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FEEL & ACT WELL

Interdisciplinary Center for Social Activity & Well-being Research

Institute of Psychology

The Interdisciplinary Center for Social Activity & Well-being Research examines psychological, health-related and organizational determinants of human engagement in a wide range of social initiatives, including professional, educational and volunteering activity.

group of volunteers

What we do

The main goal of our Center is to further knowledge in the area of work and organizational psychology, health and quality of life psychology, and positive psychology. We also popularize knowledge gained in the course of our research, and encourage people to actively participate in initiatives benefiting their community and the society.

Scope of Research

Our researchers are interested in social activity of people, realized both in professional work and through participation in collective activities, going beyond professional duties, aimed at the realization of important social values. We investigate both determinants of human activity (motivations, traits, personal resources) and its consequences (well-being of the person, professional burnout, stress and coping, and health effects). We also study psychological reactions of people who experience traumatic events or difficult and challenging situations.

Taking into consideration the wellbeing of social activists and volunteers, we research various aspects of social engagement and volunteering, including determinants of motivation, organization of volunteering initiatives, and how to increase people’s engagement in community initiatives.

Furthermore, we carry out research concerning students entering the job market and volunteering for various causes.

We also intend to continue examining selected organizational resources, such as procedures related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and their psychological aspects.

Czerw, Agnieszka
Bio
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Specialization
psychologist specializing in work and organizational psychology
Permanent employee
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First and last name
Agnieszka Czerw
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
City
poznan
Discipline
psychology
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Agnieszka Czerwpsychologist specializing in work and organizational psychology
Gorzołka, Anna
Bio
Tak
Specialization
psychologist, sociologist, ACT therapist, business trainer, and coach
Permanent employee
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First and last name
Anna Gorzołka
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
City
katowice
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psychology
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Interdisciplinary Center for Social Activity & Well-being Research FEEL & ACT WELL
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Anna Gorzołkapsychologist, sociologist, ACT therapist, business trainer, and coach

Interns

Żywiołek-Szeja, Marta
Bio
Tak
Permanent employee
Nie
First and last name
Marta Żywiołek-Szeja
Specialization
economist, student of psychology at SWPS University in Katowice
Academic degree or title
M.A.
M.A. Marta Żywiołek-Szejaeconomist, student of psychology at SWPS University in Katowice

Honorary Collaborators / Partners

Ho, Roger
Bio
Tak
Specialization
psychiatrist, specializing in psychological medicine
Permanent employee
Nie
First and last name
Roger Ho, MD, FRCPsych, FRCPC
Academic degree or title
Professor and Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, National University of Singapore
Professor and Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, National University of Singapore Roger Ho, MD, FRCPsych, FRCPCpsychiatrist, specializing in psychological medicine
McIntyre, Roger S.
Bio
Tak
Specialization
psychiatrist
Permanent employee
Nie
First and last name
Roger S. McIntyre, M.D., FRCPC
Academic degree or title
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Canada
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Canada Roger S. McIntyre, M.D., FRCPCpsychiatrist

Associated Researchers

Hapon, Nadiya
Bio
Tak
Specialization
psychologist, philosopher
Permanent employee
Tak
First and last name
Nadiya Hapon
Academic degree or title
Professor, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Professor, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv Nadiya Haponpsychologist, philosopher
Ostafińska-Molik, Barbara
Bio
Tak
Permanent employee
Nie
First and last name
Barbara Ostafińska-Molik
Specialization
pedagog, sociologist
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Jagiellonian University
Ph.D. / Jagiellonian University Barbara Ostafińska-Molikpedagog, sociologist
Paliga, Mateusz
Bio
Tak
Specialization
psychologist specializing in work and organizational psychology
Permanent employee
Nie
First and last name
Mateusz Paliga
Academic degree or title
Ph.D., University of Silesia in Katowice
Position
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Ph.D., University of Silesia in Katowice Mateusz Paligapsychologist specializing in work and organizational psychology
Stąpor, Katarzyna
Bio
Tak
Specialization
mathematician, computer scientist, and psychologist
Permanent employee
Nie
First and last name
Katarzyna Stąpor, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Academic degree or title
Professor, Silesian University of Technology
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Professor, Silesian University of Technology Katarzyna Stąpor, Ph.D., D.Sc.mathematician, computer scientist, and psychologist

Research
Projects

We carry out research in the disciplines of work and organizational psychology, health and quality of life psychology, and positive psychology.

Strengthening people's commitment to volunteering for refugees from Ukraine. Motivations of volunteers and intentions behind volunteering - the role of psychological and social factors

Financed by the Foundation for Polish Science.
Project no.: PL-UA/2022/3 1E0C (No. 1295-31)

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Trust in the organization, conditions and consequences

The goal of the project is to verify a theoretical model of trust in organizations, developed on the basis of a literature review, and to study selected conditions conducive to developing trust or the lack of it, in the workplace. Specific objectives include formulation of assumptions for the design of an intervention in the organization aimed at building organizational trust.
Principal Investigator: Agnieszka Czerw, Ph.D., Researchers: Agata Chudzicka-Czupała, Ph.D. and Damian Grabowski, Ph.D.

