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

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

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

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

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

TY  - CONF
AU  - 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 - 29th 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.",
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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 - 29th 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 - 29th 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 - 29th 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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year = "2023",
abstract = "To understand the reasons behind the trend of growing use of traditional, complementary and alternative (TCAM) practices we should first reflect on how people use them - to prevent disease/promote health, to treat medical conditions by complementing official medical treatments, or as an alternative to them. A total of N = 583 (Mage = 39.01 years, SDage = 12.10; 74.4% females) participants from Serbia completed an online survey including a list of 24 TCAM practices, grouped into four domains: Alternative Medical Systems (e.g., acupuncture, homeopathy), Natural product-based practices (e.g., herbal extracts/supplements), New Age medicine (e.g., yoga, mindfulness) and Rituals/Customs (e.g., visiting monasteries for health). Participants who indicated using a certain practice in the past year were asked to consider their most recent experience with that practice and choose only one option for how they used it: for preventive purposes/advancing health, at the same time with official medicine therapy, instead of official medicine therapy. Participants also provided information on whether a TCAM practitioner was involved in their last use of any of the TCAM practices and how often, in general, they consult TCAM practitioners. Overall, 63%, 95%CI [60, 65] of participants used TCAM practices for preventive purposes, 31% [29, 34] in parallel with, and 6% [5, 8] as an alternative to official treatments. Of the four domains of TCAM use, New Age medicine and Rituals/Customs were most frequently used for prevention, with 78% [74, 83] and 77% [72, 82], respectively, while Natural product-based practices were used for prevention in 57% [54, 60] and Alternative Medical Systems in 41% [33, 49] of the cases. Alternative use of TCAM practices was the most common in the case of Alternative Medical Systems (21% [14, 28]), while it amounted to no more than 7% of participants for any of the other domains. For 24% of participants, a TCAM practitioner was present during their last TCAM use, 10% reported a practitioner previously prescribing the practice, while 66% of participants reported no practitioner involvement. The results suggest the importance of treating different domains of TCAM practices separately, as they may have different impacts on people’s health behavior. We especially point to the importance of monitoring adherence to alternative medical systems, as they may potentially distract patients from official therapies and thus further compromise their health.",
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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  - 

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

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  - CONF
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Puhalo, Srđan
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Purić, Danka
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Žeželj, Iris Lav
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5879
AB  - Traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) refers to healthcare practices that are not a part of conventional health systems. Their use can be subsumed into four domains: Alternative medical systems (e.g., homeopathy), New age practices (e.g., art therapy), Natural product-based practices (e.g., herbal balms), and Rituals/Customs (e.g., prayers for health). These practices can be used in three distinct ways: for preventive purposes, together with official medical practices, or as an alternative to them, with the latter being the most problematic. Psychological roots of the tendency to resort to these practices is repeatedly proved to be an “irrational mindset” (IM), a composite of irrational beliefs and cognitive biases. Here we explored whether IM (Superstition, Magical health beliefs, Conspiracy mentality, and Naturalness bias) can differentiate between different types of TCAM use. To this end, for each of the four domains participants indicated the way they typically use it. We recruited 470 participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mage = 44.9, SDage = 10.2; 65 % women). Using Linear discriminant analysis (LDA), we explored the relation between ways of TCAM use and IM. Since only Natural product-based medicine had frequency of alternative use > 4 %, we ran LDA to explore how IM predicts the way of use for this TCAM domain. Discriminant function indicated that IM has a role in predicting the way people use natural product-based medicine (Wilk’s Λ = .96, χ2 (12) = 21.06, R = .20, p = .050), with Superstition and Naturalness bias as the crucial predictors. The obtained function best
differentiates the individuals who used natural product-based medicine as an alternative to the conventional treatments from the others. Our results show that people who tend to abandon official medical practices for TCAM are those prone to superstition and searching for naturalness. The official health communication could be tailored to specifically target these beliefs.
PB  - Odsjek za psihologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
C3  - Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days
T1  - Who replaces conventional medicine with herbs and supplements? The role of irrational mindset
SP  - 102
DO  - 10.17234/DRZB26
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Ninković, Milica and Puhalo, Srđan and Petrović, Marija and Purić, Danka and Lukić, Petar and Žeželj, Iris Lav",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) refers to healthcare practices that are not a part of conventional health systems. Their use can be subsumed into four domains: Alternative medical systems (e.g., homeopathy), New age practices (e.g., art therapy), Natural product-based practices (e.g., herbal balms), and Rituals/Customs (e.g., prayers for health). These practices can be used in three distinct ways: for preventive purposes, together with official medical practices, or as an alternative to them, with the latter being the most problematic. Psychological roots of the tendency to resort to these practices is repeatedly proved to be an “irrational mindset” (IM), a composite of irrational beliefs and cognitive biases. Here we explored whether IM (Superstition, Magical health beliefs, Conspiracy mentality, and Naturalness bias) can differentiate between different types of TCAM use. To this end, for each of the four domains participants indicated the way they typically use it. We recruited 470 participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mage = 44.9, SDage = 10.2; 65 % women). Using Linear discriminant analysis (LDA), we explored the relation between ways of TCAM use and IM. Since only Natural product-based medicine had frequency of alternative use > 4 %, we ran LDA to explore how IM predicts the way of use for this TCAM domain. Discriminant function indicated that IM has a role in predicting the way people use natural product-based medicine (Wilk’s Λ = .96, χ2 (12) = 21.06, R = .20, p = .050), with Superstition and Naturalness bias as the crucial predictors. The obtained function best
differentiates the individuals who used natural product-based medicine as an alternative to the conventional treatments from the others. Our results show that people who tend to abandon official medical practices for TCAM are those prone to superstition and searching for naturalness. The official health communication could be tailored to specifically target these beliefs.",
publisher = "Odsjek za psihologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu",
journal = "Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days",
title = "Who replaces conventional medicine with herbs and supplements? The role of irrational mindset",
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doi = "10.17234/DRZB26"
}

Ninković, M., Puhalo, S., Petrović, M., Purić, D., Lukić, P.,& Žeželj, I. L.. (2023). Who replaces conventional medicine with herbs and supplements? The role of irrational mindset. in Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days
Odsjek za psihologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu., 102.
https://doi.org/10.17234/DRZB26

Ninković M, Puhalo S, Petrović M, Purić D, Lukić P, Žeželj IL. Who replaces conventional medicine with herbs and supplements? The role of irrational mindset. in Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days. 2023;:102.
doi:10.17234/DRZB26 .

Ninković, Milica, Puhalo, Srđan, Petrović, Marija, Purić, Danka, Lukić, Petar, Žeželj, Iris Lav, "Who replaces conventional medicine with herbs and supplements? The role of irrational mindset" in Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days (2023):102,
https://doi.org/10.17234/DRZB26 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Puhalo, Srđan
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Purić, Danka
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Žeželj, Iris Lav
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5878
AB  - To preserve their health, people are increasingly resorting to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM). While its appeal grows, it is still lacking a strong evidence base and can lead to adverse effects. In a previous study in Serbia, we developed a new instrument to measure the lifetime use of diverse TCAM practices (e.g., acupuncture, art therapy, herbal balms, prayer, etc.) and explored its psychological antecedents. The results showed that the pattern of use of TCAM practices can be classified into four domains: Alternative medical systems, Natural product-based practices, New age medicine, and Rituals/Customs. Moreover, an irrational mindset (IM; consisting of irrational beliefs and cognitive biases) contributed to the prediction of TCAM use, over and above socio-demographics, ideological beliefs, and self-reported health status. To conceptually replicate the results, we validated the measure in a novel setting (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Participants first reported their lifetime TCAM use (N = 580). Using CFA, we replicated a four-factor structure of TCAM domains (CFI = 0.94; TLI = 0.93; RMSEA = .03 (95 % CI .03-.04)). Next, for the participants who filled out all measures (N = 470, 65 % women; Mage = 44.9, SDage = 10.2), we explored whether IM variables (magical health beliefs, conspiracist thinking, superstition, and the naturalness bias) contributed to the prediction of TCAM use. As expected, after controlling for sociodemographics, ideological beliefs, and self-reported health 
status, IM significantly contributed to the prediction (ΔF (4,457) = 20.33, p < .001, ΔR2 = .127), with magical health beliefs, superstition, and naturalness bias contributing over and above other predictors. Magical health beliefs were the strongest predictor, alongside gender. We find that our
results largely replicate in a novel setting, offering further evidence of the importance of
including IM when considering the susceptibility to TCAM use.
C3  - Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days
T1  - Some superstition, some magical health, but all natural: beliefs that makes us prone to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practices
SP  - 109
DO  - 10.17234/DRZB26
ER  - 

