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0000-0002-0406-4103

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ID AAC-1563-2022

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ID 6603430989

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U-1700-034G-5177

REVIVE – Community-centred language REVItalisation powered by heritage-led storytelling and digital innoVation in Europe

REVIVE

European Commission

Director România

2025-2028

WELNESS – Skills for true wellbeing

WELNESS

Nr. contract finanțare 527797-LLP-1-2012-1-RO-GRUNDTVIG-GMP

Director Proeict

NUTGECS – A Nutrition Guide for Early Childhood Active Stakeholders

LLP-LdV/PAR/2010/RO/142

Lifelong Learning Programme Leonardo da Vinci Partnership Project

Director România

Community Health Management To Enhance Behaviour

134240-LLP-1-2007-1-DE-GRUNDTVIG-GMP

Grant Agreement: 2007-3501/001-001, Sub-programme or KA: GRUNTDVIG Multilateral project –Director Romania

Director România

TODDLER – Towards Opportunities for Disadvantaged and Diverse Learners on the Early – childhood Road

510609-2010-LLP-NO-COMENIUS CMP

Director România

Improving Procedures for Collecting Information on Mobile Workers – IMPRO MOBIL

Grant Agreement No. VS/2012/0284

Director România

SSE-MOVE Social security on the move

VS/2011/0309

Membru proiect

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·       Cross-cultural data on romantic love and mate preferences from 117,293 participants across 175 countries M Kowal, P Sorokowski, B Gjoneska, K Pisanski, G Pfuhl, L Aguilar, …,2025,Scientific data 12 (1), 1103, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05365-2

·       The relationship between objectification and the desire to undergo cosmetic surgery: the mediating role of intuitive eating and body image flexibility, G Lăzărescu, M Vintilă, 2025, Frontiers in nutrition 12, 1537433, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1537433

·       Self-compassion around the world: Measurement invariance of the short form of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-SF) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups V Swami, US Tran, M Voracek, T Aavik, HA Ranjbar, SO Adebayo, …,2025, Mindfulness 16 (6), 1569-1596, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02560-5

·       A preliminary study on the role of personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases on self-reported health across countries G Pfuhl, F Prazeres, M Kowal, T Aavik, B Abad-Villaverde, R Afhami, …,2025, Public Health 242, 220-227, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.02.030

·       A Cross-cultural exploration of problematic internet use, pathological personality traits, defense mechanisms, coping strategies, and self-esteem in 14 countries S Laconi, A Kalaitzaki, DT Spritzer, S Hauck, A Gnisci, I Sergi, Z Vally, …,2025, Annales Médico-psychologiques, revue psychiatrique 183 (4), 400-406, 10.1016/j.amp.2022.09.008

·       Life satisfaction around the world: Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups, V Swami, S Stieger, M Voracek, T Aavik, H Abdollahpour Ranjbar, …,2025, PLoS One 20 (1), e0313107, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313107

·       Eating disorders and eating disorder awareness M Vintila, C Goian, SG Soneira,2025, Frontiers in Nutrition 12, 1769959, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1769959

·       Higher individualism predicts lower intensity of experienced love:Data from 91 countries M Kowal, P Sorokowski, SC Roberts, WP Malecki, M Misiak, …,2024, 10.31234/osf.io/zvn49_v1

·       Love as a commitment device: Evidence from a cross-cultural study across 90 countries M Kowal, A Bode, K Koszałkowska, SC Roberts, B Gjoneska, D Frederick, …,2024, Human Nature 35 (4), 430-450, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-024-09482-6

·       The mental health toll of the Russian-Ukraine war across 11 countries: Cross-sectional data on war-related stressors, PTSD and CPTSD symptoms, A Kalaitzaki, R Goodwin, A Kurapov, M Vintila, G Lazarescu, S Lytvyn, …,2024, Psychiatry Research 342, 116248, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116248

·       Exposure and connectedness to natural environments: An examination of the measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS …V Swami, MP White, M Voracek, US Tran, T Aavik, HA Ranjbar, …,2024, Journal of Environmental Psychology 99, 102432, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102432

·       Translation and validation of a Romanian version of the Breast Appreciation Scale (BrAS), V Swami, J Todd, G Lazarescu, V Bucur, M Vintilă, 2024, Body Image 49, 101720, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101720

·       Intuitive eating, health, and body: research, prevention, and treatmentM Vintila, K Czepczor-Bernat, P Rust,2024, Frontiers in Nutrition 11, 1406345, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1406345

·       The prevalence and predictors of problematic mobile phone use: A 14-country empirical survey, A Kalaitzaki, S Laconi, DT Spritzer, S Hauck, A Gnisci, I Sergi, Z Vally, …,2024, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 22 (1), 746-765, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00901-2

