Ana Stojanov
Biographic Data
| ID | 4268246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ana Stojanov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ana |
| FAMILY NAME | Stojanov |
| SIGNATURE | STOJANOV A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Otago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8377-4372 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Measuring reflective thinking in research-based learning
Research-based learning places strong emphasis on reflective thinking because of its role in developing research competence and supporting lifelong learning. However, the absence of a validated self-report scale makes it difficult for researchers and educators to assess research students’ reflective thinking in a timely and cost-effective manner. To respond to this need, the present study developed the Reflective Thinking Inventory (RTI) for post…
Navigating Interpersonal Conflict During the Covid-19 Pandemic
individuals who reported high collaboration and low use of indirect conflict styles-tended to report lower levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness than those with other conflict profiles. Building on existing health and interpersonal communication scholarship, these findings highlight the potential psychological risks associated with indirect conflict behaviors during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and suggest that collaborative appro…
Psychological significance of name changes
Multiple instances of rebranding of corporations or sports teams, or changes of personal names suggest that imposed change of symbols that people identify with leads to resistance towards the symbol change. In this paper, we examine the predictive role of sacred values, identity fusion, identification and essentialism in explaining such resistance, in a unique political context of a national referendum to change Macedonia to North Macedonia . Par…
“Compliant Supporters,” “Anxious Skeptics,” and “Defiant Deniers”
This study investigates whether people's responses to official communications about COVID-19 could be "profiled" with respect to socio-economic-demographic and behavioral characteristics. Such profiles could enhance the effectiveness of future crisis management through the use of profile-adapted communications that maximize message comprehension. A representative web panel survey (742 respondents) was conducted across Switzerland in February 2022…
Editors’ Newsroom
Welcome to the first edition of Editors ’ Newsroom !. Editors ’ Newsroom is a new feature in Social Behavior and Personalit: an international journal ( SBP ), which brings you the latest perspectives and updates from our Editors and wider publishing team
Saccia Communication, Attitudes Towards Cheating and Academic Misconduct
Academic misconduct by students is a serious issue that threatens the public trust in higher education institutions. In the current study, we examine whether SACCIA (Sufficient, Accurate, Clear, Contextualised and Interpersonally Adaptive) communication predicts lower academic misconduct via attitudes towards cheating and understanding what ‘counts’ as academic misconduct. Participants ( N = 319) completed an online questionnaire in Qualtrics mea…
Examining a domain-specific link between perceived control and conspiracy beliefs
Validating a German Version of the Conspiracy Mentality Scale (CMS)
Increased scientific interest in conspiracy beliefs raises the need for validated individual difference measures in the general tendency to believe in conspiracy theories, otherwise referred to as conspiracy mentality. In this article, we present a German language version of the Conspiracy Mentality Scale (CMS). A representative sample of German-speaking Swiss residents (N = 468) filled in the scale, along with measures of trust in several source…
Conspiracy beliefs in Britain and North Macedonia
The psychological research on conspiracy beliefs to date has focused predominantly on conspiracy beliefs in Western democracies. The current study sought to fill this gap by examining beliefs in conspiracy theories in a democratic society and a society in transition. British ( N = 298) and Macedonian ( N = 312) participants completed an online questionnaire measuring conspiracy beliefs, trust in media and institutions and support for democratic p…
On the relationship between valence and arousal in samples across the globe
Affect is involved in many psychological phenomena, but a descriptive structure, long sought, has been elusive. Valence and arousal are fundamental, and a key question-the focus of the present study-is the relationship between them. Valence is sometimes thought to be independent of arousal, but, in some studies (representing too few societies in the world) arousal was found to vary with valence. One common finding is that arousal is lowest at neu…
The “Ghost” in the Lab
Many nonbelievers may engage in supernatural thinking despite their statements to the contrary. Using belief in the afterlife as a test case, we examine, across two studies, the possible discrepancy between what people say they believe and how they reason implicitly. In Study 1, participants completed a mindfulness task during which a light went off unexpectedly. Half had previously been told that a ghost had recently been seen in the same room. …
Does lack of control lead to conspiracy beliefs? A meta‐analysis
Perceived lack of control is widely believed to motivate, at least partly, belief in conspiracy theories. We question the theoretical foundations of this belief and meta‐analyze existing published and unpublished studies to assess the overall effect of lack of control on conspiracy beliefs. The overall effect was small and not statistically significant ( d = −0.05), and was not moderated by comparison group (baseline vs. control affirmation), typ…
The Conspiracy Mentality Scale
Beliefs in conspiracy theories, generally considered to be a unidimensional construct, are associated with negative outcomes. The existing measures of conspiracy theory beliefs have number of shortcomings. We present the development of a novel measure of the tendency to believe in conspiracy theories and report the discovery of a second factor that reflects rational skepticism. In Study 1 ( N = 500) we use item response theory to devise the final…
Does lack of control lead to conspiracy beliefs? A meta‐analysis
Perceived lack of control is widely believed to motivate, at least partly, belief in conspiracy theories. We question the theoretical foundations of this belief and meta‐analyze existing published and unpublished studies to assess the overall effect of lack of control on conspiracy beliefs. The overall effect was small and not statistically significant ( d = −0.05), and was not moderated by comparison group (baseline vs. control affirmation), typ…
The Conspiracy Mentality Scale