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author = "Petrović, Marija and Puhalo, Srđan and Ninković, Milica and Purić, Danka and Lukić, Petar and Žeželj, Iris Lav",
year = "2023",
abstract = "To preserve their health, people are increasingly resorting to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM). While its appeal grows, it is still lacking a strong evidence base and can lead to adverse effects. In a previous study in Serbia, we developed a new instrument to measure the lifetime use of diverse TCAM practices (e.g., acupuncture, art therapy, herbal balms, prayer, etc.) and explored its psychological antecedents. The results showed that the pattern of use of TCAM practices can be classified into four domains: Alternative medical systems, Natural product-based practices, New age medicine, and Rituals/Customs. Moreover, an irrational mindset (IM; consisting of irrational beliefs and cognitive biases) contributed to the prediction of TCAM use, over and above socio-demographics, ideological beliefs, and self-reported health status. To conceptually replicate the results, we validated the measure in a novel setting (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Participants first reported their lifetime TCAM use (N = 580). Using CFA, we replicated a four-factor structure of TCAM domains (CFI = 0.94; TLI = 0.93; RMSEA = .03 (95 % CI .03-.04)). Next, for the participants who filled out all measures (N = 470, 65 % women; Mage = 44.9, SDage = 10.2), we explored whether IM variables (magical health beliefs, conspiracist thinking, superstition, and the naturalness bias) contributed to the prediction of TCAM use. As expected, after controlling for sociodemographics, ideological beliefs, and self-reported health 
status, IM significantly contributed to the prediction (ΔF (4,457) = 20.33, p < .001, ΔR2 = .127), with magical health beliefs, superstition, and naturalness bias contributing over and above other predictors. Magical health beliefs were the strongest predictor, alongside gender. We find that our
results largely replicate in a novel setting, offering further evidence of the importance of
including IM when considering the susceptibility to TCAM use.",
journal = "Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days",
title = "Some superstition, some magical health, but all natural: beliefs that makes us prone to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practices",
pages = "109",
doi = "10.17234/DRZB26"
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Petrović, M., Puhalo, S., Ninković, M., Purić, D., Lukić, P.,& Žeželj, I. L.. (2023). Some superstition, some magical health, but all natural: beliefs that makes us prone to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practices. in Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days, 109.
https://doi.org/10.17234/DRZB26

Petrović M, Puhalo S, Ninković M, Purić D, Lukić P, Žeželj IL. Some superstition, some magical health, but all natural: beliefs that makes us prone to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practices. in Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days. 2023;:109.
doi:10.17234/DRZB26 .

Petrović, Marija, Puhalo, Srđan, Ninković, Milica, Purić, Danka, Lukić, Petar, Žeželj, Iris Lav, "Some superstition, some magical health, but all natural: beliefs that makes us prone to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practices" in Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days (2023):109,
https://doi.org/10.17234/DRZB26 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Žeželj, Iris Lav
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5883
AB  - While scientific knowledge should be inherently apolitical, ideological contestation of science and of certain scientific topics  is well-documented, however predominantly in the US. Trust in science is often eroded by conspiratorial narratives - be it general or targeted - resulting in less support for science-based policies. Across two studies with Serbian respondents, we explore how ideology and conspiratorial thinking predict attitudes towards science. In Study 1 (N=224), conspiracy mentality and belief in medical CTs predicted less trust in science, over and above right-wing ideology. In Study 2 (N=271), we sought to replicate this finding, but introduced social and economic conservatism, and attitudes towards contested science topics (climate change, biotechnology, GMO, and nuclear energy). Right-wing ideology, and social but not economic conservatism predicted general distrust in science; medical conspiracism, but not conspiracy mentality contributed over and above ideology. We observed a similar ideological pattern for prediction of specific science related attitudes; conspiratorial beliefs added to the prediction of attitudes towards climate change, GMO and nuclear energy, but not towards biotechnology. Despite some differences, it seems that conservative ideology, coupled with general conspiratorial tendencies and content-specific medical conspiratorial beliefs, hinder trust in science altogether, and, somewhat less, reflect in scientific controversies of the day.
PB  - European Association for Social Psychology
C3  - Belief in conspiracy theories: New insights and current challenges Preconference, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland
T1  - How science gets politicized: The role of conspiratorial narratives in questioning science in general and dismissing contested scientific topics
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5883
ER  - 

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author = "Petrović, Marija and Lukić, Petar and Ninković, Milica and Žeželj, Iris Lav",
year = "2023",
abstract = "While scientific knowledge should be inherently apolitical, ideological contestation of science and of certain scientific topics  is well-documented, however predominantly in the US. Trust in science is often eroded by conspiratorial narratives - be it general or targeted - resulting in less support for science-based policies. Across two studies with Serbian respondents, we explore how ideology and conspiratorial thinking predict attitudes towards science. In Study 1 (N=224), conspiracy mentality and belief in medical CTs predicted less trust in science, over and above right-wing ideology. In Study 2 (N=271), we sought to replicate this finding, but introduced social and economic conservatism, and attitudes towards contested science topics (climate change, biotechnology, GMO, and nuclear energy). Right-wing ideology, and social but not economic conservatism predicted general distrust in science; medical conspiracism, but not conspiracy mentality contributed over and above ideology. We observed a similar ideological pattern for prediction of specific science related attitudes; conspiratorial beliefs added to the prediction of attitudes towards climate change, GMO and nuclear energy, but not towards biotechnology. Despite some differences, it seems that conservative ideology, coupled with general conspiratorial tendencies and content-specific medical conspiratorial beliefs, hinder trust in science altogether, and, somewhat less, reflect in scientific controversies of the day.",
publisher = "European Association for Social Psychology",
journal = "Belief in conspiracy theories: New insights and current challenges Preconference, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland",
title = "How science gets politicized: The role of conspiratorial narratives in questioning science in general and dismissing contested scientific topics",
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}

Petrović, M., Lukić, P., Ninković, M.,& Žeželj, I. L.. (2023). How science gets politicized: The role of conspiratorial narratives in questioning science in general and dismissing contested scientific topics. in Belief in conspiracy theories: New insights and current challenges Preconference, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland
European Association for Social Psychology..
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5883

Petrović M, Lukić P, Ninković M, Žeželj IL. How science gets politicized: The role of conspiratorial narratives in questioning science in general and dismissing contested scientific topics. in Belief in conspiracy theories: New insights and current challenges Preconference, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland. 2023;.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5883 .

Petrović, Marija, Lukić, Petar, Ninković, Milica, Žeželj, Iris Lav, "How science gets politicized: The role of conspiratorial narratives in questioning science in general and dismissing contested scientific topics" in Belief in conspiracy theories: New insights and current challenges Preconference, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland (2023),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5883 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Ninković, Milica
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5629
AB  - In an effort to preserve their health, people may rely on official medical recommendations, or turn to non-evidence based, pseudoscientific practices (from unproven traditional herbal remedies to alternative medical systems like homeopathy). These pseudoscientific practices (PSP) may be particularly appealing to people with a "high entropy" mindset, i.e. more prone to endorsing irrational beliefs, such as conspiracy theories, superstition or mutually contradictory beliefs (i.e. doublethink). These irrational beliefs may further stem from the lack of trust in the official epistemic authorities, with science being the most prominent one. Drawing from a student sample (N=270), we tested path models in which distrust in science (both general and in specific domains) predicts the use of PSP through the endorsement of irrational beliefs. General distrust in science indirectly affected the use of PSP, through all three types of irrational beliefs. Lack of trust in science of genetically modified foods predicted the use of PSP both directly, and indirectly through all three types of irrational beliefs. Lack of trust in climate science, biotechnology and nuclear energy, on the other hand, did not contribute to the prediction, indicating cultural differences in the scientific content being disputed in the media. Interventions aiming to foster better health decisions should therefore aim to build general trust in science and to challenge specific irrational beliefs.
C3  - Book of abstracts, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland
T1  - From distrust in science to pseudoscience: Psychological roots of resorting to questionable health practices
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5629
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Petrović, Marija and Ninković, Milica and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2023",
abstract = "In an effort to preserve their health, people may rely on official medical recommendations, or turn to non-evidence based, pseudoscientific practices (from unproven traditional herbal remedies to alternative medical systems like homeopathy). These pseudoscientific practices (PSP) may be particularly appealing to people with a "high entropy" mindset, i.e. more prone to endorsing irrational beliefs, such as conspiracy theories, superstition or mutually contradictory beliefs (i.e. doublethink). These irrational beliefs may further stem from the lack of trust in the official epistemic authorities, with science being the most prominent one. Drawing from a student sample (N=270), we tested path models in which distrust in science (both general and in specific domains) predicts the use of PSP through the endorsement of irrational beliefs. General distrust in science indirectly affected the use of PSP, through all three types of irrational beliefs. Lack of trust in science of genetically modified foods predicted the use of PSP both directly, and indirectly through all three types of irrational beliefs. Lack of trust in climate science, biotechnology and nuclear energy, on the other hand, did not contribute to the prediction, indicating cultural differences in the scientific content being disputed in the media. Interventions aiming to foster better health decisions should therefore aim to build general trust in science and to challenge specific irrational beliefs.",
journal = "Book of abstracts, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland",
title = "From distrust in science to pseudoscience: Psychological roots of resorting to questionable health practices",
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}

Petrović, M., Ninković, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). From distrust in science to pseudoscience: Psychological roots of resorting to questionable health practices. in Book of abstracts, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5629

Petrović M, Ninković M, Žeželj I. From distrust in science to pseudoscience: Psychological roots of resorting to questionable health practices. 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_5629 .

Petrović, Marija, Ninković, Milica, Žeželj, Iris, "From distrust in science to pseudoscience: Psychological roots of resorting to questionable health practices" 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_5629 .

