The Relationship Between Coping Strategies And Aggression Among Persons With Limb Amputations

Birutė Ramoškienė Abstract The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between coping strategies and aggression among persons with limb amputations. The subjects of the study was 55 persons, undergone lower limb amputation, who were hospitalised at AB „Ortopedijos technika“ Physical medicine department, their average age was 58,29 ± 1,543, 29 of them…

Aggression Of Drug Users Against The Others And The Need For Psychotherapeutic Crisis/Preventive Intervention (Case Study)

Lina Jurkštaitė-Pačėsienė, Laima Sapežinskienė Abstract Divergent (deviant) behaviour is a natural reaction to the situation, caused by rising conflicts between the individual target pursuit and social norms. Deviant behaviour and normative behaviour are equally important components of social behaviour [1]. Since the emergence of norms of social behaviour, society has always tried to ensure safety…

Prevalence of Aggresion Suffered by Mental Care Nurses in Psychiatric Care Hospitals

Donatas Gužauskas, Viktorija Grigaliūnienė Abstract Nursing staff is the main victim of violence and physical aggressionat the workplace. In comparison with other professionsthe risk is particularly high. Nurses stand 3 times higher risk ofbecoming victims of violence than other health care specialists.Aim – to reveal the prevalence of aggression suffered by mentalcare nurses in psychiatric…

Links Between Psycho-Emotional Well-Being and Aggressive Behavior of Adolescents and Their Physical Activity

Audronė Dumčienė, Andrius Vaicekauskas Abstract Research aim was to establish the peculiarities of psycho-emotional well-being and aggression for physically active adolescents. The study deals with psycho-emotional well-being as a complex value consisting of four main components: level of mental health, feeling of coherence, self-control and level of stress. Adolescents were studied in two age groups:…

Talking – Desire, Impulse, Obsession, Compulsion, Addiction. Between Pathology and Postmodern Culture

Zdzisław Majchrzyk Abstract The present paper takes up the problem of stalking, a phenomenon topical in law, psychology and sociology. Stalking is, among others, persecution, harassment. It is considered as aggression. From the offender’s view point , it is analyzed as pathology of emotions, sentiments, and love; but also as dysfunctional dependence upon a person.…