Social Sciences, Psychology

2-week course, 10 work days

1 June 2022

1 August 2022 – 14 August 2022

Assoc. prof. dr. Loreta Gustainienė

Kristina Kovalčikienė (kristina.kovalcikiene@vdu.lt)

Assoc. prof. dr. Loreta Gustainienė

The Head of Psychology Department at Vytautas Magnus University.

Research interests:

• Positive psychosocial factors of human functioning (optimism, subjective well-being, psychological well-being, satisfaction with life, gratitude, forgiveness, work engagement, positive emotions, etc.)
• Job satisfaction
• Psychosocial risk factors at work; work-related stress
• Stress management (e.g. muscle relaxation, visualization)

Assoc. prof. dr. Aurelija Stelmokienė

The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and associate professor at the Department of Psychology at Vytautas Magnus University. Also, the lead coordinator of European Social Survey in Lithuania.

Research interests:

• The role of human resources in organizational development (psychological wellbeing of employees, work-family interface)
• Leadership psychology (different leadership theories, assessment of leadership effectiveness, gender and generation differences in leadership, relationships between leadership and parenting)
• Peculiarities of social perception in the context of organizational psychology
• Ethical issues in organizational psychology

Prof. dr. Loreta Bukšnytė – Marmienė

Professor at the Department of Psychology at Vytautas Magnus University.

Research interests:

• Psychosocial functioning of personality
• Psychological correlates of job performance
• Communication in organization
• Person – job/organization fit
• Counselling of organization
• Senior students’ psychosocial adaptation in school
• Diagnostic of conflicts and their management
• Career management
• Professional identity

Dr. Gabija Jarašiūnaitė – Fedosejeva

Lecturer at the Department of Psychology at Vytautas Magnus University

Research interests:

• Research of psychophysiological response to stressors, stress reduction
• Disease-prone personality
• Studies of the effectiveness of biofeedback and neurofeedback
• Psychological indicators and opportunities for psychological assistance related to reproductive health and childbirth experience
• Research in experimental psychology

This intensive internship course is designed for the master level students, young researchers and university employees who want to:

• accelerate personal growth;
• improve English language skills;
• enjoy the international experience.

Positive psychological capital (PsyCap) is a developmental state of a person with high emphasis on four characteristics that have a decisive influence on a person’s productivity and quality of life. In today’s volatile and ever-changing world, it is very important to improve your personality in order to be resistant to a variety of everyday stressors, live meaningfully, realize full potential and successfully achieve life goals. This course focuses on studying positive aspects of personality, including: self-efficacy (belief in personal competence), optimism, hope and resilience.

This course is your guide to increasing Psychological Capital. This course aims to develop the four aspects of PsyCap: hope, self-efficacy, optimism and resilience which determine our performance. The interaction of these elements creates a strong and positive forward momentum in our daily lives and in our professional activities.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• evaluate their self-efficacy beliefs and challenge them while applying emotional intelligence development techniques for leadership performance;
• to understand such PsyCap components as hope and optimism as well as utilise them in your personality development process;
• explain resilience through problem solving, creativity and self-control;
• understand psychological factors influencing the career;
• recognize, evaluate and to use the main strategies of conflicts’ management in practice.

Courses include:

• Self-efficacy through emotional intelligence and leadership
• Optimism, mindfulness and well-being
• Resilience through problem solving, creativity and self-control with biofeedback
• Hope, career management and conflict management strategies
• Self-analysis
• Teamwork skills
• Presentation skills

600 EUR

(includes tuition, teaching material, social programme, excursions, refreshments provided during the cultural evening and opening/closing ceremonies).