Delia Vîrgă
Biographic Data
| ID | 6605477 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Delia Vîrgă |
| GIVEN NAMES | Delia |
| FAMILY NAME | Vîrgă |
| SIGNATURE | VÎRGĂ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | West University of Timişoara |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9321-4520 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tailoring the unified protocol for the treatment of burnout: A co-design approach
Burnout persists as an unresolved issue, as the effectiveness of interventions remains a subject of ongoing debate. To address the need for more suitable intervention approaches, this study describes a methodology for adapting the Unified Protocol (UP), an evidence-based cognitive-behavioral intervention, for group-based use to treat burnout. To ensure that the intervention reflected lived experiences, we employed a co-design methodology based on…
Do Digital Cognitive Skills Matter in Academic Well‐Being? Student Engagement and Digital Learning Satisfaction as Mediators
Students' digital skills are essential for their academic well‐being. This study aims to develop a model that explains the complex association between digital cognitive skills and academic well‐being in online learning. Using the Conservation of Resources theoretical framework, our study tests a hypothesised serial mediation model in which student engagement and learning digital satisfaction mediate the relationship between digital cognitive skil…
Students’ approach to learning and their intrinsic motivation to know – the moderating role of psychological needs
Students’ approach to learning is associated with complex academic competencies, engagement, or achievement and is shaped by their intrinsic motivation to know, supported by the need for competence and autonomy satisfaction. The present study investigated the impact of intrinsic motivation to know on students’ approach to learning (i.e., deep or surface) and whether the satisfaction of competence and autonomy needs moderates the relationships bet…
Is Emotion the Engine? Positive Affect as the Mediator Between Employee Mindset and Performance in a Three-Wave Study
Research in the educational and organizational fields theoretically suggests that individuals' implicit beliefs are deeply connected with their performance. This study provides insight into the emotional mechanism that connects employees' mindsets regarding growth (growth vs. fixed mindset) and stress (stress-is-enhancing vs. stress-is-debilitating mindset) to job performance. We hypothesized that employees with a stress-as-enhancing and a growth…
Self-Leadership, Performance, and Life-Satisfaction: The Mediation Role of Flow at Work in a Three-Wave Study
Based on the self-determination model of flow and the Job Demands-Resources theory, the present study aims to analyze whether flow at work mediates the relation between self-leadership and job performance, and the relation between self-leadership and life satisfaction over time. The design of the study is longitudinal and is conducted in three waves. Data were analyzed using structural equation models on an initial sample of 316 employees. The re…
New Integrative Model of the Quality of Urban Life: A Systematic Review
The study of quality of life has shifted from measuring objective living conditions to debates on human development, ultimately adopting an approach based on subjective indicators. On this premise, we aim to develop a comprehensive urban quality of life model comprising indicators specific to each of the theoretical dimensions proposed by MacLean and Salama (2019) – physical, social, economic, and welfare. The model is designed across three diffe…
Psychometric properties and invariance of the Police Stress Questionnaire in the Romanian context
This research evaluates the psychometric properties of the Romanian version of the Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ), featuring operational and organizational stress scales for police officers. We conducted three studies to test the reliability and validity of this questionnaire. The first study ( N = 744) aimed at adapting and validating the Romanian version on the specific population. Confirmatory factor analysis of our two-factor model, each w…
Why should you believe in yourself? Students' performance‐approach goals shape their approach to learning through self‐efficacy: A longitudinal analysis
Based on the Achievement Goals Theory and Students' Approaches to Learning, we proposed a model in which students' self‐efficacy acts as a mediator between students' performance‐approach goals orientation and their approach to learning in dealing with academic tasks throughout an academic year. We used structural equation modelling (SEM) to test the model on a sample of 565 first‐year university students at three different moments. The results sh…
From family to work: The mediating role of family-work enrichment and conflict between communication and well-being for dual-earner couples
Effectiveness of strengths use interventions in organizations: A pre‐registered meta‐analysis of controlled trials
