Safety culture in sporting activity

As a result of the growing pace of life and developing civilization in which important factors are the crisis of values, the misunderstood idea of freedom and the willingness to achieve success quickly (by taking a shortcut), a new area of threats can be observed. They are caused by faster pace of life that is related to technical development which, in turn, makes us place higher demands on ourselves both in respect to our physical and psychological fitness. Contemporary world requires people to take care of their bodies. This is related especially to taking care of our bodies through the prism of the myth of beauty. The ideal of beauty promoted by mass media is difficult to achieve for an average human being and impossible to achieve for the majority of people in a satisfactory time period. Therefore, reflection on experiencing corporality as an aesthetic value in reference to safety culture seems to be both interesting and significant. High safety culture is related to high values ascribed to human health and life as well as keeping the boundary between essential risk, which is an integral part of life and development, and ensuring safety and protection against threats. The axiology of physical activity and issues of movement, fitness, health and beauty of human body related to it is one of subject of interest in safety culture. The aim and specification of actions in the field of body axiology is description, interpretation and analysis of facts related to human corporality which have sense and therefore are a value

CHARAKTERYSTYKA NIEFORMALNEJ STRUKTURY KLASY SZKOLNEJ JAKO PRZYCZYNEK DO KSZTAŁTOWANIA BEZPIECZEŃSTWA UCZNIÓW

Głównym celem pracy była próba poznania nieformalnej struktury trzeciej klasy Gimnazjum nr 19 w Krakowie - oraz ich uwarunkowań i wpływu na bezpieczeństwo panujące w danej grupie szkolnej. Badaniami objęto 21 uczniów z klasy III b (w tym 10 dziewcząt i 11 chłopców), w wieku 15 lat. Zastosowano następujące techniki badawcze: socjometryczne, test sprawności fizycznej, analizę dokumentów szkolnych, wywiad. W świetle uzyskanych wyników można stwierdzić, że sprawność fizyczna w III klasie gimnazjum ma istotny wpływ na popularność ucznia, stosowanie testów socjometrycznych jest niezbędne dla nauczyciela – wychowawcy klasowego do poznania sytuacji społecznej w klasie. Zaleca się wprowadzenie działań wychowawczych wobec uczniów odrzuconych, mających na celu spowodowanie poprawy wizerunku osób niepopularnych w badanej klasie III gimnazjum, szczególnie wobec ucznia zajmującego ostatnią pozycję socjometryczną

A DESCRIPTION OF AN INFORMAL STRUCTURE OF A CLASS AS AN IMPETUS FOR DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ S SAFETY

The main aim of this paper was to become familiar with an informal structure of a third grade class of Junior Secondary School no. 19 in Cracow and its determinants and influence on safety in a particular school group. The research included 21 students of III b class (10 girls and 11 boys), aged 15. The following research techniques have been used: the sociometric method, the test of physical fitness, an analysis of school documents, an interview. In the light of obtained results it can be concluded that physical fitness in the third grade of Junior Secondary School exerts significant influence on a student’s popularity and using sociometric tests is essential for the form teacher to become familiar with social situation in the classroom. It is recommended to introduce educational measures with respect to students who have been rejected. This aims to improve their image in the investigated third grade class of Junior Secondary School, especially of the student who was ranked last in the sociometric test

Social distance and stigma towards persons with serious mental illness among medical students in five European Central Asia countries

The study investigated behavioral measures of social distance (i.e., desired proximity between self and others in social contexts) as an index of stigma against those with mental illness among medical students in the Republic of North Macedonia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Poland, using the Reported and Intended Behavior Scale (RIBS), a standardized, self-administered behavioral measure based on the Star Social Distance Scale. The students' responses to standardized clinical vignettes on schizophrenia, and depression with suicidal ideation, were also assessed. A total of 257 North Macedonian (females, 31.5%; 1-4 grades, 189; 5-6 grades, 68); 268 Turkish (females, 43.3%; 1-4 grades, 90; 5-6 grades, 178); 450 Kazakh (females, 28.4%, 71.6%; 1-4 grades, 312; 5-6 grades, 138); 512 Azerbaijani (females, 24%; 1-4 grades, 468; 5-6 grades, 44; females, 24%), and 317 Polish (females, 59.0%; 1-4 grades, 208; 5-6 grades, 109) students were surveyed. The responses on the RIBS social distance behavior measures did not improve with advancing medical school grade, but students across all sites viewed schizophrenia and depression as real medical illnesses. The results support the development of enhanced range of integrated training opportunities for medical student to socially interact with persons with mental illness sharing their experiences with them. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V.