Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Macháčková, Ph.D.
Postdoc researcher
Email: hmachack@fss.muni.cz
ResearchGate: researchgate.net/profile/Hana_Machackova
1. Research interests
- Online communities; SNS use; Self-disclosure online; Online privacy; Cyberbullying – victims and bystanders; Blogging phenomenon; Parental mediation of children´s internet use.
2. Projects
- 2015- 2018 THINLINE project – The thin line between disorder and a healthy lifestyle: Investigating the online behavior of today’s youth
- 2014-2016 The experimental research on online behavior of ICT users, using the perspectives od social sciences, law and informatics
- 2014-2016 Psychological aspects of adolescent civic participation
- 2011-2013 Risks of Internet Use for Children and Adolescents
- 2011-2012 Coping Strategies with Cyberbullying among Adolescents
3. Publications
Articles
- Macková, A., Macháčková, H., Macek, J., & Šerek, J. (2016). When age matters: Patterns of participative and communicative practices in the Czech Republic. Communication Today, 7(2), 46-65.
- Machackova, H., Dedkova, L., Sevcikova, A., & Cerna, A. (2016). Bystanders’ supportive and passive responses to cyberaggression. Journal of School Violence. Advanced online publication. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2016.1222499
- Almenara, C. A., Machackova, H., & Smahel, D. (2016). Individual differences associated with exposure to ‘‘ana-mia’’ websites: An examination of adolescents from 25 European countries. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Advanced online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2016.0098
- Machackova, H., Dedkova, L., Sevcikova, A., & Cerna, A. (2016). Empathic responses by cyberbystanders: The importance of proximity. Journal of Youth Studies, 19, 793-804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2015.1112882
- Wright, M. F., Yanagida, T., Aoyama, I., Dědková, L., Li, Z., Kamble, S. V., … & Shu, C. (2016). Differences in attributions for public and private face-to-face and cyber victimization among adolescents in China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, India, Japan, and the United States. The Journal of Genetic Psychology. Advanced online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2016.1185083
- Wright, M. F., Yanagida, T., Ševčíková, A., Aoyama, I., Dědková, L., Macháčková, H., … & Lei, L. (2016). Differences in coping strategies for public and private face-to-face and cyber victimization among adolescents in six countries. International Journal of Developmental Science. Advanced online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/DEV-150179
- Machackova, H. & Pfetsch, J. (2016). Bystanders’ responses to offline bullying and cyberbullying: The role of empathy and normative beliefs about aggression. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 57, 169–176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12277
- Cerna, A., Machackova, H., Dedkova, L. (2016). Whom to trust: The role of mediation and perceived harm in support seeking by cyberbullying victims. Children & Society, 30, 256-277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/chso.12136
- Bayraktar, F., Machackova, H., Dedkova, L., Cerna, A., & Sevcikova, A. (2015). Cyberbullying: The discriminant factors among cyberbullies, cybervictims, and cyberbully-victims in a Czech adolescent sample. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 30, 3192-3216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260514555006.
- Šerek, J., & Machackova, H. (2015). Predicting online and offline civic participation among young Czech Roma: The roles of resources, community perceptions and social norms. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41, 2173-2191. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2015.1049590.
- Barbovschi M., Macháčková, H., & Ólafsson, K. (2015). Underage use of social network sites: It’s about friends. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18, 328-332. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2014.0553
- Machackova, H., Dedkova, L., & Mezulanikova, K. (2015). Brief report: The bystander effect in cyberbullying incidents. Journal of Adolescence, 43, 96-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.05.010
- Ševčíková, A., Macháčková, H., Wright, M. F., Dědková, L., & Černá, A. (2015). Social support seeking in relation to parental attachment and peer relationships among victims of cyberbullying. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 25, 170-182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jgc.2015.1
- Šerek, J., & Machackova, H. (2014). Online only: Which Czech young adults prefer online civic participation?. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 8(3), article 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CP2014-3-6.
- Machackova, H., Cerna, A., Sevcikova, A., Dedkova, L., & Daneback, K. (2013). Effectiveness of coping strategies for victims of cyberbullying. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 7(3), article 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CP2013-3-5
- Sevcikova, A., Serek, J., Machackova, H. & Smahel, D. (2013). The Extent Matters: Exposure to Sexually Explicit Materials among Czech Adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 33, 1048-1071. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431613483004
- Macháčková, H., Dedkova, L., Sevcikova, A., & Cerna, A. (2013). Bystanders’ Support of Cyberbullied Schoolmates. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 23, 25-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casp.2135. Available here.
- Vazsonyi, A.T., Machackova, H., Sevcikova, A., Smahel, D., & Cerna, A. (2012). Cyberbullying in context: Direct and indirect effects by low self-control across 25 European countries. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 9, 210-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2011.644919. Available here.
- Machackova, H. & Blinka, L. (2009). Význam členství v online fanouškovské komunitě pro adolescenty [Importance of online fan communities for adolescents]. Sociální studia, 6(2), 37-53. Available here.
Books
- Černá, A., Dědková, L., Macháčková, H., Ševčíková, A., & Šmahel, D. (2013). Kyberšikana: Průvodce novým fenoménem [Cyberbullying: A guide to a new phenomenon]. Praha: Grada.
Book chapters
- Görzig, A. & Machackova, H. (in press). Cyberbullying in Europe: A review of evidence from cross-national data. In M. F. Wright (Ed.), A social-ecological approach to cyberbullying. Hauppauge: Nova Publishing.
- Machackova, H. (2015). Online communities and early adolescents. In P. Lorentz, D. Smahel, M. Metykova, & M. F. Wright (Eds.), Living in the digital age: Self-presentation, networking, playing, and participating in politics (pp. 62-77). Brno: Muni Press. Available here.
- Machackova, H., Cernikova, M., Smahel, D., & Ocadlikova, Z. (2015). Children’s privacy management on social network sites. In P. Lorentz, D. Smahel, M. Metykova, & M. F. Wright (Eds.), Living in the digital age: Self-presentation, networking, playing, and participating in politics (pp. 95-109). Brno: Muni Press. Available here.
- Macháčková, H. (2014). Online komunity: v čem představují rizika pro dospívající? [Online communities: What are their risks for adolescents?]. In A. Ševčíková (Ed.), Děti a dospívající online: Vybraná rizika používání internetu [Youth online: Selected risks of internet use]. Praha: Grada.
- Macháčková, H. (2014). Soukromí a sebe-odkrývání na online sociálních sítích [Privacy and self-disclosure on online social network sites]. In A. Ševčíková (Ed.), Děti a dospívající online: Vybraná rizika používání internetu [Youth online: Selected risks of internet use]. Praha: Grada.
Proceedings
- Machackova, H., & Dedkova, L. (2014). Self-disclosure in online communities. In XVI European Conference on Developmental Psychology (pp. 145-147). Bologna, Italy: Medimond.
- Ševčíková, A., Šerek, J., & Macháčková, H. (2012). Exposure to online sexual materials and cross-country differences. In M. Strano, H. Harchovec, F. Sudweeks, & Ch. Ess. (Eds.), Proceedings of Eighth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication (pp. 502-513). Murdoch: Murdoch University.
Reports
- Macháčková, H., Dědková, L., & Ševčíková, A. (2015). Dospívající na internetu [Adolescents on the Internet]. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Available here.
- Görzig, A., & Machackova, H. (2015). Cyberbullying from a socio-ecological perspective: A contemporary synthesis of findings from EU Kids Online (Media@LSE Working Paper Series, No. 36). London: LSE. Available here.
- Šerek, J., Macháčková, H., & Scott, Z. (2014). Psychologické aspekty občanské participace adolescentů. Zpráva z výzkumného projektu [Psychological aspects of adolescent civic participation]. Available here.
- Dědková, L., Macháčková, H., Ševčíková, A., Černá, A., & Wright, M. (2014). Vnímání verbálních útoků na internetu a ve školách [The perception of verbal attacks in online and school environment]. Available here.
- Macháčková, H., Dědková, L., Ševčíková, A., & Černá, A. (2013). Online obtěžování a kyberšikana II. Rozšířená zpráva projektu „Copingové strategie kyberšikany u adolescentů“. Available here.
- Macháčková, H., Dědková, L., Ševčíková, A., & Černá, A. (2013). Online Harassment and Cyberbullying II. An extended report on the “Coping strategies in adolescents facing cyberbullying”. Available here.
- Macháčková, H., Černá, A., Dědková, L., Ševčíková, A., & Blažková, E. (2012). Online obtěžování a kyberšikana. Zpráva projektu „Copingové strategie kyberšikany u adolescentů“ [Cyberbullying and Online Harassment. The report from project Coping strategies with cyberbullying among adolescents]. Available here.
Conferences
- Machackova, H., Cerna, A., Dedkova, L. (September, 2016). Beyond pro-ana and pro-mia: Adolescent members of thinness-oriented online communities. Poster presented at the XV biennial conference of European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Cadiz, Spain.
