoberá špecifikami klientskeho násilia v sociálnej práci. Okrem teoretických výstupov ponúka aj výsledky výskumu realizovaného na vzorke 1170 respondentov, pracovníkov priameho kontaktu s klientom vo vybraných subjektoch poskytujúcich služby v sociálnej oblasti v SR. Monografia predstavuje súhrn trojročnej práce ôsmich odborníkov. Každý z autorov sa podieľal v rámci svojho odborného zamerania a vniesol do riešenia problematiky iné hľadisko. Hlavným zámerom bolo priniesť rôznorodosť pohľadov na riešenú problematiku a pokúsiť sa skĺbiť ich do kompaktného celku. Tak vznikla monografia, ktorá obsahuje zaujímavé teoretické východiská obsiahnuté v šiestich teoretických kapitolách počnúc úvodnou kapitolou o postavení klientskeho násilia v oblasti násilia v práci. Ďalšie kapitoly sa venujú riziku a rizikovosti sociálnej práce, etickým aspektom, osobnosti sociálneho pracovníka a rizikovým oblastiam sociálnej práce. Kapitola o výskume predkladá čitateľovi projekt výskumu a tri podkapitoly zistení spracovaných v tabuľkách a podrobne popísaných. Posledná časť monografie sa venuje prevencii a skupinovej práci. Dôležitou súčasťou sú aj prílohy, kde sa nachádza dotazníková batéria, program realizovaný na študentoch sociálnej práce a návrh programu pre pracovníkov v sociálnej oblasti.

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Dušan Šlosár

The monograph "Risk as a Social Category in Adolescence" by Dušan Šlosár was created as part of the VEGA project No. 1-0285/18, which focuses on risky behavior among adolescents as clients of social work due to their loneliness. The monograph explores the issue of risk in a theoretical context and integrates risk as a component of social relationships, contacts, and information exchange. From this theoretical foundation, it defines risk within helping professions. Assessing the level of risk is left to leading managers; however, it currently affects those helping professionals who work with specific client groups, and thus their involvement in assessing the level of risk cannot be overlooked.

The monograph pays special attention to risky behavior among adolescents and discusses the most serious forms of such behavior, ranging from suicidality to crime, substance abuse (both material and non-material), and issues related to sexuality. The conclusion of the monograph consists of three empirical studies that address the topic of risky behavior among adolescents.

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Magdaléna Hovanová (ed.)

Zborník prác vznikol z podujatia osemnásteho ročníka Celoslovenskej študentskej vedeckej odbornej činnosti (ŠVOČ) v študijnom odbore sociálna práca, ktorý sa konal 12. mája 2022. Organizačne ho zastrešila Katedra sociálnej práce Filozofickej fakulty Univerzity Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach. Každoročne je to príležitosť pre stretnutie vybraných najlepších študentov – budúcich odborníkov v sociálnej práci, ako aj šanca prezentovať úroveň vedomostí a schopnosť aplikovať svoje teoretické poznatky a nadobudnuté spôsobilosti do budúcej praxe sociálnej práce. Príspevky v zborníku pojednávajú o tematike rizík moderných technológií v kontexte sociálnej práce, sociálnej opory aj rizikových faktorov rodiny v kontexte procesu radikalizácie adolescentov, problematike kyberšikanovania na základných školách, študentskej ukrajinskej migrácie na Slovensku, faktorov ovplyvňujúcich pracovnú spokojnosť u pracovníkov v sociálnej oblasti, ale aj sociálnej opory rodiny ako klienta sociálnej práce v aktuálnej pandemickej situácii.

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Vladimíra Žofčinová (ed.)

Reviewed Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Doctoral Student Conference, February 15, 2018

On February 15, 2018, the Faculty of Public Administration at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice hosted the second annual doctoral student conference on the theme of "Theory and Practice of Public Administration." For the first time, this academic event took on an international dimension, with participants from partner universities (faculties) in the Czech Republic and Poland, alongside representatives from six Slovak faculties.

The conference, following a brief opening session addressed by the Dean of the Faculty, Assoc. Prof. JUDr. Mária Hencovská, CSc., PhD, was organized into three sections: political science, legal, and socio-economic. Each presenter shared the results of their research, aligning with the title and content of their contribution. The event maintained a scientific-discussion format, with moderated discussions following each presentation or group of thematically related presentations.

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Dušan Šlosár

The monograph offers an insight into radicalization pull and push factors, influencing which is the competence of helping professionals.Radicalization is conditioned by the current social, economic, cultural and political context, i.e. the time-space in which radicalization occurs.It is this fact that directs the content of the monograph to factors that can be considered triggering and influencing factors of radicalization processes as well as radicalization itself.The monograph systematizes knowledge about radicalization from the point of view of pull and push factors, which have been identified as factors of radicalization in professional literature, research reports and other verified sources, including Internet resources focused on radicalization and processes of radicalization, as well as available interventions to influence or prevent radicalization.The monograph mainly focuses on the analysis of pull and push factors that are related to radicalization and radicalization processes.

The monograph offers the results of research carried out through qualitative methodology.The research focused on issues related to radicalization in the research sample consisting of radicalized and non-radicalized respondents.The research focused on the investigation of pull and push factors related to radicalization, which can occur in the family, school or work environment, among peers, in the wider social environment related to the social and political climate in society and the influence of mass media.

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Vladimír Lichner

The presented university textbook presents a basic overview of statistical theory and practice intended for students of social work, including examples of their use in specific studies. This text deals with the first part of statistical practice, namely descriptive analysis, which we perceive as a basic condition for the processing of any empirical research and is also important in grasping typical statistical principles and concepts.

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