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Assistant Professor Liviu FODOR

Liviu-Andrei Fodor is a lecturer in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy and a member of the International Institute for Mental Health, both at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s degree in “Clinical Psychology, Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy”, and a PhD in Psychology from the “Psychodiagnosis and Scientifically Validated Psychological Interventions” Doctoral School, at Babeș-Bolyai University. His research interests include meta-research procedures, network approaches to mental disorders, and advanced research methods for evaluating the efficacy/effectiveness of technologically augmented psychological interventions (e.g. virtual reality, online/offline PC and mobile platforms) in the treatment of mental disorders.

Teaching

Subjects taught:

  • Rational and Irrational Beliefs in Clinical Cognitive Sciences
  • Advanced Research Methods I
  • Clinical Cognitive Sciences
  • Advanced Research Methods II
  • General research methods and the methodology of the elaboration of scientific works. Ethics and academic integrity

Schedule for hearings:

Thursday: 15:00 – 17:00

Contact address: No. 30 Fântânele Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

E-mail: liviu.fodor@ubbcluj.ro

Research Interests:

  • Meta-analytic research approaches (Classical, IPD, Network)
  • Network approaches to mental disorders
  • Investigating the effectiveness/efficacy of technology-enhanced interventions, and the underlying mechanisms of change

Projects & Grants:

Project team member:

  • Grant PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2021-1521 – “Terapie focalizată pe scheme pentru simptome de anxietate socială și depresie – destructurarea modurilor de critic și protector detașat”
  • Grant PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-2170 – ”Evaluarea Gamificată a Abilităților de Reglare Emoționala și Prevenția Personalizată Bazată pe Joc Online a Tulburărilor Emoționale la Copii”
  • Grant PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-2140 – “AICARE: Un agent terapeutic virtual bazat pe inteligență artificială pentru adresarea anxietății și depresiei la tinerii adulți supraviețuitori de cancer”
  • Grant PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2016-1054 – ”Predictori și moderatori ai răspunsului la terapia cognitiv-comportamentală pentru tulburările de anxietate: un pas spre tratamentul personalizat”
  • Grant PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-1316 – ”Moderatori ai răspunsului la psihoterapia cognitiv comportamentală pentru depresie: ce funcționează mai bine pentru cine”
  • Grant PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-2481 – ”SIGMA: A Self-help, Integrated, and Gamified Mobile Phone Application for Weight Management in Young Adults)”
Google Scholar Profile

Articles:

