prof. PhDr. Marek Blatný, DrSc.

Institute of Psychology
The Czech Academy of Sciences
Veveří 97
602 00 Brno
Tel.: +420 532 290 257
E-mail: blatny@psu.cas.cz

Research interests

Personality, self-concept, life-span development
Well-being, quality of life, successful development

Education

2006 – 2010: Client-centered counseling and psychotherapy – Czech Institute of PCA
1989 – 1993: Doctorate Studies – Masaryk University, Brno, psychology (PhD.)
1990 – 1992: Graduate Studies – Masaryk University, Brno, psychology (Mgr.)
1983 – 1988: Graduate Studies – University of J. E. Purkyně, Brno, psychology and Russian language and literature (PhDr.)

Academic qualification

2013: Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences (DrSc.)
2006: Professorship for social psychology, Masaryk University, Brno (Prof.)
1999: Associate Professor for social psychology, Masaryk University, Brno (Doc.)

Career Experience

2014 – onwards: part-time job at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague (lectures on life-span psychology)
2007 – 2017: Director of the Institute of Psychology of the Academy of Sciences
2000 – 2007: Deputy Director of the Institute of Psychology of the Academy of Sciences
1998 – 2013: part-time job at the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (lectures on personality psychology)
1988 – onwards: full-time job at the Institute of Psychology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic

Research projects supported by grant agencies

2015 – 2017: Predictors of Generativity in Middle Adulthood: A longitudinal Study, (principal investigator), Czech Science Foundation (GA15-22474S)
2011 – 2015: Quality of life in children surviving cancer: Longitudinal study (co-investigator), Czech Science Foundation (P407/11/2421)
2010 – 2014: Studying optimal development longitudinally: Potential of Prague and Brno studies on life-span development (principal investigator), Czech Science Foundation (P407/10/2410)
2009 – 2012: Psychosocial needs and quality of life of healthy siblings of pediatric cancer patients (co-investigator), Czech Science Foundation (406/09/1255)
2007 – 2010: Quality of life in children surviving cancer: A developmental approach (co-investigator), Czech Science Foundation (406/07/1384)
2007 – 2009: Psychological characterization of emerging adulthood (principal investigator), Grant agency of Academy of Sciences (IAA700250702)
2006 – 2008: The integration of life experience in adulthood: Emotional dispositions, personal history, and life perspectives (principal investigator), Czech Science Foundation (406/06/1408)
2003 – 2004: Risk factors in academic, social, and health developments in youth (principal investigator), The program for the support of the targeted research and development, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic (S7025354)
2002 – 2004: The determinants of life satisfaction in the contemporary adolescent youth: personality, values and social perspectives (co-investigator), Czech Science Foundation (406/02/1040)
2000 – 2004: Stability, variability, and prediction of psychical characteristics in adulthood: continuing a longitudinal research of children (principal investigator), Grant Agency of Academy of Sciences (A8025004)
1998 – 2000: Personality and self-concept as determinants of self-esteem and life satisfaction (principal investigator), Czech Science Foundation (406/98/0755)
1995 – 1997: The sources of self-esteem and life satisfaction in temperament types (principal investigator), Czech Science Foundation (406/95/1578)

Other research projects

Coordinator of national part of International SAHA Project (Social and Health Assessment, Child Study Center, Yale University, USA), together with Prof. MUDr. Michal Hrdlicka, CSc. (Child psychiatry, II. Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Motol Hospital)

Organizational activities in scientific community, memberships at scientific and professional associations

