Aleksandra Huic

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at University of Zagreb

Kružni model nastavničkih stilova razlikuje četiri stila ponašanja kojim nastavnici mogu motivirati (stil koji podržava autonomiju i strukturirajući stil) ili demotivirati (kontrolirajući stil i kaotični stil) svoje učenike. Ovim istraživanjem proširujemo postojeće spoznaje istražujući odrednice ovih nastavničkih stilova koji su u konačnici povezan...

In this study we adopt the lens of self-determination theory to examine the interplay between teachers’ basic psychological needs, behaviors, and well-being. We investigate teachers’ classroom behavior in the form of their (de)motivating styles as mediators between their need satisfaction/frustration and levels of their emotional exhaustion and job...

A new circumplex model of (de)motivating teaching styles distinguishes not only between autonomy support and controlling behaviors which lead to basic need support/thwarting in students, but between the level of direction in teaching/learning. The latter are described by two styles-structure and chaos. However, investigations of this model are stil...

Although young people express dissatisfaction with their lives and politics, research indicates a decline in youth political participation. Therefore, it is important to investigate activities that could incentivize youth to be more engaged in politics. Available studies suggest that debating in high-school debate clubs could lead to a greater inte...

It is assumed that many adolescent gamers who play intensively are highly engaged rather than problematic gamers and that they mostly do not experience negative consequences. This study aimed to explore how highly engaged adolescent gamers integrate gaming into their lives, how they experience gaming motivation, and how they view the effects that g...

Schools represent an important context for implementing participation rights guaranteed by the United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child into the lives of children in general and into the lives of children from vulnerable groups. Providing opportunities for children to exercise their participation rights has been linked to positive youth dev...

Istraživanja u svijetu i u Hrvatskoj ukazuju na sve nižu političku participaciju mladih. Istovremeno medijski naslovi, ali i rezultati ispitivanja ukazuju na nezadovoljstvo mladih svojim položajem i političkom situacijom. Zbog toga je važno naći aktivnosti koje bi mlade mogle potaknuti na aktivni angažman u politici. Pokazuje se da su u poticanju p...

The school lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic pushed teachers to online teaching literally overnight, which put their performance at risk. Transformational school leadership (TSL), teacher self-efficacy (TSE) and digital competencies might have played a protective role in such burdening conditions. Therefore, the present study aimed to examin...

Cilj je istraživanja bio ispitati znanje srednjoškolskih nastavnika o homoseksualnoj orijentaciji te istražiti u kakvome su odnosu znanje, samoefikasnost u radu s homoseksualnim učenicima i čestina uključivanja u podržavajuća ponašanja. Ispitivanje je provedeno online, a sudjelovalo je 267 srednjoškolskih nastavnika. Korištene su Skala znanja o hom...

We built upon a recent study by Rodrigues, Fasoli, Huic, and Lopes (2018) by investigating potential mechanisms driving the dehumanization of consensual non-monogamous (CNM) partners. Using a between-subjects experimental design, we asked 202 Portuguese individuals (158 women; Mage = 29.17, SD = 9.97) to read the description of two partners in a mo...

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati odnos među znanjem srednjoškolaca o homoseksualnoj orijentaciji, percepciji zastupljenosti te teme u školi i sklonosti diskriminaciji homoseksualnih osoba. Dodatno nas je zanimalo hoće li postojeće znanje i stupanj sklonosti diskriminaciji igrati ulogu u tome koliko su učenici otvoreni pročitati dodatni edukac...

Non-normative sexual orientations question the binary and hierarchically organised image of men–women relations. The main goal of this research was to explore the role of gender identity and gender-roles attitudes in predicting attitudes towards same-sex parenting. An additional goal was to assess whether socio-demographic variables such as age, ed...

Motives for security (prevention focus) and advancement (promotion focus) influence goal pursuit, but less is known about how such motives operate in the relationship domain. Regulatory focus in relationships (RFR) is a dispositional trait specific to relationship motives, whereby relationship promotion facilitates effective conflict resolution str...

Compared to monogamous relationships, consensual non-monogamous (CNM) relationships are stigmatized. Similarly, compared to heterosexual individuals, gay men are perceived to have more promiscuous and less committed romantic relationships. Hence, CNM and same-sex male relationships are potential targets of dehumanization (i.e., denied traits consid...

Lesbian and gay (LG) individuals strive to form stable relationships, and most of them are successful in doing so. Because successful relationships have benefits for psychological well-being, it is important to investigate factors that help people in same-sex relationships to achieve stable and committed relationships. The Investment Model (IM) pro...

