A global look at time: a 24-country study of the equivalence of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory

In this article, we assess the structural equivalence of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) across 26 samples from 24 countries (N = 12,200). The ZTPI is proven to be a valid and reliable index of individual differences in time perspective across five temporal categories: Past Negative, Past Positive, Present Fatalistic, Present Hedonistic, and Future. We obtained evidence for invariance of 36 items (out of 56) and also the five-factor structure of ZTPI across 23 countries. The short ZTPI scales are reliable for country-level analysis, whereas we recommend the use of the full scales for individual-level analysis. The short version of ZTPI will further promote integration of research in the time perspective domain in relation to many different psycho-social processes

Rudeness and civility 2006. Opinions of Czech citizens on public expressions of interpersonal relations

Opinions of Czech citizens on public expressions of interpersonal relations. Comparison with reslts of Pew Charitable Trust, USA 2002

Country Report: The Czech Republic

Research report on the Czech aspect of European citizenship – the state of ethno-national diversity, migration, gender situation, attitudes to the EU, understanding of the European polity and European public sphere. The study brings original results of a representative survey of Czech citizens (N=1037) in addition to the first, preliminary results of media analysis and interviews with political and cultural elites. This volume, the Czech contribution to international Eurosphere project, is a part of a series of 16 Eurosphere country reports, it serves also as a framework for interpretation of Eurosphere empirical results. It contains a number of graphs, tables and illustrations. It is complemented by illustrations by a cartoonist Miroslav Kemel

Attitudes of Czech Public to Democratic Creed and Freedom

The paper consists of two chapters. The first reviews social psychological predispositions for democracy (civic political culture, civic éthos and civic nationalism) and presents empirical results illustrating shared and distinct attitudes to democracy and freedom in four nations – Czech and Slovak Republics, Belarus and Bulgaria. Second part analyzes attitudes of Czech citizens to the life under totalitarian conditions and to the life in freedom (presents characteristics of respondents who oppose or welcome the political changes and analyzes what particular aspects of life are most upsetting for citizens in the current society and which made them most distressed in the past conditions of unfreedom. Comparison of present life with the life before 1989 is based on responses of a representative sample of the Czech Republic

Post-Communist Syndrome: a Mental Heritage. A Theoretical Framework and Empirical Findings

The article discusses post-totalitarian symptoms and the concept of post-totalitarian syndrome which can explain mentality of some dissatisfied Eastern European citizens. The current Czech post-totalitarian conditions are analyzed in terms of specific grievances and human needs; it is suggested that the disappointed include numerous frustrated but otherwise pro-democratic citizens. Complaints focus on economic insecurity (fear of unemployment, lack of security at the old age), crime (both white collar economic and street crime), lack of overall safety and disappointment with the general decline of interpersonal relations. Although respondents found it much easier to be upset with the current circumstances than with the totalitarian past, direct questions referring to the pre-1989 police state revealed an overwhelming awareness of and frustration with it. The most intense current anger is provoked by misconduct of politicians, yet democracy as a regime is not doubted