MBA mag.psych., PhD student
M, 25.5.1991.(35)
Clinical Psychology | Emotions
Scientific Research | Wrestling/BJJ
Scientific Research | Wrestling/BJJ
| 2020 – 2021 | MBA – COTRUGLI Business School |
| University of Zagreb | |
| 2025 – | PhD Student, School of Medicine |
| 2013 – 2015 | M.A. in Psychology – University Centre for Croatian Studies (CGPA 4.736; ECTS 129) |
| 2010 – 2013 | B.A. in Psychology – University Centre for Croatian Studies (CGPA 4.690; ECTS 187) |
| Awards and Acknowledgments: | |
| 2014/15 | GPA in the top 10% |
| 2015 | Scientific and professional work (Dean's Award) |
| 2014 | Engagement in student and other associations (Dean's Award) |
| 2013 | Extracurricular participation and student engagement (Dean's Award) |
| 2008 | Contribution to the development and promotion of the reputation of Sisak-Moslavina County |
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- Ambitious practitioner, lecturer, and scientific collaborator with a wide range of interests
- interested in talent development, leadership, and motivation
- integrating findings and principles from various fields of psychology, e.g. social, clinical, and communication psychology
- active roles in 7 research projects (project leader, research design, data analysis, questionnaire graphic design)
- co-author of 6 scientific papers and book chapters
- informal mentor to 7 PhD and 11 graduate students
- active participation (oral presentations) at 14 scientific conferences and expert meetings
- co-author of 4 professional papers
- held more than a dozen invited lectures
- lecturer in: organizational psychology, health psychology, counseling, communication, research methods ...
- practitioner as a counselor and consultant (project management, communication skills, leadership)
- integrating findings and principles across different fields of psychology
Professional Engagement and Official Duties
| 2022 – | Judiciary, County Court (SMŽ), lay judge |
| Government of the Republic of Croatia, Youth Council | |
| 2021 – | member, Committee for Youth Mental Health Protection – coordinator |
| 2018 – 2020 | substitute member, Committee for Student Issues – coordinator (report) |
| 2021 – | International Association of Applied Psychology, member |
| Croatian Psychological Chamber | |
| 2022 – | Representative Assembly, member |
| 2022 – | Committee on Professional Development, deputy chair, member |
| 2022 – | Working Group on Material and Financial Bylaws, deputy chair, member |
| 2019 – | Psychological Society of Sisak-Moslavina County (DPSMŽ), president (2022 –), member |
| 2022 – | Croatian Psychological Society (HPD), governing board member (2022 –), member |
Human Resources and Organizational Management
Consultant| Human Resources Management | |
| 2016 – | Psychological assessment (defining and evaluating core competencies of prospective employees; in close collaboration with corporate legal departments and senior management) |
| 2014 – | Job description analysis and qualitative prediction of job transformation (defining roles, goals and core competences in order to plan employee responsibilities and development) |
| 2015 – | Motivation and employee engagement management |
| 2015 – | Education and training (generic skills training; communication skills and problem-solving training) |
| 2015 – | Senior management debriefs (sales pitch setting; strategic communication and mediation; coaching – using dialectic approach to support managers in: elaborating their own ideas, goal operationalization and reducing the effect of psychological biases in decision-making) |
| 2017 – | Mental health prevention and well-being management |
| 2018 – | Organizational culture development and transformation |
| 2016 – | Mission and Vision statements definition |
Psychology
| University of Zagreb, Rectorate | ||
| 2022 – duties (additional) |
Head of the Office for Psychological Support and Mental Health Protection
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| 2019 – 2022 | Senior expert adviser for student counselling | |
| 2017 – 2019 |
Expert adviser for student counselling | |
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| Office for Students with Disabilities | ||
| 2016 – 2017 | Expert adviser for students with disabilities | |
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| 2015 – 2016 | Child and Youth Protection Center of Zagreb, internship (clinical psychology) | |
