Research Interests:

• Efficacy of evidence-based psychological interventions and the cognitive and emotional mechanisms involved in psychological change.
• Technological innovation in psychotherapy – mobile applications, therapeutic games, and VR interventions for the prevention/intervention of emotional disorders.
• Integration of evolutionary and biopsychosocial perspectives in genetic counseling, psychosomatics, and applied psychological education.

Projects & Grants:

Principal Investigator:

• 2023–2024: Developing and analyzing the efficacy of a board game for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents, Babeș-Bolyai University, Young Researchers Grant.
• 2022–2024: OCD in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: new prevention approaches based on network analysis, National Grant, UEFISCDI.
• 2020–2021: Developing and analyzing the efficacy of a board game for promoting mental health in children and adolescents, Babeș-Bolyai University, Young Researchers Grant.
• 2013–2016: Ph.D. research grant, Sectorial Operational Program for Human Resources Development, co-financed by the European Social Fund, Economic and Social Research Council.

Team member:

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cardos_Roxana
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-9447-8034

Indexed ISI Web of Science:

• Dumitru EP, Cardoș RAI, Milea I, Gambarota F, Altoè G, David DO, Cristea IA. A meta-analysis of the association of death anxiety with psychological distress and psychopathology. Nat Hum Behav. 2025 Mar 3. doi: 10.1038/s41562-025-02115-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40033136.
• Dumitru, E. P., Cardoș, R. A. I., & David, D. O. (2025). The Romanian adaptation of the death anxiety beliefs and behaviors scale. Death Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2516580
• Oprinca-Muja, L.-A., Mohor, C.-I., Oprinca, G.-C., Cardoș, R., Domnariu, C.-D., Cristian, A.-N., Băcilă, C., Fleacă, S.-R., Cristian, A., & Morar, S. (2025). Burnout syndrome in forensic medicine and its association with vicarious trauma, posttraumatic stress syndrome and occupational stress. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 139, 1223-1237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-024-03398-7
• Oprinca-Muja, L.-A., Cristian, A.-N., Topîrcean, E., Cristian, A., Popa, M. F., Cardoș, R., Oprinca, G.-C., Atasie, D., Mihalache, C., Bucuță, M. D., & Morar, S. (2025). Exploring burnout at the morgue during the COVID-19 pandemic: A three-phase analysis of forensic and pathology personnel. Healthcare, 13(5), 504. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13050504
• Cardoș, R. A., Dumitru, E. P., & David, O. A. (2024). ØCD: protocol for the development and evaluation of a cognitive-behavioral prevention program for obsessive-compulsive disorder. BMC psychiatry, 24(1), 348.
• Dumitru, E. P., Roxana, C. A., Oltean, H. R., Bîlc, M. I., & David, D. O. (2024). Death Anxiety in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Testing REBT Models of Psychopathology and Psychological Health of Death Anxiety. Psychological Reports, 00332941241242396.
• Cardoș, R. A., Crețu, I. I., & Dumitru, E. P. (2024). Breaking the chain: The role of irrational thinking in our fear of war and death. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 1-10.
• Cardoș, R. A., David, O. A., & David, D. O. (2017). Virtual reality exposure therapy in flight anxiety. Computers in Human Behavior, 72(C), 371-380. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.03.007
• David, O. A., Costescu, C., Cardos, R., & Mogoaşe, C. (2020). How effective are serious games for promoting mental health and health behavioral change in children and adolescents? A systematic review and meta-analysis. In Child & Youth Care Forum (pp. 1-22). Springer US
• David, O. A., Predatu, R., & Cardoș, R. A. (2021). Effectiveness of the REThink therapeutic online video game in promoting mental health in children and adolescents. Internet Interventions, 25, 100391.
• David, O. A., Cardoș, R. A.,& Matu, S. (2018). Is REThink therapeutic game effective in preventing emotional disorders in children and adolescents? Outcomes of a randomized clinical trial.European child & adolescent psychiatry, 1-12
• David, O. A., Cardoș, R. A.,& Matu, S. (2018). Changes in irrational beliefs are responsible for the efficacy of theREThink therapeutic game in preventing emotional disorders in children and adolescents: mechanisms of change analysis of a randomized clinical trial. European child & adolescent psychiatry, 1-12
• Sucala, M., Cuijpers, P., Muench, F., Cardoș, R., Soflau, R., Dobrean, A., & David, D. (2017). Anxiety: There is an app for that. A systematic review of anxiety apps. Depression and Anxiety, 1-8. doi: 10.1002/da.22654
• Cardoș, R. A, Șoflău R., Gherman A., Sucală M., & Chiorean A. (2017). A mobile intervention for core needle biopsy related pain and anxiety: A usability study. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 17(1). doi: 10.24193/jebp.2017.1.2
• Cardos, R. A., & Mone, I. S. (2016). Religiousness, Spirituality and Work Values: A Step Forward for Work-Life Balance?. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 16(1), 67-77
• David O.A., Predatu R., & Cardos R.A. (2018). A pilot study of the REThink online video game applied for coaching emotional understanding in children and adolescents in the therapeutic video game environment: The Feeling Better resources game. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies • David, D., Bizo, A., Cimpean, A. I., Oltean, H., Cardos, R.A., Soflau, R., & Negut, A. (2017). The effect of research method type on stereotypes’ content: a brief research report. The Journal of Social Psychology, 1-14.

