Publications

2023

Negru-Subtirica, O. (under review, invited article). Educational identity in adolescence: Longitudinal evidence and the role of educational systems. Child Development Perspectives.
Impact factor: 6.4, Q1

Timar-Anton, C., Negru-Subtirica, O., & Damian, L. E. (2023). The role of parental socio-economic status and perceived career-related behaviors in developmental trajectories ofeducational identity in adolescence: A four-wave study. European Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070221150480

Impact factor: 7, Q1

Negru-Subtirica, O. (Ed.) (2023). Aplicația online eXplor Știința: Cum să aducem Știința mai aproape elevi. Editura ASCR, Cluj-Napoca. ISBN 978-606-977-087-0

2022

Negru-Subtirica, O., Damian, L. E., Pop, E. I., & Crocetti, E. (2022). The complex story of educational identity in adolescence: Longitudinal relations with academic achievement and perfectionism. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12720.
Impact factor: 5.117, Q1

Timar-Anton, C., Negru-Subtirica, O. & Opre, A. (2022) How first-year students manage their action crises and motivation to build their learner identity: a look into the critical moment of goal disengagement. Motivation and Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09965-y

Impact factor: 4.135, Q1

2021

Timar-Anton, C., Negru-Subtirica, O., & Opre, A. (2021). The development and testing of a mobile self-tracking app to strengthen identity commitments through personal goals. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 151, 102642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2021.102642.
Impact factor: 3.632, Q1

Negru-Subtirica, O., Pop, E. I., Damian, L. E., & Stoeber, J. (2021). The very best of me: Longitudinal associations of perfectionism and identity processes in adolescence. Child Development, 92(5), 1855-1871. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13622.

Impact factor: 5.889, Q1

Damian, L. E., Negru-Subtirica, O., Pop, E. I., & Stoeber, J. (2021). Becoming a perfectionistic adolescent: Perceived parental behaviors involved in developmental trajectories of perfectionism. European Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211012902.

Impact factor: 5.838, Q3

Damian, L. E., Negru-Subtirica, O., Vois, D., & Stoeber, J. (2021). On the longitudinal interplay between perfectionism and general affect in adolescents. Journal of Research in Personality, 93, 104102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104102.

Impact factor: 3.068, Q2

Negru-Subtirica, O., & Badescu, G. (2021). Social change and the dynamic family transmission of vocational competence. In Dimitrova, R. & Wiium, N. (Eds.), Handbook of positive youth development in a global context: Bridging the gaps between research, policy, and practice (pp. 515-529). Springer International Publishing, Cham: Switzerland.

Negru-Subtirica, O. (2021). Young adult transnational school-to-work transitions in the context of work migration in Europe. In Marshall E. A. & Symonds J. E. (Eds), Young adult development at the school-to-work transition: International pathways and processes (pp. 423-442). Oxford University Press, New York: USA.

Negru-Subtirica, O., & Klimstra, T. (2021). Synthesized or confused field? A critical analysis of the state-of-the-art in identity status research methods. In Bamberg M., Demuth C., & Watzlawik M. (Eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Identity (pp. 388 – 413). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: UK.

Thomson, M. M., Pop-Pacurar, I., Negru-Subtirica, O., Radut-Taciu, R. (2021). Fostering motivation among students through role models: An interdisciplinary program intervention. In Mara, D. & Thomson, M.M. (Eds), Theoretical and practical approaches to non-formal education: Interdisciplinary examinations into various instructional models (pp. 27-44). Irvine, California: Universal Publishers, Inc.

2020

Negru-Subtirica, O., & Badescu, G. (in press). Social change and the dynamic family transmission of vocational competence. In Dimitrova, R. & Wiium, N. (Eds.), Handbook of positive youth development in a global context: Bridging the gaps between research, policy, and practice. Springer International Publishing, Cham: Switzerland.

