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Project registration number and full name of the organization (not the acronym) that awarded the grant:

JUST-2019-AG-DRUGS: Supporting Initiatives in the Field of Drugs Policy (European Commission Justice Programme).

Project title: IMPRESA – Implementing Methamphetamine Prevention Strategies into Action

Project implementation period: January 2022 – December 2023

Role in the project: Co-investigator

Brief project description:

The project focuses on the selection and implementation of specific intervention measures aimed at preventing methamphetamine use in selected European cities. For each pilot site, the most appropriate methamphetamine prevention strategy will be developed based on local needs, available resources, and the results of stakeholder mapping. The intervention strategy will subsequently be implemented at the local level.

Consortium composition:

• Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (Germany, coordinating institution of the consortium)
• Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (Slovak Republic)
• Charles University (Czech Republic)
• Maria Grzegorzewska University (Poland)
• Pracownia Badań i Inicjatyw Społecznych Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością (Poland)
• Republican Centre for Addictive Disorders (Lithuania) (Respublikinis priklausomybės ligų centras)

link: https://www.upjs.sk/filozoficka-fakulta/projekty/IMPRESA/

Funding agency: Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences (VEGA)

Project title: Problematic Pornography Use Among Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis of Associated Risk and Protective Factors and Consequences (VEGA 1/0654/25)

Role in the project: Principal Investigator

Project implementation period: January 2025 – December 2028

Brief project description:

Pornography has become a mass consumer product in Western societies due to its accessibility, anonymity, and free availability. As a result, pornography consumption may develop into a pathological condition, particularly among young adults, known as Problematic Pornography Use (PPU). Numerous studies have linked PPU to negative outcomes in: (a) mental health, (b) the quality of close romantic relationships, and (c) sexual health and overall sexual satisfaction.

Current research trends in the field of PPU focus on developing comprehensive models for predicting this behavior and emphasize the need for longitudinal studies. The proposed project aims to advance knowledge of the factors predicting PPU and to provide a better understanding of its consequences through: (a) a targeted focus on young adults, (b) the use of a longitudinal research design, including moderation and mediation analyses, and (c) the application of person-centered analytical approaches aimed at identifying distinct pornography consumption profiles.

link: https://www.upjs.sk/app/uploads/sites/7/2025/10/Anotacia-VEGA-Kalina_KPPaPZ.pdf

Project number: APVV-23-0500

Project title: A Deeper Understanding of Teacher Well-Being: Mixed-Methods Research on Teacher Well-Being Including the Teacher–Parent Relationship (WellTes)

Role in the project: Co-Investigator

Project implementation period: July 2024 – June 2028

Brief project description:

The project aims to understand and promote teacher well-being in both national and international contexts through the use of mixed-methods research, including quantitative, qualitative, and experimental approaches. Well-being is conceptualized in terms of quality of life, the predominance of positive experiences, the ability to function optimally in interpersonal relationships and in relation to oneself, as well as the capacity to find meaning in life and achieve personal goals.

Within Work Package 1 (WP1), existing international collaborations will be utilized to investigate factors contributing to the well-being of teachers and pre-service teachers, with a particular focus on stress and coping strategies.

Work Package 2 (WP2) will focus on teacher well-being in the context of relationships with students’ parents, teacher–parent communication, and excessive parental involvement in children's schoolwork.

Within Work Package 3 (WP3), an intervention program will be developed and its effectiveness will be evaluated using a between-group experimental design. The intervention will focus on improving teacher–parent relationships, enhancing teachers’ self-efficacy in communication with parents, and strengthening their ability to manage challenging situations involving problematic or overly involved parents.

To gain a deeper understanding of the complexity of teacher well-being, the project will employ an innovative statistical approach—network analysis.

The project objectives can be achieved thanks to the research team's extensive experience in working with large international datasets, evaluating the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programs, applying network analysis, and engaging in multiple ongoing international collaborations.

The scientific community will be informed of the project findings through peer-reviewed publications and presentations at national and international conferences. The practical application of the findings will be facilitated through the integration of the intervention program into teacher professional development and the education of future teachers.

link: https://www.upjs.sk/filozoficka-fakulta/pracoviska/katedra-pedagogickej-psychologie-a-psychologie-zdravia/projekt-apvv-23-0500/

Project number: VEGA 1/0668/25

Role in the project: Co-Investigator

Project title: A Closer Look Inside Depression: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Clinical Presentation of Depression Using Network and Phenomenological Approaches

Project implementation period: 01/2025 – 12/2028

Brief project description:

The prevalence of depression has been increasing, the term has become commonplace in everyday communication, and depression remains one of the most stigmatized mental disorders today. Despite decades of research, progress in both the diagnosis and treatment of depression has been limited. One of the key factors complicating its diagnosis and treatment is its heterogeneity.

A promising way to address this heterogeneity is through a symptom-based approach that emphasizes the varying importance of individual symptoms while also considering depressive symptoms that extend beyond the standard clinical presentation of depression.

The project aims to:

a) provide a more detailed specification of the clinical presentation of depression by identifying a set of unique depressive symptoms that capture aspects of depression beyond its conventional clinical picture;

b) examine the interconnections between standard depressive symptoms and the uniquely identified symptoms within a network structure;

c) evaluate the potential predictive value of the identified depressive symptoms and analyze specific factors associated with these symptoms.

By combining network analysis and a phenomenological approach, the project seeks to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of depression, improve its conceptualization, and provide insights that may ultimately support more accurate diagnosis and more effective treatment strategies.

https://www.upjs.sk/app/uploads/sites/7/2025/10/Anotacia-VEGA-Banik_KPPaPZ.pdf

Name of teh projet: ISS, International Sex Survey

Role in the project: Co-Investigator

Project implementation period: 2021 – 2024

Brief project description:

The International Sex Survey (ISS) is a large-scale international research initiative coordinated by the Department of Psychology at the Université de Montréal (Canada) and involving researchers from 45 countries worldwide.

The project aims to:

1. Validate publicly available assessment instruments that can reliably measure various forms of sexual behavior and be used in future research and clinical practice;
2. Examine risk and protective factors associated with both problematic and non-problematic forms of sexual behavior, with particular emphasis on compulsive sexual behavior and problematic pornography use;
3. Identify populations at increased risk of developing problematic sexual behaviors in order to inform targeted prevention and intervention efforts.

The findings of the project are expected to contribute to a better understanding of sexual behavior across diverse cultural contexts and to support the development of evidence-based prevention, assessment, and intervention strategies.

link: https://internationalsexsurvey.org/