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",
year = "2023",
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.",
journal = "Book of abstracts, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland",
title = "Irrational health choices: What drives people to not adhere to science-based recommendations and resort to alternatives",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5628"
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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  - 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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author = "Lazić, Aleksandra and Petrović, Marija and Branković, Marija and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2023",
abstract = "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.",
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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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title = "‘What is old and natural is harmless’: Traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine in online media",
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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  - 

@techreport{
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abstract = "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).",
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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  - JOUR
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Ivanović, Anja
AU  - Kurčubić, Predrag
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4504
AB  - Health care policies often rely on public cooperation, especially during a health crisis. However, a crisis is also a period of uncertainty and proliferation of health-related advice: while some people adhere to the official recommendations, others tend to avoid them and resort to non-evidence based, pseudoscientific practices. People prone to the latter are often the ones endorsing a set of epistemically suspect beliefs, with two being particularly relevant: conspiratorial pandemic-related beliefs, and the appeal to nature bias regarding COVID-19 (i.e., trusting natural immunity to fight the pandemic). These in turn are rooted in trust in different epistemic authorities, seen as mutually exclusive: trust in science and trust in the “wisdom of the common man”. Drawing from two nationally representative probability samples, we tested a model in which trust in science/wisdom of the common man predicted COVID-19 vaccination status (Study 1, N = 1001) or vaccination status alongside use of pseudoscientific health practices (Study 2, N = 1010), through COVID-19 conspiratorial beliefs and the appeal to nature bias regarding COVID-19. As expected, epistemically suspect beliefs were interrelated, related to vaccination status, and to both types of trust. Moreover, trust in science had both a direct and indirect effect on vaccination status through both types of epistemically suspect beliefs. Trust in the wisdom of the common man had only an indirect effect on vaccination status. Contrary to the way they are typically portrayed, the two types of trust were unrelated. These results were largely replicated in the second study, in which we added pseudoscientific practices as an outcome; trust in science and the wisdom of the common man contributed to their prediction only indirectly, through epistemically suspect beliefs. We offer recommendations on how to make use of different types of epistemic authorities and how to tackle unfounded beliefs in communication during a health crisis.
T2  - PLoS ONE
T1  - I trust my immunity more than your vaccines: “Appeal to nature” bias strongly predicts questionable health behaviors in the COVID-19 pandemic
IS  - 2
VL  - 18
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279122
ER  - 

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author = "Žeželj, Iris and Petrović, Marija and Ivanović, Anja and Kurčubić, Predrag",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Health care policies often rely on public cooperation, especially during a health crisis. However, a crisis is also a period of uncertainty and proliferation of health-related advice: while some people adhere to the official recommendations, others tend to avoid them and resort to non-evidence based, pseudoscientific practices. People prone to the latter are often the ones endorsing a set of epistemically suspect beliefs, with two being particularly relevant: conspiratorial pandemic-related beliefs, and the appeal to nature bias regarding COVID-19 (i.e., trusting natural immunity to fight the pandemic). These in turn are rooted in trust in different epistemic authorities, seen as mutually exclusive: trust in science and trust in the “wisdom of the common man”. Drawing from two nationally representative probability samples, we tested a model in which trust in science/wisdom of the common man predicted COVID-19 vaccination status (Study 1, N = 1001) or vaccination status alongside use of pseudoscientific health practices (Study 2, N = 1010), through COVID-19 conspiratorial beliefs and the appeal to nature bias regarding COVID-19. As expected, epistemically suspect beliefs were interrelated, related to vaccination status, and to both types of trust. Moreover, trust in science had both a direct and indirect effect on vaccination status through both types of epistemically suspect beliefs. Trust in the wisdom of the common man had only an indirect effect on vaccination status. Contrary to the way they are typically portrayed, the two types of trust were unrelated. These results were largely replicated in the second study, in which we added pseudoscientific practices as an outcome; trust in science and the wisdom of the common man contributed to their prediction only indirectly, through epistemically suspect beliefs. We offer recommendations on how to make use of different types of epistemic authorities and how to tackle unfounded beliefs in communication during a health crisis.",
journal = "PLoS ONE",
title = "I trust my immunity more than your vaccines: “Appeal to nature” bias strongly predicts questionable health behaviors in the COVID-19 pandemic",
number = "2",
volume = "18",
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Žeželj, I., Petrović, M., Ivanović, A.,& Kurčubić, P.. (2023). I trust my immunity more than your vaccines: “Appeal to nature” bias strongly predicts questionable health behaviors in the COVID-19 pandemic. in PLoS ONE, 18(2).
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279122

Žeželj I, Petrović M, Ivanović A, Kurčubić P. I trust my immunity more than your vaccines: “Appeal to nature” bias strongly predicts questionable health behaviors in the COVID-19 pandemic. in PLoS ONE. 2023;18(2).
doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279122 .

Žeželj, Iris, Petrović, Marija, Ivanović, Anja, Kurčubić, Predrag, "I trust my immunity more than your vaccines: “Appeal to nature” bias strongly predicts questionable health behaviors in the COVID-19 pandemic" in PLoS ONE, 18, no. 2 (2023),
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279122 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5089
AB  - People tend to endorse mutually inconsistent beliefs at the same time - i.e. they argue for
making voting obligatory for everyone, while simultaneously claiming that some people should
not be allowed to vote. If they tend to do so, we say they are prone to doublethink. Particularly
negative attitudes about outgroups are often riddled with such inconsistencies, insofar that any
negative claims, even when they are inconsistent, are endorsed (e.g. refugees are lazy and only
come for government handouts but are also taking all of our jobs; Jews are over-assimilative
but also strategically refusing to assimilate). These negative attitudes towards outgroups are
typically embedded in a socially conservative worldview - one that implies intolerance of other
groups and glorification of our own. In this study we thus explored how doublethink is (1)
related to blind patriotism, ingroup glorification and social conservatism and (2) social distance
towards different outgroups. We also tested whether the relation between doublethink and
social distance towards different groups is mediated by this proposed worldview, characterized
by blind patriotism, ingroup glorification and social conservatism. Participants (N = 411) filled
out the Proneness to doublethink scale, the Blind patriotism scale, the Ingroup glorification
subscale from the National Identification Scale, as well as measures of social distance towards
Roma, gay people, refugees, Croats and Kosovo Albanians. Results show that, expectedly,
doublethink was positively related to all worldview variables (r ranging from .346 to .395, ps
< .001), and that those prone to doublethink show a greater social distance to different
outgroups (r ranging from .119 to .237, ps < .05). Doublethink predicted social distance
towards gay people both directly (estimate = 0.124, p = .020) and indirectly through social
conservatism (estimate = 0.077, p = .001). In turn, the relation between doublethink and social
distance was fully mediated, by ingroup glorification (estimate = 0.057, p = .031) and blind
patriotism (estimate = 0.072, p = .016) in the case of Croats, and blind patriotism (estimate =
0.078, p = .008) and social conservatism (estimate = 0.052, p = .021) in the case of Kosovo
Albanians. We found only a direct effect in the case of social distance towards Roma and
refugees. We discuss how doublethink might be a key component to upholding a certain type
of belief system, making it a candidate for targeting in interventions.
PB  - Institute of Psychology, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade: Belgrade, Serbia
C3  - Book of Abstracts, XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
T1  - A worldview of contradictions: How doublethink relates to social conservatism, blind patriotism, ingroup glorification and social distance
SP  - 82
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5089
ER  - 

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author = "Petrović, Marija and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2023",
abstract = "People tend to endorse mutually inconsistent beliefs at the same time - i.e. they argue for
making voting obligatory for everyone, while simultaneously claiming that some people should
not be allowed to vote. If they tend to do so, we say they are prone to doublethink. Particularly
negative attitudes about outgroups are often riddled with such inconsistencies, insofar that any
negative claims, even when they are inconsistent, are endorsed (e.g. refugees are lazy and only
come for government handouts but are also taking all of our jobs; Jews are over-assimilative
but also strategically refusing to assimilate). These negative attitudes towards outgroups are
typically embedded in a socially conservative worldview - one that implies intolerance of other
groups and glorification of our own. In this study we thus explored how doublethink is (1)
related to blind patriotism, ingroup glorification and social conservatism and (2) social distance
towards different outgroups. We also tested whether the relation between doublethink and
social distance towards different groups is mediated by this proposed worldview, characterized
by blind patriotism, ingroup glorification and social conservatism. Participants (N = 411) filled
out the Proneness to doublethink scale, the Blind patriotism scale, the Ingroup glorification
subscale from the National Identification Scale, as well as measures of social distance towards
Roma, gay people, refugees, Croats and Kosovo Albanians. Results show that, expectedly,
doublethink was positively related to all worldview variables (r ranging from .346 to .395, ps
< .001), and that those prone to doublethink show a greater social distance to different
outgroups (r ranging from .119 to .237, ps < .05). Doublethink predicted social distance
towards gay people both directly (estimate = 0.124, p = .020) and indirectly through social
conservatism (estimate = 0.077, p = .001). In turn, the relation between doublethink and social
distance was fully mediated, by ingroup glorification (estimate = 0.057, p = .031) and blind
patriotism (estimate = 0.072, p = .016) in the case of Croats, and blind patriotism (estimate =
0.078, p = .008) and social conservatism (estimate = 0.052, p = .021) in the case of Kosovo
Albanians. We found only a direct effect in the case of social distance towards Roma and
refugees. We discuss how doublethink might be a key component to upholding a certain type
of belief system, making it a candidate for targeting in interventions.",
publisher = "Institute of Psychology, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade: Belgrade, Serbia",
journal = "Book of Abstracts, XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology",
title = "A worldview of contradictions: How doublethink relates to social conservatism, blind patriotism, ingroup glorification and social distance",
pages = "82",
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Petrović, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). A worldview of contradictions: How doublethink relates to social conservatism, blind patriotism, ingroup glorification and social distance. in Book of Abstracts, XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
Institute of Psychology, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade: Belgrade, Serbia., 82.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5089

Petrović M, Žeželj I. A worldview of contradictions: How doublethink relates to social conservatism, blind patriotism, ingroup glorification and social distance. in Book of Abstracts, XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology. 2023;:82.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5089 .

