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  1. Article ; Online: Is "Happy New Year and Marry Christmas!"

    Stanojević Dragana Z. / Pavićević Miljana S.

    Baština, Vol 2023, Iss 60, Pp 549-

    For everyone?: How we are in the mood during the holidays

    2023  Volume 560

    Abstract: The festive atmosphere that abounds at the end of one year and the beginning of another is inevitably associated with happiness, joy, excitement and other positive emotions. It is a period of emotional, but also material exchanges with family members, ... ...

    Abstract The festive atmosphere that abounds at the end of one year and the beginning of another is inevitably associated with happiness, joy, excitement and other positive emotions. It is a period of emotional, but also material exchanges with family members, friends, colleagues. A large number of people in the Republic of Serbia, in this time of year, go on a short vacation from work and obligations, wishing each other happy holidays. However, this is also the period when the achievements of the previous year are summed up, when people become aware of their failures, the small number of close people they can rely on and who can provide them with love and support. The main goal of this research was to examine the mood of people in Serbia during these holidays, i.e. do wishes for a good mood correspond to reality. We surveyed 450 adults aged 18-68, 65% of whom were women, using an online questionnaire. In addition to sociodemographic data, respondents also provided answers to items from the Brief Mood Introspection Scale. The results showed that positive moods are significantly more pronounced than negative ones, and that the largest number of respondents feel emotions around New Year's and Christmas: full of love, happy, satisfied and active. However, nervousness, tension, fatigue, oversaturation and other negative emotions are present in a significant number of respondents. We can conclude that one of four, or one of five persons don't feel happiness, satisfaction or other positive emotion during these holidays, but they feel some negative emotions. Those results are important because some earlier researches showed that rate of suicide (Barker, Gorman, De Leo 2014:122-126) and substance abuse (Vidal-Infer et al, 2007: 134-141) are higher in New Year and Christmas season. In present research we didn't obtained any significant differences regarded to sex or education level of the respondents. Finally, we have to assume that there are one group of people who are in risk to feel bad during holidays and to have a lower ...
    Keywords mood ; christmas ; new year ; History (General) and history of Europe ; D ; Social sciences (General) ; H1-99
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Institute of Serbian Culture Priština, Leposavić
    Document type Article ; Online
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  2. Article ; Online: Validation of the PROACTIVE coping inventory on Serbian university students

    Stanojević Dragana Z. / Popović Emilija U. / Dilparić Branislava M.

    Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, Vol 53, Iss 3, Pp 377-

    2023  Volume 394

    Abstract: The existing literature recognizes the importance of studying proactive coping among university students. There are two different conceptualizations of proactive coping, one by Aspinwall and Taylor (1997) and the other by Greenglass et al. (1999). To ... ...

    Abstract The existing literature recognizes the importance of studying proactive coping among university students. There are two different conceptualizations of proactive coping, one by Aspinwall and Taylor (1997) and the other by Greenglass et al. (1999). To date, the Proactive Coping Inventory (Greenglass et al., 1999) is the most frequently used instrument that measures this concept. However, the main aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of a newly developed measure, the PROACTIVE coping inventory (Tian et al., 2023). The translation process of the PROACTIVE coping inventory followed the back-translation procedure. A series of questionnaires were completed online and a total of 171 respondents were included in the final sample. The age of the respondents ranged from 18 to 26; three quarters of them were female. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the Serbian version of the PROACTIVE coping inventory matched the original factor solution (ch2 (df)= 202.350 (129), p= .000, ch2 /df=1.569, CFI= .920, TLI= .908, RMSEA= .053). The active preparation, ineffective preparation, and self-management subscales showed good internal consistency (Cronbach a: .76, .73 and .73 respectively), while the utilization of social resources subscale had a lower but acceptable a= .66. The correlation analysis showed good convergent validity for all subscales except for ineffective preparation. The results obtained, the limitations of the study, and the need for future research have been discussed.
    Keywords proactive coping inventory ; serbian version ; university students ; validation ; History of scholarship and learning. The humanities ; AZ20-999
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Faculty of Philosophy, Kosovska Mitrovica
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article ; Online: Family and marital predictors of mental health of adults at Kosovo and Metohija

    Stanojević Dragana Z. / Simić Tijana Lj.

