1. Scoping review of technological solutions for community dwelling older adults and implications for instrumental activities of daily livingUmut Arioz, Urška Smrke, Nejc Plohl, Tanja Špes, Bojan Musil, Izidor Mlakar, 2025, review article Abstract: Aging in place is not without its challenges, with physical, psychological, social, and economic burdens on caregivers and seniors. To address these challenges and promote active aging, technological advancements offer a range of digital tools, applications, and devices, enabling community dwelling older adults to live independently and safely. Despite these opportunities, the acceptance of technology among the older adults remains low, often due to a mismatch between technology development and the actual needs and goals of seniors. The aim of this review is to identify recent technological solutions that monitor the health and well-being of aging adults, particularly within the context of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). A scoping review identified 52 studies that meet specific inclusion criteria. The outcomes were classified based on social connectedness, autonomy, mental health, physical health, and safety. Our review revealed that a predominant majority (82%) of the studies were observational in design and primarily focused on health-related IADLs (59%) and communication-related IADLs (31%). Additionally, the study highlighted the crucial role of involving older adults in study design processes, with only 8 out of the 52 studies incorporating this approach. Our review also established the interview method as the most favoured technology evaluation tool for older adults' studies. The metrics of 'usability' and 'acceptance' emerged as the most frequently employed measures for technology assessment. This study contributes to the existing literature by shedding light on the implications of technological solutions for community dwelling older adults, emphasizing the types of technologies employed and their evaluation results.
Keywords: aging adults, aging in place, technological solutions, scoping review, instrumental activities of daily living
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2. Samoomejevanje uporabe spletnih socialnih omrežij : magistrsko deloAleša Franc, 2025, master's thesis Abstract: Spletna socialna omrežja (SSO) predstavljajo vseprisoten, dinamičen in pomemben del sodobnega življenja, saj bistveno vplivajo na oblikovanje identitete, medosebne odnose in vsakodnevno komunikacijo. V magistrski nalogi so predstavljeni teoretični pristopi k razumevanju motivacije za (ne)problematično rabo, razvoj kognitivnih, čustvenih in vedenjskih vzorcev ter možne negativne posledice uporabe. Glavni namen dela je bil s pomočjo enotedenske intervencije samoomejevanja uporabe preučiti vpliv na različne psihološke konstrukte, vlogo zasvajajoče rabe ter motivacijo sodelovanja in samega procesa samoomejevanja. Končni vzorec je zajemal 24 udeležencev, pri katerih so bile ugotovljene pozitivne spremembe pri FoMO, anksioznosti, depresivnih simptomih, stresu in psihološkem blagostanju. Pri osamljenosti, socialni povezanosti, samospoštovanju, zadovoljstvu z življenjem in kakovosti spanja ni bilo statistično značilnih sprememb. Zasvajajoča uporaba ni imela vpliva na učinkovitost intervencije, najbolj izražen motiv uporabe je bila zabava, najmanj pa motiv negativne družbene moči. Sodelovanje so motivirali radovednost, samoraziskovanje, optimalnejša raba časa ter pomoč raziskovalki, proces samoomejevanja pa je bil večinoma opisan kot pozitiven. V diskusiji so predstavljene možne razlage (ne)dobljenih učinkov. Povezane so z zmanjšano izpostavljenostjo obvestilom in stresorjem, prekinitvijo avtomatiziranega pregledovanja vsebin, zmanjšanjem socialnih primerjav, osredotočenostjo na druge dejavnosti, refleksijo, čustveno oporo, začetno odsotnost težav, kompenzacijo, kratkotrajnostjo intervencije in podobno.
Keywords: samoomejevanje, spletna socialna omrežja, problematična uporaba, psihološki konstrukti, vodenje dnevniških zapisov
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3. Cross-cultural data on romantic love and mate preferences from 117,293 participants across 175 countriesMarta Kowal, Tina Kavčič, Maja Zupančič, Nejc Plohl, Bojan Musil, 2025, other scientific articles Abstract: Psychological studies on close relationships have often overlooked cultural diversity, dynamic processes, and potentially universal principles that shape intimate partnerships. To address the limited generalizability of previous research and advance our understanding of romantic love experiences, mate preferences, and physical attractiveness, we conducted a large-scale cross-cultural survey study on these topics. A total of 404 researchers collected data in 45 languages from April to August 2021, involving 117,293 participants from 175 countries. Aside from standard demographic questions, the survey included valuable information on variables relevant to romantic relationships: intimate, passionate, and committed love within romantic relationships, physical-attractiveness enhancing behaviors, gender equality endorsement, collectivistic attitudes, personal history of pathogenic diseases, relationship quality, jealousy, personal involvement in sexual and/or emotional infidelity, relational mobility, mate preferences, and acceptance of sugar relationships. The resulting dataset provides a rich resource for investigating patterns within, and associations across, a broad range of variables relevant to romantic relationships, with extensive opportunities to analyze individual experiences worldwide.
