Bovan, K., Čorkalo Biruški, D. & Baketa, N. (2022). How political trust influences compliance: Longitudinal follow-up of the coronavirus pandemic experiences in Croatia. ISPP Annual Meeting Democracy as an Achievement: Recognizing Tensions, Challenges, and Aspirations through Political Psychology, Athens, July 14-17.

Political trust is a prerequisite for a well-functioning democratic society; it relates to normative behaviour among citizens, their political participation, and satisfaction with democracy. It seems to be more important in times of social disruptions and crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies show that citizens who trust political elites and institutions show higher levels of well-being, adhere more to public health measures (such as maintaining physical distance and wearing a mask), and are more prone to vaccination. However, there is a lack of studies exploring the causal predictors and outcomes of political trust in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess the causal relationship between individual experiences with the COVID-19 crisis (health concerns and perception of relative deprivation), political trust, and adherence to public health measures and vaccination intention.  A longitudinal study was conducted in three time-points (August 2020; January 2021; and August 2021), and data was collected via CAWI method. We reached Croatian national probabilistic sample with 867 participants included through all three waves. We hypothesized that political trust (in the second wave) would mediate the relationship between experiences with the coronavirus (in the first wave) and adherence to recommended behaviours and vaccination intentions (in the third wave). Preliminary data analyses point to the importance of political trust in compliance to the public health measures and behavioural intentions to COVID-19 vaccination. The results will be discussed by emphasizing importance of political trust in coping with societal threats and crisis.

Kovačić, M. (2022). Croatian Youth Policy in the Time of Corona Crisis. International Conference Life in the time of COVID-19 - Social implications on the security and well-being of vulnerable groups in the European context. University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law, July, 7-8.

It is now axiomatic statement that the corona crisis, as a global health, social and political phenomenon, has affected various aspects of the social sphere and the range of actors and social groups. Likewise, research conducted in Croatia (e.g. Čorkalo-Biruški et al., 2021) has shown that young people are perceived as one of the two most severely affected social groups. Changes in education provision and the dynamics of sociability have affected the youth population to the extent that the European Union has declared 2022 the European Year of Youth (EYY, 2022), just to somehow "make up" this social group. If we accept the initial assumption that young people are seriously affected by the crisis, the next step that interests us, and which is central to this presentation, is the extent to which national youth has changed to respond to current challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The analysis of changes in youth policy is the topic of the paper. The aforementioned analysis is based on data collected in the research "Rebuilding Society: Longitudinal Research on Social Recovery in Croatia after the Coronavirus Pandemic (ReSPoC)" and is complimented by public policy analysis of the youth sector. The presentation consists of two parts. firstly, we present data on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on youth, after which we provide an overview of current goals and instruments of youth policy adopted by state and public authorities in response to the current crisis. Hence, the research question becomes – how did Croatia react to challenges young people have faced in the midst of coronacrisis?

Čorkalo Biruški, D. & ReSPoC team (2022). We Are Just Fine, but Our Society Is Not: A Year-And-A-Half Follow Up of Mental Health and Social Outcomes During the Coronavirus Crisis in Croatia. International Conference Life in the time of COVID-19 - Social implications on the security and well-being of vulnerable groups in the European context. University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law, July, 7-8.

