Bojan Musil
University of Maribor, Psychology, Department Member
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Recent cross-cultural and neuro-hormonal investigations have suggested that love is a near universal phenomenon that has a biological background. Therefore, the remaining important question is not whether love exists worldwide but which... more
Recent cross-cultural and neuro-hormonal investigations have suggested that love is a near universal phenomenon that has a biological background. Therefore, the remaining important question is not whether love exists worldwide but which cultural, social, or environmental factors influence experiences and expressions of love. In the present study, we explored whether countries’ modernization indexes are related to love experiences measured by three subscales (passion, intimacy, commitment) of the Triangular Love Scale. Analyzing data from 9474 individuals from 45 countries, we tested for relationships with country-level predictors, namely, modernization proxies (i.e., Human Development Index, World Modernization Index, Gender Inequality Index), collectivism, and average annual temperatures. We found that mean levels of love (especially intimacy) were higher in countries with higher modernization proxies, collectivism, and average annual temperatures. In conclusion, our results grant ...
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IntroductionThe workforce shortage in the healthcare context is a growing issue that exerts detrimental effects on employees (e.g., higher workload) and patients (e.g., suboptimal patient care). Since traditional approaches alone may not... more
IntroductionThe workforce shortage in the healthcare context is a growing issue that exerts detrimental effects on employees (e.g., higher workload) and patients (e.g., suboptimal patient care). Since traditional approaches alone may not be enough to solve this problem, there is a need for complementary innovative digital health solutions, such as socially assistive robots. Hence, the proposed study aims to investigate the effects of gamified nursing education and physiotherapy delivered by a socially assistive robot on patient- (engagement, perceived quality of care) and employee-related outcomes (perceived self-efficacy, workload).Methods and analysisApproximately 90 vascular and thoracic surgery patients will receive either standard care or standard care with additional robot interactions over the course of 3–5 days. Additionally, approximately 34 nursing and physiotherapeutic employees will fill out self-report questionnaires after weeks of not using a social robot and weeks of ...
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Although clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) are increasingly emphasized as one of the possible levers for improving care, they are still not widely used due to different barriers, such as doubts about systems’ performance, their... more
Although clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) are increasingly emphasized as one of the possible levers for improving care, they are still not widely used due to different barriers, such as doubts about systems’ performance, their complexity and poor design, practitioners’ lack of time to use them, poor computer skills, reluctance to use them in front of patients, and deficient integration into existing workflows. While several studies on CDSS exist, there is a need for additional high-quality studies using large samples and examining the differences between outcomes following a decision based on CDSS support and those following decisions without this kind of information. Even less is known about the effectiveness of a CDSS that is delivered during a grand round routine and with the help of socially assistive humanoid robots (SAHRs). In this study, 200 patients will be randomized into a Control Group (i.e. standard care) and an Intervention Group (i.e. standard care and novel C...
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Various leading causes of death can be prevented or delayed through informed decision-making and lifestyle changes. Previous work has, to some extent, linked such health-promoting behavior (HPB) with variables capturing individuals’... more
Various leading causes of death can be prevented or delayed through informed decision-making and lifestyle changes. Previous work has, to some extent, linked such health-promoting behavior (HPB) with variables capturing individuals’ understanding of science, trust in science, and capacity to apply evidence-based information in the health context. However, empirical research on the relationship between scientific knowledge, trust in science, health literacy, and HPB is scarce. Additionally, no study has investigated whether these characteristics interact to form homogeneous, high-risk subgroups of the population. The present online study (N = 705) revealed that trust in science and health literacy were positively related to a wide array of HPBs (e.g., healthy nutrition, physical activity, stress management), while scientific knowledge was only positively associated with COVID-19 vaccination intention. Furthermore, the results of latent profile analyses yielded four subgroups (i.e., l...
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Namen raziskave je preveriti, kako se izraženost osebnostnih lastnosti povezuje z uporom ob prepričevanju. Preverjali smo tudi, ali osebnostne lastnosti napovedujejo pojav učinka bumeranga, kako se upor ob prepričevanju in sprememba moči... more
Namen raziskave je preveriti, kako se izraženost osebnostnih lastnosti povezuje z uporom ob prepričevanju. Preverjali smo tudi, ali osebnostne lastnosti napovedujejo pojav učinka bumeranga, kako se upor ob prepričevanju in sprememba moči odnosa do začetnega stališča povezujeta s starostjo in spolom ter kako na povezanost med spremenljivkami vpliva izbira socialno bolj ali manj zaželenega začetnega stališča. V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 567 oseb, starih od 18 do 86 let. Udeleženci so na podlagi izhodiščnega besedila (Heinzeve dileme) izbrali eno od dveh ponujenih stališč (tj. izhodiščno stališče) in izpolnili osebnostni vprašalnik. Glede na izhodiščno stališče so bili nato izpostavljeni prepričevalnemu sporočilu, na koncu pa smo preverili še spremembo stališča ter spremembo odnosa do stališča (če se stališče ni spremenilo). Rezultati so pokazali, da je pri osebah, ki so izbrale socialno bolj zaželeno stališče in si nato premislile, bolj izražena sprejemljivost kot pri osebah, ki so...