This study investigates possible protective and vulnerability factors in the link between perceived stress and relationship satisfaction in dating relationships of emerging adults. We investigate whether self-control, as a positive self-regulation resource, serves as a buffer mitigating the negative effect of stress on relationships. We posited a p...

This study focuses on essentialist beliefs about homosexuality as determinants of discriminatory intentions against gay men and lesbian women (LG), and the readiness to engage in positive action toward them. A sample of 997 exclusively heterosexual adults participated in an on-line study set in Croatia, a country with high homophobia undergoing soc...

This paper reports on the development and pilot evaluation of a Croatian school-based youth gambling prevention program “Who really wins?”. The program is aimed at minimizing risk and enhancing protective factors related to youth gambling. A short-term evaluation of the program was conducted with a sample of 190 first and second year high-school st...

Although, compared to boys, adolescent girls gamble less often and less problematically, prevalence studies still show significant numbers of at risk/problem gamblers among girls. However, girl gambling has been on the sidelines of adolescent gambling research. The available studies usually focus only on a narrow set of correlates often ignoring th...

U novije vrijeme istraživanja su pokazala da je stres doživljen izvan partnerskog odnosa negativno povezan s procenama različitih ishoda intimne veze, kao što je zadovoljstvo vezom. Međutim, točni mehanizmi putem kojih ovaj fenomen, poznat pod nazivom stress spillover ili prelevanje stresa, ostvaruje svoj uticaj nisu u potpunosti razjašnjeni. Osim...

Temeljni cilj ovog rada je istražiti zastupljenost kockanja te štetnih psihosocijalnih posljedica kockanja (tzv. problematičnog kockanja) kod hrvatskih srednjoškolaca. Dodatni ciljevi su istražiti rodne razlike te razlike u učestalosti kockanja i izraženosti problema s obzirom na razred (dob) i vrstu školskog usmjerenja. U istraživanju je sudjelova...

The main aim of this study was to explore the frequency of gambling and gambling-related problems among Croatian high school students. The specific objectives have been to explore gender differences, and differences in the frequency and severity of gambling problems regarding grade/age and type of school program. The study included n=2.702 high sch...

Although gambling is illegal for minors, adolescents do gamble and even higher proportions of adolescents than adults are at risk to become problem gamblers. Moreover, many adolescents suffer from a wide range of gambling related harms, and this study sought to examine what predicts different adverse consequences of adolescent gambling. Our aim was...

The aim of this study was to examine the role friendship maintenance strategies play in satisfaction with same-sex friendships, with a particular interest in actor and partner effects of friendship maintenance strategies and whether these differ in male and female same-sex friendships. The study involved 196 pairs of friends 19-30 years old, both m...

Marital satisfaction and marital behavior_differences between generations

Current public debates in Croatia brought the issues of gay and lesbian civil rights to the forefront of scientific interest. So far, Croatian researches were mostly interested in the determinants of general attitudes towards gays and lesbians, while research on attitudes toward their civil rights remained neglected. Our study aimed to investigate...

The theory of planned behavior (TPB) identifies cognitive self-regulation as an important precursor of human behavior. Although it is one of the most frequently used models in predicting human behavior it is rarely used to predict behaviors in close relationships. Patterns of communication in relationships are amongst the most widely researched and...

While we know much about what determines attitudes towards gays and lesbians, less research attention has been given to the determinants of behavioral intentions towards these sexual minorities. Our goal is to examine the factors associated with one's intention to discriminate against gays and lesbians (negative behavior) and those associated with...

According to numerous research studies, homo-and bisexual persons are twice as likely to develop mental health problems during their lifetime than heterosexual persons. The main goal of this review paper is to show how this higher incidence of poor mental health and well-being can be explained by the minority stress model. According to this model,...

In year 2011. first comprehensive Croatian national research on youth gambling was conducted. The aim of the research was to explore the strength that experiences with gambling activities, specific motivation for gambling, ways people think about gambling, and broad personality dimensions have in explaining psychosocial consequences of adolescent g...

Socio-seksualnost se odnosi na individualne razlike u sklonosti stupanja u seksualne odnose bez prethodnog emocionalnog vezivanja i namjere za dugoročnu vezu. Osobe sklonije upuštati se u seksualne veze s drugima smatraju se nerestriktivnima, dok one kojima je potrebno više vremena, vezanosti i bliskosti da bi se upustili u takve odnose smatramo re...

