Ana-Maria Cazan- PhD Professor
- Dean at Transylvania University of Brașov
Ana-Maria Cazan
- PhD Professor
- Dean at Transylvania University of Brașov
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October 2008 - November 2017
October 2008 - October 2015
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University dropout has become an increasingly critical research topic, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen a global rise in dropout rates. This phenomenon, defined as the discontinuation of higher education before degree completion, is multifaceted, with psychological, sociological, institutional, and interactionist pe...
Acest volum colectiv abordează problematica adaptării din mai multe perspective, pornind de la teoriile și modelele explicative și particularizând-o la diversitatea populațiilor actuale de studenți (studenți internaționali, studenți cu dificultăți de învățare sau studenți non-tradiționali) și la contextul mai amplu al digitalizării în educație.
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Introduction
Research shows that ICT is beneficial for academics and students, aiding in overcoming distance barriers, streamlining administration, and improving teaching and learning processes. However, the negative impact of technology, particularly technostress, are garnering attention. In the context of the concerns about technostress among hig...
University dropout is considered a critical research topic today due to its significant implications for individuals, institutions, and society. The main aims of this study were to analyse the differences in learning engagement and dropout intention during the first academic year and to analyse the predictive value of motivations to attend universi...
http://www.editura.ubbcluj.ro/bd/ebooks/pdf/4087.pdf
The main aim of this study is to examine university students’ satisfaction with remote learning, analysing their socio-demographic and personal factors, the perception of online interactivity and of the online means used by academics considering two important moments: one academic year from the pandemic period (2020–2021) and one from the post-pand...
While the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 crisis is impacting many areas of society, some professions are more affected by the COVID-19 pandemic than others, especially by the feeling of insecurity about future working conditions. The present research was conducted during the pandemic and assesses the extent to which musicians’ desire to develop pro...
While the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 crisis is impacting many areas of society, some professions are more affected by the COVID-19 pandemic than others, especially by the feeling of insecurity about future working conditions. The present research was conducted during the pandemic and assesses the extent to which musicians’ desire to develop pro...
University dropout has become an increasingly critical research topic, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen a global rise in dropout rates. This phenomenon, defined as the discontinuation of higher education before degree completion, is multifaceted, with psychological, sociological, institutional, and interactionist pe...
Introduction
The problem of academic dropout in the first year of studies represents an important issue for higher education, in that it accounts for an important indicator of quality but also for the negative consequences it produces on individual, institutional and social level. The main aim of the study is to validate and evaluate a robust measu...
Although different social crises may eventually favour undemocratic and authoritarian forms of governance, at some point, such anti-democratic practices require the support of a significant part of the population to be implemented. The present research investigates how and whether the COVID-19 pandemic may favour greater support for anti-democratic...
The shift to online instruction in higher education related to the COVID-19 pandemic has raised worldwide concerns about an increase in academic misconduct (cheating and plagiarism). However, data to document any increase is sparse. For this study, we collected survey data from 484 students in 11 universities in the USA, and 410 students in five un...
Si bien en 2021 muchas universidades han decidido retomar la actividad docente presencial, creemos que el uso de aplicaciones en línea seguirá siendo una característica del sistema educativo por la flexibilidad que ofrece y las posibilidades de aprendizaje. Nuestro objetivo es analizar el papel predictivo de factores personales, como la autoeficaci...
The present study is based on the social-cognitive perspective of self-regulated learning and focuses on its development in academic settings. This study examined the impact of an intervention on the development of self-regulated learning strategies at a course-specific level. The transferability of the trained strategies on different learning cont...
Economic inequality is associated with preferences for smaller, immediate gains over larger, delayed ones. Such temporal discounting may feed into rising global inequality, yet it is unclear whether it is a function of choice preferences or norms, or rather the absence of sufficient resources for immediate needs. It is also not clear whether these...
The study aimed to test the impact of a career counselling intervention program (JOBS - Job Orientation. Training in business and schools) intended to improve students’ knowledge and skills related to employability’ preconditions. The intervention program was implemented as an optional subject for lower secondary and secondary education. Data were...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is probably the most critical epidemiological situation that human civilization has faced in the last few decades. In this context, of all the professional categories involved in the management of patients with COVID-19 are the most likely to develop burnout syndrome. The main objective of this study...
The main aim of the present research is to analyze the predictive value of individual characteristics such as online self-efficacy, adaptability to uncertainty, and sources of stress during online learning on learning engagement. We also aimed to highlight if these relationships could be mediated by the online self-regulated learning strategies, du...
Stress and burnout are present in every aspect of an individual’s life, and the growing number of employed students raises certain concerns about their engagement in academic tasks and finishing their studies. Our study aims to analyze the differences between student burnout in different contexts, work- and academic-related burnout, and examine the...
