TY  - JOUR
AU  - Porčić, Marko
AU  - Radinović, Mihailo
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Jovanić, Aleksandra
PY  - 2024
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5910
AB  - Understanding the nature of copying errors in the cultural transmission of material culture is highly relevant for students of cultural evolution, especially in the field of evolutionary archaeology. In this paper, we set up a classic transmission chain experiment, which involves making clay anthropomorphic figurines, to explore the nature of the copying error related to the production of 3D objects. The experiment consists of four independent transmission chains, each with 10 participants. Three chains are non-expert chains, as they consist of students of archaeology and psychology with no formal training in arts. The fourth is an expert chain consisting of art students. Our results show that the copying error predictably differs between the experts and the non-experts – it is lower in the expert chain. However, in both groups, the error is higher than predicted by the models that assume that the copying error is only due to imperfections in the perception of linear dimensions. Taken together, these two results suggest that, in addition to the error in perception, the error in the execution contributes significantly to the overall error, as predicted by the recently formulated object-mediated transmission model (Crema et al., 2023). The results of our experiment also show that the errors are often biased rather than random, suggesting that the transmission process involves the transformations anticipated by the cultural attraction theory.
PB  - Elsevier
T2  - Journal of Archaeological Science
T1  - Chinese whispers in clay: Copying error and cultural attraction in the experimental transmission chain of anthropomorphic figurines
SP  - 105914
VL  - 162
DO  - 10.1016/j.jas.2023.105914
ER  - 

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Porčić, M., Radinović, M., Branković, M.,& Jovanić, A.. (2024). Chinese whispers in clay: Copying error and cultural attraction in the experimental transmission chain of anthropomorphic figurines. in Journal of Archaeological Science
Elsevier., 162, 105914.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105914

Porčić M, Radinović M, Branković M, Jovanić A. Chinese whispers in clay: Copying error and cultural attraction in the experimental transmission chain of anthropomorphic figurines. in Journal of Archaeological Science. 2024;162:105914.
doi:10.1016/j.jas.2023.105914 .

Porčić, Marko, Radinović, Mihailo, Branković, Marija, Jovanić, Aleksandra, "Chinese whispers in clay: Copying error and cultural attraction in the experimental transmission chain of anthropomorphic figurines" in Journal of Archaeological Science, 162 (2024):105914,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105914 . .

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  - 

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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",
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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  - 

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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  - 

@conference{
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.",
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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  - 

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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.",
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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  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Purić, Danka
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5628
AB  - While some health practices are supported by science and recommended by authorities, for others scientific evidence-base might be lacking or is yet to be established. Both non-adhering to recommendations and resorting to non evidence-based practices (typically in the domain of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM)) can be detrimental for health. We investigated psychological roots of two types of health practices, focusing on their relationship with an “irrational mindset”, an umbrella term comprising certain cognitive biases, belief in conspiracy theories, superstition and magical health beliefs. In a preregistered study (N = 583) we contrasted how an irrational mindset contributes to the prediction of both types of health practices, above other relevant factors, such as sociodemographics, ideological beliefs, health status or relation to the healthcare system. Although the two types of health practices were positively related, they could be traced to different predictors: non-adherence was primarily explained by negative experiences with the health system, whilst irrational mindset did not additionally contribute. In contrast, irrational mindset consistently added to the prediction of different types of TCAM use, with magical health beliefs being the strongest predictor. We highlight the importance of tailoring interventions to the type of health practices so they also target underlying irrational beliefs, on top of providing correct information.
C3  - Book of abstracts, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland
T1  - Irrational health choices: What drives people to not adhere to science-based recommendations and resort to alternatives
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5628
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Petrović, Marija and Purić, Danka and Branković, Marija and Lukić, Petar and Ninković, Milica and Žeželj, Iris",
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abstract = "While some health practices are supported by science and recommended by authorities, for others scientific evidence-base might be lacking or is yet to be established. Both non-adhering to recommendations and resorting to non evidence-based practices (typically in the domain of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM)) can be detrimental for health. We investigated psychological roots of two types of health practices, focusing on their relationship with an “irrational mindset”, an umbrella term comprising certain cognitive biases, belief in conspiracy theories, superstition and magical health beliefs. In a preregistered study (N = 583) we contrasted how an irrational mindset contributes to the prediction of both types of health practices, above other relevant factors, such as sociodemographics, ideological beliefs, health status or relation to the healthcare system. Although the two types of health practices were positively related, they could be traced to different predictors: non-adherence was primarily explained by negative experiences with the health system, whilst irrational mindset did not additionally contribute. In contrast, irrational mindset consistently added to the prediction of different types of TCAM use, with magical health beliefs being the strongest predictor. We highlight the importance of tailoring interventions to the type of health practices so they also target underlying irrational beliefs, on top of providing correct information.",
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title = "Irrational health choices: What drives people to not adhere to science-based recommendations and resort to alternatives",
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Petrović, M., Purić, D., Branković, M., Lukić, P., Ninković, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). Irrational health choices: What drives people to not adhere to science-based recommendations and resort to alternatives. in Book of abstracts, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5628

