curriculum vitae
Personal information
Surname(s) / First name(s) / Brković Irma, PhD
E-mail /
Date of birth / 1977
Employment
• Dates (from – to) / 2015- today
Name of employer / Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Occupation or position held / Assistant Professor
• Dates (from – to) / 2010- 2015
Name of employer / Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Occupation or position held / Post-doctoral researcher/Senior Teaching Assistant
• Dates (from – to) / 2004-2010
Name employer / Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Occupation or position held / PhD candidate/Research and Teaching Assistant
• Dates (from – to) / 2001- 2003
Name of employer / Target, Public opinion and market research agency
Occupation or position held / Survey specialist in Institutional and social assessment
Main activities and responsibilities / Methodology development, staff training, data management and analyses, focus groups and interviews moderation, report writing and consulting
• Dates (from – to) / 1999- 2001
Name and address of employer / Child Hospital Zagreb, Department for protection of children and youth mental health
Type of business / volunteering
Main activities and responsibilities / Group and individual work with children, counseling
Postgraduate Education
Date / 29. 04. 2010.
Place of education / Zagreb, Croatia
Name and type of institution providing education / Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Title or qualification awarded / PhD in psychology (field: developmental psychology)
Topic / Development of self-regulation in early adolescence and the role of parenting
Date / 22. 12. 2006.
Place of education / Leiden, The Netherlands
Name and type of institution providing education / Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, LeidenUniversity
Title or qualification awarded / Master of Science (MSc) in health psychology
Topic / Prediction and manipulation of risk perception and its link to behavior
University Education
Date / 20. 05. 2003.
Place of education / Zagreb, Croatia
Name and type of institution providing education / Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Title or qualification awarded / Professor of psychology
Topic / Personality and attitudes as predictors of readiness to corruptive behavior among unemployed
Research visit
Date / March to June 2009
Place / Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Higher education institution / Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Invited lecture
Date / January 2013
Higher education institution / Ljubljana, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Topic / Analysis of Longitudinal Data – the Application of Multilevel Modeling in Studying Development
Experience with academic research and higher education projects
Lead researcher
2015-now / Development of reading and writing skills during early school age (grant: University of Zagreb)

Researcher

2014-now / Writing a text – computerized training of children with dyslexia in Sweden and Croatia (grant: Sten A. Olsson Foundation for Research and Culture, Sweden)
2014-now / COST Action IS1401ELN (European Literacy Network) – MC substitute
2014 / Analysis of keybehavioral features of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder asprerequisite for quantification of developmental profiles(leader: Faculty for Special Education, University of Zagreb)
2013 / From early communication to literacy in children with autistic spectrum disorder: the role of executive functions (leader: Faculty for Special Education, University of Zagreb)
2010-2014 / Manifestations of dyslexia: Cross-linguistic studies of the development of reading and writing (leader: University of Gothenburg)
2006-2014 / Parents' personality and parenting during child's transition to adolescence – longitudinal study (grant: Ministry of Science ,Education and Sports, Republic of Croatia)
2004-2006 / Determinants of parenting (grant: Ministry of Science,Education and Sports, Republic of Croatia)
Applied Psychological, Social and Institutional Research projects
2014-now / Lead researcher in Evaluation of drug-prevention programs of Zagreb Police – Prevention Sector (Ministry of Interior of Republic of Croatia)
2007 / Evaluation of educational theater play "Drugs" for primary school children
2002 / Mine Awareness program (International Committee of the Red Cross)
2001 / Croatia Real Estate property Registration and Cadastre Project – Social and Institutional Assessment (DFID Registry of Scotland and Croatia Ministry of Justice, Administration and Local Self-Government)