Given the current pandemic context generated by COVID 19, important changes in the way specific subjects to music education are taught emerged, affecting not only the particularities of learning and teaching in individual courses, but also the other courses regarding group learning or theoretical subjects. In this time, emergency remote teaching an...
Economic inequality is associated with extreme preferences for smaller, immediate gains over larger, delayed ones. This pattern, known as temporal discounting, may feed into rising global inequality, yet it is unclear if it is a function of choice preferences or norms, or rather the absence of sufficient resources to meet immediate needs. It is als...
Economic inequality is associated with extreme rates of temporal discounting, which is a behavioral pattern where individuals choose smaller, immediate financial gains over larger, delayed gains. Such patterns may feed into rising global inequality, yet it is unclear if they are a function of choice preferences or norms, or rather absence of suffic...
The tendency to cheat is consubstantial to any kind of education and training process involving work and effort. The study was conducted on 194 participants, first- and second-year students from the bachelor and master’s programs from several engineering and humanities faculties from Brasov. The Academic Adjustment Questionnaire and the Academic Et...
The Internet as a shopping and purchasing medium has become an extensively researched topic. Augmented realty, in particular, allows consumers to explore their options and make personalised changes while shopping online. Our study aims to analyse the symmetry between the attitudes towards using the traditional electronic online shopping and the ele...
The paper analyses the Romanian consumer's behavior concerning the use of electric scooters for transport. The aim of the study is to investigate Romanian youths' intentions regarding the use of electric scooters in the development of a sustainable behavior. The present article is based on a quantitative research, coordinated by the authors, conduc...
Over the recent years, online communication and collaboration applications have been extensively used in teaching, learning, and research. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the attitudes and perceptions of higher education students concerning these applications and their use in learning activities. The research was conducted on 748 Romani...
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the association of risk factors such as smoking and professional status (students vs employed) as determinants of disparities in perceived wellness among Romanian individuals.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in which 145 participants were enrolled from December 2017 to February 2018, in Brasov, Brasov C...
This study analyzes the range and content of Social Representations (SRs) about the COVID-19 pandemic in 21 geographical zones from 17 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia (N = 4430). Based on Social Representations Theory, as well as the psychosocial consequences of pandemics and crises, we evaluate the perceptions of severity and risks, the...
This study analyzes the range and content of Social Representations (SRs) about the COVID-19 pandemic in 21 geographical zones from 17 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia (N = 4430). Based on Social Representations Theory, as well as the psychosocial consequences of pandemics and crises, we evaluate the perceptions of severity and risks, the...
Emotion is a condition that facilitates or inhibits music performance. Our research aimed to explore emotions of young musicians performing in music competitions. We tried to highlight the possible differences in terms of emotions between young singers who obtained prizes in musical competitions and those who did not. Another aim of the study was t...
In recent years, the role of technology in working life has increased. Technology and digitalization play a crucial role in the developmentof the organizations and the entire societies. The ascendance of digital organizations has also become a widely researched topic, the digital workplace environmentbeing an important organizational asset for incr...
Background
Currently considered an occupational disease, the burnout syndrome affects 13–27% of the active population in multiple occupational sectors of the modern world.Objectives
Considering the burnout syndrome from the new perspective of the predictive, preventive, personalized medicine concept as a pathological entity with a predictable appea...
This study analyzes the range and content of Social Representations (SRs) about the COVID-19 pandemic in 21 geographical zones from 17 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia (N = 4430). Based on Social Representations Theory, as well as the psychosocial consequences of pandemics and crises, we evaluate the perceptions of severity and risks, the...
Three studies investigated the effect of intergroup contact and social identification on social change among three advantaged groups in Cyprus, Romania, and Israel. In Study 1 ( n = 340, Turkish Cypriots), intergroup contact with disadvantaged immigrant Turks positively predicted endorsement of their social change motivations directly, and via inte...
Three studies investigated the effect of intergroup contact and social identification on social change among the three advantaged groups in Cyprus, Romania, and Israel. In Study 1 (n=340, Turkish Cypriots), intergroup contact with the disadvantaged Turks positively predicted endorsement of social change motivations by disadvantaged Turkish immigran...
Prior research in Western contexts has pointed to the benefits of supporting employees in the use of their personal strengths at work. This manuscript aims to investigate the invariance of the relationship between employees’ perceived organizational support for the use of their strengths and their well-being (work engagement, burnout, and satisfact...
Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology
The article aims to highlight the psychometric properties of Vermunt's (1994) Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS). A Romanian higher education sample was used in order to determine the psychometric properties of ILS. We also aimed to analyse relationships between learning patterns and academic performances. The results showed that the reliability of...
Background
The burnout syndrome is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment. It was identified in some professional categories, the most often being affected those in public health services.