Petrović M, Purić D, Branković M, Lukić P, Ninković M, Žeželj I. Irrational health choices: What drives people to not adhere to science-based recommendations and resort to alternatives. in Book of abstracts, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland. 2023;.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5628 .

Petrović, Marija, Purić, Danka, Branković, Marija, Lukić, Petar, Ninković, Milica, Žeželj, Iris, "Irrational health choices: What drives people to not adhere to science-based recommendations and resort to alternatives" in Book of abstracts, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland (2023),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5628 .

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  - JOUR
AU  - Lazić, Aleksandra
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4877
AB  - To describe how Serbian online media cover the topic of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TM/CAM), we conducted a content analysis of 182 articles from six news and six magazine websites, published July–December 2021. Biologically based treatments, predominantly herbal products framed as Serbian or Russian folk medicine, were the most common (70.9%, 205/289 practices). The practices were often presented as general health enhancers (18.4%, 71/386 claims); other common reasons given for the use of TM/CAM were to alleviate respiratory problems, boost the immunity, and detox. The tone was overwhelmingly positive, with most of the positive articles (82.4%, 145/176) neglecting to present information on potential harms of TM/CAM use. Few articles provided a recommendation to speak with a healthcare provider (13.6%, 24/176); in contrast, the recommended dosage was often explained (59.7%, 105/176). TM/CAM practitioners (15.9%, 28/176) and conventional medicine practitioners (12.5%, 22/176) were most commonly cited sources. Articles tended to appeal to TM/CAM’s tradition of use (65.3%, 115/176), naturalness (45.5%, 80/176), and convenience (40.9%, 72/176), used pseudoscientific jargon (59.7%, 105/176), and failed to cite sources for the claims that TM/CAM use is supported by science (22.2%, 39/176). Much of the information provided in Serbian online media seems to be uncritical, with a potential for misleading consumers.
T2  - Collabra: Psychology
T1  - Quick natural cure-alls: Portrayal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine in Serbian online media
IS  - 1
SP  - 82189
VL  - 9
DO  - 10.1525/collabra.82189
ER  - 

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Lazić, A., Petrović, M., Branković, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). Quick natural cure-alls: Portrayal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine in Serbian online media. in Collabra: Psychology, 9(1), 82189.
https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.82189

Lazić A, Petrović M, Branković M, Žeželj I. Quick natural cure-alls: Portrayal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine in Serbian online media. in Collabra: Psychology. 2023;9(1):82189.
doi:10.1525/collabra.82189 .