Trainings

Year / 2014
Place of training / Zagreb. Croatia
Name and type of organization providing training / University of Zagreb, Zagreb
Topic / Community Based Learning – Training for teachers
Year / 2013
Place of training / Lausanne, Switzerland
Name and type of organization providing training / University of Lausanne, Lausanne
Topic / Different ways to leave the common trail – How to model change and development more appropriately
Year / 2013
Place of training / Zagreb, Croatia
Name and type of organization providing training / prof. Thomas M. Achenbach i prof. Leslie Rescorla and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Topic / Practical Applications of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)
Year / 2013
Place of training / Zagreb, Croatia
Name and type of organization providing training / The Theraplay Institute USA and ADOPTA
Topic / Theraplay - training
Year / 2012
Place of training / Zagreb, Croatia
Name and type of organization providing training / University of Zagreb
Topic / Writing effectively about your research in English - workshop
Year / 2010
Place of training / Zagreb, Croatia
Name and type of organization providing training / Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences
Topic / Developmental Assessment of children 0-6 years old
Year / 2010
Place of training / Zagreb, Croatia
Name and type of organization providing training / Faculty of Law, University ofZagreb
Topic / 2nd European Values Study workshop
Year / 2010
Place of training / Mannheim, Germany
Name and type of organization providing training / European Social Survey, A European Data Laboratory for Comparative Social Research
Topic / Applying Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural
Equation Modeling (SEM) to cross-cultural data
Year / 2008
Place of training / Cologne, Germany
Name and type of organization providing training / A European Data Laboratory for Comparative Social Research
Topic / Generalized Latent Variable Modelling
Year / 2008
Place of training / Cologne, Germany
Name and type of organization providing training / A European Data Laboratory for Comparative Social Research
Topic / Topics in Three-Mode Analysis
Year / 2008
Place of training / Cologne, Germany
Name and type of organization providing training / A European Data Laboratory for Comparative Social Research
Topic / Regression models for categorical dependent variables
Year / 2008
Place of training / Zagreb, Croatia
Name and type of organization providing training / Department of Psychology and Center for European Studies Budapest, Hungary
Topic / Approaches to correct for missing data
Year / 2007
Place of training / Cologne, Germany
Name and type of organization providing training / A European Data Laboratory for Comparative Social Research
Topic / Latent Class Analysis for Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Data
Year / 2006
Place of training / Zadar, Croatia
Name and type of organization providing training / University of Zadar and Center for Life Course and Life Style Studies, University of Lausanne
Topic / Multilevel analyses of cross-national survey data: concepts, strategies and applications
Year / 2005
Place of training / Tenerife, Spain
Name and type of organization providing training / University of La Laguna
Topic / Session on Latent Class Modeling in Developmental Research
Summer/Winter schools
Year / 2007
Institution / University of Konstanz – DFG Research group "Limits of intentionality", Germany
Topic / "Self-regulation"
Year / 2000
Institution / Department of Psychology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Topic / "Perception of child and children’s rights in Croatia"
Year / 1999
Institution / Department of Psychology,University of Zagreb, Croatia
Topic / "Generation differences in personality and psychological well-being"
Teaching experience – BA and MA programs
Department of psychology / Introduction to developmental psychology
Psychology of childhood and adolescence
Psychology - science and profession
Developmental psychology
Research with children
Teaching methods in psychology
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences / Developmental psychology for teachers
Psychology of education
Selected topics in applied psychology
Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences / Introduction to child and adolescent psychology
Faculty of Teacher Education / Psychology of parenthood
Social and Emotional Development and Children’s Rights
Applied developmental psychology
Teaching experience – Doctoral program in psychology
Department of Psychology / Contemporary Theories and Methodology in Developmental Research
Topic: Multilevel linear modeling in cross-sectional and longitudinal research.
Language(s) / Croatian, native
English, excellent
Dutch, basic, certificate “Profiel Toeristische en Informele Taalvaardigheid”
Croatian sign language, basic
Membership in Professional associations / European Society for Developmental Psychology
European Association for Methodology
Croatian Psychological Chamber
Bibliography
  1. Brković, I., Keresteš, G., Puklek Levpušček, M. (2014). Trajectories of change and relationship between parent-adolescent school-related conflict and academic achievement in early adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence.34, 792-815. doi:10.1177/0272431613503213

  1. Hutteman, R., Bleidorn, W., Keresteš, G., Brković, I., Butković, A., Denissen., J. (2014). Reciprocal Associations between Parenting Challenges and Parents' Personality Development in Young and Middle Adulthood. European Journal of Personality. 28, 168-179. doi: 10.1002/per.1932

  1. Bratko, D., Butković, A., Vukasović, T., Keresteš, G., Brković, I. (2014). Personality resemblance between parents and offspring: study of five factors across four samples and questionnaires. Journal of child and family studies. 23, 95-104. doi: 10.1007/s10826-012-9695-9.

