TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lep, Žan
AU  - Ilić, Sandra
AU  - Teovanović, Predrag
AU  - Hacin Beyazoglu, Kaja
AU  - Damnjanović, Kaja
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3501
AB  - COVID-19 pandemic is a long-lasting process associated with dynamic changes within society and in individual psychological responses. Effective communication of measures by credible sources throughout the epidemic is one of the crucial factors for the containment of the disease, and the official communication about pandemics is straightforwardly directed toward changes in behavior via engagement in (self-)protective measures. Calls for the adherence to these measures are aimed at the general population, but people's reactions to these calls vary depending on, for example, their individual differences in cognitive and emotional responses to the situation. The focus of our study was the general narrative about the epidemic as conveyed by both state officials and media outlets in times of decreased social contacts due to the quarantine, in which relying on these sources of information is even more pivotal. Our aim was to explore the stability of the proposed mediational model during the course of the epidemic in Serbia. In the model, we tested the relationship between perceived credibility of information (PCI) and two types of protective behavior—the actual self-protective behavior (ASPB) and the hypothetical protective behavior (HPB), as well as the potential mediating role of alertness in these relationships time-wise. A cross-sectional study (N = 10,782, female = 79.1%) was being administered daily during the first epidemic wave and in three more 2-week time frames during the second wave. Based on the variability of these measures during the first epidemic wave, three stages of psychological responses were mapped (acute, adaptation, and relaxation stage), which were observed, with some deviations, also in the second wave. The mediational model was relatively robust after the initial few weeks, but the strength of pairwise relationships was more changeable. With both types of protective behaviors, the predictive power of PCI was partially mediated through alertness. This suggests that, while individual differences in cognitive and affective responses are important, so is coherent, focused, and credible communication in all stages of the epidemic, which emphasizes the communality aspect of the social containment of the infection. Our findings can thus be valuable in informing the planning of effective future communication.
PB  - Frontiers Media S.A.
T2  - Frontiers in Psychology
T1  - One Hundred and Sixty-One Days in the Life of the Homopandemicus in Serbia: The Contribution of Information Credibility and Alertness in Predicting Engagement in Protective Behaviors
SP  - 631791
VL  - 12
DO  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631791
ER  - 

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abstract = "COVID-19 pandemic is a long-lasting process associated with dynamic changes within society and in individual psychological responses. Effective communication of measures by credible sources throughout the epidemic is one of the crucial factors for the containment of the disease, and the official communication about pandemics is straightforwardly directed toward changes in behavior via engagement in (self-)protective measures. Calls for the adherence to these measures are aimed at the general population, but people's reactions to these calls vary depending on, for example, their individual differences in cognitive and emotional responses to the situation. The focus of our study was the general narrative about the epidemic as conveyed by both state officials and media outlets in times of decreased social contacts due to the quarantine, in which relying on these sources of information is even more pivotal. Our aim was to explore the stability of the proposed mediational model during the course of the epidemic in Serbia. In the model, we tested the relationship between perceived credibility of information (PCI) and two types of protective behavior—the actual self-protective behavior (ASPB) and the hypothetical protective behavior (HPB), as well as the potential mediating role of alertness in these relationships time-wise. A cross-sectional study (N = 10,782, female = 79.1%) was being administered daily during the first epidemic wave and in three more 2-week time frames during the second wave. Based on the variability of these measures during the first epidemic wave, three stages of psychological responses were mapped (acute, adaptation, and relaxation stage), which were observed, with some deviations, also in the second wave. The mediational model was relatively robust after the initial few weeks, but the strength of pairwise relationships was more changeable. With both types of protective behaviors, the predictive power of PCI was partially mediated through alertness. This suggests that, while individual differences in cognitive and affective responses are important, so is coherent, focused, and credible communication in all stages of the epidemic, which emphasizes the communality aspect of the social containment of the infection. Our findings can thus be valuable in informing the planning of effective future communication.",
publisher = "Frontiers Media S.A.",
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title = "One Hundred and Sixty-One Days in the Life of the Homopandemicus in Serbia: The Contribution of Information Credibility and Alertness in Predicting Engagement in Protective Behaviors",
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Lep, Ž., Ilić, S., Teovanović, P., Hacin Beyazoglu, K.,& Damnjanović, K.. (2021). One Hundred and Sixty-One Days in the Life of the Homopandemicus in Serbia: The Contribution of Information Credibility and Alertness in Predicting Engagement in Protective Behaviors. in Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media S.A.., 12, 631791.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631791

Lep Ž, Ilić S, Teovanović P, Hacin Beyazoglu K, Damnjanović K. One Hundred and Sixty-One Days in the Life of the Homopandemicus in Serbia: The Contribution of Information Credibility and Alertness in Predicting Engagement in Protective Behaviors. in Frontiers in Psychology. 2021;12:631791.
doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631791 .