Lazić, Aleksandra, Petrović, Marija, Branković, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, "Quick natural cure-alls: Portrayal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine in Serbian online media" in Collabra: Psychology, 9, no. 1 (2023):82189,
https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.82189 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Lazić, Aleksandra
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - https://2023.ehps.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/EHPS_2023_Abstracts_UPLOAD.pdf
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4878
AB  - Background: When the media does not adhere to reporting guidelines regarding traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TM/CAM), this may deceive or mislead consumers about the safety and efficacy of these practices. We analyzed whether Serbian online media adheres to reporting guidelines and described dominant psychological appeals used to promote TM/CAM. Methods: We conducted a content analysis of 182 articles from six news and six magazine websites, published July–December 2021. Findings: Biologically based treatments – predominantly herbal products – were the most common (205/289 practices). TM/CAM practices were claimed to improve general health (71/386 claims), as well as to alleviate respiratory problems, boost the immunity, and detox the body. The tone was overwhelmingly positive, with most of the positive articles (145/176) neglecting to disclose the potential harms of TM/CAM. Few articles provided a recommendation to speak with a healthcare provider (24/176). Articles tended to appeal to TM/CAM’s long tradition of use (115/176), naturalness (80/176), and convenience (72/176). They used vague pseudoscientific jargon (105/176) and failed to cite sources for the claims that TM/CAM use is supported by science (39/176). Discussion: Given that TM/CAM use may lead to harmful outcomes (such as adverse events, avoidance of official treatment or interaction with it), Serbian online media reports on TM/CAM are inadequate to assist consumers’ decision-making. Our findings highlight issues that need to be addressed towards ensuring more critical health reporting, and, ultimately, better informed TM/CAM consumption choices.
C3  - 37th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, 4-8 September
T1  - ‘What is old and natural is harmless’: Traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine in online media
DO  - 10.17605/OSF.IO/8Y4TK
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Lazić, Aleksandra and Petrović, Marija and Branković, Marija and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Background: When the media does not adhere to reporting guidelines regarding traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TM/CAM), this may deceive or mislead consumers about the safety and efficacy of these practices. We analyzed whether Serbian online media adheres to reporting guidelines and described dominant psychological appeals used to promote TM/CAM. Methods: We conducted a content analysis of 182 articles from six news and six magazine websites, published July–December 2021. Findings: Biologically based treatments – predominantly herbal products – were the most common (205/289 practices). TM/CAM practices were claimed to improve general health (71/386 claims), as well as to alleviate respiratory problems, boost the immunity, and detox the body. The tone was overwhelmingly positive, with most of the positive articles (145/176) neglecting to disclose the potential harms of TM/CAM. Few articles provided a recommendation to speak with a healthcare provider (24/176). Articles tended to appeal to TM/CAM’s long tradition of use (115/176), naturalness (80/176), and convenience (72/176). They used vague pseudoscientific jargon (105/176) and failed to cite sources for the claims that TM/CAM use is supported by science (39/176). Discussion: Given that TM/CAM use may lead to harmful outcomes (such as adverse events, avoidance of official treatment or interaction with it), Serbian online media reports on TM/CAM are inadequate to assist consumers’ decision-making. Our findings highlight issues that need to be addressed towards ensuring more critical health reporting, and, ultimately, better informed TM/CAM consumption choices.",
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Lazić, A., Petrović, M., Branković, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). ‘What is old and natural is harmless’: Traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine in online media. in 37th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, 4-8 September.
https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/8Y4TK

Lazić A, Petrović M, Branković M, Žeželj I. ‘What is old and natural is harmless’: Traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine in online media. in 37th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, 4-8 September. 2023;.
doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/8Y4TK .

Lazić, Aleksandra, Petrović, Marija, Branković, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, "‘What is old and natural is harmless’: Traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine in online media" in 37th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, 4-8 September (2023),
https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/8Y4TK . .

TY  - UNPB
AU  - Lazić, Aleksandra
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4904
AB  - Žеlеlе smo da ispitamo kako onlajn mеdiji u Srbiji izvеštavaju o narodnoj, komplеmеntarnoj i altеrnativnoj mеdicini. Cilj ovog istraživanja jе bio da ispita: 1) kojе praksе nеkonvеncionalnе mеdicinе mеdiji pominju i za šta tvrdе da su onе dobrе; 2) da li mеdiji pratе smеrnicе za odgovorno izvеštavanjе o zdravlju (na primеr, da li saopštavaju mogućе opasnosti, prеporučuju savеtovanja sa lеkarom ili navodе izvorе za tvrdnjе); 3) kako mеdiji promovišu upotrеbu nеkonvеncionalnе mеdicinе (tj. rеtoričkе stratеgijе, psеudonaučni žargon i drugi načini еksploatisanja naukе).
T1  - (Ne)odgovornost i retorika izveštavanja o narodnoj, komplementarnoj i alternativnoj medicini u srpskim onlajn medijima
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4904
ER  - 

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Lazić, A., Petrović, M., Branković, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). (Ne)odgovornost i retorika izveštavanja o narodnoj, komplementarnoj i alternativnoj medicini u srpskim onlajn medijima. .
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4904

Lazić A, Petrović M, Branković M, Žeželj I. (Ne)odgovornost i retorika izveštavanja o narodnoj, komplementarnoj i alternativnoj medicini u srpskim onlajn medijima. 2023;.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4904 .

Lazić, Aleksandra, Petrović, Marija, Branković, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, "(Ne)odgovornost i retorika izveštavanja o narodnoj, komplementarnoj i alternativnoj medicini u srpskim onlajn medijima" (2023),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4904 .