The research project (Re)building society: A longitudinal study of Post-Corona Social Recovery in the Croatian General Population (ReSPoC) has explored mental health and social outcomes in dealing with consequences of the coronavirus pandemic in Croatia over the course of 18 months. The study was conducted at four time points on a national probabilistic sample of participants aged 18-74 years. An online survey using CAWI method was conducted with a total of 743 respondents participated in all four time points. The first wave of data was collected in August and September 2020 and the last, fourth wave, in March 2022. The waves of data collection followed the cycles of the pandemic worsening and improvements. Three groups of indicators were examined: 1. key experiences related to the pandemic; 2. mental health indicators, and 3. social outcomes related to how the participants have experienced some aspects of state and society during the pandemic. We consider them as indicators of soci(et)al health. The results show that decline in mental health indicators was not sizeable and after an initial and relatively small negative impact on mental health, most of the citizens have recovered successfully, showing noticeable resilience. The similar pattern has been observed for quite a few social health outcomes (e. g. generalized trust and general solidarity) indicating a firm and relatively stable social network of interpersonal and social ties among citizens. Nevertheless, some of key indicators of societal health have continued to decline over the course of the pandemic (e. g. a decline in institutional trust and an increase in political helplessness and anomie) indicating foreseeable challenges in post-corona recovery of Croatian society. Possible solutions and directions for future research will be discussed.

During various emergencies, people’s sense of belonging to the group members exposed to the same event may change. That sense of shared social identity is often related to mutual support, help, solidarity, and well-being. Research so far has stressed the importance of shared identity in the context of COVID-19 crisis. Because this crisis was mostly managed on a national level, in this study we focus on shared national identity as one of the possible salient social identities. National actors and leaders are important for managing the crisis and promoting compliance with protective measures. Hence, greater trust in those actors seems to be associated with a greater sense of shared identity. Even though different authors have suggested that shared identity can persist and even increase during the crisis, longitudinal research on this topic is still scarce. Therefore, using three-wave panel data on a national probabilistic sample of adult Croatian citizens (N = 867), we explore the changes in shared identity, solidarity with others, life satisfaction, and institutional trust during one year of the pandemic, as well as interrelations between shared identity and aforementioned variables. While results suggest that there was a significant increase in shared identity, there was also a significant decrease in solidarity and institutional trust as pandemic progressed, as well as no changes in life satisfaction. Trajectories of those changes and their interrelations will be discussed.

Istraživanja učinaka pandemije koronavirusa općenito pokazuju kratkotrajno pogoršanje mentalnog zdravlja tijekom općeg zatvaranja, nakon čega se ono poboljšava. Cilj ovog istraživanja je provjeriti dugoročne posljedice suočavanja s pandemijom na mentalno zdravlje građana Hrvatske te ispitati njihovu uznemirenost različitim okolnostima tijekom pandemije. Uz kvantitativne pokazatelje, zanimala nas je i kvalitativna analiza odgovora sudionika o iskustvima koja im je bilo najteže podnijeti, kao i o onima pozitivnima, te analiza odgovora o tome u čemu je Hrvatska bila uspješna, a u čemu neuspješna tijekom suočavanja s pandemijom. Pod tim vidom su nas posebno zanimale dobne razlike u odgovorima.
Istraživanje je provedeno na nacionalnom probabilističkom uzorku odraslih u Hrvatskoj koji su tijekom godine dana sudjelovali u tri točke mjerenja. Korištena je metoda internetski potpomognutog anketiranja. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 867 sudionika u dobi od 18 do 74 godine (M = 44.97; SD = 15.52) od čega je bilo 52.5% žena.
Rezultati analize varijance pokazali su da tijekom vremena dolazi do vrlo malih promjena indikatora mentalnog zdravlja. Specifično, do trećeg mjerenja sudionici su se prilagodili na situaciju i pokazuju sve manje emocionalnih teškoća i opterećenosti neugodnim emocijama, kao i sve manju uznemirenost različitim stresorima. Međutim, detaljniji uvid u rezultate po dobnim skupinama pokazuje veću otpornost starijih sudionika u odnosu na mlađe. Analiza kvalitativnih odgovora o najtežim, ali i o pozitivnim iskustvima tijekom pandemije upućuje na neke važne dobne razlike. Dok su svi najviše isticali nedostatak druženja i ograničeno kretanje, zatvorenost u kući i online nastava posebno su pogađali mlađe sudionike, a informacije iz medija i rad stožera više su opterećivali starije sudionike. Manji broj sudionika koji je pronašao nešto pozitivno u pandemijskom razdoblju navodi veću obiteljsku povezanost i više vremena za sebe, dok su digitalizaciju kao dobrodošlu prihvatili jedino mlađi sudionici. U pogledu uspjeha i neuspjeha u odgovoru Hrvatske na pandemiju, većina sudionika smatra da Hrvatska nije bila uspješna, pri čemu su najkritičniji sudionici srednje odrasle dobi. S druge strane, uvođenje i pridržavanje mjera ističu se kao element uspješnosti, no i tu postoje razlike po dobnim skupinama. Implikacije dobivenih rezultata komentirat će se u raspravi.

