Publications on Vaccine Hesitancy, Political Participation, Climate Literacy and Human-Animal Relations

Branilović, S., & Kirbiš, A. (2026). Political ideology and meat consumption: Environmental attitudes and the structural importance of livestock production. Manuscript in review.

Kirbiš, A. (2026). More than a preference for hierarchy: Speciesism uniquely predicts attitudes toward vegetarians and vegans. Manuscript in review.

Kirbiš, A. (2026). Interlocking oppressions: How speciesism, sexism and social dominance travel together in a Central European sample. Paper presented at Internationalising Vegan Sociology, International Association of Vegan Sociologists, online, 3-4 October 2026.

Kirbiš, A., Branilović, S., Vrdelja, M., & Lamot, M. (2026). Psychometric properties of the European health literacy survey questionnaire short-short form (HLS-EU-Q6) among Slovenian youth, adults, and older adults. BMC Public Health, 26, 3052.

Key finding: In Slovenia (N=3,360), the HLS-EU-Q6 showed satisfactory reliability across age groups, but its one-factor structure fitted older adults better than youth and adults, and four items functioned differently by age.

Branilović, S. & Kirbiš, A. (2026). Environmental issue polarization across democracies: Political orientation, environmental attitudes, and private-sphere pro-environmental behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 115, 103240.

Key finding: Using ISSP Environment IV data (2020–2022), right-wing orientation was associated with less pro-environmental private-sphere behaviour, partly through environmental attitudes; both direct and indirect associations were stronger in more liberal democracies.

Penker, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2026). Extending the civic voluntarism model: A cross-national study of environmental public sphere behavior. Heliyon, 12(1), e44242.

Key finding: Across 28 countries (2020 ISSP, N=44,100), the Civic Voluntarism Model explained environmental public-sphere behaviour best in affluent countries with high quality of government.

Kirbiš, A., Lubej, M., & Branilović, S. (2026). From political news consumption to political participation: The mediating role of ideological polarization across 24 countries. International Journal of Sociology.

Key finding: Across 24 European countries (ESS Round 11), ideological polarization mediated the link between political-news consumption and participation only inconsistently, with positive indirect effects in just five to six countries.

Vrdelja, M., Branilović, S., Lamot, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2026). Evaluating the psychometric properties of the 7C vaccination readiness scale: Evidence from Slovenia. Slovenian Journal of Public Health, 65(1), 25–33.

Key finding: In Slovenia (N=1,350), the general vaccination-readiness factor was the strongest predictor of vaccination intention, and the 7C scale explained more variance in intention than the 5C scale.

Lamot, M., Kirbiš, A., & Kerman, K. (2026). Are individuals with persistently high conspiracy mentality also persistently vaccine-hesitant? Findings from a three-wave panel study. Social Science & Medicine, 388, 118770.

Key finding: In a three-wave Slovenian panel (N=574), conspiracy mentality and vaccine hesitancy behaved as stable, correlated dispositions rather than causing each other over four months, with lower trust in science linking them.

Kirbiš, A., & Branilović, S. (2026). Perceived ideological polarization, trust in science and healthcare, and COVID-19 vaccination intention: A four-wave cross-lagged mediation panel analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 394, 119057.

Key finding: In a four-wave Slovenian panel (N=488) using a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model, perceived ideological polarization had no within-person causal effect on later trust or vaccination intention; between-person trust in science and healthcare predicted COVID-19 vaccination intention.

Lubej, M., Dolezal, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2026). The impact of affective polarization on political participation: A systematic review. Political Studies, 74(2), 525–548.

Key finding: A systematic review of 18 studies found affective polarization is mostly positively associated with political participation, more strongly for institutional than non-institutional forms.

Kirbiš, A., Branilović, S., & Lubej, M. (2025). Does health literacy mediate sociodemographic and economic inequalities in fruit and vegetable intake? An analysis of Slovenian national HLS19 survey data. Foods, 14(3), 378.

Key finding: Using Slovenian HLS19 data (N=3,360), health literacy partially mediated socioeconomic inequalities in fruit and vegetable intake.

Kirbiš, A., & Branilović, S. (2025). Education and meat consumption and reduction: The mediating role of climate literacy. Foods, 14(19), 3333.

Key finding: Among Slovenians aged 14–88 (N = 2,990), climate attitudes and literacy mediated the association between higher education and both lower meat consumption and greater willingness to reduce meat.

Lubej, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2025). Why does health literacy matter, and for whom? Explaining the differentiating impact of health literacy on vaccine attitudes. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1470654.

Key finding: In Slovenia (N=3,360), health literacy strengthened vaccine attitudes both directly and by reducing vaccine-myth beliefs, with stronger effects among people with healthcare training.

Lamot, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2025). Seasonal influenza vaccination uptake among health and medical college students: A discrete choice experiment. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 21(1), 2530287.

