Anita Lauri Korajlija

• Phd
• University of Zagreb

This study aimed to validate the Croatian version of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire 10-item version (ACE-10) in a sample of 293 emerging adults (mean age 22 years old; 56.9% women). ACE-10 is a self-report retrospective questionnaire that assesses abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction. Measures of depression, anxiety, stress, a...

Background: There is a strong need to determine pandemic and postpandemic challenges and effects at the individual, family, community, and societal levels. Post–COVID-19 health and psychosocial effects have long-lasting impacts on the physical and mental health and quality of life of a large proportion of survivors, especially survivors of severe a...

Background There is a strong need to determine pandemic and postpandemic challenges and effects at the individual, family, community, and societal levels. Post–COVID-19 health and psychosocial effects have long-lasting impacts on the physical and mental health and quality of life of a large proportion of survivors, especially survivors of severe an...

BACKGROUND There is a strong need to determine pandemic and postpandemic challenges and effects at the individual, family, community, and societal levels. Post–COVID-19 health and psychosocial effects have long-lasting impacts on the physical and mental health and quality of life of a large proportion of survivors, especially survivors of severe an...

Objective − The aim of this research was to evaluate the physical and mental health of emerging adults who lost a parent before the age of 18, and to examine the predictors of satisfaction with physical and mental health. Materials andMethods − The subjects who participated in this study were emerging adults (18-29 years of age) from Bosnia and Her...

Objective − The aim of this research was to evaluate the physical and mental health of emerging adults who lost a parent before the age of 18, and to examine the predictors of satisfaction with physical and mental health. Materials and Methods − The subjects who participated in this study were emerging adults (18-29 years of age) from Bosnia and He...

The aim of this study was to examine the existing mobile applications focused on sexual health and analyze the included content and therapeutic techniques. Three databases with mobile applications were searched and 47 applications met the criteria. More applications have been developed for men, most of them included content for erectile dysfunction...

Rana smrt roditelja, kao jedan od najznačajnijih i najbolnijih događaja u životu djeteta, može staviti dijete u rizik za kratkoročne i dugoročne posljedice po psihičko i tjelesno zdravlje, svakodnevno funkcioniranje i postignuća. Iako rezultati istraživanja glede dugoročnih ishoda nisu posve konzistentni, gubitak roditelja se dovodi u vezu s proble...

U ovoj monografiji prikazani su preliminarni nalazi drugog vala istraživanja Kako smo? provedenog krajem 2020. godine, koji pokazuju kakvo je psihološko stanje građana Hrvatske i kako su se s pandemijom COVID-19 i potresom u Zagrebu nosile osobe svih generacija i u različitim životnim ulogama: od učenika i studenata, preko osoba u vezi i samaca, ro...

High psychosocial burden, including significant psychological and psychiatric disorders, is now well recognized in people suffering from psoriasis. Various psychological treatments have so far been investigated and shown to be useful for psoriasis, including cognitive behavior therapy or family therapy. Other treatments, such as meditation and me...

Social networks are virtual spaces currently connecting over 3.8 billion users worldwide. The number of users and the number of different social networks is constantly growing, which indicates that technology-mediated daily life has become an integral part of life in the 21st century. It is indubitable that there are many advantages to technologica...

Background: Many research has indicated that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers are under greatly increased pressure and at increased risk for the development of mental health problems. Furthermore, previous research has indicated that psychiatrists are exposed to a number of unique stressors that may increase their risk for poor me...

The global epidemic of (mis)information, spreading rapidly via social media platforms and other outlets, can be a risk factor for the development of anxiety disorders among vulnerable individuals. Cyberchondria can be a vulnerability factor for developing anxiety in a pandemic situation, particularly when the Internet is flooded with (mis)informati...

This study aimed to determine the contribution of gender, age, intensity of exercise, perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation and eating attitudes in the explanation dimensions of social physique anxiety (SPA) in a sample of 345 male and female gym exercisers. The results of this study indicate that the implemented model explains 21.3 % (p...

Research aim: The aim of this research is to compare health concerns and behaviours, as well as mental health indicators, among members of the general population and physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia. Participants and methods: The research was conducted in March and April of 2020 with two samples. The sample of physicians consisted...

Preliminary results of psychological effects of corona virus disease on children, adults and elderly in Croatia. Study on over 3500 participants from 7 to 95 years reports results on depressive, anxious and stress reactions, attitudes on anti COVID-19 measures and many other aspects of life during lock-down and afterwards. The Kako smo? project, de...

Recent studies estimate that between 30% to 50% of the population does not adhere to their prescribed therapies, and one of the reasons is pharmacophobia. Pharmacophobia is a fear of medication and a negative attitude toward drugs in general. The aim of this study was to determine predictors of pharmacophobia. 700 participants participated in the s...

Objectives The COVID‐19 pandemic has created uncertainty that has heightened fear and worry worldwide, thus elevating the potential for a growth in anxiety. This study aims to examine changes in levels of COVID‐19 concern and safety behaviours among persons living in Croatia during the period in which the first COVID‐19 case was identified and when...

One of the issues within the framework of Darwinian medicine is why individuals develop the specific disease they do. Ethologists have long known that within any given population, there are organisms with the tendency towards higher (Hawks) or lower (Doves) aggressiveness, and since the physiological responses to stressful events are different in H...