| Mentor: prof.dr.sc. Gordana Buljan Flander | ||
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| Pučko otvoreno učilište Petar Zrinski | ||
| 2020 – | Psychotherapy Propaedeutics - Biological Basis of Psychological Processes – lecturer | |
| University of Zagreb, School of Medicine [evaluations] | ||
| 2015 – 2019 | Fundamentals of Medical Skills – lecturer | |
| 2016 – 2019 | General medical competences – medical interns – lecturer | |
| 2016 - 2017 | Brain, Mind, and Art – From Neuron to Community – invited lecture | |
| University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing [evaluations] | ||
| 2015 | Communication skills, undergraduate level – lecturer (lectures and seminars) | |
| 2015 – 2017 | Organizational psychology, graduate level – lecturer (seminars) | |
| University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb [evaluations] | ||
| 2018 – | Health psychology – assistant (seminars) | |
| 2018 – | Communication skills – assistant (seminars) | |
| 2016 – 2017 | Basics of scientific research in nursing – lectures, seminars | |
| University of Zagreb, Faculty of Croatian Studies | ||
| 2016 – 2017 | Qualitative research methods, graduate level – lecturer | |
| 2012 – 2015 | Perception, undergraduate level – student/lecturer (assistant) | |
| 2013 – 2015 | Qualitative research methods, graduate level – student/lecturer (assistant) | |
| 2013 – 2014 | Cross–disciplinary perspectives on the analysis of culture, context & communication | |
Other Professional Experience
| Psychological Counseling & Community Work | |
| 2020 – | Motivational interviewing |
| 2020 – | Working with Marginalized Groups |
| 2020 – | Community Psychosocial Support |
| 2018 – | Competent Parenting |
| Clinical Psychology | |
| 2019 – | Developmental Psychopathology |
| 2019 – | Forensic Interview |
Additional Trainings
| Croatian Behavioral Cognitive Therapies Association (HUBIKOT), Zagreb | |
| 2019 – | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education (CBT, Practicum 2) |
| 2018 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education (CBT, Practicum 1) |
| 2017 – | Croatian Psychological Chamber, licensed psychologists Qualification exam field: clinical psychology |
| 2018 | Student career guidance and assessment, Agency for Science and Higher Education (Croatia) |
| 2017 | Refugees Integration vs. Discrimination Bulgarian Youth Forum (Erasmus+, Youth Pass) |
| 2017 | Working with Parental Alienation Training – Developing Interventions |
| 2016 | Working with Parental Alienation Training – Understanding, Differentiation, Intervention Family Separation Clinic, London (UK) Child and Youth Protection Center of Zagreb |
| 2016 | Advanced Forensic Interviewing Training National Children's Advocacy Center, Huntsville, AL (USA) Child and Youth Protection Center of Zagreb |
| 2022 | PAI-A Personality Assessment Inventory – Adolescent - Naklada slap |
| 2016 | WZT (Wartegg drawing completion test) – Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) Center, Zagreb |
| 2015 | BG II Bender Visual - Motor Gestalt Test - Naklada slap |
| MMPI–2 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Naklada slap | |
| WISC–IV Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Naklada slap | |
| 2015 | Strengthening capacities for evaluating risk and managing safety to protect women and children victims of violence WAVE (Women Against Violence) Autonomna ženska kuća Zagreb |
| 2013 | Safe place Women's Room S.O.S. phone – help line (Virovitica) Women's Centre Adela (Sisak) Center for Support and Development of Civil Society “Delfin” (Pakrac) |
| 2015 | Mens Sana Psychological Treatments, Biofeedback & Psychosomatics Clinic |
7 - research projects
| 7.7 | 2019 | Assessing Nurses Work-Related Stress Determinants – University of Applied Health Sciences – project leader, research design, data analysis, questionnaire graphic design | |
| 7.6 | 2019 | Oral health and physical injuries of Military Academy Students – Croatian Military Academy "Dr. Franjo Tudjman" – research design, data analysis, questionnaire graphic design | |
| 7.5 | 2018 | Multimodal psychophysiological measures in advancing air traffic controllers selection – University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatian Air Traffic Control | |
