Ivanka Živčić-Bećirević

School prevention program for eating disorders in Croatia: A controlled study with six months of follow-up

The main purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the efficacy of a schoolbased program of eating disorder prevention on a sample of young adolescents in Croatia. The program was designed to reduce dietary restraint and preoccupation with shape and weight. One hundred and thirty-nine students (69 boys and 70 girls; mean age 12.8 years) were evaluated; 75 participated in the program (experimental group) and 64 formed the control group. Outcome measures included eating disorder attitudes, dieting behavior, selfesteem, and knowledge of the topics covered by the program. Outcome measures were evaluated one week before the intervention, one week afterwards, and during a follow-up of 6 months. The program significantly reduced eating disorder attitudes and dieting behavior, and improved knowledge in the female experimental group. A significant and positive effect on eating disorders attitude and knowledge, but not on dietary habits, was noticed in the male experimental group. No significant effects were observed in the control group. The findings of this prevention program give encouraging results and should be evaluated in further studies on larger samples.

Determinants of Procrastination in Academic Settings

Akademsko odugovlacenje jedan je od cestih problema studenata, a osim negativnih efekata na akademska dostignuca, može se odraziti i na druge aspekte njihova funkcioniranja. Usprkos mnogim istraživanjima, jos uvijek nije potpuno objasnjeno koji sve cimbenici sudjeluju u akademskom odugovlacenju. Ovim se radom provjeravao odnos akademskog odugovlacenja i raznih aspekata prilagodbe i akademskog uspjeha studenata, kao i doprinos ispitne anksioznosti, atribucija akademskog uspjeha i ciljnih orijentacija objasnjenju sklonosti odugovlacenju nakon kontrole doprinosa crta licnosti. Reprezentativan uzorak od 240 studenata Sveucilista u Rijeci (162 djevojke i 78 mladica) ispitan je tijekom prvog i cetvrtog semestra studija. Na prvoj godini primijenjen je Upitnik petofaktorskoga modela licnosti, a na drugoj Ljestvica odugovlacenja, Upitnik ispitne anksioznosti, Ljestvica ciljnih orijentacija i Beckova ljestvica depresivnosti. Rezultati su potvrdili povezanost akademskog odugovlacenja sa svim aspektima prilagodbe studenata u ocekivanom smjeru. Provedenom hijerarhijskom regresijskom analizom utvrđeno je da su, nakon kontrole crta licnosti (od kojih je samo savjesnost znacajan negativan prediktor), ispitna anksioznost i ciljna orijentacija na izbjegavanje truda znacajni pozitivni prediktori odugovlacenja, dok je atribucija akademskog uspjeha trudu znacajan negativan prediktor. Dobiveni rezultati daju smjernice za buduca istraživanja kao i preporuke za planiranje intervencijskih programa za studente.