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",
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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  - 

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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  - JOUR
AU  - Haessler, Tabea
AU  - Ullrich, Johannes
AU  - Bernardino, Michelle
AU  - Shnabel, Nurit
AU  - Van Laar, Colette
AU  - Valdenegro, Daniel
AU  - Sebben, Simone
AU  - Tropp, Linda R.
AU  - Visintin, Emilio Paolo
AU  - Gonzalez, Roberto
AU  - Ditlmann, Ruth K.
AU  - Abrams, Dominic
AU  - Selvanathan, Hema Preya
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Wright, Stephen
AU  - von Zimmermann, Jorina
AU  - Pasek, Michael
AU  - Aydin, Anna Lisa
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
AU  - Pereira, Adrienne
AU  - Lantos, Nora Anna
AU  - Sainz, Mario
AU  - Glenz, Andreas
AU  - Oberpfalzerova, Hana
AU  - Bilewicz, Michal
AU  - Kende, Anna
AU  - Kuzawinska, Olga
AU  - Otten, Sabine
AU  - Maloku, Edona
AU  - Noor, Masi
AU  - Gul, Pelin
AU  - Pistella, Jessica
AU  - Baiocco, Roberto
AU  - Jelić, Margareta
AU  - Osin, Evgeny
AU  - Bareket, Orly
AU  - Biruski, Dinka Corkalo
AU  - Cook, Jonathan E.
AU  - Dawood, Maneeza
AU  - Droogendyk, Lisa
AU  - Loyo, Angelica Herrera
AU  - Kelmendi, Kaltrina
AU  - Ugarte, Luiza Mugnol
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3186
AB  - Using data from 69 countries, Hassler et al. show that intergroup contact and support for social change towards greater equality are positively associated among members of advantaged groups, but negatively associated among disadvantaged groups. Guided by the early findings of social scientists, practitioners have long advocated for greater contact between groups to reduce prejudice and increase social cohesion. Recent work, however, suggests that intergroup contact can undermine support for social change towards greater equality, especially among disadvantaged group members. Using a large and heterogeneous dataset (12,997 individuals from 69 countries), we demonstrate that intergroup contact and support for social change towards greater equality are positively associated among members of advantaged groups (ethnic majorities and cis-heterosexuals) but negatively associated among disadvantaged groups (ethnic minorities and sexual and gender minorities). Specification-curve analysis revealed important variation in the size-and at times, direction-of correlations, depending on how contact and support for social change were measured. This allowed us to identify one type of support for change-willingness to work in solidarity- that is positively associated with intergroup contact among both advantaged and disadvantaged group members.
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T1  - A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change
EP  - +
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doi:10.1038/s41562-019-0815-z .

Haessler, Tabea, Ullrich, Johannes, Bernardino, Michelle, Shnabel, Nurit, Van Laar, Colette, Valdenegro, Daniel, Sebben, Simone, Tropp, Linda R., Visintin, Emilio Paolo, Gonzalez, Roberto, Ditlmann, Ruth K., Abrams, Dominic, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Branković, Marija, Wright, Stephen, von Zimmermann, Jorina, Pasek, Michael, Aydin, Anna Lisa, Žeželj, Iris, Pereira, Adrienne, Lantos, Nora Anna, Sainz, Mario, Glenz, Andreas, Oberpfalzerova, Hana, Bilewicz, Michal, Kende, Anna, Kuzawinska, Olga, Otten, Sabine, Maloku, Edona, Noor, Masi, Gul, Pelin, Pistella, Jessica, Baiocco, Roberto, Jelić, Margareta, Osin, Evgeny, Bareket, Orly, Biruski, Dinka Corkalo, Cook, Jonathan E., Dawood, Maneeza, Droogendyk, Lisa, Loyo, Angelica Herrera, Kelmendi, Kaltrina, Ugarte, Luiza Mugnol, "A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change" in Nature Human Behaviour, 4, no. 4 (2020):380-+,
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0815-z . .

