Sanja Batić Očovaj

Fakultet Za Pravne i Poslovne Studije Dr Lazar Vrkatić · Department of Psychology

Research Question: This study delves into the intricate relationships among internal communication, internal trust, and work engagement within the context of a developing business environment undergoing cultural and economic transition. Motivation: The fundamental research inquiries seek to ascertain the interconnections between the studied phenome...

The current study examines whether the prevalence of COVID-19 cases and cultural flexibility correlate to one's use of acceptance coping across 26 cultures. We analyzed data from 7476 participants worldwide at the start of the first outbreak from March 2020 to June 2020. Results showed that cultural flexibility moderated the relationship between CO...

Helpful and unhelpful bereavement support strategies have been identified in many studies. However, few studies have researched the reasons for choosing different ways of supporting the bereaved. Taking this into account, the current study aimed to analyze the relationships between empathy dimensions (Empathy with negative emotions, Empathy with po...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies to examine the effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral intentions and affective measures. The data collected (April to October 2020) included specific measures...

The COVID-19 pandemic (and its aftermath) highlights a critical need to communicate health information effectively to the global public. Given that subtle differences in information framing can have meaningful effects on behavior, behavioral science research highlights a pressing question: Is it more effective to frame COVID-19 health messages in t...

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased negative emotions and decreased positive emotions globally. Left unchecked, these emotional changes might have a wide array of adverse impacts. To reduce negative emotions and increase positive emotions, we tested the effectiveness of reappraisal, an emotion-regulation strategy that modifies how one thinks about...

Significance Communicating in ways that motivate engagement in social distancing remains a critical global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study tested motivational qualities of messages about social distancing (those that promoted choice and agency vs. those that were forceful and shaming) in 25,718 people in 89 countries...

Finding communication strategies that effectively motivate social distancing continues to be a global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This crosscountry , preregistered experiment (n = 25,718 from 89 countries) tested hypotheses concerning generalizable positive and negative outcomes of social distancing messages that promoted p...

In order to shed light on the intrapersonal mechanisms that underlie the teaching in the blended learning environment, which implies the integration of complementary face-to-face and online approaches, we focused on the relationship between teachers? self-efficacy and motivation for teaching, with reference to the mediating role of teachers? emotio...

According to the Eudaimonic Activity Model (EAM) eudaimonia concepts (like vitality) lead to subjective well-being (like positive and negative affect), via satisfaction of the basic psychological needs. Since the Self-Determination Theory and organismic hypothesis propose that basic psychological needs are environment dependent, the aim of this stu...

According to the Self-Determination Theory, subjective vitality as a significant indicator of well-being, represents the subjective feeling of energy and aliveness. Originally, the Subjective Vitality Scale (SVS) is a one-dimensional 7-items scale, but further validation studies of the SVS yielded different factor-solutions (unidimensional solution...

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased negative emotions and decreased positive emotions globally. Left unchecked, these emotional changes might have a wide array of adverse impacts. To reduce negative emotions and increase positive emotions, we tested the effectiveness of reappraisal, an emotion-regulation strategy that modifies how one thinks about...

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased negative emotions and decreased positive emotions globally. Left unchecked, these emotional changes might have a wide array of adverse impacts. To reduce negative emotions and increase positive emotions, we tested the effectiveness of reappraisal, an emotion-regulation strategy that modifies how one thinks about...

Our primary objective was to investigate whether HEXACO personality profiles predict different coping strategies during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We chose a person-centered approach as it enabled visibility of personal structures differentiating between adaptive and maladaptive coping in a nonclinical sample. Latent profile analysis...

This article aims to investigate the factors influencing the electronic customer relationship management (e-CRM) assimilation in Southeastern European companies. With ICT innovation in mind, a conceptual model is developed, integrating three theories of innovative diffusion. Multivariate techniques, factor analysis, and cluster analysis are applied...

The research aimed at the exploration of gender differences in the quality of close relationships with a mother, a father, a sibling, a partner, and a friend concerning the negative exchange in the form of conflicts and antagonism, as well as the role of personality traits and communication styles in the development of individual differences. The s...

The paper presents the assessment of emission sources and health risk of 16 PAHs in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia, with developed oil, food, chemical and cement industry. Although the observed region has been previously studied with regard to the occurrence of PAHs in ambient air, the sources of emission and health risk using multivariate statistica...

The resolution of diagnosis of one’s child involves coming to terms with the child’s medical condition and accepting it both emotionally and cognitively. This study examined the relation between maternal resolution of the child’s diagnosis of cerebral palsy (CP) and their educational levels. We also aimed at understanding maternal resolution status...

The aim of the study was to explore whether application of cognitive stimulation in young healthy subjects may improve their cognitive efficiency. The study included 12 healthy young subjects divided into two groups – an experimental group and a control group. Prior to cognitive stimulation treatment, both groups underwent baseline measurements wit...

Istraživanjem se proveravalo da li su uverenja o partnerskom odnosu povezana sa ličnim iskustvom trpljenja partnerskog nasilja u adolescenciji. Upitničkim istraživanjem ispitan je prigodan uzorak od 450 srednjoškolaca iz kojeg je izdvojen rodno neujednačen poduzorak od 238 mladih sa iskustvom romantične veze (74% devojaka). Pored opštih pitanja upi...

Modern theories of migration in “the circulation of elite” see a chance for the development of both receiving and sending countries. Migrants increase innovations and development in both regions when they exchange the knowledge and skills between regions and put some effort to the connection of their economies. It is necessary to comprehend psychol...

Cilj istraživanja je bila operacionalizacija bihejvioralnih aspekata seksualnosti mladih modifikacijom upitnika o seksualnim fantazijama (Sexual Fantasy Questionnaire, SFQ: Wilson, 1978). Uzorkom je obuhvaćeno 1051 seksualno aktivnih adolescenata sa teritorije AP Vojvodine. Modifikacija SFQ ima odličnu reprezentativnost (KMO=.91) i pouzdanost (αC=....

In domestic literature there is a multitude of papers in which sexual assaults are studied from legal, criminological, sociological, and psychological point of view. They are mostly related to the sexual delinquency of adults, which means that there are very few studies dealing with the sexually deviant behaviour of adolescents. However, this issue...

Cilj rada bio je da se istraži stav prema reproduktivnom zdravlju i upućenost mladih u njegovo očuvanje. Prigodnim uzorkom obuhvaćeno je 2.737 mladih u periodu srednje adolescencije (prosečan uzrast ispitanika bio je 16,93 godine) s teritorije svih opština AP Vojvodine. Korišćeni upitnik činile su Skale stavova prema primeni zaštitnih sredstava i r...

p>Osnovni cilj ovog kvazi-eksperimentalnog istraživanja bio je da se utvrdi uspešnost procene istinitosti iskaza u zavisnosti od poznavanja verbalnog ponašanja u situaciji laganja. U istraživanju je učestovalo 80 ispitanika (63 muškarca i 17 žena, starosti 21–24 godine), studenata Kriminalističko-policijske akademije u Beogradu, podeljenih u eksper...

The main objective of this scientific paper is to analyze the presence of plagiarism in the science and its treatment in the laws governing the issue of intellectual property in the Republic of Serbia. A review of relevant literature leads to the conclusion that problems such breach are not yet adequately understood in our country. Previous researc...