Gordana Rajlic
Social, Behavioural, and Health Research
Rajlic, G., Sorensen M. J., Shams B., Mardani, A., Merchant, K., & Mithani, A. (2025). Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 in residents in long-term care homes: Examining symptoms and recovery over time. Plos ONE, in press.
Rajlic, G., Sorensen, J. M., & Mithani, A. (2024). A longitudinal examination of post-COVID-19 mortality in residents in long-term care homes. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 10, 1177/23337214241291740. doi:10.1177/23337214241291739
Rajlic, G., Sorensen, J. M., & Mithani, A. (2024). Exploring post-COVID-19 functional outcomes in residents in long-term care homes in British Columbia, Canada. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 10, 23337214241245550. doi.org/10.1177/23337214241245551
Rajlic, G. (2021). A unifying approach to measurement reliability and validity. Paper presented at the Association for Psychological Science Virtual Convention, May 2021.
Rajlic, G. (2021). Dealing with regression analysis outliers: What approach to take? Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Virtual Convention, May 2021.
Rajlic, G. (2020). Visualizing items and measures: An Overview and Demonstration of the Kernel Smoothing Item Response Theory Technique. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 16(4), 363–375. doi:10.20982/tqmp.16.4.p363
Rajlic, G. (2020). Revisiting strong assumptions in psychological constructs measurement: Studying deviations from unidimensionality and bias in latent variable measurement models. Public research paper doi:10.31234/osf.io/7f2gj
Rajlic, G., Kwon, J. Y., Roded, K., & Hubley, A.M. (2019). Development of the Global Self-Esteem Measure: A pilot study. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 37(7), 863–873. doi:10.1177/0734282918801816
Rajlic, G. (2019). Violations of unidimensionality and local independence in measures intended as unidimensional: Assessing levels of violations and the accuracy in unidimensional IRT model estimates. PhD thesis; The University of British Columbia. doi:10.14288/1.0380235
Rajlic, G., Kwon, J. Y., Roded, K., & Hubley, A.M. (2017). The Global Self-Esteem Measure: Development and psychometric evidence. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Convention of Association of Psychological Science, Boston, MA.
Rajlic, G., & Zumbo, B.D. (2016). Detecting differential item functioning: A comparison of two effect size measures in logistic regression analysis. Poster presented at the 10th International Test Commission Conference, Vancouver, BC. Corpus ID: 151372317
Rajlic, G. (2014). The relation between neighbourhood characteristics and antisocial behaviour in adolescence: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Convention of Association of Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA
Rajlic, G. (2014). Comparison of the approaches to assessing statistical interactions: An application to risk factors for adolescent problem behavior. MA thesis; The University of British Columbia. doi:10.14288/1.0167566
Rajlic, G., & Gretton, H. M. (2010). An examination of two sexual recidivism risk measures in adolescent offenders: The moderating effect of offender type. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 37(10), 1066–1085. doi:10.1177/0093854810376354
Rajlic, G. & Gretton, H.M. (2010). The predictive validity of the J-SOAP-II and ERASOR in two types of adolescent sexual offenders. Paper presentation at the 2010 American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Rajlic, G., Clift, R.J.W., & Gretton, H.M. (2010). The predictive validity of the Juvenile Sexual Offence Recidivism Risk Assessment Tool-II (J-SORRAT-II) in a Canadian sample. Poster presented at the10th Annual International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Hubley, A.M., Rajlic, G., & Zumbo, B.D. (2017). Hubley Depression Scale for Older Adults (HDS-OA): Factor structure, scoring, and reliability evidence. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Convention of Association of Psychological Science Boston, MA.
Gretton, H.M., Rajlic, G., Clift, R.J.W. & Betts, S. (2010). An examination of outcomes from Canadian Youth Violent Offender Treatment Program. Paper presentation at the 2010 American Psychology–Law Society Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Gretton, H.M., Spice, A., Riar, K., Clift, R.J.W., Rajlic, G. & Clark. L. (2010). A comparison of risk, vulnerability, and adult sentencing patterns among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth. Paper presented at the 10th Annual International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Gretton, H.M., Clift, R.J.W., Rajlic, G., & Beckmann, A. (2009). YFPS mental health services to youth in custody: A review of stakeholder feedback. Burnaby, BC: Youth Forensic Psychiatric Services.
Clift, R.J.W., Rajlic, G., & Gretton, H.M. (2009). Discriminative and predictive validity of the PPG in adolescent sex offenders. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 21(3), 335–362. (based on archival medical data). doi:10.1177/1079063209338491
Gretton, H.M., Rajlic, G. & Clift, R.J.W., (2008). Assessing risk of re-offending among adolescents who have sexually offended. Workshop presentation in collaboration with Viljoen, J. at the 5th Annual International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Vancouver, BC.
Gretton, H., Arabsky, S., Rajlic, G., Clift, R.J.W., Catchpole, R., & Buchanan, T. (2007). Violent Offender Treatment Program (VOTP): Outcome evaluation executive summary. Burnaby, BC: Youth Forensic Psychiatric Services.
Clift, R.J.W., Gretton, H.M., & Rajlic, G. (2007). The relationship between deviant arousal and sexual recidivism in adolescent sex offenders. In M.C. Calder (Ed.), Children and young people who sexually abuse: Taking the field forward (p. 96-102). Dorset, UK: Russell House.
Burt, G., Kumka, G., Giroux, R., Rajlic, G. (2007). Measuring treatment needs and change with violent youth: A preliminary evaluation of the Dynamic Assessment of Criminogenic Change Scale. Poster presented at the 4th Forensic Psychiatry Conference, Victoria, BC.
Gretton, H.M., Rajlic, G., Catchpole, R. (2001). Boulder Bay and Prince George violent offender treatment program: A review of risk assessment and treatment outcome. Presented at the YFPS Planning and Training Conference, Victoria, BC.
Buchanan, T., Catchpole R., Rajlic, G., Regan, K. (2001). An overview of several risk assessment measures. Presented at the YFPS Planning and Training Conference, Victoria, BC.
Catchpole R., Rajlic G., & Gretton, H.M. (2001): Boulder Bay youth violent offender treatment program: A pilot outcome study. Poster presented at the 1st Annual International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Regan, K., Rajlic, G., Mitchell, C. & Douglas, K. (2001). Recidivism in treated special needs adolescent sex offenders. Poster presented at the 1st Annual International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Vancouver, BC.
BC, Canada