Teorie sociální práce

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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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Eva Žiaková • Lucia Tóthová

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Eva Žiaková - Tomáš Šeďo (eds.)

Peer-reviewed collection of contributions from an online scientific conference (9^th year of Košické dni sociálnej práce) with international attendance held on the 26^th of November 2021.

The present peer-reviewed collection of contributions titled “Metanoia in social work theory and practice” is an output of the 9^th year of Košické dni sociálnej práce, an online conference with international attendance held on the 26^th of November 2021. As the name of the conference implies, the pivotal topic of submitted contributions is metanoia, which represents a change in life attitude. Various interesting and actual issues concerning diverse aspects of social work are discussed in the individual contributions.

The present collection comprises contributions oriented towards the issues of social pathology and its prevention, supervision, the importance of digital technologies in social work, research methods, self-care and so forth. The collection further contains several contributions devoted to the exceptionally actual issues of radicalism and extremism, which are widespread and serious occurrences in the present time. The contributions are highly original and beneficial from the point of view of theoretical conceptions and methodological procedures apart from offering quality empirical processing and interesting results.

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Lucia Tóthová - Eva Žiaková

The current time is fast, hasty, with strongly asserted women's emancipation, absorbed by information and communication technologies that overcome distances but create them at the same time. The lifestyle of humans is changing, many diseases are on the rise, and cancer is becoming a "trend of the present". Claims on man, and especially on women, are now too great. Women perform multiple roles and perform many tasks. They become caregiving mothers, understanding and surrendered wives, workers with professionalism and flexibility, and idols the myth of beauty too. Due to the overlapping of the traditional gender division of labor, the life of women takes place on several levels. Their work day does not end when they leave the job, but they continue to care for their household and their own family. Besides all, they strive to fulfill not only personal expectations, but also the expectations of the family, social environment and society, reject failure and strive for perfectionism.

In our lives, situations that affect and burden us more or less appear. Even though we can not in control everything and everyone, we are able to control situations that are of direct concern to us. In life, we encounter problems in employment, financial problems, illness or death of near. As well as negative, also positive situations affect us. Each responds to each situation different ways.

Monograph is one of the ways in which we aim to draw attention to the so "C-coping style" as a maladaptive way of managing the burden that is typical of oncological ill patients. It is one of the possible concepts that affect the manifestation of breast cancer. Based on this, we have focused on the used coping strategies and we consider the life events to be a significant burden in the lives of cancer patients. The research is aimed at synthesizing the life events and the coping strategies used to coping them, conceived as a risk behavior of patients with breast cancer. As the coping of the burden can be different between men and women, the monograph is intended predominantly for women, to which we have also focused in realized research. They can be patients with oncological diagnosis, but also women who want to prevent this disease by use effective coping life events. We also believe that the monograph will enrich everyone who is interested in the same target group.

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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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Lenka Lukáčová • Eva Žiaková

The burnout syndrome in the simplest sense is a state of total physical and psychological exhaustion. Its cyclical course may be misleading, often underestimated and neglected on the part of a burned-out individual, as well as by its surroundings. The neglection of warning signals strengthens the field of its occurrence and impact.

Helping professions are characterized by a number of specificities, including phenomenom associated with frequent and intense contact with "unknown" people. In addition to the many positive aspects, work with people also involves burnout syndrome. This is a very unpleasant "experience" with possible devastating effects on a potentially highly effective expert. Burning syndrome affects ot those people who practice their profession with a high intellectual and emotional attitude. The central interest of the helping profession is man in his bio-psycho-socio-spiritual unity. The helping worker in relation to client acts as the main tool and must be able to act against each client / patient not only in the context of these components but also in the context of their individuality. The Combination of lack of social support, inadequate motivation, or dissatisfaction with the work environment, these determinants can lead to the onset of burnout syndrome, which many times represents a treacherous gap that makes  lot of difficulties and can last for several years.

Monography is one of the methods with which we strive to draw attention to the problem of burnout syndrome in the performance of a helping profession. Based on this, we have focused on determining the frequency of occurrence of burnout syndrome in assisting professions based on predetermined risk factors (specific profesion, length of practice, motivators) in order to verify, confirm or refute  predefined factors. The subject of this research was also to examine the correlation between the aforementioned factors, the quality of professional life and the strategies for managing stress and stress situations. The monography is intended for helping profesions e.g. social workers, nurses, doctors etc. We also believe that, this monography will be also benefit for a wider range of helping professions, as well for all those involved in the his problematics.

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Magdaléna Hovanová

The university textbook offers a view of the family in social contexts. It deals with the basic characteristics of the family, the life cycle of the family from the choice of partner, through the arrival of children in the family to the end of the family. During its duration, the family performs various functions. A functional family is ideal for a harmonious relationship between partners and a suitable environment for raising children.

However, a number of factors enter the life of the family, which directly or indirectly affect the performance of these functions and can cause various disorders. It is here that the task of social work is to offer help to families to cope with their big and small problems. A specific feature of social work is the focus on the whole and a comprehensive assessment of the family, where it is necessary to take into account both the client's point of view and the aspect of the environment in which he lives and which constantly affects him. Therefore, the university textbook offers procedures for social work with the family, from the assessment of the life situation, through the plan of work with the family to social intervention.

The university textbook is intended for students of social work, who have the opportunity to practice complex issues within the assessment of the case through the enclosed case studies.

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Magdaléna Halachová - Vladimír Lichner - Katarína Šiňanská (eds.)

Zborník príspevkov z vedeckej konferencie konanej dňa 25.4.2013 v Košiciach

Zborník príspevkov z vedeckej konferencie vznikol v rámci celoslovenského kola podujatia  Študentskej vedeckej a odbornej činnosti v študijnom odbore 3.1.14 Sociálna práca, ktoré sa konalo dňa 25.4.2013 v Košiciach. Ústrednou témou zborníka je rozpracovanie rôznych problémových okruhov z oblasti sociálnej práce ako vednej disciplíny i praktickej činnosti študentmi, mladými vedeckými pracovníkmi pod gesciou skúsených odborníkov. Príspevky v zborníku pojednávajú napríklad o tematike sociálnych služieb, terénnej sociálnej práce, školskej sociálnej práce a podobne. Taktiež upozorňujú na nebezpečenstvo sociálno-patologických javov, ako napríklad záškoláctvo, drogové závislosti, chudoba, šikanovania a podobne. Prezentované výsledky jednoznačne poukazujú na význam sociálnej práce a iných  pomáhajúcich profesií pri práci s jednotlivými klientskými skupinami.

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Františka Petriková - Vladimír Lichner - Eva Žiaková

The proposed methodological guide focuses on a self-care questionnaire for the target group of adolescents. The creation of this methodology was prompted by its absence in the conditions of the Slovak Republic. The methodological guide consists of both theoretical and empirical parts.

In the theoretical part, the authors present theoretical foundations for the proposed methodology—self-care among adolescents—and also provide theoretical definitions of components of self-care in this target group. The second, empirical part of the methodological guide is dedicated to validation methods used to verify the questionnaire. It also presents results examining differences or correlations in the presented issues.

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

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Soňa Lovašová - Veronika Bérešová (eds.)

Reviewed proceedings from the scientific conference with international participation held on December 1, 2023, in Košice.

This proceedings volume collects contributions from the 11th annual conference focused on adolescents, reflecting current interdisciplinary issues faced by this age group. It consists of 12 scholarly contributions addressing various aspects of adolescent life, including loneliness, risky behavior, and the phenomenon of radicalization. The contributions are organized into thematic sections, facilitating easier navigation for readers. Topics include prevention of radicalization, family factors, and mechanisms of cyberbullying. The proceedings offer both theoretical and practical insights valuable for professionals in social work, psychology, and other helping professions, aiming to enhance understanding of the current challenges faced by adolescents and propose effective solutions.

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Milan Douša - Tatiana Gmitrová - Oskar Tóth - Matúš Vyrostko (eds.)

Peer-reviewed proceedings of contributions from the 5th year of the doctoral students' scientific conference, February 6, 2020

The dynamically evolving contemporary society creates expectations and demands among citizens for public administration to be efficient, reliable, open, professional, and fast. New theories of knowledge, in connection with constant changes, must also include practical application and reflection of these characteristics in the public administration system in practice. For this reason, it is important to pay attention to new approaches from both theoretical and practical perspectives to the application of modern public administration in the conditions of the V4 countries.

Given that public administration is an interdisciplinary scientific discipline that utilizes knowledge from a wide range of scientific fields and thus enables a comprehensive approach to solving problems of modern public administration, the peer-reviewed proceedings of contributions from the doctoral students' scientific conference are divided into three sections: socio-economic, political science, and legal. The sections eruditely respond to current public administration problems from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

PhDr. Milan Douša
Chairman of the Organizing Committee

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Eva Žiaková

Zborník príspevkov z vedeckej konferencie s medzinárodnou účasťou konanej dňa 27. 11. 2015 v Košiciach

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Eva Žiaková (ed.) 

