Assistant Professor Radu ȘOFLĂU
Radu Șoflău is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeș-Bolyai University. He is also a clinical psychologist and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist certified by the Romanian Board of Psychologists. His research interests focus on assessing the efficacy of psychological treatments for psychopathology, as well as understanding cognitive and non-cognitive factors associated with psychopathology and treatment response.
Subjects taught:
- Clinical Practice I;
- Clinical Practice II;
- Ethics in Applied Psychology;
- Clinical forensic psychology.
Schedule for hearings:
Thursday, 15:00-17:00
Research Interests:
- Assessing the effectiveness of psychological interventions for mental disorders;
- Identifying risk and resilience factors for mental disorders;
- Investigating confounders and effect modifiers.
Projects & Grants:
- Investigating the relative effectiveness of psychological interventions for psychosis;
- Testing the relative effectiveness of ACT and CBT interventions for depressive symptoms.
Articles:
- 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, 34(6), 518-525.
- Şoflău, R., & David, D. O. (2017). A meta-analytical approach of the relationships between the irrationality of beliefs and the functionality of automatic thoughts. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 41(2), 178-192.
- Soflau, R., & David, D. O. (2019). The Impact of Irrational Beliefs on Paranoid Thoughts. Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy, 47(3), 270-286.
- David, D., Bizo, A., Cimpean, A. I., Oltean, H., Cardos, R., Soflau, R., & Negut, A. (2018). The effect of research method type on stereotypes’ content: A brief research report. The Journal of social psychology, 158(3), 379-392.
- CARDOŞ, R. A., ŞOFLĂU, 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).
- Tiple, C., Matu, S., Dinescu, F. V., Muresan, R., Soflau, R., Drugan, T., … & Chirila, M. (2015, November). Voice-related quality of life results in laryngectomies with today’s speech options and expectations from the next generation of vocal assistive technologies. In 2015 E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
- David, D. O., Sucală, M., Coteț, C., Șoflău, R., & Vălenaș, S. (2019). Empirical research in REBT theory and practice. In Advances in REBT (pp. 101-119). Springer, Cham.
- Şoflău, R., & Matu, S. (2016). Explicit and implicit attitudes toward heights: relationship with acrophobic symptoms and sensitivity to cognitive-behavioral treatment. A preliminary report. Romanian Journal of Psychology, 18(1).
- Şoflău, R., & David, D. O. (2018). The Impact of Music-Based Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavioral Education on Positive and Negative Emotions: A Preliminary Investigation in Ecological Conditions. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 36(1), 89-97.
- David, O. A., Şoflău, R., & Matu, S. (2018). Technology and coaching. In Coaching for Rational Living (pp. 199-209). Springer, Cham.
- Şoflău, R., & David, D. (2019). The use of virtual reality in the assessment of paranoid thoughts: a comparison with desktop-based tools. Interacting with Computers, 31(4), 413-424.