    Baština, Vol 2022, Iss 58, Pp 137-

    2022  Volume 149

    Abstract: Various aspects of marital and family life are an important resource for the mental health of adults. The main goal of this research was to examine whether depression, anxiety and stress of adults living in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija can be ... ...

    Abstract Various aspects of marital and family life are an important resource for the mental health of adults. The main goal of this research was to examine whether depression, anxiety and stress of adults living in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija can be predicted based on the successful resolution of marital conflicts, marital stability and family satisfaction. The sample consisted of 185 adults, 100 women and 85 men, living in marriage or cohabitation. Several questionnaires were used in the research: Marital Conflict Resolution Success Scale, Marital Stability Scale, Family Adaptation Questionnaire and DASS-21. The obtained results show that the only significant predictor of anxiety, depression and stress was the successful resolution of marital conflicts. There is a moderate to high correlation between the examined aspects of married and family life, so this possibility of their mutual action may be the reason why other changes did not prove to be significant. The obtained results are discussed in the light of relevant theoretical concepts and the results of some earlier researches.
    Keywords marriage ; family ; mental health ; History (General) and history of Europe ; D ; Social sciences (General) ; H1-99
    Subject code 300
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Institute of Serbian Culture Priština, Leposavić
    Document type Article ; Online
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  4. Article ; Online: Health beliefs about COVID-19

    Živković Tijana Lj. / Stanojević Dragana Z. / Radović Olivera B.

    Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, Vol 51, Iss 1, Pp 45-

    Instrument for assessment and expression of beliefs

    2021  Volume 62

    Abstract: The main goal of this research was to construct a scale to assess health beliefs about COVID-19, in the light of the Health Beliefs Model (Rosenstock, 1966). The study included 420 subjects, mean age M = 31.65 years (SD = 12.72). Two-thirds (76%) of the ... ...

    Abstract The main goal of this research was to construct a scale to assess health beliefs about COVID-19, in the light of the Health Beliefs Model (Rosenstock, 1966). The study included 420 subjects, mean age M = 31.65 years (SD = 12.72). Two-thirds (76%) of the respondents were female. The respondents filled in a set of questionnaires via the Internet. At the very beginning, the purpose and goal of the research were explained and the consent for participation in the research was obtained. The survey was anonymous, while the data were collected from April to September, 2020. The COVID-19 Health Belief Scale showed satisfactory psychometric characteristics. Factor analysis has shown that four main components can be distinguished, which correspond to the types of beliefs included in the Health Beliefs Model (Rosenstock, 1966). Thus, four subscales were obtained: Perceived susceptibility to COVID-19 (four items), Perceived severity of COVID-19 (four items), Perceived benefit of preventive behaviour (four items), and Observed barriers to preventive behaviour (three items). This scale structure corresponds to other similar scales (HBMS, Champion, 1984; AHBS, Zagumny & Brady, 1998), based on the Health Beliefs Model (Rosenstock, 1966). The obtained average values of scores on the observed susceptibility to COVID-19 show that our respondents do not consider themselves either extremely susceptible or protected from contracting this disease. On the other hand, it is obvious that our respondents do not consider COVID-19 to be a serious enough disease, despite daily warnings that the disease is unpredictable and its consequences are serious, long - term, and even more frequent than of other viral diseases. The observed barriers to preventive behaviour are relatively low, as are the scores on the subscale. The observed benefits of preventive behaviour range from the highest possible scores. When we summarize these results, we can conclude that our respondents apply preventive measures, because they are convinced that they are ...
    Keywords health beliefs ; covid-19 ; scale ; History of scholarship and learning. The humanities ; AZ20-999
    Subject code 360
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Faculty of Philosophy, Kosovska Mitrovica
    Document type Article ; Online
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  5. Article ; Online: The new approaches in investigation of coping with stressful situations

    Stanojević Dragana

    Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, Vol 2009, Iss 39, Pp 451-

    2009  Volume 465

    Abstract: If somebody want to investigate stress and coping with stressful situations it is very important to take in account the time dimension or chronological order of stressful event an coping. According to traditional oppinion, stress must be appeared before ... ...