This meta‐analysis aims to clarify where we stand and where we are heading regarding the effectiveness of employee strengths use interventions. The systematic literature search yielded 21 independent controlled trials. Random‐effects meta‐analyses revealed a weak but significant effect for increasing individual strategies at post‐intervention ( d = .37, 95% confidence interval [CI] [.07, .67]) and a non‐significant one at follow‐up ( d = .15, 95%…
Office job sitting demand scale: Evidence of construct and predictive validity
Drawing on sedentary behavior and Job Demands‐Resources theory, we developed a new scale for assessing office job sitting demand, conceptualized as job demand, and validated it using two independent samples. In Study 1 ( N = 252), we developed the items and tested the Office Job Sitting Demand scales' factor structure through exploratory factor analysis. In Study 2 ( N = 248), we tested the scales' factorial validity through confirmatory factor a…
Happy teacher, healthy class? Linking teachers’ subjective well-being to high-school and university students’ physical and mental health in a three-level longitudinal study
How psychological capital is related to academic performance, burnout, and boredom? The mediating role of study engagement
Growth Opportunities and Entrepreneurial Performance: Testing Strengths Use and Meaning-Making as Moderators of the Relationship
The present study investigates how developable behavioral (strengths use) and cognitive (meaning-making) mechanisms moderate the relationship between personal growth opportunities and entrepreneurial performance. We relied on a cross-sectional design. Data were gathered from 208 Romanian entrepreneurs and analyzed via hierarchical multiple linear regressions. The employed moderators boost the investigated relationship, both separately and interac…
How to Increase Job Satisfaction and Performance? Start with Thriving: The Serial Mediation Effect of Psychological Capital and Burnout
Based on the Job Demands-Resources and Broaden and Build theories, this study examines the role of thriving at work and psychological capital on burnout and, ultimately, job satisfaction and performance one year later. We used structural equation modeling to test the model on a sample of 317 Romanian correctional officers in a two-wave study at T1 and one year later (T2). The results indicate that thriving at work at Time 1 is positively linked t…
How to Increase Employees’ Proactive Vitality Management? Testing the Effect of a Training Intervention
Drawing on the Job Demands-Resources theory, we investigate the effectiveness of an online intervention based on training in energy management strategies using an experimental design. The intervention focused on creating awareness about the importance of energy in completing tasks, shaping the present state, and proactively identifying valuable strategies to manage vitality during work. Additionally, we expected an increase in work-related strate…
The Moderating Role of Personal Resources Between Demands and Ill-Being of Romanian Healthcare Professionals in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Background and Objectives: The illness caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) triggered considerable mental consequences for the medical staff. Our aim was to research whether frontline healthcare workers' positive psychological state—PsyCap—impacts the relationship between anxiety/depression and burnout/mental health complaints. Material and Methods: One hundred twenty-six medical professionals working on the frontline at the Intensive Care Un…
Psychological needs matter more than social and organizational resources in explaining organizational commitment
This study investigates the effects of psychological needs satisfaction on teacher’s commitment, over and above the impact of social and organizational resources, by building a model based on the Job Demands‐Resources theory, Self‐Determination Theory, and Conservation of Resources Theory. Hierarchical multiple regressions with data obtained from a sample of 301 Romanian teachers (89% women) reveal that psychological needs satisfaction explains a…
Job Resources and Strengths Use in Relation to Employee Performance: A Contextualized View
Job resources play a prominent role in employee performance literature, yet a fine-grained understanding of how resources are relevant for several performance types is still needed. Relying on the Job Demands-Resources and Conservation of Resources theories, the present study addresses this call in two ways. First, it examines the predictive effect of four job resources (i.e., role clarity, feedback, autonomy, and opportunities for development) o…
Autonomy and Performance: Proactive Vitality Management and Work Engagement as Sequential Mediators of the Relationship
A current trend in organizational job design is to provide employees increased autonomy to enhance their performance. Using the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory as a working framework, the present study proposes proactive vitality management and work engagement as sequential mediators of this relationship. Thus, we test a parsimonious model that encompasses both individual strategies (i.e., proactive vitality management) and affective-cognitiv…