Lep, Žan, Ilić, Sandra, Teovanović, Predrag, Hacin Beyazoglu, Kaja, Damnjanović, Kaja, "One Hundred and Sixty-One Days in the Life of the Homopandemicus in Serbia: The Contribution of Information Credibility and Alertness in Predicting Engagement in Protective Behaviors" in Frontiers in Psychology, 12 (2021):631791,
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631791 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Damnjanović, Kaja
AU  - Ilić, Sandra
AU  - Teovanović, Predrag
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1191
AB  - Decisions about one's own health range from everyday easy ones, such as taking a vitamin pill, to those made in the situations of life-threatening diseases. When it comes to choosing treatments, patients have difficulty understanding statistical information about the possible outcomes of alternative treatments, such as probabilities and risks. These challenges are especially important in the context of the shared decision-making. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of the labelling of the treatment in risky choice decision tasks. The risky choice framing effect (FE) pertains to the systematic preference reversal because different aspects of formally identical situations are emphasized. In the present study, the participants made a forced choice between a non-risky and risky treatment presented in terms of gains and losses. In the first condition surgery was the risky option and in the second it was radiation. In the third condition, the treatments' labels were replaced with ' A' and 'B'. Chi-square tests revealed a significant difference in the proportions of risky choices between the three conditions. The FE was registered only in the first and the second condition, and it was moderate and strong, respectively. When choosing between surgery and radiation, participants' choices were indeed influenced by the naming of the treatment, but not exclusively-they generally preferred surgery, and when it was offered in terms of losses, they preferred it even more.
AB  - Odluke o ličnom zdravlju protežu se od svakodnevnih i lakih, kao što je odluka o uzimanju vitaminskog suplementa, do onih koje se donose u situacijama kada je prisutna životno ugrožavajuća bolest. Pacijenti koji donose odluku o izboru tretmana suočavaju se sa specifičnim izazovima i imaju poteškoća da razumeju statističke podatke o mogućim ishodima alternativnih tretmana, o verovatnoći i o rizicima. Ova problematika je posebno značajna u kontekstu prakse zajedničkog odlučivanja, u kojoj i pacijent, a ne samo lekar, donosi odluku o tome na koji način će se tretirati bolest. Cilj ove studije bio je da se ispita uticaj naziva tretmana u zadacima odlučivanja u uslovima rizika. Efekat okvira rizičnog izbora se odnosi na sistematsku promenu redosleda preferencija koje su različite po rizičnosti. Do toga dolazi usled naglašavanja različitih aspekata identične situacije prilikom prikazivanja opcija donosiocima odluka. U našoj studiji ispitanici su prinudno birali između nerizičnog i rizičnog tretmana, koji su predstavljeni u terminima dobitka i gubitka. U prvoj eksperimentalnoj situaciji, kao rizična opcija predstavljena je operacija, a u drugoj zračenje. U trećem eksperimentu, nazivi tretmana su zamenjeni apstraktnim oznakama A i B. Rezultati pokazuju statistički značajnu razliku u proporcijama rizičnih odgovora između tri eksperimentalne situacije. Efekat okvira je registrovan u prvom i drugom eksperimentu; u prvom umerenog, a u drugom većeg intenziteta. Kada biraju između operacije i zračenja na ispitanike utiče naziv tretmana, ali to ne objašnjava celokupnu varijansu. Po pravilu, preferirali su operaciju, a kada je ona prikazana u terminima gubitka, ta preferencija je bila još jača.
PB  - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za psihologiju, Beograd
T2  - Psihološka istraživanja
T1  - The frame and name of the medical treatment and their influence on health decisions
T1  - Okvir i naziv medicinskog tretmana i njihov uticaj na zdravstvene odluke
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IS  - 2
SP  - 239
VL  - 22
DO  - 10.5937/PSISTRA22-23375
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@article{