5. ročník Košických dní sociálnej práce

Zborník príspevkov z vedeckej konferencie s medzinárodnou účasťou konanej dňa 25. 11. 2016 v Košiciach

Problematika reedukácie a resocializácie nie je novým, ale o to naliehavejším problémom, o čo viac rastú rôzne druhy závislostí, čo do rozsahu aj obsahu. Dá sa povedať, že uvedená problematika predstavuje jednu z najústrednejších problematík sociálnej práce v jeho teoretických východiskách aj praktických kontextoch. To bol aj hlavný dôvod výberu tejto problematiky ako ústrednej myšlienky 5. ročníka Košických dní sociálnej práce, ktorý bol už šiestym pokračovaním stretávania odbornej komunity k riešeniu sociálnych problémov, ktoré v súčasnosti trápia našu spoločnosť. Uvedený zborník predstavuje takmer 3 desiatky príspevkov od viac ako dvadsiatky autorov a autoriek zo Slovenska, ale aj Poľska a Českej republiky. Obsah príspevkov sa zaoberá okrem teoretických východísk a názorov na problematiku resocializácie a reedukácie, aj samotnými následkami daných procesov v rôznych klientskych sociálne rizikových skupinách – či už ide o závislých, agresívnych, dlhodobo chorých, trestaných, rozvedených, šikanovaných a mobbingovaných, kyberšikanovaných...atď. Verím, že takýto široký diapazón príspevkov obohatí všetkých tých, ktorí pracujú a študujú v teoretickej, výskumnej, ale aj praktickej rovine sociálnej práce.

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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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Lukáš Šutor (ed.)

Predkladaný zborník je pre mnohých doktorandov prvým vstupom do publikačného prostredia vedeckých žánrov. Štúdie v takýchto prípadoch obsahujú esencie budúcich dizertačných prác, ktoré predstavujú tvorivý vrchol doktorandského štúdia. Okrem možnosti publikovať vedecké výstupy pre doktorandov považujeme zborník aj za priestor stretávania sa rôznych odborov a ich vzájomného obohacovania. Interdisciplinarita však nie je menovateľom len zborníka ako celku, ale aj niektorých štúdií. Najvýraznejšie presahy sledujeme v odbore literárnej vedy. Tradičný predmet výskumu umeleckých textov sa v jednotlivých štúdiách obohacuje o rozmer skúmania divadelného a filmového diela (Peter Getlík), lingvistickej problematiky frazém (Ivana Hudiková), hudobného aspektu (Terézia Kulíková), výtvarného umenia (Dominika Petáková) a digitálneho priestoru nových médií (Alexandra Popovičová). Z ďalších odborov spomeňme štúdiu Miroslavy Süčovej Vernarskej, ktorá smeruje svoj výskum z oblasti psychológie do sociologických a lingvisticko-komunikačných kontextov (koncept metafory), či opačne, príspevok Zuzany Šoltésovej a Dušana Šlosára, skúmajúci psychologický fenomén porúch príjmu potravy z pozície ich vlastného vedeckého zázemia – sociálnej práce.

V obidvoch spomenutých odboroch nájdeme aj príspevky s tradičným predmetom výskumu. Nikola Fabiny z odboru psychológie analyzuje očakávania dôsledkov v kontexte výberu a dosahovania cieľa. Štúdia v dvojautorstve Jany Plavnickej a Dušana Šlosára z katedry sociálnej práce prezentuje z viacerých perspektív analýzu prekážok v integračnom procese imigrantov na Slovensku. V hraniciach vlastnej disciplíny sa pohybujú aj oba príspevky z oblasti filozofie. Juraj Brenišin interpretuje etický aspekt diela Fons vitæ novoplatonika Avicebrona a Michal Kručko predstavuje nedokončené dielo Edmunda Husserla z komparatívnej perspektívy jeho dvoch žiakov Jana Patočku a Romana Ingardena. Záverečná štúdia zborníka od Lukáša Lukačína (písaná v anglickom jazyku) sleduje sémanticko-gramatickú kategóriu modálnosti slovies MAY a CAN v právno-administratívnych dokumentoch Európske únie. Zastúpenie študijných odborov, ale aj individuálnych tvorivých výkonov doktorandov v zborníku Doktorandské miscelaneá 4 je teda podľa očakávaní pestré. Širšej akademickej obci predkladáme publikáciu ako reprezentatívny prehľad trendov v uvažovaní mladých vedcov naprieč spektrom humanitných a spoločenských odborov doktorandských študijných programov Filozofickej fakulty UPJŠ v Košiciach.

Lukáš Šutor

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