Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. Mgr. Andrea Madarasová Gecková, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Madarasová Gecková
I.2 - Name
Andrea
I.3 - Degrees
Prof., PhD., Mgr.
I.4 - Year of birth
1972
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Dept. Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynské luhy 4, Bratislava
I.7 - Position
University teacher, professor in social psychology
I.8 - E-mail address
andrea.geckova@gmail.com
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15155
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Psychology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-2993-3798

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
II.b - Year
1995
II.c - Study field and programme
Psychology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
Medical Sciences
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Masaryk University in Brno, Czech republic
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Social psychology
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Masaryk University in Brno, Czech republic
II.b - Year
2015
II.c - Study field and programme
Social psychology
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
University teacher, professor Commenius University in Bratislave, Faculty of social and economic sciences 2021-2027
University teacher, professor Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine 2015-2025
Universitair docent UMCG/ University of Groningen, The Netherlands (0%) 1997-2023
University teacher, professor Palacký University Olomouc, Czech republic, Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology 2011-2022
Senior researcher Palacký University Olomouc, Czech republic, Faculty of Physical Culture 2013-2018
University teacher Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education 2012-2013
Senior researcher Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine 2009-2015
Senior researcher Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Arts 2007-2009
Junior researcher Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine 1997-1999
University teacher Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Arts 1996-1997

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
University subsidiary pedagogy study, specialization on teaching of psychology Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Arts 1995
Schultz relaxation, basic and advanced training Slovak Association for psychotherapy 1996
Katathym Imaginative Therapy, basic and advanced training Slovak Association for psychotherapy 1997
Chronic Disease and Quality of Life - summer school European Society of Health and Medical Sociology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands 1997
Nursing Management, serier I, II, III (80 training hours) University of Scranton USA, Health Management School in Bratislava 1998
Regression Analysis, Factor Analysis in SPSS SPSS training centre, Bratislava 2008
Epidemiological Methods and Analysis, summer school University College of London, Krakow, Poland 2008
Concept mapping training CRICH Survey Research Unit, St. Michal Hospital in Toronto, Canada, Barcelona, Spain 2011
DIPEX methodology University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2021
OSOP analysis DIPEX UMCG/ University of Groningen, The Netherlands 2024/2025

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Health Psychology Psychology I. Psychológia/Psychology
Health Psychology Psychology I. Psychology
Clinical practice from patient's perspective Psychology II. Psychology
Health Psychology Seminars Health Psychology III. Psychology
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
6
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2 UK + 1 UPJS + 1 double UPJS/RUG + 1 ext UPJS
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
4
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
14
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
26
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
UPZMV/MVaS/22 - Metodológia výskumu a štatistika Public Health III
UPZMV/PZ-VK/22 - Psychológia zdravia – vybrané kapitoly Public Health III
UPZMV/VKMVP/22 - Vedecká komunikácia a manažment výskumných projektov Public Health III
UPZMV/HP-GM/10 - Psychológia zdravia General Medicine II

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
395 (Google scholar)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
107 (Google scholar)
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
261 (WoS)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
88 (WoS)
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
12117 (Google scholar)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5477 (Google scholar)
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
5180 (WoS without self-citations)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
484
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
35+
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
12?
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Badura, P., Madarasova Geckova, A., Sigmundova, D., Sigmund, E., van Dijk, J. P. Reijneveld, S. J. (2017). Do family environment factors play a role in adolescents' involvement in organized activities?, Journal of Adolescence, 59, 59-66. Impact Factor: 2.284 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.05.017 A

2

Badura P, Sigmund E, Madarasova Geckova A, Sigmundova D., Sirucek J, et al. (2016) Is Participation in Organized Leisure-Time Activities Associated with School Performance in Adolescence? PLOS ONE 11(4): e0153276. Impact Factor: 2.870 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153276 A+

3

Gecková, A., van Dijk, Stewart, R. , J. P., Post, D. (2003). Influence of social support on health among gender and socio‐economic groups of adolescents, European Journal of Public Health, 13 (1), 44–50. Impact Factor: 2.459 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/13.1.44 A+

4

Gecková, A., Stewart, R., van Dijk, J. P., Orosová, O., Groothoff, J. W., Post, D. (2005). Influence of Socio-Economic Status, Parents and Peers on Smoking Behaviour of Adolescents, European Addiction Research, 11(4), 204-9. Impact Factor: 2.269 https://doi.org/10.1159/000086403 A

5

Gecková, A., Tavel, P., van Dijk, J. P., Abel, T., Reijeneveld, S. A. (2010). Factors associated with educational aspirations among adolescents : cues to counteract socioeconomic differences? BMC Public Health, 10, 1-9. Impact Factor: 2.690 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-154 A+

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

ID: 479088 | Subjective perception of life stress events affects long-term pain: the role of resilience / Kaščáková, Natália [Autor, 16.67%] ; Furstová, Jana [Autor, 16.666%] ; Trnka, Radek [Autor, 16.666%] ; Hašto, Jozef [Autor, 16.666%] ; Madarasová Gecková, Andrea [Autor, 16.666%] ; Tavel, Peter [Autor, 16.666%]. – [recenzované]. – WOS CC ; SCO ; CCC

