Socijalna psihijatrija, Vol. 52 No. 1, 2024.
Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.24869/spsih.2024.47
Bibliotherapy, Self-Help and Subjective Well-Being in Open Access in Croatia
Iva Žurić Jakovina
orcid.org/0000-0003-1736-9309
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Cultural Studies, Rijeka, Croatia;
Dolores Mumelaš
orcid.org/0000-0003-0849-4204
; National and University Library in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Self-help, bibliotherapy and subjective well-being are topics that are becoming increasingly present in public discourse
in Croatia. This paper will explain the concepts of self-help most often associated with self-help books, bibliotherapy as
one of the therapeutic techniques, and the concept of subjective well-being as the pursuit of happiness and personal
satisfaction in life. All these terms relate to the destigmatization of psychotherapy with the aim of increasing awareness of
the importance of mental health. Given the increasing presence of these topics in the scientific and professional discourse,
this paper will present the results of research on the extent to which these topics are represented in the Croatian open
access scientific publications. The research was conducted as part of the citizen science activity “Self-Help and Well-Being
in an Academic Online Environment”, which focuses on professional and scientific resources in open access. The activity
is connected with one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 3: health and well-being) and at the same time
emphasizes the importance of open access and open science, as well as independent information search. The idea of
implementing this activity originated from the motto of the 2022 Croatian Book Month, “Think about yourself – read”,
which focused on the mental health of young people. Students of the Department of Information and Communication
Sciences, University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (n=20) participated in the activity and searched
the Portal of Croatian scientific and professional journals - Hrčak using the key words self-help, subjective well-being and bibliotherapy. The results of the research showed that subjective well-being is the most represented topic on the Portal
of Croatian scientific and professional journals - Hrčak, while the topics of bibliotherapy and self-help are discussed to
a somewhat lesser extent. All three topics are associated with key terms such as psychology, youth, quality of life and
mental health. In addition to research results, it has been observed that citizen science can assist in data collection and
scientific research, because in addition to facilitating the dissemination of knowledge, it also contributes to building new
partnerships, as well as a further popularization of science and spreading awareness about mental health.
Ključne riječi
Bibliotherapy; Mental Health; Subjective Well-Being; Open Access; Self-Help
Hrčak ID:
320248
URI
Datum izdavanja:
20.3.2024.
Posjeta: 212 *