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Structure

GROUP MEMBERS

  • Head of the Department: assistant professor Józef Maciuszek

    Team:  assistant professor Sławomir Śpiewak, 

  • Anna Czarna PhD

  • Mateusz Polak PhD

  • Katarzyna Stasiuk PhD

  • Agnieszka Strojny PhD

  • Paweł Strojny PhD

  •  Agnieszka Trąbka PhD

  • Martyna Sekulak MA

 

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We are an interdisciplinary team of scientists interested in studying structure and function of the brain underlying psychological processes and behaviors including:

  • coping with stress,
  • occupational burnout,
  • addiction,
  • learning and memory,
  • dementia and neurorehabilitation,
  • language and affective experience.

 Head of Department: assistant professor Jonanna Trzópek

Team:

  •      Krystyna Golonka PhD
  •      Bogusława Bober-Płonka PhD
  •      Szczepan Grzybowski PhD
  •      Justyna Mojsa-Kaja PhD
  •      Klaudia Szklarczyk-Smolana PhD
  •      Wojciech Solecki PhD
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  • Tadeusz Marek, Phd, Professor

    Head of the Department

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Head of the Department: assistant professor Antoni Wontorczyk

Team:

  •              Anna Ziółkowska Ph.D
  •             Jan Przetacznik M.A.
  •             Patrycja Siemiginowska M.A.
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Head of the Department: vacat


Team:

  • Krzyszto Gerc PhD
  • Bogusława Piasecka PhD
  • Iwona Sikorska PhD
  • Zbigniew Wajda PhD
  • Monika Wasilewska PhD



Areas of interest
The Psychology of Motivation and the Health Psychology:
·    The conceptualisation of meaning of life, the libertial-valuegrounded theory
·    The role of meaning of life in rehabilitation after somatic illness.
·    The meaning of life as predictor of the resilience.
·    The denial of illness in ischemic heart disease and the compliance with the physician's recommendations.
·    Occupational health: psychological mechanism, especially those reducing the negative consequences of the organization-related stress.

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GROUP MEMBERS

Head of the Department:  assistant professor  Bernadetta Izydorczyk

  • Konrad Banicki Ph.D.
  • Małgorzata Kuleta-Krzyszkowiak, Ph.D.
  • Natalia Majkowska  Ph.D.
  • Piotr Passowicz, Ph.D.
  • Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska  Ph.D.
  • Piotr Słowik, Ph.D.
  • Jolanta Starosta MA
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The main areas of research conducted in the Department of Forensic Psychology and Criminology include:
- characteristic of time perspectives in prisoners,
- analysis of criminal narratives,
- analysis of crime from the perspective of evolutionary psychology (including the theory of life history),
- aesthetic preferences of prisoners,
- the role of art in corrections,
- application of Michael J. Apter’s reversal theory to analysis of deviant behaviors.

Dr hab. Przemysław Piotrowski is the head of the Department of Forensic Psychology and Criminology at the Institute of Applied Psychology at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. He is the author of Szalikowcy. O zachowaniach dewiacyjnych kibiców sportowych [Football hooligans: On sport fans’ deviant behaviour, 2000], Subkultury młodzieżowe. Aspekty psychospołeczne [Youth subcultures: Psycho-social aspects, 2003], Profilaktyka w gimnazjum. Projektowanie, realizacja i ewaluacja programów [Prevention in middle schools. Design, implementation and evaluation of prevention programs, 2003; co-author: Krzysztof Zajączkowski], Rozbój. Uwarunkowania psychospołeczne, motywacja i racjonalność sprawców [Robbery. Psycho-social conditions, motivation and rationality of offenders, 2011] and editor of Understanding Problems of Social Pathology (2006). He has published numerous articles on criminal psychology, the conditioning of collective behaviour, the psycho-social roots of violence, and health promotion. The newest book by him (2012) is Chuligani a kultura futbolu w Polsce [Hooligans vs. Polish Football Culture]. Dr Piotrowski is a member of International Society for Criminology and European Society of Criminology and International Academy of Investigative Psychology.

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Research Team

dr hab. Antoni Wontorczyk - Head of the Department

Antoni Wontorczyk, Ph.D is an assistant professor at the Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland and visiting professor at the Institute of Psychology at the Opole Uniwersity, Opole. He is the author of: Modern research trends on driver aggression, (2011) Drivers' Anonymity as the Predictor of Dangerous Behavior in Traffic  (2012), Social and ethical problems of medication therapy for drivers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (2011), Niebezpieczne zachowanie kierowców z zespołem zaburzeń uwagi i nadaktywnością (ADHD) (2012), Dangerous Behavior Among Polish Drivers: Temperamental and Character (2013), Safety road performance as behavioral criterion of psychometric test validity for drivers (2014). The newest his book Driver' risky  behaviour. Psychological model of driver's mobility in traffic situation (2009).  Member of Polish Psychological Society, International Cooperation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic  Safety. He cooperate with Polish parliament and local government in area driver's accident involvement.

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tel. (+48 12) 664-56-76
Head of the Department: mgr Kaja Hołubowska
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