Negru-Subtirica, O., Pop, E. I., Crocetti, E., & Meeus, W. (2020). Social comparison at school: Can GPA and personality mutually influence each other across time? Journal of Personality, 88, 555-567. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12510

Impact factor: 3.084, Q1

Marinica, B.V., Negru-Subtirica, O. (2020). Relationships between volunteering functions and vocational identity in emerging adult volunteers. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 20, 591–611. doi: 10.1007/s10775-020-09418-3

Impact factor: 1.176, Q3

Vois, D., & Damian, L. E. (2020). Perfectionism and emotion regulation in adolescents: A two-wave longitudinal study. Personality and Individual Differences, 156, 109756. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.109756

Impact factor: 1.997, Q2

Glavan, B., Negru-Subtirica, O., & Benga, O. (2020). The struggle to find meaning: A mixed methodology study on meaning-making and identity. Emerging Adulthood, 8, 367-372. doi: 10.1177/2167696819841760

Impact factor: 0.974, Q3

2019

Domocus, I. M., Damian, L. E., & Benga, O. (2019). Teachers’ role in the development of children’s perfectionism, Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education, 4(2), 217-236.

Negru-Subtirica, O., Pop, E. I., Crocetti, E., & Meeus, W. (2019). Social comparison at school: Can GPA and personality mutually influence each other across time?Journal of Personality. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12510

Impact factor: 3.084, Q1

Damian, L. E., Negru-Subtirica, O., Domocus, I. M., & Friedlmeier, M. (2019). Healthy financial behaviors and financial satisfaction in emerging adulthood: A parental socialization perspective. Emerging Adulthood. doi: 10.1177/2167696819841952

Impact factor: 0.974, Q3

2018

Negru-Subtirica, O., & Pop, E. I. (2018). Reciprocal associations between educational identity and vocational identity in adolescence: a three-wave longitudinal investigation. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47, 703-716.
Impact factor: 3.284

Negru-Subtirica, O., Pop, E. I., & Crocetti, E. (2018). Good Omens? The intricate relations between educational and vocational identity in adolescence. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 15, 83-98.
Impact factor: 1.302

2017

Damian, L. E., Negru-Subtirica, O., Stoeber, J., & Băban, A. (2017). Perfectionistic concerns predict increases in adolescents’ anxiety symptoms: A three-wave longitudinal study. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 30, 551-561.
Impact factor: 2.042

Negru-Subtirica, O., Pop, E. I., & Crocetti, E. (2017). A longitudinal integration of identity styles and educational identity processes in adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 53, 2127-2138. doi: 10.1037/dev0000325
Impact factor: 3.228

Negru-Subtirica, O., Tiganasu, A., Dezutter, J., & Luyckx, K. (2017). A cultural take on the links between religiosity, identity, and meaning in life in religious emerging adults. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 35, 106-126.
Impact factor: 1.712

Damian, L. E. (2017). În căutarea perfecțiunii. Unde ne duce, de ce ne străduim atât și cum putem găsi binele imperfect [In the search for perfection. Where does it take us, why do we try so hard, and how can we find the imperfect good]. Cluj-Napoca: Editura ASCR. ISBN: 978-606-977-008-5

Negru-Subtirica, O. (2017). Formarea identității si rosturile vieții: Despre sens și direcție [Identity development and life’s meanings: About purpose and direction]. Cluj-Napoca: Editura ASCR. ISBN 978-606-977-007-8

Pop, E. I. (2017). Repere ale dezvoltării în adolescență: Ghid pentru adolescenți, părinți și profesioniști din învățământ. [Adolescent development: An overview for adolescents, parents, and practitioners]. Cluj-Napoca: Editura ASCR. ISBN 978-606-977-009-2

2016

Damian, L. E., Stoeber, J., Negru-Subtirica, O., & Băban, A. (2016). Perfectionism and school engagement: A three-wave longitudinal study. Personality and Individual Differences, 105, 179-184.
Impact factor: 1.946

Damian, L. E., Stoeber, J., Negru-Subtirica, O., & Baban, A. (2016). On the development of perfectionism: The longitudinal role of academic achievement and academic efficacy. Journal of Personality, 85, 565-577.
Impact factor: 3.657