Prof. dr. sc. John Drury, University of Sussex, Velika Britanija
Prof. dr. sc. Dario Spini, University of Lausanne, Švicarska
Sarah Eitze, Sveučilište Erfurt / COSMO Covid-Monitoring project, Njemačka

Pandemijske krize mogu imati efekte na mentalno zdravlje pojedinaca, ali i percepciju stanja društva u kojem ljudi žive, odnosno na pokazatelje društvenoga zdravlja. Čini se da pandemije nerazmjerno djeluju na osobe različitih sociodemografskih karakteristika, no longitudinalna praćenja posljedica pandemije na različitim skupinama ljudi još su uvijek rijetka. Stoga smo ovim istraživanjem htjeli (1) provjeriti kako se mentalno i društveno zdravlje mijenja tijekom pandemije koronavirusa te (2) ispitati kako se ono razlikuje kod osoba različitih sociodemografskih karakteristika i tako identificirati skupine ljudi koje su posebno ranjive.
Istraživanje je provedeno na nacionalnom probabilističkom uzorku u dvije točke mjerenja. Podaci su prikupljeni online anketom, prvi put krajem kolovoza i početkom rujna 2020. u vrijeme pogoršanja epidemiološke situacije, a drugi put u siječnju 2021. godine kada se epidemiološka situacija poboljšavala. U obje točke mjerenja sudjelovalo je 958 sudionika u dobi između 18 i 74 godine. Kao pokazatelji mentalnog zdravlja ispitane su emocionalne teškoće, kvaliteta života te uznemirenost različitim izvorima stresa vezanima uz pandemiju. Pokazatelji društvenog zdravlja bili su horizontalno i vertikalno povjerenje te percepcija društvene solidarnosti i društvene kohezije.  Razlike u mentalnom i društvenom zdravlju provjeravane su s obzirom na dob, spol te radni i socioekonomski status sudionika. Rezultati sugeriraju da su, u zahvaćenom razdoblju pandemije, promjene mentalnog zdravlja male, dok su veće promjene zabilježene na pokazateljima društvenog zdravlja. Ipak, razlike postoje među osobama različitih sociodemografskih karakteristika što ukazuje na postojanje ranjivih skupina kojima je u nastavku pandemije iznimno važno posvetiti posebnu pozornost.

