Criminal Victimisation and Depression in the Czech Republic

Since the fall of communism in 1989, criminal victimization has become an issue in the Czech Republic, & research indicates that it is a stressful experience. The relationship between criminal victimization & depression was examined by adding fear of crime, protection against crime, avoidance of crime, mastery over one's life, social support, & trust in government (as well as sociodemographic controls) to successive regression equations. A total of 703 Czech households in the second of a three-wave (1994-1996) panel study were studied. For men, the total & direct effects of criminal victimization on depression were significant. However, the relation of men's fear of crime & depression was mediated by avoidance. For women, criminal victimization was not related to depression. The relation of women's fear of crime & depression was mediated by mastery. Interpretations of these results are grounded in the different relevance criminal victimization has for the well-being of men & women

Economic Change and Change in Well-Being in the Czech Republic, with Comparisons to Married Women in the United States

Examines the effects of economic change on individual well-being for a panel of married Czech women compared with a US sample from IA (N = 192 & 386, respectively, in 1990/91). Questionnaire data show that respondents who were forced to make economic adjustments reducing their standard of living also reported increased health problems & depressive symptoms. Contrary to some US findings the relationship between economic adjustments & change in depressive symptoms was strongest among those who reported having the strongest sense of personal control (mastery) & the highest perceived social support. Compared with the US sample, married Czech women reported more depressive symptoms, had more health problems, & were lower in feelings of mastery. In addition, Czech women recorded significantly stronger paths linking education to changes in health conditions & depressive symptoms, whereas US women had significantly stronger paths linking actual economic conditions to subsequent economic adjustments. Data suggest that the US stress-distress model applies in the Czech Republic as well, but further understanding of the differentiated role of social support & mastery for Czech & US women is necessray to more completely interpret the observed interactions

SOCIALIZATION INTO BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS

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Vzdělání, ekonomická zkušenost a reformy v České republice: podpora, nebo obavy?

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SOCIALIZATION INTO BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS

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Životní šance mužů a žen v období transformace :Srovnání České a Slovenské republiky

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Age and Czech's attitudes to the post-communist reforms

Česko-americký sociologický výzkum se snažil zodpovědět otázku, zda mají starší lidé v ČR ve srovnání s mladšími rezervovanější postoje vůči společenským změnám, které probíhaly a probíhají v naší společnosti od konce 80.let20.století. Vedle věku byly sledovány i další faktory, jako je dosažené vzdělání, pohlaví, rodinný stav či schopnost vyjít s příjmem v domácnosti. Sledována byla preference socialistické či kapitalistické ekonomiky, názor na režimpevné ruky, zkušenost s nezaměstnaností a pocit jistoty a stability v zaměstnání.34335

Pocit ohrožení kriminalitou v České republice

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Gender differences in health: Evidence from the Czech Republic

Gender differences in health have been linked to gender stratification in the United States. Women's relation to production, paid and unpaid work, and their experience of this gender inequality disadvantage their self-rated health compared to men. Men's consumption or health lifestyles disfavors their comparative health. This formulation is tested in the Czech Republic with a sample of matched wives and husbands (N = 577 households). This extends previous research in the United States on gender differences in health in two ways: into post-communist Europe and by comparing paired wives and husbands. Respondents completed questionnaires in 1994 on their health and well-being, jobs and finances, non-economic life events, marriage, psychological states, opinions about the changes in the Czech Republic, and socioeconomic background. Wives and husbands filled out separate questionnaires. The relation to production (both the objective relation and its subjective experience) did not impair wives' self-reported health any more than that of their husbands, and husbands' consumption or health lifestyles did not put them at a health disadvantage. Interpretations of these findings rest on both the extension of the study into post-communist Europe and by comparing matched wives and husbands.gender differences in health Czech Republic male and female health