Mariusz Zięba

Dr. Mariusz Zięba is a psychologist at SWPS University, where he serves as Head of the Department of General Psychology and leads the Center for Research on Trauma and Life Crises. His work focuses on psychological responses to trauma, positive transformations after crises, and the role of hope, compassion, and narrative analysis in human resilience.

• Research Themes: Trauma psychology, life crises, positive psychology, narrative analysis, and self-compassion.
• Projects: Replicated Charles R. Snyder's hope theory experiments, examining gender differences in hope responses to success/failure memories.

Scientific Recognition: Supervised students whose poster was awarded at the XIII Congress of the Polish Association of Social Psychology.

Labs & Teams: Leads the Center for Research on Trauma and Life Crises at the Faculty of Psychology and Law in Poznań.