Mirta Mornar
Senior research assistant
- Researcher’s unique code: 367226
- Job title: Senior research assistant
- Field of interest: psychology of education
Qualifications, scientific advancement and education
PhD in Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
PhD thesis title: The role of social and emotional competencies in early-career teachers' occupational well-being
MA in Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
BA in Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Research projects
The role of personality, motivation and socio-emotional competences in early-career teachers’ occupational well-being
Study report on the social dimension of higher education in the Republic of Croatia
Hand in Hand: Social and Emotional Skills for Tolerant and Non-discriminative Societies (A Whole School Approach)
The use of ICT in learning, teaching and assessment in Croatian primary and secondary schools
Selected bibliography
Baketa, N., Kovačić, M., & Mornar, M. (2023). The role of debate in cognitive development and development of civic awareness of young people - a qualitative analysis. Sociologija, 65(3), 400-417. https://doi.org/10.2298/soc2303400b
Burić, I., & Mornar, M. (2022). Teacher dispositional affectivity, emotional labor, and self-efficacy: A longitudinal analysis. Current psychology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03029-7
Mornar, M., Marušić, I., & Šabić, J. (2022). Academic self-efficacy and learning strategies as mediators of the relation between personality and elementary school students’ achievement. European journal of psychology of education, 37(4), 1237-1254. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-021-00576-8
Mornar, M., & Tonković Grabovac, M. (2022). Determinants of faking on personality questionnaires in selection situations-A qualitative analysis of the responses of young highly educated candidates. In 22nd Psychology Days in Zadar - Book of Selected Proceedings (pp. 95-110). University of Zadar.
Jugović, I., Puzić, S., & Mornar, M. (2020) Development of the social, emotional and intercultural learning programme for students. In Kozina, A. (ed.). Social, emotional and intercultural competencies for inclusive school environments across Europe, pp. 59–82. Berlin: Verlag Dr. Kovač.
Mornar, M., Matić Bojić, J., Odak, I., Eliasson, N., Goetzsche, K., Jurko, L., Kozina, A., Ojsteršek, A., Sälzer, C., Veldin, M., & Vieluf, S. (2020). Students’ Social, Emotional and Intercultural Competencies and their Development in School Settings. Šolsko polje, 31(3-4), 115-137. https://doi.org/10.32320/1581-6044.31(3-4)115-137
Veldin, M., Kozina, A., Mornar, M., & Dahlström, H. (2020). Students´ empathy and classroom climate as predictors of attitudes towards immigrants. A case study in three EU countries. In C. Pracana & M. Wang (Eds.), Psychology applications & developments VI. Advances in psychology and psychological trends serie (pp. 316-327). Science Press. https://doi.org/10.36315/2021pad28
Teaching activity
- Lecturer, Algebra University
- External associate, Department for Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb