TY  - JOUR
AU  - Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana
AU  - Jolić Marjanović, Zorana
AU  - Dimitrijević, Aleksandar
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3218
AB  - There have been theoretical speculations and empirical indications that individual differences in emotional intelligence (EI) are associated with quality of attachment, yet many issues regarding this relationship have remained unsettled or even unexplored. Spelling out and attempting to fill some of these gaps, the present study examined the specific contribution of attachment quality in explaining variance in both ability EI and trait EI, with traditionally conceived intelligence and the basic personality traits controlled for. Participants were 251 employed adults (116 males; age range 21-62,M = 40.3,SD = 8.14), who completed a test of ability EI; a questionnaire assessing trait EI; a battery of standard intelligence tests; a Five-Factor inventory of personality; and two self-report measures of attachment quality. Attachment security was found to be related to higher EI, associations being small-to-moderate for ability EI, and moderate-to-large for trait EI. In hierarchical regression analyses, attachment predicted a significant amount of unique variance in both ability and trait EI, beyond intelligence and personality. Moreover, attachment Anxiety surfaced as the best single (understandably, negative) predictor of both EIs, their only other mutual predictors being the g-factor and Conscientiousness. Altogether, these results yield a fuller picture of what constitutes individual differences in objectively assessed and self-perceived emotional abilities, revealing that a substantial portion of them may be understood with reference to attachment security. The present study thus warrants more extensive, longitudinal research into the developmental interplay between attachment and the two EIs.
PB  - Springer, New York
T2  - Current Psychology
T1  - A further step towards unpacking the variance in trait and ability emotional intelligence: The specific contribution of attachment quality
EP  - 1353
IS  - 4
SP  - 1340
VL  - 39
DO  - 10.1007/s12144-018-9837-3
ER  - 

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Altaras Dimitrijević, A., Jolić Marjanović, Z.,& Dimitrijević, A.. (2020). A further step towards unpacking the variance in trait and ability emotional intelligence: The specific contribution of attachment quality. in Current Psychology
Springer, New York., 39(4), 1340-1353.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-9837-3

Altaras Dimitrijević A, Jolić Marjanović Z, Dimitrijević A. A further step towards unpacking the variance in trait and ability emotional intelligence: The specific contribution of attachment quality. in Current Psychology. 2020;39(4):1340-1353.
doi:10.1007/s12144-018-9837-3 .

Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana, Jolić Marjanović, Zorana, Dimitrijević, Aleksandar, "A further step towards unpacking the variance in trait and ability emotional intelligence: The specific contribution of attachment quality" in Current Psychology, 39, no. 4 (2020):1340-1353,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-9837-3 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dimitrijević, Aleksandar
AU  - Hanak, Natasa
AU  - Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana
AU  - Jolić Marjanović, Zorana
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2624
AB  - The psychometric properties of a new 28-item self-report measure of mentalization, the Mentalization Scale (MentS), were examined in 2 studies: with a sample of employed adults and university students (N-1 = 288 + 278) and with a sample of persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and matched controls (N-2 = 62 + 62). Besides the MentS, both studies employed measures of attachment and the Big Five; Study 1 also included assessments of empathy and emotional intelligence. MentS whole-scale internal consistency was good in the community and acceptable in the clinical sample ( = .84 and .75, respectively). A principal components analysis of Study 1 data yielded 3 interpretable factors, or subscales: Self-Related Mentalization (MentS-S), Other-Related Mentalization (MentS-O), and Motivation to Mentalize (MentS-M). These showed acceptable reliabilities ( = .74-.79), except for MentS-M in the clinical sample ( = .60). MentS scores further exhibited a coherent pattern of correlations with cognate constructs and the Big Five, relating positively to empathy, trait and ability emotional intelligence, openness, extraversion, and conscientiousness, and negatively to attachment avoidance and anxiety, and neuroticism. Persons with BPD scored significantly lower on MentS total and MentS-S. The proposed scale is thus deemed suitable for quick, yet meaningful, assessments of mentalization in both individual differences research and clinical contexts.
PB  - Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon
T2  - Journal of Personality Assessment
T1  - The Mentalization Scale (MentS): A Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Mentalizing Capacity
EP  - 280
IS  - 3
SP  - 268
VL  - 100
DO  - 10.1080/00223891.2017.1310730
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Dimitrijević, Aleksandar and Hanak, Natasa and Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana and Jolić Marjanović, Zorana",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The psychometric properties of a new 28-item self-report measure of mentalization, the Mentalization Scale (MentS), were examined in 2 studies: with a sample of employed adults and university students (N-1 = 288 + 278) and with a sample of persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and matched controls (N-2 = 62 + 62). Besides the MentS, both studies employed measures of attachment and the Big Five; Study 1 also included assessments of empathy and emotional intelligence. MentS whole-scale internal consistency was good in the community and acceptable in the clinical sample ( = .84 and .75, respectively). A principal components analysis of Study 1 data yielded 3 interpretable factors, or subscales: Self-Related Mentalization (MentS-S), Other-Related Mentalization (MentS-O), and Motivation to Mentalize (MentS-M). These showed acceptable reliabilities ( = .74-.79), except for MentS-M in the clinical sample ( = .60). MentS scores further exhibited a coherent pattern of correlations with cognate constructs and the Big Five, relating positively to empathy, trait and ability emotional intelligence, openness, extraversion, and conscientiousness, and negatively to attachment avoidance and anxiety, and neuroticism. Persons with BPD scored significantly lower on MentS total and MentS-S. The proposed scale is thus deemed suitable for quick, yet meaningful, assessments of mentalization in both individual differences research and clinical contexts.",
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Dimitrijević, A., Hanak, N., Altaras Dimitrijević, A.,& Jolić Marjanović, Z.. (2018). The Mentalization Scale (MentS): A Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Mentalizing Capacity. in Journal of Personality Assessment
Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon., 100(3), 268-280.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2017.1310730

Dimitrijević A, Hanak N, Altaras Dimitrijević A, Jolić Marjanović Z. The Mentalization Scale (MentS): A Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Mentalizing Capacity. in Journal of Personality Assessment. 2018;100(3):268-280.
doi:10.1080/00223891.2017.1310730 .

Dimitrijević, Aleksandar, Hanak, Natasa, Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana, Jolić Marjanović, Zorana, "The Mentalization Scale (MentS): A Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Mentalizing Capacity" in Journal of Personality Assessment, 100, no. 3 (2018):268-280,
https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2017.1310730 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana
AU  - Jolić Marjanović, Zorana
AU  - Dimitrijević, Aleksandar
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2660
AB  - Recent findings suggest a positive effect of intelligence on psychological well-being but remain inconclusive as to whether this criterion would be better predicted by drawing on emotional and practical abilities besides traditional "academic" ones and whether any path from intelligence to well-being bypasses socioeconomic status. We investigated these issues with a sample of 288 working adults (N in path analyses = 157), employing three standard tests of academic intelligence (Matrix Reasoning, Verbal Analogies, General Knowledge); the MayerSalovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test; the practical sections of Sternberg's Triarchic Abilities Test to assess practical intelligence; and Ryffs Scales of Psychological Well-Being. Hierarchical regression analyses yielded academic intelligence (Step 1), specifically Matrix Reasoning, an,d emotional intelligence (Step 2, with practical intelligence), specifically Understanding and Managing Emotions, as independent predictors of well-being. Subsequent path analyses revealed that the effect of academic intelligence on well-being was indirect (mediated by socioeconomic status) and the effect of emotional intelligence a direct one, the latter also being stronger and primarily due to the Managing Emotions branch. While expanding the evidence on the real-life utility of academic intelligence, the present results draw special attention to knowing/reasoning about emotions as an incremental predictor of well-being, the implications of which are discussed.
PB  - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
T2  - Personality and Individual Differences
T1  - Whichever intelligence makes you happy: The role of academic, emotional, and practical abilities in predicting psychological well-being
EP  - 13
SP  - 6
VL  - 132
DO  - 10.1016/j.paid.2018.05.010
ER  - 

