TY  - JOUR
AU  - Đorđević, Jelena
AU  - Pavlović, Aleksandra
AU  - Mihajlović, Goran
AU  - Hinić, Darko
AU  - Vojvodić, Jovana
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Pavlović, Dragan
PY  - 2024
UR  - https://doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0048-57052400006D
UR  - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5410
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6317
AB  - Theory of Mind (ToM) is a social-cognitive ability to understand the mental states of others. ToM functions are compromised in the case of mental disorders characterized by cognitive impairments. The Faux Pas Recognition test (FPRT) is considered a good measure of verbal aspects of ToM as it measures social adaptation through the adequate interpretation of potentially sensitive and awkward social situations. However, data on FPRT psychometric properties is somewhat limited. The aim of the present study is the psychometric evaluation of the FPRT in Serbian population. The adapted version in Serbian has been administered to 268 healthy participants, 30 patients with schizophrenia and 31 with bipolar affective disorder. The results show a high internal consistencies of Faux Pas stories (α = .954), Control stories (α = .929) and overall test (α = .936). Both Horn’s parallel analysis and confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a single-factor solution is optimal, supporting the premise of a general ToM ability underlying performance across test. The Faux Pas test showed good discriminative power in differentiation between individuals from healthy and clinical populations making it a useful clinical instrument.
PB  - Serbian Psychological Society
T2  - Psihologija
T2  - Psihologija
T1  - Assessing theory of mind abilities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A psychometric study of the Faux Pas Recognition test in Serbian
EP  - 6
IS  - 00
SP  - 6
DO  - 10.2298/PSI220824006D
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Đorđević, Jelena and Pavlović, Aleksandra and Mihajlović, Goran and Hinić, Darko and Vojvodić, Jovana and Živanović, Marko and Pavlović, Dragan",
year = "2024",
abstract = "Theory of Mind (ToM) is a social-cognitive ability to understand the mental states of others. ToM functions are compromised in the case of mental disorders characterized by cognitive impairments. The Faux Pas Recognition test (FPRT) is considered a good measure of verbal aspects of ToM as it measures social adaptation through the adequate interpretation of potentially sensitive and awkward social situations. However, data on FPRT psychometric properties is somewhat limited. The aim of the present study is the psychometric evaluation of the FPRT in Serbian population. The adapted version in Serbian has been administered to 268 healthy participants, 30 patients with schizophrenia and 31 with bipolar affective disorder. The results show a high internal consistencies of Faux Pas stories (α = .954), Control stories (α = .929) and overall test (α = .936). Both Horn’s parallel analysis and confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a single-factor solution is optimal, supporting the premise of a general ToM ability underlying performance across test. The Faux Pas test showed good discriminative power in differentiation between individuals from healthy and clinical populations making it a useful clinical instrument.",
publisher = "Serbian Psychological Society",
journal = "Psihologija, Psihologija",
title = "Assessing theory of mind abilities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A psychometric study of the Faux Pas Recognition test in Serbian",
pages = "6-6",
number = "00",
doi = "10.2298/PSI220824006D"
}

Đorđević, J., Pavlović, A., Mihajlović, G., Hinić, D., Vojvodić, J., Živanović, M.,& Pavlović, D.. (2024). Assessing theory of mind abilities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A psychometric study of the Faux Pas Recognition test in Serbian. in Psihologija
Serbian Psychological Society.(00), 6-6.
https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI220824006D

Đorđević J, Pavlović A, Mihajlović G, Hinić D, Vojvodić J, Živanović M, Pavlović D. Assessing theory of mind abilities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A psychometric study of the Faux Pas Recognition test in Serbian. in Psihologija. 2024;(00):6-6.
doi:10.2298/PSI220824006D .

Đorđević, Jelena, Pavlović, Aleksandra, Mihajlović, Goran, Hinić, Darko, Vojvodić, Jovana, Živanović, Marko, Pavlović, Dragan, "Assessing theory of mind abilities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A psychometric study of the Faux Pas Recognition test in Serbian" in Psihologija, no. 00 (2024):6-6,
https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI220824006D . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Paunović, Dunja
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
AU  - Vulić, Katarina
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Konstantinović, Uroš
AU  - Stanković, Marija
AU  - Filipović, Saša R.
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4887
AB  - Associative memory (AM) represents an ability to bind unrelated information into meaningful units and encode them as distinct memories.  AM has been the function of interest in many non-invasive transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) studies aiming to maximize the potential for memory modulation by varying stimulation loci, frequency, and amplitude. In the current study, we aimed to capture the tES modulation potential of AM performance when tailoring the stimulation protocols to the individual brain rhythms. By matching the stimulation frequency to the frequency of each subject’s AM task-induced electrophysiological (EEG) activity in theta spectrum (4-8 Hz), we developed two types of personalized oscillatory protocols: theta-modulated otDCS and transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), which we administered alongside the constant transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and a sham condition in the single-blind cross-over experiment. To comparatively assess the effects of different tES protocols delivered over the posterior parietal cortex, we tested the recognition and recall ability of the 42 healthy young adults on paired associate paradigms after each of four conditions. During AM assessment participant’s EEG activity was recorded. Group-level comparisons of each active tES condition against sham did not show differences in AM task performance either on recognition or cued-recall. However, data showed variability in performance depending on the task and the outcome measures. To explore the potential sources of variability in effect expression, analysis of the function-relevant neurophysiological markers is necessary. Therefore, behavioral results will be accompanied by features of underlying brain activity extracted from the EEG signals. Apart from introducing a novel approach to probing AM with personalized tES, this well-powered, multi-protocol, multi-task, and multi-measure study produced a comprehensive dataset that allows exploration of factors that could uncover different patterns in responsiveness to tES, as well as the insight into how neurophysiological changes reflected on the behavioral level.
PB  - Elsevier
C3  - IBRO 11th World Congress of Neuroscience Supplement 1
T1  - Towards understanding the neural underpinnings of associative memory: A tES-EEG study
SP  - 879
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4887
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Paunović, Dunja and Bjekić, Jovana and Vulić, Katarina and Živanović, Marko and Konstantinović, Uroš and Stanković, Marija and Filipović, Saša R.",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Associative memory (AM) represents an ability to bind unrelated information into meaningful units and encode them as distinct memories.  AM has been the function of interest in many non-invasive transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) studies aiming to maximize the potential for memory modulation by varying stimulation loci, frequency, and amplitude. In the current study, we aimed to capture the tES modulation potential of AM performance when tailoring the stimulation protocols to the individual brain rhythms. By matching the stimulation frequency to the frequency of each subject’s AM task-induced electrophysiological (EEG) activity in theta spectrum (4-8 Hz), we developed two types of personalized oscillatory protocols: theta-modulated otDCS and transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), which we administered alongside the constant transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and a sham condition in the single-blind cross-over experiment. To comparatively assess the effects of different tES protocols delivered over the posterior parietal cortex, we tested the recognition and recall ability of the 42 healthy young adults on paired associate paradigms after each of four conditions. During AM assessment participant’s EEG activity was recorded. Group-level comparisons of each active tES condition against sham did not show differences in AM task performance either on recognition or cued-recall. However, data showed variability in performance depending on the task and the outcome measures. To explore the potential sources of variability in effect expression, analysis of the function-relevant neurophysiological markers is necessary. Therefore, behavioral results will be accompanied by features of underlying brain activity extracted from the EEG signals. Apart from introducing a novel approach to probing AM with personalized tES, this well-powered, multi-protocol, multi-task, and multi-measure study produced a comprehensive dataset that allows exploration of factors that could uncover different patterns in responsiveness to tES, as well as the insight into how neurophysiological changes reflected on the behavioral level.",
publisher = "Elsevier",
journal = "IBRO 11th World Congress of Neuroscience Supplement 1",
title = "Towards understanding the neural underpinnings of associative memory: A tES-EEG study",
pages = "879",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4887"
}

Paunović, D., Bjekić, J., Vulić, K., Živanović, M., Konstantinović, U., Stanković, M.,& Filipović, S. R.. (2023). Towards understanding the neural underpinnings of associative memory: A tES-EEG study. in IBRO 11th World Congress of Neuroscience Supplement 1
Elsevier., 879.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4887

Paunović D, Bjekić J, Vulić K, Živanović M, Konstantinović U, Stanković M, Filipović SR. Towards understanding the neural underpinnings of associative memory: A tES-EEG study. in IBRO 11th World Congress of Neuroscience Supplement 1. 2023;:879.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4887 .

Paunović, Dunja, Bjekić, Jovana, Vulić, Katarina, Živanović, Marko, Konstantinović, Uroš, Stanković, Marija, Filipović, Saša R., "Towards understanding the neural underpinnings of associative memory: A tES-EEG study" in IBRO 11th World Congress of Neuroscience Supplement 1 (2023):879,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4887 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
AU  - Paunović, Dunja
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Stanković, Marija
AU  - Griškova-Bulanova, Inga
AU  - Filipović, Saša R.
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4853
AB  - Objectives:
To develop and evaluate a new approach for determining individual theta frequency (ITF) in EEG data recorded during an associative memory task, that can be used for personalization of frequency-modulated electrical brain stimulation (tACS, otDCS).
Content:
Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods have gained increased interest in research and therapy of associative memory (AM) and its impairments. However, the one-size-fits-all approach
yields inconsistent findings, thus putting forward the need for electroencephalography (EEG) guided personalized frequency-modulated transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) protocols to increase the focality and the effectiveness of the interventions. Still, extraction of individual frequency, especially in the theta band, turned out to be a challenging task. We present an approach to extracting the individual theta-band frequency (ITF) from context-dependent EEG signals recorded during the AM task. The method showed a 93% success rate, good reliability, and a full range of variability of the extracted ITFs. The method considers the individual differences in
theta-peak latencies and enables quantification of the within-person reliability of the extracted ITF. The approach has been implemented in a healthy-subjects experiment assessing the neurophysiological and behavioral effects of ITF-tES. We will discuss the implementation of the method and how ITF could be used as an input parameter for personalized frequency-modulated NIBS approaches—transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial oscillatory direct current stimulation (otDCS) directed at AM neuromodulation.
C3  - Clinical Neurophysiology
T1  - Individual theta frequency for associative memory targeted personalized transcranial electrical stimulation
EP  - e122
SP  - e121
VL  - 150
DO  - 10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.154
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Bjekić, Jovana and Paunović, Dunja and Živanović, Marko and Stanković, Marija and Griškova-Bulanova, Inga and Filipović, Saša R.",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Objectives:
To develop and evaluate a new approach for determining individual theta frequency (ITF) in EEG data recorded during an associative memory task, that can be used for personalization of frequency-modulated electrical brain stimulation (tACS, otDCS).
Content:
Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods have gained increased interest in research and therapy of associative memory (AM) and its impairments. However, the one-size-fits-all approach
yields inconsistent findings, thus putting forward the need for electroencephalography (EEG) guided personalized frequency-modulated transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) protocols to increase the focality and the effectiveness of the interventions. Still, extraction of individual frequency, especially in the theta band, turned out to be a challenging task. We present an approach to extracting the individual theta-band frequency (ITF) from context-dependent EEG signals recorded during the AM task. The method showed a 93% success rate, good reliability, and a full range of variability of the extracted ITFs. The method considers the individual differences in
theta-peak latencies and enables quantification of the within-person reliability of the extracted ITF. The approach has been implemented in a healthy-subjects experiment assessing the neurophysiological and behavioral effects of ITF-tES. We will discuss the implementation of the method and how ITF could be used as an input parameter for personalized frequency-modulated NIBS approaches—transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial oscillatory direct current stimulation (otDCS) directed at AM neuromodulation.",
journal = "Clinical Neurophysiology",
title = "Individual theta frequency for associative memory targeted personalized transcranial electrical stimulation",
pages = "e122-e121",
volume = "150",
doi = "10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.154"
}

Bjekić, J., Paunović, D., Živanović, M., Stanković, M., Griškova-Bulanova, I.,& Filipović, S. R.. (2023). Individual theta frequency for associative memory targeted personalized transcranial electrical stimulation. in Clinical Neurophysiology, 150, e121-e122.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.154

Bjekić J, Paunović D, Živanović M, Stanković M, Griškova-Bulanova I, Filipović SR. Individual theta frequency for associative memory targeted personalized transcranial electrical stimulation. in Clinical Neurophysiology. 2023;150:e121-e122.
doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.154 .

Bjekić, Jovana, Paunović, Dunja, Živanović, Marko, Stanković, Marija, Griškova-Bulanova, Inga, Filipović, Saša R., "Individual theta frequency for associative memory targeted personalized transcranial electrical stimulation" in Clinical Neurophysiology, 150 (2023):e121-e122,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.154 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Purić, Danka
AU  - Opačić, Goran
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Knežević, Goran
AU  - Stanković, Sanda
AU  - Lazić, Aleksandra
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Lazarević, Ljiljana B.
AU  - Teovanović, Predrag
AU  - Zupan, Zorana
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://empirijskaistrazivanja.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/EIP23_proceedings.pdf
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4927
AB  - To understand the reasons behind the trend of growing use of traditional, complementary and alternative (TCAM) practices this study sought to uncover how people use them - to prevent disease/promote health, to treat medical conditions by complementing official medical treatments, or as an alternative to them. A sample of N = 583 Serbian citizens completed an online questionnaire assessing four TCAM domains: Alternative medical systems (AMS), Natural product-based practices (NP), New Age medicine (NA), and Rituals/Customs (RC). Participants indicated whether they had used a given practice in the past year, and if yes, how they used it. Overall, participants used TCAM preventively in two-thirds of cases, but we also found a significant association between TCAM domain and way of use. AMS was used alternatively more than any other TCAM domain, NP was the most prevalent complementary treatment, while NA and RC were predominantly used preventively. Our results suggest that different domains of TCAM practices may impact people’s health differently, depending on how they are used, which should inform interventions.
PB  - Institut za psihologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Beograd
PB  - Laboratorija za eksperimentalnu psihologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Beograd
C3  - Proceedings - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
T1  - To prevent or to cure: How people use traditional, complementary and alternative medicine
EP  - 25
SP  - 22
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4927
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Purić, Danka and Opačić, Goran and Petrović, Marija and Knežević, Goran and Stanković, Sanda and Lazić, Aleksandra and Lukić, Petar and Lazarević, Ljiljana B. and Teovanović, Predrag and Zupan, Zorana and Ninković, Milica and Branković, Marija and Živanović, Marko and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2023",
abstract = "To understand the reasons behind the trend of growing use of traditional, complementary and alternative (TCAM) practices this study sought to uncover how people use them - to prevent disease/promote health, to treat medical conditions by complementing official medical treatments, or as an alternative to them. A sample of N = 583 Serbian citizens completed an online questionnaire assessing four TCAM domains: Alternative medical systems (AMS), Natural product-based practices (NP), New Age medicine (NA), and Rituals/Customs (RC). Participants indicated whether they had used a given practice in the past year, and if yes, how they used it. Overall, participants used TCAM preventively in two-thirds of cases, but we also found a significant association between TCAM domain and way of use. AMS was used alternatively more than any other TCAM domain, NP was the most prevalent complementary treatment, while NA and RC were predominantly used preventively. Our results suggest that different domains of TCAM practices may impact people’s health differently, depending on how they are used, which should inform interventions.",
publisher = "Institut za psihologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Beograd, Laboratorija za eksperimentalnu psihologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Beograd",
journal = "Proceedings - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology",
title = "To prevent or to cure: How people use traditional, complementary and alternative medicine",
pages = "25-22",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4927"
}

Purić, D., Opačić, G., Petrović, M., Knežević, G., Stanković, S., Lazić, A., Lukić, P., Lazarević, L. B., Teovanović, P., Zupan, Z., Ninković, M., Branković, M., Živanović, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). To prevent or to cure: How people use traditional, complementary and alternative medicine. in Proceedings - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
Institut za psihologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Beograd., 22-25.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4927

Purić D, Opačić G, Petrović M, Knežević G, Stanković S, Lazić A, Lukić P, Lazarević LB, Teovanović P, Zupan Z, Ninković M, Branković M, Živanović M, Žeželj I. To prevent or to cure: How people use traditional, complementary and alternative medicine. in Proceedings - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology. 2023;:22-25.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4927 .

