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Papers by Antonia Trifu

Research paper thumbnail of Prevalence-delusion functioning in major depressive episode with psychotic phenomena

Journal of psychiatry, Aug 21, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Comparative study on the independent learning activity of young people in the bachelor's and master's programs

Romanian Journal of Military Medicine

During the late adolescence, it can be reached the highest level of mental operative functions an... more During the late adolescence, it can be reached the highest level of mental operative functions and other intelligent human manifestations. mental operations can be done at this level: synthesis of syntheses, generalization of generalizations, abstraction of abstractions. Students go through many attempts to find which is their personal style of learning new materials, new contents. The study was conducted on a number of 31 participants. The group was divided into two subgroups: 16 students in the 5th year at Faculty of General Medicine and 15 master students in the second year at University of Sports, Sports Performance program. The used instrument consists of 21 questions (11 questions are about the individual studying process of the participants and 10 are about their beliefs about the teaching process of academics in courses), along with 4 more questions related to personal data. It is an opinion questionnaire. The teaching style of academics differs: those of Faculty of General ...

Research paper thumbnail of Features of tactical and psychological training models in sports climbing at youth level

Journal of Educational Sciences & Psychology, 2021

To enhance the Romanian climbers’ performance, an intervention on the tactical and psychological ... more To enhance the Romanian climbers’ performance, an intervention on the tactical and psychological components of the training is needed. We believe that this intervention should be made from a young age. The objective of this paper is to highlight the current training models for sports climbing in the literature and provide a critical analysis on them, so that we can define some project-programmes for the training of young climbers. The systematic review of the literature has identified that the variables most correlated with climbing performance are: mental characteristics (personality traits, temperament, locus of control and tactics), technical characteristics (coordination and technical abilities) and physical characteristics (flexibility, fitness and efficiency). We have also observed how efficient some practical and methodological approaches are in climbing training.

Research paper thumbnail of Genetic aspects in schizophrenia. Receptoral theories. Metabolic theories

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology, 2020

Ties between schizophrenia (SCZ) and genetics are undeniably significant issue prone to be discus... more Ties between schizophrenia (SCZ) and genetics are undeniably significant issue prone to be discussed in the nowadays psychology. Recent research on this domain focuses more on specific genes and heredity (specifically monozygotic pairs of twins) for diagnosing SCZ, than on environmental influences. SCZ is considered a multifactorial disease, thought to convert from a merger of risk and biological genes and environmental factors that could alter and reshape the trajectory of brain development. On this regard, this review sums up recent and innovative methods of distinguishing schizophrenic features from other mental illnesses in patients, based on chromosomal and genes changes. The term "reverse genetics" is no longer up to date, being replaced with "genome scanning" and "positional cloning". For many researchers, genome scanning is continuing the reverse of the sensible strategy for detecting various important biological disorders, which may start from the discovery of a protein or any other molecule involved in a biological process, being followed by its gene cloning. Genes being discovered in this manner could become candidate genes for the disease. However, genome scanning occurs through testing each chromosomal segment (or mitochondrial genome) for the counter transmission of the disease.

Research paper thumbnail of Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Psychiatric Population with Comorbid Alcoholism

Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 2020

The population of Romania ranks 3rd in the world in terms of alcohol consumption, with particular... more The population of Romania ranks 3rd in the world in terms of alcohol consumption, with particularities depending on the environment of origin, cultural level, addiction versus abuse, consumption within the wide limits of normality versus hospitalization in psychiatry. The paper refers to patients consuming alcohol whose main diagnosis is schizophrenia. The cross-sectional study consisted of 88 male subjects with dual pathology, aged between 23 and 80 years. The instruments used in the study were PANSS for psychotic impairment, MAST for measuring alcoholism and for cognitive functioning, Cognitive error questionnaire. The design of the research was observational, transversal. We performed a multiple regression analysis in which the predictor variable was cognitive functioning and the criterion variables were psychotic impairment and alcohol level. We also performed an analysis of ANCOVA variance, having as covariates: age, level of education, the need for antidepressant in treatment, number of hospitalizations, the manner of hospitalization and the environment of origin. The results indicate that alcoholism and general psychopathology (G scale) are predictors for cognitive functioning. A stronger predictor is the level of education, while age and AP are poor predictors. PANSS_P subscale, PANSS_N subscale, AD, hospitalization mode, number of hospitalizations, average are not predictors for cognitive functioning. The cognitive functioning of these patients is caused by alcohol rather than schizophrenia. Patients with a high level of previous education have a richer cognitive reserve that can protect their judgment from cognitive errors and can preserve better their cognitive functioning.

