The publication is a comprehensive presentation of the results of the first national survey on a representative sample of adult residents of Slovenia. The data are an important complement to routine statistic data and in addition to mental problems also reflect the situation of positive mental health. Worrying is the fact that only 6 % of people with mental problems searched for professional help that indicates the stigmatization of mental problems and aid searches.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 243245824Working poor is a phenomenon of current time and is in intensively researched in the last decade. The trend in the EU appeared as a side-effect of the efforts for higher economic growth that provoked debates on flexibility and security of employment. The results of the research point on new poverty, that is groups of people being employed but receiving payment lower than the poverty threshold.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 2902885The article analyses different theoretical conceptualizations of youth participation and its socio-economic context, and provides empirical data on free-time and participatory activities of young people in Slovenia – comparatively to the other European countries. It exposes the gap between the presupposed participativeness of people in representative democracies, the promotion of youth participation and actual participatory practices. The concluding part discusses the possibilities of enabling youth participation in the field of youth work with the implications for the youth worker occupation.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 29300573This manuscript analyses changes in (conceptualizations of) youth life stage transition to adulthood in a historical perspective, subjective perceptions of the meaning of individual transitions, and social norms regarding the timing of these transitions. For the sample of 18-34-old Slovenes basic indicators of transitional processes are reviewed; namely for the following aspects: 1) education and youth (un)employment/(in)activity, 2) independent living, 3) partnership/marriage, 4) transition to parenthood. The discussion part debates the implications of prolonged transitions for youth work.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 29300061This data analysis is based on 28 partially structured interviews. The study involved people who have been maintaining a reduced body weight at least for 24 months. The main long-term strategies and techniques of maintaining body weight are a combination of: a diet with an emphasis on vegetables and fruits, regular, intensive physical activity, regular breakfast, meal planning, daily / weekly weighing, resisting the temptation of overeating, supervised consumption of sweets and active response to weight gain.
F.01 Acquisition of new practical knowledge, information and skills
COBISS.SI-ID: 28544093