In: BMC psychology [elektronický dokument] . – London (Veľká Británia) : Springer Nature. BioMed Central. – ISSN (online) 2050-7283. – Roč. 10, č. 1 (2022), art. no. 54, s. 1-12 [online]

2

ID: 487373 | Body image, body composition and environment: do they affect adolescents' physical activity? / Karchynskaya, Viktoria [Korešpondenčný autor, 16.67%] ; Kopčáková, Jaroslava [Autor, 16.666%] ; Madarasová Gecková, Andrea [Autor, 16.666%] ; Klein, Daniel [Autor, 16.666%] ; de Winter, Andrea [Autor, 16.666%] ; Reijneveld, Sijmen A. [Autor, 16.666%]. – [recenzované]. – WOS CC ; SCO ; CCC

In: European journal of public health [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : official journal of the European public health association. – Oxford (Veľká Británia) : Oxford University Press. – ISSN 1101-1262. – ISSN (online) 1464-360X. – Roč. 32, č. 3 (2022), s. 341-346 [tlačená forma] [online]

3

ID: 311028 | Does family communication moderate the association between adverse childhood experiences and emotional and behavioural problems? / Lacková Rebičová, Miriama [Korešpondenčný autor, 75%] ; Dankulincová Veselská, Zuzana [Autor, 7%] ; Husárová, Daniela [Autor, 7%] ; Klein, Daniel [Autor, 4%] ; Madarasová Gecková, Andrea [Autor, 3%] ; van Dijk, Jitse Pieter [Autor, 2%] ; Reijneveld, Sijmen A. [Autor, 2%]. – DOI 10.1186/s12889-020-09350-9. – WOS CC ; SCO ; CCC

In: BMC Public Health [elektronický dokument] . – Londýn (Veľká Británia) : Springer Nature. BioMed Central. – ISSN (online) 1471-2458. – Roč. 20, č. 1 (2020), art. no. 1264, s. 1-7 [online]

4

ID: 524317 | Associations of childhood trauma with long-term diseases and alcohol and nicotine use disorders in Czech and Slovak representative samples / Kaščáková, Natália [Autor, 17%] ; Petríková, Martina [Autor, 17%] ; Furstová, Jana [Autor, 17%] ; Hašto, Jozef [Autor, 15%] ; Madarasová Gecková, Andrea [Autor, 17%] ; Tavel, Peter [Autor, 17%]. – [recenzované]. – WOS CC ; SCO ; CCC

In: BMC Public Health [elektronický dokument] . – Londýn (Veľká Británia) : Springer Nature. BioMed Central. – ISSN (online) 1471-2458. – Roč. 22, č. 1 (2022), art. no. 1769, s. 1-17 [online]

5

ID: 188705 | The effects of an intradialytic resistance training on lower extremity muscle functions / Zelko, Aurel [Autor, 50%] ; Rosenberger, Jaroslav [Autor, 11%] ; Skoumalová, Ivana [Autor, 11%] ; Kolarčik, Peter [Autor, 11%] ; Madarasová Gecková, Andrea [Korešpondenčný autor, 11%] ; van Dijk, Jitse Pieter [Autor, 3%] ; Reijneveld, Sijmen A. [Autor, 3%]. – DOI 10.1080/09638288.2020.1766581. – WOS CC ; SCO ; CCC

In: Disability and Rehabilitation [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Abingdon (Veľká Británia) : Taylor & Francis Group. – ISSN 0963-8288. – ISSN (online) 1464-5165. – 2020, s. 1-7 [tlačená forma] [online]

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Badura, P., Madarasova Geckova, A., Sigmundova, D., Sigmund, E., van Dijk, J. P. Reijneveld, S. J. (2017). Do family environment factors play a role in adolescents' involvement in organized activities?, Journal of Adolescence, 59, 59-66. Cited by: Chen W.L et al.:Sleep deprivation and the development of leadership and need for cognition during the college years. Journal of Adolescence 2019,73:95-99

2

Geckova A. et al.: Influence of socio-economic status, parents and peers on smoking behaviour of adolescents.Eur Addict Res 2015,60(2)139-145. Cited by Hassandra, M. et al. Predicting students' intention to smoke by theory of planned behaviour variables and parental influences across school grade levels. Psychology and Health, 2011, vol. 26, no. 9, s. 1241-1258.

3

Madarasova Geckova A. et al.: Factors associated with educational aspirations among adolescents: cues to counteract socioeconomic differences? BMC Pub Health 2010,10:154. Cited by Richter M. et al.: Explaining socioeconomic differences in adolescent self-rated health: The contribution of material, psychosocial and behavioural factors. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2012, vol. 66, no. 8, s. 691-697.