Petrović, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, "A worldview of contradictions: How doublethink relates to social conservatism, blind patriotism, ingroup glorification and social distance" in Book of Abstracts, XXIX scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology (2023):82,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5089 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5088
AB  - Despite a large body of work on consistency as a basic psychological need, people often simultaneously endorse contradictory beliefs. If they do, we say they are prone to doublethink. Across two studies (Study 1 – N = 240; Study 2 – N = 149), we develop a scale to assess this tendency and explore its predictivity of conspiratorial beliefs. We show that it is possible to capture individual differences in proneness to doublethink, and that this tendency meaningfully relates to both thinking styles and conspiratorial beliefs. Furthermore, doublethink contributes to prediction of conspiratorial beliefs, over and above measures of thinking styles, while a frequently used measure of self-assessed preference for consistency does not.  We conclude by proposing two ways to consider doublethink: either as a high entropy thinking style that easily encompasses contradictory beliefs or as a lack of ability to spot inconsistencies. In Study 3 (N=234), we will contrast these two conceptualizations, by relating doublethink a. to the ability to spot inconsistencies in neutral material and b. to different measures of thinking styles, while controlling for working memory capacity.
C3  - Program Agenda, SPSP Annual Convention
T1  - “I contain multitudes”: Exploring individual differences in proneness to doublethink
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5088
ER  - 

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author = "Petrović, Marija and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Despite a large body of work on consistency as a basic psychological need, people often simultaneously endorse contradictory beliefs. If they do, we say they are prone to doublethink. Across two studies (Study 1 – N = 240; Study 2 – N = 149), we develop a scale to assess this tendency and explore its predictivity of conspiratorial beliefs. We show that it is possible to capture individual differences in proneness to doublethink, and that this tendency meaningfully relates to both thinking styles and conspiratorial beliefs. Furthermore, doublethink contributes to prediction of conspiratorial beliefs, over and above measures of thinking styles, while a frequently used measure of self-assessed preference for consistency does not.  We conclude by proposing two ways to consider doublethink: either as a high entropy thinking style that easily encompasses contradictory beliefs or as a lack of ability to spot inconsistencies. In Study 3 (N=234), we will contrast these two conceptualizations, by relating doublethink a. to the ability to spot inconsistencies in neutral material and b. to different measures of thinking styles, while controlling for working memory capacity.",
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Petrović, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2023). “I contain multitudes”: Exploring individual differences in proneness to doublethink. in Program Agenda, SPSP Annual Convention.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5088

Petrović M, Žeželj I. “I contain multitudes”: Exploring individual differences in proneness to doublethink. in Program Agenda, SPSP Annual Convention. 2023;.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5088 .

Petrović, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, "“I contain multitudes”: Exploring individual differences in proneness to doublethink" in Program Agenda, SPSP Annual Convention (2023),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5088 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4596
AB  - Amidst the flow of conspiracy theories (CTs) about the COVID-19 pandemic, many were logically incompatible. We aimed to map the psychological profile of their endorsers. Upon pretesting for familiarity and logical incompatibility, we choose eight pairs of contradictory COVID-19 CTs. Across three studies, a substantial portion of respondents (40%–42%) endorsed at least one pair. In Study 1 (N = 290), conspiracy mentality and doublethink, but not preference for consistency, meaningfully related to endorsement of contradictory CTs; doublethink contributed over and above other predictors. In two following studies we introduced indicators of superficial (Study 2; N = 281) and analytical (Study 3; N = 170) information-processing as predictors. The endorsers of contradictory CTs were more intuitive, prone to ontological confusions and pseudo-profound bullshit, less rational and less actively open-minded; doublethink again added to the prediction. We end by suggesting how the interventions should be tailored to address people with such distinct information-processing style.
PB  - Taylor & Francis
T2  - Thinking & Reasoning
T1  - Both a bioweapon and a hoax: the curious case of contradictory conspiracy theories about COVID-19
DO  - 10.1080/13546783.2022.2088618
ER  - 

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author = "Petrović, Marija and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Amidst the flow of conspiracy theories (CTs) about the COVID-19 pandemic, many were logically incompatible. We aimed to map the psychological profile of their endorsers. Upon pretesting for familiarity and logical incompatibility, we choose eight pairs of contradictory COVID-19 CTs. Across three studies, a substantial portion of respondents (40%–42%) endorsed at least one pair. In Study 1 (N = 290), conspiracy mentality and doublethink, but not preference for consistency, meaningfully related to endorsement of contradictory CTs; doublethink contributed over and above other predictors. In two following studies we introduced indicators of superficial (Study 2; N = 281) and analytical (Study 3; N = 170) information-processing as predictors. The endorsers of contradictory CTs were more intuitive, prone to ontological confusions and pseudo-profound bullshit, less rational and less actively open-minded; doublethink again added to the prediction. We end by suggesting how the interventions should be tailored to address people with such distinct information-processing style.",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis",
journal = "Thinking & Reasoning",
title = "Both a bioweapon and a hoax: the curious case of contradictory conspiracy theories about COVID-19",
doi = "10.1080/13546783.2022.2088618"
}

Petrović, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2022). Both a bioweapon and a hoax: the curious case of contradictory conspiracy theories about COVID-19. in Thinking & Reasoning
Taylor & Francis..
https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2022.2088618

Petrović M, Žeželj I. Both a bioweapon and a hoax: the curious case of contradictory conspiracy theories about COVID-19. in Thinking & Reasoning. 2022;.
doi:10.1080/13546783.2022.2088618 .

Petrović, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, "Both a bioweapon and a hoax: the curious case of contradictory conspiracy theories about COVID-19" in Thinking & Reasoning (2022),
https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2022.2088618 . .

