Michał Olech

ORCID: 0000-0003-3612-0568
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Research Areas
  • Polish Historical and Cultural Studies
  • Polish Legal and Social Issues
  • Polish Law and Legal System
  • Local Governance and Planning
  • Economic and Fiscal Studies
  • European Politics and Security
  • Language and Culture
  • Labour Market and Migration
  • Social Issues in Poland
  • Polish socio-economic development
  • Education and Cultural Studies
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies
  • Intellectual Property Rights and Media
  • Central European Literary Studies
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Leadership, Human Resources, Global Affairs
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Consumer Behavior and Market Dynamics
  • Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
  • Nutrition and Health Studies
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Gdańsk Medical University
2021-2025

Institute of Psychology
2018-2024

University of Gdańsk
2018-2024

Faculty of Public Health
2024

University of Wrocław
2009-2010

Institute of Mathematics
2004

We retested core ambivalent sexism theory tenets and explored novel correlations with national outcomes in 62 nations. Replicating Glick et al., cross-national analyses supported (a) hostile (HS) benevolent (BS) as cross-culturally recognizable, complementary ideologies associated gender inequality; (b) women appearing to be influenced by, but also resisting men’s HS embracing BS counter (outscoring men some highly sexist nations). Novel comparisons showed both genders’ correlated fewer paid...

10.1177/19485506241302882 article EN cc-by-nc Social Psychological and Personality Science 2025-01-10
Jennifer K. Bosson Paweł Jurek Joseph A. Vandello Natasza Kosakowska‐Berezecka Michał Olech and 95 more Tomasz Besta Michael Bender Vera Hoorens Maja Becker A. Timur Sevincer Deborah L. Best Saba Safdar Anna Włodarczyk Magdalena Zawisza Magdalena Żadkowska Sami Abuhamdeh Collins Badu Agyemang Gülçin Akbaş Nihan Albayrak‐Aydemir Soline Ammirati Joel Anderson Gulnaz Anjum Amarina Ariyanto John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta Mujeeba Ashraf Aistė Bakaitytė Chiara Bertolli Dashamir Bërxulli Chongzeng Bi Katharina Block Mandy Boehnke Renata Bongiorno Janine Bosak Annalisa Casini Qingwei Chen Peilian Chi Vera Ćubela Adorić Serena Daalmans Justine Dandy Soledad de Lemus Sandesh Dhakal Н В Дворянчиков Sonoko Egami Edgardo Etchezahar Carla Sofia Esteves Neto Felix Laura Froehlich Efraín García‐Sánchez Alin Gavreliuc Dana Gavreliuc Ángel Gómez Francesca Guizzo Sylvie Graf Hedy Greijdanus A. K. Grigoryan Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska Keltouma Guerch Marie Gustafsson Sendén Miriam‐Linnea Hale Hannah Hämer Mika Hirai Lam Hoang Duc Martina Hřebı́čková Paul B. Hutchings Dorthe Høj Jensen Inga Jasinskaja‐Lahti Serdar Karabatı Kaltrina Kelmendi Judith Gabriella Kengyel Narine Khachatryan Rawan Ghazzawi Mary Kinahan Teri A. Kirby Mónika Kovács Desirée Kozlowski Владислав Кривощеков Clara Kulich Tai Kurosawa Nhan Thi Lac An Javier Labarthe Ioana M. Latu Mary Anne Lauri Eric S. Mankowski Abiodun Musbau Lawal Junyi Li Jana Lindner Anna Lindqvist Angela T. Maitner Elena Makarova Ana Makashvili Shera Malayeri Sadia Malik Tiziana Mancini Claudia Manzi Silvia Mari Sarah E. Martiny Claude‐Hélène Mayer Vladimir Mihić Jasna Milošević Đorđević Eva Moreno‐Bella

Precarious manhood beliefs portray manhood, relative to womanhood, as a social status that is hard earn, easy lose, and proven via public action. Here, we present cross-cultural data on brief measure of precarious (the Manhood Beliefs scale [PMB]) covaries meaningfully with other cross-culturally validated gender ideologies country-level indices equality human development. Using from university samples in 62 countries across 13 world regions ( N = 33,417), demonstrate: (1) the psychometric...

10.1177/0022022121997997 article EN Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2021-03-04

The cultural moderation of gender stereotypes hypothesis argues that societies assign the most culturally valued traits to men, dominant group. Thus, in line with ideals, collectivistic should men more communality, whereas individualistic individualism. Using archival data, Cuddy et al. found evidence for descriptive stereotypes. We argue, however, be tested using prescriptive stereotypes, which directly reflect ideals about how and women be. also provide a robust test contemporary data from...

10.1177/19485506231221913 article EN Social Psychological and Personality Science 2024-01-12

Abstract Considering the gap in understanding of link between parental education and child intelligence quotient (IQ), our study aimed to investigate association IQ children referred mental healthcare system, explore which parent’s level is more influential, examine impact child’s age sex on these relationships. This cross-sectional included 80,303 aged 3–18 years who were system 2018 2023. We predefined composite score (Full Scale), as measured by Stanford Binet 5 Intelligence Scale, Fifth...

10.1038/s41598-025-88591-3 article EN cc-by Scientific Reports 2025-02-03
Natasza Kosakowska‐Berezecka Jennifer K. Bosson Paweł Jurek Tomasz Besta Michał Olech and 95 more Joseph A. Vandello Michael Bender Justine Dandy Vera Hoorens Inga Jasinskaja‐Lahti Eric S. Mankowski Satu Venäläinen Sami Abuhamdeh Collins Badu Agyemang Gülçin Akbaş Nihan Albayrak‐Aydemir Soline Ammirati Joel Anderson Gulnaz Anjum Amarina Ariyanto John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta Mujeeba Ashraf Aistė Bakaitytė Maja Becker Chiara Bertolli Dashamir Bërxulli Deborah L. Best Chongzeng Bi Katharina Block Mandy Boehnke Renata Bongiorno Janine Bosak Annalisa Casini Qingwei Chen Peilian Chi Vera Ćubela Adorić Serena Daalmans Soledad de Lemus Sandesh Dhakal Н В Дворянчиков Sonoko Egami Edgardo Etchezahar Carla Sofia Esteves Laura Froehlich Efraín García‐Sánchez Alin Gavreliuc Dana Gavreliuc Ángel Gómez Francesca Guizzo Sylvie Graf Hedy Greijdanus A. K. Grigoryan Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska Keltouma Guerch Marie Gustafsson Sendén Miriam‐Linnea Hale Hannah Hämer Mika Hirai Lam Hoang Duc Martina Hřebı́čková Paul B. Hutchings Dorthe Høj Jensen Serdar Karabatı Kaltrina Kelmendi Judith Gabriella Kengyel Narine Khachatryan Rawan Ghazzawi Mary Kinahan Teri A. Kirby Mónika Kovács Desirée Kozlowski Владислав Кривощеков Kuba Kryś Clara Kulich Tai Kurosawa Nhan Thi Lac An Javier Labarthe Mary Anne Lauri Ioana M. Latu Abiodun Musbau Lawal Junyi Li Jana Lindner Anna Lindqvist Angela T. Maitner Elena Makarova Ana Makashvili Shera Malayeri Sadia Malik Tiziana Mancini Claudia Manzi Silvia Mari Sarah E. Martiny Claude‐Hélène Mayer Vladimir Mihić Jasna Milošević Đorđević Eva Moreno‐Bella Silvia Moscatelli Andrew B. Moynihan Dominique Müller Erita Narhetali

Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary self-construal theorists suggest the greater autonomy support flexible self-construction processes present countries. Using data from 62 countries ( N = 28,640), we examine agentic communal self-views as a function of country-level objective equality (the Global Gender Gap Index)...

10.1177/19485506221129687 article EN Social Psychological and Personality Science 2022-11-07

Introduction and objective: The diagnostic process of intellectual development disorders requires an assessment both functioning adaptive behaviour. However, it is important to acknowledge that behaviour may vary depending on cultural factors. Therefore, necessary develop tools consider the specific context comprehensively evaluate all aspects This will ultimately lead more accurate selection therapeutic interventions for individuals with disorders. aim study was present a newly developed...

10.15557/pipk.2024.0024 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Psychiatria i Psychologia Kliniczna 2025-01-31

The presence of a child with disability significantly affects family dynamics introducing new responsibilities and altering roles. However, research also highlights the positive outcomes, such as increased cohesion stronger bonds among members. Siblings face unique challenges, including emotional burdens adjustment difficulties, which are influenced by factors age, severity disability, parental attitudes. While some siblings develop empathy nurture traits, others struggle internalizing...

10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1555879 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2025-04-23

Introduction Intellectual disability (ID) is increasingly being understood as a multidimensional condition that requires assessment beyond general intelligence. While traditional approaches focus on IQ, memory impairment plays critical role in learning and adaptation. This study explored the declarative profiles of individuals diagnosed with non-specific intellectual (NSID) to identify cognitive patterns may inform intervention strategies. Methods The included 114 (56 girls 58 boys) aged...

10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1581144 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychiatry 2025-05-08

Mild Intellectual Disability (MID) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood and characterized by limitations intellectual functioning (IQ = 55-69) adaptive behavior manifests everyday living. In addition to these specific criteria, clinical practice shows the population of children with MID has heterogeneous deficits cognitive functioning. Thus, aim this study was identify groups homogenous profiles within students MID. The 16,411 participants were assessed based on their...

10.3390/ijerph19127230 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022-06-13
Tomasz Besta Paweł Jurek Michał Olech Anna Włodarczyk Natasza Kosakowska‐Berezecka and 95 more Jennifer K. Bosson Michael Bender Joseph A. Vandello Sami Abuhamdeh Collins Badu Agyemang Gülçin Akbaş Nihan Albayrak‐Aydemir Soline Ammirati Joel Anderson Gulnaz Anjum Amarina Ariyanto JOHN JAMIR BENZON R. ARUTA Mujeeba Ashraf Aistė Bakaitytė Maja Becker Chiara Bertolli Dashamir Bërxulli Deborah L. Best Chongzeng Bi Katharina Block Mandy Boehnke Renata Bongiorno Janine Bosak Annalisa Casini Qingwei Chen Peilian Chi Vera Ćubela Adorić Serena Daalmans Justine Dandy Soledad de Lemus Sandesh Dhakal Н В Дворянчиков Sonoko Egami Edgardo Etchezahar Carla Sofia Esteves Laura Froehlich Efraín García‐Sánchez Alin Gavreliuc Dana Gavreliuc Ángel Gómez Francesca Guizzo Sylvie Graf Hedy Greijdanus A. K. Grigoryan Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska Keltouma Guerch Marie Gustafsson Sendén Miriam‐Linnea Hale Hannah Hämer Mika Hirai Lam Hoang Duc Martina Hřebı́čková Paul B. Hutchings Dorthe Høj Jensen Vera Hoorens Inga Jasinskaja‐Lahti Serdar Karabatı Kaltrina Kelmendi Judith Gabriella Kengyel Narine Khachatryan Rawan Ghazzawi Mary Kinahan Teri A. Kirby Mónika Kovács Desirée Kozlowski Владислав Кривощеков Clara Kulich Tai Kurosawa Truong Van Nhan Javier Labarthe Ioana M. Latu Mary Anne Lauri Eric S. Mankowski Abiodun Musbau Lawal Junyi Li Jana Lindner Anna Lindqvist Elena Makarova Ana Makashvili Shera Malayeri Sadia Malik Tiziana Mancini Claudia Manzi Silvia Mari Sarah E. Martiny Claude‐Hélène Mayer Vladimir Mihić Jasna Milošević Đorđević Eva Moreno‐Bella Silvia Moscatelli Andrew B. Moynihan Dominique Müller Erita Narhetali Félix Neto Kimberly A. Noels

Abstract: Collective action is a powerful tool for social change and fundamental to women girls’ empowerment on societal level. towards gender equality could be understood as intentional conscious civic behaviors focused transformation, questioning power relations, promoting through collective efforts. Various instruments measure intentions have been developed, but our knowledge none of the published measures were subject invariance testing. We introduce intention (GECAI) scale examine its...

10.1027/1015-5759/a000857 article EN European Journal of Psychological Assessment 2024-10-01

In this paper, we examined the psychometric properties of cross-cultural validation and replicability (i.e. measurement invariance) Belief in a Zero-Sum Game (BZSG) scale, measuring antagonistic belief about interpersonal relations over scarce resources. The factorial structure BZSG scale was investigated student samples from 36 countries (N = 9907), using separate confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) for each country. based on multigroup (MGCFA). results confirmed that had one-factor all...

10.1002/ijop.12470 article EN International Journal of Psychology 2017-11-28

A growing body of research demonstrates that using technology can – despite the obvious benefits be associated with stress. The aim this study was to explore how perceived technostress while learning a new pro-healthy may grounded in dispositional anxiety, attitudes towards ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), way is presented. Verifying hypotheses, conducted participation N = 1,037 individuals, which 'technology presentation' manipulated selected individual differences were...