Luyckx, K., Duriez, B., Green, L. M., & Negru-Subtirica, O. (2016). Identity processes and intrinsic and extrinsic goal pursuits: Directionality of effects in college students. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. doi: 10.1007/s10964-016-0626-8
Impact factor: 3.284

Negru-Subtirica, O., Pop, E. I., Luyckx, K., Dezutter, J., & Steger, M. (2016). The meaningful identity: A longitudinal look at the interplay between identity and meaning in life in adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 52, 1926-1936.
Impact factor: 3.41

Negru-Subtirica, O., & Pop, E. I. (2016). Longitudinal links between career adaptability and academic achievement in adolescence. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 93, 163-170.
Impact factor: 2.764

Pop, E. I., Negru-Subtirica, O., Crocetti, E., Opre, A., & Meeus, W. (2016). On the interplay between academic achievement and educational identity: A longitudinal study. Journal of Adolescence, 47, 135-144.
Impact factor: 2.007

Stoeber, J., Madigan, D. J., Damian, L. E., Esposito, R. M., & Lombardo, C. (2016). Perfectionism and eating disorder symptoms in female university students: The central role of perfectionistic self-presentation. Eating and weight disorders.
Impact factor: 1.784

Stoeber, J., Edbrooke-Childs, J., & Damian, L. E. (2016, in press). Perfectionism. In R. J. R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of adolescence (2nd ed.). New York: Springer.

Damian, L. E., Negru-Subtirica, O., Pop, E. I., & Baban, A. (2016). The costs of being the best: Consequences of academic achievement on students’ identity, perfectionism, and vocational development. In: Montgomery, A. & Kehoe, I. (Eds.), Reimagining the purpose of schools and educational organisations: Developing critical thinking, agency, beliefs in schools and educational organizations (pp. 173-188). Springer International Publishing.

2015

Crocetti E., Cieciuch, J., Gao, C-H, Klimstra, T., Lin, C.-L., Matos, P. M, Morsünbül, Ü., Negru, O., Sugimura, K., Zimmermann, G., & Meeus, W. (2015). National and gender measurement invariance of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS): A ten-nation study with university students. Assessment, 22, 753-768.
Impact factor: 3.062

Karaś, D., Cieciuch, J., Negru, O., & Crocetti, E. (2015). Relationships between identity and well-being in Italian, Polish, and Romanian emerging adults. Social Indicators Research, 121, 727-743.
Impact factor: 1.743

Negru-Subtirica, O., Pop, E. I., & Crocetti, E. (2015). Developmental trajectories and reciprocal associations between career adaptability and vocational identity: A three-wave longitudinal study with adolescents. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 88, 131-142.
Impact factor: 2.555

Pop, E.I., Negru, O., & Opre, A. (2015). Challenging or conserving your beliefs: A person-centered approach of pre-service teachers’ educational identity. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 87, 147-152.

Stoeber, J., & Damian, L. E. (2015). Perfectionism in employees: Work engagement, workaholism, and burnout. In: F. M. Sirois & D. S. Molnar (Eds.), Perfectionism, Health, and Well-being (pp. 265-283). New York: Springer.

2014

Damian, L. E., Stoeber, J., Negru, O., & Băban, A. (2014). Perfectionism and achievement goal orientations in adolescent school students. Psychology in the Schools, 51, 960-971.
Impact factor: 1.190

Negru, O., Haragâș, C., & Mustea, A. (2014). How private is the relation with God? Religiosity and family religious socialization in Romanian emerging adults. Journal of Adolescent Research, 29(3), 380-406.
Impact factor: 1.4333

Stoeber, J., & Damian, L. E. (2014). The Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire: Further evidence for two factors capturing perfectionistic strivings and concerns. Personality and Individual Differences, 61-62, 38-42.
Impact factor: 2.005

Pop, E. I., Blaga, I., & Negru, O. (2014). Identity development in adolescence: A process-focused approach. Studies and researches in the field of social sciences – Volume 26. (pp. 213-226). Argonaut Print house, Cluj-Napoca.