Keywords: cross-cultural data, romantic love, mate preferences
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4. Okoljska kriza : izzivi in priložnosti za krepitev odpornostiMinea Rutar, Nejc Plohl, Marina Horvat, Sara Tement, Bojan Musil, Karin Bakračevič, 2025, independent scientific component part or a chapter in a monograph Abstract: V pričujočem poglavju obravnavamo ključne psihološke dejavnike, ki vplivajo na verjetnost pro-okoljskega vedenja, in izzive, ki takšno vedenje otežujejo. V prvem delu predstavimo teorijo načrtovanega vedenja, ki pojasnjuje, kako spremembe v prepričanjih, ozaveščenosti v zvezi z okoljsko problematiko, subjektivne norme in vedenjske namere prispevajo k učinkovitemu soočanju s podnebnimi spremembami. V drugem delu prispevka se osredotočimo na pojav podnebne anksioznosti in psihološke intervencije, ki se jih najpogosteje uporablja pri obravnavi tega pojava. Orišemo pristop multiplih potreb ter predstavimo razlike med različnimi vrstami in ravnmi intervencij ter njihovo vlogo pri komuniciranju, spodbujanju in krepitvi odpornosti posameznikov ter skupnosti.
Keywords: teorija načrtovanega vedenja, pro-okoljsko vedenje, subjektivne norme, podnebna anksioznost, pristop multiplih potreb
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5. Stališča, prosim: vpliv igranja videoigre na identifikacijo z liki, stališča in empatijo do migrantov : magistrsko deloLaura Buzeti, 2025, master's thesis Abstract: Stališča do migrantov so tako v evropskem kot v slovenskem kontekstu pogosto negativna. To ima lahko izrazite negativne posledice na integracijo migrantov v novo okolje kot tudi na njihovo duševno blagostanje. Kot učinkovit način spodbujanja pozitivnih stališč se je v primerih intervencij izkazalo spodbujanje empatije do migrantov, pri čemer so lahko še posebej obetavne intervencije z igranjem videoiger, ki empatijo spodbujajo preko identifikacije z liki. V magistrski nalogi smo tako poskušali ugotoviti, ali lahko s pomočjo videoigre Papers, please, spremenimo stališča in empatijo do migrantov preko identifikacije z različnimi liki v videoigri. V eksperimentalni študiji so udeleženci štirideset minut igrali videoigro, pri čemer so bili razdeljeni v dve skupini. Eksperimentalna skupina je poleg igranja videoigre napisala še prvoosebni sestavek iz perspektive migrantke, s čimer smo želeli vplivati na identifikacijo z liki. Meritve stališč in empatije smo izvedli pred igranjem, ko smo preverjali tudi vrednote udeležencev, ter takoj po igranju in dva tedna po igranju videoigre. Rezultati so pokazali, da ima igranje videoiger pozitiven vpliv na pozitivna stališča, medtem ko na negativna stališča in čustveno empatijo nima učinka. Raziskava je prav tako odkrila več izvirnih povezav med spremenljivkami, ki terjajo dodatno empirično potrditev. Ugotovili smo tudi, da je identifikacija z migranti pozitivno napovedovala empatijo do migrantov, kar implicira, da ima lahko identifikacija s pripadniki digitalne skupine pozitiven učinek na empatijo do pripadnikov skupine v resničnem življenju.