    • Lin, T., Cohen, Z. D., Stefan, S., Șoflău, R., Fodor, L. A., Georgescu, R., Bruijniks, S. J. E., Lemmens, L., Bagby, M., Quilty, L., Ekeblad, A., Holmqvist, R., Evans, J., O’Mahen, H. A., Johnson, J. E., Zlotnick, C., Hilpert, P., Carter, J., McBride, C., Constantino, M., … Driessen, E. (2025). Efficacy and moderators of cognitive behavioural therapy versus interpersonal psychotherapy for adult depression: study protocol of a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ open, 15(12), e111686. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111686
    • Naudet, F., Pellen, C., Fodor, L. A., Gastaldon, C., Barbui, C., Turner, E. H., Le Pabic, E., & Cristea, I. A. (2025). Efficacy and safety of esketamine for “treatment resistant depression”: registered report for a systematic review with an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. BMC medicine, 23(1), 677. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04435-x
    • Stefan, S., Stroian, P., Silviu, M., Fodor, L., & Nechita, D. (2025). Self-criticism, experiential avoidance, social anxiety and depression in an experience sampling paradigm. Current Psychology: A Journal for Diverse Perspectives on Diverse Psychological Issues. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08264-2
    • Stefan, S., Stroian, P., Fodor, L. A., Silviu, M., Nechita, D., Mătiță, D., Mustățea, M., Ioana, A., Tamas, A., & Roediger, E. (2025). Contextual schema therapy for social anxiety and depression symptoms-A two sessions, online, group randomized trial. Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, 1–16. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2523480..
    • Crasnean, E., Nechifor, R. E., Fodor, L., Almășan, O., Sollmann, N., Ban, A., Roman, R., Mitre, I., Bran, S., Onișor, F., Dinu, C., Băciuț, M., & Hedeșiu, M. (2025). Pediatric Versus Adult Nasopharyngeal Cancer in Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Cancers, 17(13), 2237. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17132237.
    • Podina, I. R., Bucur, A.-M., Fodor, L., & Boian, R. (2025). Screening for common mental health disorders: A psychometric evaluation of a chatbot system. Behaviour & Information Technology, 44(10), 2160–2169. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2023.2275164
    • Antone, N. Z., Pintican, R., Manole, S., Fodor, L.-A., Lucaciu, C., Roman, A., Trifa, A., Catana, A., Lisencu, C., Buiga, R., Vlad, C., & Achimas Cadariu, P. (2025). Predicting Pathogenic Variants of Breast Cancer Using Ultrasound-Derived Machine Learning Models. Cancers, 17(6), 1019. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17061019
    • Zhao, R., Amanvermez, Y., Pei, J., Castro-Ramirez, F., Rapsey, C., Garcia, C., Ebert, D. D., Haro, J. M., Fodor, L. A., David, O. A., Rankin, O., Chua, S. N., Martínez, V., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, R. C., & Cuijpers, P. (2025). Research Review: Help-seeking intentions, behaviors, and barriers in college students – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 66(10), 1593–1605. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14145
    • Iuga, I.A., Fodor, L.A. & David, O.A. Cognitive emotion regulation strategies and academic burnout dimensions in children and adolescents: a network analysis approach. Curr Psychol 44, 5480–5493 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07537-0
    • David, O. A., Tomoiagă, C., & Fodor, L. A. (2024). The MoodWheel app: validation and factor structure of a new tool for the assessment of mood based on the experience sampling method. The Journal of general psychology, 1–17. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2024.2378284
    • Pei, J., Amanvermez, Y., Vigo, D., Puyat, J., Kessler, R. C., Mortier, P., Bruffaerts, R., Rankin, O., Chua, S. N., Martínez, V., Rapsey, C., Fodor, L. A., David, O. A., Garcia, C., & Cuijpers, P. (2024). Sociodemographic Correlates of Mental Health Treatment Seeking Among College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Psychiatric Services. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230414
    • David, O. A., Tomoiagă, C., & Fodor, L. A. (2024). Gamified Assessment of the Emotion-Regulation Abilities in Youths: Validation of the REThink Online Game-Based Assessment System. Games for Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2023.0011
    • David, O. A., & Fodor, L. A. (2023). Preventing mental illness in children that experienced maltreatment the efficacy of REThink online therapeutic game. Npj Digital Medicine, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-023-00849-0
    • David, O. A., Fodor, L. A., Dascăl, M. D., & Miron, I. S. (2023). The efficacy of online parenting interventions in addressing emotional problems in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 69(5), 1100–1112. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640231156034
    • Podina, I. R., Bucur, A.-M., Todea, D., Fodor, L., Luca, A., Dinu, L. P., & Boian, R. F. (2023). Mental health at different stages of cancer survival: A natural language processing study of Reddit posts. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1150227
    • Póka, T., Fodor, L. A., Barta, A., & Mér\Ho, L. (2023). A Systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of self-compassion interventions for changing university students’ positive and negative affect. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04834-4
    • Stefan, S., Stroian, P., Fodor, L., Matu, S., Nechita, D., Boldea, I., Fechete, I., Mătiță, D., & Mustățea, M. (2023). An online contextual schema therapy workshop for social anxiety symptoms – A randomized control trial. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.06.005