author = "Damnjanović, Kaja and Ilić, Sandra and Teovanović, Predrag",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Decisions about one's own health range from everyday easy ones, such as taking a vitamin pill, to those made in the situations of life-threatening diseases. When it comes to choosing treatments, patients have difficulty understanding statistical information about the possible outcomes of alternative treatments, such as probabilities and risks. These challenges are especially important in the context of the shared decision-making. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of the labelling of the treatment in risky choice decision tasks. The risky choice framing effect (FE) pertains to the systematic preference reversal because different aspects of formally identical situations are emphasized. In the present study, the participants made a forced choice between a non-risky and risky treatment presented in terms of gains and losses. In the first condition surgery was the risky option and in the second it was radiation. In the third condition, the treatments' labels were replaced with ' A' and 'B'. Chi-square tests revealed a significant difference in the proportions of risky choices between the three conditions. The FE was registered only in the first and the second condition, and it was moderate and strong, respectively. When choosing between surgery and radiation, participants' choices were indeed influenced by the naming of the treatment, but not exclusively-they generally preferred surgery, and when it was offered in terms of losses, they preferred it even more., Odluke o ličnom zdravlju protežu se od svakodnevnih i lakih, kao što je odluka o uzimanju vitaminskog suplementa, do onih koje se donose u situacijama kada je prisutna životno ugrožavajuća bolest. Pacijenti koji donose odluku o izboru tretmana suočavaju se sa specifičnim izazovima i imaju poteškoća da razumeju statističke podatke o mogućim ishodima alternativnih tretmana, o verovatnoći i o rizicima. Ova problematika je posebno značajna u kontekstu prakse zajedničkog odlučivanja, u kojoj i pacijent, a ne samo lekar, donosi odluku o tome na koji način će se tretirati bolest. Cilj ove studije bio je da se ispita uticaj naziva tretmana u zadacima odlučivanja u uslovima rizika. Efekat okvira rizičnog izbora se odnosi na sistematsku promenu redosleda preferencija koje su različite po rizičnosti. Do toga dolazi usled naglašavanja različitih aspekata identične situacije prilikom prikazivanja opcija donosiocima odluka. U našoj studiji ispitanici su prinudno birali između nerizičnog i rizičnog tretmana, koji su predstavljeni u terminima dobitka i gubitka. U prvoj eksperimentalnoj situaciji, kao rizična opcija predstavljena je operacija, a u drugoj zračenje. U trećem eksperimentu, nazivi tretmana su zamenjeni apstraktnim oznakama A i B. Rezultati pokazuju statistički značajnu razliku u proporcijama rizičnih odgovora između tri eksperimentalne situacije. Efekat okvira je registrovan u prvom i drugom eksperimentu; u prvom umerenog, a u drugom većeg intenziteta. Kada biraju između operacije i zračenja na ispitanike utiče naziv tretmana, ali to ne objašnjava celokupnu varijansu. Po pravilu, preferirali su operaciju, a kada je ona prikazana u terminima gubitka, ta preferencija je bila još jača.",
publisher = "Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za psihologiju, Beograd",
journal = "Psihološka istraživanja",
title = "The frame and name of the medical treatment and their influence on health decisions, Okvir i naziv medicinskog tretmana i njihov uticaj na zdravstvene odluke",
pages = "254-239",
number = "2",
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Damnjanović, K., Ilić, S.,& Teovanović, P.. (2019). The frame and name of the medical treatment and their influence on health decisions. in Psihološka istraživanja
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za psihologiju, Beograd., 22(2), 239-254.
https://doi.org/10.5937/PSISTRA22-23375

Damnjanović K, Ilić S, Teovanović P. The frame and name of the medical treatment and their influence on health decisions. in Psihološka istraživanja. 2019;22(2):239-254.
doi:10.5937/PSISTRA22-23375 .

Damnjanović, Kaja, Ilić, Sandra, Teovanović, Predrag, "The frame and name of the medical treatment and their influence on health decisions" in Psihološka istraživanja, 22, no. 2 (2019):239-254,
https://doi.org/10.5937/PSISTRA22-23375 . .