Purić, Danka, Opačić, Goran, Petrović, Marija, Knežević, Goran, Stanković, Sanda, Lazić, Aleksandra, Lukić, Petar, Lazarević, Ljiljana B., Teovanović, Predrag, Zupan, Zorana, Ninković, Milica, Branković, Marija, Živanović, Marko, Žeželj, Iris, "To prevent or to cure: How people use traditional, complementary and alternative medicine" in Proceedings - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology (2023):22-25,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4927 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Purić, Danka
AU  - Opačić, Goran
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Stanković, Sanda
AU  - Lazić, Aleksandra
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Lazarević, Ljiljana B.
AU  - Teovanović, Predrag
AU  - Zupan, Zorana
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://empirijskaistrazivanja.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EIP2023_book_of_abstracts.pdf
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4928
AB  - To understand the reasons behind the trend of growing use of traditional, complementary and alternative (TCAM) practices we should first reflect on how people use them - to prevent disease/promote health, to treat medical conditions by complementing official medical treatments, or as an alternative to them. A total of N = 583 (Mage = 39.01 years, SDage = 12.10; 74.4% females) participants from Serbia completed an online survey including a list of 24 TCAM practices, grouped into four domains: Alternative Medical Systems (e.g., acupuncture, homeopathy), Natural product-based practices (e.g., herbal extracts/supplements), New Age medicine (e.g., yoga, mindfulness) and Rituals/Customs (e.g., visiting monasteries for health). Participants who indicated using a certain practice in the past year were asked to consider their most recent experience with that practice and choose only one option for how they used it: for preventive purposes/advancing health, at the same time with official medicine therapy, instead of official medicine therapy. Participants also provided information on whether a TCAM practitioner was involved in their last use of any of the TCAM practices and how often, in general, they consult TCAM practitioners. Overall, 63%, 95%CI [60, 65] of participants used TCAM practices for preventive purposes, 31% [29, 34] in parallel with, and 6% [5, 8] as an alternative to official treatments. Of the four domains of TCAM use, New Age medicine and Rituals/Customs were most frequently used for prevention, with 78% [74, 83] and 77% [72, 82], respectively, while Natural product-based practices were used for prevention in 57% [54, 60] and Alternative Medical Systems in 41% [33, 49] of the cases. Alternative use of TCAM practices was the most common in the case of Alternative Medical Systems (21% [14, 28]), while it amounted to no more than 7% of participants for any of the other domains. For 24% of participants, a TCAM practitioner was present during their last TCAM use, 10% reported a practitioner previously prescribing the practice, while 66% of participants reported no practitioner involvement. The results suggest the importance of treating different domains of TCAM practices separately, as they may have different impacts on people’s health behavior. We especially point to the importance of monitoring adherence to alternative medical systems, as they may potentially distract patients from official therapies and thus further compromise their health.
C3  - Book of abstracts - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
T1  - To prevent or to cure: How people use traditional, complementary and alternative medicine
EP  - 56
SP  - 55
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4928
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Purić, Danka and Opačić, Goran and Petrović, Marija and Stanković, Sanda and Lazić, Aleksandra and Lukić, Petar and Lazarević, Ljiljana B. and Teovanović, Predrag and Zupan, Zorana and Ninković, Milica and Branković, Marija and Živanović, Marko and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2023",
abstract = "To understand the reasons behind the trend of growing use of traditional, complementary and alternative (TCAM) practices we should first reflect on how people use them - to prevent disease/promote health, to treat medical conditions by complementing official medical treatments, or as an alternative to them. A total of N = 583 (Mage = 39.01 years, SDage = 12.10; 74.4% females) participants from Serbia completed an online survey including a list of 24 TCAM practices, grouped into four domains: Alternative Medical Systems (e.g., acupuncture, homeopathy), Natural product-based practices (e.g., herbal extracts/supplements), New Age medicine (e.g., yoga, mindfulness) and Rituals/Customs (e.g., visiting monasteries for health). Participants who indicated using a certain practice in the past year were asked to consider their most recent experience with that practice and choose only one option for how they used it: for preventive purposes/advancing health, at the same time with official medicine therapy, instead of official medicine therapy. Participants also provided information on whether a TCAM practitioner was involved in their last use of any of the TCAM practices and how often, in general, they consult TCAM practitioners. Overall, 63%, 95%CI [60, 65] of participants used TCAM practices for preventive purposes, 31% [29, 34] in parallel with, and 6% [5, 8] as an alternative to official treatments. Of the four domains of TCAM use, New Age medicine and Rituals/Customs were most frequently used for prevention, with 78% [74, 83] and 77% [72, 82], respectively, while Natural product-based practices were used for prevention in 57% [54, 60] and Alternative Medical Systems in 41% [33, 49] of the cases. Alternative use of TCAM practices was the most common in the case of Alternative Medical Systems (21% [14, 28]), while it amounted to no more than 7% of participants for any of the other domains. For 24% of participants, a TCAM practitioner was present during their last TCAM use, 10% reported a practitioner previously prescribing the practice, while 66% of participants reported no practitioner involvement. The results suggest the importance of treating different domains of TCAM practices separately, as they may have different impacts on people’s health behavior. We especially point to the importance of monitoring adherence to alternative medical systems, as they may potentially distract patients from official therapies and thus further compromise their health.",
journal = "Book of abstracts - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology",
title = "To prevent or to cure: How people use traditional, complementary and alternative medicine",
pages = "56-55",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4928"
}

Purić, D., Opačić, G., Petrović, M., Stanković, S., Lazić, A., Lukić, P., Lazarević, L. B., Teovanović, P., Zupan, Z., Ninković, M., Branković, M., Živanović, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). To prevent or to cure: How people use traditional, complementary and alternative medicine. in Book of abstracts - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology, 55-56.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4928

Purić D, Opačić G, Petrović M, Stanković S, Lazić A, Lukić P, Lazarević LB, Teovanović P, Zupan Z, Ninković M, Branković M, Živanović M, Žeželj I. To prevent or to cure: How people use traditional, complementary and alternative medicine. in Book of abstracts - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology. 2023;:55-56.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4928 .

Purić, Danka, Opačić, Goran, Petrović, Marija, Stanković, Sanda, Lazić, Aleksandra, Lukić, Petar, Lazarević, Ljiljana B., Teovanović, Predrag, Zupan, Zorana, Ninković, Milica, Branković, Marija, Živanović, Marko, Žeželj, Iris, "To prevent or to cure: How people use traditional, complementary and alternative medicine" in Book of abstracts - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology (2023):55-56,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4928 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Purić, Danka
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Teovanović, Predrag
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Zupan, Zorana
AU  - Lazarević, Ljiljana B.
AU  - Stanković, Sanda
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Opačić, Goran
AU  - Lazić, Aleksandra
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://empirijskaistrazivanja.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EIP2023_book_of_abstracts.pdf
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4925
AB  - Despite unknown efficiency, known risks, and associated adverse effects of certain traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) practices, the number of people using them appears to be on the rise. Existing taxonomies of TCAM practices mostly relied on either conceptual reasons, or they relied on attitudes toward TCAM, rather than its actual use. In this study, we sought to group TCAM practices based on their patterns of use. A sample of N = 583 (Mage = 39.01 years, SDage = 12.10; 74.4% females) participants residing in Serbia completed an online survey including a list of 71 TCAM practices. For each practice, they indicated if and when they used it to promote their own or their children's health (options: never heard about it/never used it/more than a year ago/in the past year/during the past two weeks). To evaluate the lifetime use of TCAM, we binarized all TCAM items to reflect whether participants have ever used a given practice (never using a practice was coded as 0, using it at least once as 1). After excluding items with frequencies below 5%, we performed an exploratory factor analysis on the tetrachoric correlation matrix for the remaining 49 items. Using a minimum residual method of extraction and oblimin rotation, we identified four meaningful factors explaining 42% of total variance: 1) Natural product-based practices (NP) comprising the use of products such as extracts and supplements of herbal and non-herbal origin; 2) Rituals/Customs (RC) which reflected the use of traditional medicine and religious practices, such as visiting monasteries; 3) New age medicine (NA) incorporating mind-body therapies and energy medicine practices; and 4) Alternative medical systems (AMS) such as acupuncture, homeopathy, quantum medicine, and osteopathy/chiropractic. Factor correlations ranged from r = .18, p <.001 for RC and AMS to r = .30, p < .001 for NA and AMS. The latent structure we obtained based on the pattern of TCAM use corresponds closely to existing conceptual typologies, as well as to those based on attitudes toward TCAM. This suggests that consumers are sensitive to common characteristics of certain TCAM treatments and are more likely to resort to similar types of TCAM practices to promote their health. The existence of relatively independent factors of TCAM use opens the possibility of differential patterns of their psychological predictors and health-related outcomes.
C3  - Book of abstracts - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
T1  - The latent structure of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine practices based on patterns of use
EP  - 55
SP  - 54
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4925
ER  - 

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author = "Purić, Danka and Petrović, Marija and Teovanović, Predrag and Živanović, Marko and Ninković, Milica and Zupan, Zorana and Lazarević, Ljiljana B. and Stanković, Sanda and Lukić, Petar and Branković, Marija and Opačić, Goran and Lazić, Aleksandra and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Despite unknown efficiency, known risks, and associated adverse effects of certain traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) practices, the number of people using them appears to be on the rise. Existing taxonomies of TCAM practices mostly relied on either conceptual reasons, or they relied on attitudes toward TCAM, rather than its actual use. In this study, we sought to group TCAM practices based on their patterns of use. A sample of N = 583 (Mage = 39.01 years, SDage = 12.10; 74.4% females) participants residing in Serbia completed an online survey including a list of 71 TCAM practices. For each practice, they indicated if and when they used it to promote their own or their children's health (options: never heard about it/never used it/more than a year ago/in the past year/during the past two weeks). To evaluate the lifetime use of TCAM, we binarized all TCAM items to reflect whether participants have ever used a given practice (never using a practice was coded as 0, using it at least once as 1). After excluding items with frequencies below 5%, we performed an exploratory factor analysis on the tetrachoric correlation matrix for the remaining 49 items. Using a minimum residual method of extraction and oblimin rotation, we identified four meaningful factors explaining 42% of total variance: 1) Natural product-based practices (NP) comprising the use of products such as extracts and supplements of herbal and non-herbal origin; 2) Rituals/Customs (RC) which reflected the use of traditional medicine and religious practices, such as visiting monasteries; 3) New age medicine (NA) incorporating mind-body therapies and energy medicine practices; and 4) Alternative medical systems (AMS) such as acupuncture, homeopathy, quantum medicine, and osteopathy/chiropractic. Factor correlations ranged from r = .18, p <.001 for RC and AMS to r = .30, p < .001 for NA and AMS. The latent structure we obtained based on the pattern of TCAM use corresponds closely to existing conceptual typologies, as well as to those based on attitudes toward TCAM. This suggests that consumers are sensitive to common characteristics of certain TCAM treatments and are more likely to resort to similar types of TCAM practices to promote their health. The existence of relatively independent factors of TCAM use opens the possibility of differential patterns of their psychological predictors and health-related outcomes.",
journal = "Book of abstracts - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology",
title = "The latent structure of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine practices based on patterns of use",
pages = "55-54",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4925"
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Purić, D., Petrović, M., Teovanović, P., Živanović, M., Ninković, M., Zupan, Z., Lazarević, L. B., Stanković, S., Lukić, P., Branković, M., Opačić, G., Lazić, A.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). The latent structure of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine practices based on patterns of use. in Book of abstracts - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology, 54-55.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4925

Purić D, Petrović M, Teovanović P, Živanović M, Ninković M, Zupan Z, Lazarević LB, Stanković S, Lukić P, Branković M, Opačić G, Lazić A, Žeželj I. The latent structure of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine practices based on patterns of use. in Book of abstracts - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology. 2023;:54-55.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4925 .

Purić, Danka, Petrović, Marija, Teovanović, Predrag, Živanović, Marko, Ninković, Milica, Zupan, Zorana, Lazarević, Ljiljana B., Stanković, Sanda, Lukić, Petar, Branković, Marija, Opačić, Goran, Lazić, Aleksandra, Žeželj, Iris, "The latent structure of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine practices based on patterns of use" in Book of abstracts - XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology (2023):54-55,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4925 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lazarević, Ljiljana
AU  - Knežević, Goran
AU  - Purić, Danka
AU  - Teovanović, Predrag
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Stanković, Sanda
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Opačić, Goran
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4763
AB  - People resort to various questionable health practices to preserve or regain health - they intentionally do not adhere to medical recommendations (e.g. self-medicate or modify the prescribed therapies; iNAR), or use traditional/complementary/alternative (TCAM) medicine. As retrospective reports overestimate adherence and suffer from recall and desirability bias, we tracked the variations in daily questionable health behaviors and compared them to their retrospectively reported lifetime use. We also preregistered and explored their relations to a wide set of psychological predictors - distal (personality traits and basic thinking dispositions) and proximal (different unfounded beliefs and biases grouped under the term irrational mindset). A community sample (N = 224) tracked daily engagement in iNAR and TCAM use for 14 days, resulting in 3136 data points. We observed a high rate of questionable health practices over the 14 days; daily engagement rates roughly corresponded to lifetime ones. Both iNAR and TCAM were weakly, but robustly positively related. Independent of the assessment method, an irrational mindset was the most important predictor of TCAM use. For iNAR, however, psychological predictors emerged as relevant only when assessed retrospectively. Our study offers insight into questionable health behaviors from both a within and between-person perspective and highlights the importance of their psychological roots.
T2  - Scientific Reports
T1  - Tracking variations in daily questionable health behaviors and their psychological roots: a preregistered experience sampling study
SP  - 14058
VL  - 13
DO  - 10.1038/s41598-023-41243-w
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Lazarević, Ljiljana and Knežević, Goran and Purić, Danka and Teovanović, Predrag and Petrović, Marija and Ninković, Milica and Živanović, Marko and Stanković, Sanda and Branković, Marija and Lukić, Petar and Opačić, Goran and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2023",
abstract = "People resort to various questionable health practices to preserve or regain health - they intentionally do not adhere to medical recommendations (e.g. self-medicate or modify the prescribed therapies; iNAR), or use traditional/complementary/alternative (TCAM) medicine. As retrospective reports overestimate adherence and suffer from recall and desirability bias, we tracked the variations in daily questionable health behaviors and compared them to their retrospectively reported lifetime use. We also preregistered and explored their relations to a wide set of psychological predictors - distal (personality traits and basic thinking dispositions) and proximal (different unfounded beliefs and biases grouped under the term irrational mindset). A community sample (N = 224) tracked daily engagement in iNAR and TCAM use for 14 days, resulting in 3136 data points. We observed a high rate of questionable health practices over the 14 days; daily engagement rates roughly corresponded to lifetime ones. Both iNAR and TCAM were weakly, but robustly positively related. Independent of the assessment method, an irrational mindset was the most important predictor of TCAM use. For iNAR, however, psychological predictors emerged as relevant only when assessed retrospectively. Our study offers insight into questionable health behaviors from both a within and between-person perspective and highlights the importance of their psychological roots.",
journal = "Scientific Reports",
title = "Tracking variations in daily questionable health behaviors and their psychological roots: a preregistered experience sampling study",
pages = "14058",
volume = "13",
doi = "10.1038/s41598-023-41243-w"
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Lazarević, L., Knežević, G., Purić, D., Teovanović, P., Petrović, M., Ninković, M., Živanović, M., Stanković, S., Branković, M., Lukić, P., Opačić, G.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). Tracking variations in daily questionable health behaviors and their psychological roots: a preregistered experience sampling study. in Scientific Reports, 13, 14058.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41243-w

Lazarević L, Knežević G, Purić D, Teovanović P, Petrović M, Ninković M, Živanović M, Stanković S, Branković M, Lukić P, Opačić G, Žeželj I. Tracking variations in daily questionable health behaviors and their psychological roots: a preregistered experience sampling study. in Scientific Reports. 2023;13:14058.
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-41243-w .

