Search

The authors seek to answer why the criminals in media are presented in a way that does not meet the reality, which categories of young people are at the most risk considering the negative impact of these "role models", and how the family and legislation can protect them. Behind the media presentation of the crime world as idyllic are the centres of power, which are in agreement with the owners of the media, with the aim to form insecure personalities, prone to addictions, who looks up to inadequate role models. For the proper development of adolescents, close relationships with parents and peers are necessary. Parents represent a safe haven when peer and other social relations do not go in the desired direction. In contact with peers, adolescents learn new roles, about the world of adults, and find a new type of egalitarian closeness. A close relationship with parents allows the young person to discuss role models from media, positive and negative heroes, values, dilemmas, events in peer relationships, and plans for the future, as well as to convey life experiences from parent to adolescent. On the other hand, legislation is necessary to protect social groups from media exploitation or exposure to media violence.

This paper deals with the issues of the analysis of the behaviour of social media users in the context of security risk reduction in the digital environment. In this respect, the subject of this paper is the behaviour of social media users (mainly millennials, from the population of university students, attending studies in the field of security) depending on the gender. The aim of the research is to identify recommendations for a safer use of social media. To this end, the research was conducted on the basis of an anonymous survey comprising 15 questions (3 of demographic and 12 questions of essential significance). The survey covered 333 university students (undergraduate and graduate students of both genders) attending study programmes in the field of security. With the use of the Mann-Whitney test, contingency tables, the Kruskal-Wallis test, as well as the Spearman's rank correlation test, it has been established that the behaviour patterns of men and women who use social media are very similar, but that there is a substantial statistical difference in certain scenarios. In addition to this, this survey has shown that, irrespective of the gender, risks of being attacked are consciously taken when sharing personal information, along with a reckless use of devices, passwords, and passcodes. By comparing the above-mentioned conclusions with the position of the general hypothesis: "There are similarities and differences between men and women in terms of the behaviour patterns on social media and in the cyberspace in general", so the conclusion is that it is verified. One of the solutions to the identified problems in the behaviour of social media users is to raise their awareness regarding the risks of doing business and/or accessing entertainment content on social media, as well as their continuous training for the purpose of protecting their own data.

The aim of this paper is to explain the characteristics of a family with adolescent member, what distinguishes it from the previous developmental stage of the family, as well as what model of upbringing facilitates and what model complicates the development of adolescents and their entry into the world of adults. The author explains what is the key to the proper upbringing of adolescents in the family, what are the obstacles along the way, what characteristics of the family offer the best opportunities for the adolescent for proper development. The relationship between parent and child in early development is a model of later close emotional relationships, by which the child forms an image of himself and the world, learns how to modulate emotions, how to cope with the demands of the environment. Based on the results of the research, the author concludes that even in adolescence, parents remain significantly more important in relation to the peer group, if the relationship between adolescents and parents is close. The author concludes that the general well-being of adolescents requires close emotional relationships with both parents and peers, and the absence of any of these two socialization factors can significantly hinder the proper development of adolescents. The two key words that define good parenting and proper adolescent upbringing are an adequate balance between support and independence.

Engineers are educated and trained to take the lead in sustainable development, tackling worldwide difficulties like depletion of natural resources, contamination, fast-growing populations, and ecological degradation. The relevance of government entities dealing with sustainable development is linked to the societal problem of future education. While all social-economical and/or technical variables play a role in determining the outlook in which each competence originates, novel-adaptive thinking, social intelligence, design mentality, and sense-making, social imagination (cross-sectoral fertilization), cognitive load management, virtual collaboration and networking, and novel media literacy suggest representing crucial drivers for the development of each ability. An extensive selection of continuing education programs enables graduates to improve subject-specific skills and extend their professional networks, with the objective of preparing motivated and highly-trained professionals for the job market. It is feasible to achieve the aim of a sustainable engineering future by recognizing the relevance of these criteria, comprehending, and adequately fulfilling them.

In the present work, the aeroelastic stability of tapered composite plates is investigated. Existing flutter models, based on the typical section approach, are reviewed for quasi-steady and unsteady low Mach number axial flows and modified for the thin composite tapered plates. The numerical approach, based on panel vortex methods for flutter analysis, is presented, and results are compared to typical section flutter methods for the tapered composite fins. Experimental work is performed in the subsonic wind tunnel at flow speeds of 20 - 30 m/s range. Good agreement between experimental, analytical, and numerical results is obtained, and it was concluded that the presented methodology could be used for estimating the flutter boundary velocities for the composite thin flat plates.

The author of the paper explains Foucault's basic ideas related to the use of panopticon in public institutions and society, with the aim to control and impose identity, in order to accomplish the interests of centres of power. The aim of this paper is to explain the ways in which panopticon operate in today's society, through procedures of supervision and punishment. The author tries to apply Foucault's initial ideas to today's reality and explain the way in which the panopticon functions by forcing certain points of view in science which validity has not been empirically confirmed, forming a consumer society through imposed identities. The application of panopticon is based on the fear of people that they will be excluded from society and lose their positions, if they do not follow the roles imposed on them. They very easily give up their own identity for the sake of existential security and social status. The task of those scientists, psychologists and psychiatrists who have decided not to serve the interests of the centres of power is to be as clear and effective as possible, pointing out all the factors that lead to the formation of an unhealthy consumer society, as well as the mechanisms of their action.

