1. Members

Number of researchers: 13

2 Professor PhD (Alin Gavreliuc – Director, Ramona Paloș)

3 Associate Professors PhD (Bogdan Nadolu, Melinda Dincă, Ramona Paloș, Dana Gavreliuc)

2 Lecturer PhD (Daniela Moza, Alin Semescu)

3 Researchers PhD (Ana Pășcălău, Zsolt Veress, Alin Semenescu)

3 PhD Student (Bogdan Popoveniuc, Denis Coca, Raluca Oneț-Furdui)

1 PostDoc Researcher (Andreea Constantin – Almeria University, Spain)

2. Objectives & Center description

The Center for Social Diagnosis (CDS) is an advanced interdisciplinary research unit jointly organized by the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences and the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work at the West University of Timișoara. CDS brings together expertise in psychology, sociology, and educational sciences and seeks to advance both fundamental and applied research, while also contributing to the evidence-based development of public policies, including in the field of education, through scientifically grounded social diagnosis.

Through its activities, CDS aims to function as a scientific hub for the analysis and synthesis of social, psychosocial, cultural, and identity-related dynamics, with particular attention to contemporary societal transformations and to the interplay between individual, community, and societal levels. Its areas of interest include social psychology, cross-cultural psychology, educational psychology, political and cultural sociology, social policies.

CDS is involved in several international research networks and participates in large-scale comparative and cross-cultural projects conducted across a wide range of cultural and societal contexts. These studies address topics such as self and identity construction, subjective well-being, prosocial behavior, social and everyday norms, gender stereotypes and roles, political orientations and attitudes, social and cultural values, intergroup relations, as well as other dimensions relevant to understanding psychological and social diversity across societies.

Participation in such international consortia and research networks enables CDS researchers to become involved in large-scale projects, to contribute to the development of extensive comparative datasets, and to build long-term collaborations with research teams from universities and academic centers in numerous countries. The results of these studies are disseminated through publications in high-impact international scientific journals, academic volumes, conferences, and other forms of scholarly communication, thereby contributing to the international visibility of research conducted at the West University of Timișoara.

An important component of the CDS mission is research-based training. The Center involves doctoral students in Psychology, Sociology, and Educational Sciences in its research activities, offering them opportunities to participate in research projects, data collection and analysis, interdisciplinary and international collaborations, as well as in the preparation and dissemination of scientific results. In this way, CDS contributes both to the development of advanced research competencies among early-career researchers and to the consolidation of an academic culture based on collaboration, methodological rigor, and international engagement.

The mission of CDS is to advance fundamental and applied research through research programs, consultancy, and expert activities in the fields of sociology, psychology, and educational sciences. Research activities are carried out in accordance with the programs developed and undertaken by the Center’s research groups and endorsed by its Scientific Council.

The objectives of CDS are:

1. To advance fundamental and applied research in psychology, sociology, and educational sciences from an interdisciplinary perspective and, whenever relevant, from a cross-cultural and comparative perspective.
2. To initiate, develop, and promote its own research programs and projects, as well as to participate in national and international research networks, consortia, and projects.
3. To develop large-scale cross-cultural and comparative research on relevant psychosocial and societal processes, including self-construal, identity, subjective well-being, prosocial behavior, social norms, gender stereotypes, values, political attitudes and orientations, and intergroup relations.
4. To promote and disseminate research findings nationally and internationally through the publication of articles in relevant scientific journals with strong international visibility, participation in and organization of conferences, symposia, workshops, debates, and round tables, as well as through the integration of research findings into the international scientific community.
5. To involve doctoral students and early-career researchers in Psychology, Sociology, and Educational Sciences in CDS projects and to develop a framework for advanced research training through interdisciplinary collaboration and participation in international academic networks.
6. To produce books, edited volumes, book chapters, teaching materials, and other academic outputs through which CDS contributes to the development and transfer of scientific knowledge in its areas of expertise.
7. To prepare research, diagnostic, and expert reports for relevant stakeholders in the educational, economic, social, administrative, political, and cultural spheres, providing empirically grounded analyses of societal processes and transformations.
8. To contribute to the evidence-based development of public policies and intervention strategies, including in the field of education, through the use of research findings and diagnostic analyses conducted within the Center.
9. To develop high-quality research infrastructure and strengthen institutional capacity by accessing national and international funding opportunities and by capitalizing on the expertise and competencies of the Center’s members.
10. To provide specialized consultancy to public and private institutions, economic actors, nongovernmental organizations, and other beneficiaries in the areas of expertise of CDS. Such consultancy may take the form of diagnostic, evaluation, and intervention reports resulting from collaboration agreements concluded between the West University of Timișoara, through CDS, and external beneficiaries, in accordance with the applicable institutional regulations.

The recent results group the following:

• Scientific articles, volumes, and conferences (see below)
• Research reports for local and regional administrations on:
  • total quality management (TQM) in the academic environment;
  • cultural changes, generational differences, and social behaviors in the U.S. and Eastern Europe;
  • consumer culture values, identity processes, mindfulness, and well-being;
  • face, dignity and honor cultures;
  • Timișoara – European Capital of Culture 2021 – psycho-sociological report;
  • psychological-sociological studies for the local urbanistic plans.

3. National & international research projects and grants (selection)

2026 – Member of the WUT team in the project “COMPASS: An AI-Augmented Communication Support Tool for NATO HUMINT Operators”, Reg. HCOE-PC-65.2/14.05.2026, NATO HUMINT CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (HCOE).

2025 – Member of the WUT team in the project “Human-to-Human Engagement in AI-dominated Cognitive Environment”, Reg. no. HCOE/P&C-108-2/2025, NATO HUMINT CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (HCOE).

2023–2026 – Romania Coordinator (institutional partner: Center for Social Diagnosis – CDS) in the grant “Do Identity Motives Predict Populism in Both Economic Distress and Cultural Backlash Patterns? A Cross-Cultural Study in Five Different Political Contexts”; Global Coordinator: Maja Becker, Toulouse University, France. https://clle.univ-tlse2.fr/https://clle.univ-tlse2.fr/

2022-2026 – coordinator for Romania – Alin Gavreliuc (institutional partner – Center for Social Diagnosis – CDS) in the grant: Global Social Norms (GSN), global coordinator: Kimmo Erikson, Mälardalen University, Sweden. https://www.globalsocialnorms.org/members

2021-2023 – coordinator for Romania – Alin Gavreliuc (institutional partner – Center for Social Diagnosis – CDS) in the grant: Social change and epistemic thinking. Global coordinator: Patricia Greenfield, University of California, UCLA, https://greenfieldlab.psych.ucla.edu/

2020-2024- coordinator for Romania – Alin Gavreliuc (institutional partner – Center for Social Diagnosis – CDS) in the grant: Good development. The culturally sensitive study on “folk theories of societal development” and on “ideal types of well-being”, a collaborative project coordinated by Kuba Krys, Laboratory for Cultural Psychology and Cross-Cultural Research, Institute of Psychology Polish Academy of Sciences. https://www.kuba.krys.pl/research

2019-2022 – coordinator for Romania – Alin Gavreliuc (institutional partner – Center for Social Diagnosis – CDS) in the grant: Towards gender harmony, collaborative project – global coordinator: Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, Jeniffer Bosson, Joseph Vandello, Deborah Best (University of Gdansk & University of Texas Austin, University of Illinois, University of North Carolina); project type: Harmonia 5 from NSCP 2017/26/M/HS6/00360. https://towardsgenderharmony.ug.edu.pl/about-the-project/

2020-2022 – coordinator – Ramona Paloș – project CNFIS “Growing in WUT” (Crește în UVT: crearea de oportunități pentru promovarea dezvoltării academice și sociale a studenților, prin programe de tutoring și consiliere educațională și în carieră (CreșteInUVT”). Code CNFIS-FDI-2020-0232

2019-2021 – coordinator – Ramona Paloș – project CNFIS ”Stay in WUT” (”Stai în UVT”: susținerea progresului studentului de-a lungul întregului program de studii universitare si finalizarea acestora, prin servicii de consiliere educațională și în carieră (StaInUVT). Code: CNFIS-FDI-2019-0153

2018-2020 – coordinator – Ramona Paloș – project CNFIS ”Finding your way toward WUT” (”Găsește-ți calea spre UVT”: Creșterea șansei de acces a elevilor din medii defavorizate la învățământul superior prin servicii de consiliere și orientare în carieră) (GoToUVT). Code: CNFIS-FDI-2018-0186

2018-2021 – coordinator for Romania – Alin Gavreliuc (institutional partner – Center for Social Diagnosis – CDS) in the grant: Cross-National Study on Communal Roles / Understanding Communal Orientation in Man, global coordinators: Toni Schmader & Katharina Block (University of British Columbia, Canada https://ucom2017.wordpress.com/confirmed-sites-2/