4

Geckova A. et al.: Influence of social support on health among gender and socio-economic groups of adolescents. Eur J Pub Health 2003,13(1):44-50 Cited by: Laftman S.B. et al.: The pros and cons of social relations: An analysis of adolescents' health complaints. Social Science & Medicine 2006,63(3)611-623

5

Kolarcik P., Cepova E., Madarasova Geckova A., Elsworth G.R., Batterham R.W., Osborne R.: Structural properties and psychometric improvements of the Health Literacy Questionnaire in a Slovak population. (2017) International Journal of Public Health 62(5):591-604. Cited by: Goodwin B. et al.: Health literacy and the health status of men with prostate cancer. Psycho-oncology 2018,27(10):2374-2381

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Horizon 2020 Framework Programme; Call: H2020-SC1-2020-Single-Stage-RTD; Proposal: 964353 — RIVER-EU: Reducing Inequalities in Vaccine uptake in the European Region - Engaging Underserved communities 2020-2025

2

COST CA19113 The European Researchers´ Network Working on Second Victims 2020-2024, national coordinator

3

WHO collaborative study, Health Behavior in School-aged Children, national coordinator since 2008

4

Slovak Research and Development Agency APVV-18-0070 Generation Z-new challenges in youth development 2019-2023, principal investigator

5

The Czech Science Foundation, GAČR 19-18964S The association of stressful life events across life span, insecure attachment following childhood trauma, and resilience with health 2019-2020, principal investigator

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Editor-in-chief (one from three) Editorial board of International Journal of Public Health,SCI Journal 2011-
Member of Certification cometee Certification cometee of Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice for research qualification 2019-
Member of Scientific board Scientific board of Research Institute for Child Psychology and Patopsychology in Bratislava, Slovak Republik 2019-
Member of Subject-area board for PhD study in General and Experimental Psychology The Subject-area board for PhD study in General and Experimental Psychology, Presov University in Presov 2015-
Member of Trade Union Committee for PhD study in Public Health The Trade Union Committee for PhD study in Public Health, University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice, Faculty of Medicine 2015-
Member of Trade Union Committee for PhD study in Health Psychology The Subject-area board for PhD study in Social The Trade Union Committee for PhD study in Health Psychology, Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, Comenius University in Bratislava 2021
Member of Scientific Council Scientific council of Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, Comenius University in Bratislava 2023
Member of Scientific Council Scientific council of SS. Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech republic 2014-2021
Member of Scientific Council Scientific council of Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech republic 2014-2020
Delegate on behalf of Faculty of Medicine Higher Education Council in Slovak Republic 2011-2015

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Oxford University, UK Oxford, UK 09.2021
Oxford University, UK Oxford, UK 8.-22.11.2019
University of Iceland, School of Education Reykjavik, Iceland 15.-22.6.2019
Universidad Del Valle Cali, Columbia 11.-19.8.2018
WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development Venice, Italy 25.-27.4.2017
Global Innov8 Training and Orientation Manila, Phillipines 16.-22.4.2016
Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit (CAHRU), University of St. Andrews UK St.Andrews, UK 17.-23.6.2013
Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain 26. - 30.09.2012
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Basel, Switzerland 1.-4.11.2012
The Moller Centre, Churchill College Cambridge, UK 5.-10.6.2012

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

2003 - UPJŠ Dean's Award for Scientific and Research activity,

2007 - Inclusion of the project "Centre for Research on Social Aspects of Health 2004-2004" APVV-20-028802, solved by the team of the Institute of Health Psychology under the leadership of Andrea Madarasová Gecková, PhD in the publication Achievements of Science and Technology supported by APVV published by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and the Agency for Research and Development Support,

2017 - Inclusion of the project "Social determinants of schoolchildren's health: APVV-0032-11", solved by the team of the Institute of Health Psychology under the leadership of prof. Andrea Madarasova Geckova, PhD to the publication Research projects with an excellent level 2017 published by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and the Agency for Research and Development Support,

2019 - FeDoR Award in the Feather of Help category,

2019 - Rector's award for media coverage of the HBSC study The HBSC research team was awarded by the rector of the University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik with the Rector's award for media coverage of the HBSC study on the life of Slovak schoolchildren

2022 - Member of Slovak Government Council for Science, Technic and innovation since Nov 3, 2022

2022 - Finalist of ESET Science Award 2022 https://www.esetscienceaward.sk/en/finalists/andrea-madarasova-geckova

2022 Silver medal of the Comenius University in Bratislava for an extraordinary contribution to the development of the field of health psychology as a science and scientific contribution in the field of health psychology

2024: Inclusion of the project “ APVV-18-0070 Generation Z - new challenges” z výzvy VV 2018, solved by the team of the Institute of Health Psychology under the leadership of Andrea Madarasová Gecková, PhD in the publication Achievements of Science and Technology supported by APVV published by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and the Agency for Research and Development Support,

2024: research team cost ERNST was awarded Butterfly Patient Safety Award 2024/ the European Patient Safety Foundation (EUPSF)

Date of last update
2024-12-20