Vice-rector for science and human resources
s. Dr. habil. Beata Zarzycka, prof. KUL

Date of birth
October 8, 1974 in Lukow

Education
1993, high school diploma from T. Kosciuszko High School in Lukow
2001, master's degree in psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
2003, doctoral degree in psychology on the basis of dissertation Psychosocial determinants of the sense of change in self-image during religious formation
2017, postdoctoral degree in the social sciences in the discipline of psychology, on the basis of work Religious Struggles Determinants and functions

Employment
2004-2008, research and teaching assistant in the Department of Social Psychology and Psychology of Religion at the Institute of Psychology of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
2008-2018, assistant professor, and since 2019 a professor at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
A language scholarships at the Divine Word School of English in Ireland (2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018) and a research visit to St. Patrick's College in Maynooth (Ireland, 2014)

National and international research projects
2009-2011, centrality and content of the system of religious constructs and the sense of internal cohesion, grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education
2008-2009, Religion Monitor, Bertelsmann Stiftung
2016, Image of Poland and its achievements in the light of surveys of participants of the World Youth Days, project of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
2021-present, grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education "Excellent science - Support of scientific monographs" for spreading in Polish and English of the book "Religious struggles. Determinants and functions"

Main directions of scientific research and publications
Scientific research in the field of psychology of religion and spirituality, as well as psychology of health and psychotherapy. Four scientific monographs: Zarzycka, B. (2017). Religious struggles: determinants and functions. KUL Publishing House; Śliwak, J., Bartczuk, R., Wiechetek, M., Zarzycka, B. (2017). Participants of World Youth Days about Poland and Poles. Media and Market; Zarzycka, B., Tychmanowicz, A. (2015). Faith and strength. Religiosity in coherence processes. UMCS Publishing House; Zarzycka, B. (2005). Personality and formation. KUL Scientific Society. The author of numerous publications in the field of psychology of religion and health psychology published in international journals. The main directions of scientific research include the following areas:
Methodological problems of the study of religiosity - this path focuses on the problems of psychological measurement of religiosity, as well as the construction and adjustment of methods for the study of religiosity. Developed, among others: The Religiosity Centrality Scale, Post-Critical Beliefs Scale (with: Bartczuk, R., Wiechetek, M.), Consolation and Religious Tension Scale, Emotions toward God (with: Bartczuk, R.), Religious and Spiritual Stress Scale (with: Ciszek, P., Rykowska, K.), Religious Support Scale (with: Tychmanowicz, A., Korulczyk, T., Bjorck, J.); Multidimensional Prayer Inventory (with: R. Rybarski, K. Tomaka, D. Krok); Test of Readiness to Enter Interreligious Dialogue (with: E. Rydz, R. Bartczuk, A. Wieradzka-Pilarczyk); Spiritual Well-being Scale.
Sample publications: Zarzycka, B., Krok, D., Tomaka, K., &. Rybarski, R. (2022).
Multidimensional Prayer Inventory: Psychometric Properties and Clinical Applications. Religions, 13, 79; Zarzycka, B., Bartczuk, R. P., Rybarski, R. (2020). Centrality of Religiosity Scale in Polish Research: Curvilinear Mechanism Explaining the Categories of Centrality of Religiosity, Religions, 1(2), 64; Bartczuk, R., Zarzycka, B. (2020). Theory-Driven Measurement of the Content of Prayer: Polish Revision of S. Huber Content of Prayer Scale. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 23(6), 477-493; Rydz, E., Bartczuk, R. P., Zarzycka, B., & Wieradzka-Pilarczyk, A. (2020) Readiness to Engage in Interreligious Dialogue Test – internal structure, reliability and validity, Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 23(6), 458-476.

Regulatory function of religiosity - this line of research takes up the issue of functional aspects of religiosity. Sample publications: Krok, D., Zarzycka, B., Telka, E. (2021). Religiosity, meaning-making and the fear of COVID‐19 affecting well-being among late adolescents in Poland: A moderated mediation model. Journal of Religion and Health, 60, 3265–3281; Krok, D., Zarzycka, B., Telka, E. (2021). The religious meaning system and resilience in spouse caregivers of cancer patients: A moderated mediation model of hope and affect. Journal of Religion and Health, 60, 2960–2976; Krok, D., Zarzycka, B. (2020). Self-efficacy and psychological well-being in cardiac patients: Moderated mediation by affect and meaning-making. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 154(6), 411-425.