2018-2021 – coordinator for Romania – Alin Gavreliuc (institutional partner – Center for Social Diagnosis – CDS) in the grant: Dignity, Honour and Face Cultures in a collaborative project with Sussex University (UK), coordination team: Peter B. Smith, Yasin Koc, Matthew J. Easterbrook & Vivian M.C. Lun. https://www.researchgate.net/project/Contrasts-between-Dignity-Face-and-Honor-Cultures

2017-2021 – coordinator for Romania – Alin Gavreliuc (institutional partner – Center for Social Diagnosis – CDS) in the grant The happiness meanders. The happiness of families and valuation of different types of happiness, a collaborative project coordinated by Kuba Krys, Laboratory for Cultural Psychology and Cross Cultural Research, Institute of Psychology Polish Academy of Sciences. https://www.kuba.krys.pl/research

2017-2020 – coordinator for Romania – Bogdan Nadolu –  Cofund Smart Urban Futures: Smart Shrinkage Solutions – Fostering Resilient Cities in Inner Peripheries of Europe, supported in “International and European Program”, WP 33.3 Horizon 2020, nr. 66/2017, in a global consortium coordinated by Oxford University, JPI Urban ERA-NET.

2017-2019 – coordinator for Romania – Alin Gavreliuc (institutional partner – Center for Social Diagnosis – CDS) in the grant: The pipeline project: Pre-publication independent replications of a single laboratory’s research pipeline, collaborative project coordinated by Martin Schweinsberg, INSEAD, France, https://www.insead.edu/faculty-research/academic-areas/organisational-behaviour

2016-2019 – coordinator for Romania – Alin Gavreliuc (institutional partner – Center for Social Diagnosis – CDS) in the grant: ”Cultural Changes and Psychology: Generational Differences in Psychology and Social Behaviors in the U.S. and Eastern Europe”, in a collaborative project with University of California, Santa Barbara, Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara, A. I. Cuza University from Iași and Kobe Univeristy, Japonia. https://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/kim/heejung/

2015-2018:  coordinator for Romania – Alin Gavreliuc (institutional partner – Center for Social Diagnosis – CDS) in the grant: Consumer Culture Values, Identity Processes, Mindfulness, and Well-being. Project co-supervised by Dr. Helga Dittmar and Dr. Vivian Vignoles (University of Sussex) under the auspices of the Culture and Identity Research Network: https://sites.google.com/site/identitymotives/CIRN

Publications & books & book chapters (selection)

1. Studies & articles (ISI WoS, IF>1.00):

Miglietta, A., Gavreliuc, A., Matichescu, M. L., Semenescu, A., & Rizzo, M. (2026). Populism among European youth: Need for cognitive closure, social cynicism, meritocracy, and the dynamics of right- and left-wing authoritarianism. Current Psychology, 45, 990. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-026-09553-0 (A.G. = corresponding author) Journal indexed in WoS. IF = 2.60

Coca, D. A., & Gavreliuc, A. (2026). Predicting prosocial behavior in Romania: The roles of personal values, social axioms, and empathy. Acta Psychologica, 266, 106996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106996 (A.G. = corresponding author) Journal indexed in WoS. IF = 2.70

Simpson, B., … Gavreliuc, A., et al. (2026). How norms depend on the presence and status of observers: The relational contingency of everyday behaviors in 90 societies. American Sociological Review. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224261464586 Indexed in WoS. IF = 6.90

Krys. K., Teyssier, L., El Sayed, V. …., Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2026). Happiness Meanders: A cross-cultural dataset on happiness, emotions, and models of selfhood from 48 countries. Scientific Data, (13), 1, Article number 1092. Indexed in WoS. IF = 7.200. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07175-6 https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:001830045100002

Yeung, J. C., Lun, …Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2026). Is Societal Progress Muting the Expressivity of Negative Emotions? Evidence from Two Cross-national Studies. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221261471052 Indexed in WoS. IF = 3.60

Block, K., He, J. Y., Olsson, M. I., Van Grootel, S.,… Gavreliuc, A. et al.., … (2026). ‘Free to Be Me?’: Gender role norms constrain career interests less for lesbian, gay and bisexual people than for heterosexual people. European Journal of Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70083 Indexed in WoS. IF = 2.70

Coca, D., & Gavreliuc, A. (2025). ‘Do Good, Expect the Worst’: The Indirect Effect of Social Cynicism on Prosocial Behavior via Empathy and Trust. International Review of Social Psychology, 38(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.5334/ irsp.1009 (A.G. = corresponding author) Journal indexed in WoS. IF = 1.60