Research paper thumbnail of Ganser Syndrome as a Particularity of the Cognitive Deficit in Schizophrenia

International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 2020

Introduction: Disorganized schizophrenia is a subtype of schizophrenia which is not recognized in... more Introduction: Disorganized schizophrenia is a subtype of schizophrenia which is not recognized in the updated version of DSM. It is found in ICD-10 with the name of hebephrenic schizophrenia. The paper presents a 27-year-old patient with multiple admissions at psychiatry for schizophrenia with an unknown onset, initially considered to be paranoid; the current level of disorganization of the behavioral acts, of the language, of the thinking, having the intensity of hebephrenic schizophrenia. The paper presents a Ganser syndrome in association with alcohol consumption and prohibited substances use. Methods: hospitalization, psychiatric evaluation under antipsychotic treatment with haloperidol and zuclopenthixol, counseling, social assistance. Results: The patient fulfills all the criteria for the classification in hebephrenic schizophrenia, with a reserved prognosis and an involuntary accentuated potential considering the multiple admissions, the early onset, the lack of social and fa...

Research paper thumbnail of The Comorbidity Of Schizophrenia And Alcohol: From Cognitive Destruction To Social Isolation

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2019

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-No... more This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Research paper thumbnail of Identity Impairment In Schizophrenia Type Iii (Crown)

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2019

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-No... more This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Research paper thumbnail of Identity Loss And Cognitive Restructuration On Patients With Post-Traumatic Cerebral Disorder

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2019

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-No... more This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Research paper thumbnail of Delusional Disorder Structured on Antisocial Vein/ Absence of Empathy and Remorse

Journal of Health and Medical Sciences, 2019

The Journal of Health and Medical Sciences is an Open Access publication. It may be read, copied,... more The Journal of Health and Medical Sciences is an Open Access publication. It may be read, copied, and distributed free of charge according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Research paper thumbnail of The state of preparation in performance climbing

This research has been carried out among climbing performers in Romania (a group of 60 climbers),... more This research has been carried out among climbing performers in Romania (a group of 60 climbers), starting from the desire to induce a state of preparation by watching a motivational short movie before performing a high difficulty route. The concept of preparation was related to the emotional impact of tonic or sensitive type (depending on the content of the movie) and the personality structure of the athletes, the conclusions drawn being in the area of optimization of performance by inducing an optimal state of preparation. Performance climbers can have two main attitudes to impact with emotional stimuli in the competitive environment: tonic versus sensitivity. We propose the study of the correlations between the personality structure of the athletes, the emotional impact on stimulation, respectively the quality of the prepared state of state, as the active regulatory status. The methodology included a batch of 60 climbers divided into two equal subgroups, before making a difficult...

Research paper thumbnail of Psychic Functions and Processes with Princeps Role in Learning

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2016

Problem statement: Learning is a complex phenomenon which involves all the psychic functions and ... more Problem statement: Learning is a complex phenomenon which involves all the psychic functions and processes, in different moments in time their involvement varying according to age and psycho social environment. Research questions: The work discusses the level of instruction of the educators, parents, mentors, the dynamic of the formal and informal affiliation groups as variables of the learning effectiveness. Purpose of the study: The mnezico-prosexic functions are studied in direct report to practical exercises, highlighting the voluntary / involuntary ratio, the progressive memorization techniques, the attention as a factor of the motivational process and factor of scholastic success. Research methods: The measuring of the development index could be done in various ways: 1. The psycho-motor determination. 2. The social clinical determination, by delimiting the development structure: stages of intellectual development (Piaget); psychomotor development (Gesell); affective development (Freud); moral development (Colbert). 3. The formative determination, which captures the learning capacity, without expecting that a certain manifestation to take place, but trying to capture and evaluate the individual potentiality (the proximal development area). Findings: The development factors are : genetic (phenotypic maturation), stimuli adequacy, on time apparition, the filtering function in sensitive people, the elasticity of the personality system. The influence of the environment is a condition for forming and learning. Starting from the procedure of acquiring information, we can make an analytical description of the construction of intellect sides-the capacities to: dissociate, abstract, generalize, understand, transfer, argument, classify. Conclusions: The traits described before match a certain dimension of the personality which is intelligence.

Research paper thumbnail of Prevalence-delusion functioning in major depressive episode with psychotic phenomena

Journal of psychiatry, Aug 21, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Comparative study on the independent learning activity of young people in the bachelor's and master's programs

Romanian Journal of Military Medicine

During the late adolescence, it can be reached the highest level of mental operative functions an... more During the late adolescence, it can be reached the highest level of mental operative functions and other intelligent human manifestations. mental operations can be done at this level: synthesis of syntheses, generalization of generalizations, abstraction of abstractions. Students go through many attempts to find which is their personal style of learning new materials, new contents. The study was conducted on a number of 31 participants. The group was divided into two subgroups: 16 students in the 5th year at Faculty of General Medicine and 15 master students in the second year at University of Sports, Sports Performance program. The used instrument consists of 21 questions (11 questions are about the individual studying process of the participants and 10 are about their beliefs about the teaching process of academics in courses), along with 4 more questions related to personal data. It is an opinion questionnaire. The teaching style of academics differs: those of Faculty of General ...

Research paper thumbnail of Features of tactical and psychological training models in sports climbing at youth level

Journal of Educational Sciences & Psychology, 2021

To enhance the Romanian climbers’ performance, an intervention on the tactical and psychological ... more To enhance the Romanian climbers’ performance, an intervention on the tactical and psychological components of the training is needed. We believe that this intervention should be made from a young age. The objective of this paper is to highlight the current training models for sports climbing in the literature and provide a critical analysis on them, so that we can define some project-programmes for the training of young climbers. The systematic review of the literature has identified that the variables most correlated with climbing performance are: mental characteristics (personality traits, temperament, locus of control and tactics), technical characteristics (coordination and technical abilities) and physical characteristics (flexibility, fitness and efficiency). We have also observed how efficient some practical and methodological approaches are in climbing training.

Research paper thumbnail of Genetic aspects in schizophrenia. Receptoral theories. Metabolic theories

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology, 2020

Ties between schizophrenia (SCZ) and genetics are undeniably significant issue prone to be discus... more Ties between schizophrenia (SCZ) and genetics are undeniably significant issue prone to be discussed in the nowadays psychology. Recent research on this domain focuses more on specific genes and heredity (specifically monozygotic pairs of twins) for diagnosing SCZ, than on environmental influences. SCZ is considered a multifactorial disease, thought to convert from a merger of risk and biological genes and environmental factors that could alter and reshape the trajectory of brain development. On this regard, this review sums up recent and innovative methods of distinguishing schizophrenic features from other mental illnesses in patients, based on chromosomal and genes changes. The term "reverse genetics" is no longer up to date, being replaced with "genome scanning" and "positional cloning". For many researchers, genome scanning is continuing the reverse of the sensible strategy for detecting various important biological disorders, which may start from the discovery of a protein or any other molecule involved in a biological process, being followed by its gene cloning. Genes being discovered in this manner could become candidate genes for the disease. However, genome scanning occurs through testing each chromosomal segment (or mitochondrial genome) for the counter transmission of the disease.

Research paper thumbnail of Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Psychiatric Population with Comorbid Alcoholism

Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 2020

The population of Romania ranks 3rd in the world in terms of alcohol consumption, with particular... more The population of Romania ranks 3rd in the world in terms of alcohol consumption, with particularities depending on the environment of origin, cultural level, addiction versus abuse, consumption within the wide limits of normality versus hospitalization in psychiatry. The paper refers to patients consuming alcohol whose main diagnosis is schizophrenia. The cross-sectional study consisted of 88 male subjects with dual pathology, aged between 23 and 80 years. The instruments used in the study were PANSS for psychotic impairment, MAST for measuring alcoholism and for cognitive functioning, Cognitive error questionnaire. The design of the research was observational, transversal. We performed a multiple regression analysis in which the predictor variable was cognitive functioning and the criterion variables were psychotic impairment and alcohol level. We also performed an analysis of ANCOVA variance, having as covariates: age, level of education, the need for antidepressant in treatment, number of hospitalizations, the manner of hospitalization and the environment of origin. The results indicate that alcoholism and general psychopathology (G scale) are predictors for cognitive functioning. A stronger predictor is the level of education, while age and AP are poor predictors. PANSS_P subscale, PANSS_N subscale, AD, hospitalization mode, number of hospitalizations, average are not predictors for cognitive functioning. The cognitive functioning of these patients is caused by alcohol rather than schizophrenia. Patients with a high level of previous education have a richer cognitive reserve that can protect their judgment from cognitive errors and can preserve better their cognitive functioning.

