The present study explored whether participants can be classified into groups according to their intrinsic and extrinsic life goals how these differ in satisfaction of basic psychological needs well-being.Four questionnaires were administered 835 college students: Aspiration Index (Kasser Ryan, 1996), Basic Psychological Needs Scale (Gagnè, 2003), Subjective Vitality (Ryan Frederick, 1997) Satisfaction with Life (Diener at al., 1985).K-Means cluster analysis was used classify individuals on...

Objectives The objectives of this study were to assess the influence trauma caused by forced expulsion from home in a war-ravaged region on psychological, hormonal, and immune responses displaced persons analyze relationships between psychometric, immunologic variables. Methods Participants 20 14 control women. Psychosomatic response was evaluated using COR-NEX2 test. Serum concentrations cortisol, prolactin, endorphin, thyroxine, triiodothyronine measured radioimmunoassay. Immunophenotyping...

Flow is a highly enjoyable state people feel when they are completely absorbed in an activity. The present study investigated the psychometric adequacy of WOLF inventory (developed to measure flow work setting), adapted for measuring experience educational setting, i.e. study-related (WOLF-S). A sample 394 university students completed several paper-and-pencil measures and related constructs. WOLF-S demonstrated hypothesised three-factor structure, adequate internal consistency reliability,...

AbstractThe authors have studied 105 children between the ages of 6 and 14 years (35 refugees, 35 displaced, non-displaced children) in Croatia. The aim was to establish differences frequency with which groups used coping strategies, their efficiency, established relation strategies efficiency possible stress situation (anxiety, depression, psychosomatic changes, psychosocial adaptation). In this study we applied Schoolagers Coping Strategies Inventory (SCSI), Questionnaire Psychosomatic...

The aim of the study is to assess relationship between executive functions and flow experiences in learning.Female college students assessed their learning activities performed phonemic verbal fluency task (PVF) a lexical Stroop task.Flow was associated with performance on PVF task, but not task.In addition, mediated effects Grade Point Average (GPA), while inhibition controlled selective attention measured by test had direct GPA.Results suggested that better embodied are cognitive...

Flow is a highly enjoyable, optimal psychological state people feel when they are so focused at task that it amounts to complete absorption in an activity. was found be related desirable educational outcomes as well higher well-being. The aim of this study assess how often students experience flow the faculty (during lectures, seminars and exercises, learning, preparing for presentations other activities) everyday life, relationship between experiences their Sample comprised 176 second-year...

The aim of the present study was to explore whether teachers can be classified into groups according their work orientations (job, career and calling orientation), examine differences between two transitional countries, Croatia Slovenia orientation profiles. Work-life questionnaire (Wrzesniewski et al., 1997) one item measuring job satisfaction were administered 345 primary school subject teachers, 171 from 176 Slovenia. Cluster analysis identified clusters with different profiles:...

The aim of this study was to investigate the reasons for missing classes as well relationship between students' personality traits and tendency miss different reasons. first part describes development a self-report measure in college. Reasons included not being mood, personal issues, health lecture issues no negative consequences. Results showed that traits, especially conscientiousness, play significant role skip classes. Since previous research have shown positive class attendance college...

AbstractPrevious studies have suggested that only flow in the activity one finds important contributes to well-being. This study was done order further investigate role of different activities and its impact on well-being two types students, i.e. nonworking students (NWS) part-time working (PWS).The sample comprised first second year university (85% female) at University Zagreb, 113 NWS 110 PWS. Several questionnaires were administered assess activities, well-being, burnout. Also, reported...

AbstractThe aim of the study was to assess predictive value pedagogical content knowledge inquiry science and society teaching in explaining frequency its implementation. The sample 320 elementary school teachers from Eastern Croatia were included study. Two measures used for assessing their about teaching: presented lesson plans self-assessed teaching. participants’ experience learning throughout education implementation assessed with use a questionnaire specially designed this obtained...