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The concept of mind-mindedness is an important contribution to understanding
mother-child interactions in the light of attachment. It is created to
explain the influence of sensitive parenting on the formation of a secure
attachment. Although research on this concept has been carried out over the
past twenty years, in our psychological literature dedicated to the
social-emotional development, it is only mentioned by reference, as one of
the factors that influence the development of secure attachment, or as a
mechanism by which transgenerational transmission of attachment patterns can
be explained. Therefore, because of its significance and actuality, in this
paper the concept of mind-mindedness will be presented in more detail. First
of all, attention will be paid to the origin and development of the idea
itself, then the methods of assessment will be described, and then the
results of the research important for shedding light on the theoretical
background of this phenomenon will be presented. In addition, we will
describe the correlation of mind-mindedness and the other concepts created
in an attempt to understand how parents experience their own child.

The main purpose of this research was testing the quality of life in adults
in Serbia. In order to obtain a more detailed picture, the sociodemographic
correlates of quality of life were examined. The sample included 153
participants of both genders, aged 30-50 with different professional
qualifications. The research involves both objective and subjective
evaluation of quality of life in seven domains: material well-being, health,
productivity, intimacy, safety, well-being inside a larger community and
emotional well-being. For the purpose of the research an adapted version of
the instrument ComQol (Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale, Adult, fifth
edition, Cummins, 1997) was used. The highest level was estimated in areas
such as intimacy, health, safety and productivity whereas the lowest level
outcame for material well-being and content with a place in a community.
Results also show significant differences in quality of life among certain
socio-demographic groups, mainly between younger and older, examinees of
different genders, educational degrees and marital statuses. Given results
provide guidelines for future researches of quality of life in Serbia,
therefore they are practical implications important for designing and
implementing of programmess for advancement of weak domains in life quality
for adults, beside the preventive programmes which would maintain higher
quality levels of life already achieved.

Domestic researches of youth leisure time are still rare, although we live in a 'leisure society'. The aim of the conducted research was to identify leisure time activities and level of leisure satisfaction of young people. The sample of the research includes 1103 respondents of adolescent age (pupils of secondary schools) from urban and rural areas in Vojvodina. The results of this research showed that youth in Vojvodina spend their leisure time similarly as their peers in other American and European countries. Typical patterns of young people's activities in their spare time are mainly passive: those include activities such as watching TV and listening to the music, while cultural activities seemed to be rare. Preferred leisure time orientations are the orientation towards entertainment and the orientation towards spending time and going out with peers. Furthermore, results suggest high frequency of risky behavior among adolescents: tobacco and marijuana use. The most frequent risk behavior is alcohol use. .

A large number of couples who end up their reproductive career with only one child presents a serious problem for demographic trends of a region in which they reside. A question rarely posed is what kind of consequences that phenomenon has for a family climate and family dynamics of those families. An even more important question is what kind of consequences the same phenomenon has for personality development of a child who grows up as a single child. What kind of characteristics and what personality traits are more likely to develop in a child that grows without his/her siblings? The results of our research show that single children get better results on the tasks that require recognition of one?s own emotional states and motives of one?s own behavior than first born and second born children. However, single children score less favorably than first or second born on the tasks that require forecasting other people?s behavior. The explanation for this may be that single children are self-centered due to the lack of interaction with siblings. Other possible explanation may be a specific parenting style that a single child receives from his/her parents. This parenting style is uniquely different from parenting style that a second or third born child receives due to the unique situation created by the fact that he/she is a single child.

The goal of the research was to establish the relation between the family type (traditional/egalitarian) and certain socio-demographic variables, which represents a part of a broader research project which studied the problems of family at the time of transition. The sample of the research consisted of secondary school students from the territory of Vojvodina. The research included 561 respondents with the average age of 16. On the basis of everyday activities of mother and father, families included in the research were classified in the following way: 77,4% of the traditional and 22,6% of egalitarian families. In this paper the authors discuss education and occupation of parents, place of residence and the estimated financial situation of the family as correlates of the family roles of mother and father, that is the type of family.