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Project VEGA 1/0523/20 The Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Sciences

"Problem behaviour of adolescents. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the protective and risk factors"

from 01/2020 to 12/2023;

Principal investigator

Annotation: Problem behaviour of adolescents is reflected in many externalizing and internalizing behaviours. A comprehensive theoretical model of problem behaviour (Jessor, 2018; Lerner, Simi, 2000) emphasizes the existence of broad risk and protective factors of such behaviour on both interpersonal and intrapersonal level. Current trends in problem behaviour research stress the importance of complex models and longitudinal research designs. This project aims to improve the knowledge regarding the factors associated with problem behaviours by (a) applying a longitudinal design and multilevel modelling, (b) broadening the number of intrapersonal and interpersonal factors investigated in relation to problem behaviour in order to achieve a better understanding of the complexity of this behaviour, (c) focusing on a vulnerable group of adolescents in psychological care who manifest high levels of problem behaviour, (d) including data from more informants.

Project VEGA-1/0623/17 The Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Sciences

"An analysis of social and personal characteristics of adolescents in relation to indicators of risk behavior in the context of family processes.!

from 01/2017 to 12/2019 ;

Principal investigator

Annotation: The main goal of this project is to analyze social and personal characteristics of adolescents in relation to indicators of risk behavior in the context of family processes. In this project, the existing longitudinal datasets will be analyzed and additional data will be obtained from adolescents and their parents. The goal is to analyze the discrepancies in the perception of family processes between parents and adolescents; explore changes in family processes, social and personal characteristics and risk behavior of adolescents as well as to analyze potential moderators of these relationships. The findings will be disseminated via publications in scientific journals and presented at international scientific conferences.

Project KEGA – 016UPJŠ-4/2017 ; Kultural and educational grant agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Sciences

"Fidelity of the universal drug prevention program “Unplugged” in the context of Slovak primary schools."

from 01/2017 to 12/2019

Investigator

Annotation: There is an urgent need for data-based prevention programs in Slovakia. This project aims to update and implement the universal drug prevention program “Unplugged” which has been experimentally tested since 2012 on a representative sample of Slovak primary school pupils and its effectiveness is being evaluated. More specifically, the aim of this project is to explore the fidelity of this prevention program with regard to its individual components (adherence, exposition, susceptibility, quality of intervention implementation, differences in intervention) update the program and secure conditions for implementation through the application of successive methodic and procedural features of effective prevention programs: professional and methodical background of implementation (updated methodic manual, university handbook of methodology for teachers) professional training of teachers – future leaders of prevention program “Unplugged”; monitoring the effectiveness of the program with regard to its professional and training level. We assume that this project can influence prevention activities in schools within the whole country.

Project APVV-15-0662, The Slovak Research and Development Agency

"Psychological mechanism of risk behavior change of schoolchildren and university students. Risk behavior and migration/emigration intentions."

from 07/16 to 12/20

Investigator

Annotation: The aim of the first part of the project is to build on and further develop databased prevention of substance use (SU) among schoolchildren and university students (Solomon four group design will be used to address program effectiveness among schoolchildren and university students). The effectiveness of the universal prevention program of SU Unplugged will be also explored by using comparisons of its implementation with and without booster sessions. Particular attention will be paid to the exploration of the short term and long term effectiveness of the Unplugged program (up to 3 years) also in the context of risk behavior of parents and the context of family processes which will be based on comparative parent-child data. The second part of the project is to focus on the exploration of university students´ intentions regarding migration (national) and emigration (international) and their changes in Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary and other cooperating EU countries in relation risk behavior and personal and environmental resources. The further aim of the second part of the project is to explore opinions about migration and emigration of schoolchildren and their changes in relation risk behavior and their predictors.

Project VEGA1/0713/15, The Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Sciences

"Intrapersonal and interpersonal factors of change in risk behavior of college students and their emigration intentions."

from 01/15 to 12/17

Investigator

Annotation: The aim of the project was a) to continue in the research iof the life prospects and risky behavior of university students; b) examine the relationships of selected intrapersonal and interpersonal factors of university students' attitudes to life, education and work in Slovakia and other EU countries and emigration intentions through the longitudinal design of the project.