Constantin, A. A., Gavreliuc, A., & Cuadrado, I. (2025). Does Migration Lead to Acculturation of Gender-Related Attitudes? Gender Stereotypes, Perceived Gender Inequality, and Support for Collective Actions Toward Gender Equality. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2025.2514167 (A.G. = corresponding author) Journal indexed in WoS. IF = 1.50

Oneț-Furdui, R., Gavreliuc, A. (2025). Innovate or fade. How psychological capital intervenes in shaping teachers’ innovative behavior. Journal of Psychological and Educational Research, 33(2), 52-68. https://www.marianjournals.com/files/JPER_articles/JPER_33_2_2025/Onet_Furdui_Gavreliuc_JPER_2025_33_2_52_68.pdf Journal indexed in WoS. IF = 0.6

Olechowski, M., Górski, M. R., Joshanloo, M., Gavreliuc, A. et al … (2025). Cultural religiosity moderates the relationship between being in love and subjective well-being. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 108, 102227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102227 Indexed in WoS. IF = 2.80

Eriksson, K., Strimling, P.,… Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2025). Everyday norms have become more permissive over time and vary across cultures. Communication Psychology, 3, 145. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00324-4 Jurnal din portofoliul Nature.

Okvitawanli, A., Gajewska, O., …Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2025). Love beyond east and west: How cultural models of selfhood predict frequency of being in love. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 108, 102233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102233 Indexed in WoS. IF = 2.80

Block, K., Olsson, M. I. T.,… Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2025). The gender gap in the care economy is larger in highly developed countries: Sociocultural explanations for paradoxical findings. American Psychologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001512 Indexed in WoS. IF=7.20

Smith, P. B., Kirchner-Häusler,…, Gavreliuc, A et al. (2025). Which Cultural Dimensions Predict Variations in Emotional Conformity? An Extension of Vishkin et al. (2023) Across 28 Nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221251376543 Journal indexed in WoS. IF = 2.80

Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., Górski, M. R.,… Gavreliuc, A, et al. (2025). Mind the Gap: Perceived Economic Inequality and the Well-Being Gap around the Globe. Social Psychological and Personality Science, Early Access. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506251345937 Indexed in WoS. IF = 3.30

Lou, X., Haas, B.W., Zelenski, J.M. …Gavreliuc A. et al. (2025). A Cross-cultural Study On the Association Between Societal Conditions and the Idealization of Happiness.  Applied Research Quality Life.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-025-10462-w Indexed in WoS. IF = 2.5

Smieja, M., Walczak, A., … Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2025). Love, culture, and well-being: How values moderate the link between relationship status and well-being across 57 countries. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 108, 102232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102232 Indexed in WoS. IF = 2.8

Semenescu, A., Feher-Gavra, B., Albulescu, P., & Gavreliuc, A. (2025). Environmental Cynicism Scale-Development and Validation. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102588 Indexed in WoS. IF = 6.10

Wasiel, A., Gorski, M., Bond. M. H., … Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2025). Examining the connection between position-based power and social status across 70 cultures. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(2), e12871. https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjso.12871?af=R Indexed in WoS. IF = 3.20.

Schindler, S., Schuster, C., Olsson, M., … Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2024). Policy as normative influence? On the relationship between parental leave policy and social norms in gender division of childcare across 48 countries. British Journal of Social Psychology. Early Access. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12806 Indexed in WoS. IF = 3.20.

Besta, T., Jurel, P., … Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2024). Measuring Collective Action Intention Toward Gender Equality Across Cultures. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Early Access. https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10.1027/1015-5759/a000857 Indexed in WoS. IF = 3.20.

Li, L.M., Lun, V. …., Gavreliuc, A. et al…. (2024). The Role of Cultural Heterogeneity in Strengthening the Link Between Family Relationships and Life Satisfaction in 50 Societies. Journal of Happiness Studies, 25, 76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00768-1 Indexed in WoS. IF = 3.10.

Manunta, E., Becker, M., Vignoles, V. L., Bertin, P., Crapolicchio, E., Contreras, C., Gavreliuc, A., González, R., Manzi, C., Salanova, T., & Easterbrook, M. J. (2024). Populism, Economic Distress, Cultural Backlash, and Identity Threat: Integrating Patterns and Testing Cross-National Validity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Early Access. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241231727 Indexed in WoS. IF = 4.00

Bernad, B. C., Mitrache, D., Hogea, L., Pașcalău, A., Gavreliuc, A., Craina, M., … & Bernad, E. (2024). Impact of the Mother’s Mental Health and Socioeconomic Status on Prenatal Attachment in a Population-Based Sample of Expectant Romanian Women. Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 51(3), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5103059 Indexed in WoS. IF = 0.2.