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abstract = "Recent findings suggest a positive effect of intelligence on psychological well-being but remain inconclusive as to whether this criterion would be better predicted by drawing on emotional and practical abilities besides traditional "academic" ones and whether any path from intelligence to well-being bypasses socioeconomic status. We investigated these issues with a sample of 288 working adults (N in path analyses = 157), employing three standard tests of academic intelligence (Matrix Reasoning, Verbal Analogies, General Knowledge); the MayerSalovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test; the practical sections of Sternberg's Triarchic Abilities Test to assess practical intelligence; and Ryffs Scales of Psychological Well-Being. Hierarchical regression analyses yielded academic intelligence (Step 1), specifically Matrix Reasoning, an,d emotional intelligence (Step 2, with practical intelligence), specifically Understanding and Managing Emotions, as independent predictors of well-being. Subsequent path analyses revealed that the effect of academic intelligence on well-being was indirect (mediated by socioeconomic status) and the effect of emotional intelligence a direct one, the latter also being stronger and primarily due to the Managing Emotions branch. While expanding the evidence on the real-life utility of academic intelligence, the present results draw special attention to knowing/reasoning about emotions as an incremental predictor of well-being, the implications of which are discussed.",
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Altaras Dimitrijević, A., Jolić Marjanović, Z.,& Dimitrijević, A.. (2018). Whichever intelligence makes you happy: The role of academic, emotional, and practical abilities in predicting psychological well-being. in Personality and Individual Differences
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 132, 6-13.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.05.010

Altaras Dimitrijević A, Jolić Marjanović Z, Dimitrijević A. Whichever intelligence makes you happy: The role of academic, emotional, and practical abilities in predicting psychological well-being. in Personality and Individual Differences. 2018;132:6-13.
doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.05.010 .

Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana, Jolić Marjanović, Zorana, Dimitrijević, Aleksandar, "Whichever intelligence makes you happy: The role of academic, emotional, and practical abilities in predicting psychological well-being" in Personality and Individual Differences, 132 (2018):6-13,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.05.010 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Milojević, Sonja
AU  - Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana
AU  - Jolić Marjanović, Zorana
AU  - Dimitrijević, Aleksandar
PY  - 2016
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2121
AB  - Low EI is claimed to be implicated in various maladaptive behaviors, including adolescent delinquency. In this study, we sought to establish whether juvenile delinquents are indeed lower on trait EI compared to their peers from the nonclinical population. Study participants were 45 convicted juvenile offenders (all male, M-age = 16.44) and 54 adolescents from the general population (all male, M-age = 14.24), equaling with respect to years of schooling. All participants completed the Serbian translation of the TEIQue-AF. According to the results of ANCOVAs, with age as the covariate, the delinquent group scored significantly lower on global trait EI, and on three out of its four factors: Emotionality, Well-being, and Self-control. Thus, the delinquents exhibit lower self-efficacy when it comes to perceiving, expressing, and regulating emotions, and are more likely to have a gloomy vision of their present and future. Implications for assessment and possible intervention programs are discussed.
PB  - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
T2  - Personality and Individual Differences
T1  - Bad past, gloomy future: The trait emotional intelligence profile of juvenile offenders
EP  - 298
SP  - 295
VL  - 94
DO  - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.040
ER  - 

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abstract = "Low EI is claimed to be implicated in various maladaptive behaviors, including adolescent delinquency. In this study, we sought to establish whether juvenile delinquents are indeed lower on trait EI compared to their peers from the nonclinical population. Study participants were 45 convicted juvenile offenders (all male, M-age = 16.44) and 54 adolescents from the general population (all male, M-age = 14.24), equaling with respect to years of schooling. All participants completed the Serbian translation of the TEIQue-AF. According to the results of ANCOVAs, with age as the covariate, the delinquent group scored significantly lower on global trait EI, and on three out of its four factors: Emotionality, Well-being, and Self-control. Thus, the delinquents exhibit lower self-efficacy when it comes to perceiving, expressing, and regulating emotions, and are more likely to have a gloomy vision of their present and future. Implications for assessment and possible intervention programs are discussed.",
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Milojević, S., Altaras Dimitrijević, A., Jolić Marjanović, Z.,& Dimitrijević, A.. (2016). Bad past, gloomy future: The trait emotional intelligence profile of juvenile offenders. in Personality and Individual Differences
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 94, 295-298.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.040

Milojević S, Altaras Dimitrijević A, Jolić Marjanović Z, Dimitrijević A. Bad past, gloomy future: The trait emotional intelligence profile of juvenile offenders. in Personality and Individual Differences. 2016;94:295-298.
doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.040 .

