Tatjana Vukosavljević-Gvozden

University of Belgrade · Department of Psychology

Internet addiction has gained increased scientific attention during the last decades. However, theoretical models explaining mechanisms underlying Internet addiction are scarce, impeding further development of prevention and treatment approaches. In the present study, we applied the principles of Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (RE&...

The aim of this article is to formulate and test a model integrating cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) findings regarding the importance of intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and tendency to worry with findings regarding the importance of trust in institutions, other people, and social support. We assumed that trust in institutions, other people, and...

Introduction. The use of online social networks has become widespread among the young. Although it may have beneficial effects, it has been established that some people develop problematic or excessive use of social networks which may negatively impact their psychosocial functioning. Objective. The aim of the present study was to investigate social...

The Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ‐30) is a brief multidimensional measure used for assessment of metacognitive beliefs in psychopathology. The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of MCQ‐30 in Serbian non‐clinical (n=246) and clinical (n=171; anxiety and depressive disorders) samples. The reliability of the questionnaire...

Although a disturbance in empathy has been related to all personality traits comprising the Dark Tetrad (i.e. Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism), the relationship between different aspects of empathy and these dark traits measured jointly has not been empirically scrutinised. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine th...

The main aim of the research was to determine the possible relationship between the tendency for negative emotions (operationalised through the traits of depression, anxiety and anger) and the risk of coronary heart disease. The second aim was to identify the combination of the examined emotional traits which best differentiates the persons with di...

The purposes of this article were to determine which risk factors are significant predictors of the occurrence of depression in adolescence and to discriminate among clinical, subclinical, and control groups. The sample consisted of 412 adolescents (61.7% female, 38.3% male) aged 13 to 17 years. Cognitive vulnerability factors for depression (i.e.,...

Aim and background: The role of the perceived social support in prevention of depression in adolescence still remains an insufficiently explored problem. By integrating the results of the previous studies of moderator role of perceived social support between negative life events and depression in adolescence we set up two goals. One is to determin...

In light of the recent research indicating differences between Internet addiction and online gaming addiction, in this study, we propose an adaptation of Online Cognitions Scale (OCS) developed by Davis, Flett, and Besser (2002), with the purpose of assessing maladaptive cognitions specifically related to online gaming. The aim was to determine the...

While Internet gaming addiction has recently been proposed as a disorder, it is still discussed whether it is to some extent an effect of other disorders. By integrating the results of the previous studies of Internet gaming addiction and the postulates of REBT theory, we set up two goals. One is to determine whether the symptoms of psychopathology...

Introduction The presence of mental illness has been found to be one of the major predictors of suicidality. Further, a lifetime history of suicide attempts increase the risk of death by suicide. Objectives Suicidality differs among diagnostic groups, with the strongest association being with mood disorders, but also with schizophrenia and anxiety...

The aim of the present study was to further clarify the basic mechanism through which maladaptive perfectionism leads to depression, using the rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT) framework. Previous studies have shown that depression is not associated with high personal standards, but rather with the tendency to evaluate one's self-worth based...

Results of previous studies have been inconsistent over the role of emotional and cognitive empathy in aggressive and antisocial behavior. The aim of this study is to clarify the specific nature of the empathic profiles associated with different types of amoral behavior (induced by impulsivity, frustration and brutality), measured through self-repo...

Background/Aim. The widespread symptoms of anorexia nervosa (AN) in young women require to draw professional attention to this problem in Serbia. In previous research on AN, insecure attachment styles, perfectionism and concerns about body shape were identified as notable risk factors. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of AN amon...

Although it is known that childhood and adolescence are the most important periods for the development of perfectionism (Flett & Hewitt, 2002), this is almost unknown research area in R. Macedonia. This research aimed to explore the relationship of perfectionism dimensions with anxiety and depression among children. We examined possible differences...

Although it is known that, childhood and adolescence are the most important periods the development of perfectionism (Flett & Hewitt, 2002). this is almost unknown research area in R. Macedonia. This research aimed to explore the relationship of perfectionism dimensions with anxiety and depression among children. We examined possible differences am...

Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to examine changes in psychological distress, such as depression and anxiety, and quality of life (QOL) during the perioperative period in maxillofacial cancer patients undergoing surgery. We also investigated the relationship between patient’s psychological distress and QOL. We hypothesized that perioper...

The purpose of this study was to determine the connection between dyadic adjustment and dysfunctional relationship beliefsthat are discussed in the contemporary cognitive-behavioural perspective. Given the nature of personal relationships, the study included intrapersonal and interpersonal approach. The intrapersonal approach suggests that one's pe...

The purpose of this study is to examine the differences between convicts and persons with no criminal record, as well as between two groups of convicts ‒ the perpetrators of thefts and the perpetrators of robberies in terms of amorality and socio-economic characteristics. The sample comprised 100 male convicts (51 convicted of theft and 49 of robbe...

The research objective was to identify personality characteristics as well as similarities between, and differences in personality profiles of persons suffering from Dysthymic (DD) and Panic Disorder (with/without Agoraphobia) (PD/PDA). Three groups (N=120) were analysed: DD, PD/PDA, and a healthy control group, matched by socio-demographic charact...

Anorexia nervosa is a complex eating disorder characterized by the voluntary reduction, and subsequent maintenance, of body weight at a level below 85% of optimal body weight, a pathological fear of food and weight gain, and disturbance of experience of weight and body shape. Development, sustainability and complexity of symptoms depend upon differ...

In the present study we examined psychometric properties of the Serbian translation of the Empathy Quotient scale (S-EQ). The translated version of the EQ was applied on a sample of 694 high-school students. A sub-sample consisting of 375 high-school students also completed the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), another widely used empathy measu...

This study extended earlier research (Harrington in Cong Ther Res 30:699–709, 2006) on the relationship of the multidimensional Frustration Discomfort Scale (FDS) with measures of depressed mood, anxiety and anger, independent of self-esteem. The study employed a non-clinical student sample (N=323) and measures of both state and trait anger and anx...

Introduction and objectives Absence of social support has its role in the etiology and maintaining of depression, showing inability of the depressive subjects to built and to sustain interpersonal relationships, and to mobilize social support at the time of crisis. The objective of our investigation was to establish the level of social support in t...

Cognitive reactivity to sad mood refers to the degree to which a mild dysphoric state reactivates negative thinking patterns. In this research, the contribution of the history of depression, the length of the current depressive episode and the intensity of the depressive symptoms were assessed in explaining the cognitive reactivity to sad mood meas...

The principles of the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy point out to the role of irrational beliefs in the occurrence of aggressive and antisocial behavior. The goal of this research is to determine whether there are links between irrational beliefs and self-assessment of antisocial behavior and whether there are differences with respect to irratio...

The article examines confidentiality principle from different perspectives: as the factor which plays a very important part in developing a productive therapist-client relationship, ethical and, in many countries, legal issue. Ways to maintain confidentiality in therapy are stated, as well as situations in which it is inevitably limited. Three dile...