The aim of the study is to examine the moderating role of sports performance in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and stress coping strategies. In a sample of 171 elite and 169 non-elite athletes, EI was found to be related to task-oriented strategies, and completely unrelated to emotion-oriented strategies. Sport performance moderates the relationship between managing and regulating emotions and using avoidant coping strategies, in a way that non-elite athletes with higher scores on this EI subscale are more likely to use distraction-oriented coping.

The aim of this research was to examine predictive factors of entrepreneurial orientation of students in transitional, social, and economic contexts. Attitudes towards work, value orientations, gender, and the entrepreneurial experience of the father and the mother of the respondents were examined as predictor variables. The sample comprised 220 students from both genders with an average age of 21.57 years. The results indicate that, in all three measured components, young men have a more pronounced entrepreneurial orientation compared to young women. Attitudes towards work and organizational values were shown to correlate significantly with entrepreneurial orientation. Experiencing work as an opportunity for personal fulfilment (β = 0.420, sig <0.001), autocratic value orientations (β = 0.269, sig <0.05), and the entrepreneurship of the father were distinguished as significant predictors of entrepreneurial orientation on the total sample (β = 0.211, sig <0.001), as well as on the subsample of young women (β = 0.283, sig <0.05). The results of this research indicate the complexity of relationships between the examined factors and entrepreneurial orientation, the conversance of which provides the basis for conceptualizing the entrepreneurial socialization of young people in a particular social and economic context.

Body mass index (BMI) and body image (BI) are constructs worth examining in the context of physical activity (PA), and they are both related to quality of life (QoL). PA, BMI, and BI should all be considered as associated parameters, and their effect on QoL should be examined and understood. This study aimed to determine the moderating role of PA in the relationship of BMI and BI with QoL. The sample of examinees consisted of 500 respondents (307 women; aged 39 ± 6 years). A physical activity self-evaluation questionnaire (IPAQ-SF) was used to estimate PA; BI was evaluated by using the Body Image Dimensional Assessment (BIDA) questionnaire, while QoL was determined with the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. The results showed that vigorous PA moderates the relationship between BMI and social relationships in adults (Sig. = 0.000). Walking and vigorous PA affect the relationship between BMI and environmental health (Sig. = 0.017 and Sig. = 0.049, respectively). Both walking (Sig. = 0.035) and moderate PA (Sig. = 0.032) alternate the relationships between BI and social relationships. Walking (Sig. = 0.000) and vigorous PA (Sig. = 0.016) moderate the relationship between BI and environmental health. The influence of PA on the moderation of the relationship of BMI and BI with physical and psychological health in the working population was not statistically significant.

Background/Aim. Proper growth and development of adolescents in the morphological, functional and psychosocial aspects is the imperative of the educational process. The aim of this study was to determine the status and changes in the indicators of morphological characteristics, motor skills and lifestyle habits among the students of the Military High School in Belgrade. Methods. The study included 217 students aged 15 to 18 years (from the first to the fourth grade). The two measurements performed at the intervals of one year were used to determine: the body structure by means of 10 variables and motor skills by 4 variables, while life habits were determined by 25 variables. Results. The differences in the indicators of morphological characteristics were recorded in all the groups, being the highest in the first year of schooling. During the period of growing up, a reduction of fatty component in percentage values was found, as well as an increase of muscle mass. The progressive growth of motor skills in the first, second and the third grade was recorded in the manifestation of power, and endurance improved only in the first year. In terms of dietary habits, there was no difference among the groups. Conclusion. The obtained results indicate proper morphological and motor development and the formation of lifestyle habits. The data obtained will serve as a basis for health and functional prevention and upgrading in terms of improvement of the process of military education.

The starting point for this paper is Lazarus and Folkman's (1984, 2004) transactional approach to coping with stress and it analyses the relations between self-efficacy, self-silencing and stress coping strategies among educators who are involved in children's education and upbringing on various levels, from pre-school to secondary school teachers. The research included 185 educators from the city of Pirot who answered the following questionnaires: General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE, Schwarzer and al, 1997), Silencing the Self Scale (Jack and Dill, 1992), Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations Scale (CISS, Endler and Parker, 1990). The basic assumption was that there was a statistically relevant correlation between the levels of self-efficacy and self-silencing and the strategies for coping with stress. A statistically relevant positive correlation between a high level of self-efficacy and problem-focused coping strategy was confirmed among the educators who took part in the research (r=0,373, p<0,01), as well as the correlation between a high level of general self-silencing and coping focused on emotions and avoidance (r=0,614, p<0,01 i r=0,293, p<0,01). When it comes to differences in the levels of self-efficacy, self-silencing and stress coping strategies between educators regarding the level of education they are involved in, a subsample of lower-grade elementary school teachers stands out. Self-silencing is, as a whole (but not statistically relevant) and particularly the subscale of externalized self-silencing more evident in lower-grade elementary school teachers (F=0,019, p<0,05), as well as emotion-focused coping (F=0,023; p<0,05). The results of the research imply the need to explore resources that would contribute to the encouragement of constructive coping strategies and the preservation and improvement of the mental health of educators, lower-grade elementary school teachers in particular, in the environment and conditions that are not presently very favourable to them.

This research was focused on reducing the scale measuring the general achievement motive MOP2002. The initial version of the instrument MOP2002 contains 55 items and is in the Likert- type scale format. The starting point of this research was based on the assumption about a four-factor structure of the general achievement motive established in our previous research. Both quantitative and qualitative studies were applied in the process of reduction. Each of these studies was conducted on a separate sample – exploratory factor analysis N = 2846, and confirmatory factor analysis N = 294 – and four focus groups, each including 15 respondents. Based on the obtained results, 20 items were selected, and they comprise a shortened version of the scale called MOP20. Designed in this way, the scale can also take the form of the observation protocol while assessing the general achievement motive. It was ascertained that the instrument had a unique object of measurement. The factor analyses results showed the stability of the four-factor structure of the achievement motive. The parameters of representativeness, reliability and homogeneity indicate that MOP20 possesses satisfactory psychometric properties. Instrument validity was checked by means of correlational analysis of the general achievement motive and dimensions of time perspective, self-efficacy and locus of control. The obtained correlation coefficients indicate a satisfactory validity of the scale MOP20, and are highly interpretable when explaining and considering the psychological space of the factors significant for achieving success in activities such as sports and entrepreneurship.