This paper attempts to present a theoretical analysis of the quality of life of young people as viewed from psycho-pedagogical and social perspectives. The present author outlines the mainstream approaches to quality of life, which include subjective, objective, normative, axio-affective, as well as holistic perspectives; and recognizes a considerable need for an interdisciplinary investigation into the aforementioned concept in pedagogy. In the study, the author emphasizes the fact that quality of life should be examined in terms of its level, indicators as well as determinants. She also demonstrates that research regarding the concept of life quality plays a significant role in the field of pedagogy. The current author emphasizes significant developmental and educational functions of life quality, pointing to the fact that it has been identified as a major factor affecting an individual’s perception and vision of life, as well as a motivating force that encourages the person to accomplish his or her objectives. Furthermore, in her study, the author demonstrates a variety of approaches to life quality applied in different branches of pedagogy, and suggests that integrated research should be undertaken to investigate the aforementioned concept, which would facilitate the process of developing theories of young generation education.

The aim of own studies was to search for family etiology of destructive and constructive coping strategies of youth in a social conflict situation inherent in a coping strategy model presented by their parents in a conflict situation. The study made use of a proprietary questionnaire to test the parents coping strategies in social conflict situations in a child’s perception (SRwSK) and a proprietary questionnaire to test the coping strategies of youth in a social conflict situation (KSMK). Empirical studies involved 911 gymnasium class students (486 girls, 425 boys) aged 13-15. In light of the carried out studies it was stated that the modulating process plays a significant role in the genesis of destructive and constructive way of coping in a social conflict situation that is learned by an adolescent through observing and frequent contact with parents who manifest such a way of coping in a social conflict.

The article is devoted to presentation of research methods applicable to theatre performance reception understood as a way of getting to know the audience and updating their cultural potential. The study contains a phenomenological exploration carried out as a pilot study and the empirical material has been grouped into the horizons of metaphor, message and audience development.

Music plays important part in adolescents’ life. Young people tend to identify with the artists and their lifestyle; they also build friendships and social groups based on music preferences as crucial criterion. Teenagers consider music as their passion, and they use it not only for fun, but also to release tension and express emotions. Current research shows some diagnostic potential of music preferences. Teachers and other care givers are not always aware of this fact and tend to avoid or criticize music genres that they do not enjoy or understand. This article provides with overview of the newest research results regarding music preferences and its relation to personality and substance abuse vulnerability. It discusses the findings of the studies presented and concludes that the better we know the music of young people the closer to their world experiences we can get.

Those who are able to satisfy their needs, certainly improve the quality of their life. Their needs can be fulfilled at different levels and at different degrees of their quality. Essential in preserving a psychological well-being is for an individual to derive satisfaction from life in community, as well as a sense of security. The article is an attempt at an empirical research of answers to questions concerning fulfillment in communal life of individual beings in the period of adolescence. Special focus is put on the opinions of teenagers with adjustment difficulties.

The article is describing a comparative study carried out on representative sub-culture of hip-hop and the unorganized youth subcultures. Concept studies based on image reconstruction twice today’s youth, the first - according to research conducted by the Public Opinion Research Centre and published under the title Youth 2008 and the other - on the basis of texts and songs hip hop graffiti. This paper presents the test characteristics of today’s youth generation. The aim of this study was to present ideas, morals, plans and aspirations of the younger generation on the basis of hip hop lyrics and a comparison of the results of research conducted by CBOS.

Despite the fact that many researchers do not accept mobile phone overuse as an addiction, they all agree that the phenomenon has widely spread out over recent years and it is a real problem mainly among young people. The main purpose of the presented article was to describe the results of the study assessing correlations between sociodemographic, individual and relational correlates of mobile phone use and its overuse. The following variables were explored: mobile phone use and its overuse, loneliness, life satisfaction, the quality of relationships with parents, siblings and peers and sociodemographic measures as sex, age, educational level and financial situation. 677 participants, aged 14-30 years, participated in the study. The results suggest that there are some significant connections between sociodemographic, individual and relational variables and characteristics of mobile phone use and overuse.

The article aimed at conceptualizating and operationalizating a new psychological phenomenon, called ‘Facebook addiction’. Social network sites are proliferating and have attracted millions people all over the world. Researchers and therapists are concerned about potential addictive influence of social media mainly on young people. The primary purpose of the carried out study was the Polish adaptation of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. A total number of 652 participants, aged 14-30 years, were enrolled into the study. A pool of 18 items were administrated with the measures of Facebook use, self-esteem, loneliness and relationships with parents and siblings. Six items with the highest item-total correlations were remained in the final version of the scale. The reliability and validity of the tool were both.

Activities in the area of social animation are activity-oriented to changes in the local environment by stimulating social activity and the process of self discovery by its participants. The latter aspect of social animation, is personalized, individual gain for the participant of activities in form of the knowledge of himself, was exposed in an article with particular emphasis on the importance of this process for young people. Taking into account the decision-making process, shown in the aspect of educational transactional analysis, an attempt was made to present the relationship between participation in social animation activities and a sense of agency in young participants of this process.