| 7.4 | 2017 | Youth in Bjelovarsko-bilogorska County – Bjelovarsko-bilogorska County, Impress Daruvar, Center for Civil Initiatives, FairSociety, Bjelovarski centar za razvoj civilnoga društva, Bjelovarsko-bilogorska County Student Association – research design, data analysis, questionnaire graphic design | |
| 7.3 | 2016 | Dental anxiety – School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb & Child Protection Center of Zagreb – data analysis, questionnaire graphic design | |
| 7.2 | 2016 | NGO – Brave Phone (children helpline) – ongoing projects – research design assistance | |
| 7.1 | 2016 | Screen time, national study research design, questionnaire graphic design |
6 - scientific papers and book chapters
| 6.5 | DOC | Katalinić, V., Kujundžić, J., Tarabić, BN., & Petö Kujundžić, L. (2019). Secondary School Pupils' Knowledge of Court Proceedings and Their Perception of Courts Within the Croatian Legal System. In S. Popović, G. Crous, N. Tarshish, L. Van Erwegen & F. Lorenz (Eds.), Child Maltreatment & Well-Being: Contemporary Issues, Research & Practice (Proceedings of the 1st International Conference CMW 2017) (pp. 29-40). Rijeka, Croatia: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Health Studies. (original scientific paper) | |
| 6.4 | Brkljačić, T., Tarabić, B. N. & Lewis, M. C. (2017). Touch as a Part of Daily Communication with Family and Friends. In N. R. Silton (Ed.), Family Dynamics and Romantic Relationships in a Changing Society (pp. 85-108). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2404-5.ch005 (original scientific paper) | ||
| 6.3 | Brkljačić, T., Majetić, F., & Tarabić, B. N. (2017). Smart Environment: Cyber Parks (Connecting Nature and Technology). In L. C. Cagica (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation Within Smart Cities (pp. 150-172). Hershey PA: IGI Global. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1978-2.ch008 (original scientific paper) | ||
| 6.2 | DOC | Buljan Flander, G., Tarabić, B.N. & Čuković–Bagić, I. (2015). Child Abuse and Neglect: Croatian Dental Practitioners’ Experience and Knowledge. Alcoholism and Psychiatry Research, 51(2), 127–136. (original scientific paper) | |
| 6.1 | DOC | Knežević, M., Tarabić, B.N., Tomac, P., Vincek, A. & Ivanda, L. (2015). Role of gender, age and education level in information processing speed. Psihologijske teme, 24(2), 173–185. (original scientific paper) |
5 – scientific conferences and expert meetings
| 5.19 | Durman Marijanović, Z., Mamula, M., Osmak Franjić, D., Baretić, V. i Tarabić, B.N. (2022). Ciklus razgovora „Među nama“: Kako svojim stručnim radom doprinosimo očuvanju i osnaživanju zdravlja i dobrobiti djece i mladih?. (Jasminka Jelčić, voditeljica) 29. godišnja konferencija hrvatskih psihologa. . Tuheljske Toplice: Hrvatsko psihološko društvo. (rasprava, stručna) | ||
| 5.18 | DOC | Tarabić, B.N. (2022). Koraci prema sutra: Rano prepoznavanje rizika za suicidalna ponašanja i prevencija suicida u djece i mladih. Predavanja namijenjena stručnjacima koji izravno rade s djecom i mladima. Zagreb: Centar za zdravlje mladih Doma Zdravlja Zagreb – Istok, NZJZ „Dr. Andrija Štampar“, Psihijatrijska bolnica za djecu i mladež i Poliklinika za zaštitu djece i mladih Grada Zagreba. (predavanje, stručno, izvještaj) | |
| 5.17 | DOC | Tarabić, B.N. (2022). Odrednice doživljavanja stresa na radnom mjestu kod medicinskih sestara. 1. Simpozij Radne skupine za edukaciju Hrvatske udruge kardioloških medicinskih sestara "Osnaživanje kroz edukaciju". Opatija: Hrvatska udruga kardioloških medicinskih sestara. (radionica, stručna, sažetak) | |
| 5.16 | DOC | Tarabić, B.N. (2022). Psihologija profesionalne komunikacija u: svakodnevnim, stresnim i kriznim situacijama. 1. Simpozij Radne skupine za edukaciju Hrvatske udruge kardioloških medicinskih sestara "Osnaživanje kroz edukaciju". Opatija: Hrvatska udruga kardioloških medicinskih sestara. (predavanje, plenarno, stručno, sažetak) | |
| 5.15 | Tarabić, B.N. (2021). Nazovi stvar pravim imenom – mogu li psiholozi pisati dijagnoze?. 14. tjedna psihologije u Hrvatskoj. Nepopularna Psihologija, Sekcija za kliničku psihologiju Hrvatskog psihološkog društva. (rasprva, stručna) | ||
| 5.14 | DOC | Tarabić, B.N. (2019). Techniques of Verbal Communication and Sensitivity to Nonverbal Communication. In Vjekoslav Jeleč (Ed.), 4th Symposium “Youth and Mental Health”: I’m listening (p. 14). Zagreb: Grad Zagreb. (conference workshop, professional, abstract) | |