Key finding: In a discrete choice experiment with Slovenian medical and health students (N=239), higher vaccine efficacy and fewer side effects were the strongest drivers of influenza-vaccination choice.

Kirbiš, A., & Lubej, M. (2025). The impact of health on voting intent among youth in nine Southeast European countries: A mediation analysis on the role of political trust. Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.

Key finding: Across nine Southeast European countries, political trust raised youth voting intentions, and it mediated the health-to-voting link only in Slovenia.

Osterc-Kokotovič, K., & Kirbiš, A. (2025). Illicit drug use in adolescence: Associations with parenting styles, parental drug rules, and parental drug use [Uporaba prepovedanih drog v mladostništvu]. Kairos: Slovenska revija za psihoterapijo, 19(3/4), 281–307.

Penker, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2025). Education for future? Investigating the role of education in explaining active green engagement: A multilevel moderated mediation analysis. Sustainable Futures, 9, 100608.

Key finding: Across 28 countries (ISSP, N=44,100), willingness to pay for environmental protection partly mediated the education-to-green-engagement link, and the pathway was stronger in low-corruption countries.

Lubej, M., Petraš, Ž., & Kirbiš, A. (2025). Measuring climate knowledge: A systematic review of quantitative studies. iScience, 28(2), 111888.

Key finding: A systematic review of 92 studies found that the measurement of climate knowledge is inconsistent, especially in how its dimensions are defined, and calls for standardized instruments.

Lamot, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2024). Multilevel analysis of COVID-19 vaccination intention: The moderating role of economic and cultural country characteristics. European Journal of Public Health, 34(2), 380–386.

Key finding: Across 26 European countries (ESS Round 10, N≈51,000), institutional trust and healthcare satisfaction predicted COVID-19 vaccination intention more strongly in less corrupt, more developed countries, while conspiracy beliefs had stronger negative effects in more corrupt, collectivistic ones.

Kirbiš, A., Korže, V., & Lubej, M. (2024). Predictors of meat reduction: The case of Slovenia. Foods, 13(15), 2346.

Key finding: In a Slovenian survey, age was the only significant predictor of meat-reduction intentions and behaviour, with middle-aged and older adults more likely to reduce meat than younger adults.

Lamot, M., Kerman, K., & Kirbiš, A. (2024). Ideological differences in COVID-19 vaccine intention: The effects of trust in the healthcare system, in complementary and alternative medicine, and perceived threat from the disease. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1332697.

Key finding: In Slovenia (N=858), left-leaning individuals reported higher COVID-19 vaccination intention, explained by greater trust in healthcare and lower reliance on complementary medicine.

Lamot, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2024). The validity and reliability of the Slovenian version of the health literacy questionnaire short-form (HLS-EU-Q16) among adults and older adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1474539.

Key finding: The Slovenian HLS-EU-Q16 health-literacy questionnaire showed adequate validity and reliability among both adults (N=2,327) and older adults (N=876).

Lamot, M., Kirbiš, A., & Vrdelja, M. (2024). Exploring the inherent heterogeneity of vaccine hesitancy: A study of a childhood-vaccine-hesitant population. Vaccines, 12(8), 839.

Key finding: A latent profile analysis of vaccine-hesitant Slovenians (N=421) found three subgroups, with the most resistant marked by heavy reliance on personal research, conspiracy endorsement and healthcare distrust.

Lamot, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2024). Understanding vaccine hesitancy: A comparison of sociodemographic and socioeconomic predictors with health literacy dimensions. Vaccines, 12(10), 1141.

Key finding: In Slovenia (N=3,360), younger age, lower education and greater economic deprivation each independently predicted higher vaccine hesitancy.

Kirbiš, A., Mattila, M., & Rapeli, L. (2023). Physical health conditions and political participation in Europe: The moderating effects of age. Comparative European Politics.

Key finding: Using European Social Survey data, most physical-health conditions mobilized people into political participation (except turnout), an effect strongest among younger citizens.

Koletnik, M., Kirbiš, A., & Zupan, S. (2023). Prevajalce poučujemo jezik drugače, mar ne? [We teach translators language differently, don't we?]. Ars & Humanitas, 17(1), 109–123.

Kirbiš, A. (2023). The impact of socioeconomic status, perceived threat and healthism on vaccine hesitancy. Sustainability, 15(7), 6107.

Key finding: In Slovenia (N=661), lower perceived threat from vaccine-preventable disease and distrust of healthcare were the strongest predictors of vaccine hesitancy, consistent with a healthism explanation.

Kirbiš, A. (2023). Environmental attitudes among youth: How much do the educational characteristics of parents and young people matter? Sustainability, 15(15), 11921.

Key finding: Among Slovenian youth (N=1,508), general-track secondary students held stronger environmental attitudes than vocational-track peers, while parental education had little effect.

Kirbiš, A. (2023). Depressive symptoms among Slovenian female tertiary students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analysis of two repeated cross-sectional surveys in 2020 and 2021. Sustainability, 15(18), 13776.