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Inglehart’s theory of postmodernization (1997) and theory of human development (Inglehart and Welzel, 2007) predict that political cultural orientations are strongly associated with political and cognitive mobilization. It is argued that... more
Inglehart’s theory of postmodernization (1997) and theory of human development (Inglehart and Welzel, 2007) predict that political cultural orientations are strongly associated with political and cognitive mobilization. It is argued that non-authoritarian (i.e. postmaterialist, libertarian, democratic) orientations are based in participatory component and self-actualization, while traditional orientations contribute to political pasivization (Gabriel, 2004). Past research in established Western democracies has largely confirmed these predictions (see, among others, Inglehart, 1997; Shin, 1999; Flanagan and Lee, 2003; Gabriel, 2004; Gabriel and van Deth, 2004; Gundelach, 2004) and similar results have also been found in a few studies that included postcommunist countries (e.g., Klingemann et al., 2006). Such findings are especially important since it is also argued that consolidation of postcommunist democracies could be halted if “authoritarians” are found significantly more active ...
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The relation between intrinsic and extrinsic orientations was studied in four samples of believing affiliates (Bosnian Muslims, Serbian Orthodox, Slovenian Catholics and US Protestants). By exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and... more
The relation between intrinsic and extrinsic orientations was studied in four samples of believing affiliates (Bosnian Muslims, Serbian Orthodox, Slovenian Catholics and US Protestants). By exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and by multidimensional scaling (MDS), differences in patterns of religious orientations were discerned in the various cultures. By EFA, in the two European settings a closeness between intrinsic (I) and extrinsic personal (EP) orientation was noted. Beside that extrinsic other (EO) items, indicating peripheral nature of the religious sentiment, appeared as a separate dimension. The CFA produced slight differences in this direction, still allowing for a four component finding. The two dimensional presentation in MDS also indicated a similarity in pattern of the dimensions of religious orientation. In all four cases a pattern in the distribution of items appears allowing for naming the vertical axis as indicating the variation between centrality and periphery, and the horizontal one as indicating the variation between social and personal dimensions in religious sentiment.
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BACKGROUND Cancer survivors often experience disorders from the depressive spectrum that remain largely unrecognized and overlooked. Even though screening for depression is recognized as essential, several barriers prevent its successful... more
BACKGROUND Cancer survivors often experience disorders from the depressive spectrum that remain largely unrecognized and overlooked. Even though screening for depression is recognized as essential, several barriers prevent its successful implementation. It is possible that better screening options can be developed. New possibilities have been opening up with advances in artificial intelligence and increasing knowledge on the connection of observable cues and psychological states. OBJECTIVE The aim of this scoping meta-review was to identify observable features of depression that can be intercepted using artificial intelligence in order to provide a stepping stone toward better recognition of depression among cancer survivors. METHODS We followed a methodological framework for scoping reviews. We searched SCOPUS and Web of Science for relevant papers on the topic, and data were extracted from the papers that met inclusion criteria. We used thematic analysis within 3 predefined catego...
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Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-psp-10.1177_0146167220988373 for Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective by Agnieszka Sorokowska, Supreet Saluja, Piotr Sorokowski, Tomasz Frąckowiak, Maciej... more
Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-psp-10.1177_0146167220988373 for Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective by Agnieszka Sorokowska, Supreet Saluja, Piotr Sorokowski, Tomasz Frąckowiak, Maciej Karwowski, Toivo Aavik, Grace Akello, Charlotte Alm, Naumana Amjad, Afifa Anjum, Kelly Asao, Chiemezie S. Atama, Derya Atamtürk Duyar, Richard Ayebare, Carlota Batres, Mons Bendixen, Aicha Bensafia, Boris Bizumic, Mahmoud Boussena, David M. Buss, Marina Butovskaya, Seda Can, Katarzyna Cantarero, Antonin Carrier, Hakan Cetinkaya, Dominika Chabin, Daniel Conroy-Beam, Jorge Contreras-Graduño, Marco Antonio Correa Varella, Rosa María Cueto, Marcin Czub, Daria Dronova, Seda Dural, Izzet Duyar, Berna Ertugrul, Agustín Espinosa, Carla Sofia Esteves, Farida Guemaz, Mária Haľamová, Iskra Herak, Ivana Hromatko, Chin-Ming Hui, Jas Laile Jaafar, Feng Jiang, Konstantinos Kafetsios, Tina Kavcic, Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair, Nicolas O. Kervyn, Imran Ahmed Khilji, Nils...
Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-psp-10.1177_0146167220988373 for Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective by Agnieszka Sorokowska, Supreet Saluja, Piotr Sorokowski, Tomasz Frąckowiak, Maciej... more
Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-psp-10.1177_0146167220988373 for Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective by Agnieszka Sorokowska, Supreet Saluja, Piotr Sorokowski, Tomasz Frąckowiak, Maciej Karwowski, Toivo Aavik, Grace Akello, Charlotte Alm, Naumana Amjad, Afifa Anjum, Kelly Asao, Chiemezie S. Atama, Derya Atamtürk Duyar, Richard Ayebare, Carlota Batres, Mons Bendixen, Aicha Bensafia, Boris Bizumic, Mahmoud Boussena, David M. Buss, Marina Butovskaya, Seda Can, Katarzyna Cantarero, Antonin Carrier, Hakan Cetinkaya, Dominika Chabin, Daniel Conroy-Beam, Jorge Contreras-Graduño, Marco Antonio Correa Varella, Rosa María Cueto, Marcin Czub, Daria Dronova, Seda Dural, Izzet Duyar, Berna Ertugrul, Agustín Espinosa, Carla Sofia Esteves, Farida Guemaz, Mária Haľamová, Iskra Herak, Ivana Hromatko, Chin-Ming Hui, Jas Laile Jaafar, Feng Jiang, Konstantinos Kafetsios, Tina Kavcic, Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair, Nicolas O. Kervyn, Imran Ahmed Khilji, Nils...
