Krystyna Skarżyńska - PhD, Professor

e-mail: Krystyna Skarżyńska

The main areas of interest:

1/ Psychological capital (interpersonal trust, sense of efficacy, optimism) and quality of life (see: "Interpersonal trust, social bonds, self-efficacy and quality of life in democracy"(in Polish)(2002). Kolokwia Psychologiczne, 10, 198-212).

2/ Political attitudes and political behavior (see: "Young people in the world of politics: associated with the new political system or alienated from it?" (1994), Polish Psychological Bulletin, 26, 57-71; "National attitudes of young Poles" (2000), Polish Psychological Bulletin, 3, 241-255; "We and They in Polish political discourse" (2002), in: A. Duszak (ed.): Us and Others (pp.249-264). Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company; "Podstawy psychologii politycznej" (ed.) (Handbook of Political Psychology , in. Polish), (2002), Poznan: Zysk and S-ka).
3/Television impact on recipients attitudes and psychological capital and its social perception (see: "Television impact on voting decisions and its perceptions (the third-person effect)" (in Polish), (2002) in: M. Lewicka, J. Grzelak (eds.): Jednostka i spoleczenstwo. Podejscie psychologiczne (pp. 67-82). Gdansk: GWP).