Background and Objectives: Eating disorder (ED) symptoms are a growing problem and modern technologies introduced a new and unexplored potential risk factor for vulnerable individuals. It is fairly common for women to use the Internet in order to find information about various weight-loss methods, but it was further questioned whether perfectionism...

Cognitive aging research is ever more stressing the importance of examining ageist stereotypes in senior care professionals. Ageism in senior care professionals may lead to inappropriate treatment of the elderly. Inadequate knowledge of the aging process can significantly contribute to the creation and development of ageism. Also, lack of work-rela...

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of different ways of providing information about transsexualism on attitudes towards transgender persons. Three independent groups were informed about transsexualism in different ways (a formal definition of transsexualism, a vignette with a transgender person story and a YouTube video depicting a tra...

The aim of the study was to determine whether there is a diffrence in social physique anxiety (SPA) in relation to gender, gravity of exercise, main goal of exercise and their interaction. A sample of 345 male and female gym exercisers completed social phisique anxiety inventory (SPAS) and anwsered questions about their exercise habits. Data was co...

The Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation - Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) is a scale designed as a multi-theoretical and multi-diagnostic measure of general psychological distress. It can be used at all levels of psychological care, from triage to monitoring the effects of psychotherapy. The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties...

In Croatia, transgender individuals face numerous social and medical obstacles throughout the process of transition. The aim of this study was to depict the factors contributing to the psychosocial adjustment of six transsexual individuals living in Croatia following sex reassignment surgery (SRS). A combination of quantitative and qualitative self...

Objectives: Anxiety Sensitivity (AS) is conceptualized as a cognitive vulnerability reflecting the fear of anxiety symptoms based on beliefs about their harmful consequences. There has been a debate as to whether AS has a dimensional or taxonic latent structure. Given the contradictory findings, our two research groups, Croatian and Serbian, re-exa...

The aim of this study was to compare the quality of life and to assess stigmatization between persons suffering from schizophrenia who used a program of psychosocial support and those that did not. Two groups were observed: clinical group (n=51) consisting of respondents who, after hospitalization, entered the program of psychosocial support in the...

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) refers to a person’s tendency to fear anxiety-related symptoms due to the belief that they have harmful consequences. The Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) is a well accepted operationalization of the AS construct in children and adolescents. This study evaluated the factor structure, gender stability and psychomet...

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship of test anxiety, positive and negative perfectionism and several measures of academic achievement. We also wanted to determine differences in levels of test anxiety between adaptive and non-adaptive perfectionists and non-perfectionists. 331 university students filled in the Test Anxiety Invento...

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) refers to a person’s tendency to fear anxiety-related symptoms due to the belief that these symptoms may have harmful consequences. The most widely used operationalization of AS in adults is the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI). The factor structure, gender stability, and psychometric properties of the ASI in a sample of Cro...

The Integrative Hierarchical Model of Anxiety ( Brown, Chorpita, and Barlow, 1998) postulated that any anxiety disorder can be described by a combination of general (common to all disorders), specific (connected with several disorders) and unique (connected only to a specific disorder) factors. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship b...

With the health survey SF-36® we examined the perception of health (standard Croatian version) in 396 older persons, participants in the research with various social economic characteristics. A lower perception of health was determined in the older age group (76-91 years of age - IV age: components of physical functioning and physical limitations)....

Perfectionist thinking includes a belief that fear of possible anxiety symptoms is evidence of imperfection. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between dimensions of anxiety sensitivity (AS) and dimensions of positive and negative perfectionism. Using the sample of 1585 children and 1541 adults, we measured anxiety sensitivity an...

The aim of this study was to assess the subjective quality of life and to identify the psychosocial predictors of SQOL among patients with a variety of gastroenterological diseases. A convenience sample of 78 gastroenterological patients completed questionnaires measuring subjective quality of life, perceived social support, coping style, depressio...

Recent researches of perfectionism clearly indicate that it is necessary to differentiate positive and negative aspects of perfectionism. This study investigated differential association of perfectionism with positive and negative aspects of life. AIM: A correlation research was conducted to examine the relation of perfectionism dimensions (high st...

Cilj istraživanja bio je usporediti razinu depresije i anksioznosti oboljelih od psorijaze te gastrointestinalnih bolesti i zdravih sudionika, te provjeriti utjecaj percipirane socijalne podrške na psihološku prilagodbu pacijenata. U istraživanje je bilo uključeno 240 sudionika (70 sa psorijazom, 83 s dijagnosticiranom gastrointestinalnom bolešću i...

Besides difficulties associated with their primary illness, psychiatric patients have to face difficulties that emerge from social stigmatization around them. Discriminatory behaviors such as health care restrictions, less educational rights and problems with employment are just few examples of wide variety of acts that threaten both physical and m...

The aim of the study was to determine the connection of objective academic achievement and its subjective perception with perfectionism and atributional style. The study included 120 students (classified as «successful» and «unsuccessful» according to the length of study) from various schools of Zagreb University. The expression of perfectionism wa...

The aim of this study was to assess the subjective quality of life and to identify the psychosocial predictors of SQOL among patients with a variety of gastroenterological diseases. A convenience sample of 78 gastroenterological patients completed questionnaires measuring subjective quality of life, perceived social support, coping style, depressio...

Research focusing on relationship between perfectionism and self-esteem is rather new and offers various and sometimes contradictory findings. Furthermore, a relationship between perfectionism and implicit self-esteem is still an under- investigated topic. The aim of this study was to explore differences in levels of implicit and explicit self-este...