Milojević, Sonja, Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana, Jolić Marjanović, Zorana, Dimitrijević, Aleksandar, "Bad past, gloomy future: The trait emotional intelligence profile of juvenile offenders" in Personality and Individual Differences, 94 (2016):295-298,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.040 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Dimitrijević, Aleksandar
AU  - Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana
AU  - Jolić Marjanović, Zorana
PY  - 2013
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1553
AB  - Although intelligence and attachment have both been thoroughly studied, their relationship has been strangely neglected, particularly when it comes to the adult population. Our study sought to fill this gap in the literature and test the hypothesis that securely attached individuals would perform better on standard tests of intelligence than individuals with insecure attachment patterns. The study also addressed the question whether particular aspects of intelligence (e.g., verbal/nonverbal reasoning) are differently related to the dimensions defining quality of attachment (e.g., anxiety and avoidance). Participants in the study were 262 adults (143 male, age range 21-61), who were administered a battery of intelligence tests, as well as two measures of attachment: the ECR-R and QAA-R. The latter instrument was also used to categorize subjects into four attachment patterns: secure, dismissing, preoccupied, and fearful. The results of an ANOVA indicate that there are significant differences between the four attachment patterns on a g-factor of intelligence (F-(258,F- 3) = 19.637, p = .000), with post hoc tests revealing that the "secure" group scores significantly higher on g than either of the three "insecure" groups. The same pattern of results is obtained for both verbal and nonverbal reasoning, as well as general knowledge. Although the differences between the three "insecure" groups are not always significant, there is a clear trend for the "fearful" to be the lowest-scoring group, regardless of the intelligence test employed. An inspection of the correlations between attachment dimensions and intelligence further reveals that ECR-Anxiety shows a stronger relationship to intellectual ability (r = -.296 - -.408) than does ECR-Avoidance (r= -.139 -.247), though all the correlations are significant (p lt .05). With respect to QAA-R, the strongest correlation with intelligence is found for the Negative self (r = -.288 - -.402, p = .000), Mentalization (r = .296 -.394, p = .000), and Negative others subscales (r= -. 229 --. 338, p=.000); the only subscale not related to intellectual ability is Use of secure base. The results confirm our initial hypothesis that secure attachment represents an asset when it comes to intellectual performance, even beyond childhood, and on both verbal and nonverbal tests of ability.
PB  - World Inst Advanced Research & Science, Lisbon
C3  - INPACT 2013: International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends
T1  - An examination of the relationship between intelligence and attachment in adulthood
EP  - 25
SP  - 21
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1553
ER  - 

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World Inst Advanced Research & Science, Lisbon., 21-25.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1553

Dimitrijević A, Altaras Dimitrijević A, Jolić Marjanović Z. An examination of the relationship between intelligence and attachment in adulthood. in INPACT 2013: International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends. 2013;:21-25.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1553 .

