Tina Podlogar

• PhD
• Researcher at University of Primorska

Peer victimization is a major stressor adolescents often face in the school environment, and has been linked to depression and suicidal risk. This study analyzed the associations between three behavioral coping strategies (avoidance, seeking social support from adults/peers, and retaliation) and depression and suicidal ideation. Participants includ...

Working with suicidal clients is frequently referred to as one of the most demanding and anxiety‐provoking aspects of therapeutic work. The aim of this study was to obtain an in‐depth understanding of therapists’ experience in treating suicidal individuals and develop a theoretical model of it. Eleven psychotherapists (4 men and 7 women) participat...

Background While loneliness is recognized as a risk to mental and physical health, there is a lack of data covering a broad age range. This study used a Slovenian adult sample to investigate loneliness. Aims To examine levels of social, emotional and general loneliness within the general population. Method A survey on a sample representative of t...

Background and Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, women faced unique employment-related stressors, including higher exposure to unstable working conditions, increased workload changes due to motherhood, and greater risk of infection in certain jobs. This study explores how these factors influence women’s anxiety and subjective well-being, aim...

Background: Mental health professionals encounter numerous difficulties when working with suicidal clients. To understand these difficulties in clinical practice better, a valid instrument measuring them is needed. Aims: This study aimed to translate the Difficulties in Suicidal Behaviors Intervention Questionnaire (DSBQ) to Slovene, validate it, a...

Introduction: Suicide of a student affects the entire school community. Therefore, professionally supported postvention activities should be implemented in such cases. The first postvention guidelines for schools in Slovenia were published and distributed in the fall of 2021. The aim of this contribution is to present the first impressions of the u...

Introduction: Scout leaders are youth workers in close contact with children and adolescents, a vulnerable group for mental health problems and suicidal behaviour. They assume the role of an older sibling and the implemented activities facilitate development of close relationships. The leaders are sometimes trusted with personal problems by members...

Objective: Suicidality is a phenomenon, which does not fit into the traditional medical illness model. Working with suicidal clients requires unique approaches and is frequently referred to as one of the most demanding and anxiety-provoking aspects of therapeutic work. The aim of this study was to obtain an in-depth understanding of psychotherapist...

Early detection and intervention can counteract mental disorders and risk behaviours among adolescents. However, help-seeking rates are low. School-based screenings are a promising tool to detect adolescents at risk for mental problems and to improve help-seeking behaviour. We assessed associations between the intervention “Screening by Professiona...

The aim of the present validation study is to determine the psychometric properties of the Slovenian version of the Mental Health Literacy Scale. For this purpose, the factorial structure, internal consistency, cross-cultural, convergent and discriminant validity were assessed. The measure was translated and adapted to Slovenian context through a b...

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in adolescents and help-seeking behaviour for suicidal behaviour is low. School-based screenings can identify adolescents at risk for suicidal behaviour and might have the potential to facilitate service use and reduce suicidal behaviour. The aim of this study was to assess associations of a two-stage s...

Loneliness and suicidal ideation (SI) are relevant issues. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of death ideation (DI) and SI in the general population across four age groups and to determine the extent to which emotional and social loneliness are associated with SI. Data were collected via an online panel in Slovenia in February 2019 on a re...

Purpose: Self-injurious behavior is a frequent phenomenon in adolescence. The present study prospectively examined life events as risk factors for the first onset of direct self-injurious behavior (D-SIB) in the Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe school-based multicenter sample. Methods: Longitudinal assessments with an interval of 1 ye...

Background Predictions of two different models for suicide attempts (SA) over 12 months, as differentially impacted by specific school‐based suicide prevention interventions, were compared. These were as follows: (a) interpersonal theory (IPTS) and (b) a two‐pathway model, one path associated with externalizing symptoms and continuum of self‐harm b...

Delo s samomorilno ogroženimi klienti je vidik terapevtskega ali svetovalnega dela, ki za strokovnjake za duševno zdravje pogosto predstavlja pomemben izziv. Udeleženci raziskave so bili strokovnjaki (N = 106; 19 moških in 87 žensk) z diplomo iz psihologije, medicine in drugih področij, ki so poročali o vsaj eni izkušnji strokovnega dela s samomori...

Sexual-minority youth have a two to three times higher risk for suicidal behaviour than their peers. They also have increased mental health risk factors, such as depression and substance abuse, and are often victims of homophobia and discrimination. Available data are unable to provide a clear understanding of the psychosocial factors contributing...

Mental health promotion and suicide prevention project for adolescents: A (se) štekaš?!? / Do you understand (yourself)?!?

Introduction: Scouts leaders are in regular and close contact with children and adolescents, who are a vulnerable group for suicidal behaviour. The leaders are sometimes trusted with personal problems by members of their groups or are able to notice warning signs of distress in them. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore Slovenian scouts leader...

Background The association between bullying victimization and depression, suicide ideation and suicide attempts has been studied mainly in cross‐sectional studies. This study aims to test the bidirectional effect and the chronicity versus sporadic effect of physical, verbal, and relational bullying victimization on suicidal ideation/attempts and de...

Early onset and long-term smoking are associated with physical and psychological health problems. The aim of the presented analysis was to investigate risk and influencing factors for different smoking status in a big sample of European adolescents. In the context of the "saving and empowering young lives in Europe" (SEYLE) study we surveyed 12,328...

Since the 1970s, mindfulness programmes have expanded to various fields of stress prevention, depression and other mental health problems and occupational field in which they are frequent especially in the helping professions due to high exposure to stress. Numerous studies are confirming positive effects of mindfulness for professionals, however,...

By studying differences in suicide rates among different geographical regions one may identify factors connected to suicidal behaviour on a regional level. Many studies have focused on risk factors, whereas less is known about protective factors, such as social support. Using suicide rates and data from the European Social Survey (ESS) we explore t...