Key finding: Among Slovenian female tertiary students (N=418), depressive symptoms rose sharply from early 2020 to 2021, with nearly a three-fold increase in the odds of reporting multiple depressed affects during the pandemic.

Osterc-Kokotovič, K., Pšunder, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2022). Cannabis use and parenting practices among young people: The impact of parenting styles, parental cannabis-specific rules, and parental cannabis use. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), 8080.

Key finding: Among Slovenian youth (N=839), maternal authoritative parenting, strict cannabis-specific rules and parental non-use lowered cannabis use, while parental cannabis use was the strongest predictor of use.

Lamot, M., Kerman, K., & Kirbiš, A. (2022). Distrustful, dissatisfied, and conspiratorial: A latent profile analysis of COVID-19 vaccination rejection. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 10096.

Key finding: Using European Social Survey data (N=1,252), a combination of distrust, dissatisfaction and conspiracy beliefs formed the profile most likely to reject vaccination.

Kirbiš, A. (2022). The impact of cultural capital on vaccine attitudes among the Slovenian public. Vaccines, 10(11), 1947.

Key finding: In Slovenia (N=661), participation in highbrow cultural activities predicted more pro-vaccine attitudes, whereas formal education had no effect.

Lep, Ž., & Kirbiš, A. (2021). Political orientation in youth beyond the left-right divide: Testing a three-factor model of political orientation and its relatedness to personal values. Journal of Youth Studies, 25(8), 1088–1107.

Key finding: Among Slovenian youth (N=1,015), a three-dimensional model (social, economic, international) captured political orientation better than the traditional left–right scale.

Lamot, M., Javornik, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2021). Učinek izobrazbe na poznavanje znanstvenih dejstev o cepljenju in na namero za cepljenje proti covidu-19 v Sloveniji [Effect of education on knowledge of scientific facts about vaccination and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 in Slovenia]. Sodobna pedagogika, 72(138), Special Issue, 108–128.

Kirbiš, A., Lamot, M., & Javornik, M. (2021). The role of education in sustainable dietary patterns in Slovenia. Sustainability, 13(23), 13036.

Key finding: In a national Slovenian sample (N=1,079), higher education independently predicted lower meat consumption (but not fish or milk), revealing an educational gradient in sustainable diet.

Kirbiš, A. (2020). The impact of educational habitus on subjective health and substance use and the moderating effect of gender: Findings from a nationally representative study of Slovenian youth. Annales: Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije. Series Historia et Sociologia, 30(3), 469–484.

Lamot, M., Tavčar Krajnc, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2020). Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, health status and political orientation as predictors of Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among the Slovenian public. Družboslovne razprave, 36(94/95), 55–73.

Kirbiš, A., Lamot, M., Kotnik, K., Tavčar Krajnc, M., & Javornik, M. (2019). The role of gender in participation and health among Slovenian youth: a regional comparison. Studia Historica Slovenica, 19(3), 847–874.

Focus: Gender, regional differences, participation, and health among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A. (2018). Levels and determinants of youth political participation: regional inequalities and Northeastern Slovenia. Studia Historica Slovenica, 18(1), 61–82.

Focus: Regional inequalities in youth political participation, with a focus on northeastern Slovenia.

Kirbiš, A. (2018). Regionalne razlike v kulturni participaciji mladih v Sloveniji: severovzhodna Slovenija v primerjalni perspektivi [Regional differences in cultural participation among youth in Slovenia: Northeastern Slovenia in comparative perspective]. Studia Historica Slovenica, 18(1), 23–39.

Focus: Regional differences in cultural participation among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A., Flere, S., Friš, D., Tavčar Krajnc, M., & Cupar, T. (2017). Predictors of conventional, protest, and civic participation among Slovenian youth: a test of the civic voluntarism model. International Journal of Sociology, 47(3), 182–207.

Focus: The civic voluntarism model and conventional, protest, and civic participation among Slovenian youth.

Flere, S., Đorđević, D. B., & Kirbiš, A. (2014). Six cases making a pattern: special problems arising in countries with an orthodox tradition. Journal of Church and State, 56(3), 553–573.

Focus: Church–state relations in countries with an Orthodox religious tradition.

Kirbiš, A., Tavčar Krajnc, M., & Musil, B. (2014). Sociodemographic and socioeconomic inequalities in physical activity among Slovenian youth = Sociodemografske in socioekonomske neenakosti glede telesne dejavnosti med slovensko mladino. Obzornik zdravstvene nege, 48(4), 273–285.

Focus: Sociodemographic and socioeconomic inequalities in physical activity among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A., Flere, S., & Tavčar Krajnc, M. (2012). Netolerantnost v Sloveniji in Evropi: primerjalna in longitudinalna analiza [Intolerance in Slovenia and Europe: A comparative and longitudinal analysis]. Družboslovne razprave, 28(70), 27–50.

