prof. PhDr. Tomáš Urbánek, Ph.D.
Institute of Psychology
The Czech Academy of Sciences
Veveří 97
602 00 Brno
Phone: +420 532 290 270
E-mail: tour@psu.cas.cz
Research interests
- Psychometrics
- Psychosemantics
- Quantitative methodology of psychology
- Statistical analysis of the data
- Semiotics
Education
- 2012: professor in general psychology
- 2005: associate professor in general psychology
- 2001: PhDr. in psychology
- 1999: Ph.D. in psychology
- 1995: Mgr. in psychology
Job
- 2017 - : director of the Institute of Psychology
- 2003 - : head of the Methodology department
- 2008 - : senior scientific worker
- 1999 - 2008: scientific worker
- 1995 - 1999: research worker
Teaching
- Basics of psychometrics
- Methodology of psychology
- Psychosemantics
- Factor analysis
Research projects
- 2009 - 2011: Analysis of the stories evoked by the Thematic Apperception Test: quantitative and qualitative approaches
- 2011 - 2012: Different versions of N-back task: comparing efficiency in improving fluid intelligence scores
- 2012 - 2014: Complexity as an expression of the psychological life of an individual
- 2013 - 2014: Personality traits as mediators of the cognitive training effectiveness
- 2019 - 2021: Standardization of Woodcock-Johnson IV test for population of Romani children
- 2020 - 2023: Factors for reoffending and the process of desistance in the context of conditional release
- 2020 - 2023: Software for advanced diagnosis of graphomotor disabilities
Membership in professional organizations and committees
- from 1998: European Association of Personality Psychology
- 1999 - 2006: Scientific Council of the Institute of Psychology, ASCR
- 2003 - 2006: Discipline Panel No. 7 (Social and economical sciences) Scientific Foundation of the ASCR, 2004-2006 secretary of the panel
- from 2004: European Association for Methodology
- from 2004: Standing Working Group of the Accreditation Committee of Ministry of Education of CR for pedagogy, psychology and kinanthropology
- from 2005: Czech-Moravian Psychological Association
- from 2005: Standing Committee for Tests and Testing of EFPA, now Board of Assessment of EFPA
- from 2006: Institutional Board of the Institute of Psychology of the ASCR
- from 2007: Scientific Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Scientific Awards
- 2005: Otto Wichterle’s Award
Selected publications
- Mekyska, J., Šafárová, K., Urbánek, T., Bednářová, J., Zvončák, V., Havigerová, J. M., Čunek, L., Galáž, Z., Mucha, J., Klauszová, C., Faundez-Zanuy, M., Ferrer, M., Diaz, M. (2024): Graphomotor and Handwriting Disabilities Rating Scale (GHDRS): towards complex and objective assessment. Australian journal of learning difficulties, 29(1), 1-34.
- Czekóová, K., Urbánek, T. (2024): Validity of Intelligence Assessment Among the Roma Minority Population. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 42(2),
- Hrdlička, M., Urbánek, T., Mrkvička, A., Komárek, V., Pospíšilová, L., Mohaplová, M., Blatný, M., Dudová, I. (2023): Autistic and dysphasic children differ in social responsiveness and empathy but not in systemizing behavior. Československá psychologie, 67(5), 308-314.
- Mrázková, M., Furman, A., Ťápal, A., Urbánek, T. (2023): Czech Adaptation of Test 13 Visual-Auditory Learning Included in Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities. Studia Psychologica, 65(2), 120-132.
- Hrdlička, M., Urbánek, T., Rotreklová, A., Kultová, A., Válek, O., Dudová, I. (2023): Predictors of age at diagnosis in autism spectrum disorders: the use of multiple regression analyses and a classification tree on a clinical sample. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 32(3), 1-7.
- Šafárová, K., Mekyska, J., Urbánek, T., Čunek, L., Galáž, Z., Mucha, J., Zvončák, V., Bednářová, J. (2022): Grafomotorické dovednosti. Nové přístupy k diagnostice. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, ISBN 978-80-280-0257-2.
- Štěpánková, L., Urbánek, T. (2022): Colour Categorization and its Effect on Perception: A Conceptual Replication. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 51(5), 1203.
- Kajanová, A., Urbánek, T., Mrhalek, T., Ondrasek, S., Shivairova, O., Hynek, J. (2021): Item Analysis of the Czech Version of the WJ IV COG Battery from a Group of Romani Children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), 10518.
- Lacko, D., Čeněk, J., Urbánek, T. (2021): Psychometric Properties of the Independent and Interdependent Self-Construal Questionnaire: Evidence From the Czech Republic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(červen), 564011.