Keywords: stališča do migrantov, čustvena empatija, videoigre, identifikacija z liki, digitalni medskupinski stik
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6. Uporaba aplikacij za zmenke v povezavi s tveganim spolnim vedenjem ter samospoštovanjem pri mladih odraslih : magistrsko deloNika Koder, 2024, master's thesis Abstract: Aplikacije za zmenke so že dolgo prisotne v naši družbi in so za marsikoga postale ena izmed glavnih platform za spoznavanje morebitnih romantičnih partnerjev. V tujini lahko na to temo opazimo že veliko raziskav, kar pa pri nas ne drži. Namen te raziskave je bil tako preučiti nekatere vidike uporabe aplikacij za zmenke v Sloveniji v povezavi s tveganim spolnim vedenjem in samospoštovanjem pri uporabnikih. Raziskava je bila prečna, udeleženci so sodelovali prostovoljno, vprašalnike pa so reševali preko spletnega orodja 1ka. Poleg demografskih vprašanj in vprašanj o uporabi aplikacij za zmenke so udeleženci rešili še Lestvico tveganih spolnih vedenj, Rosenbergovo lestvico samospoštovanja in Lestvico motivov uporabe Tinderja. Sodelovalo je 280 mladih med 18 in 30 letom (M = 24,6; SD = 2,96). Od tega je bilo 198 žensk in 81 moških, en udeleženec pa je pri spolu označil »drugo«. Trenutnih uporabnikov je bilo 51 (18,2 %), nekdanjih uporabnikov 87 (31,1 %), 142 (50,7 %) udeležencev pa aplikacij za zmenke ni uporabljalo nikoli. Na našem vzorcu smo odkrili pogosta srečanja v živo, spolne odnose z drugimi uporabniki in presenetljiv odstotek romantičnih razmerij, ki so se vzpostavila kot posledica uporabe aplikacij za zmenke. Uporabniki so bili v večji meri moški, samski in so živeli sami, pri tem pa se je izkazalo, da imajo moški in ženske drugačne motive za uporabo. Z neuporabniki so se razlikovali v številu bivših spolnih partnerjev, v samospoštovanju in tveganem spolnem vedenju pa razlik nismo opazili. Tvegano spolno vedenje se pri uporabnikih ni razlikovalo glede na spol, se pa je razlikovalo glede na motiv uporabe. Prav tako je bilo tvegano spolno vedenje pri uporabnikih pomembno povezano s številom spolnih partnerjev, ne pa tudi z dnevno uporabo aplikacij. Samospoštovanje pri uporabnikih ni kazalo pomembnih razlik glede na spol, prav tako pa tudi ni kazalo pomembnih povezav s tveganim spolnim vedenjem. Aplikacije za zmenke so se tako izkazale kot uspešen medij za povezovanje ljudi, negativnih povezav, ki so bile odkrite v prejšnjih raziskavah, pa na našem vzorcu nismo opazili. Podane so tudi praktične implikacije, pomanjkljivosti raziskave in ideje za prihodnje raziskave.
Keywords: aplikacije za zmenke, tvegano spolno vedenje, samospoštovanje, mladi odrasli
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7. Reasons for Facebook usage : data from 46 countriesMarta Kowal, Piotr Sorokowski, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Małgorzata Dobrowolska, Katarzyna Pisanski, Anna Oleszkiewicz, Toivo Aavik, Grace Akello, Charlotte Alm, Naumana Amjad, Maja Zupančič, Tina Kavčič, Bojan Musil, Nejc Plohl, Afifa Anjum, Kelly Asao, Chiemezie Atama, Derya Atamtürk Duyar, Richard Ayebare, Mons Bendixen, Aicha Bensafia, Boris Bizumic, Mahmoud Boussena, David M. Buss, Marina Butovskaya, Seda Can, Katarzyna Cantarero, Antonin Carrier, Hakan Cetinkaya, Daniel Conroy-Beam, Marco A. C. Varella, Rosa M. Cueto, Marcin Czub, Daria Dronova, Seda Dural, Izzet Duyar, Berna Ertugrul, Agustín Espinosa, Ignacio Estevan, Carla S. Esteves, Tomasz Frackowiak, Jorge Contreras-Graduño, Farida Guemaz, Ivana Hromatko, Chin-Ming Hui, Iskra Herak, Jas L. Jaafar, Feng Jiang, Konstantinos Kafetsios, Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair, Nicolas Kervyn, Nils C. Köbis, András Láng, Georgina R. Lennard, Ernesto León, Torun Lindholm, Giulia Lopez, Mohammad Madallh Alhabahba, Alvaro Mailhos, Zoi Manesi, Rocío Martínez, Sarah L. McKerchar, Norbert Meskó, Girishwar Misra, Hoang Moc Lan, Conal Monaghan, Emanuel C. Mora, Alba Moya Garófano, George Nizharadze, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Mohd S. Omar Fauzee, Ike E. Onyishi, Baris Özener, Ariela F. Pagani, Vilmante Pakalniskiene, Miriam Parise, Farid Pazhoohi, Mariia Perun, Annette Pisanski, Camelia Popa, Pavol Prokop, Muhammad Rizwan, Mario Sainz, Svjetlana Salkicević, Ruta Sargautyte, Susanne Schmehl, Oksana Senyk, Rizwana Shaikh, Shivantika Sharad, Franco Simonetti, Meri Tadinac, Truong Thi Khanh Ha, Trinh Thi Linh, Karina Ugalde González, Nguyen Van Luot, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Luis D. Vega, Gyesook Yoo, Stanislava Yordanova Stoyanova, Zainab F. Zadeh, 2020, other scientific articles Keywords: online social networks, Facebook, cross cultural psychology, cross cultural differences, human sex differences, age differences, motives
