An investigation of effort-reward imbalance and cognitive inhibition in the context of higher education

• Thesis title in Czech: Zkoumání nerovnováhy úsilí a odměny v kontextu vysokoškolského vzdělávání
• Thesis title in English: An investigation of effort-reward imbalance and cognitive inhibition in the context of higher education
• English key words: Effort-reward imbalance; cognitive inhibition; stroop task; general health; higher education
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2018/2019
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Programme SHV - Social Sciences Module (24-SM)
• Supervisor: Timothy Jason Wells, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 17.03.2019
• Date of assignment: 17.03.2019
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 26.06.2019
• Date of electronic submission: 26.06.2019
• Date of proceeded defence: 20.09.2019
• Course: Thesis Defence (YAKE05)
• Opponents: doc. Mgr. Jitka Lindová, Ph.D.

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Preliminary scope of work in English

Effort-reward imbalance has been associated with many psychological and somatic problems in working populations, but has only recently been applied to the study of negative health outcomes among students. And while cognitive inhibition is associated with a variety of psychological disorders, its relationship to effort-reward imbalance is yet to be determined.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between effort-reward imbalance, cognitive inhibition, and other measures with which they are associated, in a student population. Czech undergraduates were administered the color Stroop task and a series of questionnaires. A multiple regression was run to find significant relationships between the variables measured.