Easterbrook, M. J., Grigoryan, L., Smith, …Gavreliuc, A. et al… (2024). The Social Cure Properties of Groups Across Cultures: Groups Provide More Support but Have Stronger Norms and Are Less Curative in Relationally Immobile Societies. Social Psychological and Personality Science, Early Access. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241230847 Indexed in WoS. IF = 5.7

Krys, K., Kostoula, O., van Tilburg, W. A. P.,… Gavreliuc A. et al. (2024). Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of Living. Perspectives on Psychological Science, Early Access. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231208367 Indexed in WoS. IF = 12.6

Saxler, F. M., Dorrough, A. R., Froehlich, L., ….Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2024). Did Descriptive and Prescriptive Norms About Gender Equality at Home Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross-National Investigation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Early Access. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231219719 Indexed in WoS. IF = 4.00

Ionescu, A., Furdui, R, Gavreliuc, A., Greenfield, P., & Weinstock, M. (2023). The effects of sociocultural changes on epistemic thinking across three generations in Romania. PLoS ONE, 18(3), e0281785 PLoS ONE este indexat WoS, IF = 3.752. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281785

Sanchez-Rodriguez, A., Uskul, A., … Gavreliuc et al. (2023). Unpacking the link between economic inequality and self-construal. Self and Identity, Early Access, https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2023.2200032 Indexed in WoS. IF=2.412

Olsson, M., van Grootel, S., …, Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2023). Gender gap in parental leave intention:  Evidence from 37 countries. Political Psychology, Early Access. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12880 Indexed in WoS. IF=4.804

Sanchez-Rodriguez, A., Vignoles, V., … Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2023). Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage. Self and Identity. Early Access. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2023.2202413 Indexed in WoS. IF=2.412.

Lun, Miu-Chin V., Smith, P…., Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2023). Need for approval from others and face concerns as predictors of interpersonal conflict outcome in 29 cultural groups. International Journal of Psychology, online first.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijop.12895 Indexed in WoS. IF = 2.291

Krys, K., Chun Yeung, J., Haas, B. W., …Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2023). Family First: Evidence of Consistency and Variation in the Value of Family Versus Personal Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Early Access. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221134711 Indexed in WoS. IF= 2.557.

Gavreliuc, A. (2022). Încrederea şi reciprocitatea ca resurse regenerative ale interacţiunilor sociale. Psihologia socială, 50(2), 55-66. https://observatorsocial.ro/revista-psihologia-sociala-nr-50-2022/ Journal indexed in: EBSCO, ProQuest, CEEOL.

Krys, K., Haas, B.W., Igou, E.R. …, Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2022). Introduction to a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Well-Being: Combining Life Satisfaction and Interdependent Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures. Journal of Happiness Studies, (online first). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1 IF = 4.087

Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., & Semenescu, A. (2022). To steal or not to steal: Self-discrepancies as a way to promote prosocial behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 4,  748298. Indexat WoS. IF = 4.232 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.748298/full

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Olech, M., Vandello, J. A., … & Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2022). Gendered self-views across 62 countries: A test of competing models. Social Psychological and Personality Science, (online first) https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221129687 Indexed WoS. IF = 5.316.

Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., & Semenescu, A. (2021). Beyond the façade of generosity – regional stereotypes within the same national culture influence prosocial behaviors. PLoS ONE, 16(5): e0250125. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250125 PLOS ONE is indexed WoS, IF = 3.752.

Dincă, M., Luștrea, A., Onițiu, A., Crașovan, M., & Berge, T. (2021). The Effects of Disciplinary Composition on Virtual Learning Group Process Dynamics: Students’ Perspectives. Sustainability, 13(15), 8493.

Semenescu, A. & Gavreliuc, A. (2021). Structural, psychological and contextual predictors of car use. Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 692435. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.692435 Calitatea de autor principal se poate indentifica prin menționarea explicită a calității de autor corespondent. Indexed WoS. IF = 4.232.