Lazarević, Ljiljana, Knežević, Goran, Purić, Danka, Teovanović, Predrag, Petrović, Marija, Ninković, Milica, Živanović, Marko, Stanković, Sanda, Branković, Marija, Lukić, Petar, Opačić, Goran, Žeželj, Iris, "Tracking variations in daily questionable health behaviors and their psychological roots: a preregistered experience sampling study" in Scientific Reports, 13 (2023):14058,
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41243-w . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Đukić, Bojana
AU  - Stanković, Marija
AU  - Paunović, Dunja
AU  - Konstantinović, Uroš
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
AU  - Filipović, Saša R.
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4886
AB  - Implementation of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods in research has been extremely successful in expanding the knowledge of neural mechanisms behind distinct cognitive processes. A form of NIBS, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), has increasingly been used over the past decade as a potential tool for the modulation of cognitive functions. Although tDCS has been shown to have neurophysiological and behavioural impacts on a variety of cognitive functions, the results are frequently inconsistent. Among many potential factors that could contribute to the variability of the findings, the participants' emotional state is one that seems to be frequently overlooked. In the present study, we aimed to determine whether participants' emotional states influenced tDCS effects on associative (AM) and working memory (WM) performance. We analysed the results from six within-subject, sham-controlled tDCS experiments involving a total of 144 young, healthy volunteers. In each experiment, parallel forms of either AM or WM tasks were used to assess the effects of real vs. sham tDCS. The emotional state was assessed before each tDCS session using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) questionnaire. The results did not show a systematic effect of variations in the emotional state across sessions on the tDCS effects. Namely, neither variations in depression, anxiety, nor stress acted as a systemic modulator of tDCS effects on memory outcomes across different experiments. Nevertheless, in some of the experiments, either depressiveness or stress was found to modulate the tDCS effects. This would suggest that variability in the emotional state should be taken into account when assessing tDCS effects, especially at the individual level.
PB  - Oxford: Elsevier Ltd.
C3  - IBRO 11th World Congress of Neuroscience Supplement 1
T1  - Do variations in emotional state modulate the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on memory in healthy human participants?
SP  - P1726 / #2688
DO  - 10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.1732
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4886
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Živanović, Marko and Đukić, Bojana and Stanković, Marija and Paunović, Dunja and Konstantinović, Uroš and Bjekić, Jovana and Filipović, Saša R.",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Implementation of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods in research has been extremely successful in expanding the knowledge of neural mechanisms behind distinct cognitive processes. A form of NIBS, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), has increasingly been used over the past decade as a potential tool for the modulation of cognitive functions. Although tDCS has been shown to have neurophysiological and behavioural impacts on a variety of cognitive functions, the results are frequently inconsistent. Among many potential factors that could contribute to the variability of the findings, the participants' emotional state is one that seems to be frequently overlooked. In the present study, we aimed to determine whether participants' emotional states influenced tDCS effects on associative (AM) and working memory (WM) performance. We analysed the results from six within-subject, sham-controlled tDCS experiments involving a total of 144 young, healthy volunteers. In each experiment, parallel forms of either AM or WM tasks were used to assess the effects of real vs. sham tDCS. The emotional state was assessed before each tDCS session using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) questionnaire. The results did not show a systematic effect of variations in the emotional state across sessions on the tDCS effects. Namely, neither variations in depression, anxiety, nor stress acted as a systemic modulator of tDCS effects on memory outcomes across different experiments. Nevertheless, in some of the experiments, either depressiveness or stress was found to modulate the tDCS effects. This would suggest that variability in the emotional state should be taken into account when assessing tDCS effects, especially at the individual level.",
publisher = "Oxford: Elsevier Ltd.",
journal = "IBRO 11th World Congress of Neuroscience Supplement 1",
title = "Do variations in emotional state modulate the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on memory in healthy human participants?",
pages = "P1726 / #2688",
doi = "10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.1732",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4886"
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Živanović, M., Đukić, B., Stanković, M., Paunović, D., Konstantinović, U., Bjekić, J.,& Filipović, S. R.. (2023). Do variations in emotional state modulate the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on memory in healthy human participants?. in IBRO 11th World Congress of Neuroscience Supplement 1
Oxford: Elsevier Ltd.., P1726 / #2688.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.1732
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4886

Živanović M, Đukić B, Stanković M, Paunović D, Konstantinović U, Bjekić J, Filipović SR. Do variations in emotional state modulate the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on memory in healthy human participants?. in IBRO 11th World Congress of Neuroscience Supplement 1. 2023;:P1726 / #2688.
doi:10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.1732
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4886 .

Živanović, Marko, Đukić, Bojana, Stanković, Marija, Paunović, Dunja, Konstantinović, Uroš, Bjekić, Jovana, Filipović, Saša R., "Do variations in emotional state modulate the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on memory in healthy human participants?" in IBRO 11th World Congress of Neuroscience Supplement 1 (2023):P1726 / #2688,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.1732 .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4886 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Purić, Danka
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Zupan, Zorana
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Lazarević, Ljiljana
AU  - Stanković, Sanda
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4631
AB  - Objectives We aimed to (1) develop a novel instrument, suitable for the general population, capturing intentional non-adherence (iNAR), consisting of non-adherence to prescribed therapy, self-medication and avoidance of seeking medical treatment; (2) differentiate it from other forms of non-adherence, for example, smoking; and (3) relate iNAR to patient-related factors, such as sociodemographics, health status and endorsement of irrational beliefs (conspiratorial thinking and superstitions) and to healthcare-related beliefs and experiences ((mis)trust and negative experiences with the healthcare system, normalisation of patient passivity).

Design То generate iNAR items, we employed a focus group with medical doctors, supplemented it with a literature search and invited a public health expert to refine it further. We examined the internal structure and predictors of iNAR in an observational study.

Setting Data were collected online using snowball sampling and social networks.

Participants After excluding those who failed one or more out of three attention checks, the final sample size was n=583 adult Serbian citizens, 74.4% female, mean age 39.01 years (SD=12.10).

Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary, planned outcome is the iNAR Questionnaire, while smoking was used for comparison purposes.

Results Factor analysis yielded a one-factor solution, and the final 12-item iNAR Questionnaire had satisfactory internal reliability (alpha=0.72). Health condition and healthcare-related variables accounted for 14% of the variance of iNAR behaviours, whereas sociodemographics and irrational beliefs did not additionally contribute.

Conclusions We constructed a brief yet comprehensive measure of iNAR behaviours and related them to health and sociodemographic variables and irrational beliefs. The findings suggest that public health interventions should attempt to improve patients' experiences with the system and build trust with their healthcare practitioners rather than aim at specific demographic groups or at correcting patients’ unfounded beliefs.
T2  - BMJ Open
T1  - Development of a novel instrument for assessing intentional non-adherence to official medical recommendations (iNAR-12): a sequential mixed-methods study in Serbia
IS  - 6
SP  - e069978
VL  - 13
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069978
ER  - 

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author = "Purić, Danka and Petrović, Marija and Živanović, Marko and Lukić, Petar and Zupan, Zorana and Branković, Marija and Ninković, Milica and Lazarević, Ljiljana and Stanković, Sanda and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Objectives We aimed to (1) develop a novel instrument, suitable for the general population, capturing intentional non-adherence (iNAR), consisting of non-adherence to prescribed therapy, self-medication and avoidance of seeking medical treatment; (2) differentiate it from other forms of non-adherence, for example, smoking; and (3) relate iNAR to patient-related factors, such as sociodemographics, health status and endorsement of irrational beliefs (conspiratorial thinking and superstitions) and to healthcare-related beliefs and experiences ((mis)trust and negative experiences with the healthcare system, normalisation of patient passivity).

Design То generate iNAR items, we employed a focus group with medical doctors, supplemented it with a literature search and invited a public health expert to refine it further. We examined the internal structure and predictors of iNAR in an observational study.

Setting Data were collected online using snowball sampling and social networks.

Participants After excluding those who failed one or more out of three attention checks, the final sample size was n=583 adult Serbian citizens, 74.4% female, mean age 39.01 years (SD=12.10).

Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary, planned outcome is the iNAR Questionnaire, while smoking was used for comparison purposes.

Results Factor analysis yielded a one-factor solution, and the final 12-item iNAR Questionnaire had satisfactory internal reliability (alpha=0.72). Health condition and healthcare-related variables accounted for 14% of the variance of iNAR behaviours, whereas sociodemographics and irrational beliefs did not additionally contribute.

Conclusions We constructed a brief yet comprehensive measure of iNAR behaviours and related them to health and sociodemographic variables and irrational beliefs. The findings suggest that public health interventions should attempt to improve patients' experiences with the system and build trust with their healthcare practitioners rather than aim at specific demographic groups or at correcting patients’ unfounded beliefs.",
journal = "BMJ Open",
title = "Development of a novel instrument for assessing intentional non-adherence to official medical recommendations (iNAR-12): a sequential mixed-methods study in Serbia",
number = "6",
pages = "e069978",
volume = "13",
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Purić, D., Petrović, M., Živanović, M., Lukić, P., Zupan, Z., Branković, M., Ninković, M., Lazarević, L., Stanković, S.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). Development of a novel instrument for assessing intentional non-adherence to official medical recommendations (iNAR-12): a sequential mixed-methods study in Serbia. in BMJ Open, 13(6), e069978.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069978

Purić D, Petrović M, Živanović M, Lukić P, Zupan Z, Branković M, Ninković M, Lazarević L, Stanković S, Žeželj I. Development of a novel instrument for assessing intentional non-adherence to official medical recommendations (iNAR-12): a sequential mixed-methods study in Serbia. in BMJ Open. 2023;13(6):e069978.
doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069978 .

Purić, Danka, Petrović, Marija, Živanović, Marko, Lukić, Petar, Zupan, Zorana, Branković, Marija, Ninković, Milica, Lazarević, Ljiljana, Stanković, Sanda, Žeželj, Iris, "Development of a novel instrument for assessing intentional non-adherence to official medical recommendations (iNAR-12): a sequential mixed-methods study in Serbia" in BMJ Open, 13, no. 6 (2023):e069978,
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069978 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
AU  - Konstantinović, Uroš
AU  - Filipović, Saša R.
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4856
AB  - Objectives:
To comparatively assess the online effects of constant anodal tDCS, oscillatory tDCS, and tACS over the left posterior parietal cortex on the short-term associative memory.
Content:
Transcranial electric stimulation (tES) techniques are promising tools for the neuromodulation of memory functions. Here, we comparatively assess the online effects of three tES protocols over the left posterior parietal cortex on the short-term associative memory (AM): oscillatory tDCS (otDCS, 1.5 mA ± 0.5 mA), tACS (0 ± 1 mA), both delivered at personalized theta frequency (4–8 Hz) and constant anodal tDCS (1.5 mA). Forty participants took part in a sham-controlled cross-over experiment where they received different tES protocols in separate sessions (tDCS/otDCS/tACS/sham) while performing parallel forms of the short-term AM task. In AM task, single digits were successively presented on the cards of different colors (digit-color associations). The length of sequences varied between three (low-demand) to five stimuli (high-demand). The participant’s task was to remember digit-color associations presented in each sequence. At the end of each sequence, participants were shown one of the previously seen color cards, and they needed to recall the digit that was presented on a given card. Results showed that
participants outperformed sham in all three real tES conditions. Despite comparable effectiveness, the effects of tES protocols varied depending on the task demand, with tDCS being more beneficial
when the memory demand was low, while theta-modulated tACS and otDCS predominantly promoted short-term AM when the memory load was high. The results indicate that tDCS, otDCS, and tACS, due to their different modes of action, potentially affect different memory processes.
C3  - Clinical Neurophysiology
T1  - A direct comparison of tDCS, theta tACS, and theta‑oscillatory tDCS effects on short-term associative memory
EP  - e122
SP  - e122
VL  - 150
DO  - 10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.156
ER  - 

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author = "Živanović, Marko and Bjekić, Jovana and Konstantinović, Uroš and Filipović, Saša R.",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Objectives:
To comparatively assess the online effects of constant anodal tDCS, oscillatory tDCS, and tACS over the left posterior parietal cortex on the short-term associative memory.
Content:
Transcranial electric stimulation (tES) techniques are promising tools for the neuromodulation of memory functions. Here, we comparatively assess the online effects of three tES protocols over the left posterior parietal cortex on the short-term associative memory (AM): oscillatory tDCS (otDCS, 1.5 mA ± 0.5 mA), tACS (0 ± 1 mA), both delivered at personalized theta frequency (4–8 Hz) and constant anodal tDCS (1.5 mA). Forty participants took part in a sham-controlled cross-over experiment where they received different tES protocols in separate sessions (tDCS/otDCS/tACS/sham) while performing parallel forms of the short-term AM task. In AM task, single digits were successively presented on the cards of different colors (digit-color associations). The length of sequences varied between three (low-demand) to five stimuli (high-demand). The participant’s task was to remember digit-color associations presented in each sequence. At the end of each sequence, participants were shown one of the previously seen color cards, and they needed to recall the digit that was presented on a given card. Results showed that
participants outperformed sham in all three real tES conditions. Despite comparable effectiveness, the effects of tES protocols varied depending on the task demand, with tDCS being more beneficial
when the memory demand was low, while theta-modulated tACS and otDCS predominantly promoted short-term AM when the memory load was high. The results indicate that tDCS, otDCS, and tACS, due to their different modes of action, potentially affect different memory processes.",
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title = "A direct comparison of tDCS, theta tACS, and theta‑oscillatory tDCS effects on short-term associative memory",
pages = "e122-e122",
volume = "150",
doi = "10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.156"
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Živanović, M., Bjekić, J., Konstantinović, U.,& Filipović, S. R.. (2023). A direct comparison of tDCS, theta tACS, and theta‑oscillatory tDCS effects on short-term associative memory. in Clinical Neurophysiology, 150, e122-e122.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.156

Živanović M, Bjekić J, Konstantinović U, Filipović SR. A direct comparison of tDCS, theta tACS, and theta‑oscillatory tDCS effects on short-term associative memory. in Clinical Neurophysiology. 2023;150:e122-e122.
doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.156 .

