Gaja Zager Kocjan
Biographic Data
| ID | 98281 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gaja Zager Kocjan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gaja Zager |
| FAMILY NAME | Kocjan |
| SIGNATURE | KOCJAN G Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ljubljana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1934-2831 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Pre-pandemic lifestyle patterns and mental health outcomes among people reporting post-acute sequelae of Covid-19
These findings highlight the enduring burden of PASC and its dual impact on distress and well-being, underscoring the need for integrated, system-level planning that links primary care, rehabilitation, and mental health services to mitigate long-term consequences and support recovery
Adolescent self‐construal across cultures
Despite the critical role of culture in understanding adolescent self and identity, there is a lack of cross-culturally validated measures of adolescent self-construal. The present study evaluated cross-national measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire-IV (AIQ-IV), assessing four dimensions of self-construal: personal, relational, public, and collective. The sample included 16,795 adolescents aged 14-19 years from 30 countr…
Positive and Negative Emotional Experiences in Adolescents across 32 Countries
A Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Diener’s Tripartite Model of Subjective Well-Being Across 16 Countries
The dynamic relationship between state extraversion and the subjectively perceived situational sociality in continuous time
Auto- and cross-effects were examined using continuous-time dynamic modeling. • Increases in state extraversion predicted subsequent increases in sociality. • Increases in sociality predicted subsequent decreases in state extraversion. • Cross-lagged effects peaked at 1.5 h between measurements. • Trait extraversion moderated the auto-effect of state extraversion. This study examined the dynamic interplay between extraversion and subjectively per…
Feeling too low to be active
Results suggest that high levels of depression and low levels of subjective well-being may be an early warning sign of physical health problems. Interventions aimed at preventing or reducing mental health problems and promoting positive mental health may benefit not only mental health per se, but also prevent physical inactivity and, consequently, physical health problems
Measurement invariance of the CD-Risc-10 across gender, age, and education
Covid-19 and Social Distancing
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the pandemic has led to long-term effects on two important physical distancing aspects, namely interpersonal distance preferences and interpersonal touch behaviors. We analyzed nearly 14,000 individual cases from two large, cross-cultural surveys – the first conducted 2 years prior to…
Person-level assessment of measurement invariance
Coping styles mediate the association between psychological inflexibility and psychological functioning during the Covid-19 pandemic
People's psychological response to the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly affected by their psychological inflexibility. One possible mechanism explaining the association between psychological inflexibility and psychological functioning concerns coping styles. While avoidance and approach coping styles were previously found to mediate this association, the mediating role of meaning-centered coping has not yet been explored. However, meaning-cente…
Covid‐19 lockdown distress, but not the infection concerns, shape psychological functioning during the pandemic
This study examined the effect of COVID‐19 lockdown and infection concerns on positive and negative aspects of psychological functioning during the first weeks of the new coronavirus pandemic, and the mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction and frustration. Slovene adults ( N = 425; 79% female) filled in questionnaires measuring COVID‐19‐related stressors, satisfaction and frustration of basic psychological needs, well‐being, and…
Adverse childhood experiences and somatic symptoms in adulthood
Health care professionals should be aware of the role that DSO may have in maintaining or exacerbating SS in victims of early trauma. Strengthening the individual's capacities for resilient coping can alleviate the negative effects of early trauma on psychological functioning and health in later life. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
The Prevalence and Predictors of Suicidal Ideation Among Slovene Adolescents
Adolescent self‐construal across cultures
Despite the critical role of culture in understanding adolescent self and identity, there is a lack of cross-culturally validated measures of adolescent self-construal. The present study evaluated cross-national measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire-IV (AIQ-IV), assessing four dimensions of self-construal: personal, relational, public, and collective. The sample included 16,795 adolescents aged 14-19 years from 30 countr…
The Prevalence and Predictors of Suicidal Ideation Among Slovene Adolescents
The dynamic relationship between state extraversion and the subjectively perceived situational sociality in continuous time
