The Psychology Research Institute (INPSY) is a specialized research institute at the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University. Our research focus stems from a long-lasting interest in the topics of developmental, social and educational psychology, psychology of personality and psychology in the media. Strong methodological and statistical background allows us to perform quality basic and applied research and develop new psychodiagnostic methods.

We cooperate with the Department of Psychology at the FSS, Masaryk University. We participate in the teaching of students and at the same time, create conditions and opportunities for their involvement in existing research projects.

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How to ask about the negative effects of psychotherapy? Systematically and comprehensively, advises a new study.

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Psychotherapy is an increasingly sought-after tool for psychological help. Those who place their trust in it expect relief or a desired change. In some cases, however, they may also experience disappointment. In a new study, Tomáš Řiháček from the INPSY/Center for Psychotherapy Research scientific team, together with his co-author from the prestigious Swedish university, Alexander Rozental, focuses on understanding the possible negative experiences in psychotherapy. The authors have compiled the latest studies and meta-analyses and described their findings on measuring these negative effects.

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When gaming gets out of hand: Mental health issues associated with problematic gaming and gambling

Nowadays, digital technologies and screens are an integral part of our everyday lives – whether for work, communication, or entertainment. Among the leisure activities that have long attracted the attention of experts and the public are computer games and gambling. However, if these activities lose their healthy boundaries and become uncontrollable, they can take the form of so-called addictive disorders. Studies focusing on the co-occurrence of both problem behaviors and their connection to mental health issues are still rare, especially in representative samples of the general population. However, a recent study published in the Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, in which our Lukas Blinka participated, is now helping to fill this gap.

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Help that sometimes doesn't help: How people build trust in the social system

Public trust in institutions grows when people believe that the state acts fairly - for example, that support is given to those who really need it. However, we still know little about the role played by the complexity of the processes within institutions themselves. Social assistance systems are sometimes composed of contradictory rules and inconsistent procedures, which can cause confusion and uncertainty among users. The authors of a new study, which included INPSY members Lenka Štěpánková and Honza Šerek, focused on how people perceive fairness and trust in such a confusing and inconsistent system, which they call an "institutional enigma".

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Andrea Stašek v debatě o queer lidech ve sportu

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Fast, playful and accurate: A new cognitive development test for preschoolers

Cognitive development in preschool is an important indicator of school readiness. It is in this period that possible developmental difficulties can be reliably detected and the necessary support can be given to the child in time. In the Czech environment, there is still no consensus on what tools to use for assessing school readiness, and the available methods are not very reliable and tend to be used rather unsystematically. Modern approaches such as adaptive testing and tablet-based administration are common abroad - and it is this gap that a team of Czech researchers, including Hynek Cígler from INPSY, decided to fill with a new tool called Brief Adaptive Nonverbal Test (BANT).