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Head of the Institute

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Doc. Mgr. Jan Šerek, Ph.D.

Deputy Head

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Doc. Mgr. Anna Ševčíková, Ph.D.

Institute's Assistant

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Klára Marešová

Senior Researchers

doc. Mgr. Lukas Blinka, PhD.

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Team: Health, Media & Sexuality

Digital media and health
Excessive digital media use
Behavioral addictions
Sexuality and pornography

Izzet Utku Caybas, MSc., Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 3958
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Team: Behaviors of Individuals and Groups Lab (BIG Lab)

Students’ academic motivation
Peers’ and teachers’ roles in the development of motivational beliefs
Social networks in school contexts
Mixed-methods research

Mgr. Hynek Cígler, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 3684
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Team: Measurement in Psychology

Measurement in social sciences
Development of methods of psychological assessment
Advanced measurement models in psychology
Mathematical psychology
Cognitive Aspects of the Survey Methodology

Mgr. Ivan Černický, Ph.D.

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Team: Gifted Children

Statistics and psychometrics
Gamification
Giftedness

Mgr. Michal Čevelíček, Ph.D.

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Team: Center for Psychotherapy Research

Psychotherapist professional development
Process and outcomes in psychotherapy
Feedback in psychotherapy
Qualitative methods and case studies

Gabriela Gore-Gorszewska, PhD

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Team: Health, Media, & Sexuality

Qualitative methodology
Sexuality in later life

Mgr. Michal Jabůrek, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 5189
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Team: Gifted Children

Test development
Intelligence (CHC theory)
Game-based assessment
Giftedness

web Invenio

web Nadané děti

doc. Mgr. Stanislav Ježek, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 4616
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Team: Measurement in Psychology

Measurement in social science
Longitudinal developmental and psychometric models
Modeling growth and change processes
Psychological assessment
Cognitive aspects of survey methodology
School climate assessment
Student evaluations in higher education

Mgr. Adam Klocek, Ph.D.

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Team: Centre for Psychotherapy Research

Psychometrics
Non-linear dynamic systems
Network models

Mgr. Albert Kšiňan, Ph.D.

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Team: Health, Media, & Sexuality

Adolescent problem behavior
Predictors of alcohol use
Genetic influences on self-control
Polygenic scores for psychological traits
Longitudinal research

doc. Mgr. Lenka Lacinová, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 5188
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Team: Early Development, Parenthood, Attachment and Adolescents, Young Adults, and Identity

Attachment across the life span
Relationships and sexuality
Adolescence and early adulthood

prof. PhDr. Petr Macek, CSc.

phone:	+420 549 49 4848
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Team: Adolescents, Young Adults, and Identity

Psychosocial development in adolescence and young adulthood
Self and identity across the life span
Trust in social context

Mgr. Michal Mužík, Ph.D.

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Team: Citizenship and Democracy and IRTIS

Psychological aspects of democracy, legitimacy and trust
Psychology of civic and political participation

Mgr. Bc. Jan Nehyba, Ph.D.

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Center for Psychotherapy Research

Challenging Student Behavior
Applications of Natural Language Processing in Education and Psychotherapy
Reflective Practice Among Teachers
The Role of Metaphors in the Educational Process

Mgr. et Mgr. Petr Palíšek, Ph.D.

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Team: Gifted Children

Psychological characteristics of judicial decision-making
Identification of gifted children

prof. Mgr. Tomáš Řiháček, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 4871
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Team: Center for Psychotherapy Research

Integration in psychotherapy
Professional development of psychotherapists
Feedback and deliberative practice
Process and outcomes in psychotherapy

doc. PhDr. Šárka Portešová, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 6219
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Team: Gifted Children

Psychology of gifted children
Game based assessment INVENIO
Intellectual giftedness at an early age, precocious readers
Twice exceptionality
Social and emotional problems of gifted children
Perfectionism and giftedness

Mgr. Petra Pátková Daňsová, Ph.D.

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Team: Early Development, Parenthood, Attachment and Adolescents, Young Adults, and Identity

Emotional regulation in parenthood
Motherhood
Young adults, adolescents

Mgr. Zuzana Scott, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 5004
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Team: Citizenship and Democracy

Psychology of citizenship and democracy
Attitudes of adolescents

Mgr. et Mgr. Dana Seryjová Juhová, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 6500
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Inactive employment status

Team: Early Development, Parenthood, Attachment

Attachment
Teacher-student relationships
Family relationships

Mgr. Andrea Stašek, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 8749
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Team: Health, Media, & Sexuality

Research methodology, statistical methods, measurement
Research ethics, good research practice, philosophy of science
Public health, behavioral addictions
LGBTQ+ psychology and health

Mgr. Ondřej Straka, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 7243
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Team: Gifted Children

Gifted children
Intellectual assessment
Game-based assessment
Metacognition
Twice-exceptional students
Specific learning disabilities

doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Šerek, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 4858
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Team: Citizenship & Democracy

Civic and political socialization
Psychology of civic and political participation
Psychological aspects of democracy, legitimacy and trust

doc. Mgr. Anna Ševčíková, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 4393
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Team: Health, Media, & Sexuality

Online sexual behavior
Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder
Adolescent risk behaviours
Romantic relationships
Ageing
Later-life relationships and sexuality

Mgr. Lenka Štěpánková, Ph.D.

