Mate retention strategies are an important tool in keeping a partner, and their use is determined by the mate value (MV) of the partner one is trying to keep. The type of strategy used is also dependent on one's own MV: mates of lower MV are more prone to exhibiting strategies that are cost-inflicting for their partners, whereas partner-benefiting strategies are used by mates of higher value. The type of strategies used affects relationship satisfaction (RS), and is also affected by the perceived difference in MVs. However, it is unclear how someone's perception of their partner's MV is related to that partner's behavior and their own RS. To this aim, we investigated the relationship between these variables on a sample of 178 couples. Our results showed that benefit-inducing strategies were used more by-and towards-partners of higher MV, and were positively connected with RS. Cost-inflicting strategies were more used by-and towards-partners of lower MV, and were negatively connected with RS. Less MV difference was positively correlated with RS and benefiting strategies, and negatively correlated with cost-inflicting strategies. It seems that good mates use strategies that benefit their partners, which, in turn, make them more valuable and, consequently, their partner more satisfied.

BackgroundTraumatic experience can affect the individual's basic beliefs about the world as a predictable and safe place. One of the cornerstones in recovery from trauma is reestablishment of safety, connectedness, and the shattered schema of a worldview.ObjectiveThis study explored the role of negatively changed worldview in the relationship between war-related traumatization and readiness for social reconstruction of intergroup relations in a post-conflict community measured by three processes: intergroup rapprochement, rebuilding trust, and need for apology. It was hypothesized that more traumatized people are less supportive of social reconstruction and that this relationship is mediated by the changed worldview.MethodThe study included a community random sample of 333 adults in the city of Vukovar, Croatia, that was most devastated during the 1991–1995 war. Six instruments were administered: Stressful Events Scale, Impact of Event Scale-Revised, Changed Worldview Scale, and three scales measuring the post-conflict social reconstruction processes: Intergroup Rapprochement, Intergroup Trust and Need for Apology.ResultsMediation analyses showed that the worldview change fully mediated between traumatization and all three aspects of social reconstruction.ConclusionsIn a population exposed to war traumatization the worldview change mediates post-conflict social recovery of community relations.

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Cilj provedenog istraživanja bio je ispitati promjene u izraženosti predrasude prema Romima prije, neposredno nakon te 17 mjeseci poslije prikazivanja reality emisije u kojoj je pobjednik bio pripadnik romske manjine te utvrditi hoće li one biti jednakoga smjera kao i promjene u izvještavanju o Romima i problemu njihove diskriminacije u tiskanim medijima. Istraživanje je provedeno anketnim ispitivanjem u tri točke mjerenja te analizom sadržaja 231 broja tiskanih publikacija izdanih u dvomjesečnom razdoblju prije svake ankete. U skladu s hipotezama, neposredno nakon emisije, utvrđena je manja izraženost otvorene, ali i prikrivene predrasude prema Romima, nego u razdoblju prije emisije. Iako i dalje niži nego prije emisije, rezultati pokazuju trend ponovnoga porasta predrasude 17 mjeseci nakon emisije. Najveći broj novinskih članaka o Romima, najveće površine, s relativno najmanjim udjelom negativnih članaka te s najvišom zastupljenosti teme diskriminacije Roma utvrđen je za vrijeme i neposredno nakon emisije. Rezultati ovog istraživanja pokazuju da bi već i jedna televizijska emisija mogla dovesti do znatnoga smanjenja predrasuda, što se može ostvariti medijskim kontaktom s pripadnikom manjine i opažanjem pozitivne manjinsko-većinske interakcije, ali i izloženošću medijskoj agendi koja promiče norme međugrupne tolerancije.Ključne riječi: predrasude, hipoteza parasocijalnoga kontakta, teorija postavljanja agende, socijalne norme, intervencije za smanjivanje predrasuda Ajana Löw Stanić, Odsjek za psihologiju, Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu,

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