Prof. univ. Dr. Adrian Rus

RO

Dr. Adrian V. Rus este profesor de psihologie la Southwestern Christian University, Bethany, Oklahoma, U.S.A., în cadrul Departamentului de Servicii Sociale și Comportamentale, unde și-a început activitatea în ianuarie 2013.Dr. Rus a obținut o diplomă de master în Psiho-Diagnostic, Consiliere și Psihoterapie la Universitatea Dimitrie Cantemir din Târgu-Mureș, România. De asemenea, a finalizat un alt program masteral și a obținut doctoratul în psihologie în cadrul Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, SUA, interesul său principal de cercetare privind experiențele de abuz suferite de către copiii aflați în centrele de plasament din România.A publicat peste 20 de articole în câteva jurnale științifice internaționale, inclusiv Journal of Clinical Medicine; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care; Journal of Public Health; Child Abuse and Neglect; Child Abuse Review; Review of Research and Social Intervention; Acta Marisiensis, sau Journal of Romanian Child and Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry. În plus, Dr. Rus se numără printre autorii a două cărți de referință în domeniul psihologiei (Child Maltreatment in Residential Care: History, Research, and Current Practice și New Approaches in Behavioral Sciences), fiind co-autorul a nouă capitole. Până în present, activitatea sa academică a acumulat peste 140 de citări.

Dintre publicațiile sale de referință, menționăm:

• Popa, C.O., Rus, A.V., Lee, W.C., Cojocaru, C., Suciu, N., Schenk, A., Văcăraș, V., Olah, P., Mureșan, S., Szasz, S., & Bredicean, C. (2022). The relation between negative automatic thoughts and psychological inflexibility in schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(3), 871. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/3/871
• Stativa, E., Rus, A.V., Stoicescu, S.M., Lobo, A., Lee, W.C., Popa, C.O., Grecu, C.G. (2021). Feeding practices patterns in Romanian infants 6-23 months old: Findings from a national representative sample. Health, Sports & Rehabilitation Medicine, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.26659/pm3.2021.22.2.75
• Rus, A.V., Clark, A., Plopeanu, A.P., Tomuletiu, E.A., Bejenaru, A., Stativa, E., Lee, W.C., Parris, S.R., Popa, C.O., & Muresan, S. (2021). Romanian adaptation of Centrality of Religiosity Scale and the utility of this scale in cognitive-behavioral therapy for religious populations. Acta Marisiensis – Seria Medica, 67(1). doi:10.2478/amma-2021-0010
• Rus, A. V., Stativa, E., Parris, S. R., Pennings, J. S., O’Hern Six, B., Burcea, G., & Popa, C. O. (2019). Awareness of Same-Sex Relationships between Children in Romanian Long-Term Residential Centers. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 66, 9-21. doi:10.33788/rcis.66.1 https://www.rcis.ro/images/documente/rcis66_01.pdf
• Rus, A. V., Stativa, E., Butterfield, M. E., Pennings, J. S., Parris, S. R., Burcea, G., & Wenyika, R. (2018). Peer Exploitation: Findings from a Romanian National Representative Sample of Children Living in Long- Term Residential Centres. Child Abuse Review, 27(1), 58–71. doi:10.1002/car.2464 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/car.2464/abstract

Profilele sale academice pot fi găsite la următoarele link-uri:

• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wBNP1jEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra;
• https://swcu.edu/academics/faculty/dr-adrian-rus.
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adrian-Rus

EN

Dr. Adrian V. Rus is a professor of psychology at Southwestern Christian University, Bethany, Oklahoma, U.S.A. He joined the Department of Social and Behavioral Services in January 2013.

Dr. Rus has a master’s degree in Psycho-Diagnosis, Counseling and Psychotherapy from the Dimitrie Cantemir University of Tirgu-Mures, Romania. He also received another master’s degree and a PhD degree in Psychology from Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (Dissertation – Child Abuse in Residential Care Institutions in Romania).

His academic research explores the consequences of institutionalization on children emotional and behavioral development, factors that influenced child abuse (i.e., emotional, physical, and sexual) in Romanian orphanages, relationship between child anemia, nutrition and iron consumption, or degree to which Romanian women access prenatal care. Additionally, his research interests focus on personality dimensions and maladaptive cognitive schemes (e.g., personality dimensions and maladaptive cognitive schemas patterns in a non-clinical sample and patients with generalized anxiety disorder) as well as on thought suppression in psychosis.

He published more than 20 articles in a couple of international scientific journals including Journal of Clinical Medicine; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care; Journal of Public Health; Child Abuse and Neglect; Child Abuse Review; Review of Research and Social Intervention; Acta Marisiensis, or Journal of Romanian Child and Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry. Additionally, Dr. Rus edited two textbooks (Child Maltreatment in Residential Care: History, Research, and Current Practice and New Approaches in Behavioral Sciences) and co-authored nine chapters. His academic work was cited more than 140 times.

Among his landmark publications, we can state:

• Popa, C.O., Rus, A.V., Lee, W.C., Cojocaru, C., Suciu, N., Schenk, A., Văcăraș, V., Olah, P., Mureșan, S., Szasz, S., & Bredicean, C. (2022). The relation between negative automatic thoughts and psychological inflexibility in schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(3), 871. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/3/871
• Stativa, E., Rus, A.V., Stoicescu, S.M., Lobo, A., Lee, W.C., Popa, C.O., Grecu, C.G. (2021). Feeding practices patterns in Romanian infants 6-23 months old: Findings from a national representative sample. Health, Sports & Rehabilitation Medicine, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.26659/pm3.2021.22.2.75
• Rus, A.V., Clark, A., Plopeanu, A.P., Tomuletiu, E.A., Bejenaru, A., Stativa, E., Lee, W.C., Parris, S.R., Popa, C.O., & Muresan, S. (2021). Romanian adaptation of Centrality of Religiosity Scale and the utility of this scale in cognitive-behavioral therapy for religious populations. Acta Marisiensis – Seria Medica, 67(1). doi:10.2478/amma-2021-0010
• Rus, A. V., Stativa, E., Parris, S. R., Pennings, J. S., O’Hern Six, B., Burcea, G., & Popa, C. O. (2019). Awareness of Same-Sex Relationships between Children in Romanian Long-Term Residential Centers. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 66, 9-21. doi:10.33788/rcis.66.1 https://www.rcis.ro/images/documente/rcis66_01.pdf
• Rus, A. V., Stativa, E., Butterfield, M. E., Pennings, J. S., Parris, S. R., Burcea, G., & Wenyika, R. (2018). Peer Exploitation: Findings from a Romanian National Representative Sample of Children Living in Long- Term Residential Centres. Child Abuse Review, 27(1), 58–71. doi:10.1002/car.2464 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/car.2464/abstract

His academic profiles can be found at:

• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wBNP1jEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra;
• https://swcu.edu/academics/faculty/dr-adrian-rus.
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adrian-Rus