PSIHOLOGIJA

YU ISSN 0048-5705

UDC 159.9

Vol. 46 (3) 213347

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MOOD CONGRUENCE EFFECT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RECALL:
IS MOOD A MEDIATOR?
Sasa Drae and Olivier Desrichard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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DISEASE-THREAT MODEL EXPLAINS ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY

MODIFIED PRODUCTS
Pavol Prokop, Murat Ozel, Muhammet Usak, and Ibrahim Senay . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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THE LA AGGRESSION SCALE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND UPPER

SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: EXAMINATION OF PSYCHOMETRIC
PROPERTIES OF A NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL MEASURE OF
SELF REPORTED AGGRESSION
Ana Kozina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

245

BRIEF IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST: VALIDITY AND UTILITY IN

PREDICTION OF VOTING BEHAVIOR
Maa D. Pavlovi and Iris L. eelj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SOCIJALNI, PSIHOLOKI I IDEOLOKI KORENI

NACIONALISTIKIH STAVOVA U SRBIJI
Bojan Todosijevi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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KARAKTERISTIKE I INIOCI PRISTUPA STUDIRANJU STUDENATA

NASTAVNIKIH FAKULTETA
Duanka Lazarevi i Biljana Trebjeanin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

299

EXPLORING THE FACTOR STRUCTURE OF THE PARENT READING

BELIEF INVENTORY (PRBI): EXAMPLE OF SERBIA
Jelena Radii and Nada eva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

315

IMPACT OF DIFFERENT CONDITIONS ON ACCURACY OF FIVE RULES

FOR PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS RETENTION
Aleksandar Zori and Goran Opai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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UDC: 159.953.34.072
DOI: 10.2298/PSI130525001D

Mood Congruence Effect in Autobiographical

Recall: Is Mood a Mediator?1
Saa Drae1 and Olivier Desrichard2
1

University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

2
Universit de Geneve, Suisse

In the present study we test the hypothesis that the effect of mood congruence
in autobiographical recall is underlain by mood. Thirty-eight female participants were
subjected to positive, negative and neutral mood inductions, and then asked to recall three
personal memories. Participants mood was assessed using self-report questionnaires and by
electromyograph (EMG) measurements of corrugator supercilii and zygomaticus major muscle
activity. We replicated the congruence effect between the mood inductions and the valence
of the participants recalled memories. Furthermore, this effect was mediated by mood, as
measured by EMG and self-report questionnaires. The results suggest that mood influences the
mood congruence effect in a way that cannot be explained by semantic priming alone.
Key words: Mood congruence, autobiographical recall, affective priming, semantic priming

Corresponding author: dracesasa@hotmail.com

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2013 by the Serbian Psychological Association

UDC 606:604.6]:159.942.5.075(560) ;
316.644:606:604.6](560)
DOI: 10.2298/PSI130416002P

Disease-threat model explains acceptance

of genetically modified products
Pavol Prokop1,2, Murat Ozel3, Muhammet Usak4, and Ibrahim Senay5
1
Institute of Zology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Department of Biology, Trnava University, Bratislava
3
Department of Science Education, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
4
Department of Primary Education, Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, Turkey
5
Department of Psychology, Istanbul Sehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
2

Natural selection favoured survival of individuals who were able to avoid disease.
The behavioural immune system is activated especially when our sensory system comes
into contact with disease-connoting cues and/or when these cues resemble disease threat.
We investigated whether or not perception of modern risky technologies, risky behaviour,
expected reproductive goals and food neophobia are associated with the behavioural immune
system related to specific attitudes toward genetically modified (GM) products. We found
that respondents who felt themselves more vulnerable to infectious diseases had significantly
more negative attitudes toward GM products. Females had less positive attitudes toward
GM products, but engaging in risky behaviours, the expected reproductive goals of females
and food neophobia did not predict attitudes toward GM products. Our results suggest that
evolved psychological mechanisms primarily designed to protect us against pathogen threat
are activated by modern technologies possessing potential health risks.
Keywords: behavioural immune system, disgust, gender, genetic modification, pathogens

