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Mgr. Jaroslava Kopčáková, PhD.   SK

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jaroslava.kopcakova@upjs.sk
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LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
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UPZMV - Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology
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Faculty:
LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
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CMV - Centrum medicínskeho vzdelávania UPJŠ LF
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Jaroslava Kopčáková, PhD. (1986) received her Master degree in Psychology (Faculty of Arts, PJ Safarik University in Kosice) and PhD. in Medical sciences (University of Groningen, The Netherlands). During her university studies she participated in Children organisation Fénix and she worked as a research assistant at KISH, Child Line of trust in Košice and she also participated in several courses in psychology and psychotherapy. At present time, she is in the position of the senior researcher at the Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Medical Faculty of P.J. Safarik University.

Higher education and further qualification growth
First degree of higher education:
Faculty of Arts, P.J.Safarik University in Košice, 2009, Psychology
Second degree of higher education:
Faculty of Arts, P.J.Safarik University in Košice, 2011, Psychology
Third degree of higher education:
University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2018, Medical sciences

Research /art/ teacher profile

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Profile courses
Developmental psychology - (VP-V/10), ZS, 1P+1C
Competence training for clinical practice - (TKKP-V/19), LS, 0P+2C; (TCCP-GM/19), LS, 0P+2C
Basics of methodology and statistics - (ZMS-V/12), LS, 1P+1C; (ZMS-VZM/15), LS, 1P+1C
Health Psychology - (HP-GM/10), ZS, 1P+1C; (PZ/16), ZS, 1P+1C
Communication training for clinical practice - (KT/16), ZS, 0P+2C
Selected publications

Dankulincová Z, Bosáková L., Fiľakovská D, Husárová D, Kopčáková J. - Cesta labyrintom: Dospievajúci s emocionálnymi problémami a problémami v správaní v systéme starostlivosti - 1. vyd. - Košice : Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, 2020. - 157 s.

Kopcakova, J., Dankulincova Veselska, Z., Madarasova Geckova, A., Bucksch, J., Nalecz, H., Sigmundova, D., van Dijk, J.P, Reijneveld, S.A. (2017). Is a perceived activity-friendly environment associated with more physical activity and fewer screen-based activities in adolescents? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(1):39.

Karchynskaya, V., Kopcakova, J., Klein, D., Gába, A., Madarasova Geckova, A., van Dijk, J.P., de Winter, A.F., Reijneveld, S.A. (2020). Is BMI a Valid Indicator of Overweight and Obesity for Adolescents? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (13): 4815.

Malinakova, K., Kopcakova, J., Kolarcik, P., Madarasova Geckova, A., Polackova Solcova, I., Husek, V., Kluzova Kracmarova, L., Dubovska, E., Kalman, M., Puzova, Z., van Dijk, J., Tavel, P. (2017). The Spiritual Well-Being Scale: Psychometric Evaluation of the Shortened Version in Czech Adolescents. Journal of Religion and Health, 56(2):697-705.

Kopcakova J., Dankulincova Veselska Z., Madarasova Geckova A., Klein D., van Dijk J.P, Reijneveld S.A. (2018). Are school factors and urbanization supportive for being physically active and engaging in less screen-based activities? International Journal of Public Health, 63:359-366.

Selected projects

Grant agreement number – 622594-EPP-1-2020-1-SK-SPO-SCP, PARIPRE Physical activity-related injuries prevention in adolescents, 2021-2023, coordinator: MSc. Peter Bakalár PhD, position: partner leader for Pavol Josef Šafarik University in Košice as partner organisation.

APVV-15-0012 Care4Youth-Psychosocial development of children with emotional and behavioural disorders in the system of care - longitudinal study, 2016-2020, coordinator: Assoc. prof. Zuzana Dankulincova PhD, position: team member.



VEGA 1/0179/21 Physical activity-related injuries in Slovak adolescents, 2021-2023, coordinator: MSc. Peter Bakalár PhD, position: deputy of principal coordinator

APVV–18–0070 Generation Z - new challenges in youth development, 2019 – 2023, position: team member.

VEGA 1/0427/17 Health literacy in a school-aged children as a part of education process in schools and the outcome of school based health education,2017-2020, position: team member.

International mobilities and visits
University Medical Center Groningen/ Department of Social Medicine, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen, The Netherland, 6.9.2015-26.9.2015, 16.9.2017- 22.9.2017, 17.9.2019-22.9.2019
Palacky University in Olomouc, Tř.Míru 115, 771 11 Olomouc, Česká republika, 21.9.2014- 27.9.2014, 19.4.2016-23.04.2016, 8.5.2017-12.5.2017, 2.12.2018-6.12.2018, 30.9.2019-4.10.2019
The Moller Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 09.11.2011-13.11.2011
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Sociology, Brussels, Belgium, 1.7.2012-5.7.2012
Organisational activities
member on national and international team - Health Behavior in School-aged Children, 2011-present
member - EUROPEAN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY SOCIETY, 2012-present
contact and resposible person for Slovakia - GLOBAL OBSERVATORY FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (GOPA!), 2020-present
contact and resposible person for Slovakia - HEALTH ENHANCING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (HEPA) EUROPE NETWORK, 2020-present
member on national team - GLOBAL MATRIX 4.0 PROJECT OF THE ACTIVE HEALTHY KIDS GLOBAL ALLIANCE, 2021-present

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Projects
2021 – 2023 Health and health-related behavior of adolescents and methods of prevention of lifestyle diseases KEGA 020UKF-4/2021 2021 – 2023 Physical activity-related injuries prevention in adolescents (Project acronym: PARIPRE) in ERASMUS+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships Call 2021 – 2023 Physical activity-related injuries among Slovak adolescents VEGA 1/0179/21 2020 – 2024 Mapping the trajectory and experiences of adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems in the care system: opportunities for improvement from the perspective of adolescents and their parents VEGA 1/0177/20 2019 – 2023 Generation Z – New challenges in youth development. APVV-18-0070 2017 – present Member of the European Network for Positive Psychology 2017 – 2020 Health literacy in a school-aged children as a part of education process in schools and the outcome of school based health education. VEGA 1/0427/17 2017 – 2018 Member of work group “Health and active living” under the project of the Youth Department of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic in cooperation with IUVENTA 2017 – 2017 Member of work group “Let’s talk more – youth participation and interdepartmental cooperation” under the project of ZIPCeM (as collaboration of Youth Department of the Ministry of Education and Youth within the Youth Strategy of the Slovak Republic for 2014-2020) 2016 – 2020 Psychosocial development of children with emotional and behavioural disorders in the system of care – longitudinal study. APVV-15-0012 2013 – 2015 Health and health-related behaviour within social context in adolescence. APVV-0032-11 2011 – 2015 Project SOPHIE HEALTH-F3-2011-278173 – Evaluating the impact of structural policies on health inequalities and their social determinants and fostering change is realised within 7th Framework programme, HEALTH.2011.3.3-1 Developing methodologies to reduce inequities in the determinants of health. 2014 – present Psychosocial development of health disadvantaged school-aged children VEGA 1/0895/14 2012 – 2015 ECOP project Strengthening scientific potential of the research teams in promoting physical activity at Palacky University, No. CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0171 2012 – 2012 International Visegrad Fund: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study: Supporting the Visegrad countries research network, No.21110275
International collaboration
Member of national and international team within Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study Member of the European Health Psychology Society Member of the European Network for Positive Psychology Member of Health Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) Europe network Member and country contact for the Global Observatory for Physical Activity (GoPA!) Member of the Global Matrix 4.0 project of the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance Research Topic Editor in SSCI journal Frontiers in Psychology (within Health Psychology section)
Interesting links
https://coherentsite.com/ https://hbscslovakia.com/ https://care4youth.com/ https://www.paripre.eu/ https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/30747/health-of-adolescents-quantitative-and-qualitative-perspective

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