Homelessness as a Social Problem - Socio-pathological Phenomenon - Qualitative Analysis

Authors

  • Miroslav Tvrdoň Department of Social Work and Social Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 948 01 Nitra, Slovakia
  • Radoslav Lojan Faculty of Theology, The Catholic University in Ružomberok, Hlavná 79, Košice, 040 01, Slovakia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8657-124X
  • Tibor Máhrik Evangelical Theological Seminary of Prague, Stoliňská 41a, 193 00 Prague, Czech Republic
  • Stefan Zaharia “Prof. Dr. Alexandru Obregia” Clinic Hospital of Psychiatry, Șoseaua Berceni 10, București 041914, Romania
  • Vladimirovna Ekaterina Davydova Institute of Russian Language, Russian Language Department, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Miklukho-Maklaya 6, 117198 Moscow, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2022.2.95.106

Keywords:

homeless people, social problem, socio-pathological phenomenon, qualitatitve research, prejudices, causes

Abstract

Aim. In qualitative research, the authors identify the most frequent cases of homeless people staying on the street and identify general prejudices against homeless people who come into direct contact with the public.

Methods. The study analyses and interprets the risk aspects of the real life of the homeless. Through qualitative research based on open coding, the creation of a system of categories, and analytical induction, the authors established a final hypotheses.

Results. Studies confirm that homelessness affects not only the life of an individual, but also points to the experience of homeless society and the image of the homeless today. The authors analyse and identify the opinions of social workers who have experience with this target group.

Conclusion. The scholarly and professional opinions and contributions in this study highlight the strength and diversity of homelessness. By conducting qualitative research, they identify prejudices against the homeless and the causes that contribute to homelessness.

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Author Biographies

  • Miroslav Tvrdoň, Department of Social Work and Social Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 948 01 Nitra, Slovakia

    Doc. PaedDr. Miroslav Tvrdoň, PhD. graduated from Pedagogical Faculty in Nitra in 1988. In 1989, he was enrolled in the extended study program of Philosophy at the Comenius University in Bratislava, which he completed in 1994. He was the co-founder of the Department of Ethics, Catholic Ethics and Social Sciences at the University of Pedagogy where he worked as a Secretary and later Deputy Head of Department. In 1996 he founded the Department of Social Work and Social Sciences with the aim to train educated social workers. This year he started giving lectures at the Seminary in Nitra as a teaching assistant, and continued to do so for the next ten years. In 2003, he defended his dissertation thesis and was awarded the PhD degree at the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. In 2006 he defended his habilitation work and earned the Associate Professor title. In the years 2006–2014 he was nominated Vice-Rector for Public Relations and Social Affairs at Constantine the Philosopher University. He also acted as President of Academic Senate in the years 2014–2018. Since 2014 he became member of the Municipal Parliament in the Nitra Municipality and Vice-President of the Commission for Education, Youth and Sports. Since 2015 he has become member of the Municipal School Council in Nitra and since 2017 he took membership in the Accreditation Committee of the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic. His research interests focus on  social work and education

  • Radoslav Lojan , Faculty of Theology, The Catholic University in Ružomberok, Hlavná 79, Košice, 040 01, Slovakia

    In 2002 Lojan graduated from the Commenius University in Bratislava, Theological Institute in Kosice. In 2012 he completed his doctoral studies at Saint Paul University in Ottawa and University of Ottawa, Canada. Since 2013, Radoslav Lojan is an associate professor and since 2019 he is the Dean of the Theological Faculty, Catholic University in Ruzomberok. His research interests focus on moral theology, social work, palliative care and bioethics. Radoslav Lojan has experience with many project activities. He is a member of the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy,Washington DC and also a member of the research teams in various KEGA and VEGA projects

  • Tibor Máhrik, Evangelical Theological Seminary of Prague, Stoliňská 41a, 193 00 Prague, Czech Republic

    He is a philosopher, theologian and university teacher. With his education (MSc. in microelectronics at the Slovak University of Technology; PhDr. and PhD in nanoethics and philosophy at Constantine Philosopher University in Nitra; DipTh. in theology at Belfast Bible College) he bridges several fields of knowledge and seeks interdisciplinary interpretations of the phenomena under investigation. His research areas include epistemology, metaethics, theology and metaphysics, while the place of man in society in a teleological sense remains at the epicenter of his research and publication interest. He considers Kierkegaard's concept of the individual and the paradoxical nature of the world to be a proper and relevant starting point for understanding the current challenges of society and the family.

  • Stefan Zaharia, “Prof. Dr. Alexandru Obregia” Clinic Hospital of Psychiatry, Șoseaua Berceni 10, București 041914, Romania

    He is resident on psychiatry wthin Psychiatry Clinical Hospital „Prof. Alexandru Obregia”, Bucharest, Romania. Stefan Zaharia graduated from University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Carol Davila” Bucharest, with the subject mental health status of the general population during COVID-19 Pandemic.

  • Vladimirovna Ekaterina Davydova, Institute of Russian Language, Russian Language Department, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Miklukho-Maklaya 6, 117198 Moscow, Russia

    Research interests: Russian as a foreign language teaching methodology for special purposes, methods of literary text analysis, comparative literary studies (study of the influence of German Romanticism on Russian and European literature of the XIX-XX centuries), author of many monographs, textbooks, articles.

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2022-09-27

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2022): Journal of Education Culture and Society

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Tvrdoň, M. ., Lojan , R., Máhrik, T., Zaharia, S. ., & Davydova, V. E. . (2022). Homelessness as a Social Problem - Socio-pathological Phenomenon - Qualitative Analysis. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 13(2), 95-106. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2022.2.95.106