Corresponding author: muratozel@nigde.edu.tr

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2013 by the Serbian Psychological Association

UDC 159.922.8.075-057.874(497.4) ;
316.624-057.874(497.4)
DOI: 10.2298/PSI130402003K

The LA Aggression Scale for Elementary School

and Upper Secondary School Students:
Examination of Psychometric Properties
of a New Multidimensional Measure of
Self Reported Aggression
Ana Kozina
Educational Research Institute, Slovenia

The paper introduces a new multidimensional scale LA (lestvica agresivnosti

[Aggression Scale]) for measuring self-reported aggression in elementary and upper secondary
school students in Slovenia. The scale has been developed with a special focus on the school
setting, using three elementary school samples (preliminary study: N=2777; main study:
N=10427 and validity and test-retest study: N=191) representative of 4th and 8th grade students
in Slovenia and one upper secondary school sample (N=3253) representative of the final year
of upper secondary school in Slovenia. The exploratory analyses using principal component
analyses (PCA) revealed a four-factor structure: verbal aggression, physical aggression,
internal aggression and aggression towards authority that were interrelated. Confirmatory
factor analyses (CFA) showed that the items of the scale formed four factors that were related
to the higher order factor. The structure turned out to be stable over different age groups. The
scale demonstrated adequate internal consistency, concurrent validity and test-retest stability.
Key words: aggression, school, psychometric property

Corresponding author: ana.kozina@pei.si

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UDC 159.9.072:324 ; 316.644:324]:159.923.072

DOI: 10.2298/PSI130606004P

Brief Implicit Association Test: Validity and utility in

prediction of voting behavior
Maa D. Pavlovi and Iris L. eelj
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia

We employed the Brief Implicit Association Test (a recently developed short version
of IAT) to measure implicit political attitudes toward four political parties running for Serbian
parliament. To test its criterion validity, we measured voting intention and actual voting
behavior. In addition, we introduced political involvement as a potential moderator of the
BIATs predictive and incremental validity. The BIAT demonstrated good internal and predictive
validity, but lacked incremental validity over self-report measures. Predictive power of the
BIAT was moderated by political involvement the BIAT scores were stronger predictors of
voting intention and behavior among voters highly involved in politics.
Key words: Brief Implicit Association Test, political attitudes, voting behavior, political involvement

Corresponding author: zezelj.iris@gmail.com.

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2013 by the Serbian Psychological Association

UDC 159.923.072:172.15(497.11)"2002" ;
316.644:172.15(497.11)"2002"
DOI: 10.2298/PSI130411005T

Socijalni, psiholoki i ideoloki koreni

nacionalistikih stavova u Srbiji*
Bojan Todosijevi
Institut drutvenih nauka, Centar za politikoloka istraivanja i javno mnenje,
Beograd, Srbija

Individualne razlike u nacionalistikim stavovima se objanjavaju sa razliitih

stanovita. U sociolokoj tradiciji se esto prikazuju kao povezani sa socijalno-ekonomskom
i kulturnom deprivacijom. U psiholokoj literaturi, naglasak je tipino na pojedinim
dispozicionim konstruktima. Istraivai strukture socijalnih stavova istiu znaaj opte
ideoloke orijentacije. U ovom radu se proverava u kojoj meri navedeni teorijski pristupi
doprinose razumevanju nacionalistikih stavova u Srbiji. Istraivanje je bazirano na
sluajnom uzorku odraslih stanovnika Beograda. Hijerarhijskom regresionom analizom je
utvreno da socijalno-demografske varijable objanjavaju oko 19% varijanse nacionalistikih
stavova. Model se znaajno poboljava dodavanjem dispozicionih varijabli (ukupno 44%
varijanse) i ideolokih varijabli (ukupno 68%varijanse). U radu se zakljuuje da je sloeniji
model superioran u odnosu na jednostavnije modele ograniene disciplinarnim konvencijama.
Pokazalo se da su ideoloke varijable proksimalni faktori ijim posredstvom se prenosi
uticaj psiholokih dispozicija i drutvenih faktora. Autoritarnost se pokazala kao kljuna
dispoziciona varijabla.
Kljune rei: nacionalistiki stavovi, autoritarnost, orijentacija ka drutvenoj dominaciji,
ideologija, Srbija.