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AU  - Haessler, Tabea
AU  - Ullrich, Johannes
AU  - Bernardino, Michelle
AU  - Shnabel, Nurit
AU  - Laar, Colette Van
AU  - Valdenegro, Daniel
AU  - Sebben, Simone
AU  - Tropp, Linda R.
AU  - Visintin, Emilio Paolo
AU  - Gonzalez, Roberto
AU  - Ditlmann, Ruth K.
AU  - Abrams, Dominic
AU  - Selvanathan, Hema Preya
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Wright, Stephen
AU  - von Zimmermann, Jorina
AU  - Pasek, Michael
AU  - Aydin, Anna Lisa
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
AU  - Pereira, Adrienne
AU  - Lantos, Nora Anna
AU  - Sainz, Mario
AU  - Glenz, Andreas
AU  - Oberpfalzerova, Hana
AU  - Bilewicz, Michal
AU  - Kende, Anna
AU  - Kuzawinska, Olga
AU  - Otten, Sabine
AU  - Maloku, Edona
AU  - Noor, Masi
AU  - Gul, Pelin
AU  - Pistella, Jessica
AU  - Baiocco, Roberto
AU  - Jelić, Margareta
AU  - Osin, Evgeny
AU  - Bareket, Orly
AU  - Biruski, Dinka Corkalo
AU  - Cook, Jonathan E.
AU  - Dawood, Maneeza
AU  - Droogendyk, Lisa
AU  - Loyo, Angelica Herrera
AU  - Kelmendi, Kaltrina
AU  - Ugarte, Luiza Mugnol
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3171
PB  - Nature Publishing Group, New York
T2  - Nature Human Behaviour
T1  - A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change (vol 4, pg 380, 2020)
EP  - 771
IS  - 7
SP  - 771
VL  - 4
DO  - 10.1038/s41562-020-0915-9
ER  - 

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Haessler T, Ullrich J, Bernardino M, Shnabel N, Laar CV, Valdenegro D, Sebben S, Tropp LR, Visintin EP, Gonzalez R, Ditlmann RK, Abrams D, Selvanathan HP, Branković M, Wright S, von Zimmermann J, Pasek M, Aydin AL, Žeželj I, Pereira A, Lantos NA, Sainz M, Glenz A, Oberpfalzerova H, Bilewicz M, Kende A, Kuzawinska O, Otten S, Maloku E, Noor M, Gul P, Pistella J, Baiocco R, Jelić M, Osin E, Bareket O, Biruski DC, Cook JE, Dawood M, Droogendyk L, Loyo AH, Kelmendi K, Ugarte LM. A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change (vol 4, pg 380, 2020). in Nature Human Behaviour. 2020;4(7):771-771.
doi:10.1038/s41562-020-0915-9 .

Haessler, Tabea, Ullrich, Johannes, Bernardino, Michelle, Shnabel, Nurit, Laar, Colette Van, Valdenegro, Daniel, Sebben, Simone, Tropp, Linda R., Visintin, Emilio Paolo, Gonzalez, Roberto, Ditlmann, Ruth K., Abrams, Dominic, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Branković, Marija, Wright, Stephen, von Zimmermann, Jorina, Pasek, Michael, Aydin, Anna Lisa, Žeželj, Iris, Pereira, Adrienne, Lantos, Nora Anna, Sainz, Mario, Glenz, Andreas, Oberpfalzerova, Hana, Bilewicz, Michal, Kende, Anna, Kuzawinska, Olga, Otten, Sabine, Maloku, Edona, Noor, Masi, Gul, Pelin, Pistella, Jessica, Baiocco, Roberto, Jelić, Margareta, Osin, Evgeny, Bareket, Orly, Biruski, Dinka Corkalo, Cook, Jonathan E., Dawood, Maneeza, Droogendyk, Lisa, Loyo, Angelica Herrera, Kelmendi, Kaltrina, Ugarte, Luiza Mugnol, "A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change (vol 4, pg 380, 2020)" in Nature Human Behaviour, 4, no. 7 (2020):771-771,
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0915-9 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
AU  - Turjačanin, Vladimir
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3160
AB  - Intergroup contact is repeatedly proven to lead to better intergroup attitudes. We sought to explore a new path through which this happens. We propose that contact can enhance inclusiveness of social identity, the recognition of common features needed to perceive someone as an in-group member even though not all characteristics are shared. This, in turn, leads to more favorable attitudes. We investigated this among young people from majority and minority ethnic groups from two Western Balkans countries with a recent history of conflict: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. The relation between the frequency and quality of contact and prejudice reduction was partially mediated by social identity inclusiveness. We discuss the opportunities and pitfalls related to constructing inclusive social identities in post-conflict societies, as well as the similarities and differences between minority and majority perspectives.
PB  - Wiley, Hoboken
T2  - Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
T1  - How knowing others makes us more inclusive: Social identity inclusiveness mediates the effects of contact on out-group acceptance
EP  - 106
IS  - 3
SP  - 95
VL  - 4
DO  - 10.1002/jts5.60
ER  - 

