Tomas Jurcik
Biographic Data
| ID | 75085 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tomas Jurcik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Jurcik |
| SIGNATURE | JURCIK T |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Research University Higher School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7016-003X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Enhancement of the measurement precision and interval-level scaling of the general self-efficacy scale (GSE) using rasch analysis
What Comes First, Acculturation or Adjustment? A Longitudinal Investigation of Integration Versus Mental Resources Hypotheses
A focal point in the acculturation literature is the so-called “integration hypothesis,” whereby integration (high mainstream cultural engagement and heritage cultural maintenance) is associated with higher psychosocial adjustment, compared to other strategies. Yet, the vast majority of this literature is cross-sectional, raising questions about how best to understand associations between integration and adjustment. Does greater integration lead …
Civic Identity and Mental Health in Russia: The Role of Psychological Coping Strategies During Sanctions and Perceived Threat
We explore the role of Russian civic identity in maintaining mental health in a challenging socioeconomic and political environment. The study was conducted on a sample of Russians in August 2022 after the beginning of the military conflict in Ukraine and the imposition of multiple sanctions on Russia. The sample included 384 respondents from 18 to 54 years old. The questionnaire included methods for assessing Russian civic identity, general psyc…
Help-seeking for Social Anxiety symptoms in Ghana: Looking through the lens of sexist attitudes
While health research has demonstrated the influence of cultural disparities on health outcomes, the impact of ambivalent sexism on mental health help-seeking has not been well understood. We investigated the links between sexist attitudes, Mental Health Literacy (MHL), and sociodemographic variables regarding symptoms of Social Anxiety among Ghanaians. In 2021 , we recruited 601 Ghanaians to participate in an online vignette-based experimental s…
Mental health literacy for social phobia in Ghana: Investigation of gender stereotypes and previous experience for recognition rates and prejudice
BACKGROUND: Mental health literacy (MHL) research has been of substantial interest internationally. Nevertheless, the interplay between beliefs, attitudes, previous experience with mental disorders, and knowledge of Ghanaians on specific mental disorders remains to be understood. The present study explored the interconnectedness between gender stereotypes, prejudice, previous experience with social phobia, and MHL among the general population in …
Beyond recognition: Beliefs, attitudes, and help-seeking for depression and schizophrenia in Ghana
Research on the beliefs and attitudes regarding specific mental disorders in Ghana is limited. A vignette study was conducted to examine the relationship between causal attributions, help-seeking, and stigma towards depression and schizophrenia using lay Ghanaians (N = 410). This adapted questionnaire presented two unlabelled vignettes about a hypothetical person with the above disorders for participants to provide their impressions. Next, partic…
How does trust affect help-seeking for Depression in Russia and Australia
BACKGROUND: Depression is a major contributor to the global burden of disease that affects more than 300 million people worldwide. Cross cultural studies find that culture influences levels of trust which can impact upon an individual's likelihood to seek psychological help when experiencing Depression. AIMS: Help seeking is essential for improved mental health outcomes. This study aims to consider how trust affects help-seeking as well as examin…
Social capital and the Covid-19 pandemic threat: The Russian experience
Social capital is an important resource for the wellbeing of both the individual and society. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many studies have been conducted to explore the role of social capital in coping with the negative consequences of the pandemic. However, how the pandemic itself can affect the social capital of people has yet to be studied. Try to fill this gap, we aimed at testing the association between the individually pe…
Mental health literacy in Ghana: Implications for religiosity, education and stigmatization
Research on Mental Health Literacy (MHL) has been growing internationally. However, the beliefs and knowledge of Ghanaians about specific mental disorders have yet to be explored. This vignette study was conducted to explore the relationships between religiosity, education, stigmatization and MHL among Ghanaians using a sample of laypeople (N = 409). The adapted questionnaire presented two vignettes (depression and schizophrenia) about a hypothet…
Migrant Integration Policies, Perceived Group Threat and Generalized trust: A Case of European Countries
How Migration Policy Shapes the Subjective Well-Being of the Non-immigrant Population in European Countries
Existing studies show that there is a positive association between pro-migrant integration policies and the subjective well-being of immigrants. However, there is a lack of research elucidating the relations between migrant integration policies and the subjective well-being of the host (i.e., non-migrant) population. This study is based on European data and uses multilevel analysis to clarify the relations between migrant integration policy (both…