Damian, L. E., Stoeber, J., Negru, O., & Băban, A. (2014). Positive and negative affect in adolescents: an investigation of the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism. Cognition, Brain, Behavior. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 18(1), 1-16.

2013

Damian, L. E., Stoeber, J., Negru, O., & Băban, A. (2013). On the development of perfectionism in adolescence: Perceived parental expectations predict longitudinal increases in socially prescribed perfectionism. Personality and Individual Differences, 55 (6), 688-693.
Impact factor: 2.005

Băban, A., Tăut, D., Crăciun, C., & Damian, L. (coordinators of the Romanian Edition) (2013). Strategii de suport pentru o alimentaţie sănătoasă la adolescenţi. Cluj-Napoca: ASCR. English edition: Stok, M., de Ridder, D., de Vet, E., & de Wit, J. (2013). Strategies to support healthy eating in adolescents. Utrecht: Utrecht University and the TEMPEST Consortium.

Ghimbuluţ, O., Damian, L., Băban, A. (2013). Rezilienţa: Regăsirea echilibrului emoţional în contact cu trauma. În M. Milcu (Ed.), Cercetarea aplicativă în psihologia modernă: Premise metodologice” (pp. 68-72). Bucureşti: Editura Universitară.

Negru, O., Pop, E.I., & Opre, A. (2013). Foreshadowing identities: The relation between achievement goals and educational identity in a sample of Romanian emerging adults. Cognition, Brain, Behavior. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 17(1), 1-13.

2012

Negru, O. (2012). The time of your life: Emerging adulthood characteristics in a sample of Romanian high-school and university students. Cognition, Brain, Behavior. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 16(3), 357-367.

Negru, O. (2012). Growing up to be the best: Achievement motivation in the transition to adulthood. ASCRED Publishing, Cluj-Napoca.

Ramelow, D., Klinger, D., Currie, D., Freeman, J., Damian, L., Negru, O., Samdal, O., Rasmussen, M., & Felder-Pluig, R. (2012). Social context. School. In C. Currie, C. Zanotti, A. Morgan, D. Currie, M. de Looze, C. Roberts, O. Samdal, O. Smith, & V. Barnekow (Eds.), Social determinants of health and well-being among young people. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: international report from the 2009/2010 survey (pp. 45-63). Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe (Health Policy for Children and Adolescents, No. 6).

2011

Damian, L., Negru, O., & Băban, A. (2011). Patterns of affect and well-being in high versus low adolescent perfectionists: Do goal orientation and achievement make a difference? Psychology & Health, 26(2), 112.

Damian, L., Pop, E., & Negru, O. (2011). Personal aspirations of future teachers: Do they play a role in the teaching approach? In V. Ajder (Ed.), National Conference of Educational Counseling “The Butterfly Effect in Education” (pp. 148-153). Cluj-Napoca: EIKON.

Mustea, A., Baba, T. C., & Negru, O. (2011). Personal goals: A new approach in studying religious motivation. Society and Politics, 5, 115-123.

Mustea, A., Negru, O., & Iovan, M. (2011). A transdisciplinary approach of E-learning and its implications for an authentic learning experience. Journal of Educational Sciences and Psychology, 1, 57-63.

Negru, O., Pop, I. E., Damian, L., & Moraru, C. (2011). Aspirations and identity processes in the meaningful development of future teachers. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 11, 102-106.

Negru, O., Subţirică A., & Opre, A. (2011). The dynamics of aspirations in emerging adulthood. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 12, 205-210.

Negru, O. (2011). Methodological dimensions in the investigation of personal goals. Cognition, Brain, Behavior, 15(1), 1-17.

Pop, I. E., & Negru, O. (2011). Perceptions of Romanian emerging adults of the transition to adulthood. Studies and researches in the field of social sciences – Volume 21 (pp. 80-88). Argonaut Print house, Cluj-Napoca.

