Dr Bojana Dinić
- Department of Psychology
- Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
- Dr Zorana Đinđića 2, 21000 Novi Sad
- bojana.dinic@ff.uns.ac.rs
Education
2014
PhD in Experimental personality psychology, Psychology Department, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Thesis supervisor: Snežana Smederevac
Thesis title: Effects of dispositional and situational factors on aggressive behavior
2008
MSc in Personality psychology and Psychometric, Psychology Department, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Thesis supervisor: Goran Knežević
Thesis title: Relations between sexual behavior and personality traits
2007
BA in Personality psychology and Psychometric, Psychology Department, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Thesis supervisor: Snežana Smederevac
Thesis title: Relations between mate selection criteria, attachment dimensions and alternative Five-Factor Model
Career
2020-present
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy
University of Novi Sad
2015-2020
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy
University of Novi Sad
2009-2015
Teaching Assistant
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy
University of Novi Sad
2008-2009
Teaching Assistant
Higher School of Professional Bussiness Studies
Projects
2019 - 2021
Member of MCDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
European Commission, COST Action grant CA18115
Transnational collaboration on bullying, migration and integration at school level
2020-2021
Project LeaderDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research grant
Socio-psychological factors of risky use of social networks among adolescents in Vojvodina
2019-2021
Research AssistantDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia research grant
Hereditary, environmental, and psychological factors of mental health (179006)
2019-2021
Research AssistantDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
European Commission, Erasmus+ Joint Projects (KA2) Enhancing and Validating servIce related competencies in Versatile
learning environments in Western Balkan Universities
(e-VIVA)(598307-EPP-1-2018-1- AL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP)
2011-2014
Research Assistant
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development of the AP of Vojvodina grant
Violence in contemporary society: Dispositional and contextual predictors
2013-2014
Research Assistant
University of Novi Sad
Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development of the AP of Vojvodina grant
Researches of employability of students from University od Novi Sad – trends, opportunities, barriers and needs
2014
Research Assistant
Vojvodinian Sociological Association
City of Novi Sad, City Councilor for Sport and Youth
Peer violence among high school pupils in the city of Novi Sad – follow up study
2013
Research Assistant
Vojvodinian Sociological Association
City of Novi Sad, City Councilor for Sport and Youth
Peer violence among high school pupils
Specializations, scholarships, awards and academic visits
2019
Young Career Researcher Award – International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID)
2016
The Best Poster Presentation at the 64. Congress of Serbian Psychologists, Zlatibor, Serbia
2013
The Best Young Researcher Award at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
2011-2017
Editor Assistant of the journal Applied Psychology [Primenjena psihologija]
Talks, Popularization of science
2019
The exploration of socially toxic traits and behaviors
Conference of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences – ISSID 2019, Florence, Italy
2020
The European Researchers’ Night – “Weird” behaviors during pandemic
2016
TEDx Novi Sad 2016: Is revenge really sweet?
Research Interests
Dark traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism, etc.)
Aggression, violence, antisocial punishment
Psychometrics, Item Response Theory, Measurement Invariance
Experimental personality psychology
Teaching
PhD studies:
Research Methods in Psychology: Selected topics
Current trends in psychometrics
Graduate studies:
Evaluation of psychological tests
Psychology of violence
Undergraduate studies:
Psychometric 1
Psychometric 2
Principles of psychological testing
Selected Publications
Dinić, B. M., Wertag, A., Sokolovska, V., & Tomašević, A. (2021). The good, the bad, and the ugly: Revisiting the Dark Core. Current Psychology. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01829-x
Dinić, B. M., Sokolovska, V., & Tomašević, A. (2021). The narcissism network and centrality of narcissism features. Current Psychology. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01250-w
Dinić, B. M., & Jevremov, T. (2021). Trends in research related to the Dark Triad: A bibliometric analysis. Current Psychology, 40, 3206–3215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00250-9*This paper was selected for the top result of the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad in 2020
Dinić, B. M., Bulut Allred, T. Petrović, B., & Wertag, A. (2020). A test of three sadism measures. Short Sadistic Impulse Scale, Varieties of Sadistic Tendencies, and Assessment of Sadistic Personality. Journal of Individual Differences, 41, 219–227. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000319
Dinić, B. M., & Raine, A. (2020). An Item Response Theory Analysis and Further Validation of the Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ): The Serbian Adaptation of the RPQ. Journal of Personality Assessment, 102(4), 469–479. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2019.1573430
Dinić, B. M., & Smederevac, S. (2019). Effects of HEXACO traits and experimental provocation on aggression. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 227(3), 225–229. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000381
Dinić, B. (2019). Principi psihološkog testiranja [Principles of psychological testing]. Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia: Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad.