The Research Group Personality, cognitive-emotional aspects and health has been working for three decades on the relevance and therapeutic usefulness of different psychosocial variables (personality dimensions, beliefs and attitudes, expectations of control, coping styles and strategies, social support, etc.), in general, in the psychological well-being of the person and, in particular, in special situations such as adaptation to chronic illness (prevalence of distress, quality of life, post-traumatic growth, etc.). From this perspective, and with a special emphasis on cancer, different moments or areas are considered in which it is necessary to address the disease and which include, in addition to diagnosis and treatment, other phases such as disease prevention and survival. The group's extensive experience in research and commitment to the field of psycho-oncology has crystallised in recent years in a structured training project for those psychology professionals interested in working in the care of cancer patients and their families through the implementation of the "Master's Degree in Psycho-oncology", UVEG's own degree.
Recently, we have incorporated a new line of research on emotional self-efficacy, from which we aim to deepen our understanding of adequate emotional management, as a key element of what constitutes optimal or healthy functioning of the person. Transversal to the aforementioned lines of research, the team also dedicates its efforts to the adaptation of evaluation instruments to our context as another way of contributing to the rigorous development of both research and healthcare tasks.
- Address the study of psychosocial variables relevant to subjective well-being.
- Study beliefs and attitudes linked to the adoption of health promotion and/or disease prevention behaviours.
- Analyse the adaptation to the disease of the cancer patient and his or her family, as well as to address the psychosocial needs of the survivor.
- Develop and accumulate knowledge in the field of Emotional Intelligence - emotional self-efficacy vs. cognitive-emotional capacity.
- Provide our context with satisfactory evaluation resources to enable the rigorous accumulation of knowledge.
- Psycho-oncology
Study of the adaptation to the disease of both the patient and the family environment - at different times or in different areas that include not only the process of diagnosis and treatment, but also other phases such as the prevention of the disease or its survival. It also deals with different aspects related to the performance of the healthcare professional in oncology (e.g. burnout, communication skills and management of crisis and stressful situations in the interaction with the patient).
- Emotional self-efficacy
It aims to explore the importance of emotional management, as a key element of what constitutes optimal or healthy functioning of the person throughout the life cycle. In this sense, it considers not only the relationship of emotional self-efficacy with relevant variables of individual differences (such as personality dimensions and coping styles), but also its association with important life outcomes (health, subjective well-being, academic and occupational commitment and performance, etc.).
- ANDREU VAILLO, YOLANDA
- PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
Blasco Ibáñez Campus
Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 21
46010 València (Valencia)
- ANDREU VAILLO, YOLANDA
- PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
