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Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) manifests through experiences of excessive, long‐lasting daydreaming resulting in significant suffering, including isolation, distress and shame. Considering that one of its functions is a distraction from painful feelings, it is linked with escapism and plays a significant role in disorders associated with emotional dysregulation, maintaining negative symptoms, including...
21st century is the age of ageism as elderly people tend to suffer from isolation and discrimination. The study was exploratory and conducted to verify the relationships between moral foundations, moral distancing (mechanism of one’s engagement in unethical behavior) and attitudes towards the elderly. It involved 302 subjects (208 women) from Poland, aged 12-58 (M=25,51; SD=9,35). The research revealed...
Aging society challenges with questions of not only how but mostly who will take care of an increasing number of elderly people. Research shows that the care situation causes stress, sense of isolation and depression amongst caregivers who most frequently are family members. The aim of this study was to examine differences between informal caregivers and control group of non-caregivers consisted of...
The study investigates attitudes toward elderly people in group of high school and university students (N=288). The Attitudes Toward Old Persons Scale by Kogan was applied, showing neutral attitudes toward elderly. Authors analyze differences between students educational level and sex. Factor analyses and cluster analyses models indicated three patterns of attitudes and showed three typical profile...
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