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[Biography, eng

Antonio Capafons Bonet, Ph.D., is full professor (Universitat de València, Spain) and director/advicer of the Clinic of Psychology of the Universitat de València (Fundació Lluis Alcanyís).  He is specialist in psychological treatments and hypnosis. He is, as well, Clinical Psychologist, and author of different national and international publications on various topics related to hypnosis and psychological treatments.

He is currently researching on the evaluation and modification of attitudes towards hypnosis, on the clinical applications of the Valencia Model of Waking Hypnosis, and the psychometric properties and international adaptations of the Valencia Scales of Attitudes and Beliefs to Hypnosis, all of which he is the creator. His research and professional trajectories in the field of hypnosis have been awarded by the division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis) of the American Psychological Association (2007 -scientific research- and 2011 -professional applications-). Also, he along with other authors was awarded by the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis with the Clark Hull Prize in 2012 for the publication of the adaptation of the Valencia Scale of Beliefs and Attitudes towards Hypnosis, Client version, using an USA’s sample. Likewise, the National Evaluation Committee of the Research Activity has approved six  sexennial periods of scientific research, that endorse 36 years of investigation on hypnosis and psychological treatments. He is Fellow of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis, constituent societies of the International Society of Hypnosis, and of the European Society of Hypnosis. He has been founder and currentrly is Head of the Psychological Hypnosis Working Group of the Official Psychology Association of the Valencian Community (Spain). He is, as well, founding member and current vice president (after 8 years being president) of the Association for the Advancement of Experimental and Applied Hypnosis. He is also founding member and has been president of the Spanish Society for the Advancement of Clinical and Health Psychology, Century XXI. He is also founding member of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS). Finally, he is an Honorary Member of the Association of Psychology of Las Palmas (Spain),  and Honorary Member of Tri Hita Karana Research Center (THK Research Center) Bali (Indonesia).

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Ausiàs Cebolla i Martí, graduated in Psychology from the Universitat de València (Spain) (1996) and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Valencia (2007). He currently works as assistant professor in the Faculty of Psychology, attached to the Department of personality, evaluation and psychological treatment of the Universitat de València. Member of the research group LABPSITEC (www.labpsitec.uji.es) since 2007. His areas of research are mindfulness and meditation (both in terms of effectiveness in interventions and research on mechanisms), virtual reality, positive psychology, and healthy lifestyles. He has participated in local, state, and international research projects. He has collaborated in multiple scientific publications in high impact journals and has participated in national and international conferences. He is especially interested in establishing bridges between meditation and positive psychology. In this line, he has co-designed the Contemplative practices-based well-being program. 

Associate Professor since 2004. Research interests: development, adaptation and validation of assessment instruments, structural equation modelling, alcohol consumption in adolescents, evaluation of selective prevention programs in alcohol consumption

Laura Galiana Llinares, with a degree in Teaching in the Field of English language, with Outstanding Graduation Award (2005), degree in Psychology with Outstanding Graduation Award (2010), Msc. degree in Psychogerontology (2012) and PhD in Health and Social Attention to Dependency and Autonomy Promotion with Outstanding Graduation Award (2015). She currently works as a Professor at the Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences of the University of Valencia. She is a member of the research group ARMAQoL, focused on advance research and methodology applied to quality of life. Her research areas include structural equation modeling and their application to the fields of professionals' quality of life, palliative care, and elderly, among others. She has participated in local (Biomed, Valoritza i Transfereix, Universitat de València; Fisabio, Generalitat Valenciana), national (Retos, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia) and international research projects (GendernetPlus), both as a member of the research group and as the leader researcher. She has several publications in prestigious journals, such as Structural Equation Modeling, European Journal of Psychological Assessment, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Mindfulness, or Social Indicators Research. 

Fernando García, PhD, is Full Professor of Psychological Methods and Design of Research Studies in the Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Valencia, Spain, where he pursues a research agenda on methodology themes—robust statistics, power analysis, and confidence intervals—and measurement techniques of self-esteem and family socialization. He also has conducted research examining the cross-cultural validity of the four-typology model of parenting