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Team: Early Development, Parenthood, Attachment

Cognitive psychology – autobiographical memory
Parenthood, motherhood

Mgr. et Mgr. Lea Takács, Ph.D.

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Psychological changes in pregnancy and their biological correlates
Mental health in the perinatal period
Psychosocial aspects of perinatal care
Perinatal factors and child development
Social-emotional development and temperament
Mother-child relationship and parenting

prof. PhDr. Zbyněk Vybíral, Ph.D.

phone:	+420 549 49 7970
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Team: Center for Psychotherapy Research

Negative effects of psychotherapy; adverse side effects of psychological treatment
Subjective dissatisfaction and other clients’ negative experiences from psychotherapy (qualitative research)
Critical psychology: meta-theoretical approach, psychology knowledge revisited

Mgr. Tibor Žingora, Ph.D.

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Team: Behaviors of Individuals and Groups Lab (BIG Lab)

Development and spread of attitudes and behaviors
Social influence
Intra- and intergroup dynamics
Segregation and prejudice

Junior Researchers

Mgr. Jakub Brojáč, Ph.D.

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Team: Citizenship and Democracy

Psychological aspects of democracy, legitimacy and trust
Sources of trust in institutions
Identity and cultural psychology
Sport psychology

Mgr. Ondřej Fajstavr

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Team: Center for Psychotherapy Research

Feedback in psychotherapy

Mgr. Jana Fikrlová

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Team: Citizenship and Democracy

Psychological aspects of trust
Trust in institutions
Attitudes toward students with special educational needs
Educational psychology

Lea Hemphill, MS

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Team: Center for Psychotherapy Research

Digital mental health and wellbeing interventions for university students
Student involvement, co-design, and participatory approaches in mental health intervention development
Peer support, social connectedness, and engagement in digital mental health interventions
Feasibility, acceptability, and implementation of digital mental health interventions

Mgr. Bc. Simona Hendrychová

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Team: Citizenship and Democracy

Decolonisation, intersectionality
Critical community psychology, participative methods
(Queer) activism
Religiosity

Mgr. Dominik Hrabec

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Team: Health, Media & Sexuality

Sexual health in older age
LGBTQ+ media representation

Mgr. Petra Hubatka

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Team: Center for Psychotherapy Research

Measurement in psychology, cognitive aspects of answering questionnaire items
Mathematical and computational psychology (focus on predictive processing)
Psychosomatics and perception of bodily symptoms
Process and outcome in psychotherapy

Mgr. Klára Jonášová

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Team: Center for Psychotherapy Research

Feedback and deliberative practice
Process and results of psychotherapy
Qualitative methodology

Mgr. Štěpán Kaňa

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Team: Early Development, Parenthood, Attachment

Attachment across lifespan

Mgr. Michaela Kryštofová

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Team: Behaviors of Individuals and Groups Lab (BIG Lab)

Within-school segregation and adolescent intergroup attitudes
Social influence and diffusion of attitudes and behaviour in social networks
Group processes and intergroup dynamics
Self-regulation and metacognitive processes
Bedtime procrastination

Bc. Oda Matušková

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Team: Gifted Children

response behavior in cognitive testing
psychometrics and item response theory (IRT)
distractor analysis in multiple-choice tests
ADHD in the context of assessment and cognitive performance

Mgr. Ondřej Musil

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Team: Health, Media, & Sexuality

Behavioral addictions and addictive/risky behavior
Genetic predispositions to problem behavior
Digital technologies and well-being
Queer psychology and health

Petra Paličková

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Team: Behaviors of Individuals and Groups Lab (BIG Lab)

Spread of attitudes and behaviours in school classes
Segregation and prejudices
Digital technologies

Mgr. Karel Rečka

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Team: Measurement in Psychology and Health, Media, & Sexuality

Cognitive aspects of item responses
Properties of rating scales
Approaches to measurement in psychology

Mgr. Adam Strojil

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Team: Measurement in Psychology

Measurement in the Social Sciences
Design and Development of Assessment tools
Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

Mgr. Eva Šragová

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Team: Measurement in Psychology

Cognitive psychology
Psychophysiology
Cognitive aspects of the survey methodology

Non-Academic Staff

Ing. Pavlína Beranová

phone:	+420 549 49 3188
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Ing. Miroslava Hazuková

phone:	+420 549 49 4015
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Šárka Kelblová

phone:	+420 549 49 4100
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Alena Kozlová

phone:	+420 549 49 4317
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Ing. Barbora Kršková

phone:	+420 549 49 4353
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Klára Marešová

phone:	+420 549 49 3607
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Ing. Zdeněk Novák

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