10.14254/1795-6889.2021.17-3.2 article EN cc-by-nc Human Technology 2021-12-31

Filial beliefs are defined as a cognitive script or even contextualized personality construct for social exchanges, which shapes the attitudes of individuals. In given study, we investigate factorial structure Polish version Dual Piety Scale (DFPS-PL) and verify whether measurement filial piety is invariant among students employees, men women. Two studies were conducted on different age samples: 489 aged 18-24 849 employees 25-64. order to hypotheses, DFPS-PL was administered. As result...

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.713395 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2021-09-28

The current immense impact of ICT on individuals can be particularly strong in areas such as work and education. Both internet computer systems have become an indispensable component working or learning assignments. When is missing, team cooperation performance certain tasks may significantly limited. This has especially clear recently, the face COVID-19 pandemic all challenges it brought into our professional lives. Much workload had to done virtually, forcing some employees students master...

10.14254/1795-6889.2021.17-3.1 article EN cc-by-nc Human Technology 2021-12-31

Abstract The Towards Gender Harmony (TGH) project began in September 2018 with over 160 scholars who formed an international consortium to collect data from 62 countries across six continents. Our overarching goal was analyze contemporary perceptions of masculinity and femininity using quantitative qualitative methods, marking a groundbreaking effort social science research. collection took place between January February 2020, involved undergraduate students completed series randomized...

10.1038/s41597-024-03235-x article EN cc-by Scientific Data 2024-04-17

Abstract People who have the histrionic self-presentation style (HSP) demonstrate certain As-If-behaviors, involving pretense and role play, in their daily interactions to seek attention amuse others. Doing As-If may be closely related humor behaviors, so we examined this relationship greater detail by using Comic Style Markers (CSM) Polish, English, Canadian samples ( N = 285, 383, 305, respectively; M age 20.85, SD 5.35). We expected that HSP might fun, wit, satire due pretense-based...

10.1515/humor-2023-0116 article EN Humor - International Journal of Humor Research 2024-06-14

This study aims to define and assess communal agentic workplace climates (AWC), 2 pivotal dimensions perceived by employees within organizational contexts. Communal climate highlights employees' well-being, while AWC emphasizes productivity-related aspects.

10.13075/ijomeh.1896.02344 article EN cc-by-nc International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health 2024-07-08

Even in psychological literature, which describes many determining variables related to the school domain, few studies have investigated universal (i.e., etic) mechanism underlying parent–child relations, is a prototype matrix for future student–teacher relations. The role of imprinted schema children’s obligations toward parents seems be crucial functioning classroom society. Dual Filial Piety Model (DFPM; Yeh, 2003 ) comprised two higher-order factors that correspond focal filial piety...

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.525034 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2021-01-26

Background We examined the equivalence of individual and country-level factor structure Belief in a Zero-Sum Game (BZSG) scale, tool designed to measure antagonistic beliefs about social relations (i.e., perceived antagonism) struggle for limited resources. Aims In this article we focused on test construct isomorphism multilevel modeling approach. It was hypothesized that BZSG satisfies all requirements strong level configural isomorphism, thus it is useful investigate at both country...

10.1371/journal.pone.0203196 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2018-09-28

The aim of this paper was to investigate the relationship between a perceived antagonistic view social relations (as struggle for limited resources), measured by Belief in Zero-Sum Game (BZSG) Scale, national military expenditure, and civil liberties. We used multi-level modeling analyze data on 5,520 participants from 30 countries, testing hypothesis that country's level militarization liberties would be associated with its people's belief zero-sum game. hypothesized BZSG is more typical...

10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02645 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2019-01-08

We prove a contraction in L 1 property for the solutions of nonlinear reaction- diffusion system whose special cases include related to intracellular transport as well reversible chemical reactions. then consider case linear molecular motor problem and existence uniqueness stationary solution up multiplicative constant, extending arbitrary space dimension results which were already known one dimensional case; this turn implies convergence time evolution problem.

10.5167/uzh-21331 article EN Differential Equations & Applications 2009-01-01

The role of psychosocial factors in the development changes lichen planus and other diseases oral cavity has been implicated, but is still understudied. Therefore, aim our study was to describe specific profile psychological functioning patients with these diseases, including temperamental traits, action-oriented personality components, self-esteem. In total, 94 adult women participated study: (1) (LP; n = 46; Mage 54.80, SD 12.53), (2) conditions (n 25; 34.76, 16.03), (3) without chronic...

10.3390/healthcare11081118 article EN Healthcare 2023-04-13

We investigate a system describing electrically charged particles in the whole space $\mathbb R^2$. Our main goal is to describe large time behavior of solutions which start their evolution from initial data small size. This achieved using radially

10.4064/bc86-0-8 article EN 2009-01-01
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