Marianna Miriam Berinšterová

Professional Focus: Counseling for adolescents and young adults, prevention of risk behavior, educational and school psychology Research Focus: Mentoring, risk behavior, adolescence, school psychology

Education:
2015 – PhD: Social Psychology and Work Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (2015) 
2012 – Mgr. (Master’s Degree): Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (2012)

Academic Experience:
2026 – Present: Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
2023 – 2026: Assistant Professor, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov in Prešov
2017 – 2023: Assistant Professor, Institute of Pedagogy, Andragogy and Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov in Prešov
2015 – 2017: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Health Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Practical

Experience:
2024 – Present: School Psychologist – St. Thomas Aquinas Grammar School, Košice
2017 – 2023: School Psychologist – Elementary School Fábryho 44, Košice
2013 – 2016: Lecturer of risk behavior prevention programs for adolescents – FILIA n.o. Košice
2015 – 2023: Lecturing of the accredited program Animator School, training of volunteers working with youth – Christian Youth Communities Association

Training and Courses:
2023 – Present: Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, psychotherapy training (SLEA)
2021 – 2022: Supervision in Helping Professions. Accredited educational program. Business & Management Consulting, s.r.o.
2023: Coach 104. Accredited educational program
2019 – 2020: Safeguarding: Protection of children and vulnerable persons from sexual abuse. Center for the Protection of Minors in cooperation with the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University in Ružomberok
2017 – 2018: Supplementary Pedagogical Study (Psychology). Center for Lifelong and Competence Education, University of Prešov

Current Teaching: Contemporary Social Psychology, Personality Psychology, Psychology of Drug Use, Psychology of Religion

Selected Research Projects:
Principal Investigator: VEGA No. 1/0656/25 Fullfiling of psychological needs in the Mentoring Relationship and Adolescent Identity
Co-investigator: VEGA No. 1/0676/26 Teacher Turnover Intentions and Turnover in Slovakia in the Context of Personal Factors, School Environment, and Educational Policies
Co-investigator: APVV-23-0647 PRIMALs - Primary beliefs about the world and their relation to mental health and subjective well-being
Co-investigator: APVV 0253/11 Drug Use Among Adolescents and University Students. Research-Data-Based Prevention of Drug Use
Co-investigator: VEGA 1/07/13/15 Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Factors of Changes in Risk Behavior of University Students and Emigration Intentions of University Students

Selected Publications: 
Berinšterová, M., Janovská, A., Gajdošová, B., Kalina, O., & Bačíková, M. (2015). Health-related behavior among schoolchildren. Unplugged - drug use prevention program in Slovakia. Košice: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Equilibria s.r.o., ISBN 978-80-8152-368-7. (5 author's sheets)

Berinšterová, M. (2019). Spirituality and natural mentoring relationship among adolescent girls and boys in Slovakia. International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 24 (2), 107–123. 

Magdová, M., & Berinšterová, M. (2024). Procrastination of Future Teachers. University of Prešov Press.

Magdová, M., Fuchsová, K., & Berinšterová, M. (2021). Procrastination of university students in the context of academic motivation and self-control. Československá psychologie, 65(4), 389–402.

Mašková, I., Beer, G., Berinšterová, M., Brouër, B., Brabcová, D. B., Fuchsová, K., Gottfried, J., Hanfstingl, B., Lemešová, M., Mägdefrau, J., Nohavová, A., Poterpin, E., & Szatkowska, K. (2026). Identifying occupational health risk at the start of teacher education: A five-country study. International Journal of Educational Psychology, 15(1), 42–60. https://doi.org/10.17583/ijep.18449

Kačmariková, K., Bočanová, J., Berinšterová, M., & Majdáková, V. (2026). Problematic pornography use as a predictor of depressive and apathetic symptoms in Slovak young adults. Adiktologie, 26(1), 55–65. https://doi.org/10.35198/01-2026-001-0005

Berinšterová, M. (2024). Issues of Domestic, School, and Community Violence. University of Prešov Press.