Maria Stefania IONEL

PhD in Climbing Psychology Research | Sport & Exercise Psychology Group @RiddleLab_UBB at @UnivBabesBolyai | Clinical & Sport Psychologist | Rock-climber

[Maria Stefania IONEL @MariaStefIonel]

Finally posting this! 🥳 Super happy to share that I completed my Ph.D. (Summa Cum Laudae) in Psychology at @UnivBabesBolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Doctoral School in Applied Cognitive Psychology. My thesis, entitled "Personality, Mental Health, and Performance Anxiety in Outdoor Sports:

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1/ People often ask what readings I recommend for clinicians & trainees who want to learn about psychodynamic therapy. Here's a partial list

For a bird's eye, jargon-free introduction to psychodynamic thought, read chapters 1 and 2 of "That Was Then, This is Now" by yours truly.

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

1/6 The goal of psychotherapy is to insert spaces for noticing and reflecting where space has not previously existed—and thereby create opportunities to know ourselves more fully, connect with others more deeply, and live our lives more congruently

[Maria Stefania IONEL @MariaStefIonel]

@DragosIliescu1 @PetraVisu 9/ 5. Ionel, M. S., Rosario Rueda, M., & Visu-Petra, L. (2024). Simulating nature?! The impact of indoor exercising on cognitive and affective functioning: A randomized crossover trial. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 20(1), 64-79. https://t.co/Z8dYQixbQu​.

[Maria Stefania IONEL @MariaStefIonel]

Finally posting this! 🥳 Super happy to share that I completed my Ph.D. (Summa Cum Laudae) in Psychology at @UnivBabesBolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Doctoral School in Applied Cognitive Psychology. My thesis, entitled "Personality, Mental Health, and Performance Anxiety in Outdoor Sports:

[Maria Stefania IONEL @MariaStefIonel]

@DragosIliescu1 @PetraVisu 8/ 4. Ionel, M. S., Ion, A., Iliescu, D., & Visu-Petra, L. (2024). Climbing Anxiety Scale (CAS-20): Preliminary Development and Validation. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 73. 102635. https://t.co/1tWLVTwgnW.

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@DragosIliescu1 @PetraVisu 8/ 5. Ionel, M. S., Rosario Rueda, M., & Visu-Petra, L. (2024). Simulating nature?! The impact of indoor exercising on cognitive and affective functioning: A randomized crossover trial. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 20(1), 64-79. https://t.co/Z8dYQixbQu​.

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@DragosIliescu1 @PetraVisu 7/ 3. Hall, L. H., Ionel, M. S.*, Gude, A., Traşcă, A. G., Murray, H., & Gridley. N. (2023). The Associations between Climbing and Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Mixed-Methods Scoping Review (Preprint). https://t.co/mqZTYuleqt.

[Maria Stefania IONEL @MariaStefIonel]

Thank you so much, @RiddleLab_UBB !

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Dr Maria Stefania Ionel delivered a great oral presentation on the "Climbing Anxiety Scale (CAS-20): Preliminary Development and Validation" at the FEPSAC (European Federation of Sport Psychology) Congress (Innsbruck, Austria), the largest Sport Psychology Conference in Europe😊

[Maria Stefania IONEL @MariaStefIonel]

4/and criterion-related validity. CAS-20 helps practitioners track anxiety reduction interventions for climbers at risk.
Thank you, deeply, Andrei Ion, Laura @PetraVisu and @DragosIliescu1 for all your support.

[Maria Stefania IONEL @MariaStefIonel]

I had an unimaginable gift on the 3rd of April: the publication of the 4th article for my PhD, right before my defence. Who would have imagined!? Our article, titled "Climbing Anxiety Scale (CAS-20): Preliminary development and validation",

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3/(1) developing and providing a preliminary validation for a novel, theoretically anchored sport climbing inventory, Climbing Anxiety Scale (CAS-20), among an international sample of rock-climbers (N = 153); and (2) providing preliminary evidence on its factorial

[Maria Stefania IONEL @MariaStefIonel]

@rc_charo @rc_charo , thank you so much for your guidance with this paper. It’s so good we finally finish it.

[Maria Stefania IONEL @MariaStefIonel]

5/environment conditions has little significant cognitive and/or affective benefits after controlling for physical effort.

You can access the article here:
https://t.co/M4AyvJz4iV
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#nature #simulatednature #outdoorsports
#sportpsychology

[Maria Stefania IONEL @MariaStefIonel]

1/On the 1st of March, spring brought a delightful gift, and I am pleased to share the 3rd publication of my PhD, titled “Simulating nature?! The impact of indoor exercising on cognitive and affective functioning: A randomized crossover trial”, published in the journal

[Maria Stefania IONEL @MariaStefIonel]

4/The study assessed the cognitive and affective effects of indoor exercising while exposing the participants to a video simulation of nature (simulated nature) compared to typical indoor exercising (control condition).
The findings indicate that exercising in simulated natural