AimTo translate the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure into Croatian and validate the Croatian version of the questionnaire.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in July 2011 in 8 general practices (GP) in Croatia. Following two stages of translation, back-translation, and pilot testing, the Croatian version of the CARE was tested on 568 consecutive patients.ResultsFace validity was high, the number of missing values was low (9%), and the internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) was 0.77. A principal component analysis of 10 CARE Measure items extracted two components with eigenvalues >1. These two components explained 43.6% of the total instrument variance.ConclusionThe Croatian version of the CARE Measure had acceptable reliability and face validity, but its intended component structure was not reproduced and further research is needed to understand its dimensionality.

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Th is paper discusses the contribution made by psychodrama role theory to sociology. It is well known that role theory was founded and disseminated in sociology, and specifi cally in social psychology; our goal therefore is to indicate the ways in which psychodrama can act as a bridge between sociology and psychology. J. L. Moreno, as the founder of psychodrama, strongly believed that psychodrama was more inclusive than sociology, particularly since it has practical and therapeutic aspects of role playing, and role reversal especially. Our idea is to emphasize and demonstrate how role reversal, role development, role analysis and the theatrical background of psychodrama are practical elements that result in therapeutic eff ects. Along with the theoretical elaborations of these aspects and contributions, we use examples from our ongoing weekly psychodrama group, which we have been leading as directors / co-therapists since 2014.

Rad je posvećen nedovoljno istraženoj temi pojma identiteta i njegova odnosa prema društvenom poretku u knjigama za samopomoć. Najprije se analiziraju teorijski čimbenici za koje se može pretpostaviti da su utjecali na oblikovanje pojma identiteta u knjigama za samopomoć. Identitet o kojem one govore odnosi se na identitet koji je moguće promijeniti, odnosno poboljšati, otkriti, učvrstiti i ostvariti. On je određen manjkom što ga knjige za samopomoć nastoje nadoknaditi kroz procese samoostvarenja nazvane »alatima za postizanje sreće«. Uz odnos knjiga za samopomoć prema identitetu na individualnoj razini potom se analizira odnos identiteta u knjigama za samopomoć prema društvu, odnosno društvenom poretku, gdje se uz pomoć sociološkog i kulturnokritičkog pristupa analizira mogući doprinos knjiga za samopomoć društvenoj promjeni. Pritom se postavlja pitanje može li identitet što ga zagovaraju knjige za samopomoć osposobiti pojedince za aktivnu društvenu participaciju. To se promatra kroz dva dominantna stava unutar kulturne, kritičke i sociološke analize knjiga za samopomoć -jedan koji tvrdi da se proklamiranom težnjom k individualnoj sreći zapravo postiže tek održavanje statusa quo i drugi, koji govori da takve knjige mogu biti katalizator društvene promjene. Objašnjava se to pogledom prema kojem promjena na individualnom planu dovodi do promjene u širem društvenom prostoru. Zaključuje se da se identiteti neprestano nalaze u procesu transformacije, što omogućuje istodobnu podčinjenost društvenom poretku, no i otpor prema njemu.

We have noticed that a large number of adolescents who seek help for mental problems show some form of self-harm (SH) behaviour. We explored the psychopathological characteristics of adolescents with a special focus on adolescents who self harm, compared to those who do not exhibit such behavior. We have defined self-harm as direct or indirect auto-aggression without suicidal intent. We present the results of data processing of 150 subjects, 14–18 years old, the median age 17, 54% of female adolescents, 46 % of male adolescents. 52 % of subjects do selfharm (69.6% of female adolescents, 30.4% of male adolescents). Since this is the population that is in the process of development, we have observed active defense mechanisms. It turned out that they mostly use immature defense mechanisms, male adolescents resort to autistic fantasies, rationalization and isolation, while female adolescents resort to acting out, autistic fantasies and somatization. Over 60% of respondents of both genders show the characteristics of alexithymia, whereas difficulties in identifying and describing feelings are dominant in patients who self harm.Over 96% of respondents claim that during the self-harm they were not influenced by psychoactive substances (alcohol, drugs).Disconcerting data are that even 20% of adolescents who self-harm declared that some of the episodes of self-harm were also a suicide attempt, and that only 18% sought help for self-harm. Furthermore, 54% of respondents feel that their treatment could greatly or significantly help them, but even 17% do not know whether they can be helped.