Care of own health is statistically determined by many variables. The authors of the article focused exclusively on objective stable factors such as personality traits and health valuation. The conducted research study aimed at assessment of correlations between self-care for health and its psychological constituents such as personality traits, health locus of control, self-efficacy, positive and negative affect as well as health valuation examined in the population of fathers of small children. participants and procedureThe examinations included 77 fathers aged between 30 and 40 who filled out the following questionnaires: NEO-FFI Inventory, Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale, Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, List of Criteria for Health, Health Value Scale and Care-for-Health Scale. resultsPositive correlations were noted between the general level of individual health self-care (including an active attitude towards own health and practices for health) and health valuation, extroversion, conscientiousness, self-efficacy, external health locus of control -influence of others (or powerful others) and positive emotionality. Negative correlations were detected between health self-care (in general and within particular health scales) and neuroticism and negative affect. The following factors proved statistically significant for self-care for health: health valuation, personality traits, and external health locus of control -influence of others. conclusionsIn the selected group of men the strongest correlation between health self-care and health valuation both in physical (practices for health) and psycho-social (active attitude toward own health) aspects was observed. Ascertaining health self-care predictors can be useful for constructing health self-care promotion programs to address the parents of small children.key words health locus of control; personality traits; self-care for health; valuation of health; positive and negative affect

Jadłowstręt psychiczny stanowi poważne wyzwanie dla pracowników służby zdrowia, a przede wszystkim klinicystów, gdyż jest związany z wysokimi wskaźnikami chroniczności i ryzykiem nawrotów. Jedną z przyczyn tego niepokojącego zjawiska jest egosyntoniczność tej choroby, która odróżnia ją od innych zaburzeń psychicznych, a która odpowiada za zaprzeczanie chorobie i brak motywacji do leczenia, co skutkuje przerywaniem podjętej terapii, a nawet odmową poddania się jej. W artykule zaprezentowano propozycje definiowania chronicznego jadłowstrętu psychicznego. Następnie ta postać jadłowstrętu psychicznego została przedstawiona z perspektywy klinicysty, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem implikacji terapeutycznych oraz z perspektywy personelu medycznego, przy czym dodatkowo przedstawiono dylematy dotyczące propozycji leczenia paliatywnego tej grupy pacjentów. Następnie podjęto próbę przedstawienia, co czuje pacjent z chronicznym jadłowstrętem psychicznym. W następnej kolejności przedstawiono kwestię zapobiegania nawrotom w przebiegu chronicznego jadłowstrętu psychicznego i propozycje leczenia pacjentów z tą chorobą ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem najnowszych trendów w tym zakresie. Artykuł kończy napawające optymizmem doniesienie naukowe na temat całkowitego wyleczenia pacjentek z tym rozpoznaniem, któremu towarzyszy analiza przyczyn tak dobrego wyniku terapii.

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Introduction: Eating disorders still pose a formidable challenge to health care professionals. The suffering of eating-disordered individuals may be profound, with the main contributing factors being low self-esteem, guilt and depression, a sense of hopelessness, and loneliness. The objective of the study was to determine how patients with eating disorders perceive time, and in particular whether their experience of time differs from that of healthy individuals. Another goal was to examine the relationship between the mood of the subjects and their time perspective. Materials and methods: The subjects were 30 women with eating disorders and 30 age-matched healthy female controls. The three measures applied were: the Time Metaphors Questionnaire by Małgorzata Sobol-Kwapińska, the Time Perspective Inventory by Philip Zimbardo, and the UWIST Mood Adjective Checklist (UMACL) by Gerald Matthews et al. Results: As expected, statistical analyses revealed that women with eating disorders were characterised by a more negative perception of time than healthy subjects. The study also confirmed the expected correlations between positive and negative time perceptions and mood. Conclusion: The results appear to have a considerable scholarly and practical value, and should be used in the psychotherapy of eating-disordered individuals focusing on existential aspects, including in particular topics regarding the experience of time by sufferers.

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