Živanović, Marko, Bjekić, Jovana, Konstantinović, Uroš, Filipović, Saša R., "A direct comparison of tDCS, theta tACS, and theta‑oscillatory tDCS effects on short-term associative memory" in Clinical Neurophysiology, 150 (2023):e122-e122,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.156 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vukčević Marković, Maša
AU  - Bobić, Aleksandra
AU  - Živanović, Marko
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4226
AB  - Background: There are 26 million people recognised as refugees worldwide. Many of them spent a prolonged period of time in transit – time after they leave their country of origin and before they reach the receiving country. Transit brings numerous protection and mental health risks refugees are exposed to.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the stressful and traumatic experiences refugees are exposed to during transit, with a special focus on the experience of pushback – the denial of access to the territory to foreign nationals and forcible return to countries of origin or neighbouring countries without an assessment of their rights to international protection, as well as the impact of these experiences on refugees’ mental health and well-being.
Method: 201 refugees currently residing in Serbia completed the Stressful and Traumatic Experiences in Transit questionnaire – short version (SET-SF), questionnaire for assessing stressful and traumatic experiences during pushback (SET-SF PB), Refugee Health Screener (RHS-15), and Well-being index (WHO-5).
Results: The results showed that refugees experience a large number of stressful and traumatic events (M = 10.27, SD = 4.85). In addition, half of the participants experience severe symptoms of depression (50.7%), while about a third of the participants experience severe symptoms of anxiety (37.8%) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (32.3%). Refugees who experienced pushback showed overall higher levels of depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Traumatic experiences during transit and pushback were positively related to the severity of depression, anxiety, and PTSD. In addition, traumatic experiences during pushback showed an incremental contribution in predicting refugees’ mental health difficulties over and above traumatic experiences in transit.
Conclusions: This study provides valuable insights into the multiple risks refugees are exposed to and emphasise the need for the provision of adequate protection and support.
PB  - Taylor and Francis Group
T2  - European Journal of Psychotraumatology
T1  - The effects of traumatic experiences during transit and pushback on the mental health of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants
IS  - 1
SP  - 2163064
VL  - 14
DO  - 10.1080/20008066.2022.2163064
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Vukčević Marković, Maša and Bobić, Aleksandra and Živanović, Marko",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Background: There are 26 million people recognised as refugees worldwide. Many of them spent a prolonged period of time in transit – time after they leave their country of origin and before they reach the receiving country. Transit brings numerous protection and mental health risks refugees are exposed to.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the stressful and traumatic experiences refugees are exposed to during transit, with a special focus on the experience of pushback – the denial of access to the territory to foreign nationals and forcible return to countries of origin or neighbouring countries without an assessment of their rights to international protection, as well as the impact of these experiences on refugees’ mental health and well-being.
Method: 201 refugees currently residing in Serbia completed the Stressful and Traumatic Experiences in Transit questionnaire – short version (SET-SF), questionnaire for assessing stressful and traumatic experiences during pushback (SET-SF PB), Refugee Health Screener (RHS-15), and Well-being index (WHO-5).
Results: The results showed that refugees experience a large number of stressful and traumatic events (M = 10.27, SD = 4.85). In addition, half of the participants experience severe symptoms of depression (50.7%), while about a third of the participants experience severe symptoms of anxiety (37.8%) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (32.3%). Refugees who experienced pushback showed overall higher levels of depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Traumatic experiences during transit and pushback were positively related to the severity of depression, anxiety, and PTSD. In addition, traumatic experiences during pushback showed an incremental contribution in predicting refugees’ mental health difficulties over and above traumatic experiences in transit.
Conclusions: This study provides valuable insights into the multiple risks refugees are exposed to and emphasise the need for the provision of adequate protection and support.",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Group",
journal = "European Journal of Psychotraumatology",
title = "The effects of traumatic experiences during transit and pushback on the mental health of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants",
number = "1",
pages = "2163064",
volume = "14",
doi = "10.1080/20008066.2022.2163064"
}

Vukčević Marković, M., Bobić, A.,& Živanović, M.. (2023). The effects of traumatic experiences during transit and pushback on the mental health of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants. in European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Taylor and Francis Group., 14(1), 2163064.
https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2163064

Vukčević Marković M, Bobić A, Živanović M. The effects of traumatic experiences during transit and pushback on the mental health of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants. in European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 2023;14(1):2163064.
doi:10.1080/20008066.2022.2163064 .

Vukčević Marković, Maša, Bobić, Aleksandra, Živanović, Marko, "The effects of traumatic experiences during transit and pushback on the mental health of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants" in European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14, no. 1 (2023):2163064,
https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2163064 . .

TY  - BOOK
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5769
AB  - Mogućnost neinvazivne neuromodulacije moždane aktivnosti
otvorila je potpuno novo polje istraživanja u kognitivnim
neuronaukama. Sada po prvi put možemo na bezbedan i
reverzibilan način uticati na moždanu aktivnost i registrovati
efekte na različite psihičke funkcije. Svaki istraživač
zainteresovan za razumevanje ljudske kognicije prepoznaće u
ovome neverovatan saznajni potencijal – pored toga što
možemo registrovati moždanu aktivnost dok obavljamo neki
kognitivni zadatak, otvara se mogućnost da njome i
manipulišemo.
Upravo navedena uzbudljiva ideja privukla je nas, a i mnoge
psihologe, da uplovimo u oblast neinvazivne neuromodulacije.
Čim smo počeli da istražujemo literaturu, shvatili smo da
ulazimo u suštinski multidisciplinarnu oblast istraživanja, sa
velikim brojem neodgonetnutih pitanja. Naime, da bismo
razumeli način na koji uređaji za neinvazivnu neuromodulaciju
rade, potrebna su znanja iz biofizike; da bismo razumeli kakve
efekte ostvaruju na nervni sistem, neophodna su znanja iz
neurofiziologije centralnog nervnog sistema; kako bismo
donosili odluke o mestu stimulacije, neophodno je
razumevanje neuroanatomije i funkcionalnih veza između
različitih delova mozga; kako bismo na adekvatan način merili
efekte na kognitivne funkcije, moramo se osloniti na znanja iz
eksperimentalne psihologije i psihometrije.
Ova knjiga pisana je iz ugla psihologa istraživača koji su
primarno zainteresovani za primenu metoda neinvazivne
neuromodulacije u cilju boljeg razumevanja kognitivnih
2
procesa i funkcija kroz istraživanje njihovih neuralnih osnova.
Većina knjiga koje obrađuju metode neinvazivne
neuromodulacije pisane su iz perspektive inženjera usmerenih
na razumevanje biofizike ovih metoda i dalji razvoj tehnoloških
inovacija, što ih često čini veoma tehničkim i teškim za praćenje.
Sa druge strane, postoje knjige i priručnici s fokusom na
primeni metoda neinvazivne neuromodulacije u lečenju
različitih neuroloških i psihijatrijskih oboljenja, koji detaljno
obrađuju neurofiziološke aspekte i neurobiološke mehanizme
delovanja. Ipak, takve studije su pisane kako bi upoznale lekare
sa mogućnostima, potencijalima i dometima ovih tehnika u
kliničkoj praksi, te po pravilu ne obuhvataju istraživačku
perspektivu primene metoda neinvazivne neuromodulacije sa
ciljem boljeg razumevanja kognitivnih funkcija. Ova knjiga
namenjena je primarno psiholozima i drugim istraživačima
zainteresovanim za kognitivne neuronauke, ali je za razliku od
postojećih monografija i udžbenika (npr. Uvod u kognitivne
neuronauke, Filipović-Đurđević i Zdravković, 2013) tematski
fokusirana na metode i tehnike neinvazivne neuromodulacije i
aspekte istraživanja relevantne za njihovu primenu.
PB  - Beograd : Institut za psihologiju
T1  - Transkranijalna električna stimulacija u kognitivnim neuronaukama
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5769
ER  - 

@book{
author = "Živanović, Marko and Bjekić, Jovana",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Mogućnost neinvazivne neuromodulacije moždane aktivnosti
otvorila je potpuno novo polje istraživanja u kognitivnim
neuronaukama. Sada po prvi put možemo na bezbedan i
reverzibilan način uticati na moždanu aktivnost i registrovati
efekte na različite psihičke funkcije. Svaki istraživač
zainteresovan za razumevanje ljudske kognicije prepoznaće u
ovome neverovatan saznajni potencijal – pored toga što
možemo registrovati moždanu aktivnost dok obavljamo neki
kognitivni zadatak, otvara se mogućnost da njome i
manipulišemo.
Upravo navedena uzbudljiva ideja privukla je nas, a i mnoge
psihologe, da uplovimo u oblast neinvazivne neuromodulacije.
Čim smo počeli da istražujemo literaturu, shvatili smo da
ulazimo u suštinski multidisciplinarnu oblast istraživanja, sa
velikim brojem neodgonetnutih pitanja. Naime, da bismo
razumeli način na koji uređaji za neinvazivnu neuromodulaciju
rade, potrebna su znanja iz biofizike; da bismo razumeli kakve
efekte ostvaruju na nervni sistem, neophodna su znanja iz
neurofiziologije centralnog nervnog sistema; kako bismo
donosili odluke o mestu stimulacije, neophodno je
razumevanje neuroanatomije i funkcionalnih veza između
različitih delova mozga; kako bismo na adekvatan način merili
efekte na kognitivne funkcije, moramo se osloniti na znanja iz
eksperimentalne psihologije i psihometrije.
Ova knjiga pisana je iz ugla psihologa istraživača koji su
primarno zainteresovani za primenu metoda neinvazivne
neuromodulacije u cilju boljeg razumevanja kognitivnih
2
procesa i funkcija kroz istraživanje njihovih neuralnih osnova.
Većina knjiga koje obrađuju metode neinvazivne
neuromodulacije pisane su iz perspektive inženjera usmerenih
na razumevanje biofizike ovih metoda i dalji razvoj tehnoloških
inovacija, što ih često čini veoma tehničkim i teškim za praćenje.
Sa druge strane, postoje knjige i priručnici s fokusom na
primeni metoda neinvazivne neuromodulacije u lečenju
različitih neuroloških i psihijatrijskih oboljenja, koji detaljno
obrađuju neurofiziološke aspekte i neurobiološke mehanizme
delovanja. Ipak, takve studije su pisane kako bi upoznale lekare
sa mogućnostima, potencijalima i dometima ovih tehnika u
kliničkoj praksi, te po pravilu ne obuhvataju istraživačku
perspektivu primene metoda neinvazivne neuromodulacije sa
ciljem boljeg razumevanja kognitivnih funkcija. Ova knjiga
namenjena je primarno psiholozima i drugim istraživačima
zainteresovanim za kognitivne neuronauke, ali je za razliku od
postojećih monografija i udžbenika (npr. Uvod u kognitivne
neuronauke, Filipović-Đurđević i Zdravković, 2013) tematski
fokusirana na metode i tehnike neinvazivne neuromodulacije i
aspekte istraživanja relevantne za njihovu primenu.",
publisher = "Beograd : Institut za psihologiju",
title = "Transkranijalna električna stimulacija u kognitivnim neuronaukama",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5769"
}

Živanović, M.,& Bjekić, J.. (2023). Transkranijalna električna stimulacija u kognitivnim neuronaukama. 
Beograd : Institut za psihologiju..
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5769

Živanović M, Bjekić J. Transkranijalna električna stimulacija u kognitivnim neuronaukama. 2023;.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5769 .

Živanović, Marko, Bjekić, Jovana, "Transkranijalna električna stimulacija u kognitivnim neuronaukama" (2023),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5769 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Griškova-Bulanova, Inga
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Voicikas, Aleksandras
AU  - Pipinis, Evaldas
AU  - Jurkuvenas, Vytautas
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4225
AB  - The link between the state of networks underlying the generation of periodic responses at gamma ranges and cognitive outcomes is still poorly understood. In this study, we tested the idea that the individual differences in the ability to generate responses to auditory stimulation at gamma frequencies may underlie the individual differences in the inhibitory control. We focused on the processing speed and accuracy in the Bivalent Shape Task (a cognitive inhibition task assessing
attentional interference) and explored the relationship with responses at 40 Hz and at individual gamma frequencies (IGFs, assessed utilizing auditory envelope-following responses in 30–60 Hz range). In a sample of 70 subjects, we show that individual measures (phase-locking index and event-related spectral perturbation) of the ability to generate gamma-range activity are not related to the individual differences in inhibitory control but rather reflect basic information processing speed in healthy young subjects. With the individualized approach (at IGFs), the observed associations were found to be somewhat stronger. These findings have important implications for the interpretation of gamma activity in neuropsychiatric disorders.
PB  - Basel : MDPI
T2  - Journal of Personalized Medicine
T1  - Responses at individual gamma frequencies are related to the processing speed but not the inhibitory control
IS  - 1
SP  - 26
VL  - 13
DO  - https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13010026
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Griškova-Bulanova, Inga and Živanović, Marko and Voicikas, Aleksandras and Pipinis, Evaldas and Jurkuvenas, Vytautas and Bjekić, Jovana",
year = "2023",
abstract = "The link between the state of networks underlying the generation of periodic responses at gamma ranges and cognitive outcomes is still poorly understood. In this study, we tested the idea that the individual differences in the ability to generate responses to auditory stimulation at gamma frequencies may underlie the individual differences in the inhibitory control. We focused on the processing speed and accuracy in the Bivalent Shape Task (a cognitive inhibition task assessing
attentional interference) and explored the relationship with responses at 40 Hz and at individual gamma frequencies (IGFs, assessed utilizing auditory envelope-following responses in 30–60 Hz range). In a sample of 70 subjects, we show that individual measures (phase-locking index and event-related spectral perturbation) of the ability to generate gamma-range activity are not related to the individual differences in inhibitory control but rather reflect basic information processing speed in healthy young subjects. With the individualized approach (at IGFs), the observed associations were found to be somewhat stronger. These findings have important implications for the interpretation of gamma activity in neuropsychiatric disorders.",
publisher = "Basel : MDPI",
journal = "Journal of Personalized Medicine",
title = "Responses at individual gamma frequencies are related to the processing speed but not the inhibitory control",
number = "1",
pages = "26",
volume = "13",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13010026"
}

Griškova-Bulanova, I., Živanović, M., Voicikas, A., Pipinis, E., Jurkuvenas, V.,& Bjekić, J.. (2023). Responses at individual gamma frequencies are related to the processing speed but not the inhibitory control. in Journal of Personalized Medicine
Basel : MDPI., 13(1), 26.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13010026

Griškova-Bulanova I, Živanović M, Voicikas A, Pipinis E, Jurkuvenas V, Bjekić J. Responses at individual gamma frequencies are related to the processing speed but not the inhibitory control. in Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2023;13(1):26.
doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13010026 .