    • Podina, I., Bucur, A.-M., Todea, D., Fodor, L. A., Luca, A. I., Dinu, L., & Boian, R. (2022). Mental health at different stages of cancer survival: A natural language processing study of Reddit posts. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mskn3
    • Fodor, L. A., Todea, D., & Podina, I. R. (2022). Core Fear of Cancer recurrence symptoms in Cancer Survivors: A network approach. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03500-5
    • Barta, A., Fodor, L. A., Tamas, B., & Szamoskozi, I. (2022). The development of students critical thinking abilities and dispositions through the concept mapping learning method – A meta-analysis. Educational Research Review, 37, 100481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2022.100481
    • David, O. A., & Fodor, L. A. (2022). Are gains in emotional symptoms and emotion-regulation competencies after the REThink therapeutic game maintained in the long run? A 6-month follow-up. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 32(10), 1853–1862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-02002-w
    • Tamas, B., Fodor, L. A., Galfi, B., Barta, A., & Szamoskozi, I. (2022). Visual art, as domain specific knowledge in visual stimuli comprehension: a meta-analytical review of art and non-art experts’ eye fixation duration. 9th sws international scientific conference on social sciences – ISCSS Proceedings 2022. https://doi.org/10.35603/sws.iscss.2022/s06.064
    • Ștefan, S., Fodor, L. A., Curt, I., Ionescu, A., Pantea, N., Jiboc, N., & Tegzesiu, A. M. (2021). Health anxiety, perceived risk and perceived control in following recommended preventive measures during early COVID-19 response in Romania. BJPsych Open, 7(5). https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.990
    • Petr, J., Hogeboom, L., Nikulin, P., Wiegers, E., Schroyen, G., Kallehauge, J., Chmelík, M., Clement, P., Nechifor, R. E., Fodor, L.-A., Hamer, P. C. D. W., Barkhof, F., Pernet, C., Lequin, M., Deprez, S., Jančálek, R., Mutsaerts, H. J. M. M., Pizzini, F. B., Emblem, K. E., & Keil, V. C. (2021). A systematic review on the use of quantitative imaging to detect cancer therapy adverse effects in normal-appearing brain tissue. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-021-00985-2
    • Voinescu, A., Petrini, K., Stanton Fraser, D., Lazarovicz, R.-A., Papavă, I., Fodor, L. A., & David, D. (2021). The effectiveness of a virtual reality attention task to predict depression and anxiety in comparison with current clinical measures. Virtual Reality, 27(1), 119–140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-021-00520-7
    • Fodor, L. A., Georgescu, R., Cuijpers, P., Szamoskozi, Ş., David, D., Furukawa, T. A., & Cristea, I. A. (2020). Efficacy of cognitive bias modification interventions in anxiety and depressive disorders: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(6), 506–514. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(20)30130-9
    • Voinescu, A., Fodor, L. A., Fraser, D. S., & David, D. (2020). Exploring attention in vr: Effects of visual and auditory modalities. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1217 AISC, 677–683.
    • Georgescu, R., Fodor, L. A., Dobrean, A., & Cristea, I. A. (2019). Psychological interventions using virtual reality for pain associated with medical procedures: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 50(11), 1795–1807. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291719001855
    • Podina, I. R., Vîslă, A., Fodor, L. A., & Flückiger, C. (2019). Is there a sleeper effect of exposure-based vs. cognitive-only intervention for anxiety disorders? A longitudinal multilevel meta-analysis. Clinical psychology review, 73, 101774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2019.101774
    • Voinescu, A., Fodor, L.-A., Fraser, D. S., Mejias, M., & David, D. (2019). Exploring the usability of nesplora aquarium, a virtual reality system for neuropsychological assessment of attention and executive functioning. 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 – Proceedings, 1207–1208.
    • Fodor, L. A., Coteț, C. D., Cuijpers, P., Szamoskozi, Ș., David, D., & Cristea, I. A. (2018). The effectiveness of virtual reality based interventions for symptoms of anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis. Scientific reports, 8(1), 10323. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28113-6
    • Podina, I. R., Faur, A. L., Fodor, L. A., & Boian, R. (2018). Usability and user experience testing of the cognitive-behavioral Sigma smartphone app for weight management. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 18(1), 45–56. https://doi.org/10.24193/jebp.2018.1.4
    • Podina, I. R., & Fodor, L. A. (2018). Critical review and meta-analysis of multicomponent behavioral e-health interventions for weight loss. Health Psychology, 37(6), 501–515. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000623
    • Podina, I. R., Fodor, L. A., Cosmoiu, A., & Boian, R. (2017). An evidence-based gamified mHealth intervention for overweight young adults with maladaptive eating habits: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2340-6
    • Fodor, L. A., Cosmoiu,  and A., Podina, I. R., and, & and. (2017). Cognitive bias modification interventions for attention to and approach of appetitive food stimuli: A meta-analysis. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 17(2), 85–104. https://doi.org/10.24193/jebp.2017.2.5

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