The problem of this research is to examine the relationship between dominant time perspectives, sociodemographic variables and life satisfaction.The aim of this research is to examine the possibility of successfully predicting life satisfaction by six dimensions of time orientation (positive past, negative past, hedonistic present, fatalistic present, positive future, negative future), gender, age and socioeconomic status. The sample included 136 respondents aged 18 to 60 years. The dimensions of the time perspective were operationalised by short version of Zimbardo's 18-item questionnaire. The construct of life satisfaction is operationalised by a scale whose authors are Diener et al. (1985). The assumed model, which includes six dimensions of time perspective, gender, age, and socioeconomic status, can explain 36% of the variance in life satisfaction. According to the results of the research, socioeconomic status, negative orientation towards the past, gender, fatalistic orientation towards the present and negative orientation towards future significantly contribute to the explanation of the variance of life satisfaction. Negative aspects of time orientation are (according to the research results) better predictors of life satisfaction than positive ones, because they include a depressive position, enslavement to failures and frustration, endless recycling of a bad past, feeling like a passive actor unable to change anything, belief that games are pre-set and that only negative outcomes are possible, which leads to strengthening of maladaptive patterns of thought and behavior, lack of will, withdrawal from life struggles. The outcome is a failure and dissatisfaction with life, which intensifies depressive rumors and leads to an even more negative view of oneself, one's own experience and possible chances in the future.

This article considers how supporters of different directions in psychology explain the importance of closeness and acceptance by parents for the proper development of the child (supporters of attachment theory, classical psychoanalysts, NEO-psychoanalysts, behaviourists). All theorists agree that the love that a child receives from a parent is the basic pillar of child's mental health, some emphasizing the importance of the first years of life (classical psychoanalysts), some childhood up to the age of ten (supporters of attachment theory), and some a relationship between a parent and a child throughout adolescence (ego and self-psychologists). Some theorists emphasize the importance of forming positive internal introjects, ie "working models" of oneself and others, which serve to predict interpersonal interactions and determine a basically positive image of oneself and the world, while others (behavioural theorists) emphasize the importance of parent-child intimacy, with the aim to facilitate the identification process and to internalize the socially desirable characteristics of parents and other role models. The paper also analyzes the way parents manifest acceptance or rejection of the child, the consequences that such actions leave on the child (according to the findings of researchers), as well as the importance of closeness with a same-sex parent or parent of the opposite sex for the child's emotional well-being. In the second part of the paper, we consider the reasons for the rejection of the child by the parents and highlight the importance of parental characteristics, relationship between parents, characteristics of the child, as well as some factors that have nothing to do with the child's identity. We believe that the greatest influence on the rejection of the child has the pathology of the parent himself, which leads to deep internal disintegration and to the projecting of unacceptable parts of the self on a child, so that the parent sees the child as bad, wrong or incompetent.

This paper explains the concept of CRM, as well as the way this system influences on forming the communication with customers in the future. Through CRM (and systems used to make easier CRM), the companies learn more about their target groups and how to meet their needs, thus improving communication with existing and potential customers. The operating CRM consists of 3 main components: automation of sales, automation of marketing and automation service. This paper analyses the future guidance of CRM development and the way this system can contribute to better product or service placement, as well as the greater consumer satisfaction. The final part of the paper discusses the distinction between traditional and social CRM, and the novelties and advantages that this form of customer relationship management has enabled.

In this paper, the aggressiveness and delinquent behaviour of adolescents is placed in the context of developmental turbulence that can be temporary. In the case of a young person who violates legal norms, there may be potential for a healthy personality development, and antisocial behaviour can be greatly influenced by the developmental characteristics of adolescence: internal conflicts, reactivation of early developmental crises, intrapsychic difficulties related to separation from parents, identity crisis and forming the so-called negative identity. This paper explores the influence of the early child development on the formation of tendencies towards aggressive behaviour, as well as the influence of family factors on the occurrence of juvenile delinquency. Finally, the author concludes that in forming a healthy personality with prosocial values, the proper upbringing in the family is the most important. If the family has a healthy foundation for personality development, sources of socialization and other socialization agents can hardly disrupt the proper development of an adolescent, except when it comes to the inherent tendency towards the formation of psychopathic personality traits. Otherwise, the adolescent is very susceptible to accepting inadequate patterns and blindly following the peer group, where he tries to obtain the support and intimacy that he has not received in the family. The peer group can sometimes impose antisocial values and behaviours as desirable ones.

Copyright of Pregled is the property of University of Sarajevo and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

The paper discusses the reasons why conspiracy theories emerge (the desire to belong, survive, be close with the members of the group, and maintain a positive image of ourselves and the community). Theories and results of research about psychological factors that are believed to influence the emergence of conspiracy theories are presented. The authors conclude that belief in conspiracy theories is highly dependent on epistemological, existential, and social motives. Research has not yet shown that these theories serve to satisfy these motives, and it is even possible to the contrary, that these theories do not strengthen social cohesion at all, do not lead to improvement of self-esteem and a more positive image of ourselves or the group we belong to. Important questions remain open and more research needs to be done about the consequences of believing in conspiracy theories, especially in vulnerable populations, which have been found to have the highest motivation to accept these theories. The tendency to believe in conspiracy theories is a phenomenon influenced by many factors. Some of these factors are belonging to a lower socio-economic background, a lower educational level, a tendency to outsource one's own responsibility for life's failures, or to neglect the genetic and educational factors that led to it. However, many other factors, such as mental health status, also determine this phenomenon. Poorly integrated, deeply insecure personalities who have not overcome the schizoid-paranoid position of development, tend to perceive the environment as perceptual and threatening, with the aim to protect their own self from deeper disintegration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]