Focus: Intolerance in Slovenia and Europe in comparative and longitudinal perspective.

Tavčar Krajnc, M., Flere, S., & Kirbiš, A. (2012). Ethnic minorities and political participation: a comparative study of Post-Yugoslav countries. Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences, 5(1), 6–23.

Focus: Ethnic minorities and political participation across post-Yugoslav countries.

Flere, S., & Kirbiš, A. (2011). The image of Yugoslavia among post-yugoslav youth in 2009. Südosteuropa, 59(3), 330–348.

Focus: Perceptions of Yugoslavia among post-Yugoslav youth.

Kirbiš, A., & Flere, S. (2011). Podložniška politična kultura v postkomunističnih družbah: primerjalna študija postjugoslovanskih študentov [Subject political culture in postcommunist societies: A comparative study of post-Yugoslav students]. Družboslovne razprave, 27(66), 45–66.

Focus: Subject political culture among post-Yugoslav students in postcommunist societies.

Kirbiš, A., & Flere, S. (2011). Državljanska participacija: primerjalna analiza postjugoslovanskih entitet [Civic participation: A comparative analysis of post-Yugoslav entities]. Teorija in praksa, 48(2), 350–375.

Focus: Comparative analysis of civic participation across post-Yugoslav entities.

Flere, S., Tavčar Krajnc, M., Klanjšek, R., Musil, B., & Kirbiš, A. (2010). Cultural capital and intellectual ability as predictors of scholastic achievement: a study of Slovenian secondary school students. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 31(1), 47–58.

Focus: Cultural capital, intellectual ability, and scholastic achievement among Slovenian secondary-school students.

Kirbiš, A. (2009). Odnos med tradicionalističnimi vrednotami, novodobniškimi idejami in religioznostjo v medkulturni primerjavi [Traditionalist values, New Age ideas, and religiosity in cross-cultural comparison]. Družboslovne razprave, 25(60), 7–26.

Focus: Traditionalist values, New Age ideas, and religiosity in cross-cultural comparison.

Flere, S., & Kirbiš, A. (2009). New age, religiosity, and traditionalism: a cross-cultural comparison: comment on Houtman and Auspers, JSSR, September 2007. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48(1), 161–169.

Focus: New Age, religiosity, and traditionalism in a cross-cultural scholarly exchange.

Flere, S., & Kirbiš, A. (2009). New age is not inimical to religion and traditionalism: rebuttal. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48(1), 179–184.

Focus: A rebuttal in the scholarly debate on New Age, religion, and traditionalism.

Klanjšek, R., & Kirbiš, A. (2008). Koliko smo Slovenci zadovoljni s svojim življenjem?: meddržavna primerjalna analiza [How satisfied are Slovenians with their lives? A cross-national comparative analysis]. Teorija in praksa, 45(3/4), 383–407.

Focus: Life satisfaction in Slovenia in cross-national comparison.

Branilović, S., & Kirbiš, A. (2025). Cognitive and affective drivers of pro-environmental behaviour among youth and adults: Evidence from Slovenia, European, and non-European regions. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Youth in Montenegro and Slovenia: A comparative analysis of sociopolitical values and behaviour (pp. 181–223). Kulturni center Maribor. (Frontier, Theory, 360). ISBN 978-961-7244-58-8.

Branilović, S., & Kirbiš, A. (2025). Demographic and socioeconomic predictors of perceived ideological polarization in Slovenia. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Youth in Montenegro and Slovenia: A comparative analysis of sociopolitical values and behaviour (pp. 225–257). Kulturni center Maribor. (Frontier, Theory, 360). ISBN 978-961-7244-58-8.

Lubej, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2025). Social media use for political information, political efficacy, and political participation among youth in Montenegro and Slovenia. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Youth in Montenegro and Slovenia: A comparative analysis of sociopolitical values and behaviour (pp. 147–180). Kulturni center Maribor. (Frontier, Theory, 360). ISBN 978-961-7244-58-8.

Kirbiš, A., & Lubej, M. (2024). The politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic. In N. Rezaei (Ed.), The COVID-19 aftermath (Vol. 2, pp. 125–143). Springer Nature. (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1458). ISBN 978-3-031-61942-7.

Kirbiš, A., & Lubej, M. (2024). "Yes to democracy, but this is not what we had in mind!": Satisfaction with democracy among post-Yugoslav youth in the 2008–2018 period. In M. Harring (Ed.), Growing up in times of crisis: Political socialization of youth in the Global East (pp. 185–200). Springer Nature.

Kirbiš, A., & Lamot, M. (2024). Zdravstvena pismenost in cepljenje: vprašanja, izzivi in rešitve [Health literacy and vaccination: Questions, challenges and solutions]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Zdravstvena pismenost in cepljenje v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 1–10). Kulturni center. (Zbirka Frontier, Teorija, 309). ISBN 978-961-7206-99-9.

Petraš, Ž., & Kirbiš, A. (2024). Analiza zdravstvene pismenosti v Sloveniji: pregled raziskav [Analysis of health literacy in Slovenia: A review]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Zdravstvena pismenost in cepljenje v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 11–21). Kulturni center. (Zbirka Frontier, Teorija, 309). ISBN 978-961-7206-99-9.

Korže, V., & Kirbiš, A. (2024). Zdravstvena pismenost in cepljenje: pregled raziskav in priporočila [Health literacy and vaccination: Research review and recommendations]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Zdravstvena pismenost in cepljenje v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 23–44). Kulturni center. (Zbirka Frontier, Teorija, 309). ISBN 978-961-7206-99-9.

Petraš, Ž., & Kirbiš, A. (2024). Kritična zdravstvena pismenost in cepljenje: pregled raziskav [Critical health literacy and vaccination: A review]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Zdravstvena pismenost in cepljenje v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 45–53). Kulturni center. (Zbirka Frontier, Teorija, 309). ISBN 978-961-7206-99-9.

Kirbiš, A., Petraš, Ž., Lamot, M., & Javornik, M. (2024). Kritična zdravstvena pismenost in omahovanje staršev glede otroških cepiv v Sloveniji [Critical health literacy and parental hesitancy regarding childhood vaccines in Slovenia]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Zdravstvena pismenost in cepljenje v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 55–71). Kulturni center. (Zbirka Frontier, Teorija, 309). ISBN 978-961-7206-99-9.

Lamot, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2022). Vaccine hesitancy around the world: The problem, prospects, and future directions. In R. Baikady (Ed.), The Palgrave handbook of global social problems. Palgrave Macmillan. (Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy). ISBN 978-3-030-68127-2.

Kirbiš, A., & Lamot, M. (2021). Kulturna participacija: konceptualizacija, dimenzionalnost in profili [Cultural participation: Conceptualization, dimensionality and profiles]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 1–20). Kulturni center. (Zbirka Znanstvena monografija, 016). ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Kirbiš, A., & Tement, S. (2021). Kulturna participacija in uporaba IKT: profili slovenskih mladostnikov [Cultural participation and ICT use: Profiles of Slovenian adolescents]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 21–58). Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Kirbiš, A., Lamot, M., & Lahe, D. (2021). Življenjski prehodi in kulturna participacija: izobraževanje, starševstvo in zaposlitveni status [Life transitions and cultural participation: Education, parenthood and employment status]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 59–91). Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Kirbiš, A., & Lahe, D. (2021). Značilnosti družine in kulturna participacija mladih [Family characteristics and cultural participation of youth]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 93–109). Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Kirbiš, A., & Lamot, M. (2021). Vrednote in kulturna participacija [Values and cultural participation]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 111–156). Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Kirbiš, A., Lahe, D., & Lamot, M. (2021). Digitalizacija sodobne družbe, uporaba medijev in kulturna participacija mladih [Digitalization of modern society, media use and cultural participation of youth]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 157–178). Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Kirbiš, A., Cupar, T., & Tavčar Krajnc, M. (2021). Motivi in ovire kulturne potrošnje in kulturnega udejstvovanja [Motives and barriers of cultural consumption and cultural engagement]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 179–206). Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Kirbiš, A., & Javornik, M. (2021). Odnos do institucionalne kulturne ponudbe v Sloveniji [Attitudes toward institutional cultural offerings in Slovenia]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 207–224). Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Kirbiš, A., & Javornik, M. (2021). Makrodejavniki kulturne participacije mladih v Evropi [Macro-level factors of youth cultural participation in Europe]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 225–253). Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Kirbiš, A., Tavčar Krajnc, M., & Javornik, M. (2021). Longitudinalni trendi kulturne participacije in IKT aktivnosti mladih v Sloveniji med letoma 2010 in 2018 [Longitudinal trends in cultural participation and ICT activities of youth in Slovenia, 2010–2018]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 255–274). Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Kirbiš, A., Cupar, T., & Tavčar Krajnc, M. (2021). Kulturni kapital, avtoritativni vzgojni stil in razvojni izidi mladih v meddržavni primerjalni perspektivi: analiza desetih držav Jugovzhodne Evrope [Cultural capital, authoritative parenting style, and developmental outcomes of youth in cross-national perspective: Analysis of ten Southeast European countries]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 275–305). Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Lamot, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2021). Kvalitativni vpogled v kulturno participacijo mladih v Sloveniji: analiza mladih, pedagoških in kulturnih delavcev [Qualitative insights into cultural participation of youth in Slovenia]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi (pp. 317–388). Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Kirbiš, A., & Lamot, M. (2021). Izobrazba, splošna stališča do cepljenja ter namera za cepljenje proti gripi in covidu-19 v Sloveniji [Education, general vaccination attitudes, and flu and COVID-19 vaccination intention in Slovenia]. In I. Ž. Žagar & A. Mlekuž (Eds.), Raziskovanje v vzgoji in izobraževanju: medsebojni vplivi raziskovanja in prakse (pp. 223–239). Pedagoški inštitut. (Digitalna knjižnica, Dissertationes, 41). ISBN 978-961-270-339-4.

Cupar, T., Lahe, D., & Kirbiš, A. (2021). Odnos med vzgojnimi stili, vpletenostjo staršev in šolsko uspešnostjo mladih v Sloveniji [The relationship between parenting styles, parental involvement, and academic achievement of youth in Slovenia]. In I. Ž. Žagar & A. Mlekuž (Eds.), Raziskovanje v vzgoji in izobraževanju: medsebojni vplivi raziskovanja in prakse (pp. 261–277). Pedagoški inštitut. (Digitalna knjižnica, Dissertationes, 41). ISBN 978-961-270-339-4.

Kirbiš, A., Lamot, M., Tavčar Krajnc, M., Lahe, D., Cupar, T., Vezjak, B., & Javornik, M. (2019). Dejavniki kulturne participacije in njen pomen za šolsko uspešnost mladih v Sloveniji [Factors of cultural participation and its importance for school achievement among youth in Slovenia]. In Raziskovanje v vzgoji in izobraževanju (pp. 115–131). Pedagoški inštitut. ISBN 978-961-270-311-0.

Focus: Cultural participation and its relevance to school achievement among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A., & Flere, S. (2017). Political culture in the Yugoslav successor states. In Building democracy in the Yugoslav successor states: Accomplishments, setbacks, and challenges since 1990 (pp. 108–134). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-18074-1.

Focus: Political culture in the Yugoslav successor states.

Kirbiš, A., & Tavčar Krajnc, M. (2014). Leisure and lifestyle. In Slovenian youth 2013: Living in times of disillusionment, risk and precarity (pp. 91–105). CEPYUS & Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ISBN 978-953-7043-49-0.

Focus: Leisure and lifestyle among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A., & Zagorc, B. (2014). Media use. In Slovenian youth 2013: Living in times of disillusionment, risk and precarity (pp. 107–138). CEPYUS & Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ISBN 978-953-7043-49-0.

Focus: Media use among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A. (2014). Health, health risk behaviors and lifestyle. In Slovenian youth 2013: Living in times of disillusionment, risk and precarity (pp. 139–161). CEPYUS & Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ISBN 978-953-7043-49-0.

Focus: Youth health, health-risk behaviours, and lifestyle.

Kirbiš, A., & Zagorc, B. (2014). Politics and democracy. In Slovenian youth 2013: Living in times of disillusionment, risk and precarity (pp. 211–243). CEPYUS & Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ISBN 978-953-7043-49-0.

Focus: Politics and democracy among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A. (2013). Determinants of political participation in Western Europe, East-Central Europe and post-Yugoslav countries. In 20 years later: Problems and prospects of countries of former Yugoslavia (pp. 21–46). Center for the Study of Post-Yugoslav Societies, Faculty of Arts. ISBN 978-961-6656-99-3.

Focus: Determinants of political participation across Western Europe, East-Central Europe, and post-Yugoslav countries.

Kirbiš, A., & Tavčar Krajnc, M. (2013). Gender role attitudes in post-Yugoslav countries: a cross-national and longitudinal analysis. In 20 years later: Problems and prospects of countries of former Yugoslavia (pp. 151–176). Center for the Study of Post-Yugoslav Societies, Faculty of Arts. ISBN 978-961-6656-99-3.

Focus: Gender-role attitudes across post-Yugoslav countries over time.

Kirbiš, A. (2013). Political participation and non-democratic political culture in Western Europe, East-Central Europe and post-Yugoslav countries. In Democracy in transition: Political participation in the European Union (pp. 225–251). Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-30067-7.

Focus: Political participation and non-democratic political culture across three European regions.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Povezanost politične kulture in državljanske participacije: raziskava mladina 2010 [The relationship between political culture and civic participation: The Mladina 2010 study]. In Mladi 2010 (pp. 40–51). Subkulturni azil. ISBN 978-961-6620-20-8.

Focus: Political culture and civic participation in the Mladina 2010 study.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Spol kot dejavnik državljanske participacije v Sloveniji: raziskava Mladina 2010 [Gender as a factor in civic participation in Slovenia: The Mladina 2010 study]. In Mladi 2010 (pp. 65–76). Subkulturni azil. ISBN 978-961-6620-20-8.

Focus: Gender as a factor in civic participation in Slovenia.

Kirbiš, A., & Flere, S. (2011). Participacija [Participation]. In Mladina 2010: Družbeni profil mladih v Sloveniji (pp. 177–247). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-077-0.

Focus: Participation among young people in Slovenia; Slovenian-language chapter.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Ustvarjalnost, kultura, prosti čas [Creativity, culture and leisure]. In Mladina 2010: Družbeni profil mladih v Sloveniji (pp. 249–278). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-077-0.

Focus: Creativity, culture, and leisure among Slovenian youth; Slovenian-language chapter.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Virtualizacija vsakodnevnega življenja [The virtualization of everyday life]. In Mladina 2010: Družbeni profil mladih v Sloveniji (pp. 279–306). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-077-0.

Focus: Virtualization of everyday life among Slovenian youth; Slovenian-language chapter.

Kirbiš, A., & Flere, S. (2011). Participation. In Youth 2010: The social profile of young people in Slovenia (pp. 187–259). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-078-7.

Focus: Participation among young people in Slovenia; English translation of the Slovenian-language chapter.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Creativity, culture and leisure. In Youth 2010: The social profile of young people in Slovenia (pp. 261–291). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-078-7.

Focus: Creativity, culture, and leisure among Slovenian youth; English translation of the Slovenian-language chapter.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). The virtualization of everyday life. In Youth 2010: The social profile of young people in Slovenia (pp. 293–320). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-078-7.

Focus: Virtualization of everyday life among Slovenian youth; English translation of the Slovenian-language chapter.

Kirbiš, A. (2010). Socialna anksioznost in šolska uspešnost [Social anxiety and school achievement]. In Kdo je uspešen v slovenskih šolah? (pp. 67–74). Pedagoški inštitut. ISBN 978-961-270-030-0.

Focus: Social anxiety and school achievement.

Kirbiš, A. (2010). Anomičnost in šolska uspešnost [Anomie and school achievement]. In Kdo je uspešen v slovenskih šolah? (pp. 79–82). Pedagoški inštitut. ISBN 978-961-270-030-0.

Focus: Anomie and school achievement.

Kirbiš, A. (2010). Prostočasovne dejavnosti in šolska uspešnost [Leisure activities and school achievement]. In Kdo je uspešen v slovenskih šolah? (pp. 103–114). Pedagoški inštitut. ISBN 978-961-270-030-0.

Focus: Leisure activities and school achievement.

Kirbiš, A. (2008). Sodobne razlage pojma sekularizacije [Contemporary explanations of the concept of secularization]. In Subkulture: Prispevki za kritiko in analizo družbenih gibanj (pp. 85–113). Subkulturni azil. ISBN 961-90872-6-7.

Focus: Contemporary explanations of secularization.

Kirbiš, A., & Branilović, S. (2026). Podnebna pismenost in prookoljsko vedenje mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi [Climate literacy and pro-environmental behaviour of youth in Slovenia and Europe]. (Zbirka Frontier, 379). Kulturni center Maribor. ISBN 978-961-7272-31-4.

Lamot, M., Kerman, K., & Kirbiš, A. (2026). Zaupanje in demokracija po pandemiji: cepljenje, informacijski viri in demokratična udeležba v Sloveniji [Trust and democracy after the pandemic]. (Zbirka Frontier, Teorija, 385). Kulturni center Maribor. ISBN 978-961-7244-95-3.

Kirbiš, A., Lamot, M., Lubej, M., Petraš, Ž., Javornik, M., et al. (Kirbiš, A., Ed.). (2024). Zdravstvena pismenost in cepljenje v Sloveniji in Evropi [Health literacy and vaccination in Slovenia and Europe]. Kulturni center. (Zbirka Frontier, Teorija, 309). ISBN 978-961-7206-99-9. [Monograph & edited volume]

Kirbiš, A. (2017). Politična kultura v postjugoslovanskih družbah [Political culture in post-Yugoslav societies]. Kulturni center. ISBN 978-961-6620-99-4.

Focus: Political culture in post-Yugoslav societies.

Kirbiš, A., Šarović, R., Radonjić, O., et al. (Eds.). (2025). Youth in Montenegro and Slovenia: A comparative analysis of sociopolitical values and behaviour. Kulturni center Maribor. (Frontier, Theory, 360). ISBN 978-961-7244-58-8.

Kirbiš, A., Tement, S., Lahe, D., Vezjak, B., Cupar, T., Tavčar Krajnc, M., Javornik, M., & Lamot, M. (Kirbiš, A., Ed.). (2021). Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi [Cultural participation of youth in Slovenia and Europe]. Kulturni center. (Zbirka Znanstvena monografija, 016). ISBN 978-961-7118-03-2.

Edition: First printing and reprint, both 2021. First-printing record · Reprint record.

Lamot, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2022). Oklevanje pred cepljenjem, zaupanje v zdravstveni sistem, percepcija nalezljivih bolezni in odločanje za cepljenje proti covidu-19: pojasnjevalna vloga zaupanja Nacionalnemu inštitutu za javno zdravje = General vaccine hesitancy, trust in the healthcare system, perception of infectious diseases and Covid-19 vaccination intention: the explanatory role of trust in the National Institute of Public Health. In Javno zdravje in COVID-19 2022 (pp. 55–63). Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje. ISBN 978-961-6945-79-0.