| 5.13 | DOC | Tarabić, B.N. (2019). Get Organized! In Vjekoslav Jeleč (Ed.), 4th Symposium “Youth and Mental Health”: I’m listening (p. 10). Zagreb: Grad Zagreb. (conference workshop, professional, abstract) | |
| 5.12 | Tarabić, B.N. (2019). Women and Men in Business World. Rotary Forum: Position of Women in Society and Protection of Women's Rights. Zagreb: Rotary E-klub Hrvatska (oral presentation, abstract, professional) 27.4. | ||
| 5.11 | Tarabić, B.N. (2018). Perfectionism. 3rd Symposium “Youth and mental health”: I’m listening. Zagreb: Grad Zagreb. (conference workshop, professional) | ||
| 5.10 | Roje, M., Buljan Flander, G. & Tarabić, B.N. (2017). Young children in front of small screens. 25th Annual Conference of Croatian Psychologists. “Psychology in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Social Justice”. Zadar: University of Zadar – Department of Psychology. (p. 162) (oral presentation, abstract, scientific) | ||
| 5.09 | Katalinić, V., Kujundžić, J., Tarabić, B.N. & Petö Kujundžić, L. (2017). Youth awareness of their rights in legal proceedings in the Republic of Croatia. 1st International Scientific Conference „Child Maltreatment & Well-Being“. Rijeka: The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka. (poster, abstract, scientific) | ||
| 5.08 | DOC | Tarabić, B.N. (2017). Communication Skills, Rethinking Efficiency: From Intuitive to Scientific. 5th International Congress of the International College of Person-Centered Medicine. Zagreb: International College of Person-Centered Medicine and Zagreb's Institute for the Culture of Health. (invited lecture, abstract, scientific) | |
| 5.07 | DOC | Selak Bagaric, E., Buljan Flander, G., Stimac, D. & Tarabic, B.N. (2017). Day hospital - a place of security for children and adolescents. 15th European Congress of Psychology. Amsterdam: European Federation of Psychology Associations, 11 – 14 July (poster, abstract, professional) | |
| 5.06 | DOC | Tarabić, B.N. (2016). Rethinking Communication: doctor-communicator. 1st International Conference on chronic non-communicable diseases in the culture of health.. Zagreb: Zagrebački institut za kulturu zdravlja i NBM d.o.o., 29. September - 01 October (oral presentation, abstract, professional) | |
| 5.05 | DOC | Tarabić, B.N., & Flander, M. (2016). Communication Skills – Professional Self-Presentation in Written Form (CV, Cover Letters and Motivation Letters). In Z. Penezić et al. (Eds.), 20th Psychology Days, Zadar (International Congress) (p. 190). Zadar: University of Zadar – Department of Psychology.(conference workshop, abstract) | |
| 5.04 | DOC | Tarabić, B. N., & Brkljačić, T. (2016). Youth and Politics: Disengagement ≠ Indifference. In Z. Penezić et al. (Eds.), 20th Psychology Days, Zadar (International Congress) (p. 127). Zadar: University of Zadar – Department of Psychology. (oral presentation, abstract, scientific) | |
| 5.03 | DOC | Tarabić, B. N. (2015). Modern Society and the Redefinition of Therapeutic Procedures. In F. Đerke (Ed.), 4th Croatian Congress on Prevention and Rehabilitation in Psychiatry – ‘Depression in the Century of the Mind’ (international psychiatric expert meeting). Gyrus. 3, Supplement 1, 100. (oral presentation, abstract, professional) | |
| 5.02 | DOC | Tarabić, B.N. (2014). Phenomenon Analysis, Agnosticism. In A. Slišković (Ed.), 19th Psychology Days, Zadar (International Congress). (p. 250). Zadar: University of Zadar – Department of Psychology. (oral presentation, abstract, scientific) | |
| 5.01 | DOC | Tarabić, B.N. & Smrke, L. (2013). Masturbation Practices Among Croatian University Students. In G. Kuterovac Jagodić, I. Erceg Jugović & A. Huić (Eds.), 21st Ramiro and Zoran Bujas' Days (International Congress) (p. 201). Zagreb: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of Psychology. (oral presentation, abstract, scientific) |
4 – professional papers
| 4.4 | DOC | Tarabić, BN. (2014). Kratak osvrt na aktivnost autonomnog živčanog sustava u kontekstu psihologije. Gyrus, 2(4), 52-54. | |
| 4.3 | DOC | Tarabić, BN. (2014). Uloga “subplate” zone u nastanku shizofrenije. Gyrus, 2(2), 185-187. | |
| 4.2 | DOC | Tarabić, BN., & Tomac, P. (2014). Intelektualne teškoće - dijagnostika i klasifikacija. Gyrus, 2(1), 130-133. | |
| 4.1 | DOC | Tarabić, BN., & Tomac, P. (2013). Posttraumatski stresni poremećaj. Gyrus, 1(1), 34-41. |