Anyanyelvű oktatás – Vajdaság

A délvidéki anyanyelvű oktatás terén nem sok lényegi változás történt. A máig ható érvénnyel megfogalmazott cél és stratégia – anyanyelvű oktatást az óvodától az egyetemig – ma sokkal időszerűbb, mint valaha

Programmed to be Human?

Pletikos et al. (2014) demonstrate in this issue of Neuron that the human neocortex has an “hourglass” temporal gene expression pattern with robust and dynamic transcriptome differences during the prenatal and adolescent/adult periods. Similar changes are not observed in the nonhuman primate—is this what makes us human

REPRESENTATIONS OF CHRONIC ILLNESS IN PATIENTS AND THEIR PARTNERS

Background: Representations of chronic illness have a strong influence on quality of life and coping. Illness-related believes and attitudes depend on the medical condition itself (including illness type and duration), as well as individual and relational variables. Couples affected by chronic illness develop shared illness representations, which support the patiens adaptation process.Our study was focused on illness representations in five patient groups, considering variables of illness duration and relationship satisfaction. Subjects and methods: The Illness Perception Questionnaire was administered to 154 subjects (79 male 75 femaile) and their partners in five illness groups (average illness duration 6.9 years). Marital satisfaction and similarity of illness representations as well as accuracy of estimates about the partners illness representations werw studied. Results: The five patient groups significantly differed in their illness representations. In groups with longer illness duration, illness was perceived as chronical and more symptoms were experienced. Similarity of illness perceptions between subjects and their partners was highest for the asthma and lung cancer group, and spouses scores differed most for the dimension of coherence. Marital satisfaction was related to similarity of illness perceptions, and more accurate estimates of the partners perception. Conclusions: Marital satisfaction has a remarkable influence on illness representation similarity and accuracy of the perception about the partners illness representations.Patients and their partners are more likely to form similar illness representations if symptoms are clearly observable as in the case of asthma or lung cancer. The dimension of coherence has significant within-person variations, as illness usually has a deeply personal meaning to both the patients and their partners

RELATIONS BETWEEN GOD-IMAGES AND EARLY MALADAPTIVE SCHEMAS

Our God image not only determines the nature of our relationship with God, it also influences our personality, actions, selfconcept, mindset and social relations. It acts within and through us. Although everyone has a God image - regardless of whether one is a believer or not - same congregation give accounts of diverse God images. Schema is a widely used term in psychology. Schemas describe cognitive structures that filter, encode and interpret the stimuli affecting the person. They can influence the perception of reality, which later impacts the behavior and mood of the individual and in severe cases can result in pathology. The factors influencing the God image and early maladaptive schemas both have proven roots in early childhood and are impacted by the child-parent relationship. Our research focuses on examining the connection between maladaptive schemas and the God image and their relation to parental influence