Ongoing National Projects

Online Psychoeducation Support on Stress and Anxiety Management for Individuals and Families During COVID–19 Pandemic

Staff

Aliriza Arenliu, Natyra Agani & Students

Donors

Municipality of Prizren, University of Prishtina

Project Description

Determination to address COVID-19 is important, however the efforts made in this direction are challenging individual and families by challenging their life style and everyday functioning. Situation with pandemics can be stressful and provoking anxiety and worrying thought among individual and families. In addition to public health measures to prevent infection with COVID 19 as a key measure, Kosovo also needs to address potential mental health issues related to this pandemic. Offering alternative methods of mental health services in this situation is of primary importance, as the classic methods known in the literature and in practice are not feasible at this times. Project aims to launch a web site which will provide basic information on COVID 19 and mainly focus one mental health issues potentially to be associated with pandemic.  

Completed Projects

Multilevel Contextual Analysis of School Violence in Kosovo

Staff

Aliriza Arenliu, Kaltrina Kelmendi, Zamira Hyseni Duraku

Donors

Partially supported by the Ministry of Education and Technology of Kosovo; Art Copy

Project Description

The study explores multilevel factors associated with various forms of school victimization in primary schools of Kosovo. Specifically explores: individual, school related variables and family factors associated with school violence. Study was conducted in several Kosovo municipalities with sample of n=11000 students from grades 6 to 9. The study was conducted with major contribution of students in field work such as data collection and data entry.