Supplemental material, Walter_Supplemental_Material_rev for Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication by Kathryn V. Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, David M. Buss, Kelly Asao, Agnieszka Sorokowska,... more
Supplemental material, Walter_Supplemental_Material_rev for Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication by Kathryn V. Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, David M. Buss, Kelly Asao, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Piotr Sorokowski, Toivo Aavik, Grace Akello, Mohammad Madallh Alhabahba, Charlotte Alm, Naumana Amjad, Afifa Anjum, Chiemezie S. Atama, Derya Atamtürk Duyar, Richard Ayebare, Carlota Batres, Mons Bendixen, Aicha Bensafia, Boris Bizumic, Mahmoud Boussena, Marina Butovskaya, Seda Can, Katarzyna Cantarero, Antonin Carrier, Hakan Cetinkaya, Ilona Croy, Rosa María Cueto, Marcin Czub, Daria Dronova, Seda Dural, Izzet Duyar, Berna Ertugrul, Agustín Espinosa, Ignacio Estevan, Carla Sofia Esteves, Luxi Fang, Tomasz Frackowiak, Jorge Contreras Garduño, Karina Ugalde González, Farida Guemaz, Petra Gyuris, Mária Halamová, Iskra Herak, Marina Horvat, Ivana Hromatko, Chin-Ming Hui, Jas Laile Jaafar, Feng Jiang, Konstantinos Kafetsios, Tina Kavčič, Leif Edward Ottesen...
Supplemental material, WalterOpenPracticesDisclosure_rev for Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication by Kathryn V. Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, David M. Buss, Kelly Asao, Agnieszka Sorokowska,... more
Supplemental material, WalterOpenPracticesDisclosure_rev for Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication by Kathryn V. Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, David M. Buss, Kelly Asao, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Piotr Sorokowski, Toivo Aavik, Grace Akello, Mohammad Madallh Alhabahba, Charlotte Alm, Naumana Amjad, Afifa Anjum, Chiemezie S. Atama, Derya Atamtürk Duyar, Richard Ayebare, Carlota Batres, Mons Bendixen, Aicha Bensafia, Boris Bizumic, Mahmoud Boussena, Marina Butovskaya, Seda Can, Katarzyna Cantarero, Antonin Carrier, Hakan Cetinkaya, Ilona Croy, Rosa María Cueto, Marcin Czub, Daria Dronova, Seda Dural, Izzet Duyar, Berna Ertugrul, Agustín Espinosa, Ignacio Estevan, Carla Sofia Esteves, Luxi Fang, Tomasz Frackowiak, Jorge Contreras Garduño, Karina Ugalde González, Farida Guemaz, Petra Gyuris, Mária Halamová, Iskra Herak, Marina Horvat, Ivana Hromatko, Chin-Ming Hui, Jas Laile Jaafar, Feng Jiang, Konstantinos Kafetsios, Tina Kavčič, Leif Edward Ottese...
Supplemental material, Sage_Open_Supplementary for Different Version, Similar Result? A Critical Analysis of the Multiplicity of Shortened Versions of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory by John L. Perry, Elizabeth C. Temple, Frank C.... more
Supplemental material, Sage_Open_Supplementary for Different Version, Similar Result? A Critical Analysis of the Multiplicity of Shortened Versions of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory by John L. Perry, Elizabeth C. Temple, Frank C. Worrell, Urška Zivkovic, Zena R. Mello, Bojan Musil, Jon C. Cole and Michael T. McKay in SAGE Open
To assess the ICT competences most frequently tests or work assignments are used. Tests are more reliable because they are conducted in the controlled environment, but they are also time limited and stressful and consequently not entirely... more
To assess the ICT competences most frequently tests or work assignments are used. Tests are more reliable because they are conducted in the controlled environment, but they are also time limited and stressful and consequently not entirely encouraging surrounding for competences' assessment. Work assignments are usually more time consuming, done outside the controlled environment, hence less reliable. Initial intention of our team was to prepare alternative type of tests of the IT competences using the concept of escape rooms. In our experiment, person or two cooperate solving IT problems to gain “freedom” at the end, i.e. to unlock the escape room. In this environment, the stress is inherent but with fun components. Participants do not feel the context as a test environment and the stress of failure is less evident. Each participant in the experiment can learn his or her IT weak points. It takes around one hour to find the way out of the room and another half for discussion. Participants are asked to complete the survey before the entrance into the IT escape room and this survey is later used in the discussion, which is the base for the qualitative analysis. One of the conclusions from our analysis is that it is not easy to prepare the suitable assignments and clues to solve them. Additionally, we discovered that there are problems of understanding of the IT terminology hence the help clues, which are perfectly understandable to the ICT specialist, are generally not suitable for experiment's participants.