Tăut, D., Damian, L., Lobonea, L., & Băban, A. (2011). Protecting children in child protection systems in Romania. Research report. Milano: Ancora.

2010

Kallay, E., Mustea, A., & Negru, O. (2009). Theoretical approaches of spirituality from the perspective of personal goals and transdisciplinarity. Studies and researches in the field of social sciences – Volume 18 (pp. 80-88). Argonaut Print house, Cluj-Napoca.

Mustea, A., Negru, O., & Opre, A. (2010). Morality and religion: a psychological perspective. Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 9, 18-35.

Negru, O., & Crocetti, E. (2010). Dimensions of well-being and identity development in Romanian and Italian emerging adults: A cross-cultural analysis. Psychology & Health, 25(6), 286.

Negru, O., & Damian, L. (2010). Personal and classroom promoted achievement goals: interdependence between students and teachers. Cognition, Brain, Behavior, 14(2), 81-99.

Negru, O., Damian, L., & Băban, A. (2010). Parents and children in Romania: the influence of family culture dimensions on parental involvement in children’s academic life. Revista de psicologia da crianca e do adolescente (engl. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychology), 1, 31-49.

Opre, A. (coord.), Damian, L., Ghimbuluţ, O., Gibă, R., Macavei, B., Opre, A., Ormenişan-Calbaza, M., Rebega, O., & Vaida, S. (2010). Lumea lui Self. Poveşti pentru dezvoltarea socio-emoţională a copiilor preşcolari. (Self’s World. Stories for the socio-emotional development of preschoolers). Cluj-Napoca: ASCR.

2009

Mustea, A., Negru, O., & Baba, T. C. (2009). National identity – European identity: sources of support and barriers in the development of a European identity of the Romanian people. Societate şi politică (engl. Society and Politics), 2, 34-47.

Negru, O., & Mustea, A. (2009). Understanding spirituality: an exploratory study on Romanian youth and new methodological directions. European Journal of Science and Theology, 5(4), 53-66.

Negru, O. (2009). Achievement goals: defining competence and understanding performance. Economy. Transdisciplinarity. Cognition, 2, 71-79.

Negru, O., & Mustea, A. (2009). Intentionality and positive illusions. The Annals of the University of Oradea. Psychology Installment, 16, 93-107.

Negru, O. (2009). The dynamics of Romanian students’ personal goals: influences of educational level, previous work experience and gender. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Psichologia-Paedagogia Series, 54(2), 3-17.

Negru, O., & Băban, A. (2009). Positive development in school settings: School environment influences on perceived school adjustment in a Romanian adolescent sample. Cognition, Brain, Behavior, 13(3), 253-267.

Negru, O. (2009). Impact of achievement goals, normative feedback and task requirements on performance. Cognition, Brain, Behavior, 13(1), 11-30.

Negru, O., & Pop, I. E. (2009). Emerging adulthood: developmental characteristics and educational career interventions. Romanian Journal of Pedagogy (ro. Revista de pedagogie), Guidance and Counseling – Experiences, initiatives, good practices (thematic issue), 1-3, 99-106.

Negru, O., & Subţirică, A. (2009). The relation between achievement goals and academic performance: on the multidimensionality of competence development in school contexts. In M. Roth, D. Dămean, & M. Iovu (Eds.), Succesul şcolar la intersecţia factorilor sociali (pp. 75-86). Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană.

2008

Negru, O. (2008). Personal goals: structures and processes in adult development. Cognition, Brain, Behavior, 12(3), 265-283.

2007

Moraru, C., Negru, O., & Subţirică, A. (2007). Professional development guide for community mediators. Education 2000+ Printhouse. Ro Media Production.

2005

Negru, O., Subţirică, A., & Nagy T. (Eds) (2005). Your career, now. Career development guide for students and graduates. Oradea: Europrint Publishing House.

Negru, O., & Subţirică, A. (Eds) (2005). Career development guide for student and youth organizations. Oradea: Europrint Publishing House.