Objectives
This study mainly aims to identify and analyze the value of the personality traits and work cha...
One of the most known instruments for the evaluation of self regulated learning strategies is the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. The aspect of self regulation investigated in this research is cognitive self regulation. The purpose of this research is to estimate the convergent validity of the cognitive and metacognitive MSLQ scale...
One of the most known instruments for the evaluation of self regulated learning strategies is the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. The aspect of self regulation investigated in this research is cognitive self regulation. The purpose of this research is to estimate the convergent validity of the cognitive and metacognitive MSLQ scale...
Over the recent years, the communication and collaboration based on online applications has been ubiquitous, being used in teaching, learning and research. In this context, the present study analyses the attitudes and perceptions of the teaching staff and researchers from several higher education institutions in Romania with respect to online colla...
The ownership of smartphones has become usual, research showing associations between smartphone usage, addiction, and the users’ individual characteristics. Our first objective is to examine the short form of Smartphone Addiction Scale. We also aimed to examine the relationships between smartphone addiction and the use of various smartphone applica...
There is considerable scientific interest in the psychological correlates of pro-environmental attitudes and concerns. While much research has focused on demographic and social-psychological characteristics of individuals with pro-environmental attitudes, our study explores the relations between personality traits and pro-environmental behaviours....
This study examines the experiences of how a sample of 30 researchers in Europe and Asia express their perceptions, describe their experiences and navigate the challenges of predatory publishing. Most of the respondents commented on lack of experience of researchers and also the desire for quick publishing as reasons why inexperienced researchers u...
https://www.ijee.ie/contents/c330617A.html
Academic dishonesty in higher education is an increasingly visible problem throughout the world and in Romania in particular. A total of 1127 university students from six public Romanian universities were surveyed for their experiences and beliefs with 22 behaviors that might be considered academically dishonest. A five-factor solution to the frequ...
The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (Pintrich, Smith, Garcia, & McKeachie, 1993) measures motivational orientations and learning strategies from a socio-cognitive learning perspective, students representing active processors of information. The present study aims to explore the psychometric properties of the MSLQ-the Romanian versio...
The present study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the Subjective Happiness Scale on a Romanian adult sample. The Romanian version of the SHS had excellent psychometric properties. All items loaded in the expected factor, being a unidimensional scale. The confirmatory factor analysis results revealed excellent fit indices. Convergent...
The aim of the study was to evaluate our practice of self-directed learning (SDL) among pre-university students in Malaysia. Respondents provided data on their previous school learning experiences besides present SDL experiences in college. We carried out exploratory factor analysis based on the school data. We did a confirmatory factor analysis us...
This article presents a tool that provides reliable scores for studying the school climate from the students’ perspective, created for the Romanian context. The main aim of the article is to present the psychometric properties of the instrument. The participants were 605 students, enrolled in four secondary schools and four high schools, from an ur...
This article presents a tool that provides reliable scores for studying the school climate from the students’ perspective, created for the Romanian context. The main aim of the article is to present the psychometric properties of the instrument. The participants were 605 students, enrolled in four secondary schools and four high schools, from an ur...
http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/FIS/09_PAVALACHE.pdf
http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/FIS/22_TRUTA.pdf
The research question asked if is there a difference regarding
learning orientation of the teachers, their motifs and their self-efficacy level between teachers that engage in a new teaching setting and those who don’t. 168 Romanian teachers were questioned using: Learning orientation, Selfefficacy, work motifs and personal motivation to engage in...
http://pru.apio.ro/index.php/prujournal/article/view/444
The present study aims to explore the relationships between resilience, self-perception, and locus of control, hypothesizing that high resilience is associated with high self-esteem and resilient adolescents tend to exhibit higher levels of internality. The study was conducted on an adolescent sample from several high school in Brasov (N = 156). Th...
The aim of the study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Almost Perfect Scale–Revised. We used both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis in order to study the construct validity of the scale. The participants were undergraduate psychology students. The reliability estimates for the three APS-R subscale scores showed a good...
The aims of this research were to assess the psychometric properties of the Need for Cognition Scale, and to test its factor structure. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used. The results suggest that the Need for Cognition Scale – the short form has good psychometric properties after its translation into Romanian. Alfa Cronbac...
The present world of academia is fraught with challenges, and researchers face ethical issues in publishing. We are investigating issues connected with this.
JOBS beabsichtigt, Jugendliche in Rumänien im Berufsfindungsprozess zu unterstützen. Über ein lehrmittelgestütztes Unterrichtssetting erschließen sich Jugendliche aufgabengestützt in interaktiven Settings Kenntnisse über die Berufswelt, um sich für die eigene Berufsfindung vorzubereiten. Eine Begleitstudie überprüft die Wirkung dieses im Rahmen der...