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The Moderating Role of Personal Resources Between Demands and Ill-Being of Romanian Healthcare Professionals in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Background and Objectives: The illness caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) triggered considerable mental consequences for the medical staff. Our aim was to research whether frontline healthcare workers' positive psychological state—PsyCap—impacts the relationship between anxiety/depression and burnout/mental health complaints. Material and Methods: One hundred twenty-six medical professionals working on the frontline at the Intensive Care Un…
Psychological needs matter more than social and organizational resources in explaining organizational commitment
This study investigates the effects of psychological needs satisfaction on teacher’s commitment, over and above the impact of social and organizational resources, by building a model based on the Job Demands‐Resources theory, Self‐Determination Theory, and Conservation of Resources Theory. Hierarchical multiple regressions with data obtained from a sample of 301 Romanian teachers (89% women) reveal that psychological needs satisfaction explains a…
Job Resources and Strengths Use in Relation to Employee Performance: A Contextualized View
Job resources play a prominent role in employee performance literature, yet a fine-grained understanding of how resources are relevant for several performance types is still needed. Relying on the Job Demands-Resources and Conservation of Resources theories, the present study addresses this call in two ways. First, it examines the predictive effect of four job resources (i.e., role clarity, feedback, autonomy, and opportunities for development) o…
Autonomy and Performance: Proactive Vitality Management and Work Engagement as Sequential Mediators of the Relationship
A current trend in organizational job design is to provide employees increased autonomy to enhance their performance. Using the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory as a working framework, the present study proposes proactive vitality management and work engagement as sequential mediators of this relationship. Thus, we test a parsimonious model that encompasses both individual strategies (i.e., proactive vitality management) and affective-cognitiv…
How psychological capital is related to academic performance, burnout, and boredom? The mediating role of study engagement
Growth Opportunities and Entrepreneurial Performance: Testing Strengths Use and Meaning-Making as Moderators of the Relationship
The present study investigates how developable behavioral (strengths use) and cognitive (meaning-making) mechanisms moderate the relationship between personal growth opportunities and entrepreneurial performance. We relied on a cross-sectional design. Data were gathered from 208 Romanian entrepreneurs and analyzed via hierarchical multiple linear regressions. The employed moderators boost the investigated relationship, both separately and interac…
How to Increase Job Satisfaction and Performance? Start with Thriving: The Serial Mediation Effect of Psychological Capital and Burnout
Based on the Job Demands-Resources and Broaden and Build theories, this study examines the role of thriving at work and psychological capital on burnout and, ultimately, job satisfaction and performance one year later. We used structural equation modeling to test the model on a sample of 317 Romanian correctional officers in a two-wave study at T1 and one year later (T2). The results indicate that thriving at work at Time 1 is positively linked t…
How to Increase Employees’ Proactive Vitality Management? Testing the Effect of a Training Intervention
Drawing on the Job Demands-Resources theory, we investigate the effectiveness of an online intervention based on training in energy management strategies using an experimental design. The intervention focused on creating awareness about the importance of energy in completing tasks, shaping the present state, and proactively identifying valuable strategies to manage vitality during work. Additionally, we expected an increase in work-related strate…
From family to work: The mediating role of family-work enrichment and conflict between communication and well-being for dual-earner couples
Effectiveness of strengths use interventions in organizations: A pre‐registered meta‐analysis of controlled trials
This meta‐analysis aims to clarify where we stand and where we are heading regarding the effectiveness of employee strengths use interventions. The systematic literature search yielded 21 independent controlled trials. Random‐effects meta‐analyses revealed a weak but significant effect for increasing individual strategies at post‐intervention ( d = .37, 95% confidence interval [CI] [.07, .67]) and a non‐significant one at follow‐up ( d = .15, 95%…
Office job sitting demand scale: Evidence of construct and predictive validity