  1. Keresteš, G. Brković, I. (2014) Istraživanja doživljaja roditeljstva In: Psihološki aspekti suvremene obitelji, braka i partnerstva. Brajša-Žganec, A., Lopižić, J., Penezić, Z. (eds).Jastrebarsko, Naklada Slap, 69-97.(Research on Self-perception of Parenthood)

  1. Kuterovac Jagodić, G., Keresteš, G. i Brković, I. (2013). Osobni, obiteljski i okolinski prediktori školskog uspjeha: provjera moderatorske uloge odrastanja u ratom različito stradalim područjima Hrvatske. Psihologijske teme, 22, 1-28.(Individual, Family and Environmental Predictors of School Achievement: Testing the Moderating Role of Growing up in Differently War-affected Areas of Croatia)

  1. Bilobrk Josipović, Lj., Brković, I., Pocrnja, Z., Lovrinović, B., Škarica, B., Laco, P. (2013). Second delivery after a previous cesarean section. Gynaecologia et perinatologia: journal for gynaecology, perinatology, reproductive medicine and ultrasonic diagnostics, 22, 109-115.

  1. Brković, I., Keresteš, G., Kuterovac Jagodić (2012). Usporedba rezultata transverzalnog i longitudinalnog pristupa procjeni razvoja samoregulacije u ranoj adolescenciji. Psihologijske teme.21, 273-297. (Comparison of cross-sectional and longitudinal approach to research on self-regulation development in adolescence)

  1. Bilobrk Josipović, Lj., Dizdarević Stojanković, J., Brković, I. (2015). Analysis of Cesarean Section Delivery at NovaBilaHospital according to the Robson Classification. Collegium antropologicum 39, 145-150.

  1. Keresteš, G., Brković, I., Kuterovac Jagodić, G., Greblo, Z. (2012). Razvoj i validacija upitnika roditeljskog ponašanja. Suvremena psihologija.15, 23-42. (Development and Validation of Parental Behavior Questionnaire)

  1. Butković, A., Brković, I., Bratko, D. (2012). Predicting Well-Being From Personality in Adolescents and Older Adults. Journal of Happiness Studies. 3, 455-467.doi: 10.1007/s10902-011-9273-7

  1. Keresteš, G., Brković, I., Kuterovac Jagodić, G. (2012) Predictors of psychological well-being of adolescents' parents. Journal of Happiness Studies.6, 1073-1089 doi: 10.1007/s10902-011-9307-1

  1. Keresteš, G., Brković, I., Kuterovac Jagodić, G. (2011). Doživljaj roditeljstva očeva i majki adolescenata. Suvremena psihologija. 14, 153-169. (Self-perceptions of parenthood among mothers and fathers of young adolescents)

  1. Keresteš, G., Brković, I., Kuterovac Jagodić, G. (2011). Doživljaj kompetentnosti u roditeljskoj ulozi i sukobi između roditelja i adolescenata. Suvremena psihologija. 14, 17-34. (Parenting sense of competence and parent-adolescent conflict)

  1. Bilobrk Josipović, Lj.; Lovrinović, B.; Dizdarević Stojkanović, J.; Brković, I. (2010)
    Porodne težine i duljine novorođenčadi u bolnici u Novoj Bili. // Gynaecologia et perinatologia: journal for gynaecology, perinatology, reproductive medicine and ultrasonic diagnostics. 19, 1; 3-9 (Birth weights and lengths of newborns in Nova Bila hospital)

  1. Keresteš, G., Brković, I.Kuterovac Jagodić, G. (2010). Prikladnost nekoliko subjektivnih mjera pubertalnog sazrijevanja za primjenu u ne-kliničkim istraživanjima razvoja adolescenata. Društvena istraživanja, 6; 1015-1035(Suitability of several subjective measures of pubertal maturation for application in non-clinical research on adolescent development)

