Ethnohistorical Processes, Demographic Structure and Linguistic Determinants of the Island of Vis

The present paper aims at describing the most relevant background data on geomorphological, economic, ethnohistoric, demographic and linguistic features of the island of Vis. As an introduction to future holistic anthropological research on the island, it seeks to identify both internal and external impulses of change and/or continuity of the island population structure within a wider socio-cultural and historical context. The ethnohistorical and demographic data indicate a higher degree of isolation throughout history as compared to other islands in the region and a continuous depopulation trend during the last century. The analysis of the existing linguistic data on two main settlements shows a certain amount of intradialectal micro-differentiation, which is mainly due to various social and non-linguistic reasons

Psychopathological consequences related to problematic Instagram use among adolescents: the mediating role of body image dissatisfaction and moderating role of gender

In a minority of cases, problematic use of technology can negatively impact on adolescents and impair some aspects of their social, emotional, and psychological development. The purpose of the present study was to examine the direct and indirect effects of problematic Instagram use (PIU) on different psychopathological outcomes including loneliness, depression, anxiety, and social anxiety via body image dissatisfaction (BID). Additionally, moderating role of gender on the relationships among variables was investigated. A total of 491 adolescents (Mage = 15.92 years, SDage = 1.07; range = 14 to 19 years) were recruited for the study to complete a questionnaire that included the relevant assessment tools for the aforementioned variables. Mediation and moderation analyses showed that among male adolescents, PIU was directly associated with loneliness, depression, general anxiety, and social anxiety and BID partially mediated these associations. Among females, PIU was directly associated with depression and indirectly with general anxiety and social anxiety via BID. Gender significantly moderated the direct relationships of PIU with loneliness, general anxiety, and social anxiety. PIU was directly associated with loneliness, general anxiety, and social anxiety among males only, whereas among females, PIU was indirectly associated with general and social anxiety via BID but was not related to loneliness. Results of this study indicate that PIU has different negative psychological effects on male and female adolescents and that BID appears to be one explanatory factor for these impairments especially among females

SLIČNOSTI I RAZLIKE U GOVORIMA OTOKA BRAČA KAO ODRAZ MIGRACIJSKIH KRETANJA

U radu se opisuje prostiranje jezičnih odstupanja u 16 naselja otoka Brača putem analize jezičnih srodnosti. Upotrebom objektivne metode za kvantificiranje stupnja sličnosti u skupu odnosa koji su vidljivi na različitim razinama analiziranih podatak otkriveno je da jezična odstupanja uvelike odgovaraju načinima nekadašnjih i sadašnjih migracijskih procesa. Rezultati također pokazuju odnos geografskih i jezičnih udaljenosti i utjecaj izolacije zbog udaljenosti na jezične mijene u određenim naseljima

JEZIČNA MIKROEVOLUCIJA OTOKA SILBE I OLIBA (analiza bazičnog rječnika)

Istraženi su bazični rječnici selâ Silbe i Oliba. Lingvistička analiza utemeljena na srodnostima pokazuje statistički značajnu razliku između ta dva otoka koji su geografski blizu. Postojeće jezične razlike objašnjavaju se povijesnim seobama stanovništva, različitim ekonomskim orijentacijama i demografskim čimbenicima

The population history of the Croatian linguistic minority of Molise (southern Italy): a maternal view

This study examines the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diversity of the Croatian-speaking minority of Molise and evaluates its potential genetic relatedness to the neighbouring Italian groups and the Croatian parental population. Intermatch, genetic distance, and admixture analyses highlighted the genetic similarity between the Croatians of Molise and the neighbouring Italian populations and demonstrated that the Croatian-Italian ethnic minority presents features lying between Croatians and Italians. This finding was confirmed by a phylogeographic approach which revealed both the prevalence of Croatian and the penetrance of Italian maternal lineages in the Croatian community of Molise. These results suggest that there was no reproductive isolation between the two geographically proximate, yet culturally distinct populations living in Italy. The gene flow between the Croatian-Italians and the surrounding Italian populations indicate, therefore, that ethnic consciousness has not created reproductive barriers and that the Croatian-speaking minority of Molise does not represent a reproductively isolated entity