prof. PhDr. Pavel Říčan, CSc.
Institute of Psychology
Czech Academy of Sciences
Pod Vodárenskou věží 1143/4, 182 00 Prague 8
E-mail: ricanpsych@seznam.cz
Research interests
The so-called non-religious spirituality
Ethical aspects of the school bullying from the social-cognitive perspective
Professional career
| 1991–now | Leading Research Worker, Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. At the same time, teaching psychology of religion at the Charles University, Prague (Hussite Theological Faculty) |
| 1971–1990 | Department of Psychology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Studies (Teaching and clinical practice, research in family psychology) |
| 1968–1971 | Institute of Psychology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague (Research in personality, teaching) |
| 1967–1968 | Department of Pediatrics, Charles University, Prague (Research in personality, teaching) |
| 1966–1967 | Laboratory for Personality and Group Analysis (Raymond B. Cattell), University of Illinois (research in personality) |
| 1962–1965 | Department of Psychology, Charles University, Prague (Research in ability and personality testing, teaching) |
Main research projects realized in the Institute of Psychology
| 1992–1994 | empirical project FAMILY RELATIONS – CHILD AGGRESSIVENESS – AGGRESSION IN THE SCHOOL |
| 1995–1997 | empirical project CHILD AGGRESSION IN A POST–COMMUNIST COUNTRY: RACE AND GENDER ASPECTS IN A CROSS–CULTURAL COMPARISON, supported by the Research Support Scheme of the Central European University |
| 1997–1998 | theoretical project THE PLEASURE OF MAKING OTHER PEOPLE SUFFER, supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic |
| 2003 | empirical project SPIRITUALITY AS A FACTOR OF PERSONALITY STRUCTURE, supported by the Grant Agency of the Charles University |
| 2003–2004 | theoretical project HUMAN RELATIONSHIP AS RELIGIOSUM, supported by the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
| 2005 | empirical project SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION OF THE MORAL IDENTITY IN ADOLESCENCE, supported by the Grant Agency of the Charles University |
| 2005–2006 | empirical project AUTOREGULATION OF INTERSEXUAL AND IZOSEXUAL AGGRESSION IN ADOLESCENCE AS A FUNCTION OF THE INTERIORIZATION OF VALUES (GA AV ČR) |
| 2005–2006 | empirical project VALUE–MORAL ORIENTATION OF THE CZECH ADOLESCENTS – COGNITIVE AND EXPERIENTIAL ASPECTS (GA ČR) |
| 2008–2010 | empirical project ETHICAL–PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS OF BULLYING AND COPING WITH IT IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL, supported by the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
Current project
| 2012–2014 | empirical project SCHOOL BULLYING AS A PROCESS – A SOCIAL–COGNITIVE ANALYSIS OF CLASSROOM BULLYING, supported by the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (P407/12/2325) |
Selected publications
Říčan, P. (2012): The story of a late rider. In: Jacob A. Belzen, Ed.: Psychology of Religion. Autobiographical Accounts. Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London, 167-184.
Říčan, P. (2010): Psychologie osobnosti – obor v pohybu [Psychology of Personality – A Field in Motion]. Praha: Portál (6. ed.).
Říčan, P., Janošová, P. (2010): Jak na šikanu [How to deal with bullying]. Praha: Grada.
Říčan, P. Lukavský, J., Janošová, P., Štochl, J (2010): Measurement of spirituality – a cross-cultural feedback. Studia Psychologica, vol. 52, no. 3.
Říčan, P., Janošová, P. (2010): Spirituality as one of the basic aspects of personality – a cross-cultural verification of Piedmont's model. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
Říčan, P., Kocourková, J. (2008): Základ spirituality ve vztazích raného dětství: psychoanalytická perspektiva [The basis of spirituality in the relationships of the early childhood]. Československá psychologie, 52, 1, 90-100.
Říčan, P. (2007): Psychologie náboženství a spirituality [The Psychology of Religion and Spirituality]. Praha: Portál.
Říčan, P., Janošová, P., Tyl, J. (2007): Test spirituální citlivosti [A test of spiritual sensitivity]. Československá psychologie, 51, 2, 153-160.
Říčan, P., et al. (2006): Dětská klinická psychologie [Child Clinical Psychology]. Praha: Grada (4. ed.).
Říčan, P., Janošová, P. (2005): Spirituality: its psychological operationalization via measurement of individual differences: A Czech perspective. Studia Psychologica, 47, 157-166.
Říčan, P. (2004): Cesta životem [The Way through Life]. Praha: Portál (2. ed).
Říčan, P. (2004): Spirituality - the story of a concept in the psychology of religion. Archiv für Religionspsychologie, 26, 135-156.
