Spirituality and Mental Health Care in a Religiously Homogeneous Country: Definitions,Opinions, and Practices Among Polish Mental Health Professionals

Journal of Religion and Health - This qualitative study involved a sample of 121 Polish mental health professionals who were interviewed about their definitions of spirituality and their opinions...     

On infinite EPR-like correlations

The paper investigates, in the framework of branching space–times, whether an infinite EPR-like correlation which does not involve finite EPR-like correlations is possible. The authors read earlier versions of this paper at the seminar ‘Chaos and Quantum Information’ at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków on April 16, 2007 and at the seminar ‘On Determinism’ at the University of Bonn on April 20, 2007.     

The Distance Function in Commutative ℓ-semigroups and the Equivalence in Łukasiewicz Logic

The equivalence connective in ukasiewicz logic has its algebraic counterpart which is the distance function d(x,y) =|x–y| of a positive cone of a commutative -group. We make some observations on logically motivated algebraic structures involving the distance function.     

Positive effects of subclinical depression in prospective memory and ongoing tasks in young and old adults

Results reported in the literature show that depression can have either negative or neutral effects on prospective memory (PM). The goal of the present study was to broaden the analysis of depression-related effects on PM, with regard to the possibility that subclinical depression may have positive influence on PM. A total of 120 participants from four groups (young/old, subclinically depressed/non-depressed) completed event- and time-based PM tasks embedded in the linear orders task or stories task, respectively. In the event-based PM task no effects of depression were found, whereas depressed participants were more accurate in the time-based PM task, where higher monitoring during the last minute of the task was observed. It was also found that depressed participants built a mental model in the linear orders task more accurately than controls. Results of the present study are discussed with reference to the analytical rumination hypothesis.     

Between National Pride and the Scientific Success of “Others”: The Case of Polish Press Coverage of Nanotechnology, 2004–2009

Research on the media representations of nanotechnology have flourished during the last decennium. However, most of the projects were focused on Western Europe and North America, especially the English speaking countries. This paper aims to move the focus towards Poland - a Central European country that has not been studied in this context before. This study looks at the frames, themes and tone used in the Polish coverage of nanotechnology between 2004 and 2009. Other issues, such as main actors in the debate or articles?? geographical focus have also been considered.     

Psychological consequences of trauma in MVA perpetrators – Relationship between post-traumatic growth,PTSD symptoms and individual characteristics

The study explores two problems rarely discussed in literature. Firstly, it presents the psychological consequences of traumatic stress in perpetrators of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). The attention of both clinicians and researchers is very seldom focused on this group of MVA participants, as in the natural way, people have a tendency to empathise with victims and distancing from those who make harm to others. MVA perpetrators usually feel no right to complain about experienced symptoms of poor well-being, and guilt prevent them against searching for any help. Such a situation may lead to further problems related to traffic safety, as persistent and untreated symptoms of PTSD or other anxiety disorders may negatively affect driving behaviour. Secondly, apart from post-traumatic psychopathology, the symptoms of post-traumatic growth (PTG) in MVA perpetrators together with factors related to them are analysed in the study. The examination results from the comprehensive sample of MVA perpetrators (n = 236) referred to Occupational Medicine Centres in the catchment area of Mazowieckie Voivodship, Poland, indicate that both PTSD and PTG symptoms are experienced by MVA perpetrators. The key predictors of PTG are neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness and intensity of PTSD symptoms. Moreover, sex and perpetrators’ injuries during the accident seem to play a vital role in the process of post-traumatic growth. Those of subjects who were women or were injured generally declared more positive changes in their life as a consequences of the accident they caused.     

The Method of Socratic Proofs for Modal Propositional Logics: K5, S4.2, S4.3, S4F,S4R,S4M and G

The aim of this paper is to present the method of Socratic proofs for seven modal propositional logics: K5, S4.2, S4.3, S4M, S4F, S4R and G. This work is an extension of [10] where the method was presented for the most common modal propositional logics: K, D, T, KB, K4, S4 and S5. Presented by Jacek Malinowski