Alexandru Ioan Manea

University of Bucharest, Psychology and Educational Sciences, PhD Candidate

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Psychologist with over 10 years of experience in both practice and research in the fields of Organizational Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy.

Currently looking forward for the public defence of my PhD Thesis, entitled "Personality oriented work analysis: Quality, validity and distortion indicators" coordinated by Univ. Prof. Dragos Iliescu, PhD.

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Supervisors: Univ. Prof. Dragos Iliescu, PhD

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Selecting Subject Matter Experts in Job and Work Analysis Surveys: Advantages and Disadvantages

Academic Journal of Economic Studies, 2020

The present article aims at reviewing the present literature concerning the use of subject matter... more The present article aims at reviewing the present literature concerning the use of subject matter experts in job and work analysis surveys through the perspective of their proneness to different social and cognitive sources of inaccuracy, which in turn, have several important unwanted effects on job the analysis information provided by them. More specifically, we provide for each type of subject matter expert category (incumbents, supervisors, professional analysts, etc…) their advantages and disadvantages in terms of both their knowledge concerning the analyzed job and their susceptibility to different types of social and cognitive inaccuracy. Moreover we provide recommendations for diminishing the effects of these social and cognitive types of sources of inaccuracy in order to improve the quality of the job information gathered through the use of subject matter experts.

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Dark Matter : Mental Space and Depression-a Pilot Investigation of an Experimental Psychotherapeutic Method Based on Mental Space Psychology to Reduce the Distress of Moderate Depression

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The Analysis of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy from a Clean Language Perspective

Introduction: This paper compares and analyses Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) through the ... more Introduction: This paper compares and analyses Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) through the paradigm of Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling at three levels: intention, process and practice. Objectives: The aim is to identify specific similarities and differences between the two approaches in order for practitioners of both to mutually benefit. Methods: A high-level comparison of SFBT and Symbolic Modelling approaches; a line-byline linguistic analysis of a representative SFBT transcript using models from Symbolic Modelling such as: ‘vectoring’, the Problem-Remedy-Outcome model and Clean Language; an examination of a sample of common Solution-Focus questions for metaphors, presupposition and ‘leading’ syntax, with alternative ‘cleaner’ versions provided. Results: Examples of similarities and differences between the two approaches at the level of intention, process and practice were identified. A selection of SFBT questions were modified to show how they could be cleaner, i.e. ...

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mBIT as an Experiential Coaching and Therapeutic approach, a series of case studies and scientific background

Introduction: This paper outlines the scientific background behind the mBraining approach (mBIT m... more Introduction: This paper outlines the scientific background behind the mBraining approach (mBIT multiple brain integration techniques) regarding the recent research in neuroscience revealing the relationship between the cerebral, enteric and cardiac neural systems and its potential as an optimization tool. In addition, a number of case studies have been detailed, to confirm the effectiveness of this approach and a number of extensive references have been included for further study. Moreover, parallels and common principles with experiential therapeutic approaches are being discussed. Objectives: This paper aims to promote the mBIT approach as a complementary diagnosis and optimization tool with applications in coaching, therapy, counseling and overall personal optimization. Methods: mBIT approach methodology and literature review. Results: The five case studies included in this paper clearly indicate the effectiveness of the mBIT approach in managing and resolving issues such as: oc...

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Mental Space meets Psychology – a new Paradigm and Approach to Psychotherapy

Introduction: This paper outlines the basic concepts of mental space representations, its primary... more Introduction: This paper outlines the basic concepts of mental space representations, its primary concepts and the connection to psychology and psychotherapy. Also included are the descriptions of three mental space based psychotherapies and their applications. A comprehensive list of references containing case-studies and researches is also provided for the three mental space based psychotherapies, for further study and research. Objectives: This paper aims at revealing the connection between the well-researched concepts of mental space and visual-spatial representations and their use and applicability in the psychotherapy and overall psychology field. Methods: Literature review. Results: The consideration of the importance of mental representations and their influence on the clients’ social world, and emotional problems and the further encouragement of developing tools and approaches that can work directly with this abstract constructs. Conclusions: This paper anticipates a new pa...

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Development of a New Personality-Oriented Work Analysis Questionnaire: First Steps Towards Validation

Psihologia Resurselor Umane, 2021

In this paper we detail the construction and validation process for a new personality-oriented wo... more In this paper we detail the construction and validation process for a new personality-oriented work analysis instrument, in the form of a standardized questionnaire, based on extant research that shows that personality traits are good predictors of job performance. We present the process of item development, frame of reference training, rating scale creation, and the selection of subject matter experts. By administering the instrument to three distinct positions, the interrater reliability coefficients resulted between .80 and .94. We also investigated the instrument’s ability to discriminate between the same rated positions, and the results for this indicator were quite low. Conclusions provide some possible explanations for the lower resulted discriminability. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed as well as other future research for general improvement of data quality.

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On the emergence of mental space in psychology: Interview with Lucas Albert Charles Derks

Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 2016

In this interview we have the chance to talk with Lucas Albert Charles Derks, founder of the Inte... more In this interview we have the chance to talk with Lucas Albert Charles Derks, founder of the International Laboratory for Mental Space Research and of the Society for Mental Space Psychology and the creator of the Social Panorama approach, about the paradigm that evolved in the last 25 years, entitled Mental Space Psychology, with roots from Cognitive Linguistics, Spatial Cognition and Neuroscience. Today we shall explore the psychotherapeutic approaches which use the Mental Space Psychology, their applicability and their limitations, with a special focus on his own approach, entitled Social Panorama.

Dark Matter: Mental Space and Depression -a Pilot Investigation of an Experimental Psychotherapeutic Method Based on Mental Space Psychology to Reduce the Distress of Moderate Depression

Introduction: The introduction presents some statistic figures about depression, the perspective ... more Introduction: The introduction presents some statistic figures about depression, the perspective of the DSM model of depression, an overview regarding a new emerging paradigm, called " Mental Space Psychology " and its connection with a hypothesis regarding lowering symptoms of depression. Objectives: The main goal of this pilot study was to investigate the measurable effect of the experimental treatment method Depression in Awareness Space (DAS). Method: The practical suitability of the DAS method was tested with five clients in psychotherapeutic context; five other subjects did not follow a DAS intervention and constituted the control group (n=10). Preceding the pilot investigation, the clients were subjected to a so-called Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ, Dutch: 4DKL/Vier-dimensionale Klachtenlijst) in order to determine to what extent they experienced depressive feelings. Results: After four weeks, the five clients that followed the DAS methodology were reexamined with the 4DSQ and for four out of the five clients, their scores on the " Depression " scale significantly lowered. Also, their subjective feelings regarding depressive states were recorded, and they reported that they found a positive coping strategy for their problem. Conclusions: The success of this pilot study gives enough confidence to start a more ambitious project in using the Depression in Awareness Space (DAS) methodology for a larger study involving at least 100 subjects.

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Selecting Subject Matter Experts in Job and Work Analysis Surveys: Advantages and Disadvantages

Academic Journal of Economic Studies, 2020

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Dark Matter : Mental Space and Depression-a Pilot Investigation of an Experimental Psychotherapeutic Method Based on Mental Space Psychology to Reduce the Distress of Moderate Depression

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The Analysis of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy from a Clean Language Perspective

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mBIT as an Experiential Coaching and Therapeutic approach, a series of case studies and scientific background

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Mental Space meets Psychology – a new Paradigm and Approach to Psychotherapy

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