Focus: Vaccine hesitancy, healthcare trust, disease perceptions, and trust in the National Institute of Public Health.

Kirbiš, A., Kotnik, K., Cupar, T., Pšunder, M., & Osterc-Kokotovič, K. (2019). Authoritative parenting moderates the impact of perceived discrimination on health. In Zdravje otrok in mladostnikov / Health of children and adolescents (pp. 67–76). University of Primorska Press. ISBN 978-961-7055-71-9.

Focus: Authoritative parenting, perceived discrimination, and health.

Tavčar Krajnc, M., & Kirbiš, A. (2014). Zdravje mladih v Sloveniji: analiza empiričnih podatkov iz raziskav Mladina 2010 in Youth 2013 = Health of slovenian youth: a comparative analysis of 2010 and 2013 national youth studies. In Zdravstvena nega v javnem zdravju / Nursing in public health (pp. 29–41). University of Primorska Press. ISBN 978-961-6832-58-8.

Focus: Youth health in Slovenia, comparing the 2010 and 2013 national youth studies.

Kirbiš, A., & Tement, S. (2014). Differences in perceived stress among Slovenian youth: an analysis of sociodemographic and socioeconomic predictors in the 2010 and 2013 national youth studies. In Health — personal and/or social responsibility? (pp. 1–11). IRDO. ISBN 978-961-93531-2-7.

Focus: Sociodemographic and socioeconomic predictors of perceived stress among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A., & Tavčar Krajnc, M. (2014). Socioeconomic inequalities in self-rated health, mental health and depression: Slovenian 2013 national youth study. In Health — personal and/or social responsibility? (pp. 1–11). IRDO. ISBN 978-961-93531-2-7.

Focus: Socioeconomic inequalities in self-rated health, mental health, and depression among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A., Tavčar Krajnc, M., Cupar, T., & Musil, B. (2014). Socio-demographic and socio-economic differences in fruit and vegetable consumption: a representative study of Slovenian youth = Sociodemografske in socioekonomske razlike v uživanju sadja in zelenjave: reprezentativna raziskava slovenske mladine. In Zbornik prispevkov / Proceedings: Second scientific conference with international participation (pp. 29–38). University of Primorska Press. ISBN 978-961-6832-89-2.

Focus: Sociodemographic and socioeconomic differences in fruit and vegetable consumption among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A., Flere, S., & Tavčar Krajnc, M. (2011). Explaining cross-national youth substance use through modernization approach: a study of students in eight post-Yugoslav entities. In Policing in Central and Eastern Europe — social control of unconventional deviance (pp. 87–105). Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security. ISBN 978-961-6821-10-0.

Focus: Youth substance use and modernization across eight post-Yugoslav entities.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Uporaba elektronskih medijev in psihosocialni razvoj: raziskava slovenske mladine [Electronic media use and psychosocial development: A study of Slovenian youth]. In Youth in focus of world changes / Mladi v presečišču svetovnih sprememb (pp. 1–9). IRDO. ISBN 978-961-92971-1-7.

Focus: Electronic media use and psychosocial development among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Državljanska participacija slovenske in evropske mladine [Civic participation among Slovenian and European youth]. In Youth in focus of world changes / Mladi v presečišču svetovnih sprememb (pp. 1–10). IRDO. ISBN 978-961-92971-1-7.

Focus: Civic participation among Slovenian and European youth.

Fištravec, A., Klanjšek, R., Naterer, A., & Kirbiš, A. (2008). Virtualizacija prostega časa mladih = Virtualization of the adolescent's free time. In Modeli vzgoje v globalni družbi — 2008 / Educational models in global societies — 2008 (pp. 1–8). Fakulteta za organizacijske vede et al.. ISBN 978-961-232-215-1.

Focus: Virtualization of young people’s free time.

Flere, S., Klanjšek, R., Lavrič, M., Kirbiš, A., Tavčar Krajnc, M., Divjak, M., Boroja, T., Zagorc, B., & Naterer, A. (2014). Slovenska mladina 2013: življenje v času deziluzij, tveganja in prekarnosti [Slovenian youth 2013: Living in times of disillusionment, risk and precarity] [Research data]. Arhiv družboslovnih podatkov, Fakulteta za družbene vede.

Focus: Research data from the 2013 Slovenian youth study.

Lavrič, M. (with Flere, S., Tavčar Krajnc, M., Klanjšek, R., Musil, B., Naterer, A., Kirbiš, A., Divjak, M., & Lešek, P., research collaborators) (2011). Mladina 2010: družbeni profil mladih v Sloveniji [Youth 2010: The social profile of young people in Slovenia] [Research data]. Arhiv družboslovnih podatkov, Fakulteta za družbene vede.

Focus: Research data from Mladina 2010; Andrej Kirbiš contributed as a research collaborator.

Kirbiš, A. (2023). Sustainability. Guest editor. MDPI. ISSN 2071-1050.

Focus: Guest editor of Sustainability in 2023.