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AU  - Ruggeri, Kai
AU  - Panin, Amma
AU  - Vdovic, Milica
AU  - Većkalov, Bojana
AU  - Abdul-Salaam, Nazeer
AU  - Achtenberg, Jascha
AU  - Akil, Carla
AU  - Amatya, Jolly
AU  - Amatya, Kanchan
AU  - Andersen, Thomas
AU  - Aquino, Sibele
AU  - Arunasalam, Arjoon
AU  - Ashcroft-Jones, Sarah
AU  - Dahl Askelund, Adrian
AU  - Ayacaxli, Nelida
AU  - Bagheri Sheshdeh, Aseman
AU  - Bailey, Alexander
AU  - Barea Arroyo, Paula
AU  - Basulto Mejia, Genaro
AU  - Benvenuti, Martina
AU  - Berge, Mari Louise
AU  - Bermaganbet, Aliya
AU  - Bibilouri, Katherine
AU  - Bjorndal, Ludvig
AU  - Black, Sabrina
AU  - Blomster Lychol, Johanna
AU  - Brik, Tymofii
AU  - Buabang, Eike Kofi
AU  - Burghart, Matthias
AU  - Bursalioglu, Asli
AU  - Mesfin Buzayu, Naos
AU  - Čadek, Martin
AU  - Melo de Carvalho, Nathalia
AU  - Cazan, Ana-Maria
AU  - Cetincelik, Melis
AU  - Chai, Valentino
AU  - Chen, Patricia
AU  - Chen, Shiyi
AU  - Clay, Georgia
AU  - D'Ambrogio, Simone
AU  - Damjanovic, Kaja
AU  - Duffy, Grace
AU  - Dugue, Tatianna
AU  - Dwarkanath, Twinkle
AU  - Awazzi Envuladu, Esther
AU  - Erceg, Nikola
AU  - Esteban-Serna, Celia
AU  - Farahat, Eman
AU  - Farrokhnia, Robert
AU  - Fawad, Mareyba
AU  - Fedryansyah, Muhammad
AU  - Feng, David
AU  - Filippi, Silvia
AU  - Fonolia, Matias
AU  - Freichel, Rene
AU  - Freira, Lucia
AU  - Freidemann, Maja
AU  - Gao, Ziwei
AU  - Suwan, Ge
AU  - Geiger, Sandra
AU  - George, Leya
AU  - Grabovski, Iulia
AU  - Gracheva, Aleksandra
AU  - Grancheva, Anastasia
AU  - Hajian, Ali
AU  - Hasan, Nida
AU  - Hecht, Marlene
AU  - Hong, Xinyi
AU  - Hubena, Barbora
AU  - Ikonomeas, Alexander
AU  - Ilić, Sandra
AU  - Izydorczyk, David
AU  - Jakob, Lea
AU  - Janssens, Margo
AU  - Jarke, Hannes
AU  - Kacha, Ondrej
AU  - Nikolova Kalinova, Kalina
AU  - Mingiri Kapingura, Forget
AU  - Karakasheva, Ralitsa
AU  - Kasdan, David
AU  - Kemel, Emmanuel
AU  - Khorrami, Peggah
AU  - Krawiec, Jakub
AU  - Lagidze, Nato
AU  - Lazarević, Aleksandra
AU  - Lazić, Aleksandra
AU  - Seo Lee, Hyung
AU  - Lep, Žan
AU  - Lins, Samuel
AU  - Lofthus, Ingvild
AU  - Macchia, Lucia
AU  - Mamede, Salome
AU  - Ayele Mamo, Metasebiya
AU  - Maratkyzy, Laura
AU  - Mareva, Silvana
AU  - Marwaha, Shivika
AU  - McGill, Lucy
AU  - McParland, Sharon
AU  - Melnic, Anisoara
AU  - Meyer, Sebastian
AU  - Mizak, Sebastian
AU  - Mohammed, Amina
AU  - Mukhyshbayeva, Aizhan
AU  - Navajas, Joaquin
AU  - Neshevska, Dragana
AU  - Jamali Niazi, Shehrbano
AU  - Nieto, Ana
AU  - Nippold, Franziska
AU  - Oberschulte, Julia
AU  - Otto, Thiago
AU  - Pae, Riinu
AU  - Panchelieva, Tsvetelina
AU  - Young Park, Sun
AU  - Pascu, Daria Stefania
AU  - Pavlović, Irena
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Popović, Dora
AU  - Prinz, Gerhard
AU  - Rachev, Nikolay
AU  - Ranc, Pika
AU  - Razum, Josip
AU  - Eun Rho, Christina
AU  - Riitsalu, Leonore
AU  - Rocca, Federica
AU  - Rosenbaum, Shayna
AU  - Rujimora, James
AU  - Rusyidi, Binahayati
AU  - Rutherford, Charlotte
AU  - Said, Rand
AU  - Sanguino, Ines
AU  - Sarikaya, Ahmet Kerem
AU  - Say, Nicolas
AU  - Jakob, Jakob
AU  - Shiels, Mary
AU  - Shir, Yarden
AU  - Sievert, Elisabeth D.C.
AU  - Soboleva, Irina
AU  - Solomonia, Tina
AU  - Soni, Siddhant
AU  - Soysal, Irem
AU  - Stablum, Federica
AU  - Sundstrom, Felicia T.A.
AU  - Tang, Xintong
AU  - Tavera, Felice
AU  - Taylor, Jacqueline
AU  - Tebbe, Anna-Lena
AU  - Thommesen, Katrine
AU  - Tobbias-Webb, Juliette
AU  - Todsen, Anna
AU  - Toscano, Filippo
AU  - Tran, Tran
AU  - Trinh, Jason
AU  - Turati, Alice
AU  - Ueda, Kohei
AU  - Vacondio, Martina
AU  - Vakhitov, Volodymyr
AU  - Valencia, Adrianna
AU  - van Reyn, Chiara
AU  - Venema, Tina
AU  - Verra, Sanne
AU  - Vintr, Jachym
AU  - Vranka, Marek
AU  - Wagner, Lisa
AU  - Wu, Xue
AU  - Ying Xing, Ke
AU  - Xu, Kailin
AU  - Xu, Sonya
AU  - Yamada, Yuki
AU  - Yosifova, Aleksandra
AU  - Zupan, Zorana
AU  - Garcia-Garzon, Eduardo
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3994
AB  - Economic inequality is associated with preferences for smaller, immediate gains over larger, delayed ones. Such temporal discounting may feed into rising global inequality, yet it is unclear whether it is a function of choice preferences or norms, or rather the absence of sufficient resources for immediate needs. It is also not clear whether these reflect true differences in choice patterns between income groups. We tested temporal discounting and five intertemporal choice anomalies using local currencies and value standards in 61 countries (N = 13,629). Across a diverse sample, we found consistent, robust rates of choice anomalies. Lower-income groups were not significantly different, but economic inequality and broader financial circumstances were clearly correlated with population choice patterns.
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T2  - Nature Human Behavior
T1  - The globalizability of temporal discounting
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IS  - 6
SP  - 1386
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01392-w
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year = "2022",
abstract = "Economic inequality is associated with preferences for smaller, immediate gains over larger, delayed ones. Such temporal discounting may feed into rising global inequality, yet it is unclear whether it is a function of choice preferences or norms, or rather the absence of sufficient resources for immediate needs. It is also not clear whether these reflect true differences in choice patterns between income groups. We tested temporal discounting and five intertemporal choice anomalies using local currencies and value standards in 61 countries (N = 13,629). Across a diverse sample, we found consistent, robust rates of choice anomalies. Lower-income groups were not significantly different, but economic inequality and broader financial circumstances were clearly correlated with population choice patterns.",
publisher = "Nature Human Behaviour",
journal = "Nature Human Behavior",
title = "The globalizability of temporal discounting",
pages = "1397-1386",
number = "6",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01392-w"
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Nature Human Behaviour.(6), 1386-1397.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01392-w

Ruggeri K, Panin A, Vdovic M, Većkalov B, Abdul-Salaam N, Achtenberg J, Akil C, Amatya J, Amatya K, Andersen T, Aquino S, Arunasalam A, Ashcroft-Jones S, Dahl Askelund A, Ayacaxli N, Bagheri Sheshdeh A, Bailey A, Barea Arroyo P, Basulto Mejia G, Benvenuti M, Berge ML, Bermaganbet A, Bibilouri K, Bjorndal L, Black S, Blomster Lychol J, Brik T, Buabang EK, Burghart M, Bursalioglu A, Mesfin Buzayu N, Čadek M, Melo de Carvalho N, Cazan A, Cetincelik M, Chai V, Chen P, Chen S, Clay G, D'Ambrogio S, Damjanovic K, Duffy G, Dugue T, Dwarkanath T, Awazzi Envuladu E, Erceg N, Esteban-Serna C, Farahat E, Farrokhnia R, Fawad M, Fedryansyah M, Feng D, Filippi S, Fonolia M, Freichel R, Freira L, Freidemann M, Gao Z, Suwan G, Geiger S, George L, Grabovski I, Gracheva A, Grancheva A, Hajian A, Hasan N, Hecht M, Hong X, Hubena B, Ikonomeas A, Ilić S, Izydorczyk D, Jakob L, Janssens M, Jarke H, Kacha O, Nikolova Kalinova K, Mingiri Kapingura F, Karakasheva R, Kasdan D, Kemel E, Khorrami P, Krawiec J, Lagidze N, Lazarević A, Lazić A, Seo Lee H, Lep Ž, Lins S, Lofthus I, Macchia L, Mamede S, Ayele Mamo M, Maratkyzy L, Mareva S, Marwaha S, McGill L, McParland S, Melnic A, Meyer S, Mizak S, Mohammed A, Mukhyshbayeva A, Navajas J, Neshevska D, Jamali Niazi S, Nieto A, Nippold F, Oberschulte J, Otto T, Pae R, Panchelieva T, Young Park S, Pascu DS, Pavlović I, Petrović M, Popović D, Prinz G, Rachev N, Ranc P, Razum J, Eun Rho C, Riitsalu L, Rocca F, Rosenbaum S, Rujimora J, Rusyidi B, Rutherford C, Said R, Sanguino I, Sarikaya AK, Say N, Jakob J, Shiels M, Shir Y, Sievert ED, Soboleva I, Solomonia T, Soni S, Soysal I, Stablum F, Sundstrom FT, Tang X, Tavera F, Taylor J, Tebbe A, Thommesen K, Tobbias-Webb J, Todsen A, Toscano F, Tran T, Trinh J, Turati A, Ueda K, Vacondio M, Vakhitov V, Valencia A, van Reyn C, Venema T, Verra S, Vintr J, Vranka M, Wagner L, Wu X, Ying Xing K, Xu K, Xu S, Yamada Y, Yosifova A, Zupan Z, Garcia-Garzon E. The globalizability of temporal discounting. in Nature Human Behavior. 2022;(6):1386-1397.
doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01392-w .