Kada je u ljubavnoj vezi, pojedinac može aktivno raditi na njezinom unapređivanju ili se može odlučiti na pasivniji pristup tzv. održavanja statusa quo. Jedna od mogućih odrednica toga za koji pristup će se osoba odlučiti jest fokus regulacije koji može biti promotivni (usmjerenost na postignuće i daljnji razvoj) ili preventivni (usmjerenost na sig...

Osobe na prelasku u odraslu dob, kada uđu u ozbiljnu vezu, suočavaju se s normativnim očekivanjima kako se veza treba razvijati. To kako će regulirati svoje ponašanje odnosno kojom dinamikom će poduzimati određene korake za unapređenje veze ovisi o karakteristikama veze (njezinoj kvaliteti i stabilnosti), ali i o individualnim karakteristikama osob...

Sprovedeno istraživanje usmjerilo se na dva cilja. Prvi cilj bio je provjeriti znači li jednakost u ukupnom pokazivanju ljubavi u braku ujedno i jednako davanje i primanje ljubavi u svim specifičnim načinima pokazivanja ljubavi. Drugi cilj bio je utvrditi što je važnije za bračno zadovoljstvo: jednakost u pokazanoj i percipiranoj ljubavi ili apsolu...

Potreba za emocijama predstavlja generalnu tendenciju ka prilaženju ili izbegavanju emocija i emotivnih sadržajima i situacijama. Istraživanje prikazano ovim radom jedno je od prvih u kom se uloga potrebe za emocijama posmatra u kontekstu socijalnih relacija, u ovom slučaju braka. Cilj istraživanja bio je da se proceni značaj potrebe za emocijama z...

In year 2011. first comprehensive Croatian national research on youth gambling was conducted. The aim of the research was to explore the strength that experiences with gambling activities, specific motivation for gambling, ways people think about gambling, and broad personality dimensions have in explaining psychosocial consequences of adolescent g...

The need for affect is defined as a general motivation to approach or avoid emotion inducing situations. Our main goal was to further contribute to the validity and the more efficient measurement of this construct. The first study, using a heterogeneous student sample, found that just as the English version, the Croatian version has a similar two-f...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of early experience of gender discrimination on the perception of gender inequality and related behavior later in life. According to social learning theories, individuals who experienced unequal treatment in their family of origin should internalize traditional gender roles. On the other hand, bas...

The modern approaches to defi ning and developing of individual professions are focused on determining general and specifi c competencies needed for successful performance of work-related tasks. The same applies to current study programmes which need to defi ne learning outcomes, i.e. students' competencies within each of the off ered courses and e...

Vjerojatno ne postoji osoba koja si barem jednom u životu nije postavila pitanja poput: "Što mi je važno u životu?"; "Kojim se načelima vodim u životu?"; "Je li mi važnija obitelj ili posao?" i sl. Važnost ovih pitanja poticala je brojne filozofe, politologe, sociologe, psihologe i druge znanstvenike da proučavanju vrijednosti pristupe sustavno i e...

This paper presents results of a preliminary investigation conducted on three university groups. Students’ satisfaction with their education, their professional interests and the self-evaluation of their competence for future psychosocial work were examined. The goal of this research was to compare students of three helping professions (social peda...

The aim of this study was to find out if national and European identity exist simultaneously, or are they mutually exclusive. Citizens from two European countries, not yet members of the European Union, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro, participated in this study. Participants from Zagreb and Novi Sad, 400 from each town, were selected according t...

The aim of this study was to find out if national and European identity exist simultaneously, or are they mutually exclusive. Citizens from two European countries, not yet members of the European Union, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro, participated in this study. Participants from Zagreb and Novi Sad, 400 from each town, were selected according t...

This paper presents results of a preliminary investigation conductedon three university groups. Students'satisfaction with their education, their professional interests and the self-evaluation of their competence for future psychosocial work were examined. The goal of this research was to compare students of three helping professions (social pedago...

Sažetak Potreba za emocijama predstavlja opću motivaciju ljudi da ulaze, odnosno, izbjegavaju situacije i aktivnosti u kojima će doživjeti emocije. Cilj je istraživanja bio dati doprinos valjanosti te efikasnijem mjerenju ovoga konstrukta. U prvom dijelu istraživanja, provedenom na heterogenom uzorku studenata, utvrđena je visoka pouzdanost dimenzi...

The modern approaches to defining and developing of individual professions are focused on determining general and specific competencies needed for successful performance of work-related tasks. The same applies to current study programmes which need to define learning outcomes, i.e. students' competencies within each of the offered courses and each...