Dragos Iliescu
Biographic Data
| ID | 212455 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dragos Iliescu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dragos |
| FAMILY NAME | Iliescu |
| SIGNATURE | ILIESCU D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bucharest |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5958-3920 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
What school communities say—and what it predicts: A discourse-based model of dropout risk
School dropout remains a critical educational and societal issue, particularly in contexts where systemic challenges hinder student retention. Traditional methods of identifying at-risk schools rely on quantitative indicators such as attendance records, academic performance, or socio-demographic data, often offering only retrospective insights. This study explores a novel, scalable approach for early identification of schools with high dropout ri…
Dyadic similarity in individual differences: A meta-analysis of surface- and deep-level similarity, and work outcomes
This meta-analysis provides evidence for the association between deep-level and surface-level similarity and work outcomes. We performed a random-effects analysis for the 76 reports and 82 independent samples identified through a systematic search. We found significant large effect sizes between satisfaction with mentor (r = .548), emotional exhaustion (r = − .505), and deep-level similarity. We found significant medium to large effect sizes in t…
The German Workplace FoMO Scale: A psychometrically valid instrument for assessing Workplace Fear of Missing Out among German‐Speaking professionals
Fear of Missing Out at work (wFoMO) has emerged as a salient phenomenon in today's digitalized workplaces. Reflecting employees' apprehensions about missing critical information vital for one's task or work performance and the fear of missing opportunities to build or strengthen professional relationships and networks, respectively, wFoMO is increasingly recognized as a factor that impairs employee well‐being and functioning. Although a validated…
Collaborative Processes in the Development of the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology ( Icup ) Model
Across all nations, undergraduate psychology programmes aim to promote the acquisition of foundational psychology competences. Yet, until recently, a universally recognised model outlining essential competences did not exist. The International Collaboration on Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes (ICUPO) addressed this gap by developing the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP) Model. The aim of this article is to provide gui…
Maladaptive Personality Traits and Sleep Quality: The Role of an Active Avoidance Coping Strategy Among University Students
The present study investigates the relationship between maladaptive personality traits (MPTs) and sleep quality in undergraduate students, focusing on escape–avoidance as a mediator. Drawing on Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) stress and coping framework, we hypothesized that specific MPTs (i.e., negative affect, detachment, antagonism, disinhibition, and psychoticism) correlate with lower sleep quality and are mediated by avoidance coping. A sample …
Antecedents of child literacy in Romania
Background This paper investigates multiple antecedents of literacy in children, such as demographics, child reading behaviour, parent reading behaviour and family context. Methods The study included a Romanian sample of 924 primary schoolers (Grades 1–4) and their parents; children and parents were tested with a standardised measure of literacy, and parents answered a number of self‐report questions about their and their child's literacy‐related…
Improving emotional intelligence in adolescents: An experiential learning approach
Events-Affect-Personality: A Daily Diary Investigation of the Mediating Effects of Affect on the Events-Personality Relationship
Our 10-day diary investigation anchored in dynamic personality theories, such as Whole Trait Theory examined (a) whether within-person variability in two broad personality traits Extraversion and Neuroticism is consistently predicted by daily events, (b) whether positive and negative affect, respectively partly mediate this relationship and (c) the lagged relationships between events, and next day variations in affect and personality. Results rev…
Followers’ job crafting: Relationships with full-range leadership model
The influence of religiosity and meaning making on work outcomes: A path analysis
Job Crafting and Intent to Leave: The Mediating Role of Meaningful Work and Engagement
Managing turnover is an essential human resource practice. One of the modern approaches that could have the potential to increase staff retention is the stimulation of employees’ job crafting, the set of changes regarding job demands and job resources that employees proactively make. Based on self-concept theory, we expected meaningful work and work engagement to serially mediate the negative relationship between job crafting and intent to leave.…
Perceived stress and wellbeing in Romanian teachers during the Covid‐19 pandemic: The intervening effects of job crafting and problem‐focused coping
This study examines the relationship between teacher perceived stress during the online period of schooling in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and their wellbeing, with job crafting as a mediator, The study also examines the role of problem‐focused coping as a moderator in the stress‐job crafting relationship. A sample of 360 teachers, 347 females, and 13 males, aged 21–63 years answered to an online survey from October to December 2020. R…
Cultural Adaptation of the Preschool Anxiety Scale in Romania