Member of Standing Committee for the Humanities of European Science Foundation (2011 – 2014)
Member of Standing committee on Scientific Affairs of European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (2009 – 2011, 2011 – 2013, 2013 – 2015)
Member of Executive Committee of European Association of Personality Psychology ex officio (2008 - 2010) - Chair of the 15th European Conference on Personality (2010)
Member of Scientific Committee of Xth European Congress of Psychology (2007)
Member of Discipline Committee „Social Sciences and Humanities“ of the Czech Science Foundation (2009 - 2010)
Member (1997 - 1998) and secretary (1998 - 1999) of 8th commission of Grant Agency of Academy of Sciences "Social a economic sciences"
Member of Institutional Board of the Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences Czech Republic (2007 – 2012, 2012 – 2017)
Member of Scientific Board of the Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences Czech Republic (to 2000)
Member of Scientific Board of Faculty of Arts of Charles University (2010 – 2014)
Member of Scientific of Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University (2014 – 2018)
Member of European Association of Personality Psychology
Member of International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development
Member of International Association of Applied Psychology
Member of Czech-Moravian Psychological Society

Research stays

2007 - University of Jyväskylä, study of Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, prof. L. Pulkkinen
2006 - Open University Milton Keynes - study of qualitative longitudinal research, prof. W. Stainton-Rogers
2004 - Child Study Center, Yale University - International Social and Health Assessment, prof. M. Schwab-Stone
1997 - University Amsterdam - study of structural modeling, J.E. Gustafsson, A. Boomsma
1995 - Open University Milton Keynes – study of new approaches in psychology (narrative psychology, social constructivism), prof. W. Stainton-Rogers

Teaching activities

Vice-chair of Doctoral Board of degree programme Psychology at Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
Member of Doctoral Board of degree programme Psychology at II. Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
Member of Doctoral Board of degree programme Psychology at Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University

Academic honors and awards

Invited lecture at conference Personality in the context of cognition, emotionality, and motivation IV “From GABA to Meaning in Life”, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2013.
Invited symposium at 13th European Congress of Psychology “Well-Being in a Life-Span Perspective”, Stockholm, Sweden, 2013
Invited symposium at 15th European Conference on Personality “Factors of Successful Development in Adulthood”, Brno, Czech Republic, 2010
Otto Wichterle Premium for Outstanding Young Researchers of Academy of Sciences, 2004

Selected publications

Monographs

Blatný, M., (ed.) (2015). Personality and Well-Being Across the Life-Span. London, Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-1-137-43995-6
Nielsen Sobotková, V., Blatný, M., Hrdlička, M., Jelínek, M. (2014). Rizikové a antisociální chování v adolescenci. Praha, Grada, Psyché. ISBN: 978-80-247-4042-3 [Risk and antisocial behavior of adolescents.]
Blatný, M. (Ed.) (2006). Metodologie psychologického výzkumu: konsilience v rozmanitosti. Praha, Academia. ISBN: 80-200-1450-0 [Methodology of psychological research: Consilience in diversity.]
Blatný, M., Hřebíčková, M., Millová, K., Plháková, A., Říčan, P., Slezáčková, A., Stuchlíková, I. (2010). Psychologie osobnosti: hlavní témata, současné přístupy. Praha, Grada. ISBN 978-80-247-3434-7 [Personality psychology: Main themes, current approaches.]
Blatný, M., Dosedlová, J., Kebza, V., Šolcová, I. (2005). Psychosociální souvislosti osobní pohody. Brno, Masarykova univerzita a Nakladatelství MSD. ISBN 80-86633-35-7 [Psychosocial context of well-being.]
Hrdlička, M., Kuric, J., Blatný, M. (2006). Krize středního věku: úskalí a šance. Praha, Portál. ISBN: 80-7367-168-9