Griškova-Bulanova, Inga, Živanović, Marko, Voicikas, Aleksandras, Pipinis, Evaldas, Jurkuvenas, Vytautas, Bjekić, Jovana, "Responses at individual gamma frequencies are related to the processing speed but not the inhibitory control" in Journal of Personalized Medicine, 13, no. 1 (2023):26,
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13010026 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Vukčević Marković, Maša
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4885
AB  - Despite evidence showing that beliefs and values associated with conservative ideology are important predictors of vaccination against COVID-19, none of the previous studies examined if they contribute to specific vaccination choices and preferences in the context of different COVID-19 vaccines available. The present study examines the role of conservatism-liberalism, conceptualized as a relatively stable mindset in predicting the broad spectrum of COVID-19 vaccine-related behaviors above and beyond sociodemographics – vaccination status and specific vaccine choices and preferences. The study was conducted on a sample representative of the Serbian population (N = 1000), whose citizens could freely choose which COVID-19 vaccine they wanted to receive. The first principal component extracted from self-placement on the social axis of political orientation (1–extremely left-wing; 7–extremely right-wing), religiosity (1–not religious at all, 5–very religious), and Openness subscale of the BHI (4 items) was used as the measure of conservatism-liberalism. Participants reported the number of doses and specific COVID-19 vaccines they received for each dose, as well as reasons for their choice. Unvaccinated individuals reported which vaccine against COVID-19 they would receive in case of mandatory vaccination or if they eventually decided to get vaccinated. A series of hierarchical binary logistic regressions showed that conservatism-liberalism negatively predicts vaccination status (B = -.369, p < .01) and significantly differentiates between vaccine-hesitant, single/two-times vaccinated, and booster-dose vaccine recipients, with the latter being more liberal than both former groups (p-values < .05). Moreover, conservative individuals proved to be more likely to receive the Sinopharm (B = .282, p < .05) – a traditional whole-virus vaccine, while liberal individuals were more likely to receive one
of the innovative western vaccine options – Pfizer/BioNTech (B = -.213, p < .05) or Oxford/AstraZeneca (B = -.684, p < .01). Sputnik V proved to be the only vaccination option unrelated to conservatism-liberalism. Conservatism remained a remarkably stable predictor of booster-dose vaccine selections, despite vaccine shifts after the first two doses (Sinopharm B = .304, p < .05; Pfizer/BioNTech B = -.331, p < .05). The same pattern of results was observed for relations between conservatism-liberalism and vaccine preferences in a subsample of unvaccinated individuals (Sinopharm B = .448, p < .01; Pfizer/BioNTech B = -.345, p < .05).
The results suggest that basic ideological beliefs impact people’s health-related choices and readiness to adopt targeted health-related behavior.
C3  - Book of abstracts - XXIX Empirical studies in psychology
T1  - Conservative-liberal mindset as a driver of COVID-19 vaccination behavior
SP  - 92
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4885
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Živanović, Marko and Vukčević Marković, Maša",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Despite evidence showing that beliefs and values associated with conservative ideology are important predictors of vaccination against COVID-19, none of the previous studies examined if they contribute to specific vaccination choices and preferences in the context of different COVID-19 vaccines available. The present study examines the role of conservatism-liberalism, conceptualized as a relatively stable mindset in predicting the broad spectrum of COVID-19 vaccine-related behaviors above and beyond sociodemographics – vaccination status and specific vaccine choices and preferences. The study was conducted on a sample representative of the Serbian population (N = 1000), whose citizens could freely choose which COVID-19 vaccine they wanted to receive. The first principal component extracted from self-placement on the social axis of political orientation (1–extremely left-wing; 7–extremely right-wing), religiosity (1–not religious at all, 5–very religious), and Openness subscale of the BHI (4 items) was used as the measure of conservatism-liberalism. Participants reported the number of doses and specific COVID-19 vaccines they received for each dose, as well as reasons for their choice. Unvaccinated individuals reported which vaccine against COVID-19 they would receive in case of mandatory vaccination or if they eventually decided to get vaccinated. A series of hierarchical binary logistic regressions showed that conservatism-liberalism negatively predicts vaccination status (B = -.369, p < .01) and significantly differentiates between vaccine-hesitant, single/two-times vaccinated, and booster-dose vaccine recipients, with the latter being more liberal than both former groups (p-values < .05). Moreover, conservative individuals proved to be more likely to receive the Sinopharm (B = .282, p < .05) – a traditional whole-virus vaccine, while liberal individuals were more likely to receive one
of the innovative western vaccine options – Pfizer/BioNTech (B = -.213, p < .05) or Oxford/AstraZeneca (B = -.684, p < .01). Sputnik V proved to be the only vaccination option unrelated to conservatism-liberalism. Conservatism remained a remarkably stable predictor of booster-dose vaccine selections, despite vaccine shifts after the first two doses (Sinopharm B = .304, p < .05; Pfizer/BioNTech B = -.331, p < .05). The same pattern of results was observed for relations between conservatism-liberalism and vaccine preferences in a subsample of unvaccinated individuals (Sinopharm B = .448, p < .01; Pfizer/BioNTech B = -.345, p < .05).
The results suggest that basic ideological beliefs impact people’s health-related choices and readiness to adopt targeted health-related behavior.",
journal = "Book of abstracts - XXIX Empirical studies in psychology",
title = "Conservative-liberal mindset as a driver of COVID-19 vaccination behavior",
pages = "92",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4885"
}

Živanović, M.,& Vukčević Marković, M.. (2023). Conservative-liberal mindset as a driver of COVID-19 vaccination behavior. in Book of abstracts - XXIX Empirical studies in psychology, 92.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4885

Živanović M, Vukčević Marković M. Conservative-liberal mindset as a driver of COVID-19 vaccination behavior. in Book of abstracts - XXIX Empirical studies in psychology. 2023;:92.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4885 .

Živanović, Marko, Vukčević Marković, Maša, "Conservative-liberal mindset as a driver of COVID-19 vaccination behavior" in Book of abstracts - XXIX Empirical studies in psychology (2023):92,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4885 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Paunović, Dunja
AU  - Vulić, Katarina
AU  - Konstantinović, Uroš
AU  - Stanković, Marija
AU  - Filipović, Saša R.
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4859
AB  - Noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) has gained increased interest in research of associative memory (AM) and its impairments. However, the one-size-fits-all approach yields inconsistent findings, thus putting forward the need for the development of personalized frequency-modulated NIBS protocols to increase the focality and the effectiveness of the interventions. Specifically, transcranial altering current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial oscillatory current stimulation (otDCS) with theta-band frequencies (4-8Hz) are promising path for further AM-directed neuromodulation. The aim of the current study was (1) to develop a method for extracting the individual theta-band frequency (ITF) to be used as an input parameter for personalized theta-modulated tACS and otDCS; (2) to assess the effects of tACS and otDCS in comparison to constant anodal tDCS and sham on different AM measures including short-term AM, delayed recognition, and cued recall. In a sample of 42 healthy volunteers, we extracted the frequencies with the highest event-related spectral perturbation from 19 overlapping time windows and six centroparietal electrodes from the EEG signal recorded during successful encoding in an AM task. The ITF was defined as modal frequency (4-8 Hz in 0.5 Hz steps) in the time x electrode matrix. The method showed a 93% success rate, good reliability, and a full range of variability of the extracted ITFs. In a cross-over counterbalanced design, different stimulation protocols (tACS/otDCS/tDCS/sham) were delivered in separate sessions (7 days apart) for 20 minutes over the posterior parietal cortex. Results showed either AM enhancement or no effects of tACS/otDCS/tDCS, depending on the outcome measure that was used. We will discuss individual differences in theta-band activity during AM encoding, together with ITF-extraction challenges and possible methodological and conceptual explanations for the inconsistent effects.
C3  - Clinical Neurophysiology
T1  - Personalized theta frequency-modulated transcranial electric stimulation for associative memory improvement
SP  - S2
VL  - 141
DO  - 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.008
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Bjekić, Jovana and Živanović, Marko and Paunović, Dunja and Vulić, Katarina and Konstantinović, Uroš and Stanković, Marija and Filipović, Saša R.",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) has gained increased interest in research of associative memory (AM) and its impairments. However, the one-size-fits-all approach yields inconsistent findings, thus putting forward the need for the development of personalized frequency-modulated NIBS protocols to increase the focality and the effectiveness of the interventions. Specifically, transcranial altering current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial oscillatory current stimulation (otDCS) with theta-band frequencies (4-8Hz) are promising path for further AM-directed neuromodulation. The aim of the current study was (1) to develop a method for extracting the individual theta-band frequency (ITF) to be used as an input parameter for personalized theta-modulated tACS and otDCS; (2) to assess the effects of tACS and otDCS in comparison to constant anodal tDCS and sham on different AM measures including short-term AM, delayed recognition, and cued recall. In a sample of 42 healthy volunteers, we extracted the frequencies with the highest event-related spectral perturbation from 19 overlapping time windows and six centroparietal electrodes from the EEG signal recorded during successful encoding in an AM task. The ITF was defined as modal frequency (4-8 Hz in 0.5 Hz steps) in the time x electrode matrix. The method showed a 93% success rate, good reliability, and a full range of variability of the extracted ITFs. In a cross-over counterbalanced design, different stimulation protocols (tACS/otDCS/tDCS/sham) were delivered in separate sessions (7 days apart) for 20 minutes over the posterior parietal cortex. Results showed either AM enhancement or no effects of tACS/otDCS/tDCS, depending on the outcome measure that was used. We will discuss individual differences in theta-band activity during AM encoding, together with ITF-extraction challenges and possible methodological and conceptual explanations for the inconsistent effects.",
journal = "Clinical Neurophysiology",
title = "Personalized theta frequency-modulated transcranial electric stimulation for associative memory improvement",
pages = "S2",
volume = "141",
doi = "10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.008"
}

Bjekić, J., Živanović, M., Paunović, D., Vulić, K., Konstantinović, U., Stanković, M.,& Filipović, S. R.. (2022). Personalized theta frequency-modulated transcranial electric stimulation for associative memory improvement. in Clinical Neurophysiology, 141, S2.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.008

Bjekić J, Živanović M, Paunović D, Vulić K, Konstantinović U, Stanković M, Filipović SR. Personalized theta frequency-modulated transcranial electric stimulation for associative memory improvement. in Clinical Neurophysiology. 2022;141:S2.
doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.008 .

Bjekić, Jovana, Živanović, Marko, Paunović, Dunja, Vulić, Katarina, Konstantinović, Uroš, Stanković, Marija, Filipović, Saša R., "Personalized theta frequency-modulated transcranial electric stimulation for associative memory improvement" in Clinical Neurophysiology, 141 (2022):S2,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.008 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Stanković, Marija
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
AU  - Filipović, Saša R.
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4858
AB  - In recent years, non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques have shown promising effects on cognitive enhancement. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is one of the most widely used NIBS techniques in cognitive neuroscience. Even though the neurophysiological and behavioral effects of tDCS have been demonstrated across a wide range of cognitive and motor functions, the findings were not always consistent. Hence, there is an increasing interest in factors that may moderate the effects, one of which could be the participants’ beliefs of the tDCS condition (i.e., real or sham) they received. Thus, this study aimed to explore if participants’ beliefs about received stimulation type (i.e., the success of blinding) impacted their task performance in tDCS experiments on associative memory (AM) and working memory (WM). We analyzed data from
four within-subject, sham-controlled tDCS experiments (N = 83). Two AM experiments included 20 minutes of anodal 1.5mA tDCS over the posterior-parietal cortex (PPC) – left hemisphere in Experiment 1; right hemisphere in Experiment 2. WM experiments targeted PPC and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex – left side in Experiment 3; right side in Experiment 4, with 20 minutes of 1.8mA anodal tDCS. The participants completed memory tasks after the stimulation. The order of the sessions was counterbalanced across participants. At the end of the last session, they were asked to try to guess the session in which they received sham stimulation. We found no evidence that sham guessing moderated post-tDCS memory performance in experiments in which tDCS effects were observed as well as in those that showed null effects of tDCS. Specifically, we found no evidence for the interaction between actual stimulation condition and correct sham-guessing across all experiments and outcome measures (p-values range 0.12 – 0.99). Also, correct sham-guessing had no effect on the AM or WM improvement following active stimulation in the joint analysis performed on a single dataset combined from all experiments (F(1,248) = 1.61, p = 0.21, partial eta squared = 0.01, BF10 = 0.31). The results suggest that the placebo-like effect stemming from participants’ beliefs about the stimulation type they received is unlikely to influence the results
in tDCS memory experiments. We discuss the results in light of the growing debate about the relevance and effectiveness of blinding in brain stimulation research.
C3  - Clinical Neurophysiology
T1  - Correct end-of-study guess does not moderate the effects of tDCS on associative and working memory
SP  - S3
VL  - 141
DO  - 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.010
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Stanković, Marija and Živanović, Marko and Bjekić, Jovana and Filipović, Saša R.",
year = "2022",
abstract = "In recent years, non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques have shown promising effects on cognitive enhancement. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is one of the most widely used NIBS techniques in cognitive neuroscience. Even though the neurophysiological and behavioral effects of tDCS have been demonstrated across a wide range of cognitive and motor functions, the findings were not always consistent. Hence, there is an increasing interest in factors that may moderate the effects, one of which could be the participants’ beliefs of the tDCS condition (i.e., real or sham) they received. Thus, this study aimed to explore if participants’ beliefs about received stimulation type (i.e., the success of blinding) impacted their task performance in tDCS experiments on associative memory (AM) and working memory (WM). We analyzed data from
four within-subject, sham-controlled tDCS experiments (N = 83). Two AM experiments included 20 minutes of anodal 1.5mA tDCS over the posterior-parietal cortex (PPC) – left hemisphere in Experiment 1; right hemisphere in Experiment 2. WM experiments targeted PPC and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex – left side in Experiment 3; right side in Experiment 4, with 20 minutes of 1.8mA anodal tDCS. The participants completed memory tasks after the stimulation. The order of the sessions was counterbalanced across participants. At the end of the last session, they were asked to try to guess the session in which they received sham stimulation. We found no evidence that sham guessing moderated post-tDCS memory performance in experiments in which tDCS effects were observed as well as in those that showed null effects of tDCS. Specifically, we found no evidence for the interaction between actual stimulation condition and correct sham-guessing across all experiments and outcome measures (p-values range 0.12 – 0.99). Also, correct sham-guessing had no effect on the AM or WM improvement following active stimulation in the joint analysis performed on a single dataset combined from all experiments (F(1,248) = 1.61, p = 0.21, partial eta squared = 0.01, BF10 = 0.31). The results suggest that the placebo-like effect stemming from participants’ beliefs about the stimulation type they received is unlikely to influence the results
in tDCS memory experiments. We discuss the results in light of the growing debate about the relevance and effectiveness of blinding in brain stimulation research.",
journal = "Clinical Neurophysiology",
title = "Correct end-of-study guess does not moderate the effects of tDCS on associative and working memory",
pages = "S3",
volume = "141",
doi = "10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.010"
}

Stanković, M., Živanović, M., Bjekić, J.,& Filipović, S. R.. (2022). Correct end-of-study guess does not moderate the effects of tDCS on associative and working memory. in Clinical Neurophysiology, 141, S3.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.010

Stanković M, Živanović M, Bjekić J, Filipović SR. Correct end-of-study guess does not moderate the effects of tDCS on associative and working memory. in Clinical Neurophysiology. 2022;141:S3.
doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.010 .