Ruggeri, Kai, Panin, Amma, Vdovic, Milica, Većkalov, Bojana, Abdul-Salaam, Nazeer, Achtenberg, Jascha, Akil, Carla, Amatya, Jolly, Amatya, Kanchan, Andersen, Thomas, Aquino, Sibele, Arunasalam, Arjoon, Ashcroft-Jones, Sarah, Dahl Askelund, Adrian, Ayacaxli, Nelida, Bagheri Sheshdeh, Aseman, Bailey, Alexander, Barea Arroyo, Paula, Basulto Mejia, Genaro, Benvenuti, Martina, Berge, Mari Louise, Bermaganbet, Aliya, Bibilouri, Katherine, Bjorndal, Ludvig, Black, Sabrina, Blomster Lychol, Johanna, Brik, Tymofii, Buabang, Eike Kofi, Burghart, Matthias, Bursalioglu, Asli, Mesfin Buzayu, Naos, Čadek, Martin, Melo de Carvalho, Nathalia, Cazan, Ana-Maria, Cetincelik, Melis, Chai, Valentino, Chen, Patricia, Chen, Shiyi, Clay, Georgia, D'Ambrogio, Simone, Damjanovic, Kaja, Duffy, Grace, Dugue, Tatianna, Dwarkanath, Twinkle, Awazzi Envuladu, Esther, Erceg, Nikola, Esteban-Serna, Celia, Farahat, Eman, Farrokhnia, Robert, Fawad, Mareyba, Fedryansyah, Muhammad, Feng, David, Filippi, Silvia, Fonolia, Matias, Freichel, Rene, Freira, Lucia, Freidemann, Maja, Gao, Ziwei, Suwan, Ge, Geiger, Sandra, George, Leya, Grabovski, Iulia, Gracheva, Aleksandra, Grancheva, Anastasia, Hajian, Ali, Hasan, Nida, Hecht, Marlene, Hong, Xinyi, Hubena, Barbora, Ikonomeas, Alexander, Ilić, Sandra, Izydorczyk, David, Jakob, Lea, Janssens, Margo, Jarke, Hannes, Kacha, Ondrej, Nikolova Kalinova, Kalina, Mingiri Kapingura, Forget, Karakasheva, Ralitsa, Kasdan, David, Kemel, Emmanuel, Khorrami, Peggah, Krawiec, Jakub, Lagidze, Nato, Lazarević, Aleksandra, Lazić, Aleksandra, Seo Lee, Hyung, Lep, Žan, Lins, Samuel, Lofthus, Ingvild, Macchia, Lucia, Mamede, Salome, Ayele Mamo, Metasebiya, Maratkyzy, Laura, Mareva, Silvana, Marwaha, Shivika, McGill, Lucy, McParland, Sharon, Melnic, Anisoara, Meyer, Sebastian, Mizak, Sebastian, Mohammed, Amina, Mukhyshbayeva, Aizhan, Navajas, Joaquin, Neshevska, Dragana, Jamali Niazi, Shehrbano, Nieto, Ana, Nippold, Franziska, Oberschulte, Julia, Otto, Thiago, Pae, Riinu, Panchelieva, Tsvetelina, Young Park, Sun, Pascu, Daria Stefania, Pavlović, Irena, Petrović, Marija, Popović, Dora, Prinz, Gerhard, Rachev, Nikolay, Ranc, Pika, Razum, Josip, Eun Rho, Christina, Riitsalu, Leonore, Rocca, Federica, Rosenbaum, Shayna, Rujimora, James, Rusyidi, Binahayati, Rutherford, Charlotte, Said, Rand, Sanguino, Ines, Sarikaya, Ahmet Kerem, Say, Nicolas, Jakob, Jakob, Shiels, Mary, Shir, Yarden, Sievert, Elisabeth D.C., Soboleva, Irina, Solomonia, Tina, Soni, Siddhant, Soysal, Irem, Stablum, Federica, Sundstrom, Felicia T.A., Tang, Xintong, Tavera, Felice, Taylor, Jacqueline, Tebbe, Anna-Lena, Thommesen, Katrine, Tobbias-Webb, Juliette, Todsen, Anna, Toscano, Filippo, Tran, Tran, Trinh, Jason, Turati, Alice, Ueda, Kohei, Vacondio, Martina, Vakhitov, Volodymyr, Valencia, Adrianna, van Reyn, Chiara, Venema, Tina, Verra, Sanne, Vintr, Jachym, Vranka, Marek, Wagner, Lisa, Wu, Xue, Ying Xing, Ke, Xu, Kailin, Xu, Sonya, Yamada, Yuki, Yosifova, Aleksandra, Zupan, Zorana, Garcia-Garzon, Eduardo, "The globalizability of temporal discounting" in Nature Human Behavior, no. 6 (2022):1386-1397,
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01392-w . .

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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
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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.
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T1  - REASON4HEALTH: Methodology
SP  - 27
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4930
ER  - 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TY  - CONF
AU  - Rudinac, Nevena
AU  - Bisak, Adela
AU  - Petrović, Marija
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5080
AB  - In the two years since the emergence of the new coronavirus, the world has seen a
proliferation of misinformation on social media. It was spread even by government officials
(the US president recommended drinking bleach) and health professionals (certain medical
doctors claimed that the vaccine against COVID-19 leads to infertility). Misinformation in
the pandemic is especially troubling as it can directly impact behavior and have detrimental
effects on public health. Typical social media platforms’ response to this upsurge was to
focus on discrediting the content, either by flagging it as fake or by debunking the false
information with facts. We wanted to test the efficacy of these content-based interventions in
a single design and added a third one aimed at debunking the misinformation by discrediting
its source (e.g. by pointing to their vested interest). We first exposed all participants (N=206)
to three pieces of fictitious news - about a new miracle cure Bamlanivimab, death in a
vaccine trial, and the efficacy of colloidal silver in combating the virus. Depending on the
experimental group, the news was then countered with either flagging, debunking, or source
questioning. We measured the interventions’ effects on the perceived accuracy of the news,
willingness to share it on social media, and to discuss it with friends; we assessed all three
dependent variables before and after the interventions. Our results indicate that corrections of
misinformation, regardless of their type, affected belief in the accuracy of misinformation.
The participants believed in misinformation less after the corrections were presented, in the
case of news regarding death in a vaccine trial (F(1) = 8.98, p < .01, η² = .04, M1-M2 = .65)
and a new miracle cure (F(1) = 11.84, p<.01, η² = .055, M1-M2 = .71). The effects of the
corrections, regardless of their type, on the willingness to share news on social media were
found, albeit inconsistently. Participants were less willing to share a piece of news regarding
Bamlanivimab on social media after correction (F(1) = 7.68, p < .01, η² = .036, M1-M2 =
.36), but more willing to share the one about death in a vaccine trial (F(1) = 9.20, p < .01, η²
= .043, M1-M2 = -.43), contrary to our predictions. Corrections did not affect the willingness
to share misinformation with friends, and there was no statistically significant difference
between the three types of corrections in their efficacy. We offer potential methodological
improvements for future research and discuss implications for public communication.
PB  - Institute of Psychology, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade: Belgrade, Serbia
C3  - Book of Abstracts, XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
T1  - Change my mind: Counteracting COVID-19 fake news with three different forms of correction
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5080
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Rudinac, Nevena and Bisak, Adela and Petrović, Marija",
year = "2022",
abstract = "In the two years since the emergence of the new coronavirus, the world has seen a
proliferation of misinformation on social media. It was spread even by government officials
(the US president recommended drinking bleach) and health professionals (certain medical
doctors claimed that the vaccine against COVID-19 leads to infertility). Misinformation in
the pandemic is especially troubling as it can directly impact behavior and have detrimental
effects on public health. Typical social media platforms’ response to this upsurge was to
focus on discrediting the content, either by flagging it as fake or by debunking the false
information with facts. We wanted to test the efficacy of these content-based interventions in
a single design and added a third one aimed at debunking the misinformation by discrediting
its source (e.g. by pointing to their vested interest). We first exposed all participants (N=206)
to three pieces of fictitious news - about a new miracle cure Bamlanivimab, death in a
vaccine trial, and the efficacy of colloidal silver in combating the virus. Depending on the
experimental group, the news was then countered with either flagging, debunking, or source
questioning. We measured the interventions’ effects on the perceived accuracy of the news,
willingness to share it on social media, and to discuss it with friends; we assessed all three
dependent variables before and after the interventions. Our results indicate that corrections of
misinformation, regardless of their type, affected belief in the accuracy of misinformation.
The participants believed in misinformation less after the corrections were presented, in the
case of news regarding death in a vaccine trial (F(1) = 8.98, p < .01, η² = .04, M1-M2 = .65)
and a new miracle cure (F(1) = 11.84, p<.01, η² = .055, M1-M2 = .71). The effects of the
corrections, regardless of their type, on the willingness to share news on social media were
found, albeit inconsistently. Participants were less willing to share a piece of news regarding
Bamlanivimab on social media after correction (F(1) = 7.68, p < .01, η² = .036, M1-M2 =
.36), but more willing to share the one about death in a vaccine trial (F(1) = 9.20, p < .01, η²
= .043, M1-M2 = -.43), contrary to our predictions. Corrections did not affect the willingness
to share misinformation with friends, and there was no statistically significant difference
between the three types of corrections in their efficacy. We offer potential methodological
improvements for future research and discuss implications for public communication.",
publisher = "Institute of Psychology, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade: Belgrade, Serbia",
journal = "Book of Abstracts, XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology",
title = "Change my mind: Counteracting COVID-19 fake news with three different forms of correction",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5080"
}

Rudinac, N., Bisak, A.,& Petrović, M.. (2022). Change my mind: Counteracting COVID-19 fake news with three different forms of correction. in Book of Abstracts, XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
Institute of Psychology, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade: Belgrade, Serbia..
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5080

Rudinac N, Bisak A, Petrović M. Change my mind: Counteracting COVID-19 fake news with three different forms of correction. in Book of Abstracts, XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology. 2022;.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5080 .