Differences in beliefs and attitudes toward Depression and Schizophrenia in Russia and the United States
BACKGROUND: Cross-cultural studies find that culture shapes people's understanding of mental illnesses, particularly Depression and Schizophrenia. AIMS: To compare individuals' beliefs and attitudes toward Depression and Schizophrenia in Russia and the United States. METHOD: =607) were presented with vignettes of two diagnostically unlabeled psychiatric case histories and then answered questions regarding mental health literacy (MHL) and attitude…
The Vancouver Index of Acculturation (Via): New evidence on dimensionality and measurement invariance across two cultural settings
Acculturation and adjustment of migrants reporting trauma: The contextual effects of perceived ethnic density
Little is known about the relation between acculturation and socioecological contexts of migrants with a personal trauma history living in the community. This study represents an extension of our previous work and aimed to unpack the perceived neighborhood ethnic density (ED) effect and examine the moderating role of ED on the acculturation-adjustment relation in a community sample of migrants with trauma (N = 99) from developing countries residi…
Expectations and acculturation: Further unpacking of adjustment mechanisms within the Russian-speaking community in Montreal
Towards a socioecological framework to support mental health caregivers: Implications for social work practice and education
In 2012, eight million Canadians provided care to family members or friends with a long-term mental or physical health condition. In the context of mental health, the largest groups of care-recipients are children and spouses due to mental illness such as mood, anxiety, personality, or psychotic disorders. Although the social work practice literature emphasizes ecological interventions in mental health, little research has been done on social wor…
Transatlantic variation in the attributed etiology of psychosis
BACKGROUND: Differences in transatlantic perception of psychosis have been reported in the historical psychiatric literature. AIMS: This study aims to determine if articles in the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) are more likely to attribute biological factors to the etiology of psychosis than those of the British Journal of Psychiatry (BJP). METHODS: A systematic MEDLINE search for articles in the AJP and BJP from 2005 to 2007 identified 360…
Unraveling Ethnic Density Effects, Acculturation, and Adjustment: The Case of Russian-Speaking Immigrants From the Former Soviet Union
There has been limited advancement in the empirical literature unpacking the ethnic density effect, a social ecological phenomenon that may help explain some of the conflicting findings in bidimensional acculturation research. In this study, we developed a brief measure of perceived ethnic density in a community sample of Russian-speaking immigrants (N = 269) in Montreal, Canada, finding it to be a superior predictor of distress to objective ling…
Understanding the Role of the Ethnic Density Effect: Issues of Acculturation, Discrimination and Social Support
Ecological factors in psychological acculturation research are often neglected, although recent work suggests that context and acculturation may interact in predicting adaptation outcomes. The ethnic density effect–the protective effect related to a greater proportion of people from the same ethnic group living in a particular neighborhood–might be one such ecological candidate. The current study integrates these constructs by unpacking the perce…
Understanding the Role of the Ethnic Density Effect: Issues of Acculturation, Discrimination and Social Support
Ecological factors in psychological acculturation research are often neglected, although recent work suggests that context and acculturation may interact in predicting adaptation outcomes. The ethnic density effect–the protective effect related to a greater proportion of people from the same ethnic group living in a particular neighborhood–might be one such ecological candidate. The current study integrates these constructs by unpacking the perce…
Unraveling Ethnic Density Effects, Acculturation, and Adjustment: The Case of Russian-Speaking Immigrants From the Former Soviet Union
There has been limited advancement in the empirical literature unpacking the ethnic density effect, a social ecological phenomenon that may help explain some of the conflicting findings in bidimensional acculturation research. In this study, we developed a brief measure of perceived ethnic density in a community sample of Russian-speaking immigrants (N = 269) in Montreal, Canada, finding it to be a superior predictor of distress to objective ling…
Expectations and acculturation: Further unpacking of adjustment mechanisms within the Russian-speaking community in Montreal
The Vancouver Index of Acculturation (Via): New evidence on dimensionality and measurement invariance across two cultural settings
Mental health literacy in Ghana: Implications for religiosity, education and stigmatization
Research on Mental Health Literacy (MHL) has been growing internationally. However, the beliefs and knowledge of Ghanaians about specific mental disorders have yet to be explored. This vignette study was conducted to explore the relationships between religiosity, education, stigmatization and MHL among Ghanaians using a sample of laypeople (N = 409). The adapted questionnaire presented two vignettes (depression and schizophrenia) about a hypothet…
Towards a socioecological framework to support mental health caregivers: Implications for social work practice and education