Keywords: parent-children communication; school-family partnership; positive learning environment; positive pedagogy; student-centred paradigm; efficient communication. The communication process and the current information flow were optimized in the last decade, because of the growing number of technical discoveries. The communication between teach...
http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/Contents_VII_2.html
Propunem cititorului o carte, care, departe de ambiția de a aborda toate fațetele comunicării, oferă o perspectivă amplă asupra fenomenului, într‐o lume în care, adeseori, sunt invocate deficiențele de comunicare ca explicații pentru eșecul interacțiunilor umane. Chiar dacă alterarea relațiilor dintre oameni nu este întotdeauna imputabilă incapacit...
http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/Contents_VII_2.html
http://editura.ubbcluj.ro/www/ro/ebook2.php?id=1858
The access of the general public and of the Romanian students to the use of the computer and the internet has been possible only since the middle of the 90's, research on the topic having no object up to that date. The variety of results obtained by studies conducted on different samples or at different time spans support the usefulness of the rese...
The subject of electromagnetic compatibility is a compulsory one, taught to students from electrical engineering and applied electronics study programmes. We present a comparative study between the current teaching method of shielding calculation and a new simulation-based teaching approach. In the academic year 2013–2014, the effectiveness of the...
This research investigates the relationship between emotional intelligence, burnout and satisfaction with life among university students. Emotional intelligence is related to better adjustment or success in academic settings. High levels of emotional intelligence are associated with lower levels of anxiety, stress, burnout and with higher levels of...
The main objective of this study was to evaluate the factor structure of the DSQ-40 on a non-clinical sample of students. The participants were investigated with the adapted DSQ-40 and with the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Alfa Cronbach coefficients revealed a high internal consistency for the entire scale, but smaller for the mature and neur...
The aim of this research was to highlight the associations between engagement, burnout and academic performance among university students. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire were administered to a sample of 202 undergraduate students. The results in...
The current study aims to assess the construct validity of the Adolescent Resilience Scale and its psychometric properties in order to determine its relevance when used within the Romanian context. The second aim of the study is to investigate the associations between resilience, perceived stress and life satisfaction. A number of 341 Romanian stud...
The current study aims to assess the construct validity of the Adolescent Resilience Scale and its psychometric properties in order to determine its relevance when used within the Romanian context. The second aim of the study is to investigate the associations between resilience, perceived stress and life satisfaction. A number of 341 Romanian stud...
Self-directed learning has become one of the primary aims of education in the last few decades and the theory of self-directed learning (SDL) has been increasingly applied in the context of higher education. Facilitating the development of SDL skills will contribute to the learners’ success in their future careers, will enable them to engage in lif...
Recent research shows that there are significant differences between resilient and non-resilient students on a variety of background characteristics and personal attributes (learning motivation, perceived learning environment, academic stress). The present study aims to investigate the associations between resilience, perceived stress and academic...
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Dear colleagues,
Transilvania University of Brașov in collaboration with Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), VID Specialized University (Norway) and the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (Germany) is running the Digital Well-being in Higher Education project – Code 2021-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000032023 with the aim of developing an innovative strategy and resources to ensure the university professors’ well-being and performance in the context of the intensification of the use of technology in education.
In this context, we invite you to participate in an international study aimed at the use of technology in higher education and at the professors’ well-being. Participating in the study involves completing a set of questions lasting approximately 20 minutes. Your answers are extremely important in order to identify the teachers’ needs related to the use of technology and to subsequently propose a training programme and support resources in accordance with them. Participation is anonymous. The survey is avalailable in 5 languages: English, German, Norvegian, Finnish, Romanian.
To complete the questionnaire, please access the following link:
More information about the project and the intended results are available here: https://digi-well.unitbv.ro/
For additional information or comments, you can contact us online using the form https://digi-well.unitbv.ro/contact/
We gratefully thank you,
DigiWell Team
Dear colleagues,
The Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences from Transylvania University of Brasov invites you to attend the first International Conference of Psychology, From Individual to Society – Applied Psychology for a Sustainable Community.
This conference intends to become a beautiful tradition in Romania, enjoying a large participation of psychologists in all areas. Psychologists, academics and practitioners alike, are welcomed in the city from Tâmpa’s foothills. Special guests and personalities from prestigious universities have confirmed their presence.
The event will take place in “Sergiu T. Chiriacescu” Aula of Transylvania University of Brasov, 41, Iuliu Maniu street, in 22 – 23 September 2016.
We invite you to Brasov, the most beautiful city in Romania, to capitalize on your scientific achievements, to meet again, to enjoy the presence of leading figures in psychology.
For additional information, please visit our website: apscconference.unitbv.ro/
Should you have any questions about registering to the Conference, please contact us at: apscconferencebv@gmail.com
APSC 2016 Organizing Committee
