Citation for published version (APA): Sarkova, M. (2010). Psychological well-being and self-esteem in Slovak adolescents Groningen: s.n.

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1 University of Groningen Psychological well-being and self-esteem in Slovak adolescents Sarkova, Maria IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document version below. Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Publication date: 2010 Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database Citation for published version (APA): Sarkova, M. (2010). Psychological well-being and self-esteem in Slovak adolescents Groningen: s.n. Copyright Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. Download date:

2 Acknowledgements Somebody once said that to take a PhD you need to push yourself to your limits. If it was not hard to take your PhD, you did not do it right, and after all I have to use the words of Gerard Dumas that my success is like an attempt to dig away Mount Everest using a teaspoon. this success is nothing more than just the achievement of many people who were or still are in my life, and I have to express my gratitude to all of them (and the order does not matter): Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jitse P. van Dijk, my co-promoter, for his support, patience and help, and the opportunity he gave to me and to my PhD. Thank you for waiting for me to grow. Prof. Dr. Wim van den Heuvel, my promoter, for his professional support and important comments on this thesis. Dr. Andrea Madarasova Geckova, my co-promoter, for her support and the help given to my PhD. I also appreciate all the chances she has giving me for participating in national and international projects. Dr. Zuzana Katreniakova, my co-promoter, for her support and active participation in my data collection and in my Thesis. Prof. Dr. Johan W. Groothoff, for his lectures and the support given to us during his annual visits to Košice and for his professional and human commitment to my Thesis. Dr. Berrie Middel, for his statistical help and active participation in my Thesis, especially in certain articles and of course for sharing the office during my last two stays. All members of the Department of Social Medicine for their company and the really friendly atmosphere during my all of my study stays in Groningen. I would like to thank the members of the Promotion Board (Prof. Dr. Johan W. Groothoff, Prof. Dr. K. van der Meer, and Prof. dr. R.B. Minderaa) for their time and useful comments on this thesis. Silvia Ravera and Susane P.Monteiro, my friends in Groningen, for their friendship (always with a rented bicycle included) and the feeling of home during my two last stays. Prof. Pavol Sovak, Dean of the Faculty of Science, PJ Šafárik University and Prof. Jan Gbur, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, PJ Šafárik 139

3 University, for their support and open minds with this international collaboration. Prof. Olga Orosova, vice-dean of the Faculty of Arts, PJ Šafárik University, for her support, help and participation in my Thesis. I appreciate the opportunity she gave me within the scope of my work as a head of the Institute of Social Sciences and all her advice, comments and ideas in the process of writing the articles. Dr. Beata Gajdosova, head of Department of Educational Psychology and Health Psychology, Faculty of Arts, PJ Šafárik University, for being open to the collaboration between the University in Groningen and PJ Šafárik University in Košice and her support during my work on the Thesis. Andy Billingham and David L. McLean, for the English proofreading of all my articles and abstracts. All project managers (Ivana B., Martina S., Janka M., Nicol H. and Jarka F.), for their managing of financial and organisational issues. All my colleagues: Majka Bacikova (for sharing an office with me for a few years and for the active participation in two of my articles), Jozef Benka, Danka Bobakova, Mata Chylova, Tana Dubayova, Eva Havlikova, Majka Humenikova, Ondrej Kalina, Peter Kolarcik, Silvia Kontirova, Lukas Pitel, Lucia Prihodova, Iveta Rajnicova (for active participation in my first article), Zuzka Riskova, Jaro Rosenberger, Katka Rosicova, Nando Salonna, Natalia Sedlak-Vendelova, Zuzka Skodova, Zuzka Tomcikova, Zuzka Veselska And all colleagues from Department of Philosophy and History of Philosophy: Milovan, Eugen, Martin, Ivan, Robert and Katka (for friendly atmosphere and sharing an office with me in time of my lessons at Petzvalova) Thanks to all of you for all the years of being my colleagues and for your individual contribution to my professional and personal development. Especially, Tana D., Zuzka S., Zuzka T., and Zuzka V., there is no place to give either a small picture of everything I would like to say thank you for. Each coffee break, the shopping and many more events which we experienced together; all of these were an inseparable part of my professional life. Your friendship, support, sense of humour and life s point of view always improved my own psychological well-being and increased my self-esteem, which are really, really important aspects of a healthy, valuable and good life. 140 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

4 Mata Č., Mata T., Lucka B., Zuzka F., Katka Š., Gabriel K., Maťo K., Janík K., Heda K., Erika B. and Juditka T. and my other friends and family; my children - Michal, Peťo, Borka, Darka, Katka, Danka, Maťka, Nina, Veronika, for your friendship, and the ever fresh possibilities of how life can go on and your active and valuable participation in my life.. and even even even more. I would like to dedicate this Thesis to my parents. Mami a oci, neviem, či ešte niekedy niekde budem mať príležitosť Vám takto poďakovať, keďže Oscara, ani Pulitzera asi nedostanem. A aj keby áno, ešte vždy bude za čo ďakovať. Avšak prostredníctvom tejto Thesis Vám ďakujem absolútne za všetko, čo ste mi nielen počas práce na tomto doktoráte dali. Boli ste naozaj jediní, ktorí ste ani na okamih nepochybovali, že som schopná ho dokončiť, za čo si Vás neuveriteľne vážim. Ďakujem, že ste ma podporili naozaj v každej chvíli môjho života. Gabika a Lucka, ďakujem Vám za všetku sesterskú lásku, podporu a vzťahy, ktoré máme, a za úplne všetkých (Dávida, Sofiu, Olivera, Aja i Jurka) a všetko, čo ste do môjho života doteraz prostredníctvom Vašich životov priniesli a prinášate. 141

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