Beliefs in conspiracy theories, generally considered to be a unidimensional construct, are associated with negative outcomes. The existing measures of conspiracy theory beliefs have number of shortcomings. We present the development of a novel measure of the tendency to believe in conspiracy theories and report the discovery of a second factor that reflects rational skepticism. In Study 1 ( N = 500) we use item response theory to devise the final…
Saccia Communication, Attitudes Towards Cheating and Academic Misconduct
Academic misconduct by students is a serious issue that threatens the public trust in higher education institutions. In the current study, we examine whether SACCIA (Sufficient, Accurate, Clear, Contextualised and Interpersonally Adaptive) communication predicts lower academic misconduct via attitudes towards cheating and understanding what ‘counts’ as academic misconduct. Participants ( N = 319) completed an online questionnaire in Qualtrics mea…
The Conspiracy Mentality Scale
Beliefs in conspiracy theories, generally considered to be a unidimensional construct, are associated with negative outcomes. The existing measures of conspiracy theory beliefs have number of shortcomings. We present the development of a novel measure of the tendency to believe in conspiracy theories and report the discovery of a second factor that reflects rational skepticism. In Study 1 ( N = 500) we use item response theory to devise the final…
Does lack of control lead to conspiracy beliefs? A meta‐analysis
Perceived lack of control is widely believed to motivate, at least partly, belief in conspiracy theories. We question the theoretical foundations of this belief and meta‐analyze existing published and unpublished studies to assess the overall effect of lack of control on conspiracy beliefs. The overall effect was small and not statistically significant ( d = −0.05), and was not moderated by comparison group (baseline vs. control affirmation), typ…
The “Ghost” in the Lab
Many nonbelievers may engage in supernatural thinking despite their statements to the contrary. Using belief in the afterlife as a test case, we examine, across two studies, the possible discrepancy between what people say they believe and how they reason implicitly. In Study 1, participants completed a mindfulness task during which a light went off unexpectedly. Half had previously been told that a ghost had recently been seen in the same room. …
Conspiracy beliefs in Britain and North Macedonia
The psychological research on conspiracy beliefs to date has focused predominantly on conspiracy beliefs in Western democracies. The current study sought to fill this gap by examining beliefs in conspiracy theories in a democratic society and a society in transition. British ( N = 298) and Macedonian ( N = 312) participants completed an online questionnaire measuring conspiracy beliefs, trust in media and institutions and support for democratic p…
On the relationship between valence and arousal in samples across the globe
Affect is involved in many psychological phenomena, but a descriptive structure, long sought, has been elusive. Valence and arousal are fundamental, and a key question-the focus of the present study-is the relationship between them. Valence is sometimes thought to be independent of arousal, but, in some studies (representing too few societies in the world) arousal was found to vary with valence. One common finding is that arousal is lowest at neu…
Examining a domain-specific link between perceived control and conspiracy beliefs
Validating a German Version of the Conspiracy Mentality Scale (CMS)
Increased scientific interest in conspiracy beliefs raises the need for validated individual difference measures in the general tendency to believe in conspiracy theories, otherwise referred to as conspiracy mentality. In this article, we present a German language version of the Conspiracy Mentality Scale (CMS). A representative sample of German-speaking Swiss residents (N = 468) filled in the scale, along with measures of trust in several source…
“Compliant Supporters,” “Anxious Skeptics,” and “Defiant Deniers”
This study investigates whether people's responses to official communications about COVID-19 could be "profiled" with respect to socio-economic-demographic and behavioral characteristics. Such profiles could enhance the effectiveness of future crisis management through the use of profile-adapted communications that maximize message comprehension. A representative web panel survey (742 respondents) was conducted across Switzerland in February 2022…
Editors’ Newsroom
Welcome to the first edition of Editors ’ Newsroom !. Editors ’ Newsroom is a new feature in Social Behavior and Personalit: an international journal ( SBP ), which brings you the latest perspectives and updates from our Editors and wider publishing team
Saccia Communication, Attitudes Towards Cheating and Academic Misconduct
Academic misconduct by students is a serious issue that threatens the public trust in higher education institutions. In the current study, we examine whether SACCIA (Sufficient, Accurate, Clear, Contextualised and Interpersonally Adaptive) communication predicts lower academic misconduct via attitudes towards cheating and understanding what ‘counts’ as academic misconduct. Participants ( N = 319) completed an online questionnaire in Qualtrics mea…
Psychological significance of name changes
Multiple instances of rebranding of corporations or sports teams, or changes of personal names suggest that imposed change of symbols that people identify with leads to resistance towards the symbol change. In this paper, we examine the predictive role of sacred values, identity fusion, identification and essentialism in explaining such resistance, in a unique political context of a national referendum to change Macedonia to North Macedonia . Par…
Measuring reflective thinking in research-based learning
Research-based learning places strong emphasis on reflective thinking because of its role in developing research competence and supporting lifelong learning. However, the absence of a validated self-report scale makes it difficult for researchers and educators to assess research students’ reflective thinking in a timely and cost-effective manner. To respond to this need, the present study developed the Reflective Thinking Inventory (RTI) for post…
Navigating Interpersonal Conflict During the Covid-19 Pandemic
individuals who reported high collaboration and low use of indirect conflict styles-tended to report lower levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness than those with other conflict profiles. Building on existing health and interpersonal communication scholarship, these findings highlight the potential psychological risks associated with indirect conflict behaviors during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and suggest that collaborative appro…
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (3 works)