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Bojana Dinić
@bdinic.bsky.social
Full Professor of psychology at the University of Novi Sad / aggression / dark traits / psychometrics
www.bojanadinic.com
Thanks to YouthDMH COST Action and my host, Esra, for the opportunity to expand my knowledge and skills in conducting a systematic review
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The first YouTube podcast ISSID INSIGHTS highlights our research published in #PAID @elsevierconnect.bsky.social. We applied a newly developed procedure based on network analysis to evaluate measurement invariance of the Short Dark Triad across 14 cultures 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g241...
September 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Finally arrived! I would like to thank the big international team from 14 countries and members of #TRIBES #COSTAction for pull this out, and this is only the beginning of our joint work.
September 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ready for ISSID conference, see you in Vienna!
July 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🚨New paper alert!
We explored the network invariance of Short Dark Triad across 14 cultures using novel approach based on exploratory graph analysis.
🌎Unique features of each trait are universal, but others (revenge, entitlement) vary
doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...

@atomashevic.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🆕Just published!
The Machiavellian Approach and Avoidance Questionnaire gets a deeper look—validated across Germany, Canada, UK, Serbia with 1,800+ participants

Findings challenge the boundary between Machiavellianism and psychopathy 👀

📄 doi.org/10.1080/0022...
The Machiavellian Approach and Avoidance Questionnaire: Further Validation and Evidence of Cross-National Validity
Researchers on antagonistic personality traits debate about an appropriate measurement approach to Machiavellianism. One measure intended to resolve this discourse, the Machiavellian Approach and A...
doi.org
June 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🚨 New publication in Sexual Abuse

We explored psychometric properties of two instruments for measuring rape myth acceptance
📊 IRMA-S-2022 for deeper insights into the subcategories of rape myths
📊 newly developed brief 9-item RMQ-S
📖 doi.org/10.1177/1079...
June 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Our study in PsyPost 👇
We found interesting results and debunked the myth of the Dark Empath
June 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Great response to our poster about brief scale of attitudes about obesity at the 27th Bujas Psychology Days in Zagreb, Croatia! Fruitfull discussions, valuable feedback, and lots of interest.
May 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🧠 Great talk by @simine.com on "Where are the self-correcting mechanisms in science?" at the 27th Bujas Psychology Days conference in Zagreb. Thought-provoking and timely! Can't wait to hear more about the SPPSPSSPP project.
May 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
My students will be presenting our work at the 27th Bujas Days in Zagreb! We developed a scale measuring attitudes toward obesity – excited to share it!
May 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Full professor – level unlocked! 🎓🚀
All the latest versions of papers, R syntax warnings, late-night marathons through seminar papers and tests, desk rejects, reviewers asking you to prove God, and a never-ending supply of coffee to get here
April 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🚨Check our new paper! Parental dark traits shape parenting and adolescent behavior, but in Serbia's more traditional culture, context like poverty and past trauma adds a surprising twist.
Great collaboration with Lauren Ferguson, Kostas Papageorgiou, and Tayler Truhan 🤝
A Tri‐Directional Examination of Parental Personality, Parenting, and Context on Adolescent Behaviors: A Replication and Extension in a New Cultural Context | Request PDF
Request PDF | A Tri‐Directional Examination of Parental Personality, Parenting, and Context on Adolescent Behaviors: A Replication and Extension in a New Cultural Context | Introduction The aim of thi...
www.researchgate.net
April 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I am exited to propose and lead cross-national research on the individual and social factors of religious-based cyberbullying within @orbitcostaction.bsky.social

Stay tuned!
🌟 Full house in Sevilla! 🇪🇸
Over 70 members of the ORBIT COST Action Network from across Europe are gathered at the University of Sevilla for two days of working group and management committee meetings.
April 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨New method in studying old relations! 🚨
Are Dark Triad traits differently related to self-reported and task-performance domains of emotional functioning?
👇
t.co/Wxi9MdrMWW

Thanks to Beata Grabovac and @atomashevic.bsky.social for the fruitful collaboration
February 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
🧠🧬New paper alert!
Our twin study reveals that personality traits and executive functions share strong genetic roots.
Some facets from Openness & Conscientiousness show the highest genetic links, highlighting the need for a more nuanced approach.
👇
rdcu.be/d8ejM
February 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🌐 Curious about the future of AI and education?
Join us at our Erasmus+ AI@Smile event! Save the date - January 28th at 11:30 CET.
aismile-project.eu
January 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🚨We have a new paper that explores the common genetic and environmental factors contributing to the co-occurrence of anxiety disorders and dimensions of the revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory

Check it at👇
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kNuibXYiv...
January 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reposted by Bojana Dinić
Men consistently score higher on Machiavellianism than women, but this gap widens in more gender-equal countries because women’s scores decrease, while men’s scores remain stable regardless of societal gender… #GenderEquality #WomenEmpowerment #Machiavellianism #SocialPsychology #PersonalityTraits
Women exhibit less manipulative personality traits in more gender-equal countries
Men consistently score higher on Machiavellianism than women, but this gap widens in more gender-equal countries because women’s scores decrease, while men’s scores remain stable regardless of societal gender equality levels.
www.psypost.org
December 19, 2024 at 7:04 PM
🎉Thrilled to share our new paper!
We tested cross-national validity of the Machiavellian Approach and Avoidance Questionnaire (MAAQ) across Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, and Serbia 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Machiavellian Approach and Avoidance Questionnaire: Further Validation and Evidence of Cross-National Validity
Researchers on antagonistic personality traits debate about an appropriate measurement approach to Machiavellianism. One measure intended to resolve this discourse, the Machiavellian Approach and A...
www.tandfonline.com
December 13, 2024 at 6:06 PM