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Melita Zver Makovec, PhD


00386 1 4706 447

melita.zver-makovec@zrc-sazu.si



Research fields:

Psychology, aggressiveness, violence, interpersonal relationships, marital relationships, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, perpetrators of acts with elements of violence, personality traits, values, attitudes

 

Research projects:

As a member of the project team:

2015 – 2016: Recognizing and treating victims of domestic violence in health care settings: Guidelines and training for health professionals

 

Membership:

Slovenian Psychologists' Association

Slovenian Association of behaviour and cognitive therapies

 

Education:

2014: Phd Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Doctoral dissertation: Social perceptions, representations and evaluations of various types and dynamics of violence in micro- and macro social relationships

2007: Bachelor degree in psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

Employment:

2015 – …: Sociomedical Institute; Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

2011 - …: Ministry of Justice – Prison Administration – Dob Prison

2009 – 2011: Litija High school

 

Other:

2010 - 2014: Training in cognitive behavioural therapies

2011: Introductory and Intermediate Courses in the Rorschach Comprehensive System; Structural Psychoanalitical Approach to Rorschach Interpretation

2011: Introductory courses on sexual paraphilia treatment

2011: Passed the professional exam for working in the Slovenian public administration system (Ministry of Public Administration)

2010: Passed the professional exam for working in the public educational sector (Ministry of Education, Science and Sport)

2010: Pedagogical and andragogical education

Research areas
Psychology S260

Keywords
psychology
violence
interpersonal relationships
aggressiveness
perpetrators of acts with elements of violence