Research paper thumbnail of Ganser Syndrome as a Particularity of the Cognitive Deficit in Schizophrenia

International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 2020

Introduction: Disorganized schizophrenia is a subtype of schizophrenia which is not recognized in... more Introduction: Disorganized schizophrenia is a subtype of schizophrenia which is not recognized in the updated version of DSM. It is found in ICD-10 with the name of hebephrenic schizophrenia. The paper presents a 27-year-old patient with multiple admissions at psychiatry for schizophrenia with an unknown onset, initially considered to be paranoid; the current level of disorganization of the behavioral acts, of the language, of the thinking, having the intensity of hebephrenic schizophrenia. The paper presents a Ganser syndrome in association with alcohol consumption and prohibited substances use. Methods: hospitalization, psychiatric evaluation under antipsychotic treatment with haloperidol and zuclopenthixol, counseling, social assistance. Results: The patient fulfills all the criteria for the classification in hebephrenic schizophrenia, with a reserved prognosis and an involuntary accentuated potential considering the multiple admissions, the early onset, the lack of social and fa...

Research paper thumbnail of The Comorbidity Of Schizophrenia And Alcohol: From Cognitive Destruction To Social Isolation

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2019

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-No... more This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Research paper thumbnail of Identity Impairment In Schizophrenia Type Iii (Crown)

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2019

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-No... more This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Research paper thumbnail of Identity Loss And Cognitive Restructuration On Patients With Post-Traumatic Cerebral Disorder

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2019

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-No... more This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Research paper thumbnail of Delusional Disorder Structured on Antisocial Vein/ Absence of Empathy and Remorse

Journal of Health and Medical Sciences, 2019

The Journal of Health and Medical Sciences is an Open Access publication. It may be read, copied,... more The Journal of Health and Medical Sciences is an Open Access publication. It may be read, copied, and distributed free of charge according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Research paper thumbnail of The state of preparation in performance climbing

This research has been carried out among climbing performers in Romania (a group of 60 climbers),... more This research has been carried out among climbing performers in Romania (a group of 60 climbers), starting from the desire to induce a state of preparation by watching a motivational short movie before performing a high difficulty route. The concept of preparation was related to the emotional impact of tonic or sensitive type (depending on the content of the movie) and the personality structure of the athletes, the conclusions drawn being in the area of optimization of performance by inducing an optimal state of preparation. Performance climbers can have two main attitudes to impact with emotional stimuli in the competitive environment: tonic versus sensitivity. We propose the study of the correlations between the personality structure of the athletes, the emotional impact on stimulation, respectively the quality of the prepared state of state, as the active regulatory status. The methodology included a batch of 60 climbers divided into two equal subgroups, before making a difficult...

Research paper thumbnail of Psychic Functions and Processes with Princeps Role in Learning

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2016

Problem statement: Learning is a complex phenomenon which involves all the psychic functions and ... more Problem statement: Learning is a complex phenomenon which involves all the psychic functions and processes, in different moments in time their involvement varying according to age and psycho social environment. Research questions: The work discusses the level of instruction of the educators, parents, mentors, the dynamic of the formal and informal affiliation groups as variables of the learning effectiveness. Purpose of the study: The mnezico-prosexic functions are studied in direct report to practical exercises, highlighting the voluntary / involuntary ratio, the progressive memorization techniques, the attention as a factor of the motivational process and factor of scholastic success. Research methods: The measuring of the development index could be done in various ways: 1. The psycho-motor determination. 2. The social clinical determination, by delimiting the development structure: stages of intellectual development (Piaget); psychomotor development (Gesell); affective development (Freud); moral development (Colbert). 3. The formative determination, which captures the learning capacity, without expecting that a certain manifestation to take place, but trying to capture and evaluate the individual potentiality (the proximal development area). Findings: The development factors are : genetic (phenotypic maturation), stimuli adequacy, on time apparition, the filtering function in sensitive people, the elasticity of the personality system. The influence of the environment is a condition for forming and learning. Starting from the procedure of acquiring information, we can make an analytical description of the construction of intellect sides-the capacities to: dissociate, abstract, generalize, understand, transfer, argument, classify. Conclusions: The traits described before match a certain dimension of the personality which is intelligence.