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Problematic mobile phone use can be related to negative mental states. Some studies indicate that behavioural dependency is related to variables associated with the country of origin. The aim of our study was to investigate if country... more
Problematic mobile phone use can be related to negative mental states. Some studies indicate that behavioural dependency is related to variables associated with the country of origin. The aim of our study was to investigate if country indicators moderated the relationship between phubbing and psychological distress. Our sample consisted of 7,315 individuals from 20 countries, who completed the Phubbing Scale and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6). The analyses also included country indicators: the Gender Gap Index (GGI), the Human Development Index (HDI), the Social Progress Index (SPI), Hofstede’s dimensions of culture, and the World Happiness Index (WHI). Our results showed that psychological distress was related to at least one dimension of phubbing (i.e., to communication disturbance or phone obsession) in all countries, which means this relationship is culturally universal. The results of the study demonstrate the importance of testing measurement invariance to deter...
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Mobile phone addiction is a robust phenomenon observed throughout the world. The social aspect of mobile phone use is crucial; therefore, phubbing is a part of the mobile phone addiction phenomenon. Phubbing is defined as ignoring an... more
Mobile phone addiction is a robust phenomenon observed throughout the world. The social aspect of mobile phone use is crucial; therefore, phubbing is a part of the mobile phone addiction phenomenon. Phubbing is defined as ignoring an interlocutor by glancing at one's mobile phone during a face-to-face conversation. The main aim of this study was to investigate how the Phubbing Scale (containing 10 items) might vary across countries, and between genders. Data were collected in 20 countries: Belarus, Brazil, China, Croatia, Ecuador, India, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, UK, Ukraine and USA. The mean age across the sample (N = 7696, 65.8% women, 34.2% men) was 25.32 years (SD = 9.50). The cross-cultural invariance of the scale was investigated using multigroup confirmatory factor analyses (MGCFA) as well as the invariance analyses. Additionally, data from each country were assessed individually via confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs). We obtained two factors, based on only eight of the items: (a) communication disturbances and (b) phone obsession. The 8 items Phubbing Scale.
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The primary purpose of Youth 2010 research was to create a comprehensive picture of the lives of youth (between 15 and 29) in Slovenia. The study represents a conceptual and methodological continuation of the tradition of youth research... more
The primary purpose of Youth 2010 research was to create a comprehensive picture of the lives of youth (between 15 and 29) in Slovenia. The study represents a conceptual and methodological continuation of the tradition of youth research in Slovenia, with some refinements. Basis for a methodological approach were studies already carried out in Germany (Hurrelmann et al., 2002, 2006), and the approaches and concepts that appear in previous researches of youth in Slovenia since 1985. The main presented problems are: demographic changes and intergenerational cooperation, education and training, creativity, culture, leisure, virtualization of everyday life, employment and entrepreneurship, sustainable way of social action, housing and living conditions, health and well-being, participation and social inclusion, voluntarism, youth mobility and globalization.
Research Interests: Sociology, Media Sociology, Political Sociology, Political Participation, Social Networks, and 15 moreResearch Methodology, Education and Youth Exclusion, Qualitative methodology, Contemporary History, Political Science, Social Capital, Slovene, Quantitative methodology, Positive Youth Development, New Models Of Participatory And Direct Democracy, Civic Engagement, Former Yugoslavia, Serbian Politics, MEDIA SOCIOLOGY, and Communism and national question
Research Interests: Religion, Economic History, Economics, Political Participation, Climate Change, and 15 moreHuman Values, Qualitative methodology, Contemporary History, Empowerment, Gender Roles, Quantitative methodology, Gender and Development, Environmental Security, Civic Engagement, Gender Roles within the Cultural Context, Former Yugoslavia, Breakdown of Yugoslavia, Communism and national question, Changing Pattern of Gender Roles, and Nonrenewable Energy Sector
Problematic mobile phone use can be related to negative mental states. Some studies indicate that behavioural dependency is related to variables associated with the country of origin. The aim of our study was to investigate if country... more
Problematic mobile phone use can be related to negative mental states. Some studies indicate that behavioural dependency is related to variables associated with the country of origin. The aim of our study was to investigate if country indicators moderated the relationship between phubbing and psychological distress. Our sample consisted of 7,315 individuals from 20 countries, who completed the Phubbing Scale and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6). The analyses also included country indicators: the Gender Gap Index (GGI), the Human Development Index (HDI), the Social Progress Index (SPI), Hofstede’s dimensions of culture, and the World Happiness Index (WHI). Our results showed that psychological distress was related to at least one dimension of phubbing (i.e., to communication disturbance or phone obsession) in all countries, which means this relationship is culturally universal. The results of the study demonstrate the importance of testing measurement invariance to deter...
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V medkulturni raziskavi, ki je vkljucevala studentsko populacijo iz Slovenije in muslimanskega dela Srbije, smo ugotavljali vpliv modnih medijev ter razlicnih socialno-demografskih dejavnikov (spol, socialnoekonomski status, izobrazba... more
V medkulturni raziskavi, ki je vkljucevala studentsko populacijo iz Slovenije in muslimanskega dela Srbije, smo ugotavljali vpliv modnih medijev ter razlicnih socialno-demografskih dejavnikov (spol, socialnoekonomski status, izobrazba starsev, kraj bivanja, ITM) na posameznikovo telesno samopodobo in telesne ideale. Rezultati so pokazali razlicnosti v dojemanju telesa in se posebej vrednotenju lastne postave med obema socialnokulturnima okoljema ter potrdili vpliv dolocenih dejavnikov (spol, izobrazba starsev, ITM, modni mediji) na posameznikovo percepcijo lastne telesne postave. Iz rezultatov analize smo ugotovili, da frekvenca izpostavljenosti modnim medijem nima neposrednega vpliva na nezadovoljstvo z lastno telesno postavo.
