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Lector Universitar Doctor Radu ȘOFLĂU

Radu Șoflău este Lector în cadrul Departamentului de Psihologie Clinică și Psihoterapie, FPSE, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai. Este psiholog clinician și psihoterapeut cognitiv-comportamental, membru al Colegiului Psihologilor din România. Interesele sale de cercetare se leagă de investigarea eficienței intervențiilor psihologice pentru diverse tulburări mintale, precum și de testarea unor predictori relevanți pentru etiologia problemelor de sănătate mintală și eficiența terapiei.  

Didactic

Cursuri:

  • Introducere în științe cognitive;
  • Psihologie clinică şi psihoterapii individuale şi de grup;
  • Psihologie clinică și psihodiagnostic;
  • Practică de profil I.

Orar Consultații:

Joi, 15:00-17:00 – pe bază de programare prealabilă pe email 

Adresă de contact: Strada Republicii 37, 400015, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Email: radusoflau@psychology.ro

Interese de cercetare:

  • Evaluarea eficienței intervențiilor psihologice pentru tulburări mintale;
  • Identificarea factorilor de reziliență și de vulnerabilitate relevanți pentru psihopatologie;
  • Investigarea factorilor care influențează/ explică eficiența intervențiilor psihologice.

Proiecte & Granturi:

  • Investigarea eficienței relative a intervențiilor psihologice pentru psihoze;
  • Testarea eficienței relative a intervențiilor ACT și CBT pentru simptome depresive.
  • Oltean, L. E., Șoflău, R., Miu, A. C., & Szentágotai-Tătar, A. (2026). Linking childhood adversity with borderline and depressive symptoms: the role of reward processing. European Journal of Psychotraumatology17(1), 2629214
  • Boncea, C. M., Oltean, L. E., & Șoflău, R. (2026). Gentle voices within harsh environments. A longitudinal study focused on childhood adversity, self-compassion, depression and anxiety. Current Psychology45(7), 759
  • Oltean, L. E., Șoflău, R., Miu, A. C., & Szentágotai-Tătar, A. (2025). Unveiling subjective well-being: the role of reward processing and resilience. Current Psychology, 1-10
  • Şoflău, R., Szentágotai-Tătar, A., & Oltean, L. E. (2024). Childhood Adversity, Resilience, and Paranoia During the COVID-19 Outbreak. The Mediating Role of Irrational Beliefs and Affective Disturbance. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 1-16
  • Chiș, A., Oltean, L.-E., Bîlc, M., Vulturar, R., Șoflău, R., David, D., Szentágotai-Tătar, A., & Miu, A. C. (2024) Gene–Environment Interactions in Irrational Beliefs: The Roles of Childhood Adversity and Multiple Candidate Genes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(8), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25084206
  • Oltean, L. E., Şoflău, R., Miu, A. C., & Szentágotai-Tătar, A. (2023). Childhood adversity and impaired reward processing: A meta-analysis. Child Abuse & Neglect, 105596
  • Oltean, L. E., & Şoflău, R.* (2022). Childhood adversity, reward processing, and health during the COVID-19 outbreak: The mediating role of reward learning. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(2), 301
  • Oltean, L. E., Miu, A. C., Şoflău, R., & Szentágotai-Tătar, A.* (2022). Tailoring gratitude interventions. How and for whom do they work? The potential mediating role of reward processing and the moderating role of childhood adversity and trait gratitude. Journal of Happiness Studies, 23(6), 3007-3030
  • 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
  • Şoflău, R., & David, D. O. (2018). The Impact of Irrational Beliefs on Paranoid Thoughts. Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy, 47(3), 270-286. doi: 10.1017/S1352465818000565
  • Sucala, M., Cuijpers, P., Muench, F., Cardoș, R., Șoflău , 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. doi: 10.1002/da.22654
  • Cardos, R. A., Şoflău, R., Gherman, A., Sucala, 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), 21
  • Tiple, C., Matu, S., Dinescu, F. V., Muresan, R., Şoflău, 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 E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB), 2015 (pp. 1-4). IEEE
  • David, D., Bizo, A., Cimpean, A. I., Oltean, H., Cardos, R., Şoflău, 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. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2017.1361375
  • Şoflău, R., & David, D. O (2016). A Meta-Analytical Approach of the Relationships Between the Irrationality of Beliefs and the Functionality of Automatic Thoughts. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s10608-016-9812-y
  • Şoflău, R., & David, D. O. (2017). 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 and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. doi: 10.1007/s10942-017-0275-1
  • 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)

Capitole:

  • 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.
  • David, O. A., Şoflău, R., & Matu, S. (2018). Technology and coaching. In Coaching for Rational Living (pp. 199-209). Springer, Cham.