Jan Volavka
Biographic Data
| ID | 6109519 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Volavka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Volavka |
| SIGNATURE | VOLAVKA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4178-8207 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Changes in ambulance departures for assault calls during Covid‐19 pandemic restrictions
Restrictions related to COVID‐19 changed the daily behavior of people, including the expression of violence. Although an increased incidence of violent behavior, especially domestic violence, was expected during the pandemic, retrospective analyses have yielded mixed results. Records of ambulance departures to address injuries caused by assaults in the Pilsen region, Czech Republic, during the restrictive measures during the national state of eme…
Dissociation, Cognitive Reflection and Health Literacy Have a Modest Effect on Belief in Conspiracy Theories about Covid-19
Understanding the predictors of belief in COVID-related conspiracy theories and willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 may aid the resolution of current and future pandemics. We investigate how psychological and cognitive characteristics influence general conspiracy mentality and COVID-related conspiracy theories. A cross-sectional study was conducted based on data from an online survey of a sample of Czech university students ( n = 866) …
The relationship between history of violent and criminal behavior and recognition of facial expression of emotions in men with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
Social psychological research underscores the relation between aggression and emotion. Specifically, regulating negative affect requires the ability to appraise restraint-producing cues, such as facial signs of anger, fear and other emotions. Individuals diagnosed with major mental disorders are more likely to have engaged in violent behavior than mentally healthy members of the same communities. We examined whether violent and criminal behavior …
Biology and Crime
Research into biological factors in the etiology of crime has long been out of favor in the United States. Yet all human behavior is partly the result of physiological causes, and it is a reasonable hypothesis that both nature and nurture influence antisocial behavior. Recent research has tested that hypothesis and results seem to confirm it. A growing body of research has consistently found that identical twins are likelier both to have criminal…
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Biology and Crime
Research into biological factors in the etiology of crime has long been out of favor in the United States. Yet all human behavior is partly the result of physiological causes, and it is a reasonable hypothesis that both nature and nurture influence antisocial behavior. Recent research has tested that hypothesis and results seem to confirm it. A growing body of research has consistently found that identical twins are likelier both to have criminal…
The relationship between history of violent and criminal behavior and recognition of facial expression of emotions in men with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
Social psychological research underscores the relation between aggression and emotion. Specifically, regulating negative affect requires the ability to appraise restraint-producing cues, such as facial signs of anger, fear and other emotions. Individuals diagnosed with major mental disorders are more likely to have engaged in violent behavior than mentally healthy members of the same communities. We examined whether violent and criminal behavior …
Dissociation, Cognitive Reflection and Health Literacy Have a Modest Effect on Belief in Conspiracy Theories about Covid-19
Understanding the predictors of belief in COVID-related conspiracy theories and willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 may aid the resolution of current and future pandemics. We investigate how psychological and cognitive characteristics influence general conspiracy mentality and COVID-related conspiracy theories. A cross-sectional study was conducted based on data from an online survey of a sample of Czech university students ( n = 866) …
Changes in ambulance departures for assault calls during Covid‐19 pandemic restrictions
Restrictions related to COVID‐19 changed the daily behavior of people, including the expression of violence. Although an increased incidence of violent behavior, especially domestic violence, was expected during the pandemic, retrospective analyses have yielded mixed results. Records of ambulance departures to address injuries caused by assaults in the Pilsen region, Czech Republic, during the restrictive measures during the national state of eme…
Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aggression (2 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Pandemic (2 works) · Poison control (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)