Rudinac, Nevena, Bisak, Adela, Petrović, Marija, "Change my mind: Counteracting COVID-19 fake news with three different forms of correction" in Book of Abstracts, XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology (2022),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5080 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mijatović, Nevena
AU  - Šljivić, Jasmina
AU  - Tošić, Nemanja
AU  - Conić, Ljubica
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4849
AB  - Resorting to complementary/alternative medical (CAM) therapies can lead to bad health outcomes or interfere with officially recommended therapies. CAM use is, nevertheless, widespread and growing. This could be partially due to the perception of the CAM industry as powerless and non-profit oriented, in contrast to the pharmaceutical industry (“Big Pharma”). In reality, both industries are highly profitable and powerful; to highlight this similarity, science communicators coined the term “Big Suppla”. Drawing from a sample of 242 participants upon all exclusions, we experimentally tested whether varying these attributes in presenting the industries impacts consumers’ evaluation of the two categories of products (herbs and supplements) and their willingness to try and recommend them. We also tested whether the effect is moderated by conspiratorial thinking, and whether it is due to a change in trust. All hypotheses were pre-registered. As expected, participants who read the Big Suppla vignette decreased the endorsement of both supplements and herbs, whilst, against our hypotheses, there were no significant changes in endorsement in the contrasting “Baby Suppla” group. Conspiratorial thinking was related to more endorsement of CAM, but it did not moderate the experimental effects. We also did not observe the expected mediation by trust. Our most robust results corroborate the idea that challenging the myth of benevolence of the CAM industry makes people more critical in evaluating its products or considering their usage. They support the intuitions of science communicators who coined the term Big Suppla, and can help in tailoring public health messages.
PB  - Institute of Experimental Psychology, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
T2  - Studia Psychologica
T1  - Big Suppla: Challenging the Common View of the Supplements and Herbs Industry Affects the Willingness to Try and Recommend Their Products
EP  - 103
IS  - 1
SP  - 91
VL  - 64
DO  - 10.31577/sp.2022.01.841
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Mijatović, Nevena and Šljivić, Jasmina and Tošić, Nemanja and Conić, Ljubica and Petrović, Marija and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Resorting to complementary/alternative medical (CAM) therapies can lead to bad health outcomes or interfere with officially recommended therapies. CAM use is, nevertheless, widespread and growing. This could be partially due to the perception of the CAM industry as powerless and non-profit oriented, in contrast to the pharmaceutical industry (“Big Pharma”). In reality, both industries are highly profitable and powerful; to highlight this similarity, science communicators coined the term “Big Suppla”. Drawing from a sample of 242 participants upon all exclusions, we experimentally tested whether varying these attributes in presenting the industries impacts consumers’ evaluation of the two categories of products (herbs and supplements) and their willingness to try and recommend them. We also tested whether the effect is moderated by conspiratorial thinking, and whether it is due to a change in trust. All hypotheses were pre-registered. As expected, participants who read the Big Suppla vignette decreased the endorsement of both supplements and herbs, whilst, against our hypotheses, there were no significant changes in endorsement in the contrasting “Baby Suppla” group. Conspiratorial thinking was related to more endorsement of CAM, but it did not moderate the experimental effects. We also did not observe the expected mediation by trust. Our most robust results corroborate the idea that challenging the myth of benevolence of the CAM industry makes people more critical in evaluating its products or considering their usage. They support the intuitions of science communicators who coined the term Big Suppla, and can help in tailoring public health messages.",
publisher = "Institute of Experimental Psychology, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic",
journal = "Studia Psychologica",
title = "Big Suppla: Challenging the Common View of the Supplements and Herbs Industry Affects the Willingness to Try and Recommend Their Products",
pages = "103-91",
number = "1",
volume = "64",
doi = "10.31577/sp.2022.01.841"
}

Mijatović, N., Šljivić, J., Tošić, N., Conić, L., Petrović, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2022). Big Suppla: Challenging the Common View of the Supplements and Herbs Industry Affects the Willingness to Try and Recommend Their Products. in Studia Psychologica
Institute of Experimental Psychology, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic., 64(1), 91-103.
https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2022.01.841

Mijatović N, Šljivić J, Tošić N, Conić L, Petrović M, Žeželj I. Big Suppla: Challenging the Common View of the Supplements and Herbs Industry Affects the Willingness to Try and Recommend Their Products. in Studia Psychologica. 2022;64(1):91-103.
doi:10.31577/sp.2022.01.841 .

Mijatović, Nevena, Šljivić, Jasmina, Tošić, Nemanja, Conić, Ljubica, Petrović, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, "Big Suppla: Challenging the Common View of the Supplements and Herbs Industry Affects the Willingness to Try and Recommend Their Products" in Studia Psychologica, 64, no. 1 (2022):91-103,
https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2022.01.841 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5084
AB  - People tend to concurrently endorse mutually incompatible beliefs, a tendency we have labeled doublethink. In  previous  studies,  we  have  shown  that  it  is  related  to  both  rational  (negatively)  and  intuitive  (positively)  thinking styles. We have also previously demonstrated that those who are more prone to doublethink are also more prone to conspiratorial beliefs. Thus the aim of the current study was to further examine doublethink’s relations to cognitive styles and irrational beliefs. We hypothesized that those who are more prone to double-think will also endorse more superstitious beliefs; have a lower need for cognition, and lower ability to suppress intuitive responses. A total of 74 participants filled in the Doublethink, Superstition, and the Need for cognition scales, and the verbal Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT). Results show that proneness to doublethink is positively related to superstition, and negatively related to need for cognition. There was no significant correlation with the CRT measure, which could be due to a ceiling effect. Overall, the results offer further support that double-think  is  a  distinct  construct  that  can  be  viewed  as  a  thinking  style  that  accommodates  inconsistencies  more  easily, which is why it is favored by those who are more prone to irrational beliefs.
C3  - Book of selected proceedings, 22nd days of psychology in Zadar
T1  - Bad luck comes in (contradictory) pairs: Doublethink as a correlate of cognitive style and irrational beliefs.
EP  - 120
SP  - 111
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5084
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Petrović, Marija and Žeželj, Iris",
year = "2022",
abstract = "People tend to concurrently endorse mutually incompatible beliefs, a tendency we have labeled doublethink. In  previous  studies,  we  have  shown  that  it  is  related  to  both  rational  (negatively)  and  intuitive  (positively)  thinking styles. We have also previously demonstrated that those who are more prone to doublethink are also more prone to conspiratorial beliefs. Thus the aim of the current study was to further examine doublethink’s relations to cognitive styles and irrational beliefs. We hypothesized that those who are more prone to double-think will also endorse more superstitious beliefs; have a lower need for cognition, and lower ability to suppress intuitive responses. A total of 74 participants filled in the Doublethink, Superstition, and the Need for cognition scales, and the verbal Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT). Results show that proneness to doublethink is positively related to superstition, and negatively related to need for cognition. There was no significant correlation with the CRT measure, which could be due to a ceiling effect. Overall, the results offer further support that double-think  is  a  distinct  construct  that  can  be  viewed  as  a  thinking  style  that  accommodates  inconsistencies  more  easily, which is why it is favored by those who are more prone to irrational beliefs.",
journal = "Book of selected proceedings, 22nd days of psychology in Zadar",
title = "Bad luck comes in (contradictory) pairs: Doublethink as a correlate of cognitive style and irrational beliefs.",
pages = "120-111",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5084"
}

Petrović, M.,& Žeželj, I.. (2022). Bad luck comes in (contradictory) pairs: Doublethink as a correlate of cognitive style and irrational beliefs.. in Book of selected proceedings, 22nd days of psychology in Zadar, 111-120.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5084

Petrović M, Žeželj I. Bad luck comes in (contradictory) pairs: Doublethink as a correlate of cognitive style and irrational beliefs.. in Book of selected proceedings, 22nd days of psychology in Zadar. 2022;:111-120.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5084 .