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Personality and work ethic versus workaholism. Temperament and character components, work beliefs as predictors of work obsession and compulsion

The project examines potential relationships between temperament traits, i.e. negative emotionality and activity/extroversion, components of work ethic and conscientiousness, considered as a dimension of character, and workaholism.
Principal Investigator: Damian Grabowski, Ph.D., Researchers: Professor Katarzyna Stąpor from the Silesian University of Technology and Agata Chudzicka-Czupała, Ph.D..

Polish adaptation of the Workplace PERMA Profiler

The goal of the project is to develop a Polish version of the questionnaire that investigates employee well-being. The result of the project will provide an important contribution to the Polish "market" of methods of diagnosing well-being in the context of work because so far, there have been very few Polish questionnaires that go beyond the hedonistic perspective of job satisfaction. The project has been inspired by a study published in 2016 (Butler & Kern, 2016), which described years of research focused on the design of a tool, which was based on one of the better-known theories of well-being, namely Martin Seligman's PERMA (2011, 2018). The Polish adaptation of this tool will enable researchers to carry out studies based on this popular model of well-being, which encompasses both hedonistic and eudaimonistic perspectives, including those in the field of work psychology.
Researchers: Agnieszka Czerw, Ph.D., Paweł Fortuna, Ph.D., from the Catholic University of Lublin.

Psychometric properties of the Polish adaptation of the PERMA Profiler questionnaire ("Polish adaptation of the PERMA Profiler")

The goal of the project is to establish the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the well-being questionnaire, prepared by Julie Butler, Margaret L. Kern and Marlena Kossakowska.
Researchers: Barbara Ostafińska-Molik, Ph.D., from Jagiellonian University, Agata Chudzicka-Czupała, Ph.D., Agnieszka Czerw, Ph.D., Paweł Fortuna, Ph.D., from the Catholic University of Lublin.

The significance of the use of ACT therapy in the development of psychological flexibility of employees with high levels of perfectionism

The purpose of the study is to find out whether, and if yes, then how the application of the Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) techniques and tools is related to the psychological flexibility of employees struggling with the consequences of maladaptive perfectionism.
Principal Investigator: Anna Gorzołka, Ph.D., Researchers: students from SWPS Unviersity's AkCepTacja Student Research Club .

Psychological and health consequences of war in Ukraine. Coping with stress by people in Ukraine, Poland and Taiwan

The project concerns the determinants of mental health and psychological response to the threat of war in Ukraine. The goal is to culturally compare the determinants of the responses of the surveyed residents of different countries to war-related stress.
Researchers from Poland: Agata Chudzicka-Czupała, Ph.D., Mateusz Paliga, Ph.D., Marta Żywiołek-Szeja, M.A., Damian Grabowski, Ph.D., Researchers from other countries: psychologists and psychiatrists from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine, the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, the National University of Singapore, Asia University, Taiwan, and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

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Psychological and health consequences of coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

The project examines determinants of mental health and psychological response to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.
Researchers from Poland: Agata Chudzicka-Czupała, Ph.D., Damian Grabowski, Ph.D., Marta Żywiołek-Szeja, M.A., Researchers from other countries: psychologists and psychiatrists from the National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Education, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, China, the Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, the University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, the East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA, the Zahedan Branch of the Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran, the University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan, the Center for Prevention and Early Intervention at the JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health, DHQ Hospital Jhelum, Jhelum, Pakistan, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, the University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran, Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN), Chiang Mai, Thailand, and other universities.

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Remote, Hybrid and Onsite Working. Selected Psychological Aspects

The goal of the project is to expand the body of knowledge concerning the determinants of well-being and employee stress associated with different ways of work performance.
Principal Investigator: Agata Chudzicka-Czupała, Ph.D., Researchers: Marta Żywiołek-Szeja, M.A., Damian Grabowski, Ph.D., and Mateusz Paliga, Ph.D. from the University of Silesia.

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Motivation and selected determinants behind choosing psychology studies

The purpose of the study is to obtain information on the motives and psychological determinants of undertaking psychology studies. The knowledge obtained will allow a better understanding of the reasons for choosing this field of study and will enable researchers to learn more about the psychological determinants of motivation to study psychology.
Principal Investigator: Agata Chudzicka-Czupała, Ph.D., Researchers: Marta Żywiołek-Szeja, M.A., Bartosz Pudełek, psychology student from SWPS University in Katowice, Barbara Ostafińska-Molik, Ph.D. from the Jagiellonian University, and students from the Social Psychology Student Research Club.