Auto- and cross-effects were examined using continuous-time dynamic modeling. • Increases in state extraversion predicted subsequent increases in sociality. • Increases in sociality predicted subsequent decreases in state extraversion. • Cross-lagged effects peaked at 1.5 h between measurements. • Trait extraversion moderated the auto-effect of state extraversion. This study examined the dynamic interplay between extraversion and subjectively per…
Feeling too low to be active
Results suggest that high levels of depression and low levels of subjective well-being may be an early warning sign of physical health problems. Interventions aimed at preventing or reducing mental health problems and promoting positive mental health may benefit not only mental health per se, but also prevent physical inactivity and, consequently, physical health problems
Covid-19 and Social Distancing
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the pandemic has led to long-term effects on two important physical distancing aspects, namely interpersonal distance preferences and interpersonal touch behaviors. We analyzed nearly 14,000 individual cases from two large, cross-cultural surveys – the first conducted 2 years prior to…
The Prevalence and Predictors of Suicidal Ideation Among Slovene Adolescents
Covid‐19 lockdown distress, but not the infection concerns, shape psychological functioning during the pandemic
This study examined the effect of COVID‐19 lockdown and infection concerns on positive and negative aspects of psychological functioning during the first weeks of the new coronavirus pandemic, and the mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction and frustration. Slovene adults ( N = 425; 79% female) filled in questionnaires measuring COVID‐19‐related stressors, satisfaction and frustration of basic psychological needs, well‐being, and…
Adverse childhood experiences and somatic symptoms in adulthood
Health care professionals should be aware of the role that DSO may have in maintaining or exacerbating SS in victims of early trauma. Strengthening the individual's capacities for resilient coping can alleviate the negative effects of early trauma on psychological functioning and health in later life. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Person-level assessment of measurement invariance
Coping styles mediate the association between psychological inflexibility and psychological functioning during the Covid-19 pandemic
People's psychological response to the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly affected by their psychological inflexibility. One possible mechanism explaining the association between psychological inflexibility and psychological functioning concerns coping styles. While avoidance and approach coping styles were previously found to mediate this association, the mediating role of meaning-centered coping has not yet been explored. However, meaning-cente…
Measurement invariance of the CD-Risc-10 across gender, age, and education
Covid-19 and Social Distancing
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the pandemic has led to long-term effects on two important physical distancing aspects, namely interpersonal distance preferences and interpersonal touch behaviors. We analyzed nearly 14,000 individual cases from two large, cross-cultural surveys – the first conducted 2 years prior to…
A Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Diener’s Tripartite Model of Subjective Well-Being Across 16 Countries
The dynamic relationship between state extraversion and the subjectively perceived situational sociality in continuous time
Auto- and cross-effects were examined using continuous-time dynamic modeling. • Increases in state extraversion predicted subsequent increases in sociality. • Increases in sociality predicted subsequent decreases in state extraversion. • Cross-lagged effects peaked at 1.5 h between measurements. • Trait extraversion moderated the auto-effect of state extraversion. This study examined the dynamic interplay between extraversion and subjectively per…
Feeling too low to be active
Results suggest that high levels of depression and low levels of subjective well-being may be an early warning sign of physical health problems. Interventions aimed at preventing or reducing mental health problems and promoting positive mental health may benefit not only mental health per se, but also prevent physical inactivity and, consequently, physical health problems
Pre-pandemic lifestyle patterns and mental health outcomes among people reporting post-acute sequelae of Covid-19
These findings highlight the enduring burden of PASC and its dual impact on distress and well-being, underscoring the need for integrated, system-level planning that links primary care, rehabilitation, and mental health services to mitigate long-term consequences and support recovery
Adolescent self‐construal across cultures
Despite the critical role of culture in understanding adolescent self and identity, there is a lack of cross-culturally validated measures of adolescent self-construal. The present study evaluated cross-national measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire-IV (AIQ-IV), assessing four dimensions of self-construal: personal, relational, public, and collective. The sample included 16,795 adolescents aged 14-19 years from 30 countr…
Positive and Negative Emotional Experiences in Adolescents across 32 Countries
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Anxiety (3 works)