The current study investigated the psychometric proprieties of the Romanian form of the Preschool Anxiety Scale—Parent version (PAS). The sample consisted of 514 Romanian children (266 boys and 249 girls) aged 3 to 6 years. The mothers of these children completed the PAS and the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire—Mother Form (PSDQ), and the children’s teachers completed the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition, Teach…
Secular changes in personality: An age-period-cohort analysis
Depression and learning problems in children: Executive function impairments and inattention as mediators
This study examines the relationship between depression and learning problems in children, focusing on the mediating role of executive function impairments and inattention. A sample of 115 children, aged 7 to 12 years, who had difficulties in school activities, were tested over the past three years, with different measures assessed by different raters. Regression analyses were employed in analyzing the data. The psychometric tests used were Child…
Learning From a Failed Mixed Methods Child Art-Therapy Research Project
This paper critically describes a mixed methods study focused on the development of a measurement instrument and the effectiveness evaluation of an art-therapy intervention for children. The project combined an outcome research, conducted for the validation of a psychotherapy program for children with behavioral and emotional problems, with a mixed qualitative-quantitative study for the development and validation of an observation sheet for the a…
It works both ways. Enhancing explicit self-esteem using the self-reference task
Revisiting the relationship between impression management and job performance
Exploring the Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the Five-Factor Model of Personality: The Romanian NEO PI-R
In this study, the authors examine the generalizability of the Five-Factor Model of personality to the Romanian population by describing the translation and validation of the Romanian version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R). Using data from five samples and multiple sources (self-reports, other-reports, and school records) and over two thousand participants, they examined the internal consistency, test−retest reliability, fact…
The Romanian Translation of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity: Internal Consistency Reliability, Re-test Reliability and Construct Validity Among Undergraduate Students Within a Greek …
Industrial-Organizational Psychology in Romania: (579082011-006)
Exploring the Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the Five-Factor Model of Personality: The Romanian NEO PI-R
In this study, the authors examine the generalizability of the Five-Factor Model of personality to the Romanian population by describing the translation and validation of the Romanian version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R). Using data from five samples and multiple sources (self-reports, other-reports, and school records) and over two thousand participants, they examined the internal consistency, test−retest reliability, fact…
The Romanian Translation of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity: Internal Consistency Reliability, Re-test Reliability and Construct Validity Among Undergraduate Students Within a Greek …
Learning From a Failed Mixed Methods Child Art-Therapy Research Project
This paper critically describes a mixed methods study focused on the development of a measurement instrument and the effectiveness evaluation of an art-therapy intervention for children. The project combined an outcome research, conducted for the validation of a psychotherapy program for children with behavioral and emotional problems, with a mixed qualitative-quantitative study for the development and validation of an observation sheet for the a…
Industrial-Organizational Psychology in Romania: (579082011-006)
The Romanian Translation of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity: Internal Consistency Reliability, Re-test Reliability and Construct Validity Among Undergraduate Students Within a Greek …
Revisiting the relationship between impression management and job performance
Exploring the Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the Five-Factor Model of Personality: The Romanian NEO PI-R
In this study, the authors examine the generalizability of the Five-Factor Model of personality to the Romanian population by describing the translation and validation of the Romanian version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R). Using data from five samples and multiple sources (self-reports, other-reports, and school records) and over two thousand participants, they examined the internal consistency, test−retest reliability, fact…
It works both ways. Enhancing explicit self-esteem using the self-reference task
Learning From a Failed Mixed Methods Child Art-Therapy Research Project
This paper critically describes a mixed methods study focused on the development of a measurement instrument and the effectiveness evaluation of an art-therapy intervention for children. The project combined an outcome research, conducted for the validation of a psychotherapy program for children with behavioral and emotional problems, with a mixed qualitative-quantitative study for the development and validation of an observation sheet for the a…
Depression and learning problems in children: Executive function impairments and inattention as mediators
This study examines the relationship between depression and learning problems in children, focusing on the mediating role of executive function impairments and inattention. A sample of 115 children, aged 7 to 12 years, who had difficulties in school activities, were tested over the past three years, with different measures assessed by different raters. Regression analyses were employed in analyzing the data. The psychometric tests used were Child…
Followers’ job crafting: Relationships with full-range leadership model
The influence of religiosity and meaning making on work outcomes: A path analysis
Job Crafting and Intent to Leave: The Mediating Role of Meaningful Work and Engagement