As an initial response to the spread of the coronavirus, a number of protective measures were announced, such as physical distancing and wearing masks. Recently, vaccines became available as another way to prevent the spread of the virus. Both adherence to protective measures and vaccination can reflect desire to protect oneself from infection. They can also be a sign of compassion and solidarity with others, especially among those who are not at risk of becoming seriously ill.
Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the importance of self-protection (i.e. the concern of being affected) and solidarity in the prediction of adherence to protective measures and vaccination intentions while controlling for gender and age. Additionally, we have investigated the moderating effect of the perceived risk of severe illness from the coronavirus in the relation between the aforementioned predictors and outcomes.
A total of 945 adults (50.6% women) participated in the study. The mean age was M = 44.96 (SD = 15.40), ranging from 18 to 74. Participants were recruited from the general public of Croatia using the CAWI (computer-assisted web interviewing) method during January of 2021. The sample was a stratified probabilistic sample with gender, age, level of education, size of the place of residence, and region of the country as predetermined strata. All measures were developed for the purpose of this study.
The first regression model with an adherence to protective measures as an outcome variable explained 38.2% of the variance. Results indicate that women (β = .14; t = 5.13; p < .001), those more concerned of being infected (β = .27; t = 7.51; p < .001) and those who show more solidarity during pandemic (β = .44; t = 12.76; p < .001) were more prone to adhere to protective measures. The effect of the solidarity was stronger for those who do not consider themselves to be in a risk group (β = -.17; t = -4.95; p < .001). The second regression model with vaccination intentions as an outcome explained 25.9% of the variance. Men (β = -.10; t = -3.20; p < .01), older participants (β = .16; t = 4.79; p < .001), those more concerned of being infected (β = .20; t = 5.03; p < .001) and those who show more solidarity during pandemic (β = .34; t = 9.01; p < .001) had a greater intention to vaccinate. There was no significant moderation effect of the perceived risk for oneself.
To summarize, the results suggest that both importance of self-protection and solidarity with others play an important role in protective behaviours during the pandemic. However, solidarity with others seems to be especially important. This study findings may be of help in public health campaign in order to motivate people to persist in protective behaviors during different stages of pandemic.

Individualne mentalnozdravstvene posljedice, ali i značajne promjene društvenih obrazaca i indikatora društvenog zdravlja zabilježene su od samog početka pandemije koronavirusa. Znanstvenici su uglavnom suglasni da je ova globalna javnozdravstvena kriza promijenila svijet koji smo poznavali na različite načine. Stoga je cilj ovoga istraživanja bio ispitati kako su se te promjene odrazile na građane Hrvatske, odnosno provjeriti kakve su posljedice suočavanja s pandemijom koronavirusa na mentalnozdravstvene i društvene ishode u Hrvatskoj. Provedeno je on-line istraživanje na nacionalnom dvostruko stratificiranom (regija i veličina naselja) probabilističkom uzorku građana Hrvatske u dvije točke: krajem kolovoza i početkom rujna 2020. te u drugoj polovici siječnja 2021. godinu. Dok je prvo mjerno razdoblje obilježeno naglim pogoršavanjem epidemiološke situacije, u drugom je razdoblju nastupilo njeno poboljšanje, uz činjenicu da su do tada u Hrvatsku već stigla prva cjepiva protiv koronavirusa. U oba je vala sudjelovalo ukupno 958 sudionika dobi od 18 do 74 godine. Uz druge mjere, ispitano je nekoliko indikatora mentalnog zdravlja: stupanj uznemirenosti stresorima vezanima uz pandemiju, emocionalne teškoće i opća kvaliteta života, te neki indikatori društvenog zdravlja: horizontalno i vertikalno povjerenje, društvena solidarnost, te važnost građanskih sloboda i spremnost na njihovu uskratu.
Rezultati pokazuju da se u prvim mjesecima pandemije indikatori mentalnog zdravlja bitnije ne mijenjaju (rubno značajno povećanje emocionalnih teškoća, ali i nešto viša kvaliteta života), dok su među društvenim indikatorima zabilježene najveće promjene na vertikalnom povjerenju, koje pokazuje jasan pad povjerenja u institucije, posebno one središnje za upravljanje krizom. Ističemo da su navedeni indikatori odmjereni svega nekoliko mjeseci nakon početka pandemije, pa ih je nužno nastaviti pratiti kako bi se stekao valjan i pouzdan uvid u procese post-pandemijskog društvenog oporavka. 