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Among phrases that originated in the context of IT and have become virally immersed in everyday life is “big data”. Especially with the work of Kosinski and his colleagues, it has gained considerable attention in psychology and related... more
Among phrases that originated in the context of IT and have become virally immersed in everyday life is “big data”. Especially with the work of Kosinski and his colleagues, it has gained considerable attention in psychology and related disciplines, and following the Brexit and the US presidential election campaigns in 2016, has spread beyond the sphere of strict science. In the article we question whether big data research represents a distinctively new endeavour in the empirical sciences. From a methodological and analytical perspective, the three Vs of big data, volume, velocity and variety – represent challenges that foster new (interdisciplinary) strategies to handle them properly, but from the more traditional psychological perspective, a fourth V – veracity, addressing the importance of data truthfulness – raises additional questions. However, from the perspective of psychology and the social sciences, ethical considerations, addressing questions of privacy, anonymity and auto...
Abstract: The Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) has been thoroughly explored in the context of personality, behavior, social structure and both national and cross-cultural studies. However, different studies are not congruent in the... more
Abstract: The Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) has been thoroughly explored in the context of personality, behavior, social structure and both national and cross-cultural studies. However, different studies are not congruent in the interpretation of its inner structure. The current ...
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A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals. However, research examining sex ratio and human mating is limited in scope. Prior work has examined the relationship between sex ratio and desire... more
A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals. However, research examining sex ratio and human mating is limited in scope. Prior work has examined the relationship between sex ratio and desire for short-term, uncommitted mating as well as outcomes such as marriage and divorce rates. Less empirical attention has been directed towards the relationship between sex ratio and mate preferences, despite the importance of mate preferences in the human mating literature. To address this gap, we examined sex ratio's relationship to the variation in preferences for attractiveness, resources, kindness, intelligence and health in a long-term mate across 45 countries (n = 14 487). We predicted that mate preferences would vary according to relative power of choice on the mating market, with increased power derived from having relatively few competitors and numerous potential mates. We found that each sex tended to report more demanding preferences for...
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Until recently, escapism was generally seen as a negative phenomenon, due to its common conceptualization as an escape from reality; however, with the new model a more positive approach, distinguishing between self-suppression and... more
Until recently, escapism was generally seen as a negative phenomenon, due to its common conceptualization as an escape from reality; however, with the new model a more positive approach, distinguishing between self-suppression and self-expansion, began. In our study, we looked into the mechanisms underlying both components of escapism, where a sample of 147 students individually chose their escapist activity. Building on the two-dimensional conceptualization of escapism, we assumed that self-suppression would be associated with higher levels of self-alienation, while escapism as self-expansion would be related to higher levels of dispositional mindfulness and indirectly to a tendency to achieve flow. Results confirmed that self-suppression escapism and self-alienation share a positive correlation, with later also being a significant predictor of self-suppression escapism. However, contrary to our prediction, self-expansion escapism is not associated with dispositional mindfulness, n...
In 1954, Kuhn and McPartland set a simple question “Who am I?” in the context of the research of self and selfconcept. In later years, the questionnaire become popular in psychological and sociological research, while in recent times it... more
In 1954, Kuhn and McPartland set a simple question “Who am I?” in the context of the research of self and selfconcept. In later years, the questionnaire become popular in psychological and sociological research, while in recent times it was widely used in the field of cross-cultural (psychological) studies. After 60 years, we have asked that question again in the context of analytic review of past research of this instrument. In the overall evaluation of the instrument, we try to answer the question whether the use of the question is still scientifically meaningful.
Psychology Days in Zadar is an international conference organized biennially by the Department of Psychology of the University of Zadar. It started over 40 years ago and it has evolved over decades into a recognizable psychology... more
Psychology Days in Zadar is an international conference organized biennially by the Department of Psychology of the University of Zadar. It started over 40 years ago and it has evolved over decades into a recognizable psychology conference that attracts many researchers from Croatia and abroad.The 21st Psychology Days conference in Zadar was held on May 24‐26 2018. It was organized by an international organizational‐scientific committee and gathered over 330 active participants from Spain, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, Russia, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey and USA. At conference, 130 papers were presented through four invited lectures, two symposia, twelve oral sessions, two poster sessions and four workshops.Encouraged with authors` interest and positive experiences regarding previous editions of Book of Selected Proceedings (after 15th and 20th Psychology Days), we have decided to invite authors who participated at 21st Psycho...
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Mobile phone addiction is a robust phenomenon observed throughout the world. The social aspect of mobile phone use is crucial; therefore, phubbing is a part of the mobile phone addiction phenomenon. Phubbing is defined as ignoring an... more
Mobile phone addiction is a robust phenomenon observed throughout the world. The social aspect of mobile phone use is crucial; therefore, phubbing is a part of the mobile phone addiction phenomenon. Phubbing is defined as ignoring an interlocutor by glancing at one's mobile phone during a face-to-face conversation. The main aim of this study was to investigate how the Phubbing Scale (containing 10 items) might vary across countries, and between genders. Data were collected in 20 countries: Belarus, Brazil, China, Croatia, Ecuador, India, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, UK, Ukraine and USA. The mean age across the sample (N = 7696, 65.8% women, 34.2% men) was 25.32 years (SD = 9.50). The cross-cultural invariance of the scale was investigated using multigroup confirmatory factor analyses (MGCFA) as well as the invariance analyses. Additionally, data from each country were assessed individually via confirmatory fac...
