Renata Baric

• Doctor of Psychology
• Full professor at University of Zagreb

Citation: Prosoli, R.; Jelić, M.; Barić, R.; Sisneros, C.; Lochbaum, M. Croatian Combat Athletes' Attribution Patterns for Their Successes and Failures. Youth 2023, 3, Abstract: Successes and failures are integral outcomes to the sport experience. Based on decades of research, how athletes process both outcomes influence their thoughts, emotions, a...

Background and Study Aim. Researchers since the late 1970s have been interested in finding out the reasons attributed to outcomes. To facilitate attribution research in Croatia we translated and validated The Revised Causal Dimension Scale (CDS-II) and examined its invariance when attributing most and least successful competition performances. Mat...

Background and Study Aim. Researchers rarely focus on documenting parental experiences at sport tournaments. Therefore, our purpose was to document parent cardiovascular, metabolic and emotional responses to watching their child compete while also paying attention to their thoughts before and after the competition, levels of stress, anxiety, depres...

Pobjede i porazi predstavljaju svakodnevni dio života sportaša. Jako je važno istražiti i razumjeti kako sportaši objašnjavaju uzroke tih ishoda i čemu ih pripisuju. Upravo iz tog razloga, cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati postoji li razlika između atribucija koje hrvači donose za svoj najuspješniji i najmanje uspješan nastup u karijeri. Sudio...

The primary aim of the study was to examine the correlation between the physical activity level and three factors of sexual health in men (sexual desire, sexual function and sexual satisfaction). The sample consisted of 509 male students aged 18 to 30 (M=19.70; SD=1.38). The results suggest a significantly better erectile function and sexual satisf...

Purpose: Researchers have extensively documented the cardiovascular and metabolic demands for sports participation. To date, researchers have ignored the same requirements of competitor’s parents. Hence, our purpose was to document parent cardiovascular and metabolic responses to watching their child compete while also paying particular attention t...

Cilj ovoga preglednog rada bio je istražiti učinke tjelesne aktivnosti u poboljšanju i očuvanju seksualne funkcije u zdravih te smanjenju simptoma u osoba s već dijagnosticiranim jednim ili više poremećaja seksualne funkcije. Pregledni rad uključio je 50 znanstvenih djela objavljenih na engleskom jeziku u periodu od 1998. do 2016. godine. Rezultati...

The aims of this investigation were to examine the differences between young athletes and non-athletes in perceived quality of life, to test metric characteristics of the Parental Pressure in Sport Questionnaire (PPSQ), and to investigate the relationship between parental pressure and quality of life among young athletes. The sample comprised 100 y...

The aims of this investigation were to examine the differences between young athletes and non-athletes in perceived quality of life, to test metric characteristics of the Parental Pressure in Sport Questionnaire (PPSQ), and to investigate the relationship between parental pressure and quality of life among young athletes. The sample comprised 100 y...

Study objectives: This study aimed to determine the associations between the self-reported sleep duration and self-rated health in young adults. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, participants were 689 young adults (mean age 20 ± 1.35 years, 49.8% female). Sleep duration and self-rated health, as the main outcome of interest, were measured...

Cilj ovoga istraživanja bio je utvrditi razinu seksualnog zadovoljstva tjelesno aktivnih osoba te ispitati povezanost razine njihove seksualne želje i seksualnog zadovoljstva. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku 78 studenata i studentica Kineziološkog fakulteta Višedimenzionalnim upitnikom seksualnosti (Snell i sur., 1993). Rezultati upućuju na vis...

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati neke psihometrijske karakteristike hrvatske verzije Upitnika intrinzične motivacije kako bi se provjerila njegova konstruktna valjanost, te usporedba dobivenih rezultata sa ostalim sličnim istraživanjima na različitim populacijama. Istraživanje je provedeno nakon prvog semestra nastave tjelesne i zdravstvene k...

Background. Aging represents period of life when human body undergoes great changes affecting people’s condition and overall health. The aim of the research was to determine differences of motor and functional abilities along with satisfaction and quality of life between active and non-active female older adults. Methods. Twenty-one elderly female...

The present study investigated the relationship between different types of peer motivational climates and distinct aspects of athletes’ perfectionism. The study included 258 athletes (32 % female) who ranged in age from 18 to 25 years (M = 20.44 years; SD = 1.01). The findings showed that athletes’ perfectionistic strivings were positively related...

The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between perceived competence, intrinsic motivation and goal orientation in children regularly attending physical education (PE) classes and to study the differences between boys and girls of different ages in this respect. The results obtained on the sample of 594 Croatian pupils showed positive...

The aim of this research is to determine the construct validity of the FigureRating Scale (Stunkard, Sorenson and Schlusinger, 1983) on selfestimated body size percieved by female students at the University of Osijek. In order to determine the construct validity of the survey and the estimates obtained by it, following anthropometric variables were...

Coaches of different profiles influence athletes' sports motivation differently. The aim of this paper was to investigate the coaches' contribution to the motivational structure of athletes from team sports. Using the coaches' self-evaluations of goal orientation and intrinsic motivation and the athletes' evaluations of their coaches' leadership st...

The aim of the study was to investigate the differences between the prevalence of certain diseases sensi-tive to kinesiological treatment in physically active and inactive women aged 50 to 65. A total of 214 Cauca-sian urban women responded to the questionnaire on their health status. 111 women had been participating in aerobic classes 2-4 times a...

The purpose of this study was to examine the selected psychometric properties of the Croatian version of Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire in order to extend the construct validation of this sport motivation instrument. The present study utilized a quasi-confirmatory factor analytic approach to evaluate the theoretical two-factor stru...

The achievement theory in sports assumes that motivation is a function of dispositional characteristics of individuals and characteristics of sports environment. Environmental factors are means used by individuals to create inner, relevant motivational drives, whereas the interpersonal context of sporting activities is an important factor which inf...

The research investigated personality traits of high-risk sports athletes. The aim was to investigate the personality dimensions and compare the results to the results of non-risk sports athletes and non-athletes. Thirty eight high-risk sports athletes participated in the research (alpinists, sky divers, paragliders, white--water kayakers, downhill...

The research investigated personality traits of high-risk sports athletes. The aim was to investigate the personality dimensions and compare the results to the results of non-risk sports athletes and non-athletes. Thirty eight high-risk sports athletes participated in the research (alpinists, sky divers, paragliders, white-water kayakers, downhill...

UVOD Jedna od najstarijih izreka koja se veže uz sport još od vremena antike jest "Zdrav duh u zdravom ti-jelu". Ova rečenica vrijedi za svakog čovjeka i pred-stavlja ideju koja stoji u podlozi psihofizičkog zdrav-lja. U suvremenom natjecateljskom sportu ponekad se ova ideja zanemaruje. Štoviše, vodeći se krila-ticom "Rezultat ispred svega" mnogi t...

The purpose of this study was to examine the selected psychometric properties of the Croatian version of Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire in order to extend the construct validation of this sport motivation instrument. The present study utilized a quasi-confirmatory factor analytic approach to evaluate the theoretical two-factor stru...

Abstract: The aim of the study was to investigate the differences between the prevalence of certain diseases sensitive to kinesiological treatment in physically active and inactive women aged 50 to 65. A total of 214 Caucasian urban women responded to the questionnaire on their health status. 111 women had been participating in aerobic classes 2-4...