Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Veveří 97, 602 00 Brno
Tel.: +420 532290282
E-mail: baumgartner@psu.cas.cz

Research interests

• emotional intelligence
• emotion regulation
• coping with stressful situations
• interpersonal aggression

Education & Practice

2009-present: pedagogue, Department of psychology Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava
2006-present: researcher, Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Brno
2003: associate professor for general psychology, Masaryk University, Brno
1983-2007: researcher, Institute of Social Sciences of Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Kosice
1995-2007: pedagogue, Faculty of Arts, University of Presov
1999-2005: pedagogue, Faculty of public administration, University of Pavel Jozef Safarik, Kosice
1989: CSc. (equivalent to PhD.), Institute of experimental psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
1984-1988: postgraduate study of psychology, Institute of experimental psychology, SAS, Bratislava
1978-1982: study of psychology, Faculty of Arts, Presov, University of Pavel Jozef Safarik, Kosice

Research projects supported by grant agencies

2012-2014 School bullying as a process - a social-cognitive analysis of classroom bullying (research team member), Grant Agency of Czech Republic (P407/12/2325)
2009-2011 Emotional intelligence and its role in coping (principal investigator), Grant Agency of Czech Republic (406/09/2096)
2007 – 2009 Psychological characterization of emerging adulthood (research team member), Grant agency of Academy of Sciences (IAA700250702)
2007 - 2008 Social competency, social intelligence and possibilities of their development (co-investigator), Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences (S.G.A.)
2004 – 2006 Social intelligence and its role to effective functioning in interpersonal relationships (principal investigator), S. G. A. (2/4171/04)
2003 - 2007 Predictions of Developmental Trends in Social Sphere (subprincipal investigator), project of state program of research in Slovakia – part of international research project European Social Survey (ESS)
2003 - 2005 Personality and situational factors of behavioral strategies in the demanding life situation of unemployment (subprincipal investigator), S. G. A.
2000 – 2002 Application of interaction paradigm in study of strategies of social behavior: possibilities and limitations (subprincipal investigator), S. G. A.
1997 – 1999 Role of social and implicit norms in strategies of behavior (subprincipal investigator), S. G. A.
1994 – 1996 Strategies of social behavior in demanding life situations (research team member), Grant Agency of Slovak Academy of Sciences
1991 – 1993 Strategies of self-actualization in socio-cultural context and possibilities of their optimalization (principal investigator), Grant Agency of Slovak Academy of Sciences

Organizational activities in scientific community, memberships at scientific associations

• vice-chair of Advisory board of Institute of Psychology, AS CR
• member of Doctoral board of degree program Psychology on Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
• member of European Association of Social Psychology (EASP)

Memberships in editorial boards

• member of editorial board of Psychology and Pathopsychology of Child (Psychológia a patopsychológia dieťaťa)
• member of editorial board of Man and Society (Človek a spoločnosť)
• member of editorial board of Social and Political Analysis (Sociálne a politické analýzy)

Selected publications

Baumgartner, F. ; Karaffová, E. Coping strategies in relations to aspects of emerging adulthood (in Czech). Psychologie pro praxi, 2012, Roč. 47, 1-2, s. 11-25. ISSN 1803-8670. Wirtz, Z. ; Baumgartner, F. Effect of preventive program to understanding of emotions, coping strategies and antisocial behavior in South African adolescents (in Slovak). Psychológia a patopsychológia dieťaťa, 2012, Roč. 46, č. 4, s. 315-335. ISSN 0555-5574.

Baumgartner, F. Emotional intelligence and efficiency of coping strategies (in Slovak). In Halama, P.; Hanák, R.; Masaryk, R. (ed.). Sociálne procesy a osobnosť 2012: zborník príspevkov z 15. ročníka medzinárodnej konferencie. Bratislava : Ústav experimentálnej psychológie SAV, 2012, S. 264-268. ISBN 978-80-88910-40-4. [Sociálne procesy a osobnosť 2012, Nový Smokovec, 17.09.2012-19.09.2012, SK].

Baumgartner, F. ; Zacharová, Z. Emotional and social intelligence in relation to coping in early adolescence (in Slovak). E-psychologie, 2011, Roč. 5, č. 1, s. 1-15. ISSN 1802-8853. Dostupný z WWW: <http://e-psycholog.eu/clanek/112>

Baumgartner, F. ; Karaffová, E. ; Matejová, K. Developmental differences in social intelligence and its components (in Slovak). In Birknerová, Z. (ed.). Sociálna inteligencia v manažmente školy a v pracovnom procese. Prešov : Katedra managementu, Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, 2011. S. 18-28. ISBN 978-80-555-0436-0.

Baumgartner, F. ; Karaffová, E. Comparison of two measures of emotional intelligence as a trait (in Slovak). In Bartošová, K.; Čerňák, M.; Humpolíček, P.; Kukaňová, M.; Slezáčková, A. (ed.). Sociální procesy a osobnost. Člověk na cestě životem: křižovatky a mosty. Brno : Psychologický ústav Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity a Tribun EU, 2011, S. 21-25. ISBN 978-80-263-0029-8. [Sociální procesy a osobnost. Člověk na cestě životem: křižovatky a mosty, Kroměříž, 14.09.2011-16.09.2011, CZ].

Baumgartner, F. ; Molčanová, Z. ; Chylová, M. Emotional intelligence in relation to coping (in Slovak). In Ruisel, I.; Prokopčáková, A. (ed.). Kognitívny portrét človeka. Bratislava : Slovak Academic Press, 2010. S. 186-204. ISBN 978-80-88910-29-9.

Baumgartner, F. ; Zacharová, Z. Emotional intelligence as an ability and its relation to trait emotional intelligence (in Slovak). In Čechová, D. (ed.). Psychologica XL. Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského, 2010, S. 153-162. ISBN 978-80-89236-93-0. [Osobnosť v kontexte kognícií, emocionality a motivácií II, Bratislava, 26.11.2009-27.11.2009, SK].

Baumgartner, F. Social intelligence in relation to interpersonal traits (in Slovak). Československá psychologie, 2009, Roč. 53, č. 2, s. 172-183. ISSN 0009-062X.

Baumgartner, F. ; Orosová, O. ; Výrost, J. Social intelligence, social competence (in Czech). In Sociální psychologie. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2008. S. 199-215. ISBN 978-80-247-1428-8.

Baumgartner, F. Social cognition (in Czech). In Sociální psychologie. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2008. S. 181-198. ISBN 978-80-247-1428-8.

Baumgartner, F. ; Ištvániková, L. To relation of social and emotional intelligence (in Slovak). Človek a spoločnosť, 2008, Roč. 11, č. 1, s. 28-33. ISSN 1335-3608.

Molčanová, Z. ; Baumgartner, F. Emotional intelligence - theory, methodology, possibilities of research (in Slovak). In Ruisel, I. (ed.). Myslenie – osobnosť – múdrosť. Bratislava : Slovak Academic Press, 2008. S. 163-188. ISBN 978-80-8891-0251-1.

Molčanová, Z. ; Baumgartner, F. ; Kaňuková, A. Social intelligence in relation to loneliness (in Slovak). Sociálne a politické analýzy (http://sapa.fvs.upjs.sk/), 2007, Roč. 1, č. 2, s. 63-76. ISSN 1337-5555.