Full Professor in psychology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
July 21, 2025: Full Professor in psychology awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland
Habilitation in psychology awarded on the basis of the Resolution of the Institute of Psychology Board, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, 11 December 2017.
PhD degree in psychology awarded on the basis of a doctoral dissertation entitled Determinants of the lack of a lifetime partner in young adulthood (Resolution of the Institute of Psychology Board, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, 25 January 2010).
Dissertation supervisor: Prof. UAM dr hab. Barbara Harwas-Napierała,
Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.
Reviewers: Prof. dr hab. Maria Braun-Gałkowska and Prof. dr hab. Anna I. Brzezińska
MA degree in psychology (specialization: clinical psychology) awarded on 20 June 2005, Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.
Title of MA thesis: Functioning of family systems with the problem of anorexia and bulimia
Thesis supervisor: Prof. UAM dr hab. Barbara Harwas-Napierała,
Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
I am an associate professor at the Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.
(1) Determinants and correlates of singlehood
(2) The link between relationship status and mental health
(3) Psychology of intimate relationships
(4) Cultural adaptation of foreign measurement tools
(5) Somatopsychic dependencies in patients treated conservatively due to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
(6) Human development in young adulthood
(7) Psychology of sex and gender
The Principal Investigator of the research project Singlehood in terms of the ambiguous loss theory: The link between singlehood and mental health in the perspective of moderation and mediation function of the selected psychological factors (UMO-2019/34/E/HS6/00164).
The project is financed by the National Science Centre, Poland within the contest Sonata BIS 9.
Amount of founding: 2 698 524 PLN
Description for the general public
The Principal Investigator of the research project „Relationship status and mental and physical health of young adults in Poland and the United States of America: A longitudinal investigation” (UMO-2014/13/B/HS6/01382).
Project is financed by the Polish National Science Centre.
The project is being carried out in collaboration with Prof. Chris Segrin
(The University of Arizona, USA) as a main investigator.
The Principal Investigator of the research project “Marital, love and sexual attitudes as predictors of young adults’ relationship status: A longitudinal investigation” (UMO-2012/05/D/HS6/03000) Project was financed by the Polish National Science Centre.
An investigator in the project APPARENT: „Transition to parenthood: International and national studies of norms and gender division of work at the life course transition to parenthood”
(Starting Grant (StG), SH2, ERC-2010-StG).
The international project carried out by researchers from Sweden, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Czech Republich and Poland.
Project is financed by European Research Council (ERC).
The Principal Investigator of the project: Prof. dr. Daniela Grunow, Sociology of Social Change, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The Principal Investigator of the research project “Adaptation of foreign tools measuring heterosocial competence”.
The Principal Investigator (in collaboration with PhD Emilia Soroko) of the research project “Relational patterns as determinants of relationship status in adulthood”.
The Principal Investigator of the research project “Adaptation of foreign tools measuring dating anxiety and fear of being single”.
The Principal Investigator of the research project “Adaptation of foreign tools measuring loneliness and perceived social support among adults”.
Individual Award of the 1st Degree from the AMU Rector.
Award for Publication Productivity in the field of social sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU).
Award for Best Lecture titled “Social Relationships as the Key to Our Well-being” in the Field of Positive Psychology, SWPS University, Poznań, Poland.
Scientific scholarship given by the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan for significant scientific achievements in 2015
Scholarship of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education for young prominent researchers
Individual award of the 1st degree given by the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan for significant scientific achievements in 2014
Finalist of the fourteenth edition of the Research Award 2014 given by the Polish journal “Politics” in the field of social sciences
Individual award of the 3rd degree given by the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan for significant scientific achievements in 2013
Individual award of the 2nd degree given by the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan for significant scientific achievements in 2012
Individual award of the 3rd degree given by the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan for scientific achievements and the book entitled “The selected conditions of the lack of a lifetime partner in young adulthood” printed in 2010 by the Publishing House of the Faculty of Social Sciences at UAM.
Scholarship of the Poznan City Department for young researchers for prominent achievements in the field of human development psychology and research on singlehood
Winner of the contest for the greatest Polish scientific achievements "Cudze chwalicie, swego nie znacie – promocja osiągnięć nauki polskiej" [‘The grass is greener on the other side of the fence’ – the promotion of Polish scientific achievements] organised by the Polish Foundation of Centres for Support of Economic Development "OIC Poland" and the University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin; also the audience award for research into the conditions of the lack of a lifetime partner in young adulthood
1-year scholarship awarded by the Foundation of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan for PhD students for prominent scientific achievements