Papers and book chapters

PERSONALITY AND LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT

Blatný, M. (2007). On personality stability and change: Main results of Brno Longitudinal Study on Life-Span Development. Československá psychologie, suppl. 37-49.
Blatný, M., Jelínek, M., Osecká, T. (2007). Assertive toddler, self-efficacious adult: Child temperament predicts personality over 40 years. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 2127-2136.
Blatný, M., Jelínek, M., Osecká, T. (2009). How does personality develop over the life-course: Results of the Brno Longitudinal Study on Life-span Development. In L. R. Elling (Ed.), Social Development (pp. 213-245). New York, Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-60741-612-8
Blatný, M., Kebza, V. (2011). Longitudinální studium lidského vývoje: historie, výsledky a perspektivy pražské a brněnské studie celoživotního vývoje člověka. Československá psychologie,55, 5, 422-432. [Studying human development longitudinaly: History, results, and perspectives of Prague and Brno studies on human life-span development.]
Blatný, M., Osecká, T. (2005). Subjective perception of personal change. In N. Kelly, C. Horrocks, K., Milnes, B., Roberts, D., Robinson (Eds.), Narrative, Memory & Everyday Life (pp 59-67). Huddersfield, University of Huddersfield Press.
Blatný, M., Urbánek, T. (2004). Stabilita a změny osobnosti v adolescenci: analýza na úrovni osobnostních typů. Československá psychologie, 48, 4, 289-297. [Personality stability and change in adolescence:analysis on the level of personality types.]
De Fruyt, F., De Bolle, M., Aguilar-Vafaie, M.E., Ahn, C., Ahn, H., Alcalay, L., Allik, J., Avdeyeva, T.V., Blatný, M., Bratko, D., Brunner-Sciarra, M., Cain, T.R., Chittcharat, N., Crawford, J.T., Fehr, R., Ficková, E., Gelfand, M.J., Gulgoz, S., Hřebíčková, M., Jussim, L., Klinkosz, W., Knežević, G., Leibovich de Figueroa, N., Lima, M.P., Löckenhoff, C.E., Martin, T.A., Marušić, I., Mastor, K.A., Nakazato, K., Nansubuga, F., Porrata, J., Purić, D., Realo, A., Reátegui, N., Rolland, J.-P., Schmidt, V., Sekowski, A., Shakespeare-Finch, J., Shimonaka, Y., Simonetti, F., Siuta, J., Szmigielska, B., Vanno, V., Wang, L., Yik, M. (2009). Assessing the Universal Structure of Personality in Early Adolescence: The NEO-PI-R and NEO-PI-3 in 24 cultures. Assessment, 16, 3, 301-311.
Lockenhoff, C.E., De Fruyt, F., Terracciano, A., McCrae, R.R., De Bolle, M., Costa, P.T., Aguilar-Vafaie, M.E., Ahn, C.K., Ahn, H.N., Alcalay, L., Allik, J., Avdeyeva, T.V., Barbaranelli, C., Benet-Martinez, V., Blatny, M., Bratko, D., Cain, T.R., Crawford, J.T., Lima, M.P., Fickova, E., Gheorghiu, M., Halberstadt, J., Hrebickova, M., Jussim, L., Klinkosz, W., Knezevic, G., de Figueroa, N.L., Martin, T.A., Marusic, I., Mastor, K.A., Miramontez, D.R., Nakazato, K., Nansubuga, F., Pramila, V.S., Realo, A., Rolland, J.P., Rossier, J., Schmidt, V., Sekowski, A., Shakespeare-Finch, J., Shimonaka, Y., Simonetti, F., Siuta, J., Smith, P.B., Szmigielska, B., Wang, L., Yamaguchi, M., Yik, M. (2009). Perceptions of Aging Across 26 Cultures and Their Culture-Level Associates. Psychology and Aging, 24, 4, 941-954.
McCrae, R., Terracciano, A., De Fruyt, F., De Bolle, M., Gelfand, M.J., Costa Jr., P.T., Aguilar-Vafaie, M.E., Ahn, Ch., Ahn, H., Alcalay, L., Allik, J., Avdeyeva, T.V., Blatný, Marek, Bratko, D., Brunner-Sciarra, M., Cain, T.R., Chittcharat, N., Crawford, J.T., De Lima, M.P., Fehr, R., Ficková, E., Gülgöz, S., Hřebíčková, Martina, Jussim, L., Klinkosz, W., Knežević, G., Leibovich de Figueroa, N., Löckenhoff, C.E., Martin, T. A., Marušić, I., Mastor, K.A., Nakazato, K., Nansubuga, F., Porrata, J., Purić, D., Realo, A., Reategui, N., Rolland, J.-P., Schmidt, V., Sekowski, A., Shakespeare-Finch, J., Shimonaka, Y., Simonetti, F., Siuta, J., Szmigielska, B., Vanno, V., Wang, L., Yik, M. (2010).The validity and structure of culture-level personality scores: Data from ratings of young adolescents. Journal of Personality, 78, 3, 815-838.
Řehulková, O., Blatný, M., Osecká, L. (1995). Adolescents' coping styles: A relation to the temperament. Studia psychologica, 37, 3, 159-161.
Snopek, M., Hublova, V., Porubanova, M., Blatny, M. (2012). Psychometric properties of the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R) in Czech adolescent sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53, 1, 71-80.

RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS OF DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE

Blatný, M., Hrdlička, M., Ruchkin, V., Vermeiren, R., Schwab-Stone M. (2006). Antisocial involvement, use of substances, and sexual behaviors among urban youth in the Czech Republic. Studia Psychologica, 48, 2, 107-123.
Blatný, M., Hrdlička, M., Sobotková, V., Jelínek, M., Květon, P., Vobořil, D. (2006). Prevalence antisociálního chování v obecné populaci českých adolescentů z městských oblastí. Československá psychologie, 50, 4, 297-310. [Prevalence of antisocial behaviors in Czech urban youth.]
Jelínek, M., Květon, P., Vobořil, D., Blatný, M., Hrdlička, M. (2006). Vrstevnická konformita jako faktor rizikového chování mladistvých: struktura, zdroje, dopady. Československá psychologie, 50, 5, 393-404. [Peer conformity as a factor of risk behaviour of the young: structure, sources and implications.]
Sobotková, V., Blatný, M., Hrdlička, M., Jelínek, M., Urbánek, T. (2009). Typologie antisociálního chování v rané adolescenci a jeho vztah k dalším formám rizikového chování. Československá psychologie, 53, 5, 428-440. [Typology of antisocial behavior on early adolescence and its relation to further forms of risk behavior.]
Sobotková, V., Osecká, T., Jelínek, M., Blatný, M., Hrdlička, M. (2012). Expozice komunitnímu násilí a školní šikana a jejich vztah k antisociálnímu chování v rané adolescenci. Československá psychologie, 56, 5, 409-419. [Community violence exposure and school bullying and their relationship to antisocial behavior in early adolescence.]
Sobotková. V., Blatný, M., Jelínek, M., Hrdlička, M. (2013). Antisocial behavior in adolescence: Typology and relation to family context. Journal of Early Adolescence, 33, 8, 1091-1115

WELL-BEING AND SELF-CONCEPT

Blatný, M. (2001). Osobnostní determinanty sebehodnocení a životní spokojenosti: mezipohlavní rozdíly. Československá psychologie, 45, 5, 385-392. [Personality determinants of self-esteem and life satisfaction: gender differences.]
Blatný, M., Jelínek, M., Blížkovská, J., Klimusová, H. (2004). Personality correlates of self-esteem and life satisfaction. Studia Psychologica, 46, 2, 97–104.
Blatný, M., Millová, K., Jelínek, M., Osecká, T. (2010). Životní smysluplnost: osobnostní souvislosti a antecedenty. Československá psychologie, 54, 3, 225-234. [Meaningfulness in life: personality correlates and antecendents.]
Blatný, M., Osecká, L. (1994). Rosenbergova škála sebehodnocení: struktura globálního vztahu k sobě. Československá psychologie, 38, 6, 481-488. [Rosenberg`s scale of self-esteem structure of the global relation towards the self.]
Blatný, M., Osecká, L. (1997). The relationship bettween global self-assessment and temperament and interpersonal personality characteristics. Studia psychologica, 39, 1, 39-44.
Blatný, M., Osecká, L. (1998). Zdroje sebehodnocení a životní spokojenosti: osobnost a strategie zvládání. Československá psychologie, 42, 5, 385-394. [Sources of self-esteem and of life satisfaction: personality and coping strategies.]
Hřebíčková, M., Blatný, M., Jelínek, M. (2010). Osobnost jako prediktor osobní pohody v dospělosti. Československá psychologie, 54, 1, 31-41. [Personality as a predictor of subjective well-being in adulthood.]