Drawing on sedentary behavior and Job Demands‐Resources theory, we developed a new scale for assessing office job sitting demand, conceptualized as job demand, and validated it using two independent samples. In Study 1 ( N = 252), we developed the items and tested the Office Job Sitting Demand scales' factor structure through exploratory factor analysis. In Study 2 ( N = 248), we tested the scales' factorial validity through confirmatory factor a…
Happy teacher, healthy class? Linking teachers’ subjective well-being to high-school and university students’ physical and mental health in a three-level longitudinal study
Psychometric properties and invariance of the Police Stress Questionnaire in the Romanian context
This research evaluates the psychometric properties of the Romanian version of the Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ), featuring operational and organizational stress scales for police officers. We conducted three studies to test the reliability and validity of this questionnaire. The first study ( N = 744) aimed at adapting and validating the Romanian version on the specific population. Confirmatory factor analysis of our two-factor model, each w…
Why should you believe in yourself? Students' performance‐approach goals shape their approach to learning through self‐efficacy: A longitudinal analysis
Based on the Achievement Goals Theory and Students' Approaches to Learning, we proposed a model in which students' self‐efficacy acts as a mediator between students' performance‐approach goals orientation and their approach to learning in dealing with academic tasks throughout an academic year. We used structural equation modelling (SEM) to test the model on a sample of 565 first‐year university students at three different moments. The results sh…
Students’ approach to learning and their intrinsic motivation to know – the moderating role of psychological needs
Students’ approach to learning is associated with complex academic competencies, engagement, or achievement and is shaped by their intrinsic motivation to know, supported by the need for competence and autonomy satisfaction. The present study investigated the impact of intrinsic motivation to know on students’ approach to learning (i.e., deep or surface) and whether the satisfaction of competence and autonomy needs moderates the relationships bet…
Is Emotion the Engine? Positive Affect as the Mediator Between Employee Mindset and Performance in a Three-Wave Study
Research in the educational and organizational fields theoretically suggests that individuals' implicit beliefs are deeply connected with their performance. This study provides insight into the emotional mechanism that connects employees' mindsets regarding growth (growth vs. fixed mindset) and stress (stress-is-enhancing vs. stress-is-debilitating mindset) to job performance. We hypothesized that employees with a stress-as-enhancing and a growth…
Self-Leadership, Performance, and Life-Satisfaction: The Mediation Role of Flow at Work in a Three-Wave Study
Based on the self-determination model of flow and the Job Demands-Resources theory, the present study aims to analyze whether flow at work mediates the relation between self-leadership and job performance, and the relation between self-leadership and life satisfaction over time. The design of the study is longitudinal and is conducted in three waves. Data were analyzed using structural equation models on an initial sample of 316 employees. The re…
New Integrative Model of the Quality of Urban Life: A Systematic Review
The study of quality of life has shifted from measuring objective living conditions to debates on human development, ultimately adopting an approach based on subjective indicators. On this premise, we aim to develop a comprehensive urban quality of life model comprising indicators specific to each of the theoretical dimensions proposed by MacLean and Salama (2019) – physical, social, economic, and welfare. The model is designed across three diffe…
Tailoring the unified protocol for the treatment of burnout: A co-design approach
Burnout persists as an unresolved issue, as the effectiveness of interventions remains a subject of ongoing debate. To address the need for more suitable intervention approaches, this study describes a methodology for adapting the Unified Protocol (UP), an evidence-based cognitive-behavioral intervention, for group-based use to treat burnout. To ensure that the intervention reflected lived experiences, we employed a co-design methodology based on…
Do Digital Cognitive Skills Matter in Academic Well‐Being? Student Engagement and Digital Learning Satisfaction as Mediators
Students' digital skills are essential for their academic well‐being. This study aims to develop a model that explains the complex association between digital cognitive skills and academic well‐being in online learning. Using the Conservation of Resources theoretical framework, our study tests a hypothesised serial mediation model in which student engagement and learning digital satisfaction mediate the relationship between digital cognitive skil…
Psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (11 works) · Applied Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Structural equation modeling (6 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (6 works) · Burnout (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works)