- Dedkova, L. & Machackova, H. (September, 2016). Thinness-oriented online communities visited by early and middle adolescents. Poster presented at the XV biennial conference of European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Cadiz, Spain.
- Umemura, T., Šerek, J. & Machackova, H. (September, 2016). Roles of parents in adolescents’ political attitudes: Mediating effects of general attitudes toward other people and society. Presented at the XV biennial conference of European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Cadiz, Spain.
- Dedkova, L., Machackova, H., & Smahel, D. (2015, November). The role of user characteristics in detecting potentially unwanted applications in internet security software. Presented at Cyberspace conference, Brno, Czech Republic.
- Machackova, H. & Pfetsch, J. S. (2015, November). Bystanders’ responses to bullying and cyberbullying: The role of empathy and normative beliefs about aggression. Presented at the XXth Workshop Aggression: Future Challenges of Aggression Research, Linz, Austria.
- Görzig, A. & Machackova, H. (2015, November). Cyber-bullying from a socio-ecological perspective: A review of evidence from cross-national data. Presented at the XXth Workshop Aggression: Future Challenges of Aggression Research, Linz, Austria.
- Macháčková, H., Dědková, L., Ševčíková, A., & Černá, A. (2014, November). Active and Passive Cyber-Bystanders: What is the Difference? Presented at the conference Cyberspace, Brno, Czech Republic.
- Machackova, H., Dedkova, L., & Mezulanikova, K. (2014, November). Bystander effect in cyberbullying incidents. Presented at the conference Social and Media Dimensions of Aggression, Berlin, Germany.
- Dedkova, L., Machackova, H., & Mezulanikova, K. (2014, November). Real and hypothetical cyberbullying bystanders: Do they tell the same story? Presented at the conference Social and Media Dimensions of Aggression, Berlin, Germany.
- Machackova, H, Dedkova, L., Sevcikova, A., & Cerna, A. (2014, May). Cyberbystanders’ empathic response: The context matters! Poster presented at Cyberbullying: A Challenge for researchers and practitioners, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Dedkova, L. , Machackova, H., Sevcikova, A., & Cerna, A. (2014, May). Groups of cyberbullying victims: Differentiating role of harm extent. Poster presented at Cyberbullying: A Challenge for researchers and practitioners, Gothenburg, Sweden. Available here.
- Cerna, A., Dedkova, L, & Machackova, H. (2014, May). Cyberbullying victims: Mediation and coping. Poster presented at Cyberbullying: A Challenge for researchers and practitioners, Gothenburg, Sweden. Available here.
- Machackova, H. & Dedkova, L. (2014, March). Cyberbullying victims: Coping strategies and victimization context. Poster presented at SRA Biennial Meeting, Austin, Texas, USA. Available here.
- Machackova, H. & Dedkova, L. (2013). Risky online communities in the Czech Republic. Presented at the Conference Social Processes & Personality, Třešť, Czech Republic. Available here.
- Macháčková, H & Dědková, L. (2013, September). Personal self-disclosure in online communities: Role of members´ self-disclosure, online disinhibition and perceived risk among Czech adolescents. Poster presented at XVI th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Macháčková, H., & Dědková, L. (2013, April). Online groups in early adolescence: Perceived importance and influence, online behavior and moderating role of online/offline interaction. Poster presented at 2013 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA. Available here.
- Blinka, L. Macháčková, H. & Černá, A. (2013, March). Teenage blogosphere in the era of Facebook: a cluster analysis of what youth blog about. Presented at the conference Youth 2.0: connecting, sharing and empowering?, Antwerp, Belgium.
- Macháčková, H., Ševčíková, A., Dědková, L., & Černá, A. (2012, June). The Effectiveness of Coping Strategies Used by Cyberbullying Victims. Poster presented at International Conference on Cyberbullying, Paris, France. Available here.
- Machackova, H. & Dedkova, L. (2011, November). Cyberbullying victims: Telling parents and peers. Presented at the conference Cyberspace 2011, Brno, Czech Republic.
- Černá, A., Vazsonyi, A.T., Šmahel, D., Ševčíková, A., Macháčková, H. (2011, August). Cyberbullying in Context: Direct and Indirect Effects by Low Self-Control Across 25 European Countries. Preliminary results. Presented at European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Bergen, Norway.
- Machackova, H. & Blinka, L. (2011, February). Teen’s blogosphere in the Czech Republic: an identity playground of self-presentation and imagined audience. Presented at the conference Youth (Sub)cultures in Changing Societies, Tallinn, Estonia.

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