QUALITY OF LIFE OF CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORS

Blatný, M., Jelínek, M., Sobotková, V., Kepák, T. (2013). The Influence of Developmental Stage on the Relationship Between Severity of Late Effects of Anticancer Therapy and Perceived Quality of Life of Childhood Cancer Survivors. SAGE Open, Aug 2013, 3, 3, DOI: 10.1177/2158244013500678.
Blatný, M., Kepák, T., Vlčková, I., Jelínek, M., Tóthová, K., Pilát, M., Slezáčková, A., Sobotková, V., Bartošová, K., Hrstková, H., Štěrba, J. (2011). Quality of life of childhood cancer survivors: handicaps and benefits. Československa psychologie, 55, 2, 112-125.
Kárová, Š., Blatný, M., Jelínek, M., Kepák, T., Tóthová, K. (2013). Sourozenci onkologicky nemocných dětí: subjektivně vnímané změny v životě a kvalita jejich života 6 měsíců po stanovení diagnózy nemocnému sourozenci. Československá psychologie, 57, 3, 218-229. [Siblings of children with cancer: Subjectively percived changes in their lives and quality of life six months after diagnosis.]
Kepák, T. Blatný, M., Vlčková, I., Pilát, M., Jelínek, M., Navrátilová, P., Slezáková, A., Kárová, Š., Šterba, J. (2007). The Brno Duality of Life Longitudinal Study of Paediatric Oncology Patients (qolop). In C. Eser, R. Eser, E., Kalova, L. Lazuras (Eds.), Children and cancer: Care and prevention. Proceedings of the 1st IRCCC Workshop (pp 45-57). IRCCC: Thessaloniki.
Komárková, I., Blatný, M., Jelínek, M., Kepák, T. (2013). Absence symptomů deprese u dětí po léčbě nádorového onemocnění: posttraumatický rozvoj, nebo represivně adaptivní styl? Československá psychologie, 57, 6, 542-553. [Absence of depressive symptoms in childhood cancer survivors: Posttraumatic growth or repressive adaptive coping style?.]

OTHER IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS

Hrdlička, M., Chacko, R.C., Blatný, M., Urbánek, T., Moráň, M., Maňasová, I. (2002). Seizure duration in females receiving ECT with concurrent psychotropic medication. European Journal of Psychiatry, 16, 1, 39-46.
Hrdlicka, M., Dudova, I., Beranova, I., Lisy, J., Belsan, T., Neuwirth, J., Komarek, V., Faladova, L., Havlovicova, M., Sedlacek, Z., Blatny, M., Urbanek, T. (2005). Subtypes of autism by cluster analysis based on structural MRI data. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 14, 138-144.
Hrdlicka, M., Komarek, V., Propper, L., Kulisek, R., Zumrova, A., Faladova, L., Havlovicova, M., Sedlacek, Z., Blatny, M., Urbanek, T. (2004). Not EEG abnormalities but epilepsy is associated with autistic regression and mental functioning in childhood autism. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 13, 209-213.
Hrdlička, M., Moráň, M., Vachutka, J., Blatný, M., Rozinková, J. (1996). EEG in the electroconvulsive therapy: Is more intensive paroxysmal activity associated with higher therapeutic response? Neuropsychobiology, 33, 3, 138-141.
Hrdlička, M., Vodička, J., Havlovičová, M., Urbánek, T., Blatný, M., Dudová, I. (2010). Brief Report: Significant Differences in Perceived Odor Pleasantness Found in Children with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41, 4, 524-527.