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IRRATIONAL BELIEFS AT COUNTRY LEVEL FUNCTIONING: A CROSS-CULTURAL EXTENSION OF THE COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL MODEL

Monica Bianca BARTUCZ 1,2, Daniel Ovidiu DAVID 2,3,4 daniel.david @ubbcluj.ro 1 Evidence-Based Assessment and Psychological Interventions Doctoral School, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2 International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 3 Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 4 Department of Population Health […]

WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF INTEGRATING DUAL PROCESS THEORIES AND COMPASSION FOCUSED THERAPY? IS THE MERGER A SUITABLE FRAMEWORK TO GAIN INSIGHT ON THINKING PERFORMANCES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY?

Umberto CRISANTI1 umbertocrisanti@gmail.com 1 Psychotherapist, NHS England-IAPT programme and Private Practitioner, Canterbury, Kent, UK Abstract Background: About 2 million years ago, (pre) humans began to evolve a range of cognitive competences for reasoning. Research across disciplines (Barnard, 2009) has developed multiple levels of analysis related to cognitive reasoning, interlinking neural, mental and interpersonal levels influenced […]

COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL HYPNOTHERAPY AUGMENTED WITH VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE IN FLIGHT PHOBIA: A CASE STUDY

Viorel LUPU1, Silviu MATU2, Izabela Ramona LUPU3 violupu14@yahoo.com Abstract This paper presents a case study of a 40-year old patient suffering from flight anxiety, treated using a brief cognitive-behavioral intervention augmented by virtual reality exposure therapy and by hypnotherapy. The treatment was delivered in an outpatient setting in 6 weekly sessions. The main treatment approach […]

THE EFFECT OF AN INTEGRATIVE CBT/REBT INTERVENTION IN IMPROVING EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING AND EMOTIONAL STABILITY IN ROMANIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS

Cosmin POPA1, Răzvan Predatu2,3 razvan.predatu@gmail.com Abstract The current study investigated the effects of an integrative CBT/REBT intervention on anxiety symptoms, negative emotions, irrational beliefs (IBs) and emotional stability in a sample of anxious medical students. In addition, we examined the role of IBs as a predictor of changes in anxiety symptoms, negative emotions, and emotional […]

THE INVESTIGATION OF THE FACTOR STRUCTURE, CONSTRUCT VALIDITY AND GENDER RELATED DIFFERENCES OF THE HUNGARIAN VERSION OF THE ACCEPTANCE AND ACTION QUESTIONNAIRE-II: A LATENT MEAN DIFFERENCE APPROACH

Róbert BALÁZSI1, Imre PÉNTEK2, Jenő VARGHA3, Krisztina SZABÓ4 imre.pentek@ubbcluj.ro 1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babeș- Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 2 Department of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 3 Departmentul de Psihologie Aplicată, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 4 […]

EFFECTIVENESS OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ WELLNESS

Eka WAHYUN1, Juntika NURIHSAN2, Syamsu YUSUF2 ewahyuni@unj.ac.id 1 Guidance and Counseling Department, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia;2 Educational Psychology and Guidance Department, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia Abstract Wellness is believed to be a precondition for students’ success in university. Therefore, many higher education institutions are committed to enhancing […]

A PILOT STUDY TO COMPARE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY WITH VIRTUAL REALITY VS. STANDARD COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM CERVICAL CANCER

Alina Ioana CÎMPEAN1 alina.cimpean904@gmail.com 1 Doctoral School Evidence-based assessment and psychological interventions, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca Abstract Besides physical symptoms, literature suggests that cancer patients often experience comorbid anxiety, depression, and a low quality of life Asmundson & Katz, 2009), which may impede medical treatment (Brennan, 2011). Individual cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) proved to be efficient […]

RISKS IN THE PSYCHOTHERAPY PROCESS

Robert MASTEN1, Katarina SLEVEC2 robert.masten@ff.uni-lj.si 1 Assoc. Prof. PhD, Faculty of Arts University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 2, Slovenia; 2 Faculty of Arts University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 2, Slovenia Abstract Psychotherapy is effective, as demonstrated by numerous studies. However, the process of psychotherapy itself can also lead to adverse effects and includes risk factors that arise, […]

ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ARE COMMON IN HEART PATIENTS. WELL IS THERE ANY INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TYPE OF INTERVENTION AND ANXIETY/DEPRESSION LEVEL? HEART PATIENTS NEED PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION

Engin AKGUL1 engin_akgul@hotmail.com 1 Kutahya Health Sciences University, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey Abstract Background: The psychological effect of the phrase “a stent was inserted” or “a vessel was changed” was evaluated in this study. The patients who were treated electively in the Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Clinics were compared with Beck’s Anxiety and Depression […]