Cooperation between parents and teachers can play a significant role for perceiving the quality of life by children and adolescent. In this article I present some ways of understanding the quality of life and some recommendations for development cooperation between parents and teachers. In creation an atmosphere which favor increasing the quality of life in children and adolescent I include the teacher’s attitude, the need to strive to define common aims and respect voluntary and partnership in cooperation.

Technical potential of the modern medicine make it possible to save lives of many patients after brain injury due to some accident, sudden arrest of blood circulation, cerebral stroke, or other causes. Nevertheless, a certain number of survivors stay in the state of limbo „between life and death”, i.e. in a vegetative state. Such a patient is in a state of partial arousal, but, as it is believed, he/she is not in true awareness. The diagnosis of a vegetative state (VS) is given by a doctor and since that moment the patient is not expected to show a noticeable improvement in his/her health. If such a state lasts up till a year, the diagnosis is classified as a persistent vegetative state; if it lasts longer, the diagnosis is a permanent vegetative state (PVS). Working with a patient in coma is extremely difficult and laborious. The purpose of the following discussion is to review the range of psychopedagogical actions available for the children and youth staying in the Medical Care Centre in Toruń and see how the actions improve their quality of life. The article analyses a number of actions undertaken by a team of pedagogists and psychologists targeting a group of children and youth in a vegetative state. The objectives of the actions are also discussed together with the improvements observed in the sphere of quality of life of those patients.

This paper provides an overview of an empirical study aimed at examining the phenomenon of experiencing life by a young generation from the psychological, sociological and pedagogical perspectives. The main variables investigated in the study included the level of experienced quality of life, indicators and determinants of life quality. Moreover, the present author made an attempt at assessing life quality from a developmental perspective, and conducted a comparative analysis of the differences between post-primary school youth (adolescents) and tertiary level students (emerging adults) in terms of experiencing quality of life.

The results obtained by the Polish research group indicate that participation in classes related to stuttering leads to an improvement in attitudes towards stuttering, as well as an increase in knowledge about this disorder and an overall increase in tolerance. Comparative results for both groups—Polish and British—showed that English students demonstrate more positive attitudes toward stuttering and have greater knowledge about the disorder. Polish students, on the other hand, rated their knowledge of the disorder higher and scored higher on general tolerance. In both countries, reading a text about stuttering before completing the questionnaire had a positive effect on attitudes toward the disorder. Knowing someone who stutters was found to be associated with higher scores in terms of attitudes, general tolerance, and assessment of one's own knowledge about stuttering. From these results, the researchers concluded that attitudes toward stuttering can be changed by contact with a person who stutters, both in person and through video recordings. The study demonstrated the need for further, more in-depth analysis of attitudes toward various human characteristics, such as stuttering. Disseminating research findings on attitudes toward stuttering is an important part of raising awareness about this disorder in society.

From a cultural perspective, cognition is distributed through time, among person and a culturally organized environment, and among persons in socially organized settings. In the first part of this paper interaction is analysed as a socio-epistemological phenomena. This part provided the foundation for analyses made in this text - the nature of teachers’ interaction within school was discussed, with an emphasis on the fact that teachers do not have to rely solely on themselves and their own experimental learning. Some models of supervision and evaluation are presented as well as opportunities to observe and discuss expertise. Without such opportunities, teachers are left with trial and error - the main technique for developing expertise. The potential of a social network for teachers learning is also emphasised.

Undoubtedly, the Internet has become an indispensible element of daily life. E. Aboujaoude observes that to a greater or lesser extent, these days we are all addicted, if not in clinical terms, then in functional and practical ones. At the same time among the plethora of sources concerning addictions to the Internet, it is certainly worth paying attention to one other, relatively common and relevant phenomenon in virtual reality, namely the „social exhibitionism.” Aside from the proportions, characteristics, and conditions of the phenomenon that altogether can be referred to as purposeful self-creation, the article proceeds to illustrate possible dangers coming from thoughtless acts of publicizing countless amount of pictures (of children in particular), personal data, private information, etc. Moreover, such acts do not remain without influence to the broadly understood children’s and teenagers’ health and safety, but they can provoke educational as well as socio-pedagogical reflection.

Being alone can be everybody’s experience. It is often accompanied by a reduction in the quality of life, which was also assumed in our study. In order to scrutinize this relationship a group of youth with mild mental retardation was examined. The methods employed for the study were a diagnostic survey and a survey technique. Three research instruments were used: a questionnaire to study loneliness among children and adolescents - The Syracuse-Amsterdam- Groningen Sociametric Scale), the Satisfaction With Life Scale questionnaire and the Life Orientation Test-Revised. The results were statistically analyzed and used in an attempt to draw general conclusions.

Review of Lech Witkowski's book: Przełom dwoistości w pedagogice polskiej - historia, teoria, krytyka. Kraków: Oficyna Wydawnicza „Impuls”, 2013.

Review of Dariusz Sarzała's book: Patologiczne zachowania więźniów w kontekście izolacji i resocjalizacji penitencjarnej. Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza ASPRA-JR, 2013.

Book review: Rodzicielstwo w kontekście współczesnych przemian społecznych, edited by Józefa Brągiel and Beata Górnicka. Opole: Opole University Press, 2012.