Petrović, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, "Bad luck comes in (contradictory) pairs: Doublethink as a correlate of cognitive style and irrational beliefs." in Book of selected proceedings, 22nd days of psychology in Zadar (2022):111-120,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5084 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Žeželj, Iris
AU  - Lukić, Petar
AU  - Ivanović, Anja
AU  - Kurčubić, Predrag
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5081
AB  - Scientific and digital literacy are two similar, but distinct constructs that should enable people
to navigate the informational environment. Whilst scientific literacy is often defined as a grasp
of elementary scientific facts, digital literacy is a set of habits regarding information
consumption (e.g. checking the reliability of sources, triangulating the information). These two
important skills should have a protective role when it comes to a. misinformation susceptibility,
i.e. discerning factual from false information and to b. making informed health decisions. In
this study, we firstly examined the prevalence of scientific literacy, digital literacy and
misinformation detection ability on a probability sample nationally representative of Serbia (N
= 1006). Second, we mapped out how these skills relate to each other and finally, how this skill
set contributes to COVID-19 vaccination status. To this end, the participants completed the
Civic Scientific and the Digital literacy scales, as well as the Misinformation Susceptibility test.
We found that on average, the participants answered correctly on two thirds (M = 7.99 (SD =
1.91) out of 12) of the scientific literacy questions. As for digital literacy, an average of 51% of
participants indicated that they rarely or never evaluate the information they consume online.
Furthermore, the participants correctly identified, on average, a total of M = 4.01 (SD = 1.62)
out of 8 pieces of news as either true or false. To test the interrelations of these constructs, we
ran a regression with two types of literacy as predictors and misinformation detection as the
outcome. The model was significant (F(2, 765) = 15.55, p < .001, Radj2 = .04), with both
scientific (β = .138, t(764) = 3.807, p < .001) and digital (β = .113, t(764) = 3.113, p = .002)
literacy contributing to its prediction in the expected direction. We further tested a model with misinformation detection, digital and scientific literacy as predictors and COVID-19
vaccination status as the outcome (F(3, 736) = 22.91, p < .001, Radj2 = .08). The only
significant predictor in the model was misinformation detection ability (β = .290, t(735) =
8.065, p < .001), which was related to higher vaccine uptake. Overall, the levels of scientific
literacy we observed are comparable to levels previously reported for EU countries. The results
suggest that information appraisal skills are more important than basic scientific knowledge in
guiding health decision making.
PB  - Institute of Psychology, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade: Belgrade, Serbia
C3  - Book of Abstracts, XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
T1  - Scientific and digital literacy as protective factors to misinformation susceptibility and vaccine uptake: Evidence from a nationally representative sample
EP  - 14
SP  - 13
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5081
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Petrović, Marija and Žeželj, Iris and Lukić, Petar and Ivanović, Anja and Kurčubić, Predrag",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Scientific and digital literacy are two similar, but distinct constructs that should enable people
to navigate the informational environment. Whilst scientific literacy is often defined as a grasp
of elementary scientific facts, digital literacy is a set of habits regarding information
consumption (e.g. checking the reliability of sources, triangulating the information). These two
important skills should have a protective role when it comes to a. misinformation susceptibility,
i.e. discerning factual from false information and to b. making informed health decisions. In
this study, we firstly examined the prevalence of scientific literacy, digital literacy and
misinformation detection ability on a probability sample nationally representative of Serbia (N
= 1006). Second, we mapped out how these skills relate to each other and finally, how this skill
set contributes to COVID-19 vaccination status. To this end, the participants completed the
Civic Scientific and the Digital literacy scales, as well as the Misinformation Susceptibility test.
We found that on average, the participants answered correctly on two thirds (M = 7.99 (SD =
1.91) out of 12) of the scientific literacy questions. As for digital literacy, an average of 51% of
participants indicated that they rarely or never evaluate the information they consume online.
Furthermore, the participants correctly identified, on average, a total of M = 4.01 (SD = 1.62)
out of 8 pieces of news as either true or false. To test the interrelations of these constructs, we
ran a regression with two types of literacy as predictors and misinformation detection as the
outcome. The model was significant (F(2, 765) = 15.55, p < .001, Radj2 = .04), with both
scientific (β = .138, t(764) = 3.807, p < .001) and digital (β = .113, t(764) = 3.113, p = .002)
literacy contributing to its prediction in the expected direction. We further tested a model with misinformation detection, digital and scientific literacy as predictors and COVID-19
vaccination status as the outcome (F(3, 736) = 22.91, p < .001, Radj2 = .08). The only
significant predictor in the model was misinformation detection ability (β = .290, t(735) =
8.065, p < .001), which was related to higher vaccine uptake. Overall, the levels of scientific
literacy we observed are comparable to levels previously reported for EU countries. The results
suggest that information appraisal skills are more important than basic scientific knowledge in
guiding health decision making.",
publisher = "Institute of Psychology, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade: Belgrade, Serbia",
journal = "Book of Abstracts, XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology",
title = "Scientific and digital literacy as protective factors to misinformation susceptibility and vaccine uptake: Evidence from a nationally representative sample",
pages = "14-13",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5081"
}

Petrović, M., Žeželj, I., Lukić, P., Ivanović, A.,& Kurčubić, P.. (2022). Scientific and digital literacy as protective factors to misinformation susceptibility and vaccine uptake: Evidence from a nationally representative sample. in Book of Abstracts, XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
Institute of Psychology, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade: Belgrade, Serbia., 13-14.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5081

Petrović M, Žeželj I, Lukić P, Ivanović A, Kurčubić P. Scientific and digital literacy as protective factors to misinformation susceptibility and vaccine uptake: Evidence from a nationally representative sample. in Book of Abstracts, XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology. 2022;:13-14.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5081 .

Petrović, Marija, Žeželj, Iris, Lukić, Petar, Ivanović, Anja, Kurčubić, Predrag, "Scientific and digital literacy as protective factors to misinformation susceptibility and vaccine uptake: Evidence from a nationally representative sample" in Book of Abstracts, XXVIII scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology (2022):13-14,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5081 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lazić, Aleksandra
AU  - Kalinova, Kalina Nikolova
AU  - Packer, Jali
AU  - Pae, Riinu
AU  - Petrović, Marija
AU  - Popović, Dora
AU  - Sievert, D. Elisabeth C.
AU  - Stafford-Johnson, Natalie
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3278
AB  - Objectives This Registered Report attempted to conceptually replicate the finding that communicating herd immunity increases vaccination intentions (Betsch, et al., 2017, Nat. Hum. Behav., 0056). An additional objective was to explore the roles of descriptive social norms (vaccination behaviour of others) and the herd-immunity threshold (coverage needed to stop disease transmission). Design An online experiment with a 2 (herd-immunity explanation: present vs. absent) x 3 (descriptive norm: high vs. low vs. absent) x 2 (herd-immunity threshold: present vs. absent) between-subjects fractional design. Methods Sample consisted of 543 people (aged 18-64) residing in the United Kingdom. Participants first received an explanation of herd immunity emphasising social benefits (protecting others) in both textual and animated-infographic form. Next, they were faced with fictitious information about the disease, the vaccine, their country's vaccination coverage (80% or 20%), and the herd-immunity threshold (90%). Vaccination intention was self-rated. Results Compared to the control, communicating social benefits of herd immunity was effective in increasing vaccination intentions (F(1,541) = 6.97, p = .009, Partial Eta-Squared = 0.013). Communicating the descriptive norm or the herd-immunity threshold alongside the herd-immunity explanation demonstrated no observable effect. Conclusion Communicating social benefits of herd immunity increased self-reported vaccination intentions against a fictitious disease, replicating previous findings. Although this result is positive, the practical relevance may be limited. Further research into the effect of social nudges to motivate vaccination is required, particularly with respect to the recent pandemic context and varying levels of vaccine hesitancy.
PB  - Wiley, Hoboken
T2  - British Journal of Health Psychology
T1  - Social nudges for vaccination: How communicating herd behaviour influences vaccination intentions
DO  - 10.1111/bjhp.12556
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Lazić, Aleksandra and Kalinova, Kalina Nikolova and Packer, Jali and Pae, Riinu and Petrović, Marija and Popović, Dora and Sievert, D. Elisabeth C. and Stafford-Johnson, Natalie",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Objectives This Registered Report attempted to conceptually replicate the finding that communicating herd immunity increases vaccination intentions (Betsch, et al., 2017, Nat. Hum. Behav., 0056). An additional objective was to explore the roles of descriptive social norms (vaccination behaviour of others) and the herd-immunity threshold (coverage needed to stop disease transmission). Design An online experiment with a 2 (herd-immunity explanation: present vs. absent) x 3 (descriptive norm: high vs. low vs. absent) x 2 (herd-immunity threshold: present vs. absent) between-subjects fractional design. Methods Sample consisted of 543 people (aged 18-64) residing in the United Kingdom. Participants first received an explanation of herd immunity emphasising social benefits (protecting others) in both textual and animated-infographic form. Next, they were faced with fictitious information about the disease, the vaccine, their country's vaccination coverage (80% or 20%), and the herd-immunity threshold (90%). Vaccination intention was self-rated. Results Compared to the control, communicating social benefits of herd immunity was effective in increasing vaccination intentions (F(1,541) = 6.97, p = .009, Partial Eta-Squared = 0.013). Communicating the descriptive norm or the herd-immunity threshold alongside the herd-immunity explanation demonstrated no observable effect. Conclusion Communicating social benefits of herd immunity increased self-reported vaccination intentions against a fictitious disease, replicating previous findings. Although this result is positive, the practical relevance may be limited. Further research into the effect of social nudges to motivate vaccination is required, particularly with respect to the recent pandemic context and varying levels of vaccine hesitancy.",
publisher = "Wiley, Hoboken",
journal = "British Journal of Health Psychology",
title = "Social nudges for vaccination: How communicating herd behaviour influences vaccination intentions",
doi = "10.1111/bjhp.12556"
}

Lazić, A., Kalinova, K. N., Packer, J., Pae, R., Petrović, M., Popović, D., Sievert, D. E. C.,& Stafford-Johnson, N.. (2021). Social nudges for vaccination: How communicating herd behaviour influences vaccination intentions. in British Journal of Health Psychology
Wiley, Hoboken..
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12556

Lazić A, Kalinova KN, Packer J, Pae R, Petrović M, Popović D, Sievert DEC, Stafford-Johnson N. Social nudges for vaccination: How communicating herd behaviour influences vaccination intentions. in British Journal of Health Psychology. 2021;.
doi:10.1111/bjhp.12556 .

Lazić, Aleksandra, Kalinova, Kalina Nikolova, Packer, Jali, Pae, Riinu, Petrović, Marija, Popović, Dora, Sievert, D. Elisabeth C., Stafford-Johnson, Natalie, "Social nudges for vaccination: How communicating herd behaviour influences vaccination intentions" in British Journal of Health Psychology (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12556 . .