Faculty of ArtsComenius University Bratislava

Mgr. Alexandra Straková, PhD.

Teaching specialization

clinical psychology, psychopathology, methodology, neuroscience

 

Teaching activities

Bachelor's level:

  • Metacognition: theoretical models and practical implications
  • Research practice

Master's level: 

  • Experimental Psychopathology
  • Quantitative Methodology
  • Psychological practice 
  • Introduction to social, affective, cognitive and behavioral neuroscience

 

Research focus

psychopathology, apathy, schizophrenia, social cognition, neuroscience

 

Currently ongoing grants

VAIA excelentná veda 09I03-03-V03-00035, Sociálne stiahnutie v bežnej a klinickej populácii: porozumenie komplexným vzťahom medzi sociálnymi, psychologickými a neurobiologickými procesmi, Co-investigator

APVV-23-0493, Porozumenie heterogenite apatie v bežnej a klinickej populácii, Principal investigator

VEGA 1/0493/23, Sociálne stiahnutie a fenotpy psychózy - psychologické mechanizmy a neurobiologické koreláty na kontinuu norma patológia, Co-investigator

 

Most significant publications

Riehle, M., Straková, A., Lincoln, T.M. (2024). Emotional Experience of People With Schizophrenia and People at Risk for Psychosis AMeta-Analysis. JAMA PSYCHIATRY, 81(1), 51–66.

Hajdúk, M., Straková, A., Januška, J., Ivančík, V., Dančík, D., Čavojská, N., Valkučáková, V., Heretik, A., Pečeňák, J., Abplanalp, S. J., & Green, M. F. (2023). Connections between and within extended psychosis and autistic phenotypes and social relationships in the general population. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 157, 36–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.11.022

Straková, A., Januška, J., Heretik, A., Vašečková, B., Forgáčová, Ľ., Patarák, M., Pečeňák, J., & Hajdúk, M. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Slovak version of the Revised Social Anhedonia Scale-Brief. Current Psychology, 42(8), 2121-2127.

Hajdúk, M., Dančík, D., Januška, J., Straková, A., Turček, M., Heretik, A., & Pečeňák, J. (2022). Depression and anxiety among College Students in Slovakia—Comparison of the Year 2018 and during COVID-19 pandemic. Bratislava Medical Journal, 123(1), 44–49. https://doi.org/10.4149/bll_2022_007

Hajdúk, M., Dančík, D., Januška, J., Svetský, V., Straková, A., Turček, M., Vašečková, B., Forgáčová, Ľ., Heretik, A., & Pečeňák, J. (2020). Psychotic experiences in student population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Schizophrenia Research, 222, 520–521.

 

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=InjQRb4AAAAJ&hl=en

 

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-7173

 

ResearchGate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexandra-Strakova