Tina Kavčič
A5002369216- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Environmental Science and Water Management
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Psychology of Development and Education
- Health disparities and outcomes
University of Ljubljana
2006-2025
Google (United States)
2023
Institut za filozofiju
2011-2022
Schneeberger (Switzerland)
2022
University of Primorska
2011-2020
Zdravstveni centar
2020
University of Jyväskylä
2019
University of California, Santa Barbara
2019
Graduate School of Government and European Studies
2019
Abstract Humans express a wide array of ideal mate preferences. Around the world, people desire romantic partners who are intelligent, healthy, kind, physically attractive, wealthy, and more. In order for these preferences to guide choice actual partners, human mating psychology must possess means integrate information across many preference dimensions into summaries overall value their potential mates. Here we explore computational design this integration process using large sample n =...
Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in for attractiveness and resources as well sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing perspectives-an evolutionary psychological perspective a biosocial role perspective-offer alternative explanations these findings. However, the original data on which each relies are decades old, literature is fraught with conflicting methods, analyses, results, conclusions. Using new...
The objective of the study was to elucidate underlying mechanism through which basic personality dimensions predict indicators psychological functioning during COVID-19 pandemic, including subjective well-being and perceived stress. As a characteristic highly contextualized in stressful circumstances, resilience expected have mediating role this relationship. Method: A sample 2,722 Slovene adults, aged from 18 82 years filled Big Five Inventory, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Perceived...
As a public health emergency, pandemic increases susceptibility to unfavourable psychological outcomes. The aim of the present study was investigate buffering role personal resilience in two aspects functioning, mental and stress, among Slovene adults at beginning COVID-19 outbreak. Within five days after Slovenia declared epidemics, 2722 participants (75% female) completed an on-line survey measuring perceived stress as outcome variables demographics, health-related variables, predictor...
Interpersonal touch behavior differs across cultures, yet no study to date has systematically tested for cultural variation in affective touch, nor examined the factors that might account this variability. Here, over 14,000 individuals from 45 countries were asked whether they embraced, stroked, kissed, or hugged their partner, friends, and youngest child during week preceding study. We then a range of hypothesized individual-level (sex, age, parasitic history, conservatism, religiosity,...
This study examined the role of different psychological coping mechanisms in mental and physical health during initial phases COVID-19 crisis with an emphasis on meaning-centered coping. A total 11,227 people from 30 countries across all continents participated completed measures distress (depression, stress, anxiety), loneliness, well-being, health, together problem-focused emotion-focused coping, a measure called Meaning-centered Coping Scale (MCCS) that was developed present study....
Abstract Love is a phenomenon that occurs across the world and affects many aspects of human life, including choice of, process bonding with, romantic partner. Thus, developing reliable valid measure love experiences crucial. One most popular tools to quantify Sternberg’s 45-item Triangular Scale (TLS-45), which measures three components: intimacy, passion, commitment. However, our literature review reveals studies (64%) use broad variety shortened versions TLS-45. Here, aiming achieve...
Abstract Recent cross-cultural and neuro-hormonal investigations have suggested that love is a near universal phenomenon has biological background. Therefore, the remaining important question not whether exists worldwide but which cultural, social, or environmental factors influence experiences expressions of love. In present study, we explored countries’ modernization indexes are related to measured by three subscales (passion, intimacy, commitment) Triangular Love Scale. Analyzing data...
The Triangular Theory of Love (measured with Sternberg's Scale – STLS) is a prominent theoretical concept in empirical research on love. To expand the culturally homogeneous body previous psychometric regarding STLS, we conducted large-scale cross-cultural study use this scale. In total, examined more than 11,000 respondents, but as result applied exclusion criteria, final analyses were based sample 7332 participants from 25 countries (from all inhabited continents). We tested configural...
A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals. However, research examining human is limited scope. Prior work has examined the relationship between desire for short-term, uncommitted as well outcomes such marriage divorce rates. Less empirical attention been directed towards mate preferences, despite importance preferences literature. To address this gap, we ratio's to variation attractiveness, resources, kindness, intelligence health a long-term...
Infectious diseases are often associated with decline in quality of life. The aim this study is to analyze the relationship between personal history communicable, i.e., infectious and parasitic self-rated health. Secondary analysis a large dataset multi-country observational study. We used four-pronged approach investigate whether related self-reported health, measured single item. Three four analyses found small positive effect on health among those reporting pathogen exposure....
DATA REPORT article Front. Psychol., 30 April 2020Sec. Cultural Psychology Volume 11 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00711
Physical inactivity is one of the most influential and pervasive risk factors for health problems. Therefore, public experts call interventions to promote physical activity across lifespan. This study aimed examine role mental in subsequent various aspects health. Data were collected third wave European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) Slovenia. A nationally representative sample 9900 people (49.6% male) aged 15 years or more (M = 49.2; SD 18.9 years) provided self-reports on depression...
People's psychological response to the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly affected by their inflexibility. One possible mechanism explaining association between inflexibility and functioning concerns coping styles. While avoidance approach styles were previously found mediate this association, mediating role of meaning-centered has not yet been explored. However, it likely be crucial in circumstances as uncertain those at onset COVID -19 pandemic. This study explored three relationship with...
Abstract Touch is the primary way people communicate intimacy in romantic relationships, and affectionate touch behaviors such as stroking, hugging kissing are universally observed partnerships all over world. Here, we explored association of love two studies comprising 7880 participants. In first study, used a cross-cultural survey conducted 37 countries to test whether was associated with behaviors. second using more fine-tuned behavior scale, tested frequency related partnerships. As...
The role of child's characteristics (gender, cognitive ability, mother‐perceived personality traits), family environment (maternal education, self‐reported parenting practices) and pre‐school experience (at least three years vs. no experience) in social adjustment to school, reflected through teacher reports on competence internalising externalising behaviours, was investigated with six‐year‐olds (N = 366). Three blocks factors, i.e. child, pre‐school, explained up 19% variance accounting...
Three types of temporal and cross-observer consistency in adult reports on child personality were investigated over three waves a longitudinal study. Employing the Inventory Child Individual Differences (Halverson et al., 2003 Halverson, C. F., Havill, V. L., Deal, J., Baker, S. R., Victor, B. J.Pavlopoulos, 2003. Personality structure as derived from parental ratings free descriptions children: The Differences. Journal Personality, 71: 995–1026. [Crossref], [PubMed], [Web Science ®] ,...
This study examined the effect of COVID‐19 lockdown and infection concerns on positive negative aspects psychological functioning during first weeks new coronavirus pandemic, mediating role basic needs satisfaction frustration. Slovene adults ( N = 425; 79% female) filled in questionnaires measuring COVID‐19‐related stressors, frustration needs, well‐being, ill‐being. Results path analysis with Bootstrap estimation procedure revealed that perceived severity circumstances predicted diminished...