    Abstract If somebody want to investigate stress and coping with stressful situations it is very important to take in account the time dimension or chronological order of stressful event an coping. According to traditional oppinion, stress must be appeared before or, at least, at the moment of coping appearance if we want to speak about coping process. In this paper, we argued about new conceptualization of stress and coping - preventive and proactive coping. Coping process could start even before stressful event occurred. Person could take a several steps (preventive meassures) which are going to make her to be able to cope some future event that could be interpreted like threat, risk or loss, and that would be preventive coping. Also, person could set to herself a goals and ambitions to whom she will going to, trying to see a chance for new development and grow, and that would be proactive coping.
    Keywords stress ; preventive coping ; proactive coping ; History of scholarship and learning. The humanities ; AZ20-999
    Language English
    Publishing date 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Faculty of Philosophy, Kosovska Mitrovica
    Document type Article ; Online
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  6. Article: Association Between Metabolic Syndrome, Its Components, and Knee Osteoarthritis in Premenopausal and Menopausal Women: A Pilot Study.

    Nemet, Marko / Blazin, Tatjana / Milutinovic, Stefan / Cebovic, Tatjana / Stanojevic, Dragana / Zvekic Svorcan, Jelena

    Cureus

    2022  Volume 14, Issue 7, Page(s) e26726

    Abstract: Objective: This pilot study aimed to determine the correlation of metabolic syndrome (MetS), its components, and increased LDL (low-density lipoprotein) and total cholesterol levels with osteoarthritis (OA). In addition, our goal was to establish the ... ...

    Abstract Objective: This pilot study aimed to determine the correlation of metabolic syndrome (MetS), its components, and increased LDL (low-density lipoprotein) and total cholesterol levels with osteoarthritis (OA). In addition, our goal was to establish the association between MetS and the degree of handicap measured by the Lequesne index of functionality and severity of knee osteoarthritis.
    Materials and methods: The pilot study included 25 subjects with knee OA and 19 subjects without knee OA. All subjects were menopausal or premenopausal women. MetS was diagnosed according to the National Cholesterol Education Program, Adult Treatment Panel III. OA was diagnosed if Kellgren-Lawrence ≥ 2.
    Results: MetS was detected in 80% of subjects with OA. In the non-OA group, MetS was detected in 26% of subjects. The difference in MetS prevalence between the two groups was significant (p=0.000). The presence of each MetS component was significant in the OA group, except for central obesity, which presence was marginally significant (p=0.054). Prevalence of increased total (p=0.019) and LDL cholesterol (p=0.000) was also significant in the OA group. A significant difference between OA and the non-OA group was detected in the prevalence of all five MetS components (p=0.016). In the OA group, the Lequesne index of functionality and severity of knee osteoarthritis was not significantly altered between subjects with and without MetS.
    Conclusion: Metabolic syndrome, its components, increased LDL, and total cholesterol are correlated with osteoarthritis in premenopausal and menopausal women. MetS is not correlated with the degree of handicap in the knee joint measured by the Lequesne index.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2747273-5
    ISSN 2168-8184
    ISSN 2168-8184
    DOI 10.7759/cureus.26726
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  7. Article: A review of the risk and precipitating factors for spontaneous coronary artery dissection.

    Stanojevic, Dragana / Apostolovic, Svetlana / Kostic, Tomislav / Mitov, Vladimir / Kutlesic-Kurtovic, Dusanka / Kovacevic, Mila / Stanojevic, Jelena / Milutinovic, Stefan / Beleslin, Branko

    Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine

    2023  Volume 10, Page(s) 1273301

    Abstract: Introduction: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) accounts for 1%-4% of cases of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). SCAD is caused by separation occurring within or between any of the three tunics of the coronary artery wall. This leads to ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) accounts for 1%-4% of cases of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). SCAD is caused by separation occurring within or between any of the three tunics of the coronary artery wall. This leads to intramural hematoma and/or formation of false lumen in the artery, which leads to ischemic changes or infarction of the myocardium. The incidence of SCAD is higher in women than in men, with a ratio of approximately 9:1. It is estimated that SCAD is responsible for 35% of ACS cases in women under the age of 60. The high frequency is particularly observed during pregnancy and in the peripartum period (first week). Traditional risk factors are rare in patients with SCAD, except for hypertension. Patients diagnosed with SCAD have different combinations of risk factors compared with patients who have atherosclerotic changes in their coronary arteries. We presented the most common so-called "non-traditional" risk factors associated with SCAD patients.
    Risk factors and precipitating disorders which are associated with scad: In the literature, there are few diseases frequently associated with SCAD, and they are identified as predisposing factors. The predominant cause is fibromuscular dysplasia, followed by inherited connective tissue disorders, systemic inflammatory diseases, pregnancy, use of sex hormones or steroids, use of cocaine or amphetamines, thyroid disorders, migraine, and tinnitus. In recent years, the genetic predisposition for SCAD is also recognized as a predisposing factor. The precipitating factors are also different in women (emotional stress) compared with those in men (physical stress). Women experiencing SCAD frequently describe symptoms of anxiety and depression. These conditions could increase shear stress on the arterial wall and dissection of the coronary artery wall. Despite the advancement of SCAD, we can find significant differences in the clinical presentation between women and men.
    Conclusion: When evaluating patients with chest pain or other ACS symptoms who have a low cardiovascular risk, particularly female patients, it is important to consider the possibility of ACS due to SCAD, particularly in conditions often associated with SCAD. This will increase the recognition of SCAD and the timely treatment of affected patients.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-19
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2781496-8
    ISSN 2297-055X
    ISSN 2297-055X
    DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1273301
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  8. Article ; Online: Health beliefs and health anxiety as predictors of COVID-19 health behavior

    Stanojević Dragana Z. / Pavićević Miljana S. / Živković Tijana Lj. / Radović Olivera B. / Jaredić Biljana N.

    Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, Vol 52, Iss 3, Pp 301-

    Data from Serbia

    2022  Volume 316

    Abstract: The end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 were marked by the appearance of the virus SARS-CoV-2, which led to a health crisis around the world. Health preventive behavior was highlighted as, at that time, the only form of prevention of the spread of the ... ...

    Abstract The end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 were marked by the appearance of the virus SARS-CoV-2, which led to a health crisis around the world. Health preventive behavior was highlighted as, at that time, the only form of prevention of the spread of the disease. Factors that will lead people to adhere to the recommended forms of behavior have become the subject of research in various scientific disciplines. The Model of Health Belief is one of the dominant frameworks for studying health behaviors, and thus behaviors related to COVID-19. Health anxiety and beliefs about illness and preventive behavior are the starting point for considering the level at which individuals adhere to the recommended measures. The main goal of this research was to examine a model in which health anxiety and health beliefs are predictors of preventive health behavior in relation to COVID-19. The sample consisted of 420 respondents, 66.3% of whom were women. They completed an online questionnaire comprising the following instruments: Short Health Anxiety Inventory, COVID-19 Health Belief Scale, and COVID-19 Health Behavior Scale with two subscales-Protection in Social Contacts and Hygiene. After controlling for effects of gender and presence of chronic disease, perceived benefit of preventive behavior and the observed barrier can predict protection in social contacts. Hygiene can be predicted by the perceived benefit of preventive behavior and the perceived barrier. Health anxiety has not been shown to be a significant predictor of health behavior. The paper discusses the theoretical and practical implications of the obtained results. The obtained results partially support the Model of Health Beliefs. In order to increase the degree to which individuals adhere to health behaviors, the benefits of preventive behaviors should be emphasized while the barriers should be reduced.
    Keywords health behavior ; health anxiety ; health belief model ; History of scholarship and learning. The humanities ; AZ20-999
    Subject code 360
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Faculty of Philosophy, Kosovska Mitrovica
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  9. Article: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in women in the generative period: clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcome-a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Apostolović, Svetlana / Ignjatović, Aleksandra / Stanojević, Dragana / Radojković, Danijela Djordjević / Nikolić, Miroslav / Milošević, Jelena / Filipović, Tamara / Kostić, Katarina / Miljković, Ivana / Djoković, Aleksandra / Krljanac, Gordana / Mehmedbegović, Zlatko / Ilić, Ivan / Aleksandrić, Srdjan / Paradies, Valeria

    Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine

    2024  Volume 11, Page(s) 1277604

    Abstract: Introduction: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a non-traumatic and non-iatrogenic separation of the coronary arterial wall.: Materials and methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis is reported following the PRISMA guidelines ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a non-traumatic and non-iatrogenic separation of the coronary arterial wall.
    Materials and methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis is reported following the PRISMA guidelines and is registered in the PROSPERO database. A literature search was focused on female patients in generative period (16-55 of age) with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) caused by SCAD, and comparison from that database NP-SCAD (spontaneous coronary artery dissection in non pregnant women) and P-SCAD (spontaneous coronary artery dissection in pregnant women).
    Results: 14 studies with 2,145 females in the generative period with ACS caused by SCAD were analyzed. The median age was 41 years (33.4-52.3 years). The most common risk factor was previous smoking history in 24.9% cases. The most common clinical presentation of ACS was STEMI in 47.4%. Conservative treatment was reported in 41.1%. PCI was performed in 32.7%, and 3.8% of patients had CABG surgery. LAD was the most frequently affected (50.5%). The prevalence of composite clinical outcomes including mortality, non-fatal MI and recurrent SCAD was 3.3% (95% CI: 1.4-5.1), 37.7% (95% CI: 1.9-73.4) and 15.2% (95% CI: 9.1-21.3) of patients. P-SCAD compared to NP-SCAD patients more frequently had STEMI (OR = 3.16; 95% CI: 2.30-4.34;
    Conclusion: The results of this meta-analysis indicated that patients with P-SCAD more frequently had STEMI, and events more frequently involved left main and LAD compared to NP-SCAD patients. Women with NP-SCAD were significantly more often treated conservatively compared to P-SCAD patients. P-SCAD compared to NP-SCAD patients did not have significantly higher mortality rates or recurrent coronary dissection.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-08
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2781496-8
    ISSN 2297-055X
    ISSN 2297-055X
    DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1277604
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  10. Article ; Online: The impact of police presence on angry and aggressive driving.

    Stanojević, Predrag / Sullman, Mark J M / Jovanović, Dragan / Stanojević, Dragana

    Accident; analysis and prevention

    2018  Volume 110, Page(s) 93–100

    Abstract: An extensive body of research has found that angry and aggressive driving are both significantly related to crash involvement. There has also been a large body of research investigating the situational factors related to angry and aggressive driving, but ...

    Abstract An extensive body of research has found that angry and aggressive driving are both significantly related to crash involvement. There has also been a large body of research investigating the situational factors related to angry and aggressive driving, but one interesting question that has not yet been answered is whether the enforcement of traffic laws causes or reduces angry and aggressive driving. The independent region of Northern Kosovo represents a unique opportunity to investigate the impact of a lack of traffic enforcement on driving behaviour. Therefore, the present study set out to investigate whether the presence of traffic enforcement has a significant impact on the level of driver anger and aggressive driving. Registered owners of motor vehicles in Northern Kosovo and Serbia were both sent a questionnaire which contained the 28-item Dula Dangerous Driving Index (DDDI) and the 21-item UK Driving Anger Scale (UKDAS). This found that anger was higher in two of the four driving anger factors (direct hostility and progress impeded) and two of the three DDDI factors (risky driving & aggressive driving). Furthermore, the present study found that the lack of police enforcement was a significant predictor of both aggressive and risky driving, even after the driving anger and demographic variables had been partialled out. Therefore, it appears that introducing or increasing traffic enforcement may be one method of reducing aggressive and risky driving behaviour.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 210223-7
    ISSN 1879-2057 ; 0001-4575
    ISSN (online) 1879-2057
    ISSN 0001-4575
    DOI 10.1016/j.aap.2017.11.003
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