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Branković, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, Turjačanin, Vladimir, "How knowing others makes us more inclusive: Social identity inclusiveness mediates the effects of contact on out-group acceptance" in Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 4, no. 3 (2020):95-106,
https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.60 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Levy, Aharon
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Dušanić, Srdjan
AU  - van Zomeren, Martijn
AU  - Saguy, Tamar
AU  - Halperin, Eran
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2948
AB  - Gateway Groups are characterized by a unique social categorization which enables them to be identified with two or more groups within the context of intergroup relations. Due to their strategic situation, Gateway Groups have been found to have the potential to improve the relations between their distinct social counterparts. In this paper we attempted to replicate the Gateway Group line of research in the Western Balkan context with two different kinds of Gateway Groups: Children of mixed Serb(s) and Bosniak families, and Bosniak citizens of Serbia. As in previous Gateway Group studies, we found that in both cases the exposure to a dually identified Gateway Group lead to a more complex perception of the Gateway Group itself, a higher belief in the potential of the Gateway Group to bridge the relations between the ingroup and the outgroup, and a greater sense of closeness between the ingroup and the outgroup.
PB  - Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Gottingen
T2  - Social Psychology
T1  - Complex Social Identities and Intergroup Relations Gateway Groups in the Western Balkans
EP  - 206
IS  - 3
SP  - 201
VL  - 50
DO  - 10.1027/1864-9335/a000379
ER  - 

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abstract = "Gateway Groups are characterized by a unique social categorization which enables them to be identified with two or more groups within the context of intergroup relations. Due to their strategic situation, Gateway Groups have been found to have the potential to improve the relations between their distinct social counterparts. In this paper we attempted to replicate the Gateway Group line of research in the Western Balkan context with two different kinds of Gateway Groups: Children of mixed Serb(s) and Bosniak families, and Bosniak citizens of Serbia. As in previous Gateway Group studies, we found that in both cases the exposure to a dually identified Gateway Group lead to a more complex perception of the Gateway Group itself, a higher belief in the potential of the Gateway Group to bridge the relations between the ingroup and the outgroup, and a greater sense of closeness between the ingroup and the outgroup.",
publisher = "Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Gottingen",
journal = "Social Psychology",
title = "Complex Social Identities and Intergroup Relations Gateway Groups in the Western Balkans",
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Levy, A., Žeželj, I., Branković, M., Dušanić, S., van Zomeren, M., Saguy, T.,& Halperin, E.. (2019). Complex Social Identities and Intergroup Relations Gateway Groups in the Western Balkans. in Social Psychology
Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Gottingen., 50(3), 201-206.
https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000379

Levy A, Žeželj I, Branković M, Dušanić S, van Zomeren M, Saguy T, Halperin E. Complex Social Identities and Intergroup Relations Gateway Groups in the Western Balkans. in Social Psychology. 2019;50(3):201-206.
doi:10.1027/1864-9335/a000379 .

Levy, Aharon, Žeželj, Iris, Branković, Marija, Dušanić, Srdjan, van Zomeren, Martijn, Saguy, Tamar, Halperin, Eran, "Complex Social Identities and Intergroup Relations Gateway Groups in the Western Balkans" in Social Psychology, 50, no. 3 (2019):201-206,
https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000379 . .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Turjačanin, Vladimir
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
AU  - Maloku, Edona
AU  - Branković, Marija
PY  - 2017
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2411
PB  - Taylor and Francis
T2  - Changing Youth Values in Southeast Europe: Beyond Ethnicity
T1  - Taming conflicted identities: Searching for new youth values in the Western Balkans
EP  - 176
SP  - 151
DO  - 10.4324/9781315111049
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Turjačanin V, Žeželj I, Maloku E, Branković M. Taming conflicted identities: Searching for new youth values in the Western Balkans. in Changing Youth Values in Southeast Europe: Beyond Ethnicity. 2017;:151-176.
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Turjačanin, Vladimir, Žeželj, Iris, Maloku, Edona, Branković, Marija, "Taming conflicted identities: Searching for new youth values in the Western Balkans" in Changing Youth Values in Southeast Europe: Beyond Ethnicity (2017):151-176,
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315111049 . .

TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pratto, F.
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
AU  - Maloku, Edona
AU  - Turjačanin, Vladimir
AU  - Branković, Marija
PY  - 2017
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2406
AB  - This book examines the identities of young adults in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, and Macedonia. With research drawn from a large multidisciplinary project exploring a potential for reconciliation in post-conflict societies, the authors discuss the interplay between ethnic, religious and national identities that have been the source of recent violent conflicts. They focus on people aged 18-30, representing generations that are socialized after the wars, but live in ethnically divided societies burdened with a difficult history. Another aim of the project was to compare majority and minority perspectives within each country, and to provide a unique view on how to reinterpret and build more inclusive social identities. Scholars and organizations interested in areas of social psychology, political science and sociology will find this research of great value.
PB  - Springer International Publishing
T2  - Shaping Social Identities After Violent Conflict: Youth in the Western Balkans
T1  - Shaping social identities after violent conflict: Youth in the Western Balkans
EP  - 196
SP  - 1
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-319-62021-3
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Springer International Publishing., 1-196.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62021-3

Pratto F, Žeželj I, Maloku E, Turjačanin V, Branković M. Shaping social identities after violent conflict: Youth in the Western Balkans. in Shaping Social Identities After Violent Conflict: Youth in the Western Balkans. 2017;:1-196.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62021-3 .

Pratto, F., Žeželj, Iris, Maloku, Edona, Turjačanin, Vladimir, Branković, Marija, "Shaping social identities after violent conflict: Youth in the Western Balkans" in Shaping Social Identities After Violent Conflict: Youth in the Western Balkans (2017):1-196,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62021-3 . .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Jovanović, Olja
AU  - Vladisavljević, M.
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2017
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2399
AB  - The chapter provides an overview of the methods used in the investigation of youth social identities in the Western Balkans. For quantitative part of the study, 767 young people aged 20-30 years from four Western Balkan countries were surveyed. Each country sample includes an ethnic majority and an ethnic minority with a history of tensions or violent conflict. The survey measured their identifications with a wide range of social groups, from local, ethnic, religious, and national to the overarching identities (Balkans, Europe). The chapter further describes the qualitative portion with focus groups and case studies in each city, the guidelines followed in conducting the studies, and the data analysis procedures. The chapter closes with remarks on the importance of integrating quantitative and qualitative data.
PB  - Springer International Publishing
T2  - Shaping Social Identities After Violent Conflict: Youth in the Western Balkans
T1  - Methods section: Quantitative and qualitative examination of social identities and their mutual relations
EP  - 67
SP  - 53
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-319-62021-3_3
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Jovanović, O., Vladisavljević, M., Branković, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2017). Methods section: Quantitative and qualitative examination of social identities and their mutual relations. in Shaping Social Identities After Violent Conflict: Youth in the Western Balkans
Springer International Publishing., 53-67.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62021-3_3

Jovanović O, Vladisavljević M, Branković M, Žeželj I. Methods section: Quantitative and qualitative examination of social identities and their mutual relations. in Shaping Social Identities After Violent Conflict: Youth in the Western Balkans. 2017;:53-67.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62021-3_3 .

Jovanović, Olja, Vladisavljević, M., Branković, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, "Methods section: Quantitative and qualitative examination of social identities and their mutual relations" in Shaping Social Identities After Violent Conflict: Youth in the Western Balkans (2017):53-67,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62021-3_3 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2016
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2257
AB  - Two experiments investigated the effects of manipulating quality of evidence that supports arguments on message persuasiveness. The evidence quality was systematically manipulated by violating one or two of the relevant normative criteria. In experiment one, participants were presented with arguments embedded within a persuasive message. All supportive evidence was of either high, medium or low quality (between-subjects design). In experiment two, each argument was presented separately and was supported with high, medium and low quality evidence (within-subjects design). The recipients were insensitive to manipulations of evidence quality in the first, but sensitive to it in the second experiment. The findings are discussed with reference to conceptual and methodological issues in the study of attitude change.
PB  - Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd
T2  - Psihologija
T1  - Does it take a good argument to be persuaded?: How manipulating quality of evidence affects message persuasiveness
EP  - 18
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
VL  - 49
DO  - 10.2298/psi1601001B
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Branković, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2016). Does it take a good argument to be persuaded?: How manipulating quality of evidence affects message persuasiveness. in Psihologija
Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd., 49(1), 1-18.
https://doi.org/10.2298/psi1601001B

Branković M, Žeželj I. Does it take a good argument to be persuaded?: How manipulating quality of evidence affects message persuasiveness. in Psihologija. 2016;49(1):1-18.
doi:10.2298/psi1601001B .