Dimitrijević, Aleksandar, Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana, Jolić Marjanović, Zorana, "An examination of the relationship between intelligence and attachment in adulthood" in INPACT 2013: International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (2013):21-25,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1553 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Banjac, Sonja
AU  - Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana
AU  - Dimitrijević, Aleksandar
PY  - 2013
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1692
AB  - Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je da se ispita odnos vezanosti i mentalizacije, s jedne strane, i intelektualnih sposobnosti, s druge, i to na adolescentnom uzrastu, gde je taj odnos do sada malo proučavan. U istraživanju je učestvovalo 345 ispitanika (123 dečaka), učenika III razreda beogradskih srednjih škola, koji su radili tri standardna testa intelektualnih sposobnosti i popunili jedan instrument za procenu dimenzija vezanosti (SM-ECR-R) i Upitnik za samoprocenu mentalizacije (UM). U istraživanju su takođe korišćeni ranije prikupljeni podaci sa uzorka od 284 odrasle osobe. Rezultati pokazuju da su, u skladu sa očekivanjima, sigurnost vezanosti i mentalizacija u pozitivnoj vezi. Anksioznost je izraženija među adolescentima nego u normativnoj grupi odraslih ispitanika i na prvom uzorku nije povezana sa inteligencijom. Ni izbegavanje ne korelira značajno sa inteligencijom u ukupnom uzorku adolescenata, ali pokazuje značajnu negativnu vezu sa analoškim rezonovanjem i g-faktorom kada se iz uzorka isključe oni sa najvišom inteligencijom. Poduzorak intelektualno darovitih adolescenata i poduzorak dečaka pokazuju više nivoe izbegavanja nego odgovarajuće poredbene grupe - adolescenti prosečnih sposobnosti, odnosno devojčice. Rezultati dalje pokazuju da je mentalizacija pozitivno povezana sa intelektualnim sposobnostima i viša u uzorcima: a) darovitih nego devojčica prosečnih sposobnosti, b) devojčica nego dečaka i c) odraslih osoba nego adolescenata. Dobijeni rezultati ukazuju na specifičnosti sistema vezanosti adolescenata (u poređenju sa odraslim ispitanicima), otkrivaju važne veze između izbegavanja, mentalizacije i intelektualnih sposobnosti, pružaju uvid u relevantne polne razlike na planu vezanosti i mentalizacije i doprinose razumevanju socioafektivnih specifičnosti intelektualno darovitih učenika.
AB  - This paper explored the relationship between attachment, mentalization, and intelligence as it occurs in adolescence. Study participants were 345 students (123 males) in their third year of high school. Participants were administered three standard tests of intelligence, the SM-ECR-R, and the recently developed Mentalization Questionnaire (MQ). The study also utilized earlier collected data from a sample of 284 employed adults. In line with our research hypothesis, attachment security and mentalization were positively related, with correlations ranging from small to moderate depending on the dimension inspected. Attachment anxiety was found to be higher in the adolescent than in the adult sample, and contrary to expectations was not significantly related to intelligence in the former group. Attachment avoidance did not correlate with intelligence in the total student sample, but did show a small negative association with analogical reasoning and the g-factor when the intellectually gifted were excluded from analyses. This latter group, as well as males from the student sample scored significantly higher on attachment avoidance than their respective comparison groups - intellectually average and female adolescents. Finally, mentalization was found to be positively related to intellectual ability and higher in a) gifted than average-ability girls, b) girls than boys, and c) adults than adolescents. The results are discussed as shedding light on the peculiarities of the attachment system in adolescence, revealing specific associations between attachment avoidance, mentalization, and intellectual ability, highlighting gender differences in both attachment and mentalization, and adding to our understanding of the socioemotional characteristics of intellectually gifted students.
PB  - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za psihologiju, Beograd
T2  - Psihološka istraživanja
T1  - Odnos vezanosti, mentalizacije i intelektualnih sposobnosti u adolescenciji
T1  - The relationship between attachment, mentalization, and intellectual abilities in adolescence
EP  - 190
IS  - 2
SP  - 175
VL  - 16
DO  - 10.5937/PsIstra1302175B
ER  - 