Pandemija koronavirusa uzdrmala je funkcioniranje društvenih sustava globalno. Istraživanja pokazuju da je percepcija građana o tome kako su se vlada i mediji nosili s velikom zdravstvenom krizom važna odrednica povjerenja u institucije. Međutim, prethodne pandemije pokazale su da nakon česte inicijalne podrške vladajućima,  produljeno djelovanje krize dovodi do opadanja povjerenja u institucije čak i u razvijenim demokracijama, pokazujući razmjernu fragilnost i reaktivnu prirodu fenomena institucijskog povjerenja. No, manje je podataka o efektima pandemije na institucijsko povjerenje u tzv. tranzicijskim zemljama, pa i u Hrvatskoj. Stoga je cilj ovoga rada ispitati promjene društvenoga povjerenja i društvene kohezije tijekom pandemije konoravirusa u dvije točke mjerenja (krajem kolovoza i početkom rujna 2020. i u drugoj polovici siječnja 2021.) na nacionalnom probabilističkom uzorku odraslih građana u Hrvatskoj (N=958). I premda je opće uvjerenje da je Hrvatska u početku relativno uspješno odgovorila na koronakrizu, „efekt okupljanja oko zastave“ nije zabilježen, barem ne kada je riječ o povjerenju u institucije. Naime, nisko povjerenje u institucije na različitim razinama vlasti koje se bilježi u prvom mjerenju i nakon relativno uspješne borbe s pandemijom, nastavlja padati i u 2. mjerenju, posebno ono u ključne institucije poput Nacionalnog stožera civilne zaštite, Vladu i Sabor. Istovremeno raste nezadovoljstvo građana načinom upravljanja krizom. S druge strane, indikatori društvene povezanosti poput generaliziranog povjerenja, dijeljenog identiteta i različitih aspekata društvene solidarnosti ostaju na visokim razinama ili dodatno rastu, upućujući na to da je kriza dovela do porasta društvene kohezije među  građanima, ali ne i do jačanja povjerenja u institucije ključne za upravljanje krizom. U radu će se raspraviti kako se Hrvatska kao društvo suočila s koronakrizom i kakve su implikacije dobivenih nalaza za njen društveni oporavak nakon krize.

Coronavirus pandemic gave rise to numerous new conspiracy theories related to the virus. The aim of this study was to simultaneously investigate a range of individual predictors of beliefs in coronavirus conspiracy theories that account for socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, education, economic standard, the importance of religion and political self-identification), distinctive motivational orientations (social dominance and authoritarianism), relevant social attitudes (sense of political powerlessness and trust in science and
scientists) and pandemic related experiences (perceived risk for self and family members, a concern of being infected and expected influence of pandemic on one’s own economic standard).
Participants were 1060 adults recruited from the general public of Croatia. The sample was a probabilistic quota sample with gender, age, level of education, size of a place of living and region of the country as predetermined quotas.
The regression model explained 42.2% of the individual differences in beliefs in coronavirus conspiracy theories. Trust in science and scientists and political powerlessness were the strongest predictors, whereas fear of being infected had the weakest contribution in explaining the variance of the criterion. Additionally, results revealed that the relationship between conventionalism with the belief in coronavirus conspiracies was mediated by trust in science and scientists. The relationship between social dominance and belief in conspiracies was also partially mediated by trust in science.
Our results suggest that (re)building trust in science and lowering the sense of political helplessness might help in fighting potentially harmful false beliefs about the pandemic.

Social and institutional trust are fundamental features of a well-functioning democratic society. From the perspective of overall political support for the regime and from the perspective of social capital, trust among citizens and their trust in social and political institutions point to an (un)healthy society. When faced with a societal crisis, such as the coronavirus pandemic, societies show various levels of resilience that depend, among other things, on its levels of trust. At the same time, studies show that the governmental response to the pandemic can have an impact on trust levels. The aim of this study was to assess   levels of social and institutional trust in Croatia during the pandemic, as well as to find their individual-level predictors, by taking into account sociodemographics, personality traits, personal experiences during the crisis and rally-around-the-flag indicators. A  CAWI method was employed in order to reach a national  probabilistic  sample (N=1060) during August and September of 2020. The results showed low levels of social and institutional trust, with the latter being better explained with selected predictors than the former. Specifically, those with higher levels of shared identity, quality of life, and satisfaction with national political actors showed higher levels of social trust. Conversely, institutional trust was higher for older citizens, those higher in social dominance orientation and authoritarianism, with higher shared identity, lower trust in conspiracy theories, higher quality of life and satisfaction with political actors. Discussion will focus on the theoretical and practical relevance of these results.