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Interpersonal touch behavior differs across cultures, yet no study to date has systematically tested for cultural variation in affective touch, nor examined the factors that might account for this variability. Here, over 14,000... more
Interpersonal touch behavior differs across cultures, yet no study to date has systematically tested for cultural variation in affective touch, nor examined the factors that might account for this variability. Here, over 14,000 individuals from 45 countries were asked whether they embraced, stroked, kissed, or hugged their partner, friends, and youngest child during the week preceding the study. We then examined a range of hypothesized individual-level factors (sex, age, parasitic history, conservatism, religiosity, and preferred interpersonal distance) and cultural-level factors (regional temperature, parasite stress, regional conservatism, collectivism, and religiosity) in predicting these affective-touching behaviors. Our results indicate that affective touch was most prevalent in relationships with partners and children, and its diversity was relatively higher in warmer, less conservative, and religious countries, and among younger, female, and liberal people. This research allo...
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The Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) has been extensively used, with more than 1,400 citations in Scopus alone. After identifying psychometric problems however, several authors have attempted to overcome limitations by... more
The Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) has been extensively used, with more than 1,400 citations in Scopus alone. After identifying psychometric problems however, several authors have attempted to overcome limitations by shortening the scale. As such, there now exist multiple. shortened versions of the ZTPI, all using some of the original 56 items. Although each shorter version reports various broadly acceptable validity parameters using the group with which it was developed, these are often sample specific and at the cost of reliability, generalizability, and ability to detect individual differences in the construct. To examine this more closely, we reviewed the psychometric properties of the ZTPI and some of its derivatives, and found that data-driven approaches to creating these shortened versions of the scale prioritized improved model fit over internal reliability and sensitivity. In conclusion, we suggest that it is time for a new collaborative strategy to address conc...
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Researchers continue to attempt to resolve the psychometric problems associated with the five-factor Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory through the development of shortened forms of the scale. These atheoretical efforts have been data... more
Researchers continue to attempt to resolve the psychometric problems associated with the five-factor Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory through the development of shortened forms of the scale. These atheoretical efforts have been data driven and have resulted in scales whose reliability and validity have not been subsequently supported. The purpose of this paper was to explore the factorial validity and reliability of new short scales on samples independent from which they were developed. We used data from five different samples in four different countries (Australia, Britain, Slovenia, and the United States) to examine the psychometric validity and reliability of three recently developed scales, the ZTPI-20, ZTPI-17, and ZTPI-15. Results regarding validity were equivocal for all scales and reliability coefficients were suboptimal in all samples. We conclude by stressing the necessity for a theoretically driven approach to enhancing the psychometric assessment of time perspective r...
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Mate choice lies close to differential reproduction, the engine of evolution. Patterns of mate choice consequently have power to direct the course of evolution. Here we provide evidence suggesting one pattern of human mate choice—the... more
Mate choice lies close to differential reproduction, the engine of evolution. Patterns of mate choice consequently have power to direct the course of evolution. Here we provide evidence suggesting one pattern of human mate choice—the tendency for mates to be similar in overall desirability—caused the evolution of a structure of correlations that we call the d factor. We use agent-based models to demonstrate that assortative mating causes the evolution of a positive manifold of desirability, d, such that an individual who is desirable as a mate along any one dimension tends to be desirable across all other dimensions. Further, we use a large cross-cultural sample with n= 14,478 from 45 countries around the world to show that this d-factor emerges in human samples, is a cross-cultural universal, and is patterned in a way consistent with an evolutionary history of assortative mating. Our results suggest that assortative mating can explain the evolution of a broad structure of human trait covariation.
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Humans express a wide array of ideal mate preferences. Around the world, people desire romantic partners who are intelligent, healthy, kind, physically attractive, wealthy, and more. In order for these ideal preferences to guide the... more
Humans express a wide array of ideal mate preferences. Around the world, people desire romantic partners who are intelligent, healthy, kind, physically attractive, wealthy, and more. In order for these ideal preferences to guide the choice of actual romantic partners, human mating psychology must possess a means to integrate information across these many preference dimensions into summaries of the overall mate value of their potential mates. Here we explore the computational design of this mate preference integration process using a large sample of n = 14,487 people from 45 countries around the world. We combine this large cross-cultural sample with agent-based models to compare eight hypothesized models of human mating markets. Across cultures, people higher in mate value appear to experience greater power of choice on the mating market in that they set higher ideal standards, better fulfill their preferences in choice, and pair with higher mate value partners. Furthermore, we find...
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Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in preferences for attractiveness and resources as well as sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing... more
Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in preferences for attractiveness and resources as well as sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing perspectives—an evolutionary psychological perspective and a biosocial role perspective—offer alternative explanations for these findings. However, the original data on which each perspective relies are decades old, and the literature is fraught with conflicting methods, analyses, results, and conclusions. Using a new 45-country sample ( N = 14,399), we attempted to replicate classic studies and test both the evolutionary and biosocial role perspectives. Support for universal sex differences in preferences remains robust: Men, more than women, prefer attractive, young mates, and women, more than men, prefer older mates with financial prospects. Cross-culturally, both sexes have mates closer to their own ages as gender equality increases. Beyond age of partner, ne...