·       The relationship between personality traits and willingness to undergo cosmetic surgery in the non-clinical population–a systematic review and meta-analysis, GM Lăzărescu, M Vintilă,2024, Frontiers in Psychology 14, 1241952, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1241952

·       Viren Swami, et al. (2023), Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age, Body Image, vol. 46, p 449-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010

·       Lazarescu, G, Maiano, C, Vintila, M., Goian, C., Swami, V. (2023), Psychometric properties of a Romanian translation of the Acceptance of the Cosmetic Surgery Scale (ACSS): An examination using bifactor exploratory structural ecuation modelling, Body Image, 45, 273-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.03.011

·       Stefanut, A., Vintila, M., Badau, L., Grujic, D., Oprean, C., Goian, C., Sarbescu, P., (2023) , Perception of disease, dyadic coping, and the quality of life of oncology patients in the active treatment phase and their life partners: an approach based on the actor-partner interdependence model, Frontiers in Psychology, Psycho-oncology, Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1069767

·       Mona Vintila, G. Lazarescu, A. Kalaitzaki, O. Tudorel, C. Goian, (2023) Fake news during the war in Ukraine. Coping strategies and fear of war in the general population and aid workers, Frontiers in Psychology,  Volume 14 – 2023 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1151794

·       Mona Vintilă, Argyroula Kalaitzaki, Maria Nicoleta Turliuc, Cosmin Goian, Otilia I Tudorel, (2023), The War in Ukraine: Impact on Mental Health on a Global Level,  published in Frontiers in Psychology, Health Psychology, Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1226184

·       Argyroula Kalaitzaki,…. Vintila, M., Tudorel, O…. (2022) The prevalence and predictors of mobile phone use: 14country empirical Survey Journal of Mental health addiction, International Journal of Mental health and addiction  DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00901-2 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-022-00901-2

·       Kalaitzaki, A., Tamiolaki, A, Vintila, M. (2022), The compounding effect of COVID-19 and war in Ukraine onmental health: A global time bomb soon to be explode?  Journal of Loss & Trauma, andfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15325024.2022.2114654, https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2022.2114654

·       Kowal, M. … Vintila, M., et al,  (2022), Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: data from 93 countries, Evolution and Human behavior, 6.09.2022, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513822000472 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.08.003

·       Swami, V., Tran, U. S., Barron, D., Afhami, R., Aimé, A., Almenara, C. A., … Anjum, G. (2020). The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations. Body Image, 32, 199–217. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.01.006

·       Vintilă, M., Ştefănuţ, A.M. & Sârbescu, P. (2019). Effectiveness of couple psycho-oncological interventions in increasing patients and their partners’ adaptation to disease: A systematic review and a meta-analysis. Curr Psychol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00543-z

·       Vintilă, M. (2019). Adolescente însărcinate şi parentalitate. In Intervenții psihologice în școală. Manualul consilierului școlar, ed. Enea, V. Iași: Ed. Polirom

·       Vintilă, M. (2018). Sistemul nervos central. În Evaluarea psihologică. Manualul psihologului clinician, ed. Enea, V., Dafinoiu, I. Iași: Ed. Polirom

·       Swami, V., Vintila, M., Tudorel, O., Goian, C., & Barron, D. (2018). Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of a Romanian Translation of the Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS). Body Image, 25; 48-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.02.004.

·       Tudorel, O. I., & Vintila, M. (2018). The Role of Social Support on Internet Addition. Revista de Asistență Socială, 1, 73-78.

·       Vintila, M., & Tudorel, O. I. (2018). Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Internet Addiction Test. Case study. Sage Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526449184;

·       Swami, V., Tudorel, O., Goian, C., Barron, D., & Vintila, M. (2017). Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of a Romanian Translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2). Body Image, 23; 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.08.001;

·       Tudorel, O. I, Vintila, M., Vlaicu, L., Balauta, D., Goian, C., & Rusu, A. (2018). Romanian version of the Internet Addiction Test: Psychometric properties and cross-gender invariance. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. doi: 10.1007/s11469-018-0014-6;

·       Tudorel, O. I, Vintila, M., & Barbat, C. (2018). Smartphone Addiction Scale: a bifactor model analysis. Current Psychology.. doi: 10.1007/s12144-018-0035-0;

·       Vintilă, M., Tudorel O., Biro, M. (2016). Perceived stress and coping strategies of Romanian migrants to Germany. Romanian Journal of Experimental Applied Psychology, 8, 363-366. doi:10.15303/rjeap.2017.si1.a58