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author = "Banjac, Sonja and Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana and Dimitrijević, Aleksandar",
year = "2013",
abstract = "Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je da se ispita odnos vezanosti i mentalizacije, s jedne strane, i intelektualnih sposobnosti, s druge, i to na adolescentnom uzrastu, gde je taj odnos do sada malo proučavan. U istraživanju je učestvovalo 345 ispitanika (123 dečaka), učenika III razreda beogradskih srednjih škola, koji su radili tri standardna testa intelektualnih sposobnosti i popunili jedan instrument za procenu dimenzija vezanosti (SM-ECR-R) i Upitnik za samoprocenu mentalizacije (UM). U istraživanju su takođe korišćeni ranije prikupljeni podaci sa uzorka od 284 odrasle osobe. Rezultati pokazuju da su, u skladu sa očekivanjima, sigurnost vezanosti i mentalizacija u pozitivnoj vezi. Anksioznost je izraženija među adolescentima nego u normativnoj grupi odraslih ispitanika i na prvom uzorku nije povezana sa inteligencijom. Ni izbegavanje ne korelira značajno sa inteligencijom u ukupnom uzorku adolescenata, ali pokazuje značajnu negativnu vezu sa analoškim rezonovanjem i g-faktorom kada se iz uzorka isključe oni sa najvišom inteligencijom. Poduzorak intelektualno darovitih adolescenata i poduzorak dečaka pokazuju više nivoe izbegavanja nego odgovarajuće poredbene grupe - adolescenti prosečnih sposobnosti, odnosno devojčice. Rezultati dalje pokazuju da je mentalizacija pozitivno povezana sa intelektualnim sposobnostima i viša u uzorcima: a) darovitih nego devojčica prosečnih sposobnosti, b) devojčica nego dečaka i c) odraslih osoba nego adolescenata. Dobijeni rezultati ukazuju na specifičnosti sistema vezanosti adolescenata (u poređenju sa odraslim ispitanicima), otkrivaju važne veze između izbegavanja, mentalizacije i intelektualnih sposobnosti, pružaju uvid u relevantne polne razlike na planu vezanosti i mentalizacije i doprinose razumevanju socioafektivnih specifičnosti intelektualno darovitih učenika., This paper explored the relationship between attachment, mentalization, and intelligence as it occurs in adolescence. Study participants were 345 students (123 males) in their third year of high school. Participants were administered three standard tests of intelligence, the SM-ECR-R, and the recently developed Mentalization Questionnaire (MQ). The study also utilized earlier collected data from a sample of 284 employed adults. In line with our research hypothesis, attachment security and mentalization were positively related, with correlations ranging from small to moderate depending on the dimension inspected. Attachment anxiety was found to be higher in the adolescent than in the adult sample, and contrary to expectations was not significantly related to intelligence in the former group. Attachment avoidance did not correlate with intelligence in the total student sample, but did show a small negative association with analogical reasoning and the g-factor when the intellectually gifted were excluded from analyses. This latter group, as well as males from the student sample scored significantly higher on attachment avoidance than their respective comparison groups - intellectually average and female adolescents. Finally, mentalization was found to be positively related to intellectual ability and higher in a) gifted than average-ability girls, b) girls than boys, and c) adults than adolescents. The results are discussed as shedding light on the peculiarities of the attachment system in adolescence, revealing specific associations between attachment avoidance, mentalization, and intellectual ability, highlighting gender differences in both attachment and mentalization, and adding to our understanding of the socioemotional characteristics of intellectually gifted students.",
publisher = "Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za psihologiju, Beograd",
journal = "Psihološka istraživanja",
title = "Odnos vezanosti, mentalizacije i intelektualnih sposobnosti u adolescenciji, The relationship between attachment, mentalization, and intellectual abilities in adolescence",
pages = "190-175",
number = "2",
volume = "16",
doi = "10.5937/PsIstra1302175B"
}

Banjac, S., Altaras Dimitrijević, A.,& Dimitrijević, A.. (2013). Odnos vezanosti, mentalizacije i intelektualnih sposobnosti u adolescenciji. in Psihološka istraživanja
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za psihologiju, Beograd., 16(2), 175-190.
https://doi.org/10.5937/PsIstra1302175B

Banjac S, Altaras Dimitrijević A, Dimitrijević A. Odnos vezanosti, mentalizacije i intelektualnih sposobnosti u adolescenciji. in Psihološka istraživanja. 2013;16(2):175-190.
doi:10.5937/PsIstra1302175B .