Development and professionalization of the business trainer and coach profession. Comparative sociological study of the Polish and Ukrainian personal development market

The goal of the project is to compile a comparative description and explanation of the professionalization of the business trainer profession from the perspective of business trainers and coaches. The study will also define criteria determining that a given activity or service is a profession, and it will confirm whether in recent years, these criteria have been met in the area of business training and coaching. The project will also provide recommendations for improvements pertaining to personal development services, both in Poland and Ukraine.
Principal Investigator: Anna Gorzołka, Ph.D..

Reasons for reading blogs and memorial pages published by people who lost a child. Motivations of "emotional rubberneckers"

The researchers are interested in motivations of people who read blogs of those who have experienced terminal illness and a death of a child, and who share their grief online. Using the "Reiss Motivation Profile" and qualitative methods, the researchers examine the life motivations of the so-called "emotional rubberneckers", i.e. readers of bereavement blogs and websites dedicated to deceased children. The researchers study the reasons and psychological sources of regular behavior of this type (motivation), such as interest in the person's health, compassion, desire to help, sense of connection, and others.
Principal Investigator: Agata Chudzicka-Czupała, Ph.D., Researchers: Agata Basek, M.A., from the Cordis Hospice in Katowice and the Municipal Hospital Network in Chorzów.

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Stigmatization of people who have experienced a mental health crisis. Determinants of stress and coping, and the role of peer-support

The researchers examine the impact of stigmatization of people who have experienced mental health crisis in the social and individual context. In particular, they study the well-being of people with a psychiatric diagnosis and the determinants of their adaptation to the environment. The project focuses on peer-support.
Principal Investigator: Agata Chudzicka-Czupała, Ph.D., Researcher: Mateusz Biernat, M.A., from the Pedagogical University of Krakow.

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Publications

Selected Publications

 
Depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress during the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war, a comparison between populations in Poland, Ukraine, and Taiwan. (2023) 

Chudzicka-Czupała A., Hapon N., Chiang S-K., Żywiołek-Szeja M., Karamushka L., Lee C. T., Grabowski D., Paliga M., Rosenblat J. D., Ho R., McIntyre R. S., & Chen Y- L. (2023). Scientific Reports,  13(1), 3602.

Rumination about the Russo-Ukrainian War and its related factors among individuals in Poland and Ukraine. (2023)  

Li D-J., Chudzicka-Czupała A., Paliga M., Hapon N., Karamushka L., Żywiołek-Szeja M., McIntyre R. S., Chiang S-K., Chen Y-L., Yen C-F., & Ho R.. Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Associations Between Stress Coping Strategies and Psychological Distress Among People Living in Ukraine, Poland, and Taiwan During the Initial Stage of the 2022 War in Ukraine. (2023)  

Chudzicka-Czupała A., Hapon N., Ho R., Li D-J., Żywiołek-Szeja M., Karamushka L., Grabowski D., Paliga M, McIntyre R.S., Chiang S-K., Pudełek B., Chen Y-L.,& Yen C-F.. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14:1, 2163129.

Remote and on-site work stress severity during the COVID-19 pandemic: comparison and selected conditions. (2023)  

Chudzicka-Czupała, A., Żywiołek-Szeja, M., Paliga, M., Grabowski, D., & Krauze, N.. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Predictors of Psychological Distress across Three Time Periods during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland. (2022)  

Chudzicka-Czupała A., Chiang S. K., Grabowski D., Żywiołek-Szeja M., Quek M., Pudełek B., Teopiz K., Ho R., & McIntyre R.S. . Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 15405.

Aggregate Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Post-traumatic Stress in War-and Conflict-Afflicted Areas: A Meta-analysis. (2022)  

Lim I. C. Z. Y., Tam W. W. S., Chudzicka-Czupała A., McIntyre R. S., Teopiz K. M., Ho R., & Ho C. S. H.. Frontiers in Psychiatry.

Assessment of worklife areas, trust in supervisor and interpersonal trust as conditions of severity of stress at work. (2022)  

Chudzicka-Czupała A., Grabowski D., Czerw A., & Stasiła-Sieradzka M. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health.

The Vitamin Model of well-being at work – an application in research in an automotive company. (2022)  

Borkowska, A., Czerw, A.. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 35(2), 1-12.

A multinational study on the protective and risk factors associated with mental health parameters in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study in the Asia-Europe-North America Cohort. (2021)  

Wang C., Chudzicka-Czupała A., Tee M., Inmaculada López-Núñez M., Tripp C., Fardin M. A., Habib H., A., Tran B. X., Adamus K., Anlacan J., Aparicio García M. E., Grabowski D., Hussain S., Hoang M. T., Hetnał M., Le X. T., Ma W., Pham H. Q., Reyes P., Shirazi M., Tan Y., Tee C., Xu L., Xu Z., Vu G., T., Zhou D., Chan N. A., Kuruchittham V., McIntyre R. S. , Ho C., Ho R., & Sears S. F. Scientific Reports, 11(1)