Managing turnover is an essential human resource practice. One of the modern approaches that could have the potential to increase staff retention is the stimulation of employees’ job crafting, the set of changes regarding job demands and job resources that employees proactively make. Based on self-concept theory, we expected meaningful work and work engagement to serially mediate the negative relationship between job crafting and intent to leave.…
Perceived stress and wellbeing in Romanian teachers during the Covid‐19 pandemic: The intervening effects of job crafting and problem‐focused coping
This study examines the relationship between teacher perceived stress during the online period of schooling in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and their wellbeing, with job crafting as a mediator, The study also examines the role of problem‐focused coping as a moderator in the stress‐job crafting relationship. A sample of 360 teachers, 347 females, and 13 males, aged 21–63 years answered to an online survey from October to December 2020. R…
Cultural Adaptation of the Preschool Anxiety Scale in Romania
The current study investigated the psychometric proprieties of the Romanian form of the Preschool Anxiety Scale—Parent version (PAS). The sample consisted of 514 Romanian children (266 boys and 249 girls) aged 3 to 6 years. The mothers of these children completed the PAS and the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire—Mother Form (PSDQ), and the children’s teachers completed the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition, Teach…
Secular changes in personality: An age-period-cohort analysis
Improving emotional intelligence in adolescents: An experiential learning approach
Events-Affect-Personality: A Daily Diary Investigation of the Mediating Effects of Affect on the Events-Personality Relationship
Our 10-day diary investigation anchored in dynamic personality theories, such as Whole Trait Theory examined (a) whether within-person variability in two broad personality traits Extraversion and Neuroticism is consistently predicted by daily events, (b) whether positive and negative affect, respectively partly mediate this relationship and (c) the lagged relationships between events, and next day variations in affect and personality. Results rev…
Antecedents of child literacy in Romania
Background This paper investigates multiple antecedents of literacy in children, such as demographics, child reading behaviour, parent reading behaviour and family context. Methods The study included a Romanian sample of 924 primary schoolers (Grades 1–4) and their parents; children and parents were tested with a standardised measure of literacy, and parents answered a number of self‐report questions about their and their child's literacy‐related…
Collaborative Processes in the Development of the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology ( Icup ) Model
Across all nations, undergraduate psychology programmes aim to promote the acquisition of foundational psychology competences. Yet, until recently, a universally recognised model outlining essential competences did not exist. The International Collaboration on Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes (ICUPO) addressed this gap by developing the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP) Model. The aim of this article is to provide gui…
Maladaptive Personality Traits and Sleep Quality: The Role of an Active Avoidance Coping Strategy Among University Students
The present study investigates the relationship between maladaptive personality traits (MPTs) and sleep quality in undergraduate students, focusing on escape–avoidance as a mediator. Drawing on Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) stress and coping framework, we hypothesized that specific MPTs (i.e., negative affect, detachment, antagonism, disinhibition, and psychoticism) correlate with lower sleep quality and are mediated by avoidance coping. A sample …
What school communities say—and what it predicts: A discourse-based model of dropout risk
School dropout remains a critical educational and societal issue, particularly in contexts where systemic challenges hinder student retention. Traditional methods of identifying at-risk schools rely on quantitative indicators such as attendance records, academic performance, or socio-demographic data, often offering only retrospective insights. This study explores a novel, scalable approach for early identification of schools with high dropout ri…
Dyadic similarity in individual differences: A meta-analysis of surface- and deep-level similarity, and work outcomes
This meta-analysis provides evidence for the association between deep-level and surface-level similarity and work outcomes. We performed a random-effects analysis for the 76 reports and 82 independent samples identified through a systematic search. We found significant large effect sizes between satisfaction with mentor (r = .548), emotional exhaustion (r = − .505), and deep-level similarity. We found significant medium to large effect sizes in t…
The German Workplace FoMO Scale: A psychometrically valid instrument for assessing Workplace Fear of Missing Out among German‐Speaking professionals
Fear of Missing Out at work (wFoMO) has emerged as a salient phenomenon in today's digitalized workplaces. Reflecting employees' apprehensions about missing critical information vital for one's task or work performance and the fear of missing opportunities to build or strengthen professional relationships and networks, respectively, wFoMO is increasingly recognized as a factor that impairs employee well‐being and functioning. Although a validated…
Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Applied Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Big Five personality traits (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Personality (5 works) · Romanian (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)