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8. Judgements of Smiles in an Intergroup Context : magistrsko deloAna Milošič, 2024, master's thesis Abstract: Most previous research has reported an ingroup advantage for emotion recognition accuracy (e.g. Elfenbein & Ambady, 2002b; Friesen et al., 2019). On the other hand, when researching discrimination between deliberate and spontaneous smiles in a minimal group paradigm, Young (2017) found an outgroup advantage. The goal of the present study was to investigate this phenomenon and examine its underlying mechanisms. Participants completed two blocks of trials where they rated the genuineness of deliberate and spontaneous smiles, as well as reported their motivation to attend to members of either group. The results showed no significant advantage for ingroup or outgroup in smile discrimination accuracy, nor did overall accuracy change with the inclusion of group information. However, participants showed a significantly laxer threshold for labelling a smile as genuine when evaluating ingroup members. Motivation to attend to individuals was highest for ingroup members. These findings suggest the presence of an ingroup positivity bias in ratings of smile genuineness within a minimal group paradigm. Moreover, they suggest that intergroup biases in emotion recognition VI may be less pronounced than previously thought and highlight the potential role of mediators in shaping these biases.
Keywords: facial expressions, smile genuineness, intergroup bias, motivation
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9. Country indicators moderating the relationship between phubbing and psychological distress : A Study in 20 CountriesAgata Blachnio, Nenad Čuš Babič, Bojan Musil, 2021, original scientific article Abstract: Problematic mobile phone use can be related to negative mental states. Some studies indicate that behavioural dependency is related to variables associated with the country of origin. The aim of our study was to investigate if country indicators moderated the relationship between phubbing and psychological distress. Our sample consisted of 7,315 individuals from 20 countries, who completed the Phubbing Scale and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6). The analyses also included country indicators: the Gender Gap Index (GGI), the Human Development Index (HDI), the Social Progress Index (SPI), Hofstede’s dimensions of culture, and the World Happiness Index (WHI). Our results showed that psychological distress was related to at least one dimension of phubbing (i. e., to communication disturbance or phone obsession) in all countries, which means this relationship is culturally universal. The results of the study demonstrate the importance of testing measurement invariance to determine what type of analysis and what type of conclusion are valid in a given study or comparison. Moreover, the increasing or decreasing correlation between phubbing and distress is related to some culture-level indices.
Keywords: country indicators, culture, phubbing, mobile phone addiction, distress
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10. COVID-19 and social distancing : ǂa ǂcross-cultural study of interpersonal distance preferences and touch behaviors before and during the pandemicIlona Croy, Andreja Avsec, Tina Kavčič, Bojan Musil, Nejc Plohl, Gaja Zager Kocjan, Maja Zupančič, 2024, original scientific article Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the pandemic has led to long-term effects on two important physical distancing aspects, namely interpersonal distance preferences and interpersonal touch behaviors. We analyzed nearly 14,000 individual cases from two large, cross-cultural surveys – the first conducted 2 years prior to the pandemic and the second during a relatively stable period of a decreased infection rate in May-June 2021. Preferred interpersonal distances increased by 54% globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. This increase was observable across all types of relationships, all countries, and was more pronounced in individuals with higher self-reported vulnerability to diseases. Unexpectedly, participants reported a higher incidence of interpersonal touch behaviors during than before the pandemic. We discuss our results in the context of prosocial and self-protection motivations that potentially promote different social behaviors.
Keywords: neverbalna komunikacija, preference glede medosebne razdalje, medosebni dotiki, pandemija, kovid, COVID-19, fizična distanca, medkulturna psihologija, coronavirus, nonverbal communication, interpersonal distance preferences, interpersonal touch behaviour, cross-cultural psychology, physical distancing
Published in DKUM: 02.08.2024; Views: 89; Downloads: 13
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