Dr. Pedro R. Gil-Monte was born in Tobarra (Albacete, Sapina). He iis the Director of the Group of Psychosocial Research on Organizational Behaviour (Unidad de Investigación Psicosocial de la Conducta Organizacional) (UNIPSICO) at University of Valencia, Spain. Currently he is Full Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology in the Department of Social Psychology at that university. He is an active research in the field of Occupational Health Psychology with over two hundred publications including scientific articles, chapters and books. Dr. Gil-Monte has developed the “Spanish Burnout Inventory” (SBI) to evaluate the levels of job burnout and the “UNIPSICO Questionnaire” to evaluate psychosocial risks at work and their consequences on workers health. Dr. Gil-Monte actively participates in research projects granted by public funds (Spanish Government), and as external adviser in education –e.g., universities- health organizations –e.g, hospitals- and companies working in other economic sectors. He serves as member of the editorial board of national and international journals of Psychology, Psychiatry, Public Health, Public Environmental Occupational Health, Management and Public Administration. He is a member of national and international scientific associations such as American Psychological Association (APA), European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EA-OHP), European Association on Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP), International Coaching and Leadership Association (ICLA), Spanish Scientific Association of Social Psychology (SCEPS), Valencian Society of Psychology (SVP), Academic Division of the Spanish Society of Psychology, Researchers Net on Psychosocial Factors at Work (RIFAPT A.C, Mexico). Awards and distinctions: Government of Jalisco (Mexico, 2008), which recognizes his collaboration to evaluate psychosocial risks in prison employees. RIFAPT (2010), for his contributions to the development of occupational mental health in Latin America. Fidélitas University (Costa Rica, 2010), which recognizes his contributions to Psychology. Chilean Society of Work and Organizational Psychology (SCHIPTO, 2016), recognizing his relevant contributions and research in Work and Organizational Psychology. In addition, as Director of UNIPSICO Dr. Gil-Monte has been awarded with the “Distinction 2014 to the development of researches on occupational risks prevention (Generalitat Valenciana, government of the autonomous community of Valencia). Research Interest. His research primarily involves job stress and its consequences on workers health and organizational productivity. The focus of this research has been directed at psychosocial risks at work, job burnout, bullying and depression. In addition, his interest has involved developing psychological tests and questionnaires to evaluate job burnout and psychosocial factors and risk at work.

I obtained a degree in Psychology in 2010 from the University of Valencia (UV) with Special Award for Degree. Subsequently, I complimented my academic training with the Master’s Degree in Developments in Research and Treatment in Psychopathology and Health and the Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology from the UV. In July 2018, I obtained my doctorate with the qualification of Excellent Cum Laude, with International Mention.

Currently, I am a Professor Assistant at the Department of personality, evaluation and psychological treatment of the Universitat de València. Member of the research group LABPSITEC (https://labpsitec.blogs.uv.es/) since 2012. Moreover, I am a research member of the network of excellence groups CIBERobn "Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition" (CB06/03/0052) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III).

My research line is framed within the experimental psychopathology and the study of emotional and cognitive processes in psychological problems, promotion of healthy life styles, and evaluation and treatment through Information and Communication Technologies.

Alfonso Pitarque, born in Alcaniz (Teruel), graduate in Psychology (University of Valencia, 1984) and PhD in Experimental Psychology (University of Valencia, 1987). I currently work as Assistant Professor in the Department of Methodology at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Valencia, Spain.

My research career has always focused on experimentation in human memory and healthy and pathological aging (see publications). From 1986 to 2013 (during ten consecutive research projects) I was a full-time researcher of the research team led by Prof. Salvador Algarabel in the Experimental Psychology lab of the University of Valencia. During the 2014-2016 and 2017-2019 trienniums I was the full-time main researcher of the research projects PSI2013-43533-R and PSI2016-77405-R funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. During the 2020-2022 triennium I was a full-time researcher of the research project PID2109-103956RB-I00 funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation directed by Prof. Dr. Juan Carlos Meléndez. I am currently a full-time researcher in the research project PID2022-136798OB-I00 funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for the three-year period 2023-2025 and directed by Prof. Dr. Juan Carlos Meléndez.

I have published 50 experimental articles about human memory and healthy or pathological aging in journals with impact factor in Web of Science (see publications), such as Neuropsychology (Q1), Neuropsychology (Q1), Psicothema (Q1), Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition (Q2), Consciousness and Cognition (Q2), Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (Q2), Memory (Q2), European Journal of Cognitive Psychology (Q3), The Journal of General Psychology (Q3), etc.

From 1990 to 2017, I was the editorial coordinator, secretary and associate editor of the journal Psicologica (https://psicologicajournal.com) with an impact factor in the JCR-SSCI of Web of Science since 2007 (section: Psychology, Experimental). Currently, Psicologica is the official journal of the Spanish Society of Experimental Psychology (SEPEX: https://websepex.com).

From 2006 to 2010 I was the secretary of the Spanish Society of Experimental Psychology (SEPEX: https://websepex.com).

I have positively evaluated 6 teaching quinquennia (the last for the period 2016-2020) and 5 six-year terms of research by the Spanish Commission to Evaluate the Research Activity (the last for the period 2016-2021).

Outside of my job, I am passionate about mountain biking, travel, and literature.

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