In 2012, eight million Canadians provided care to family members or friends with a long-term mental or physical health condition. In the context of mental health, the largest groups of care-recipients are children and spouses due to mental illness such as mood, anxiety, personality, or psychotic disorders. Although the social work practice literature emphasizes ecological interventions in mental health, little research has been done on social wor…
Migrant Integration Policies, Perceived Group Threat and Generalized trust: A Case of European Countries
Acculturation and adjustment of migrants reporting trauma: The contextual effects of perceived ethnic density
Little is known about the relation between acculturation and socioecological contexts of migrants with a personal trauma history living in the community. This study represents an extension of our previous work and aimed to unpack the perceived neighborhood ethnic density (ED) effect and examine the moderating role of ED on the acculturation-adjustment relation in a community sample of migrants with trauma (N = 99) from developing countries residi…
Social capital and the Covid-19 pandemic threat: The Russian experience
Social capital is an important resource for the wellbeing of both the individual and society. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many studies have been conducted to explore the role of social capital in coping with the negative consequences of the pandemic. However, how the pandemic itself can affect the social capital of people has yet to be studied. Try to fill this gap, we aimed at testing the association between the individually pe…
How Migration Policy Shapes the Subjective Well-Being of the Non-immigrant Population in European Countries
Existing studies show that there is a positive association between pro-migrant integration policies and the subjective well-being of immigrants. However, there is a lack of research elucidating the relations between migrant integration policies and the subjective well-being of the host (i.e., non-migrant) population. This study is based on European data and uses multilevel analysis to clarify the relations between migrant integration policy (both…
Understanding the Role of the Ethnic Density Effect: Issues of Acculturation, Discrimination and Social Support
Ecological factors in psychological acculturation research are often neglected, although recent work suggests that context and acculturation may interact in predicting adaptation outcomes. The ethnic density effect–the protective effect related to a greater proportion of people from the same ethnic group living in a particular neighborhood–might be one such ecological candidate. The current study integrates these constructs by unpacking the perce…
Transatlantic variation in the attributed etiology of psychosis
BACKGROUND: Differences in transatlantic perception of psychosis have been reported in the historical psychiatric literature. AIMS: This study aims to determine if articles in the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) are more likely to attribute biological factors to the etiology of psychosis than those of the British Journal of Psychiatry (BJP). METHODS: A systematic MEDLINE search for articles in the AJP and BJP from 2005 to 2007 identified 360…
Unraveling Ethnic Density Effects, Acculturation, and Adjustment: The Case of Russian-Speaking Immigrants From the Former Soviet Union
There has been limited advancement in the empirical literature unpacking the ethnic density effect, a social ecological phenomenon that may help explain some of the conflicting findings in bidimensional acculturation research. In this study, we developed a brief measure of perceived ethnic density in a community sample of Russian-speaking immigrants (N = 269) in Montreal, Canada, finding it to be a superior predictor of distress to objective ling…
Towards a socioecological framework to support mental health caregivers: Implications for social work practice and education
In 2012, eight million Canadians provided care to family members or friends with a long-term mental or physical health condition. In the context of mental health, the largest groups of care-recipients are children and spouses due to mental illness such as mood, anxiety, personality, or psychotic disorders. Although the social work practice literature emphasizes ecological interventions in mental health, little research has been done on social wor…
Expectations and acculturation: Further unpacking of adjustment mechanisms within the Russian-speaking community in Montreal
Differences in beliefs and attitudes toward Depression and Schizophrenia in Russia and the United States
BACKGROUND: Cross-cultural studies find that culture shapes people's understanding of mental illnesses, particularly Depression and Schizophrenia. AIMS: To compare individuals' beliefs and attitudes toward Depression and Schizophrenia in Russia and the United States. METHOD: =607) were presented with vignettes of two diagnostically unlabeled psychiatric case histories and then answered questions regarding mental health literacy (MHL) and attitude…
The Vancouver Index of Acculturation (Via): New evidence on dimensionality and measurement invariance across two cultural settings
Acculturation and adjustment of migrants reporting trauma: The contextual effects of perceived ethnic density