Fundamental beliefs about world as a safe and predictive place may be severely “shattered” when people experience demanding stressful and traumatic events. Research has shown that those who experience more severe stress may also experience more profound worldview changes and mental health difficulties. COVID-19 crisis has faced the world with circumstances that go well beyond everything we have seen so far. Besides of experiencing the pandemic, the citizens of Zagreb, Croatia were additionally challenged by a devastating earthquake in March 2020. Therefore, we wanted to compare emotional difficulties in those citizens affected by the pandemic only and those experienced the earthquake as well. We expected a significant cumulative effects of stress on emotional difficulties, but also hypothesized that the relationship between intensity of stress caused by the two major stressors and resulting emotional difficulties would be partially mediated by worldview changes people experienced. An online survey with a probabilistic sample of 1270 Croatian adults (aged 18-74) was conducted and 50.16 % experienced the earthquake in Zagreb.
As expected, the path analysis suggested that pandemic stress predicted emotional difficulties and the worldview changes partially mediated that relationship. Nevertheless, the mediated relationship was weaker for those more resilient. These results hold true for both participants who experienced the earthquake, and those who did not. However, for those who experienced the earthquake, there was no effect of earthquake stress on emotional difficulties above that produced by the pandemic stress, suggesting that the pandemic related stress had a major effect on people’s fundamental beliefs and emotional difficulties.

Društvene krize predstavljaju dubinski izazov ne samo za pojedince, nego i za zajednice i čitava društva. Narušavanje uobičajenih tokova i obrazaca funkcioniranja društva aktivira resurse suočavanja i prilagodbe u pojedinaca, koji se s većim ili manjim uspjehom uspijevaju nositi s povećanim adaptacijskim zahtjevima. U tim individualnim nastojanjima nužan je i primjereni odgovor države i njenih institucija, koje, temeljem povjerenja građana, postoje kako bi upravljale i osigurale funkcioniranje društva, poglavito u kriznim vremenima. Dosadašnji tijek koronakrize kao  javnozdravstvene i opće društvene krize u mnogim je zemljama pokazao kako je povjerenje u osnovi temeljni zaštitni faktor. Tako se zemlje tradicionalno viših razina povjerenja uspješnije nose (i) s ovom krizom, a građani prilično suradljivo poštuju propisane mjere zaštite i privremena ograničenja individualnih i kolektivnih sloboda. Dapače, u nekim je zemljama, kao očiti rezultat dobrog upravljanja krizom, povjerenje u institucije i poraslo. S druge strane, zemlje tradicionalno niskog povjerenja, a Hrvatska je svakako među njima, često i u krizi pokazuju manjak institucionalnog povjerenja, što upućuje i na slabu društvenu otpornost, te svakako predstavlja izazov za vremena koja dolaze u pogledu brzine i suštine društvenog oporavka. Stoga smo u ovom istraživanju željeli ispitati razinu povjerenja u društvu (onog interpersonalnog, tj. generaliziranog i  partikulariziranog te onog institucijskog) u Hrvatskoj, na nacionalnom probabilističkom uzorku od 958 odraslih sudionika (18 do 74 godine) u dva vala (kraj kolovoza i početak rujna 2020., te druga polovica siječnja 2021.). Rezultati upućuju na to da je generalizirano povjerenje hrvatskih građana, očekivano, ostalo netaknuto krizom, dok partikularizirano povjerenje, dakle ono u bliske osobe, raste. Međutim, povjerenje u ključne institucijske aktere opada i to najviše u one koji su ujedno i najodgovorniji za upravljanje krizom – Nacionalni stožer civilne zaštite i Vladu RH. U izlaganju će se raspraviti rezultati praćenja povjerenja hrvatskih građana i njihove implikacije za društveni oporavak.

