The Phenomenon of Social and Pastoral Service in Eastern Slovakia and Northwestern Czech Republic during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparison of Two Selected Units of Former Czechoslovakia in the Context of the Perspective of Positive Solutions
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Social and pastoral service Religious affiliation Pandemic situation
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2022-02-21Referencia bibliográfica
Maturkanicˇ, P... [et al.]. The Phenomenon of Social and Pastoral Service in Eastern Slovakia and Northwestern Czech Republic during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparison of Two Selected Units of Former Czechoslovakia in the Context of the Perspective of Positive Solutions. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 2480. [https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042480]
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Vedecka grantova agentura MSVVaS SR a SAV (VEGA) 1/0880/21; International Scientific Research Project: Pastoral practice, psychology and philosophical-theological-social fragments in the light of the 21st century 010-2021; Sociedad Hispanica de Amigos de Kierkegaard (Spain); College of Applied Psychology in Terezin (Czech Republic)Resumen
This study seeks to explain the differences in the perception of social and pastoral service
after the first and second wave pandemic in 2020 among the inhabitants of two neighbouring states,
both parts of the former unified Czechoslovakia. Our research study compares subjective perception,
needs, and participation among inhabitants of eastern Slovakia and north-western Czech Republic
in social and pastoral service during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research sample consisted of a
healthy population from the Czech Republic (n = 496) and Slovakia (n = 484) over 16 years of age,
of which 63% (n = 617) were women and 37% (n = 363) men. The level of education ranged from
primary to postgraduate. The research sample consisted of 623 (63.6%) participants with religious
affiliation and 357 (36.4%) without religion. The level of perception, needs, and participation of the
participants in social and pastoral service was obtained based on a non-standardised questionnaire.
The results of our study confirmed several differences in the areas studied.