Little is known about the relation between acculturation and socioecological contexts of migrants with a personal trauma history living in the community. This study represents an extension of our previous work and aimed to unpack the perceived neighborhood ethnic density (ED) effect and examine the moderating role of ED on the acculturation-adjustment relation in a community sample of migrants with trauma (N = 99) from developing countries residi…
Mental health literacy in Ghana: Implications for religiosity, education and stigmatization
Research on Mental Health Literacy (MHL) has been growing internationally. However, the beliefs and knowledge of Ghanaians about specific mental disorders have yet to be explored. This vignette study was conducted to explore the relationships between religiosity, education, stigmatization and MHL among Ghanaians using a sample of laypeople (N = 409). The adapted questionnaire presented two vignettes (depression and schizophrenia) about a hypothet…
Migrant Integration Policies, Perceived Group Threat and Generalized trust: A Case of European Countries
How Migration Policy Shapes the Subjective Well-Being of the Non-immigrant Population in European Countries
Existing studies show that there is a positive association between pro-migrant integration policies and the subjective well-being of immigrants. However, there is a lack of research elucidating the relations between migrant integration policies and the subjective well-being of the host (i.e., non-migrant) population. This study is based on European data and uses multilevel analysis to clarify the relations between migrant integration policy (both…
How does trust affect help-seeking for Depression in Russia and Australia
BACKGROUND: Depression is a major contributor to the global burden of disease that affects more than 300 million people worldwide. Cross cultural studies find that culture influences levels of trust which can impact upon an individual's likelihood to seek psychological help when experiencing Depression. AIMS: Help seeking is essential for improved mental health outcomes. This study aims to consider how trust affects help-seeking as well as examin…
Social capital and the Covid-19 pandemic threat: The Russian experience
Social capital is an important resource for the wellbeing of both the individual and society. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many studies have been conducted to explore the role of social capital in coping with the negative consequences of the pandemic. However, how the pandemic itself can affect the social capital of people has yet to be studied. Try to fill this gap, we aimed at testing the association between the individually pe…
Beyond recognition: Beliefs, attitudes, and help-seeking for depression and schizophrenia in Ghana
Research on the beliefs and attitudes regarding specific mental disorders in Ghana is limited. A vignette study was conducted to examine the relationship between causal attributions, help-seeking, and stigma towards depression and schizophrenia using lay Ghanaians (N = 410). This adapted questionnaire presented two unlabelled vignettes about a hypothetical person with the above disorders for participants to provide their impressions. Next, partic…
Help-seeking for Social Anxiety symptoms in Ghana: Looking through the lens of sexist attitudes
While health research has demonstrated the influence of cultural disparities on health outcomes, the impact of ambivalent sexism on mental health help-seeking has not been well understood. We investigated the links between sexist attitudes, Mental Health Literacy (MHL), and sociodemographic variables regarding symptoms of Social Anxiety among Ghanaians. In 2021 , we recruited 601 Ghanaians to participate in an online vignette-based experimental s…
Mental health literacy for social phobia in Ghana: Investigation of gender stereotypes and previous experience for recognition rates and prejudice
BACKGROUND: Mental health literacy (MHL) research has been of substantial interest internationally. Nevertheless, the interplay between beliefs, attitudes, previous experience with mental disorders, and knowledge of Ghanaians on specific mental disorders remains to be understood. The present study explored the interconnectedness between gender stereotypes, prejudice, previous experience with social phobia, and MHL among the general population in …
What Comes First, Acculturation or Adjustment? A Longitudinal Investigation of Integration Versus Mental Resources Hypotheses
A focal point in the acculturation literature is the so-called “integration hypothesis,” whereby integration (high mainstream cultural engagement and heritage cultural maintenance) is associated with higher psychosocial adjustment, compared to other strategies. Yet, the vast majority of this literature is cross-sectional, raising questions about how best to understand associations between integration and adjustment. Does greater integration lead …
Civic Identity and Mental Health in Russia: The Role of Psychological Coping Strategies During Sanctions and Perceived Threat
We explore the role of Russian civic identity in maintaining mental health in a challenging socioeconomic and political environment. The study was conducted on a sample of Russians in August 2022 after the beginning of the military conflict in Ukraine and the imposition of multiple sanctions on Russia. The sample included 384 respondents from 18 to 54 years old. The questionnaire included methods for assessing Russian civic identity, general psyc…
Enhancement of the measurement precision and interval-level scaling of the general self-efficacy scale (GSE) using rasch analysis
Psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Immigration (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Acculturation (6 works)