Stanković, Marija, Živanović, Marko, Bjekić, Jovana, Filipović, Saša R., "Correct end-of-study guess does not moderate the effects of tDCS on associative and working memory" in Clinical Neurophysiology, 141 (2022):S3,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.010 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
AU  - Paunović, Dunja
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Stanković, Marija
AU  - Griskova-Bulanova, Inga
AU  - Filipović, Saša R.
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4005
AB  - Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods have gained increased interest in research
and therapy of associative memory (AM) and its impairments. However, the one-size-fits-all approach yields inconsistent findings, thus putting forward the need for electroencephalography (EEG)-guided personalized frequency-modulated NIBS protocols to increase the focality and the effectiveness of the interventions. Still, extraction of individual frequency, especially in the theta band, turned out to be a challenging task. Here we present an approach to extracting the individual theta-band frequency (ITF) from EEG signals recorded during the AM task. The method showed a 93% success rate, good reliability, and the full range of variability of the extracted ITFs. This paper provides a rationale behind the adopted approach and critically evaluates it in comparison to the alternative methods that have been reported in the literature. Finally, we discuss how it could be used as an input parameter for personalized frequency-modulated NIBS approaches—transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial oscillatory current stimulation (otDCS) directed at AM neuromodulation.
PB  - Basel : MDPI
T2  - Journal of Personalized Medicine
T1  - Determining the individual theta frequency for associative memory targeted personalized transcranial brain stimulation
IS  - 9
SP  - 1367
VL  - 12
DO  - 10.3390/jpm12091367
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Bjekić, Jovana and Paunović, Dunja and Živanović, Marko and Stanković, Marija and Griskova-Bulanova, Inga and Filipović, Saša R.",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods have gained increased interest in research
and therapy of associative memory (AM) and its impairments. However, the one-size-fits-all approach yields inconsistent findings, thus putting forward the need for electroencephalography (EEG)-guided personalized frequency-modulated NIBS protocols to increase the focality and the effectiveness of the interventions. Still, extraction of individual frequency, especially in the theta band, turned out to be a challenging task. Here we present an approach to extracting the individual theta-band frequency (ITF) from EEG signals recorded during the AM task. The method showed a 93% success rate, good reliability, and the full range of variability of the extracted ITFs. This paper provides a rationale behind the adopted approach and critically evaluates it in comparison to the alternative methods that have been reported in the literature. Finally, we discuss how it could be used as an input parameter for personalized frequency-modulated NIBS approaches—transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial oscillatory current stimulation (otDCS) directed at AM neuromodulation.",
publisher = "Basel : MDPI",
journal = "Journal of Personalized Medicine",
title = "Determining the individual theta frequency for associative memory targeted personalized transcranial brain stimulation",
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pages = "1367",
volume = "12",
doi = "10.3390/jpm12091367"
}

Bjekić, J., Paunović, D., Živanović, M., Stanković, M., Griskova-Bulanova, I.,& Filipović, S. R.. (2022). Determining the individual theta frequency for associative memory targeted personalized transcranial brain stimulation. in Journal of Personalized Medicine
Basel : MDPI., 12(9), 1367.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm12091367

Bjekić J, Paunović D, Živanović M, Stanković M, Griskova-Bulanova I, Filipović SR. Determining the individual theta frequency for associative memory targeted personalized transcranial brain stimulation. in Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2022;12(9):1367.
doi:10.3390/jpm12091367 .

Bjekić, Jovana, Paunović, Dunja, Živanović, Marko, Stanković, Marija, Griskova-Bulanova, Inga, Filipović, Saša R., "Determining the individual theta frequency for associative memory targeted personalized transcranial brain stimulation" in Journal of Personalized Medicine, 12, no. 9 (2022):1367,
https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm12091367 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stanković, Marija
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
AU  - Filipović, Saša R.
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3425
AB  - Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has become a valuable tool in cognitive neuroscience
research as it enables causal inferences about neural underpinnings of cognition. However,
studies using tDCS to modulate cognitive functions often yield inconsistent findings. Hence, there
is an increasing interest in factors that may moderate the effects, one of which is the participants’
beliefs of the tDCS condition (i.e., real or sham) they received. Namely, whether participants’ correct
guessing of sham condition may lead to false-positive tDCS effects. In this study, we aimed to
explore if participants’ beliefs about received stimulation type (i.e., the success of blinding) impacted
their task performance in tDCS experiments on associative (AM) and working memory (WM).We
analyzed data from four within-subject, sham-controlled tDCS memory experiments (N = 83) to
check if the correct end-of-study guess of sham condition moderated tDCS effects. We found no
evidence that sham guessing moderated post-tDCS memory performance in experiments in which
tDCS effects were observed as well as in experiments that showed null effects of tDCS. The results
suggest that the correct sham guessing (i.e., placebo-like effect) is unlikely to influence the results in
tDCS memory experiments. We discuss the results in light of the growing debate about the relevance
and effectiveness of blinding in brain stimulation research.
PB  - Basel : MDPI
T2  - Brain sciences
T1  - Blinding in tDCS Studies: Correct End-of-Study Guess Does Not Moderate the Effects on Associative and Working Memory
IS  - 1
SP  - 58
VL  - 12
DO  - 10.3390/brainsci12010058
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Stanković, Marija and Živanović, Marko and Bjekić, Jovana and Filipović, Saša R.",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has become a valuable tool in cognitive neuroscience
research as it enables causal inferences about neural underpinnings of cognition. However,
studies using tDCS to modulate cognitive functions often yield inconsistent findings. Hence, there
is an increasing interest in factors that may moderate the effects, one of which is the participants’
beliefs of the tDCS condition (i.e., real or sham) they received. Namely, whether participants’ correct
guessing of sham condition may lead to false-positive tDCS effects. In this study, we aimed to
explore if participants’ beliefs about received stimulation type (i.e., the success of blinding) impacted
their task performance in tDCS experiments on associative (AM) and working memory (WM).We
analyzed data from four within-subject, sham-controlled tDCS memory experiments (N = 83) to
check if the correct end-of-study guess of sham condition moderated tDCS effects. We found no
evidence that sham guessing moderated post-tDCS memory performance in experiments in which
tDCS effects were observed as well as in experiments that showed null effects of tDCS. The results
suggest that the correct sham guessing (i.e., placebo-like effect) is unlikely to influence the results in
tDCS memory experiments. We discuss the results in light of the growing debate about the relevance
and effectiveness of blinding in brain stimulation research.",
publisher = "Basel : MDPI",
journal = "Brain sciences",
title = "Blinding in tDCS Studies: Correct End-of-Study Guess Does Not Moderate the Effects on Associative and Working Memory",
number = "1",
pages = "58",
volume = "12",
doi = "10.3390/brainsci12010058"
}

Stanković, M., Živanović, M., Bjekić, J.,& Filipović, S. R.. (2022). Blinding in tDCS Studies: Correct End-of-Study Guess Does Not Moderate the Effects on Associative and Working Memory. in Brain sciences
Basel : MDPI., 12(1), 58.
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010058

Stanković M, Živanović M, Bjekić J, Filipović SR. Blinding in tDCS Studies: Correct End-of-Study Guess Does Not Moderate the Effects on Associative and Working Memory. in Brain sciences. 2022;12(1):58.
doi:10.3390/brainsci12010058 .

Stanković, Marija, Živanović, Marko, Bjekić, Jovana, Filipović, Saša R., "Blinding in tDCS Studies: Correct End-of-Study Guess Does Not Moderate the Effects on Associative and Working Memory" in Brain sciences, 12, no. 1 (2022):58,
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010058 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Zupan, Zorana
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
AU  - Knežević, Goran
AU  - Opačić, Goran
AU  - Lazarević, Ljiljana B.
AU  - Purić, Danka
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Teovanović, Predrag
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Stanković, Sanda
AU  - Lazić, Aleksandra
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Petrović, Marija
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://empirijskaistrazivanja.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/KNJIGA-REZIMEA-2022_FIN-sa-isbn_bez_linija-1.pdf
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4930
AB  - The main project methodology is planned in five stages that inform one another and cross-validate data from multiple methods. These include: (1) A study documenting online media coverage of TM/CAM practices in Serbia. This study will use a qualitative methodology, and conduct a content analysis of news stories from the five most popular news websites in Serbia, focusing on identifying the types of reported practices and content of the advice (e.g., whether risks are addressed) (2) Development of instruments for assessing familiarity and frequency of two types of health behaviors: engagement with different TM/CAM practices, as well as the frequency of NAR. Instrument development will be based on the results of the qualitative study, literature review, input from medical and CAM practitioners. The instrument will be piloted on a convenience sample (3) A study tracking the prevalence and the pattern of TM/CAM usage and NAR during 3 weeks on a community sample. This study will consist of a development of a mobile app and battery for experience sampling of TM/CAM and NAR behaviors over 21 days and their relations with personality and cognitive styles in a community sample (4) Examining the relations between these two types of health behaviors on a general population. This study will explore the relations between TM/CAM, NAR, personality, and cognitive styles on a representative sample in Serbia. (5) Developing interventions aimed at reducing TM/CAM use and NAR through changing the irrational mindset. This study will be experimental and will examine how inducing or reducing irrational beliefs affects health behaviors, and if certain personality traits and/or thinking styles moderate the outcome of these interventions.
C3  - Book of abstracts - XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
T1  - REASON4HEALTH: Methodology
SP  - 27
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4930
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Zupan, Zorana and Žeželj, Iris and Knežević, Goran and Opačić, Goran and Lazarević, Ljiljana B. and Purić, Danka and Branković, Marija and Teovanović, Predrag and Živanović, Marko and Stanković, Sanda and Lazić, Aleksandra and Lukić, Petar and Ninković, Milica and Petrović, Marija",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The main project methodology is planned in five stages that inform one another and cross-validate data from multiple methods. These include: (1) A study documenting online media coverage of TM/CAM practices in Serbia. This study will use a qualitative methodology, and conduct a content analysis of news stories from the five most popular news websites in Serbia, focusing on identifying the types of reported practices and content of the advice (e.g., whether risks are addressed) (2) Development of instruments for assessing familiarity and frequency of two types of health behaviors: engagement with different TM/CAM practices, as well as the frequency of NAR. Instrument development will be based on the results of the qualitative study, literature review, input from medical and CAM practitioners. The instrument will be piloted on a convenience sample (3) A study tracking the prevalence and the pattern of TM/CAM usage and NAR during 3 weeks on a community sample. This study will consist of a development of a mobile app and battery for experience sampling of TM/CAM and NAR behaviors over 21 days and their relations with personality and cognitive styles in a community sample (4) Examining the relations between these two types of health behaviors on a general population. This study will explore the relations between TM/CAM, NAR, personality, and cognitive styles on a representative sample in Serbia. (5) Developing interventions aimed at reducing TM/CAM use and NAR through changing the irrational mindset. This study will be experimental and will examine how inducing or reducing irrational beliefs affects health behaviors, and if certain personality traits and/or thinking styles moderate the outcome of these interventions.",
journal = "Book of abstracts - XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology",
title = "REASON4HEALTH: Methodology",
pages = "27",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4930"
}

Zupan, Z., Žeželj, I., Knežević, G., Opačić, G., Lazarević, L. B., Purić, D., Branković, M., Teovanović, P., Živanović, M., Stanković, S., Lazić, A., Lukić, P., Ninković, M.,& Petrović, M.. (2022). REASON4HEALTH: Methodology. in Book of abstracts - XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology, 27.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4930

Zupan Z, Žeželj I, Knežević G, Opačić G, Lazarević LB, Purić D, Branković M, Teovanović P, Živanović M, Stanković S, Lazić A, Lukić P, Ninković M, Petrović M. REASON4HEALTH: Methodology. in Book of abstracts - XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology. 2022;:27.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4930 .

Zupan, Zorana, Žeželj, Iris, Knežević, Goran, Opačić, Goran, Lazarević, Ljiljana B., Purić, Danka, Branković, Marija, Teovanović, Predrag, Živanović, Marko, Stanković, Sanda, Lazić, Aleksandra, Lukić, Petar, Ninković, Milica, Petrović, Marija, "REASON4HEALTH: Methodology" in Book of abstracts - XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology (2022):27,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4930 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
AU  - Knežević, Goran
AU  - Opačić, Goran
AU  - Lazarević, Ljiljana B.
AU  - Purić, Danka
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Zupan, Zorana
AU  - Teovanović, Predrag
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Stanković, Sanda
AU  - Lazić, Aleksandra
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Petrović, Marija
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://empirijskaistrazivanja.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/KNJIGA-REZIMEA-2022_FIN-sa-isbn_bez_linija-1.pdf
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4929
AB  - Non-adherence to medical recommendations (NAR) leads to increasing mortality/disease rates and raises the costs of treatments, thus it is a burden on the healthcare system. Typically viewed as harmless, the use of traditional/complementary/alternative medicine (TM/CAM) can lead to adverse health events, but also to avoidance of official treatment or undesirable interaction with it. Thus, there is an increasing call in the medical community to promote evidence-based use of TM/CAM and adherence to official advice; understanding why consumers opt for questionable health practices can contribute to this call. We put forward a comprehensive program to study the psychological roots of these two broad categories of questionable health practices. The program offers a framework for concepts from cognitive, personality, social, and health psychology. We propose that an irrational mindset (a system of irrational thinking and beliefs), rooted in basic psychological dispositions (personality, thinking styles) makes certain consumers susceptible to NAR and TM/CAM practices. We plan to: a. explore the media environment the consumers are exposed to (e.g. predatory practices in advertising TM/CAM), b. identify the large spectrum of NAR and TM/CAM typical for the local cultural context, c. test whether irrational beliefs of very different content really form a mindset (how they are interrelated), d. measure the prevalence of NAR and TM/CAM and relate them to irrational mindset and further to personality traits, and e. test whether the TM/CAM proneness can be affected by manipulating irrational beliefs. The results will be useful to stakeholders in different ways: information on the prevalence of TM/CAM and NAR in Serbia is useful by itself, but identifying their underlying psychological mechanisms will help in understanding the most vulnerable portions of the population. In addition, we will provide useful input for designing interventions that will support consumers in making rational health decisions.
C3  - Book of abstracts - XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
T1  - REASON4HEALTH: Rationale and impact
SP  - 26
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4929
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Žeželj, Iris and Knežević, Goran and Opačić, Goran and Lazarević, Ljiljana B. and Purić, Danka and Branković, Marija and Zupan, Zorana and Teovanović, Predrag and Živanović, Marko and Stanković, Sanda and Lazić, Aleksandra and Lukić, Petar and Ninković, Milica and Petrović, Marija",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Non-adherence to medical recommendations (NAR) leads to increasing mortality/disease rates and raises the costs of treatments, thus it is a burden on the healthcare system. Typically viewed as harmless, the use of traditional/complementary/alternative medicine (TM/CAM) can lead to adverse health events, but also to avoidance of official treatment or undesirable interaction with it. Thus, there is an increasing call in the medical community to promote evidence-based use of TM/CAM and adherence to official advice; understanding why consumers opt for questionable health practices can contribute to this call. We put forward a comprehensive program to study the psychological roots of these two broad categories of questionable health practices. The program offers a framework for concepts from cognitive, personality, social, and health psychology. We propose that an irrational mindset (a system of irrational thinking and beliefs), rooted in basic psychological dispositions (personality, thinking styles) makes certain consumers susceptible to NAR and TM/CAM practices. We plan to: a. explore the media environment the consumers are exposed to (e.g. predatory practices in advertising TM/CAM), b. identify the large spectrum of NAR and TM/CAM typical for the local cultural context, c. test whether irrational beliefs of very different content really form a mindset (how they are interrelated), d. measure the prevalence of NAR and TM/CAM and relate them to irrational mindset and further to personality traits, and e. test whether the TM/CAM proneness can be affected by manipulating irrational beliefs. The results will be useful to stakeholders in different ways: information on the prevalence of TM/CAM and NAR in Serbia is useful by itself, but identifying their underlying psychological mechanisms will help in understanding the most vulnerable portions of the population. In addition, we will provide useful input for designing interventions that will support consumers in making rational health decisions.",
journal = "Book of abstracts - XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology",
title = "REASON4HEALTH: Rationale and impact",
pages = "26",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4929"
}

Žeželj, I., Knežević, G., Opačić, G., Lazarević, L. B., Purić, D., Branković, M., Zupan, Z., Teovanović, P., Živanović, M., Stanković, S., Lazić, A., Lukić, P., Ninković, M.,& Petrović, M.. (2022). REASON4HEALTH: Rationale and impact. in Book of abstracts - XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology, 26.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4929

Žeželj I, Knežević G, Opačić G, Lazarević LB, Purić D, Branković M, Zupan Z, Teovanović P, Živanović M, Stanković S, Lazić A, Lukić P, Ninković M, Petrović M. REASON4HEALTH: Rationale and impact. in Book of abstracts - XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology. 2022;:26.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4929 .