Moderna i suvremena povijest eksplicitno su pokazale da ekonomske, političke i društvene krize uvelike utječu na karakteristike demokracije, posebice na one s nedovoljno razvijenom građanskom kulturom. Pandemija koronavirusa, u svojoj suštini zdravstvena kriza, iako aktualna tek od početka 2020. godine, demonstrirala je već sada da njene karakteristike i posljedice imaju ogroman utjecaj na mentalno zdravlje ljudi, ekonomiju, političke procese i društvene odnose. Dosadašnja empirijska istraživanja hrvatskog konteksta prije pandemije ukazuju na niske razine povjerenja u institucije i  društvenog povjerenja te ambivalentan odnos prema vrednovanju građanskih sloboda. Stoga je cilj ovog rada doprinijeti boljem razumijevanju dva segmenta društveno-političke realnosti u Hrvatskoj – društvenog kapitala i građanskih sloboda uslijed pandemije.
U sklopu HRZZ projekta Obnavljanje društva: Longitudinalno istraživanje društvenog oporavka u Hrvatskoj nakon pandemije koronavirusa (ReSPoC), krajem kolovoza i početkom rujna 2020. godine na nacionalno reprezentativnom uzorku 1060 sudionika dobi od 18 do 75 godina, provedena je online anketa CAWI metodom. Ovo izlaganje tematizira neke od naglasaka cjelokupnog istraživanja, fokusirajući se na analizu segmenata društvenog kapitala, poput društvenog povjerenja, povjerenja u institucije, te normativnosti, ali i na doživljaj važnosti građanskih sloboda i spremnost građana na odricanje od njih. Osim deskriptivnih podataka, analizirat će se niz prediktora važnih za razumijevanje spomenutih fenomena, poput osobnih iskustava s koronavirusom i doživljenog stresa  sklonosti autoritarnosti i socijalnoj dominaciji, te individualne i kolektivne relativne deprivacije. Takav nacrt izlaganja omogućuje dobivanje uvida u opseg nekih mentalnozdravstvenih i društvenih posljedica pandemije, te na izazove s kojima se hrvatsko društvo tijekom oporavka može suočiti.

Društveni kapital i građanske slobode u doba pandemije koronavirusa

Marko Kovačić, Institut za društvena istraživanja
Nikola Baketa, Institut za društvena istraživanja
Kosta Bovan, Fakultet političkih znanosti, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Dinka Čorkalo Biruški, Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu

6. i 7. studenog 2020. godine, u sklopu znanstvene konferencije Hrvatski politološki razgovori, održana je prva prezentacija parcijalnih rezultata projekta RESPoC.

Dr. sc. Marko Kovačić, dr. sc. Nikola Baketa, doc. dr. sc. Kosta Bovan i voditeljica projekta prof. dr. sc. Dinka Čorkalo Biruški u svom su izlaganju pokazali rezultate utjecaja prediktora doba, spola, obrazovanja, skale orijentacije ka socijalnoj dominaciji, grupne dominacije, doživljenog distresa, konvencionalizama i zadovoljstva akterima na objašnjavanje institucionalnog i društvenog povjerenja te spremnosti na odricanje od građanskih sloboda u Hrvatskoj.

Podaci su to prvog od tri vala longitudinalnog istraživanja koji je proveden krajem kolovoza i početkom rujna 2020. godine na nacionalno reprezentativnom uzorku od 1060 sudionika dobi od 18 do 75 godina.

Na Hrvatskim politološkim razgovorima, čija je ovogodišnja tema bila politika u doba pandemije, kroz šest panela održano je 23 izlaganja politologa/inja i sociologa/inja iz Hrvatske i Srbije, a cjelokupni program dostupan je ovdje.