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Avtor v pričujočem prispevku umesti vrednote v ospredje medkulturnega raziskovanja kot pojavnosti v posedovanju tako sociokulturega (kolektivnega) kot osebnostnega (individualnega). V nadaljevanju predstavi različne raziskovalne tradicije... more
Avtor v pričujočem prispevku umesti vrednote v ospredje medkulturnega raziskovanja kot pojavnosti v posedovanju tako sociokulturega (kolektivnega) kot osebnostnega (individualnega). V nadaljevanju predstavi različne raziskovalne tradicije vrednot, ki jih umesti v shemo glede na poudarek v obravnavi – kolektivno ali individualno stopnjo analize.
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Avtorja v svojem prispevku vrednotita rezultate raziskave dveh skupin slovenskih in japonskih študentov s pomočjo modificirane lestvice mladocentrizma. V prispevku najprej predstavita koncept in modificirano lestvico mladocentrizma. V... more
Avtorja v svojem prispevku vrednotita rezultate raziskave dveh skupin slovenskih in japonskih študentov s pomočjo modificirane lestvice mladocentrizma. V prispevku najprej predstavita koncept in modificirano lestvico mladocentrizma. V drugem in tretjem delu prispevka orišeta značilnosti japonske ter slovenske kulture in osebnosti. V četrtem ter zadnjem delu predstavita osnovne ugotovitve raziskave. Na splošno lahko rečemo, da je mladocentrizem v obeh proučevanih skupinah »odraslocentričen« (Vineken 1999) oziroma »nemladocentričen« (Bogtetal.2001). Mladocentričnost znotraj obravnavanih populacijje pogojena z izrazito zazrtostjo respondentov v družino in sprejemanje staršev. V kulturnem smislu označuje to orientacijo izrazita permisivnost vzgoje, osredinjenost le-te na mater ter dolžina njenega trajanja. Na ravni opazovanih vzorcev zaključujemo, da smo v obeh družbah priča različnim socializacijskim iztekom: izteku proindividualističnega »pataloškega narcisizma« slovenskih mladinskih konstrukcij (Zižek 1987) ter oblikovanju »amae«, ki je v protislovnem odnosu do »omote« in ure« v japonskem primeru (Doi 1973, 1986).
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Ali se v sodobnem svetu stalnih sprememb spreminja tudi slovenski značaj? Avtor analizira slovenske študije vrednot in vrednotnih usmeritev, v katerih se jasno kristalizira izpostavljen pomen vrednot zasebne sfere, vezanih na individualno... more
Ali se v sodobnem svetu stalnih sprememb spreminja tudi slovenski značaj? Avtor analizira slovenske študije vrednot in vrednotnih usmeritev, v katerih se jasno kristalizira izpostavljen pomen vrednot zasebne sfere, vezanih na individualno bivanje, izražanje in neposredne, tudi intimne medosebne odnose (npr. svoboda, sreča, zdravje, družinska varnost, prijateljstvo). Na drugi strani je izrazito nezanimanje za velike družbene teme (npr. vera, politika). Omenjen slovenski vrednotni profil in njegovo radikalizacijo še dodatno podkrepljujejo londitudinalne raziskave vzorcev iz slovenske populacije. V celostni sliki lahko zaključujemo o nekakšni slovenski mešanici individualistične in kolektivistične orientacije, kjer se mešata ekspresivnost in uveljavljanje posameznika ter povezanost s skupino. Na področju samodefiniranja slednje rezultira v relacijsko-avtonomno sebstvo, ki združuje emocionalno vezanost in hkratno promocijo avtonomnosti. Prav primat ožjih socialnih odnosov oziroma primarnih skupin v slovenskem socialnem življenju pa odpira številne dileme v odnosu do socialno širšega – slovenske družbe.
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Abstract: The Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) has been thoroughly explored in the context of personality, behavior, social structure and both national and cross-cultural studies. However, different studies are not congruent in the... more
Abstract: The Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) has been thoroughly explored in the context of personality, behavior, social structure and both national and cross-cultural studies. However, different studies are not congruent in the interpretation of its inner structure. The current ...
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Research Interests: Health Psychology, Health Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics, Health Promotion, Youth Studies, and 16 moreMental Health, Sociology of Mental Health & Illness, Diet, Sociology of Health, Health, Positive Youth Development, Adolescent Health, Public Health, Youth, Sociology of Health and Illness, Sociology of health and wellbeing, Fruits and vegetables, Sociology of health and medicine, Slovenia, Sociology of Mental Health, and Food consumption pattern
This cross-cultural study aimed to investigate the effects of fashion media and different socio-demographic factors (gender, socio-economical status, parents education, place of living, BMI) on body image and body ideals in the group of... more
This cross-cultural study aimed to investigate the effects of fashion media and different socio-demographic factors (gender, socio-economical status, parents education, place of living, BMI) on body image and body ideals in the group of Slovenian and Serbian university students. There were found some differences in body perception between the two national groups. The results indicated that only some factors (gender, parents education, BMI, fashion medias) had an influence on body image and it was concluded that frequency of fashion media exposure has no direct impact on someone’s body dissatisfaction.
Research Interests: Sociology, Media Sociology, Political Sociology, Sociology of Education, Political Participation, and 27 moreSocial Networks, Youth Studies, Research Methodology, Education and Youth Exclusion, Qualitative methodology, Community Engagement & Participation, Contemporary History, Political Science, Social Capital, Slovene, Yugoslavia, Young Adulthood, Youth Culture, Quantitative methodology, Positive Youth Development, Youth Civic Engagement, Young People and The Internet, New Models Of Participatory And Direct Democracy, Civic Engagement, Yugoslavia (History), Young People, Youth Political Participation, Former Yugoslavia, Serbian Politics, Western Balkans, MEDIA SOCIOLOGY, and Communism and national question
Research Interests: Religion, Economic History, Sociology of Religion, Economics, Political Participation, and 26 moreSocial Networks, Social Sciences, Climate Change, Research Methodology, Human Values, Qualitative methodology, Values, Contemporary History, Social Capital, Yugoslavia, Empowerment, Gender Roles, Quantitative methodology, Gender and Development, Environmental Security, Civic Engagement, Yugoslavia (History), Gender Roles within the Cultural Context, Former Yugoslavia, Serbian Politics, Western Balkans, Breakdown of Yugoslavia, Communism and national question, Violence Aganist Women, Changing Pattern of Gender Roles, and Nonrenewable Energy Sector
ABSTRACT TranSpace is an international project for empowering youngsters with disabilities to protect themselves from community-based violence. In the context of the project, an initial empirical study was carried out to assess the... more
ABSTRACT TranSpace is an international project for empowering youngsters with disabilities to protect themselves from community-based violence. In the context of the project, an initial empirical study was carried out to assess the prevalence of aggression and victimization among these youngsters and to gain deeper insight into these phenomena. Participants in the project, aged from 11 to 21 years, came from six European countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Spain). In a mixed-methods study, initial data were gathered using the Aggression Victimization Instrument, which is a composite of well-established and new measures and is used to assess aggressive acts in school and family contexts; further insights into emergent themes were obtained by conducting qualitative analyses using open-ended questions. Overall, youngsters reported a low incidence of aggressive acts; the prevalence is higher in the school context from the perspective of the victim. Females seem to be victims of relational aggression slightly more often than males; males are more frequently bullies than females. For early adolescents, the prevalence of aggressive acts is higher in the category of physical and verbal aggression in the school context. From the qualitative part (interviews), nine thematic frameworks appeared, with low self-esteem emerging as the most important issue, and one related to social context and coping strategies. From the research findings, we can highlight that self-esteem is a central theme of any intervention concerning children and adolescents with disabilities who have been experiencing violence. In the process of empowerment, it is essential to develop an individual's social relations and appropriate coping strategies.
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Research Interests: Health Psychology, Youth Studies, Health inequality, Health Inequalities, Health Disparities, and 15 morePhysical Activity, Sociology of Health, Health, Positive Youth Development, Public Health, Youth, Sociology of Health and Illness, Youth development, Exercise and physical activity for health, Sociology of health and wellbeing, Physical activity and sedentary behaviour epidemiology, Social Inequalities in Health, Sociology of health and medicine, Slovenia, and Youth Health
The aim of this study was to compare and contrast correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption in two blue-collar populations: construction laborers and motor freight workers. Cross-sectional data were collected from two groups of male... more
The aim of this study was to compare and contrast correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption in two blue-collar populations: construction laborers and motor freight workers. Cross-sectional data were collected from two groups of male workers: (1) construction laborers (n = 1,013; response rate = 44 %) randomly selected from a national sample, as part of a diet and smoking cessation study; and (2) motor freight workers (n = 542; response rate = 78 %) employed in eight trucking terminals, as part of a tobacco cessation and weight management study. Data were analyzed using linear regression modeling methods. For both groups, higher income and believing it was important to eat right because of work were positively associated with fruit and vegetable consumption; conversely, being white was associated with lower intake. Construction laborers who reported eating junk food due to workplace stress and fatigue had lower fruit and vegetable intake. For motor freight workers, perceiving fast food to be the only choice at work and lack of time to eat right were associated with lower consumption. Comparing occupational groups illustrates how work experiences may be related to fruit and vegetable consumption in different ways as well as facilitates the development of interventions that can be used across groups.
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Abstract: The Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) has been thoroughly explored in the context of personality, behavior, social structure and both national and cross-cultural studies. However, different studies are not congruent in the... more
Abstract: The Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) has been thoroughly explored in the context of personality, behavior, social structure and both national and cross-cultural studies. However, different studies are not congruent in the interpretation of its inner structure. The current ...
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Cultural capital, originally a general sociological concept, has been transformed into a construct that is often applied in predicting scholastic attainment. Intellectual ability (IQ) has also been proven to be a strong, although... more
Cultural capital, originally a general sociological concept, has been transformed into a construct that is often applied in predicting scholastic attainment. Intellectual ability (IQ) has also been proven to be a strong, although basically psychological, predictor of educational attainment. However, these strands of research have hardly been contrasted in terms of their predictive power and in terms of their potential interaction. In the current study of Slovenian secondary school students, the results indicated that both constructs had statistically significant predictive power, both as to attainment and as to transition into type of secondary education. Results also indicated that: both constructs were fairly robust, as their predictive power remained statistically significant even after control variables were entered into the model; and they operated independently as results indicated no interaction between these constructs. The ‘return’ on cultural capital was greater for students whose parents had lower educational status.