Žeželj, Iris, Knežević, Goran, Opačić, Goran, Lazarević, Ljiljana B., Purić, Danka, Branković, Marija, Zupan, Zorana, Teovanović, Predrag, Živanović, Marko, Stanković, Sanda, Lazić, Aleksandra, Lukić, Petar, Ninković, Milica, Petrović, Marija, "REASON4HEALTH: Rationale and impact" in Book of abstracts - XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology (2022):26,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4929 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Vukčević Marković, Maša
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4634
AB  - The Intergroup threat theory (ITT) proposes that perception of an outgroup (OG) as threatening to
the ingroup (IG) leads to prejudice towards that OG. Prejudice can further result in discriminatory
behavior against the OG. Although conspiracy beliefs (CBs) are generally considered an outcome
of threat perception, some authors argue that CBs about a particular OG can serve as a generator
of intergroup threat rather than its consequence. Thus, we examined how CBs about refugees and
migrants shape behavior. More precisely, we tested the hypothesis that such CBs elicit perception
of this OG as a threat to the IG that in turn results in higher discrimination intentions. The sample
consisted of 798 participants (48% men; age 18-87 [M = 49.3, SD = 16.8]). We constructed four
intergroup CBs items (5-point Likert scale, α = .82) based on the narrative that was salient in
Serbian media at the time of data collection. Participants also filled in the following scales (5-
point Likert): intergroup threat perception scale that captures symbolic (two items, α = .81) and
realistic threats (three items, α = .82), as well as a scale that captures discrimination intentions
against refugees (three items, α = .77). We also registered and statistically controlled for
participants’ religiosity and ethnic identification (both single-item, 7-point scale), and frequency
of OG contact (positive and negative, four items). Since only 31% of participants reported having
any contact with the outgroup, we computed two binary variables that indicated presence or
absence of (a) positive and (b) negative outgroup contact. To test our hypothesis, we built a
structural equation model (SEM) with Intergroup CBs as a predictor and discrimination
intentions as an outcome. Perceptions of symbolic and realistic threat served as mediators. The
model proved to fit the data well (x2 (58) = 342.63, p < .001, CFI = .936, TLI = .906, RMSEA =
.078, SRMR = .085). The intergroup CBs predicted discrimination intentions both directly (β =
.21, p = .034) and indirectly through the perception of refugees as a realistic threat (β = .28, p <
.001). On the contrary, the indirect effect through symbolic threat perception was not significant
(β = .19, p = .173). Our results confirm that CBs about a particular OG can make fertile ground
for the perceptions of that OG as a threat to the IG, and this threat can further act as a booster of
the intention to discriminate against the same OG. This pattern of the effects indicates that
intergroup CBs should be experimentally examined as a generator of the intergroup threat,
although they are traditionally seen as its outcome. It also points out the adverse outcomes that
conspiratorial narratives in media can have on people’s behavioral intentions.
PB  - Institut za psihologiju i Laboratorija za eksperimentalnu psihologiju
C3  - Book of abstracts, XXVIII Scientific Conference “Empirical Studies in Psychology”, Belgrade
T1  - “They are going to islamize us”: intergroup conspiracy beliefs shape discriminatory behavior against refugees and migrants through intergroup threat perceptions
SP  - 131
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4634
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Ninković, Milica and Živanović, Marko and Vukčević Marković, Maša",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The Intergroup threat theory (ITT) proposes that perception of an outgroup (OG) as threatening to
the ingroup (IG) leads to prejudice towards that OG. Prejudice can further result in discriminatory
behavior against the OG. Although conspiracy beliefs (CBs) are generally considered an outcome
of threat perception, some authors argue that CBs about a particular OG can serve as a generator
of intergroup threat rather than its consequence. Thus, we examined how CBs about refugees and
migrants shape behavior. More precisely, we tested the hypothesis that such CBs elicit perception
of this OG as a threat to the IG that in turn results in higher discrimination intentions. The sample
consisted of 798 participants (48% men; age 18-87 [M = 49.3, SD = 16.8]). We constructed four
intergroup CBs items (5-point Likert scale, α = .82) based on the narrative that was salient in
Serbian media at the time of data collection. Participants also filled in the following scales (5-
point Likert): intergroup threat perception scale that captures symbolic (two items, α = .81) and
realistic threats (three items, α = .82), as well as a scale that captures discrimination intentions
against refugees (three items, α = .77). We also registered and statistically controlled for
participants’ religiosity and ethnic identification (both single-item, 7-point scale), and frequency
of OG contact (positive and negative, four items). Since only 31% of participants reported having
any contact with the outgroup, we computed two binary variables that indicated presence or
absence of (a) positive and (b) negative outgroup contact. To test our hypothesis, we built a
structural equation model (SEM) with Intergroup CBs as a predictor and discrimination
intentions as an outcome. Perceptions of symbolic and realistic threat served as mediators. The
model proved to fit the data well (x2 (58) = 342.63, p < .001, CFI = .936, TLI = .906, RMSEA =
.078, SRMR = .085). The intergroup CBs predicted discrimination intentions both directly (β =
.21, p = .034) and indirectly through the perception of refugees as a realistic threat (β = .28, p <
.001). On the contrary, the indirect effect through symbolic threat perception was not significant
(β = .19, p = .173). Our results confirm that CBs about a particular OG can make fertile ground
for the perceptions of that OG as a threat to the IG, and this threat can further act as a booster of
the intention to discriminate against the same OG. This pattern of the effects indicates that
intergroup CBs should be experimentally examined as a generator of the intergroup threat,
although they are traditionally seen as its outcome. It also points out the adverse outcomes that
conspiratorial narratives in media can have on people’s behavioral intentions.",
publisher = "Institut za psihologiju i Laboratorija za eksperimentalnu psihologiju",
journal = "Book of abstracts, XXVIII Scientific Conference “Empirical Studies in Psychology”, Belgrade",
title = "“They are going to islamize us”: intergroup conspiracy beliefs shape discriminatory behavior against refugees and migrants through intergroup threat perceptions",
pages = "131",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4634"
}

Ninković, M., Živanović, M.,& Vukčević Marković, M.. (2022). “They are going to islamize us”: intergroup conspiracy beliefs shape discriminatory behavior against refugees and migrants through intergroup threat perceptions. in Book of abstracts, XXVIII Scientific Conference “Empirical Studies in Psychology”, Belgrade
Institut za psihologiju i Laboratorija za eksperimentalnu psihologiju., 131.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4634

Ninković M, Živanović M, Vukčević Marković M. “They are going to islamize us”: intergroup conspiracy beliefs shape discriminatory behavior against refugees and migrants through intergroup threat perceptions. in Book of abstracts, XXVIII Scientific Conference “Empirical Studies in Psychology”, Belgrade. 2022;:131.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4634 .

Ninković, Milica, Živanović, Marko, Vukčević Marković, Maša, "“They are going to islamize us”: intergroup conspiracy beliefs shape discriminatory behavior against refugees and migrants through intergroup threat perceptions" in Book of abstracts, XXVIII Scientific Conference “Empirical Studies in Psychology”, Belgrade (2022):131,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4634 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Paunović, Dunja
AU  - Vulić, Katarina
AU  - Konstantinović, Uroš
AU  - Filipović, Saša R.
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4004
AB  - Associative memory (AM) is the ability to remember the relationship between previously
unrelated items. AM is significantly affected by normal aging and neurodegenerative conditions,
thus there is a growing interest in applying non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques for
AM enhancement. A growing body of studies identifies posterior parietal cortex (PPC) as the most
promising cortical target for both transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) to modulate a cortico-hippocampal network that underlines AM. In that sense, theta frequency oscillatory tES protocols, targeted towards the hallmark oscillatory activity within the cortico-hippocampal network, are increasingly coming to prominence. To increase precision and effectiveness, the need for EEG guided individualization of the tES protocols is proposed. Here, we present the study protocol in which two types of personalized oscillatory tES–transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and oscillatory transcranial direct current stimulation (otDCS), both frequency-modulated to the individual theta-band frequency (ITF), are compared to the nonoscillatory transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and to the sham stimulation. The study has cross-over design with four tES conditions (tACS, otDCS, tDCS, sham), and the comprehensive set of neurophysiological (resting state EEG and AM-evoked EEG) and behavioral outcomes, including AM tasks (short-term associative memory, face–word, face–object, object-location), as well as measures of other cognitive functions (cognitive control, verbal fluency, and working memory).
PB  - Basel : MDPI
T2  - Brain Sciences
T1  - Personalized frequency modulated transcranial electrical stimulation for associative memory enhancement
IS  - 4
SP  - 472
VL  - 12
DO  - 10.3390/brainsci12040472
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Bjekić, Jovana and Živanović, Marko and Paunović, Dunja and Vulić, Katarina and Konstantinović, Uroš and Filipović, Saša R.",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Associative memory (AM) is the ability to remember the relationship between previously
unrelated items. AM is significantly affected by normal aging and neurodegenerative conditions,
thus there is a growing interest in applying non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques for
AM enhancement. A growing body of studies identifies posterior parietal cortex (PPC) as the most
promising cortical target for both transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) to modulate a cortico-hippocampal network that underlines AM. In that sense, theta frequency oscillatory tES protocols, targeted towards the hallmark oscillatory activity within the cortico-hippocampal network, are increasingly coming to prominence. To increase precision and effectiveness, the need for EEG guided individualization of the tES protocols is proposed. Here, we present the study protocol in which two types of personalized oscillatory tES–transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and oscillatory transcranial direct current stimulation (otDCS), both frequency-modulated to the individual theta-band frequency (ITF), are compared to the nonoscillatory transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and to the sham stimulation. The study has cross-over design with four tES conditions (tACS, otDCS, tDCS, sham), and the comprehensive set of neurophysiological (resting state EEG and AM-evoked EEG) and behavioral outcomes, including AM tasks (short-term associative memory, face–word, face–object, object-location), as well as measures of other cognitive functions (cognitive control, verbal fluency, and working memory).",
publisher = "Basel : MDPI",
journal = "Brain Sciences",
title = "Personalized frequency modulated transcranial electrical stimulation for associative memory enhancement",
number = "4",
pages = "472",
volume = "12",
doi = "10.3390/brainsci12040472"
}

Bjekić, J., Živanović, M., Paunović, D., Vulić, K., Konstantinović, U.,& Filipović, S. R.. (2022). Personalized frequency modulated transcranial electrical stimulation for associative memory enhancement. in Brain Sciences
Basel : MDPI., 12(4), 472.
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040472

Bjekić J, Živanović M, Paunović D, Vulić K, Konstantinović U, Filipović SR. Personalized frequency modulated transcranial electrical stimulation for associative memory enhancement. in Brain Sciences. 2022;12(4):472.
doi:10.3390/brainsci12040472 .

Bjekić, Jovana, Živanović, Marko, Paunović, Dunja, Vulić, Katarina, Konstantinović, Uroš, Filipović, Saša R., "Personalized frequency modulated transcranial electrical stimulation for associative memory enhancement" in Brain Sciences, 12, no. 4 (2022):472,
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040472 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Paunović, Dunja
AU  - Vulić, Katarina
AU  - Konstantinović, Uroš
AU  - Stanković, Marija
AU  - Filipović, Saša R.
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4875
AB  - Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) has gained increased interest in research of associative memory (AM) and its impairments. However, the one-size-fits-all approach yields inconsistent effects, thus putting forward the need for the development of personalized frequency-modulated NIBS protocols to increase the focality and the effectiveness of the interventions. Specifically, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial oscillatory current stimulation (otDCS) with theta-band frequencies (4-8Hz) are promising opportunities for memory neuromodulation. The aim of the current study was (1) to develop a method for extracting the individual theta-band frequency (ITF) to be used as an input parameter for personalized theta modulated tACS and otDCS; (2) to assess the effects of tACS and otDCS in comparison to constant anodal tDCS and sham on different AM measures including short-term AM, delayed recognition, and cued recall. In a sample of 42 healthy volunteers, we extracted the ITF from the EEG signal recorded during successful encoding in an AM task, for each participant. In cross-over counterbalanced design, different stimulation protocols (tACS/otDCS/tDCS/sham) were delivered in separate sessions (7 days apart) for 20 minutes over posterior parietal cortex. The tACS and otDCS were applied using the ITF. Participants completed a series of AM tasks both during and following the stimulation. The study showed mixed results - depending on the outcome measure we observed either better AM performance in relation to tACS, otDCS, and tDCS or no effects of stimulation. We will discuss ITF-extraction challenges and possible methodological and conceptual explanations for the inconsistent effects.
C3  - ICON: International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (May 18-22, Helsinki, Finland)
T1  - From brain waves to memory boost: Personalized frequency-modulated transcranial electric stimulation over posterior parietal cortex for associative memory enhancement
SP  - 284
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4875
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Bjekić, Jovana and Živanović, Marko and Paunović, Dunja and Vulić, Katarina and Konstantinović, Uroš and Stanković, Marija and Filipović, Saša R.",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) has gained increased interest in research of associative memory (AM) and its impairments. However, the one-size-fits-all approach yields inconsistent effects, thus putting forward the need for the development of personalized frequency-modulated NIBS protocols to increase the focality and the effectiveness of the interventions. Specifically, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial oscillatory current stimulation (otDCS) with theta-band frequencies (4-8Hz) are promising opportunities for memory neuromodulation. The aim of the current study was (1) to develop a method for extracting the individual theta-band frequency (ITF) to be used as an input parameter for personalized theta modulated tACS and otDCS; (2) to assess the effects of tACS and otDCS in comparison to constant anodal tDCS and sham on different AM measures including short-term AM, delayed recognition, and cued recall. In a sample of 42 healthy volunteers, we extracted the ITF from the EEG signal recorded during successful encoding in an AM task, for each participant. In cross-over counterbalanced design, different stimulation protocols (tACS/otDCS/tDCS/sham) were delivered in separate sessions (7 days apart) for 20 minutes over posterior parietal cortex. The tACS and otDCS were applied using the ITF. Participants completed a series of AM tasks both during and following the stimulation. The study showed mixed results - depending on the outcome measure we observed either better AM performance in relation to tACS, otDCS, and tDCS or no effects of stimulation. We will discuss ITF-extraction challenges and possible methodological and conceptual explanations for the inconsistent effects.",
journal = "ICON: International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (May 18-22, Helsinki, Finland)",
title = "From brain waves to memory boost: Personalized frequency-modulated transcranial electric stimulation over posterior parietal cortex for associative memory enhancement",
pages = "284",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4875"
}

Bjekić, J., Živanović, M., Paunović, D., Vulić, K., Konstantinović, U., Stanković, M.,& Filipović, S. R.. (2022). From brain waves to memory boost: Personalized frequency-modulated transcranial electric stimulation over posterior parietal cortex for associative memory enhancement. in ICON: International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (May 18-22, Helsinki, Finland), 284.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4875

Bjekić J, Živanović M, Paunović D, Vulić K, Konstantinović U, Stanković M, Filipović SR. From brain waves to memory boost: Personalized frequency-modulated transcranial electric stimulation over posterior parietal cortex for associative memory enhancement. in ICON: International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (May 18-22, Helsinki, Finland). 2022;:284.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4875 .

Bjekić, Jovana, Živanović, Marko, Paunović, Dunja, Vulić, Katarina, Konstantinović, Uroš, Stanković, Marija, Filipović, Saša R., "From brain waves to memory boost: Personalized frequency-modulated transcranial electric stimulation over posterior parietal cortex for associative memory enhancement" in ICON: International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (May 18-22, Helsinki, Finland) (2022):284,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4875 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Vukčević Marković, Maša
AU  - Šapić, Draga
AU  - Bobić, Aleksandra
AU  - Dimoski, Jana
AU  - Živanović, Marko
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4873
AB  - There are 26 million refugees around the world, while in European Union in 2019 there has been an increase of 11% of asylum applications. The Western Balkans route is still one of the main migration routes to Europe, a desired end location of the journey. During transit, refugees and migrants are at risk of various issues regarding safety, such as torture, and sexual and labour exploitation, and numerous studies reported impaired mental health and wellbeing of refugees and migrants on transit routes. The aim of this study was to assess stressful and traumatic experiences of refugees and migrants during transit, with a special focus on the experience of pushback, as well as the impact of these stressful and traumatic experiences on refugees’ and migrants’ mental health and well-being. A total of 201 refugees and migrants completed Stressful and Traumatic Experiences in Transit questionnaire – short version (SET-SF), questionnaire for assessing stressful and traumatic experiences during pushback (SET-SF PB), Refugee Health Screener (RHS-15; α = .77 - .82), and Well-being index (WHO-5; α = .84). The results showed that the average number of experienced stressful and traumatic events is notably high (M = 10.27, SD = 4.85). Moreover, 50.7% and 37.8%, and 32.3% of the participants experience severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD, respectively. The results indicated that stressful and traumatic events experienced during transit predict the severity of depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms. Furthermore, symptoms of PTSD predict psychological well-being. The study gives additional insights regarding risk factors refugees and migrants are exposed to during transit, and their impact on the mental health and wellbeing of refugees and migrants. The practical implications of the study are discussed, and the need for the provision of adequate and comprehensive support is stressed.
C3  - Book of abstracts - 23rd Psychology Days in Zadar
T1  - Mental health of refugees and migrants: predictive potential of traumatic experiences during transit
SP  - 154
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4873
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Vukčević Marković, Maša and Šapić, Draga and Bobić, Aleksandra and Dimoski, Jana and Živanović, Marko",
year = "2022",
abstract = "There are 26 million refugees around the world, while in European Union in 2019 there has been an increase of 11% of asylum applications. The Western Balkans route is still one of the main migration routes to Europe, a desired end location of the journey. During transit, refugees and migrants are at risk of various issues regarding safety, such as torture, and sexual and labour exploitation, and numerous studies reported impaired mental health and wellbeing of refugees and migrants on transit routes. The aim of this study was to assess stressful and traumatic experiences of refugees and migrants during transit, with a special focus on the experience of pushback, as well as the impact of these stressful and traumatic experiences on refugees’ and migrants’ mental health and well-being. A total of 201 refugees and migrants completed Stressful and Traumatic Experiences in Transit questionnaire – short version (SET-SF), questionnaire for assessing stressful and traumatic experiences during pushback (SET-SF PB), Refugee Health Screener (RHS-15; α = .77 - .82), and Well-being index (WHO-5; α = .84). The results showed that the average number of experienced stressful and traumatic events is notably high (M = 10.27, SD = 4.85). Moreover, 50.7% and 37.8%, and 32.3% of the participants experience severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD, respectively. The results indicated that stressful and traumatic events experienced during transit predict the severity of depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms. Furthermore, symptoms of PTSD predict psychological well-being. The study gives additional insights regarding risk factors refugees and migrants are exposed to during transit, and their impact on the mental health and wellbeing of refugees and migrants. The practical implications of the study are discussed, and the need for the provision of adequate and comprehensive support is stressed.",
journal = "Book of abstracts - 23rd Psychology Days in Zadar",
title = "Mental health of refugees and migrants: predictive potential of traumatic experiences during transit",
pages = "154",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4873"
}

Vukčević Marković, M., Šapić, D., Bobić, A., Dimoski, J.,& Živanović, M.. (2022). Mental health of refugees and migrants: predictive potential of traumatic experiences during transit. in Book of abstracts - 23rd Psychology Days in Zadar, 154.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4873

Vukčević Marković M, Šapić D, Bobić A, Dimoski J, Živanović M. Mental health of refugees and migrants: predictive potential of traumatic experiences during transit. in Book of abstracts - 23rd Psychology Days in Zadar. 2022;:154.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4873 .

Vukčević Marković, Maša, Šapić, Draga, Bobić, Aleksandra, Dimoski, Jana, Živanović, Marko, "Mental health of refugees and migrants: predictive potential of traumatic experiences during transit" in Book of abstracts - 23rd Psychology Days in Zadar (2022):154,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4873 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Bjekić, Jovana
AU  - Paunović, Dunja
AU  - Aldoughan, Eman
AU  - Al-Hoorie, Ali H.
AU  - Alrabai, Fakieh
AU  - Biondi, Luiz
AU  - Brázdil, Milan
AU  - Chen, Po Ling
AU  - Coelho, Luis
AU  - Dresler, Martin
AU  - Elsherif, Mahmoud
AU  - Filipović, Saša R.
AU  - Graichen, Luise
AU  - Grave, Joana
AU  - Griškova-Bulanova, Inga
AU  - Gula, Bartosz
AU  - Juras, Luka
AU  - Jurkovičová, Lenka
AU  - Konrad, Boris
AU  - Konstantinović, Uroš
AU  - Koso-Drljević, Maida
AU  - Mazancieux, Audrey
AU  - Mišetić, Katarina
AU  - Podlesek, Anja
AU  - Rapoport, Dikla
AU  - Reich, Lars Matthias
AU  - Ružičková, Alexandra
AU  - Sandberg, Kristian
AU  - Schmidt, Kathleen
AU  - Silva, André
AU  - Solé-Casals, Jordi
AU  - Stanković, Marija
AU  - Svoboda, Vojtěch
AU  - Trujillo-Rodriguez, Diana
AU  - Tsagkaridis, Kostas
AU  - Undorf, Monika
AU  - Wagner, Isabella
AU  - Wang, Grace
AU  - Wierzchon, Michal
AU  - Keat Wong, Hoo
AU  - Vranić, Andrea
AU  - Vulić, Katarina
AU  - Živanović, Marko
AU  - Levy, Daniel A.
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4876
AB  - Associative memory (AM) is conceptualized as the ability to form links between two previously unrelated pieces of information so that the subsequent presentation of one activates the memory of the other. Unlike other types of memory for which standardized assessment tools exist, AM is assessed mostly by ad hoc tasks designed to tackle specific research questions that are not meant to capture AM as a universal cognitive ability. Typically, AM is assessed using paired-associate paradigms with unimodal (e.g., word pairs) or multimodal (e.g., face-word) stimuli sets. In culturally diverse and multilingual societies, the application of these paradigms can lead to an unreliable and biased assessment of memory abilities. To address this issue, we developed an AM paradigm that combines key aspects of AM assessment – associative encoding, associative recognition, and cued recall, as well as implicit AM effect. The stimuli for the task - pictures of common objects and natural scenes - have been selected to minimize language and culture effects. The task has been developed using free software (OpenSesame) and stimuli, in both online and offline mode of administration, thus enabling wide and free use for research purposes across different settings. The large-scale international collaboration is set to adapt the task into 25 languages so far, including Arabic, Bosnian, Czech, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, and Spanish. Data is collected across 26 countries with a total of 34 samples (150-300 participants each) to assess the psychometric properties of the task and crosslinguistic (in)variance of the memory performance. The collaboration is expected to result in a comprehensive multilingual AM assessment tool, that is freely available for research use.
C3  - ICON: International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (May 18-22, Helsinki, Finland)
T1  - Towards cross-linguistic assessment of associative memory
SP  - 283
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4876
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Bjekić, Jovana and Paunović, Dunja and Aldoughan, Eman and Al-Hoorie, Ali H. and Alrabai, Fakieh and Biondi, Luiz and Brázdil, Milan and Chen, Po Ling and Coelho, Luis and Dresler, Martin and Elsherif, Mahmoud and Filipović, Saša R. and Graichen, Luise and Grave, Joana and Griškova-Bulanova, Inga and Gula, Bartosz and Juras, Luka and Jurkovičová, Lenka and Konrad, Boris and Konstantinović, Uroš and Koso-Drljević, Maida and Mazancieux, Audrey and Mišetić, Katarina and Podlesek, Anja and Rapoport, Dikla and Reich, Lars Matthias and Ružičková, Alexandra and Sandberg, Kristian and Schmidt, Kathleen and Silva, André and Solé-Casals, Jordi and Stanković, Marija and Svoboda, Vojtěch and Trujillo-Rodriguez, Diana and Tsagkaridis, Kostas and Undorf, Monika and Wagner, Isabella and Wang, Grace and Wierzchon, Michal and Keat Wong, Hoo and Vranić, Andrea and Vulić, Katarina and Živanović, Marko and Levy, Daniel A.",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Associative memory (AM) is conceptualized as the ability to form links between two previously unrelated pieces of information so that the subsequent presentation of one activates the memory of the other. Unlike other types of memory for which standardized assessment tools exist, AM is assessed mostly by ad hoc tasks designed to tackle specific research questions that are not meant to capture AM as a universal cognitive ability. Typically, AM is assessed using paired-associate paradigms with unimodal (e.g., word pairs) or multimodal (e.g., face-word) stimuli sets. In culturally diverse and multilingual societies, the application of these paradigms can lead to an unreliable and biased assessment of memory abilities. To address this issue, we developed an AM paradigm that combines key aspects of AM assessment – associative encoding, associative recognition, and cued recall, as well as implicit AM effect. The stimuli for the task - pictures of common objects and natural scenes - have been selected to minimize language and culture effects. The task has been developed using free software (OpenSesame) and stimuli, in both online and offline mode of administration, thus enabling wide and free use for research purposes across different settings. The large-scale international collaboration is set to adapt the task into 25 languages so far, including Arabic, Bosnian, Czech, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, and Spanish. Data is collected across 26 countries with a total of 34 samples (150-300 participants each) to assess the psychometric properties of the task and crosslinguistic (in)variance of the memory performance. The collaboration is expected to result in a comprehensive multilingual AM assessment tool, that is freely available for research use.",
journal = "ICON: International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (May 18-22, Helsinki, Finland)",
title = "Towards cross-linguistic assessment of associative memory",
pages = "283",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4876"
}

Bjekić, J., Paunović, D., Aldoughan, E., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Alrabai, F., Biondi, L., Brázdil, M., Chen, P. L., Coelho, L., Dresler, M., Elsherif, M., Filipović, S. R., Graichen, L., Grave, J., Griškova-Bulanova, I., Gula, B., Juras, L., Jurkovičová, L., Konrad, B., Konstantinović, U., Koso-Drljević, M., Mazancieux, A., Mišetić, K., Podlesek, A., Rapoport, D., Reich, L. M., Ružičková, A., Sandberg, K., Schmidt, K., Silva, A., Solé-Casals, J., Stanković, M., Svoboda, V., Trujillo-Rodriguez, D., Tsagkaridis, K., Undorf, M., Wagner, I., Wang, G., Wierzchon, M., Keat Wong, H., Vranić, A., Vulić, K., Živanović, M.,& Levy, D. A.. (2022). Towards cross-linguistic assessment of associative memory. in ICON: International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (May 18-22, Helsinki, Finland), 283.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4876

Bjekić J, Paunović D, Aldoughan E, Al-Hoorie AH, Alrabai F, Biondi L, Brázdil M, Chen PL, Coelho L, Dresler M, Elsherif M, Filipović SR, Graichen L, Grave J, Griškova-Bulanova I, Gula B, Juras L, Jurkovičová L, Konrad B, Konstantinović U, Koso-Drljević M, Mazancieux A, Mišetić K, Podlesek A, Rapoport D, Reich LM, Ružičková A, Sandberg K, Schmidt K, Silva A, Solé-Casals J, Stanković M, Svoboda V, Trujillo-Rodriguez D, Tsagkaridis K, Undorf M, Wagner I, Wang G, Wierzchon M, Keat Wong H, Vranić A, Vulić K, Živanović M, Levy DA. Towards cross-linguistic assessment of associative memory. in ICON: International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (May 18-22, Helsinki, Finland). 2022;:283.
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Bjekić, Jovana, Paunović, Dunja, Aldoughan, Eman, Al-Hoorie, Ali H., Alrabai, Fakieh, Biondi, Luiz, Brázdil, Milan, Chen, Po Ling, Coelho, Luis, Dresler, Martin, Elsherif, Mahmoud, Filipović, Saša R., Graichen, Luise, Grave, Joana, Griškova-Bulanova, Inga, Gula, Bartosz, Juras, Luka, Jurkovičová, Lenka, Konrad, Boris, Konstantinović, Uroš, Koso-Drljević, Maida, Mazancieux, Audrey, Mišetić, Katarina, Podlesek, Anja, Rapoport, Dikla, Reich, Lars Matthias, Ružičková, Alexandra, Sandberg, Kristian, Schmidt, Kathleen, Silva, André, Solé-Casals, Jordi, Stanković, Marija, Svoboda, Vojtěch, Trujillo-Rodriguez, Diana, Tsagkaridis, Kostas, Undorf, Monika, Wagner, Isabella, Wang, Grace, Wierzchon, Michal, Keat Wong, Hoo, Vranić, Andrea, Vulić, Katarina, Živanović, Marko, Levy, Daniel A., "Towards cross-linguistic assessment of associative memory" in ICON: International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (May 18-22, Helsinki, Finland) (2022):283,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4876 .