Adresa autora: bojan.todosijevic@gmail.com

* Ovaj rad je nastao kao deo rada na projektu III 47010, Drutvene transformacije u procesu
evropskih integracija multidisciplinarni pristup, koji finansira Ministarstvo prosvete i
nauke Republike Srbije.

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SOCIJALNI, PSIHOLOKI I IDEOLOKI KORENI NACIONALISTIKIH STAVOVA U SRBIJI

Social, psychological and ideological roots

of nationalist attitudes in Serbia
Bojan Todosijevi
Institute of social sciences, Center for politicology and public opinion research, Belgrade

Individual differences in nationalist attitudes have been approached from a variety of

perspectives. In the sociological tradition, nationalist attitudes are seen as specific for certain
socio-demographic categories, typically those indicative of socio-economic and cultural
deprivation. Psychological literature typically places stronger emphasis on dispositional
constructs. Researchers studying the structure of social attitudes emphasize the importance of
general ideological orientations.
This paper examines to what extent the aforementioned approaches contribute to
understanding nationalist attitudes in Serbia. The research is based on a random sample of
adult residents of Belgrade. According to hierarchical regression analysis results, the sociodemographic variables explain about 19 percent of variance in nationalist attitudes. The model
improves significantly when the dispositional variables are added (explaining 44 percent of
variance in total), as well as the ideological variables (68 percent of variance in total).
The results showed that ideological variables are proximal factors that mediate the
influence of psychological dispositions and social factors. Authoritarianism proved to be the
key dispositional variable. The paper concludes that a more complex model is superior in
comparison with simpler models, limited by disciplinary conventions.
Key words: nationalist attitudes, authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, ideology, Serbia

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2013 by the Serbian Psychological Association

UDC 159.953.5.07-057.875(497.11) ;
159.947.5.07-057.875(497.11)
DOI: 10.2298/PSI130601006L

Karakteristike i inioci pristupa studiranju studenata

nastavnikih fakulteta
Duanka Lazarevi1 i Biljana Trebjeanin2
1

Fakultet sporta i fizikog vaspitanja, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Srbija

2
Uiteljski fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Srbija

Polazei od Bigzovog 3P modela poduavanja i uenja, cilj istraivanja je da

se ispitaju zastupljenost i relacije pristupa studiranju (dubinski, povrinski) sa vrstom
srednjokolskog obrazovanja, polom, vrstom nastavnikog fakulteta i uspehom u studiranju.
Uzorak je inilo 356 studenata Fakulteta sporta i fizikog vaspitanja i Uiteljskog fakulteta
u Beogradu. Za ispitivanje pristupa studiranju primenjen je Bigzov Revidirani dvofaktorski
upitnik o pristupima studiranju (R-SPQ2F). Rezultati pokazuju da je na uzorku studenata
u celini, dubinski pristup znaajno zastupljeniji u odnosu na povrinski. Analiza varijanse
ukazuje da vrsta srednjokolskog obrazovanja, pol i vrsta nastavnikog fakulteta, kao
nezavisne varijable, imaju specifian efekat na pristupe studiranju. Prema rezultatima
korelacione analize postoji znaajna korelacija oba pristupa studiranju sa uspehom i to
pozitivna sa dubinskim, a negativna sa povrinskim pristupom. Nalazi upuuju na to da je u
cilju unapreenja uspeha studiranja bitno uticati na smanjivanje povrinskog i podravanje
dubinskog pristupa kao poeljnog kod buduih nastavnika.
Kljne rei: pristupi studiranju, Bigzov3P model poduavanja i uenja, nastavniki fakulteti,
uspeh u studiranju.