Branković, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, "Does it take a good argument to be persuaded?: How manipulating quality of evidence affects message persuasiveness" in Psihologija, 49, no. 1 (2016):1-18,
https://doi.org/10.2298/psi1601001B . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Pavlović, Maša
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
AU  - Vladisavljević, Marko
AU  - Jovanović, Olja
AU  - Petrović, Nebojša
PY  - 2015
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2021
AB  - As we belong to a host of groups, we have a multitude of social identities that are interdependent. Social identity complexity refers to the degree of overlap between cross-cutting group memberships while social identity inclusiveness to the range of people a person identifies with through shared group membership. In this paper, we explored the relationship between the complexity and inclusiveness of social identity, and feelings toward ethnic/religious in-groups, as well as feelings toward out-group members. The research was conducted in two cities in Serbia: Belgrade and Novi Pazar (N = 178; average age 23), allowing for comparisons between young Serbs and Bosniaks, who belonged to the groups with a recent history of conflict. We found that social identity complexity was unrelated, whilst social identity inclusiveness was systematically and positively related to more positive feelings toward religious and ethnic out-groups. This effect was significant across different ethnic groups (Serbs and Bosniaks) and local contexts (Belgrade and Novi Pazar). Both social identity complexity and inclusiveness were unrelated to emotions toward members of the own group. We related these results with the existing data on the social identity structure and intergroup relations, and discussed the importance of inclusive identities for building tolerant societies.
PB  - Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Filozofski fakultet - Odsek za psihologiju, Novi Sad
T2  - Primenjena psihologija
T1  - Social identity complexity and inclusiveness as predictors of intergroup emotions
EP  - 378
IS  - 4
SP  - 363
VL  - 8
DO  - 10.19090/pp.2015.4.363-378
ER  - 

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Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Filozofski fakultet - Odsek za psihologiju, Novi Sad., 8(4), 363-378.
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Branković M, Pavlović M, Žeželj I, Vladisavljević M, Jovanović O, Petrović N. Social identity complexity and inclusiveness as predictors of intergroup emotions. in Primenjena psihologija. 2015;8(4):363-378.
doi:10.19090/pp.2015.4.363-378 .

Branković, Marija, Pavlović, Maša, Žeželj, Iris, Vladisavljević, Marko, Jovanović, Olja, Petrović, Nebojša, "Social identity complexity and inclusiveness as predictors of intergroup emotions" in Primenjena psihologija, 8, no. 4 (2015):363-378,
https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.2015.4.363-378 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2010
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1126
AB  - The paper addresses the question of whether matching a persuasive message to a recipient's self-concept can enhance message processing. A large body of experiments within the Elaboration likelihood model proved that framing a message so as to be perceived as selfrelevant led to more careful argument scrutiny. In this research, we matched the messages with previously assessed need for cognition - tendency to engage in and enjoy effortful cognitive tasks. Two possible sources of motivation to process a persuasive message were hereby confronted: dispositional (cognitive style) and situational (matching). Results showed a significant attitude change, but the main hypothesis was not confirmed: matched messages did not produce more argument processing activity than the mismatched. Manipulations did not have any significant effects on message processing of the high need for cognition participants. Contrary to expectations, participants low in their need for cognition elaborated the message more carefully when it was mismatched, that is when the message addressed them as persons inclined to careful thinking. Results can be explained within the framework of self-affirmation theory, which argues that providing people with an opportunity to affirm their sense of selfworth makes them more open to persuasion attempts, as well as more objective. Results are discussed from a wider theoretical and empirical perspective of motivation.
PB  - Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd
T2  - Psihologija
T1  - The effects of matching a persuasive message to a recipient's self-concept on attitude change
EP  - 251
IS  - 3
SP  - 233
VL  - 43
DO  - 10.2298/PSI1003233B
ER  - 

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Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd., 43(3), 233-251.
https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1003233B

Branković M, Žeželj I. The effects of matching a persuasive message to a recipient's self-concept on attitude change. in Psihologija. 2010;43(3):233-251.
doi:10.2298/PSI1003233B .

Branković, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, "The effects of matching a persuasive message to a recipient's self-concept on attitude change" in Psihologija, 43, no. 3 (2010):233-251,
https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1003233B . .