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Today's adolescents grow up with digital technologies and the Internet from birth. In order to learn about the Internet experience of these adolescents, in accordance with the social constructivist perspective, qualitative methodology was used in this paper. The Uses and Gratification Theory guided the formulation of questions in a semi-structured interview. To explore the youth's perception of the internet, ten girls and nine boys were interviewed. Their answers were analysed by thematic analysis and four thematic units «Experience of the term Internet from the perspective of high school students», «Motivation to use the Internet» and «Experience of the positive and negative consequences of Internet use» and "Emotional experience of using the Internet" were identified. Motives for using the Internet have been shown to include entertainment, learning, social interactions, and, to a lesser extent, stress reduction. Young people identify both positive and negative aspects of using the Internet, citing more negative experiences based on their own experiences. The use of the Internet, on the other hand, causes several different pleasant emotional reactions, but also conflicts with family and failures in the performance of home and school obligations. Key words: Internet; adolescents; social constructivism; uses and gratification theory

The aim of this study was to explore the experience of parents whose children are in active treatment for various types of cancer. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 parents. Through interpretative phenomenological analysis, five themes were derived: a) response to the diagnosis, b) parental "navigating" through the new life situation, c) "being in the hospital", d) sources of additional "burden", and e) those who made the process of treatment easier. The majority of parents used active coping strategies; for example, they tried to mobilise existing resources, focused on the present and lived a "day-by-day" kind of life. As aggravating circumstances of treatment, they noted inadequate physical conditions, increased costs of living, inadequate support of family members and a prejudicial environment. During the process of medical treatment, parents found the following factors helpful: child's strength, other parents' support, community members, and the expertise of medical staff. This paper emphasises the complexities and importance of understanding parenting processes that can operate throughout the disease trajectory for families experiencing paediatric cancer. The findings on the experience of parents gives increasing insight into difficulties but also into parental protectiveness, which can contribute to defining the interventions for strengthening their parental role.

Homelessness is one of the most difficult social issues, and people who have experienced homelessness are often exposed to stigmatisation and negative public perception. Public perception of homeless people also depends on how citizens interpret and what they attribute the causes of homelessness to. Therefore, this paper is aimed at verifying the causal attributions of homelessness based on Weiner's three-dimensional attribution model. The aim of the research was to examine the determinants of causal attributions of homelessness regarding certain sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics and attitudes towards homeless people. The research was conducted on a representative sample of citizens of the Republic of Croatia (n=1 010). The results showed that, on average, the citizens mostly attribute the causes of homelessness to factors related to the circumstances of a person's life and the broader social context. Differences were found in certain sociodemographic characteristics, whereby women attribute the causes of homelessness more often to the circumstances of a person's life and the broader social context, while participants with lower socioeconomic status attribute the causes of homelessness more often to structural factors. The results also point out regional differences in attributing the causes of homelessness to different factors. With regard to the attitude towards homeless people, it was found that participants who attribute the causes of homelessness to factors within the broader social context more also perceive homeless people more positively, considering that the state should take greater responsibility in caring for homeless people, and expressing more willingness to help homeless people. The results can contribute to a more effective development and implementation of intervention and policies aimed at sensitising the public regarding the issue and prevention of homelessness. Key words: attribution theory, homelessness, causal attributions, public opinion.