Adresa autora: dusanka.lazarevic@fsfv.bg.ac.rs

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PRISTUP STUDIRANJU STUDENATA NASTAVNIKIH FAKULTETA

Characteristics and Factors of Learning Approaches

of the Prospective Teachers
Duanka Lazarevi1 i Biljana Trebjeanin2
1

Faculty of Sports and Physical Education

2
Teachers Training Faculty

Starting from Biggss 3P model of teaching and learning, research was aimed to
investigate occurrence and relationship of learning approaches (deep, surface) with type of
secondary education, gender, type of teacher training faculty and academic achievement.
Sample consisted of 356 students of the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education and Teacher
Training Faculty in Belgrade. Biggss Revised two-factor Study Process Questionnaire
(R-SPQ2F) was used for investigation of the learning approaches. Results indicate that
students of both faculties significantly more employ deep approach compared to surface
approach. Analysis of variance demonstrates that independent variables, i.e., type of
secondary education, gender, and type of teacher training faculty, have specific influence on
studying approaches. Significant correlations exist between both approaches and academic
achievement, positive with deep and negative with surface approach. Results stress the
importance of reduction of surface and support of deep approach as desirable for improvement
of academic success of prospective teachers.
Key words: learning approaches, Biggss 3P model of teaching and learning, academic
achievement.

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2013 by the Serbian Psychological Association

UDC 37.03-053.2:159.947.5.072-055.52(497.11)
DOI: 10.2298/PSI130716007R

Exploring the Factor Structure of the Parent Reading

Belief Inventory (PRBI): Example of Serbia
Jelena Radii and Nada eva
Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade, Serbia

In the present study we explored the core factor structure originally proposed by the
developer of the Parent Reading Belief Inventory (PRBI) DeBaryshe (DeBaryshe & Binder,
1994; DeBaryshe, 1995). The PRBI was developed to assess and explore parents beliefs
about reading aloud to their children, measuring parents attitudes and perceptions about how
children learn, the content of their learning and parental efficacy in the process. The PRBI is
supposed to have 7 underlying subscales and a total score. Using a sample of 227 parents in
Serbia our analyses showed internal consistency estimates were not in line with those reported
by the authors of the PRBI. Using confirmatory factor analysis the subscale models showed
substantial variance in how well they fit. Better fit was found for the overall models for the
entire PRBI scale. Among them, the correlated factors model exhibited the best fit indices.
Limitations and future research are discussed.
Keywords: parents literacy beliefs, PRBI, SEM

Corresponding author: jradisic@rcub.bg.ac.rs

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2013 by the Serbian Psychological Association

UDC 159.9.072.59
DOI: 10.2298/PSI130801008Z

Impact of different conditions on accuracy

of five rules for principal components retention
Aleksandar Zori and Goran Opai
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Polemics about criteria for nontrivial principal components are still present in the
literature. Finding of a lot of papers, is that the most frequently used Guttman Kaisers
criterion has very poor performance. In the last three years some new criteria were proposed.
In this Monte Carlo experiment we aimed to investigate the impact that sample size, number
of analyzed variables, number of supposed factors and proportion of error variance have
on the accuracy of analyzed criteria for principal components retention. We compared the
following criteria: Bartletts 2 test, Horns Parallel Analysis, Guttman-Kaisers eigenvalue
over one, Velicers MAP and CHull originally proposed by Ceulemans & Kiers. Factors
were systematically combined resulting in 690 different combinations. A total of 138,000
simulations were performed. Novelty in this research is systematic variation of the error
variance. Performed simulations showed that, in favorable research conditions, all analyzed
criteria work properly. Bartletts and Horns criterion expressed the robustness in most of
analyzed situations. Velicers MAP had the best accuracy in situations with small number of
subjects and high number of variables. Results confirm earlier findings of Guttman-Kaisers
criterion having the worse performance.
Key words: Principal component analysis, Criterion for extraction, Factor retention

Corresponding author: azoric@gmail.com