joanna.bieganska@uj.edu.pl

Assistant Professor at the Department of Bioethics and Health Psychology, Jagiellonian University Medical College.
Psychologist, PhD in Medical and Health Sciences. Certified Clinical Psychologist (Neuropsychologist), Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapist.

Research interests:
Her research interests focus on health psychology, clinical psychology, medical neuropsychology, and medical psychology. She conducts studies on the psychological functioning of patients with metabolic diseases, as well as on the impact of illness on the psychological and social quality of life of patients and their families. Her scientific activity also includes issues related to psychosomatic disorders, stress associated with somatic illness, psychological trauma, and the psychological aspects of pain.

Teaching and organizational activities:

• Conducts academic courses in health psychology, clinical psychology, and medical psychology (lectures, seminars, workshops)

• Serves as the supervisor for the 2nd year of the Master’s program in Nursing

• Supervisor of the Student Research Group in Health Psychology

• Supports the development of young researchers as a thesis supervisor and reviewer

Research fellowships:

• Royal Holloway, University of London

• University at Buffalo, State University of New York

• University of Southern California

Membership in scientific associations:

• Member of the Polish Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy

• Member of the Polish Association for the Study of Pain

• President of the Polish Association of Practicing Psychologists

Recent research projects:

• Beliefs of caregivers of adult patients with Niemann-Pick Disease and their relation to perceived stress and anxiety: a project focused on the psychological aspects of caregiving for patients with rare metabolic diseases, analyzing the role of cognitive schemas and stress perception in caregiver functioning (funded by Jagiellonian University Medical College).

• Neuropsychological functioning of patients with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NPC): a project aimed at verifying the cognitive impairment profile in NPC.

• Adaptation to type 1 diabetes: narrative analysis of patients using transactional narrative analysis: a project aimed at advancing knowledge on psychological responses to chronic illness.

Selected publications:

• Pihut M., Kostrzewa-Janicka J., Orczykowska M., Biegańska-Banaś J., Gibas-Stanek M., Gala A. (2024). Initial assessment of the psycho-emotional state of patients with temporomandibular disorders: a pilot study. Dental and Medical Problems, 61(1), 153–159.

• Kowal W., Zelek K., Biegańska-Banaś J., Makara-Studzińska M. (2024). Quality of sexual life after limb amputation. Nursing Problems, 32(2), 64–70.

• Dawidowska-Nowak I., Biegańska-Banaś J., Kieć-Wilk B. (2024). Stress and anxiety among caregivers of adult patients with Niemann-Pick Type C disease. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 26(4), 444–449.

• Biegańska-Banaś J., Banaś P., Zięba M., Gierowski J.K., Trzebiński J. (2023). PTSD malingering detection in damage claim cases: diagnostic accuracy in cases of personal injury as a result of motor vehicle accidents. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101885

• Studzińska-Makara M., Załuski M., Biegańska-Banaś J. et al. (2021). Perceived stress and burnout syndrome: A moderated mediation model of self-efficacy and psychological comfort among Polish air traffic controllers. Journal of Air Transport Management, 96, 102105.

• Pihut M., Krasińska-Mazur M., Biegańska-Banaś J., Gala A. (2021). Psychoemotional disturbance in adult patients with temporomandibular disorders. Folia Medica Cracoviensia, 61, 57–65.

• Biegańska-Banaś J., Makara-Studzińska M. (2020). Coping strategies among nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak. Nursing Problems, 28, 1–11.

• Biegańska-Banaś J., Gierowski J.K., Pihut M., Ferendiuk E. (2019). Oral health-related quality of life and cognitive functioning in myofascial temporomandibular disorders pain. Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 1, 45–58.

• Zięba M., Wiecheć K., Biegańska-Banaś J., Mieleszczenko-Kowszewicz W. (2019). Coexistence of post-traumatic depreciation in the aftermath of trauma: qualitative-quantitative narrative analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 687.

• Ferendiuk E., Biegańska-Banaś J., Kazana P., Pihut M. (2019). Progressive muscle relaxation according to Jacobson in treatment of patients with temporomandibular joint disorders. Folia Medica Cracoviensia, 59, 113–122.

(Full list of publications available in: Google Scholar, ORCID, PBN, and the Jagiellonian University Medical College repository.)