Prikaz knjige „Stanje poricanja” Stanleya Cohena

1950-ih godina u Johannesburgu (Južnoafrička Republika - JAR) dječak po imenu Stanley s prozora svoje dječje sobe gledao je starca iz plemena Zulu, noćnog čuvara, kako iznad vatre pokušava zagrijati svoje ledene dlanove. Ušuškan u uvoznu posteljinu, zaštićen i blagoslovljen toplim domom i bijelom bojom kože, Stanley je razmišljao o nepravdi u društvu, pitajući se zbog čega su neki ljudi sluge, a neki gospodari. Mnogo godina kasnije, dječak je odrastao i proslavio se objavljivanjem svoje knjige „Stanje poricanja”. Ključni problem od kojeg u svom radu polazi Stanley Cohen jeste zašto drugi - ljudi koji hodaju istim ulicama, čitaju iste novine i odrastaju u istom susjedstvu - ne vide isto? Da li, možda, postoji neki paralelni univerzum, svijet u kojem su užasi apartheida nevidljvi i gdje postojanje crnih ljudi pada iza zavjese svjesnog? Ova pitanja neprestano zaokupljaju pažnju i naučnika i laika, a knjiga „Stanje poricanja” Stanleya Cohena predstavlja jedan od najznačajnijih priloga u razmatranju ove krupne teme i nesumnjivo je Cohenovo životno djelo. Skoro dvije decenije nakon objavljivanj

Porodični i partnerski odnosi kao protektivni faktori suicidalnih misli

Uvod. Rezultati istraživanja uloge i značaja porodice i bračnog statusa kaoprotektivnih faktora u odnosu na suicidalnost muškaraca i žena pokazujuda je stopa suicida viša kod razvedenih i udovaca te da je posebno niska kodosoba koje su u braku i imaju djecu. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je da se ispitapovezanost između porodičnih i partnerskih odnosa i prisutnost suicidalnihmisli kod osoba različitog bračnog statusa.Metode. Uzorak je činilo 100 muškaraca i žena iz opšte populacije, starostiizmeđu 18 i 40 godina. Primjenjen je upitnik sociodemografskih podataka,Skala okupljenosti porodice urbane sredine (SOPUS), Skala zadovoljstvaseksualnom komunikacijom (SCS) te Skala pozitivnih i negativnih suicidalnihideja (PANSI).Rezultati. Rezultati pokazuju postojanje značajne negativne povezanostiizmeđu suicidalnih misli i okupljenosti porodice, odnosno zadovoljstvaintimnom komunikacijom. Između žena i muškaraca ne postoje značajnerazlike u prisutnosti suicidalnih misli. Prisutnost suicidalnih misli u ovomuzorku bila je najviša kod slobodnih, a najniža kod razvedenih, ali te razlikenisu statistički značajne.Zaključak. Rezultati potvrđuju značaj kvaliteta i kvantiteta porodičnih ipartnerskih odnosa za zaštitu mentalnog zdravlja pojedinca, pri čemu seprotektivna uloga ovih odnosa posebno treba isticati i razvijati kod pojave iprisutnosti suicidalnih misli. Neslaganje dobijenih rezultata sa ranijim nalazimaistraživanja o povezanosti bračnog statusa i stope suicida ukazuje napotrebu za daljim proučavanjem porodice i bračnih veza i njihove uloge usuicidalnosti

Country‐level and individual‐level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries

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The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: Cross-National Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity Evidence

Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) is a widely used measure that captures somatic symptoms of coronavirus-related anxiety. In a large-scale collaboration spanning 60 countries (Ntotal = 21,513), we examined the CAS’s measurement invariance and assessed the convergent validity of CAS scores in relation to the fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) and the satisfaction with life (SWLS-3) scales. We utilized both conventional exact invariance tests and alignment procedures, with results revealing that the single-factor model fit the data well in almost all countries. Partial scalar invariance was supported in a subset of 56 countries. To ensure the robustness of results, given the unbalanced samples, we employed resampling techniques both with and without replacement and found the results were more stable in larger samples. The alignment procedure demonstrated a high degree of measurement invariance with 9% of the parameters exhibiting noninvariance. We also conducted simulations of alignment using the parameters estimated in the current model. Findings demonstrated reliability of the means but indicated challenges in estimating the latent variances. Strong positive correlations between CAS and FCV-19S estimated with all three different approaches were found in most countries. Correlations of CAS and SWLS-3 were weak and negative, but significantly differed from zero in several countries. Overall, the study provided support for the measurement invariance of the CAS and offered evidence of its convergent validity while also highlighting issues with variance estimation

The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: Cross-National Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity Evidence

Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) is a widely used measure that captures somatic symptoms of coronavirus-related anxiety. In a large-scale collaboration spanning 60 countries (Ntotal = 21,513), we examined the CAS’s measurement invariance and assessed the convergent validity of CAS scores in relation to the fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) and the satisfaction with life (SWLS-3) scales. We utilized both conventional exact invariance tests and alignment procedures, with results revealing that the single-factor model fit the data well in almost all countries. Partial scalar invariance was supported in a subset of 56 countries. To ensure the robustness of results, given the unbalanced samples, we employed resampling techniques both with and without replacement and found the results were more stable in larger samples. The alignment procedure demonstrated a high degree of measurement invariance with 9% of the parameters exhibiting noninvariance. We also conducted simulations of alignment using the parameters estimated in the current model. Findings demonstrated reliability of the means but indicated challenges in estimating the latent variances. Strong positive correlations between CAS and FCV-19S estimated with all three different approaches were found in most countries. Correlations of CAS and SWLS-3 were weak and negative, but significantly differed from zero in several countries. Overall, the study provided support for the measurement invariance of the CAS and offered evidence of its convergent validity while also highlighting issues with variance estimation