Purpose: To examine risk and protective factors moderating the associations between three types of bullying victimization (physical, verbal, and relational bullying) with suicide ideation/attempts in a large representative sample of European adolescents. Methods: We analyzed cross-sectional data on 11,110 students (mean age = 14.9, standard devi...

In this cross-sectional study, physical activity, sport participation and associations with well-being, anxiety and depressive symptoms were examined in a large representative sample of European adolescents. A school-based survey was completed by 11,110 adolescents from ten European countries who took part in the SEYLE (Saving and Empowering Young...

BACKGROUND: For many psychologists, working with suicidal people can be one of the most stressful parts of their work; however, adequate management of these individuals is of crucial importance. Therefore, it is necessary to study and enhance psychologists’ competences in this field. SUPER PSYCHOLOGIST is a project of a one-year professional develo...

The Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ) for assessing thwarted belongingness (TB) and perceived burdensomeness (PB) has not been validated with community adolescents. We translated and administered the INQ to 307 Slovenian adolescents twice over 2-3 months and found that the 15-item version (INQ-15) did not fit without modification. TB and PB s...

Work is an important part of adult life. As such it is closely connected to health and mental health. Aspects of occupation, work and employment can represent risk factors for suicidal behaviour or protective factors against it. Aim of this article is to present the known work-related risk factors for suicidal behaviour, protective factors and poss...

Time perspective (TP), often non-conscious attitude towards time, is in close relationship with well-being and mental health. The balance of time perspective, which means flexibility of different TP dimensions, is important in this regard. Mindfulness has its roots in Buddhism and it means paying attention in a certain way; on purpose, in the prese...

Time perspective (TP) is defined as often non-conscious attitude towards time and the process of allocating the flow of personal and societal experience into temporal frames of past, present and future. TP is connected to subjective well-being and mental health. The balance of time perspective, which reflects flexible blending and switching between...

Time perspective (TP) is defined as the often non-conscious process of allocating the flow of individual’s experience into temporal frames of past, present and future. TP is closely related to mental health and well-being. NARA is Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) 8-week group program, aiming at stress management and depression-relapse pre...

Indicated prevention of mental illness is an important public health concern among youth. The aim of this study was to establish a European school-based professional screening among adolescents, which included variables on both a broad range of risk-behaviours and psychopathology; and to investigate the indicative value of adolescent risk-behaviour...

To investigate the prevalence and associated psychosocial factors of occasional and repetitive direct self-injurious behavior (D-SIB), such as self-cutting, -burning, -biting, -hitting, and skin damage by other methods, in representative adolescent samples from 11 European countries. Cross-sectional assessment of adolescents was performed within th...

Slovenia has one of the highest suicide rates in the world (20.3/100,000 in 2010). With the purpose of better understanding characteristics of suicide deaths in Slovenia, we have implemented the study of psychological autopsies (PA) in the country. Psychological autopsy is a research method that involves interviews with various informants about the...

Impulsivity has been found to be an important risk factor for suicidal behavior. There are two aspects of impulsivity that need to be taken into consideration: i) impulsivity as a personality trait that is often recognized among people with suicidal behavior; and, ii) impulsive (as opposed to premeditated) initiating of a fatal or non-fatal self-ha...

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an 8-week group programme aimed at better coping with depression and stress symptoms and at prevention of depression-relapse. It is based on meditation practices and techniques of focusing on present moment. Despite its proven effectiveness, the programme is not widely known in Slovenia. Objective of th...

Police officers are important gatekeepers in suicide prevention. Their capability to carry out this role effectively depends both on their knowledge about suicidal behavior and their personal experiences, feelings of competence and attitudes toward or beliefs about suicide. The objective is to explore police officers' experiences with suicidal beha...

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Despite high suicide rate (20.3 for 2010), there is no systematic mental health prevention programme in Slovenian educational system. Do you understand (yourself)?!? Integrated approach of mental health promotion and primary prevention of suicidal behaviour for adolescents is a newly developed pilot programme that aims at de...

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an innovative approach which teaches participants to discover stimuli that typically trigger depression and to develop self-management skills. It is effective in preventing depression-relapse and suicidal behaviour, but in Slovenia is not yet very well known. In order to offer it...

INTRODUCTION: Police officers are important gatekeepers in suicide prevention, but at the same time, cases of suicidal behaviour and suicides are, among other deaths, one of the most stressful parts of their job. Police trustees are a special group of police officers who offer support to their colleagues in ambiguous or stressful cases. AIM: The o...

Despite the high suicide rate (22,5 for 2009), Slovenia doesn’t have systematic mental health prevention programmes implemented in the educational system. Project SEYLE is that kind of programme and aims to improve health through decreased risk-taking and suicidal behaviours, to evaluate outcomes of different preventive intervention programs (educa...

Namen raziskave je bil ugotoviti, kakšna je povezanost šestih dimenzij časovne perspektive ter uravnoteženosti časovne perspektive z osebnostnimi lastnostmi in subjektivnim blagostanjem. Izhajala sva iz predpostavke, da je časovna perspektiva tesno povezana z osebnostnimi lastnostmi in subjektivnim blagostanjem. Za Zahodni svet naj bi bila optimaln...

The aim of our study was to research the connection of the six time perspective dimensions and of balanced time perspective with personality traits and subjective well-being. Our starting point was the assumption that time perspective is closely connected to personality traits and subjective well-being. It has been theorized that so called balanced...

The aim of this research was to study the connections between different dimensions of time perspective and subjective well-being of an individual. 281 students at the Faculty of arts, University in Ljubljana, filled in the Slovene version of the Zimbardo time perspective questionnaire, The Satisfaction Life scale by Diener, The Positive Affect and...