Bosson, P., Jurek, P., …, Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2021). Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52 (3), 231-258. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0022022121997997 Indexed Wos. IF = 2.577

Krys, L., Park, L., …, Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2021). Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study. Journal of Positive Psychology, 17(1), 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332 Indexed WoS. IF = 4.290

Moza, D., Lawrie, S., Maricuțoiu, L., Gavreliuc, A., Kim, H. (2021). Not all forms of independence are created equal: only being independent the “right way” is associated with self-esteem and life satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology. 11:606354. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.606354 Indexed WoS. IF = 4.232

Smith, P., Easterbrook. M. J., … Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc D. et al. (2021). Is an Emphasis on Dignity, Honor and Face more an Attribute of Individuals or of Cultural Groups?. Cross-Cultural Research., 55(2-3), 95-126. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1069397120979571 Indexed WoS. IF = 2.178

Pascalau, A., Gavreliuc, A., Gouveia, V. & Coelho, G. (2021). Honor Scale in Romania: Psychometric Parameters and Associations to Human Values. Psychological Reports, 124 (4), 1912-1931. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294120945598 Indexed WoS, IF = 1.789

Krys, K., Park, J., Kocimska-Zych, A.,…, Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2021). Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption: Evidence from Fifty Countries. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22 (5) , 2197-2214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y Indexed Wos. IF = 4.087.

Smith, P., Easterbrook. M. J.,… Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc D. et al. (2020). Sex Differences in Self-Construal and in Depressive Symptoms: Predictors of Cross-National Variation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51(7-8), 616-635. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022022120939655 Indexed Wos. IF = 2.618

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Best, T., Bosson, J., Jurek, P., Vandello, A., …, Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D. et al. (2020). Country level and Individual-level Predictors of Men’s Support for Gender Equality in 42 Countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(6), 1276-1291. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696 Indexed Wos. IF = 3.376

Semenescu, A., Gavreliuc, A. & Sîrbescu, P. (2020). 30 Years of soft interventions to reduce car use – A systematic review and meta-analysis. Transportation Research Part D. Transport and Environment, 85, 102397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102397 Indexed WoS. IF= 5.495

Lawrie, S., Eom, K., Moza, D., Gavreliuc, A., & Kim, H. (2020). Cultural Variability in the Association Between Age and Well-Being: The Role of Uncertainty Avoidance. Psychological Science, 31(1), 51-64. Indexed ISI Thomson (ISI Web of Knowledge). IF =7.029 https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619887348

Nadolu, B., & Nadolu, D. (2020). Homo interneticus—The sociological reality of mobile online being. Sustainability, 12(5), 1800.

Paloș,R., Maricuțoiu,L., & Costea,I. (2019). Relations between academic performance, student engagement and student burnout: a cross-lagged analysis of a two-wave study. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 60, 199-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.01.005

Moza, D., Maricutoiu, L., & Gavreliuc, A. (2019). Cross-Lagged Relationships Between Self-Esteem, Self-Construal, and Happiness in a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study. Journal of Individual Differences. 40(3), 177-185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000290 Indexed ISI Thomson (ISI Web of Knowledge). IF = 1.283

Paloș,R. (2018/2020). Exploring the impact of achievement goals orientation and study engagement on nursing students’ approaches to learning. Educational Studies, 46(2), 205-220; DOI:10.1080/03055698.2018.1555454

Dincă, M., & Lucheș, D. (2018). Work integration of the roma: between family and labor market. Sustainability, 10(5), 1495.

Becker, M., Vignoles, V. L., Owe, … Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2018). Being oneself through time: Bases of self-continuity across 55 cultures. Self and Identity, 17(3), 276-293. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2017.1330222 Indexed ISI Thomson (ISI Web of Knowledge). IF = 2.170

Krzysztofik, R., Dymitrow, M., Biegańska, J., Senetra, A., Gavriilidou, E., Nadolu, B., … & Brauer, R. (2017). Landscapes with different logics: A physicalistic approach to semantic conflicts in spatial planning. Quaestiones Geographicae, 36(4), 29–45.

Stanciu, A.  J., Cohrs, C., Hanke, K., & Gavreliuc, A. (2017). Within-Culture Variation in the Content of Stereotypes: Application and Development of the Stereotype Content Model in an Eastern European Culture. The Journal of Social Psychology, 157(5), 611-628. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2016.1262812. Indexed ISI Thomson (ISI Web of Knowledge). IF=1.203.

Smith, P. B, Vignoles, V. L., Becker, M., Owe, E., Easterbrook, M. J., … Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2016). Individual and culture-level components of survey response styles: A multi-level analysis using cultural models of selfhood. International Journal of Psychology, 51(6), 453-463. DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12293 Indexed ISI Thomson (ISI Web of Knowledge). IF = 1.198

Smith, P. B., Ahmad, A. A., Owe, E., Gosku, C. C., Hu, P., … Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2016). Nation-level moderators of the extent to which self-efficacy and relationship harmony predict students’ depression and life satisfaction: Evidence from ten cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47(6), 818-834. DOI: 10.1177/0022022116648210 Indexed ISI Thomson (ISI Web of Knowledge). IF = 1.929

