On Friday, September 5, 2025, Senior Assistant Lejla Mustoo-Başer from the Psychology (PSY) program at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled: “The Role of Relational Needs Satisfaction, Emotional Intelligence, Need for Drama, and Marital Stability in the Prediction of Marital Satisfaction in Canton Sarajevo of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Monitoring Intervention Change Dynamics Process in Nonlinear Approach Feedback via Synergetic Navigation System”.
The Defense Committee consisted of: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selvira Draganović (IUS – mentor and member); Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar Ünal Aydın (IUS – Committee President and member); Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orkun Aydın (IUS – member); Prof. Dr. Günter Schiepek (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich & Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg – member); Asst. Prof. Dr. Mersiha Jusić (IUS – member); and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ervin Kovačević (IUS – substitute member).
Her research offers an innovative interdisciplinary framework that bridges psychology and complexity science, identifying crucial predictors of marital satisfaction while proposing scientifically grounded interventions to strengthen both marital stability and individual well-being. By combining psychotherapeutic practices with nonlinear modeling through the Synergetic Navigation System, the study makes a significant methodological contribution to understanding relationship dynamics and the processes of therapeutic change.
With this successful defense, Ms. Lejla Mustoo-Başer has earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology. The IUS community proudly congratulates Dr. Mustoo-Başer on this remarkable academic achievement and wishes her continued success in her scholarly and professional journey.
