PhDr. Martina Klicperová-Baker, CSc., DSc.

Institute of Psychology
The Czech Academy of Sciences
Pod Vodárenskou věží 1143/4
182 00 Prague 8
Phone: +420 266 053 858
E-mail: martina.klicperova@praha.psu.cas.cz

Research interests

Psychology of Democracy
Transition to Democracy
Political Psychology
Antisocial Behavior and Violence
Creativity

Education and degrees

DSc (Doctor of Sciences in Psychology), dissertation Psychology of Democracy.
Psychology, Charles University, School of Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia, summa cum laude, PhDr., thesis Hostility and its Assessment.
Postgraduate fellowship at the Institute of Psychology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, CSc. degree (Candidate of Sciences in Psychology), dissertation Social Psychological and Ethical Aspects of Creativity.
Languages: Czech, English, partial knowledge of Russian, German, Spanish, Swedish.

Professional experience

Since 1991 research scholar at the Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Since 1992 also affiliated with San Diego State University (Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Political Science, Psychology), http://martina.sdsu.edu/
Teaching experience: Stanford University (dept. of Psychology), San Diego State University (depts.of Psychology, Political Science), Arizona State University (depts. of Psychology, Leisure Studies), Charles University, CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange)
Administrative experience: Head of Foreign Relations Office, Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Prague (following the Velvet Revolution, 1990-1991)
Clinical practice (Research Institute of Psychiatry Praha-Bohnice, Regional Health Center until)

Participation in Funded Research Projects

2015-2017 Psychosocial analysis of non-democratic character in a post-communist society: Empirical assessment of negative passivity and so called "bad mood".Research grants, the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, GA15-11062S
2007-2013 Eurosphere, Diversity and the European Public Sphere towards a Citizens’ Europe funded by European Commission, 6th Framework Programme (CIT4-CT-2006-028504) National coordinator.
2005-2007 From totalitarian experience to democratic culture. Research grant by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
2003-2007 Democratic éthos: Social psychological analysis and transcultural empirical probes. Research grant from the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, IAA7025303
2005 Democratic culture in the Czech Republic. Publication grant, the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
2000-2002 Manifestations of democratic culture. Comparative Study of Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Belarus. Cooperative Research Support Scheme Grant, Research Support Scheme of Central European University
2000-2002 Democratic citizenship. Research grant by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic 406/00/0587
1998 Ready for democracy? Publication grant, the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
1996-1998 Meanings of citizenship. Research grant from the Open Society - Research Support Scheme of Central European University
1996 Individual research grant by Paleček Foundation, Palo Alto - Stanford
1995 Democratic Political culture. IREX Individual Advanced Research Award, Washington, DC
1992-1994 & 1995-97 Transition to democracy. Research grants, the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Selection of publications

Khoury, B; Barbarin, O; Gutiérrez, G., Klicperova-Baker, M., Padakannaya, P., Thompson, A., (2022). Complicated Grief During COVID-19: An International Perspective. Published Online:20 Jul 2022, International Perspectives in Psychology Vol. 11, No 3 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000055
Sawicki, AJ; Zemojtel-Piotrowska, M; (...); Zand, S. (2022). The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its Structure and Measurement Invariance Across 48 Countries. Psychological Assessment 34 (3) , pp.294-310, DOI 10.1037/pas0001102
Klicperová-Baker, M. (2021). Demokracie v krizi: příčiny demokratické eroze a zdroje demokratické odolnosti. [Democracy in crisis: The causes of democratic erosion and sources of democratic resilience.] Demokracie - jak dál? Rizika a výzvy pro Česko a svět. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2021, s. 239-252. ISBN 978-80-7601-500-5
Rozycka-Tran, J; Piotrowski, JP; (...); Maltby, J. (2021). Belief in a zero-sum game and subjective well-being across 35 countries. Current Psychology 40 (7), pp.3575-3584, DOI 10.1007/s12144-019-00291-0
Grasso, M; Klicperova-Baker, M; (...); Vlase, I. (2021). The impact of the coronavirus crisis on European societies. What have we learnt and where do we go from here? - Introduction to the COVID volume. European Societies 23 , pp.S2-S32, DOI 10.1080/14616696.2020.1869283
Barbarin, O; Khoury, B; Klicperova/Baker, M. (...); Crowe, S. (2021) Psychological Science and COVID-19: An Agenda for Social Action. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 91 (3) , pp.412-422, DOI 10.1037/ort0000549
Gutiérrez, G. - Barbarin, O. - Klicperová-Baker, Martina - Padakannaya, P. - Thompson, A. - Crowe, S. - Khoury, B. (2021). A Global Perspective on Psychologists' and Their Organizations' Response to a World Crisis. Revista Interamericana de Psicologia = Interamerican Journal of Psychology. Vol. 55, No. 2 (2021), Article # e1713. ISSN 0034-9690
Vnukova, M; Ptacek, R; (...); Goetz, M. (2020). Prevalence of ADHD Symptomatology in Adult Population in the Czech Republic-A National Study. Journal of Attention Disorders. Vol. 25, No. 12 (2021), pp. 1657-1664, DOI 10.1177/1087054720934042
Jonason, PK; Zemojtel-Piotrowska, M; (...); Yahiiaev, I. (2020). Country-level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries. Journal of Personality 88 (6), pp.1252-1267, DOI 10.1111/jopy.12569
Rogoza, R; Zemojtel-Piotrowska, M; (...); Wlodarczyk, A. (2020). Structure of Dark Triad Dirty Dozen Across Eight World Regions. Assessment 28 (4) , pp.1125-1135 DOI 10.1177/1073191120922611

Publication Activities

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