  1. Keresteš, G., Brković, I. Kuterovac Jagodić, G. (2010). Mjerenje pubertalnog sazrijevanja u istraživanjima razvoja adolescenata. Društvena istraživanja, 6; 933-951.(Measuring pubertal maturation in research on adolescent development)

  1. Brković, I. (2009). Fokus regulacije u ranoj odrasloj dobi i retrospektivni izvještaji o roditeljskom ponašanju. Suvremena psihologija. (Regulatory focus in early adulthood and recalled parenting)

  1. Brković, I. (2008). Zašto želimo biti roditelji? Roditeljstvo i stilovi odgoja. U Čorkalo Biruški, D. (Ur.) Primijenjena psihologija: pitanja i odgovori. Zagreb: Školska knjiga. (Why do we want to be parents? Parenting and parenting styles. In: Čorkalo Biruški, D. (Ed.) Applied psychology: questions and answers. Zagreb: Školska knjiga.)

  1. Kuterovac, G, Kerestes, G. & Brkovic, I. (2006). Attachment styles of parents of adolescents and their parenting behavior. 15th Psychology Days in Zadar – Book of Selected Proceedings.

Selected presentations at International Conferences and Congresses
  1. Kerestes, G., Brkovic, I., Siegel, L., Tjus T., Hjelmquist, E. (2015). Long-term predictors of reading and writing in transparent orthography: A 4-year longitudinal study of Croatian, Oral presentation, 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Brno, Portugal.

  1. Brković, I., Strnad-Jerbić, S., Dujić, N., Kovač, D., Maljković, M., Keresteš, G., Hjelmquist, E., Tjus, T., (2015)
    Cognitive abilities and socioeconomic status as predictors of reading and writing skills in early school age. Oral presentation, 22. Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days, Zagreb, Croatia.

  1. Brković, I., Levpušček Puklek M., Keresteš, G. (2013). How parent-adolescent conflict in different domains predict academic performance in early adolescence? Oral presentation, 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland.

  1. Brković, I., Keresteš, G. (2012). Invariance of Parental Behavior Questionnaire – results from family study. Oral presentation. 18th Psychology Days in Zadar, Zadar, Croatia.

  1. Brković, I., Keresteš, G. (2011). Convergent and predictive validity of vignettes as alternative measure of self-regulation in early adolescence. Oral presentation. 15th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Bergen, Norway.

  1. Hutteman, R., Denissen, J., Brković, I., Butković, A., Keresteš, G. (2011). The association between the parent-child relationship and parental personality development during the child's transition to adolescence: A longitudinal study. Oral presentation. 15th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Bergen, Norway.

  1. Vukasović, T., Bratko, D., Butković, A., Keresteš, G., Brković, I. (2011). Personality resemblance between parents and offspring: study of five factors across four samples and questionnaires. Poster. International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, London, England.

  1. Brković, I. (2009). Recalled parenting as predictor of regulatory focus of young adults. Poster. XIV European Conference on Developmental Psychology.Vilnius, Lithuania.

  1. Brković, I., Keresteš, G., Butković, A. (2010). Personality as Predictor of Psychological Well-being among Older Adults. Poster. 15th European Conference on Personality, Brno, Czech Republic.

  1. Keresteš, G., Brković, I., Kuterovac Jagodić, G. (2008). Parent-child conflicts and pubertal development in Croatian adolescents. Poster. 8th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

  1. Brković, I. (2008). Croatian version of Selection, optimization and compensation questionnaire, and its demographic correlates. Oral presentation. 8th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

  1. Brković, I. (2007). Parenting behaviors of mothers of Croatian adolescents: Sociodemographic predictors. Poster. 13th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Jena, Germany.

  1. Brković, I. i Kuterovac Jagodić, G. (2006). Personality and parenting behavior II: Fathers of Croatian adolescents. Poster. 13th European Conference on Personality, Athens, Greece.

Signature
Zagreb,30.09.2015. / Irma Brkovic