Vignoles, V. L., Owe, E., Becker, M., Smith, P. B., Easterbrook, M., … Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2016). Beyond the ‘East-West’ dichotomy: Global variation in cultural models of selfhood. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145 (8), 966-1000. DOI: 10.1037/xge0000175 Indexed ISI Thomson (ISI Web of Knowledge). IF = 5.929

Becker, M., Vignoles, V.,…, Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2014). Cultural Bases for Self-Evaluation: Seeing Oneself Positively in Different Cultural Contexts. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 657-675. doi: 10.1177/0146167214522836 Indexed ISI Thomson (ISI Web of Knowledge). IF = 2.515

Gavreliuc, A., & Gavreliuc, D. (2014). Cartography of the Banatian Identity Dynamics in the Last Decade: the Registers of Social Attitudes and Social Capital. Review of Research and Social Intervention, 44 (1), 212-228. Indexed ISI WoS, IF = 1.354 (IF WoS – SSCI 2012).

Owe, E., Vignoles, V.,…, Gavreliuc, A. et al. (2013). Contextualism as an Important Facet of Individualism-Collectivism: Personhood Beliefs across 37 National Groups. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44(1), 24-45. doi:10.1177/0022022111430255 Advance on-line publication: January 2012; print: January 2013. Indexed ISI Thomson (ISI Web of Knowledge). IF = 1.547

• b) (BDI & ISI WoS, IF<1.00)

Nadolu, B. (2020). Perspectives of Romanian students about life in social isolation. Journal of Research in Higher Education, 4(1), 32-43. BDI indexed: DOAJ, ERIH Plus.

Semenescu, A., & Gavreliuc, A. (2019). Car use reduction: a matter of reasoned calculus, morality or habit? An integrative perspective. Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology, 21(2), 44-53. DOI: 10.24913/rjap.21.2.02 Indexed DOAJ (full-text), EBSCO – Academic Search Complete (full-text), CrossRef, PsychINFO, ERIH Plus.

Paloș,R., Măgurean,S., Petrovici,M.C. (2019). Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Performance – The Mediating Role of Students’ Achievement Goals. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 67, 234-249. DOI: 10.33788/rcis.67.15. https://www.rcis.ro/

Veress, Z., & Gavreliuc, A. (2019). Linking social axioms with behavioural outcomes in Romanian organizational settings. Psihologia Resurselor Umane, 17(1), 27–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.24837/pru.2019.1.493 Indexed: PsychInfo, EBSCO, SCOPUS.

Diaconu-Gherasim, L., Iacob, L. M., & Gavreliuc, A. (2017). Children’s Academic Achievement and Goal Orientations: Does the Ethnic Membership Matter? Cultura y Educación (RCYE) (Culture and Education), 29(4), 728-761. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11356405.2017.1377992 Indexed ISI Thomson (ISI Web of Knowledge). IF = 0.607.

Pășcălău, A., & Gavreliuc, A. (2018). Teoria funcțională a valorilor – o nouă perspectivă în evaluarea dinamicii sociale. Revista de Psihologie (Journal of Psychology), 64(4), 305-315. BDI indexed: PsychInfo, DOAJ, ERIH Plus, EBSCO.

Veress, Z., & Gavreliuc, A. (2018). Organizational Commitment, Organizational Justice and Work Satisfaction: A Comprehensive Model in a Romanian Organizational Setting. Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology, 20(2), 60-69. DOI: 10.24913/rjap.20.2.05 Indexed: DOAJ (full-text), EBSCO – Academic Search Complete (full-text), CrossRef, PsychINFO, ERIH Plus.

Indexed ISI WoS: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000332682000013

Gavreliuc, A., & Gavreliuc, D. (2018). Social cognitions and cultural dimensions in the Romanian educational field, Journal of Research in Higher Education, 2(2), 2-18. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/JRHE.2018.2 BDI indexed: DOAJ, ERIH Plus.

Gavreliuc, A. (2012). Continuity and change of values and attitudes in generational cohorts of post-communist Romania. Cognition, Brain, Behaviour. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 14(2), 191-212. http://www.cbbjournal.ro/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=493&Itemid=59. BDI indexed: PsychInfo, EBSCO, Proquest, Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Science.

1. Chapter in international books

Gherasim, L., Butnaru, S., Gavreliuc, A., & Iacob, L. (2013). Optimistic Attributional Style and Parental Behaviour in the Educational Framework: A Cross-Cultural Perpective. In Knoop, H. H.; Delle Fave, A. (Eds.), Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, vol. 3, New York: Springer, 195-217, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4611-4_13

Friedlmeier, M., & Gavreliuc, A. (2013). Value orientations and perception of social change in postcommunist Romania. In I. Albert & D. Ferring (Eds.), Intergenerational relationships in society and family: European perspectives. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 119-131.

Gavreliuc, D., & Gavreliuc, A. (2018). Generational belonging and historical ruptures: continuity or discontinuity in terms of values and attitudes in post-communist Romania. In N. Lebedeva. R. Dimitrova,  & J. Berry (eds.). Changing values and identities in the post-communist world. (pp. 207-222) New York: Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72616-8_12

1. Books (national)

Paloș, R. (coord.). (2020). Culegere de aplicații și exerciții structurate. Suport în procesul de orientare și consiliere vocațională primară. Editura Universităţii de Vest, Timişoara

Gavreliuc, A. (2019). Psihologia socială și dinamica personalității. Iași: Editura Polirom.

Gavreliuc, D. (ed.) Gavreliuc A. (co-autor) (2016). Education, culture and identity. Diagnosis of societal and personal changes in post-communist Romania. Timișoara: Editura de Vest.

Ionescu, A., Nadolu, B., Moza, D., & Lobont, F. (2016). R2PRIS Methodological Framework. Timisoara: West University of Timisoara Press.

1. Chapter in books (national)

Gavreliuc, A. (2013). Limitele cunoașterii psihologice și regăsirea sensului integrator. In P. Iluț (ed.), În căutare de principii. Epistemologie și metodologie socială aplicată. Iași: Polirom, 135-158.

Gavreliuc, A. (2013). Attitudes toward family, value orientation and demographical behaviour in the Romanian population. In I. Rogobete & A. Neagoe (eds.), Contemporary issues facing families. (pp. 71-90). Verlag fur Kultur and Wissenschaft: Bonn.

Gavreliuc, A., Moza, D. (2015). Fundamentele culturale ale fericirii. O lectură din perspectiva psihologiei interculturale. In P. Iluț (ed.), Dragoste, familie și fericire. Spre o sociologie a seninătății. (pp. 183-207). Iași: Polirom.

Krzysztofik, R., Dymitrow, M., Biegańska, J., Senetra, A., Gavriilidou, E., Nadolu, B., … & Brauer, R. (2017). Landscapes with different logics: A physicalistic approach to semantic conflicts in spatial planning. Quaestiones Geographicae, 36(4), 29–45.

Gavreliuc, A. (2019). Logica implicită evoluționistă și atracția sexuală. In Ș. Boncu, A. Holman (eds), Cum gîndim în viața de zi cu zi. (pp. 132-142). Iași: Polirom.

Gavreliuc, A. (2019). Un secol de unire: între rupturi social-istorice si continuități valorice sau atitudinale. In V. Boari (ed.), Cine sunt românii? Perspective asupra identității naționale (pp. 145-165). Cluj-Napoca: Editura Școala Ardeleană.

Lucheș, D. & Dincă, M. (2020). Opiniile liceenilor despre toleranță. In Voicu B, Rusu H, Tufis C (Eds.), 2020, Atlasul valorilor sociale. Romania la 100 de ani, Editura Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca.

5. Partnerships & collaborations with other research centers

Strategic partners:

• CIRN – Culture and Identity Research Network (CIRN) from International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology:

https://sites.google.com/site/identitymotives/CIRN

• University of California, Santa Barbara, USA:

https://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/kim/heejung/

• University of Sussex, UK
• Alexandru Ioan Cuza University from Iassy, Romania.
• ICCV (Institutul Român de Cercetare a Calității Vieții – Romanian Research Institute for Quality of Life) from Romanian Academy – http://www.iccv.ro/en/research-areas/quality-of-life/
• Oxford University: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/3s-recipe
• Global Social Norms Research Network: https://www.globalsocialnorms.org/members

6. Equipment

• 2 Laptops i5 & i7 – 8th generation
• 2 printers (HP 5200 & HP LaserJet M477fnw)
• IBM SPSS 21.0 Statistics
• AMOS 21.0 Statistics
• BORIS (Behavioral Observation Research Interactive Software)
• MAXQDA (from 01.01.2023)

7. Contact

Director: Alin Gavreliuc, Professor PhD

E-mail: alin.gavreliuc@e-uvt.roo

Phone: +40256592377

Website: www.cds.uvt.ro

ERRIS: https://erris.gov.ro/CENTRUL-DE-DIAGNOZA-SOCIALA

EERTIS: https://eertis.eu/errf-2200-000c-03003