Religion as a source of stress - this line of research focuses on the issue of religious and spiritual struggles. Sample publications: Zarzycka, B., Tychmanowicz, A., Krok, D. (2020).
Religious struggle and psychological well-being: The mediating role of religious support and meaning making. Religions, 11(3), 149; Zarzycka, B., Puchalska-Wasyl, M. (2020). Can religious and spiritual struggle enhance well-being? Exploring the mediating effects of internal dialogues. Journal of Religion and Health. 59, 1897–1912; Zarzycka, B., Ziętek, P. (2019). Spiritual growth or decline and meaning making as mediators of anxiety and satisfaction with life during religious struggle. Journal of Religion and Health, 58, 1072–1086;

Psychological aspects of prayer - this line of research focuses on the psychological aspects of prayer.
Sample publications: Zarzycka, B., Krok, D. (2021). Disclosure to God as a mediator between private prayer and psychological well-being in a Christian sample. Journal of Religion and Health, 60, 1083–1095; Puchalska-Wasyl, M., Zarzycka, B. (2019). Internal dialogue as a mediator in the relationship between prayer and well-being. Journal of Religion and Health. 59, 2045–2063; Puchalska-Wasyl, M., Zarzycka, B. (2019). Puchalska-Wasyl, M., Zarzycka, B. (2020). Prayer and internal dialogical activity: How do they predict well-being? Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 12(4), 417–427.

Deconversion processes in young people
This line of research focuses on the psychological processes of departure from religious faith in adolescents. Sample publications:
Puchalska-Wasyl, M. M., Łysiak, M., Zarzycka, B. (2022). Deconversion and identity formation in adolescents: The role of internal dialogs and religiousness of parents. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 0(0), 1-16; Zarzycka, B., Puchalska-Wasyl, M., Łysiak, M. (2021).

Deconversion processes and quality of life among adolescent: The mediating role of social support. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2021.1946266; Łysiak, M., Zarzycka, B., Puchalska-Wasyl, M. (2020). Deconversion processes in adolescence – the role of parental and peer factors, Religions, 11(12), 664
Relational depth as a healing factor in humanistic-experiential psychotherapy.
Sample publications: Zarzycka, B., Jankowski, T., Krasiczynska, B. (2022). Therapeutic relationship and professional burnout in psychotherapists: A structural equation model approach. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29(1), 250-259; Zarzycka, B., Jankowski, T., Szostek, D., DiMalta, G., Cooper, M. (2022). Relational depth from the perspective of the therapeutic dyad: Psychometric properties of the Relational Depth Frequency Scale. Psychotherapy Research, 10.1080/10503307.2022.2038803

A complete list of publications:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Beata_Zarzycka https://pracownik.kul.pl/beata.zarzycka/dorobek https://scholar.google.pl/citations?user=XjSAu1UAAAAJ&hl=pl

Conference activities
More than 60 papers at scientific, national and international conferences, as well as more than 20 papers at interdisciplinary and training conferences

Scientific committees, societies, and editorial boards
A member of the editorial board of Mental Health, Religion, & Culture
A reviewer for psychology journals including: Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Review of Religious Research, The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, Journal of Religion and Health, Religions, Death Studies
A member of the Polish Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, the Polish Society for Spiritual Care in Medicine and the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR)
A member of the scientific committees of psychology conferences, including those organized by the Polish Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021)

Teaching, professional and social activities
At the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, teaches classes, including psychology of religion, master's seminars in psychology of religion and spirituality, research methodology in social psychology, analysis of interpretation of empirical data in social psychology and psychology of communication
A supervisor of doctoral students at the Doctoral School of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and at the Doctoral School of the Adam Mickiewicz University
2006-2013, a tutor at the College of Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (MISHuS)
2008-2010, the curator of the MISHuS Students' Research Circle
Lectures for formation institutions, including the Salvatorian Spiritual Formation Center, and psychological research and consultation for church institutions.

University functions
2009-2012, Head of Postgraduate Studies in Psychological Counseling
2019-2020, Director of the Institute of Psychology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL)

Awards
2013, the award of the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
The Prof. Joseph B. Sidowski Awards for International Publications for 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
2018, Individual Award of the Rector of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 2nd Degree, for Scientific Achievement
2019, Individual Award of the Rector of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 1st Degree, for Scientific Achievement
2019, Award of the Vice-Chancellor of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin for the best-scoring scientific publication
2018, Medal of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin for special merits for education and upbringing
2019, Bronze Presidential Medal for Long Service