YEAH! PROJECT
Yeah! Project
Helping children and adolescents in choosing a healthy lifestyle, along with reducing health inequalities, represents a global priority. However, many existing interventions fail to fully achieve their objectives. Limited approaches—focused solely on parents or teachers, or exclusively on physical activity—tend to overlook the socioeconomic and environmental factors that significantly influence the health of children and adolescents.
The YEAH! Project, funded by the European Union, proposes an innovative solution to overcome these challenges.
About Yeah! Project
Title: Yeah! YouthhEAlth from a Holistic Perspective
Contracting Authority: Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
Project Type: Horizon Europe Project
Project Code: Grant Agreement No. 101155977
Host Institution: Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, through the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy / International Institute for Advanced Studies in Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health
Project Duration: 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2029
Project Director: Aïna Chalabaev
UBB Coordinator: Dr. Anca Dobrean
The project's objectives
The objective of this project is to develop a personalized, digital, evidence-based intervention. Through this intervention, the project aims to:
Promote collaboration between children, adolescents, and the key people in their environment (parents, teachers, educators, health professionals, peers).
Address multiple health-related behaviors simultaneously, such as physical activity, nutrition, sleep, and sedentary habits.
Combine theoretical knowledge with a co-creation process to tailor interventions to the specific needs of young people.
Conduct rigorous impact assessments to ensure the sustainability, scalability, and equity of the interventions
Team members
Anca Dobrean is a professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, as well as a senior clinical psychologist and certified cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist accredited by the Romanian College of Psychologists.
Her current research interests focus on identifying mechanisms that may explain mental disorders in children and adolescents—particularly those associated with anxiety and depression—as well as testing innovative, technology-based intervention methods.
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Diana Grama earned her PhD in Psychology in 2025.
Her research interests focus on bullying victimization among children and adolescents, with an emphasis on the role of parental factors and individual mechanisms such as emotion regulation, self-evaluation, and cognitive vulnerabilities.
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Alexandra Viman has been a PhD student in the Doctoral School of Evidence-Based Assessment and Psychological Interventions since September 2025.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, Psychological Counseling, and Psychotherapy from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca.
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UBB coordinator
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