I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Kernová

I.2 - Name

Lívia

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1997

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Faculty of social and economic sciences CU

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Mlynské luhy 4, 821 05 Bratislava

I.7 - Position

Lecturer

I.8 - E-mail address

livia.kernova@fses.uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://fses.uniba.sk/pracoviska/ustavy/ustav-aplikovanej-psychologie/pracovnici-pracovnicky/livia-kernova/

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

Social and Work Psychology

I.11 - ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6814-980X

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Education CU

II.b - Year

2021

II.c - Study field and programme

Psychological and career counseling for individuals with disabilities

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of social and economic sciences CU

II.b - Year

2023

II.c - Study field and programme

Social and Work Psychology

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of social and economic sciences CU

II.b - Year

2026

II.c - Study field and programme

Health psychology

II.4 - Associate professor

II.5 - Professor

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
Lecturer	Faculty of social and economic sciences CU	2026 - present
Psychologist	EFT Institute Slovakia	2026 - present
Assistant psychologist	Petrík - The office of a work psychologist	2021
Personal Assistant	Disabled person	2019 – 2021
Teacher	Elementary school with a kindergarten Sibírska	2019

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
Psychosexual topics in therapy (7 hrs)	Jak na duši – terapeutický institut, Prague, Czech Republic	2026
Fundamentals of Crisis Intervention I and II (16 hrs)	CETERAS, Brno, Czech Republic	2026
Emotion Focused Therapy Masterclass: Working With Couples and Sex (32 hrs)	EFT Institute Slovakia and IAP FSES CU, Slovakia	2025
Masterclass Empathic attunement to affect in EFT (32 hrs)	EFT Institute Slovakia and IAP FSES CU, Slovakia	2024
Fundamentals of Statistics for Data Analysis (24 hrs)	ACREA CR, Prague, Czech Republic	2024

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
Academic Skills	Social and Work Psychology	I.	Psychology
Counselling Psychology	Social and Work Psychology	I.	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.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

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

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Kernová, L., Halamová, J., & Deriglazov, D. (2025). Effectiveness of digital interventions on relationship satisfaction among couples: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Psychology, 13(1), 1069. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03444-y

Kernová, L., & Halamová, J. (2026). What makes partners attractive? Slovak adaptation and psychometric validation of the Interpersonal Attraction Scale and its short forms. BMC Psychology, 14(1), 608. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04379-8

Deriglazov, D., Halamová, J., & Kernová, L. (2025). Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Compassion Satisfaction Interventions via Mobile Applications: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 22(3), e70033. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.70033

Halamová, J., & Kernová, L. (2026). The Slovak Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale: Validation, factor structure, and population norms. Frontiers in Psychology, 17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1796877

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

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

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

Co-worker - The EU NextGenerationEU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia under the project No. 09I03-03-V04-00258 Development of two mobile applications to increase couples´ satisfaction, attachment, and respect

Co-worker - VEGA: 1/0054/24 Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction among Different Helping Professions: development and measurement of intervention effectiveness, and the establishment of diagnostic parameters using physiological indicators, self-report instruments, and qualitative data

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

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

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update

2026-09-13

Name and surname:	Mgr. Lívia Kernová, 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