Tijana Nikitović
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Education
Ph.D. in Psychology
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade2025
  • Mentor: Biljana Stanković, PhD
  • Doctoral thesis: Constructions and experiences of young women’s embodiment: a discursive and phenomenological analysis
Master’s degree in Psychology
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade2018
  • Mentor: Biljana Stanković, PhD
  • Master thesis: The role of symbolic resources from the culture of origin in international students’ transition
Bachelor’s degree in Psychology
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade2017
Career
Research Associate
Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade2026 – present
Research Associate
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade2025 – 2026
Research Assistant
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade2021 – 2025
Junior Research Assistant
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade2019 – 2021
Junior Teaching Assistant
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade2019 – 2022

Subjects: Introduction to Educational Psychology, Psychology of Learning and Instruction

Research intrests
  • Adolescent Psychology
  • Sociocultural Psychology
  • Critical Psychology
  • Feminist Psychology
  • Qualitative Methodology
  • Collaborative Problem Solving
Selected publications

Altaras, A., Nikitović, T., Mojović Zdravković, K., Krstić, K., Rajić, M., Pavlović Babić, D., & Jolić Marjanović, Z. (2024).The role of emotional intelligence in collaborative problem solving: A systematic review. Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cap0000401

Belic, J., Djordjevic, A., Nikitović, T., & Khaptsova, A. (2022). The Diversity of Value Construal: A Constructivist Approach to the Schwartz Theory of Basic Values. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 35(4), 1276-1300. https://doi.org/10.1080/10720537.2021.1965510

Janičić, S. & Nikitović, T. (2023). Functions of (Illegal) Nightlife for Youth During the Pandemic: Between Neoliberalism and Neotribalism. Etnoantropološki Problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 18 (1), 179–200. https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v18i1.8

Krstić, K., Nikitović, T., Altaras Dimitrijević, A., Jolić Marjanović, Z., Jošić, S., Videnović, M., Mojović Zdravković, K., Rajić, M., Stepanović Ilić, I., Pavlović Babić, D., Ivanović, J., & Baucal, A. (2025). Towards an Evidence-Based Framework for Training Students’ Collaborative Problem-Solving Skills: Introducing and Testing the PEER Model. Journal of Educational Psychology, Online First Publication, April 28, 2025. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000950

Nikitović, T., Vuletić, T., Ignjatović, N., Ninković, M., Grujić, T., Krnjaić, Z., & Krstić, K. (2023). Crisis as Opportunity, Risk, or Turmoil: Qualitative Study of Youth Narratives About the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Adolescent Health, 73(4), 686-692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.05.017

Stepanović Ilić, I., Nikitović, T., Blažanin, B., & Mojović Zdravković, K. (2023). Media figures as adolescent role models: (Dis)Similarities between millennials and generation Z. Psihološka Istraživanja, 26(2), 239–267. https://doi.org/10.5937/PSISTRA26-45395  

Selected research projects

The PEER model of collaborative problem solving: Developing young people’s capacities for constructive interaction and teamwork – PEERSolvers (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, and Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade). Contract No. 7744729; Funded by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, the Program IDEAS (2022-2025)

Humans & Society in Times of Crisis, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (2020-2022)

Tijana Nikitović