Banjac, Sonja, Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana, Dimitrijević, Aleksandar, "Odnos vezanosti, mentalizacije i intelektualnih sposobnosti u adolescenciji" in Psihološka istraživanja, 16, no. 2 (2013):175-190,
https://doi.org/10.5937/PsIstra1302175B . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dimitrijević, Aleksandar
AU  - Hanak, Nataša
AU  - Vukosavljević-Gvozden, Tatjana
AU  - Opačić, Goran
PY  - 2012
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1522
AB  - In the present study we examined psychometric properties of the Serbian translation of the Empathy Quotient scale (S-EQ). The translated version of the EQ was applied on a sample of 694 high-school students. A sub-sample consisting of 375 high-school students also completed the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), another widely used empathy measure. The following statistical analyses were applied: internal consistency analysis, explanatory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analyses, and factor congruence analysis. Correlation with IRI and gender differences were calculated to demonstrate validity of the instrument. Results show that the Serbian 40-item version of EQ has lower reliability (Cronbach's alpha = .782) than the original. The originally proposed one factor structure of the instrument was not confirmed. The short version with 28 items showed better reliability (alpha= .807). The three-factor solution (cognitive empathy, emotional reactivity, and social skills) showed good cross-sample stability (Tucker congruence coefficient over .8) but the results of CFA confirmed the solution proposed in the reviewed literature only partially. The mean scores are similar to those obtained in the other studies, and, as expected, women have significantly higher scores than men. Correlations with all subscales of IRI are statistically significant for the first two subscales of EQ, but not for the 'social skills.' We concluded that the Serbian version of the 'Empathy Quotient' is a useful research tool which can contribute to cross-cultural studies of empathy, although its psychometric characteristics are not as good as those obtained in the original study. We also suggest that a 28-item should be used preferably to the original 40-item version.
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author = "Dimitrijević, Aleksandar and Hanak, Nataša and Vukosavljević-Gvozden, Tatjana and Opačić, Goran",
year = "2012",
abstract = "In the present study we examined psychometric properties of the Serbian translation of the Empathy Quotient scale (S-EQ). The translated version of the EQ was applied on a sample of 694 high-school students. A sub-sample consisting of 375 high-school students also completed the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), another widely used empathy measure. The following statistical analyses were applied: internal consistency analysis, explanatory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analyses, and factor congruence analysis. Correlation with IRI and gender differences were calculated to demonstrate validity of the instrument. Results show that the Serbian 40-item version of EQ has lower reliability (Cronbach's alpha = .782) than the original. The originally proposed one factor structure of the instrument was not confirmed. The short version with 28 items showed better reliability (alpha= .807). The three-factor solution (cognitive empathy, emotional reactivity, and social skills) showed good cross-sample stability (Tucker congruence coefficient over .8) but the results of CFA confirmed the solution proposed in the reviewed literature only partially. The mean scores are similar to those obtained in the other studies, and, as expected, women have significantly higher scores than men. Correlations with all subscales of IRI are statistically significant for the first two subscales of EQ, but not for the 'social skills.' We concluded that the Serbian version of the 'Empathy Quotient' is a useful research tool which can contribute to cross-cultural studies of empathy, although its psychometric characteristics are not as good as those obtained in the original study. We also suggest that a 28-item should be used preferably to the original 40-item version.",
publisher = "Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd",
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Dimitrijević, A., Hanak, N., Vukosavljević-Gvozden, T.,& Opačić, G.. (2012). Psychometric properties of the Serbian version of the Empathy Quotient (S-EQ). in Psihologija
Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd., 45(3), 257-276.
https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1203257D

Dimitrijević A, Hanak N, Vukosavljević-Gvozden T, Opačić G. Psychometric properties of the Serbian version of the Empathy Quotient (S-EQ). in Psihologija. 2012;45(3):257-276.
doi:10.2298/PSI1203257D .

Dimitrijević, Aleksandar, Hanak, Nataša, Vukosavljević-Gvozden, Tatjana, Opačić, Goran, "Psychometric properties of the Serbian version of the Empathy Quotient (S-EQ)" in Psihologija, 45, no. 3 (2012):257-276,
https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1203257D . .