Chapters published in prestigious foreign publishing (ISBN) indexed WorldCat:

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Articles:

• Dobrean, A., Poetar, C. R., Florean, I. S., Balan, R., & Andersson, G. (2026). Transdiagnostic internet-delivered intervention for children and adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders: A randomized controlled trial. npj Digital Medicine, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-02341-x
• Ciupei, A., Florean, I. S., & David, D. (2025). Orientations to happiness scale: A psychometric study in the Romanian context. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 25(1), 183–200. https://doi.org/10.24193/jebp.2025.1.8
• Ciupei, A., Florean, I. S., & Stroian, P. (2025). Happiness-enhancing activities as a mediator between orientations to happiness and positive emotions: A longitudinal study. Acta Medica Marisiensis, 71(2). https://doi.org/10.2478/amma-2025-0013
• Florean, I. S., Dobrean, A., & Balazsi, R. (2025). From parenting self-efficacy to child externalizing problems: The role of perceived parent stress and practices. Family Relations, 74(4), 2185–2200. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70000
• Grama, D. I., Florean, I. S., Isvoranu, A.-M., & Dobrean, A. (2025). Parental rejection, self-evaluations, and bullying victimization among middle school-age children: A longitudinal network analysis. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000663
• Poetar, C. R., Dobrean, A., & Florean, I. S. (2025). The Romanian version of the Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5: Reliability, validity, factor structure, and measurement invariance. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000912
• Poetar, C. R., & Florean, I. S. (2025). Validation of the Romanian version of the Regulating Emotions in Parenting Scale: Psychometric properties and measurement invariance across parents’ psychological distress levels and parents’ sex. SSM – Mental Health, 8, 100514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100514
• Sabou, A. M., Florean, I. S., & Dobrean, A. (2025). Empathy and peer defending: Half-longitudinal mediation role of social and emotional competencies. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Psychologia-Paedagogia, 70(1), 51–72. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbpsyped.2025.1.03
• Tînc, L.-C.-I., Florean, I. S., Vitalie, V., Predatu, R., & David, D. O. (2025). Insomnia Severity Index (ISI): Psychometric properties and diagnostic performance in Romanian population. Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001443
• Florean, I. S., Dobrean, A., Poetar, C. R., Vîlceanu, C., Roman, G. D., & Predescu, E. (2024). The mediator role of negative and positive automatic thoughts between attachment quality towards significant others and adolescents’ internalizing problems. Children and Youth Services Review, 164, 107867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107867
• Grama, D. I., Dobrean, A., Florean, I. S., Poetar, C. R., Rohner, R. P., & Predescu, E. (2024). Measurement invariance of the Child Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire-Short Form across parental versions, age, gender, clinical status, and time. Children and Youth Services Review, 163, 107726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107726
• Poetar, C. R., Dobrean, A., & Florean, I. S. (2024). Problematic smartphone use and mental health problems: A network analysis of Romanian adolescents. Youth & Society, 56(6), 1048–1070. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X231218295
• Predatu, P., David, D., Kirsch, I., Florean, I. S., & Predatu, R. (2024). Reciprocal relationships between positive expectancies and positive emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-lagged panel study. Psychology & Health, 39(13), 1990–2012. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2024.2341874
• Roman, G. D., Dobrean, A., & Florean, I. S. (2024). Explaining the “parenting–callous-unemotional traits–antisocial behavior” axis in early adolescence: The role of affiliative reward. Development and Psychopathology, 36(4), 1709–1718. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423001050
• Roman, G. D., Dobrean, A., & Florean, I. S. (2024). Translating parenting into affiliative reward in early adolescence: Sex differences. The Journal of Early Adolescence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316241296181
• Florean, I. S., Dobrean, A., Balazsi, R., Roșan, A., Păsărelu, C. R., Predescu, E., & others. (2023). Measurement invariance of Alabama parenting questionnaire across age, gender, clinical status, and informant. Assessment, 30(3), 728–743. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211068178
• Iclozan, D. A., & Florean, I. S. (2023). The relationship between worry, rumination and executive functions in a mixed clinical sample. Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology, 25(1–2), 14–21. https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.25.1.03
• Păsărelu, C. R., Dobrean, A., Florean, I. S., & Predescu, E. (2023). Parental stress and child mental health: A network analysis of Romanian parents. Current Psychology, 42(28), 24275–24287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03520-1
• Florean, I. S., Dobrean, A., & Roman, G. D. (2022). Early adolescents’ perceptions of parenting practices and mental health problems: A network approach. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(3), 438–448. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000919
• Florean, I. S., Dobrean, A., Georgescu, R. D., Păsărelu, C. R., & Milea, I. (2020). The efficacy of internet-based parenting programs for children and adolescents with behavior problems: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Clinical Child & Family Psychology Review, 23(4), 510–528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-2020-00326-0
• Florean, I. S., & Păsărelu, C. R. (2019). Interpersonal emotion regulation and cognitive empathy as mediators between intrapersonal emotion regulation difficulties and couple satisfaction. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 19(2), 119–134. https://doi.org/10.24193/jebp.2019.2.17