1. Investigating the interplay between teacher-student and peer relationships in predicting academic engagement in early adolescentsKatja Košir, Ivana Pikić Jugović, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: This study investigates the complex interplay between teacher–student and peer relationships in shaping academic engagementduring early adolescence. Drawing on a sample of 6048 students from public elementary schools in Slovenia, the predictivepower of these relationships beyond academic achievement was examined. Results revealed that both positive aspects ofteacher–student relationships and perceived peer support significantly contributed to academic engagement. Moreover, aninteraction effect indicated that peer support predicted engagement only in the absence of negative teacher–student relation-ships. These findings underscore the pivotal role of teacher–student relationships in fostering academic engagement, suggestingthat peer support cannot fully compensate for adverse teacher–student dynamics.
Ključne besede: teacher-student relationship, peer support, academic angagement, early adolescence
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2. Psychosocial and moral factors of bystanders in peer bullyingSonja Pečjak, Tina Pirc, Rene Markovič, Tanja Špes, Katja Košir, 2024, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: The aim of our study was to explore students’ bystander roles in peer bullying considering the interaction between their individual and contextual characteristics. We included social status goals (popularity, social preference and social insecurity), moral disengagement and peer support as key variables for differentiating bystander behaviour. Our sample comprised 5148 students from the 8th and 9th grades across 118 primary schools in Slovenia. Bystander roles (active and passive reinforcers, ignorants and defenders) were determined by peer nominations. Other characteristics were measured with self-report questionnaires. For each variable, we normalized students’ results with regard to their classroom to define classroom norms as the context of peer bullying resulting in “low”, “average” and “high” group. Students with similar individual and contextual characteristics were grouped into four clusters. The results showed that students from all clusters were present in all bystander roles, which indicates a highly complex interaction of various factors in bystander behaviour. Some educational implications are discussed.
Ključne besede: medvrstniško nasilje, opazovalci, vrstniška podpora, moralnost, osnovnošolci, bullying, bystanders, peer support, morality, elementary school students
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3. Peer support as part of scaling-up integrated care in patients with type 2 diabetes and arterial hypertension at the primary healthcare level : a study protocolTina Virtič, Matic Mihevc, Črt Zavrnik, Majda Mori-Lukančič, Tonka Poplas-Susič, Zalika Klemenc-Ketiš, 2023, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Introduction: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and arterial hypertension (AH) are among the greatest challenges facing health systems worldwide and require comprehensive patient-centred care. The key to successful management in chronic patients is self-management support, which was found to be only weakly implemented in Slovenia. The aim of the study is to develop an evidence-based model of peer support for people with T2D and AH at the primary healthcare level in Slovenia, which could represent a potential solution for upgrading integrated care for these patients.
Methods: A prospective interventional, mixed-methods pilot study will begin by recruiting approximately 40 eligible people with T2D and AH through purposive sampling. The participants will receive structured training, led by a specialist nurse, to become trained peer supporters. Each will voluntarily share their knowledge and experience at monthly group meetings with up to 10 people with T2D and AH over a three-month period in the local community. Data will be collected through interviews and focus groups and questionnaires about socio-demographic and clinical data, knowledge about T2D and AH, participants’ quality of life, level of empowerment and acceptability of the intervention.
Expected results: The study will provide an evidence-based model for integrating peer support into the local community. It is expected that the intervention will prove feasible and acceptable with educational, psychosocial and behavioural benefits.
Conclusion: Peer support through empowerment of people with T2D and AH, family members and other informal caregivers in the local community could scale-up the integrated care continuum and contribute to sustainability of the healthcare system.
Ključne besede: diabetes type 2, arterial hypertension, peer support, self-management, integrated primary, healthcare
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