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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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  - Mentus, Tatjana
AU  - Marković, Slobodan
PY  - 2016
UR  - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1005
AB  - The effects of both symmetry (perceptual factor) and familiarity (cognitive factor) on facial attractiveness were investigated. From the photographs of original slightly asymmetric faces, symmetric left-left (LL) and right-right (RR) versions were generated. Familiarity was induced in the learning block using the repetitive presentation of original faces. In the test block participants rated the attractiveness of original, previously seen (familiar) faces, original, not previously seen faces, and both LL and RR versions of all faces. The analysis of variance showed main effects of symmetry. Post hoc tests revealed that asymmetric original faces were rated as more attractive than both LL and RR symmetric versions. Familiarity doesn't have a significant main effect, but the symmetry-familiarity interaction was obtained. Additional post hoc tests indicated that facial attractiveness is positively associated with natural slight asymmetry rather than with perfect symmetry. Also, unfamiliar LL symmetric versions were rated as more attractive than familiar LL versions, whereas familiar RR versions were rated as more attractive than RR unfamiliar faces. These results suggested that symmetry (perceptual factor) and familiarity (cognitive or memorial factor) play differential roles in facial attractiveness, and indicate a relatively stronger effect of the perceptual compared to the cognitive factor.
PB  - Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd
T2  - Psihologija
T1  - Effects of symmetry and familiarity on the attractiveness of human faces
EP  - 311
IS  - 3
SP  - 301
VL  - 49
DO  - 10.2298/PSI1603301M
ER  - 

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author = "Mentus, Tatjana and Marković, Slobodan",
year = "2016",
abstract = "The effects of both symmetry (perceptual factor) and familiarity (cognitive factor) on facial attractiveness were investigated. From the photographs of original slightly asymmetric faces, symmetric left-left (LL) and right-right (RR) versions were generated. Familiarity was induced in the learning block using the repetitive presentation of original faces. In the test block participants rated the attractiveness of original, previously seen (familiar) faces, original, not previously seen faces, and both LL and RR versions of all faces. The analysis of variance showed main effects of symmetry. Post hoc tests revealed that asymmetric original faces were rated as more attractive than both LL and RR symmetric versions. Familiarity doesn't have a significant main effect, but the symmetry-familiarity interaction was obtained. Additional post hoc tests indicated that facial attractiveness is positively associated with natural slight asymmetry rather than with perfect symmetry. Also, unfamiliar LL symmetric versions were rated as more attractive than familiar LL versions, whereas familiar RR versions were rated as more attractive than RR unfamiliar faces. These results suggested that symmetry (perceptual factor) and familiarity (cognitive or memorial factor) play differential roles in facial attractiveness, and indicate a relatively stronger effect of the perceptual compared to the cognitive factor.",
publisher = "Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd",
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title = "Effects of symmetry and familiarity on the attractiveness of human faces",
pages = "311-301",
number = "3",
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}

Mentus, T.,& Marković, S.. (2016). Effects of symmetry and familiarity on the attractiveness of human faces. in Psihologija
Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd., 49(3), 301-311.
https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1603301M

Mentus T, Marković S. Effects of symmetry and familiarity on the attractiveness of human faces. in Psihologija. 2016;49(3):301-311.
doi:10.2298/PSI1603301M .

Mentus, Tatjana, Marković, Slobodan, "Effects of symmetry and familiarity on the attractiveness of human faces" in Psihologija, 49, no. 3 (2016):301-311,
https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1603301M . .