The Research Unit on Design and Analysis in Applied Psychology / REsearch MEthods and design in applied psychology (REME) is a research unit directed by Professor Dolores Frías Navarro. This research unit was founded in 1994 as a research unit within the Department of Methodology of Behavioural Sciences at the Universitat de València, and has been present since 1997 on the website https://www.uv.es/friasnav/unidinves.html. The work carried out within the REME research unit is oriented towards the development, improvement and evaluation of quantitative methods and, in particular, research design issues and statistical analyses related to the field of applied psychology research are analysed together with the reflection and study of the essential elements for the psychology professional to approach their work from the perspective of Evidence-Based Practice.
Specific research areas refer to the study of statistical education and re-education, statistical cognition, causal inference, research design sensitivity and statistical conclusion validity, systematic reviews and meta-analysis (meta-analysis and network meta-analysis), meta-research and the development of new measurement tools to help the understanding of new social realities linked mainly to stereotypes and discrimination towards minority groups and human mobility issues (such as migration, human mobility, sexual diversity, same-sex parent families, internalised homophobia, micro-aggressions towards minority groups).
The Research Unit has been the cohesive element of the research team members who have participated in various research projects funded by the Ministry of Education and the Universitat de València.
- To participate as a working group in research projects aimed at responding to knowledge needs addressed from an Evidence-Based Practice perspective.
- To develop measurement instruments (scales, indices, surveys) adapted to the needs of the research and phenomena under study.
- To integrate the use of freely accessible statistical programmes into the researcher's work methodology (lines of action of the statistical reform).
- To contribute theoretical and methodological reflections as experts for the advancement of scientific knowledge within the debates on the problems of the scientific method and applied research.
- To give visibility to the Universitat de València within the scientific fields of national and international research.
- Open education. Teaching innovation. Academic anxiety
Use of new technologies and open education. Teaching innovation in subjects linked to the area of research methodology (use of film, humour, portfolios, problem-based learning, collaborative learning, active student learning). Analysis of the emotional aspects related to learning the content of research methodology subjects (academic anxiety, self-efficacy, statistical anxiety).
- Education, re-education and statistical cognition
Misunderstanding of the statistical inference process. Study of the impact of statistical reform among researchers, teachers, practitioners and students of Psychology and Education. Evidence-Based Practice. Systematic reviews, meta-analyses and network meta-analyses. Validity of results. Replication. Degrees of freedom of the researcher. Integrity and ethics of the scientist.
- Measurement of psychological constructs and the development of measuring instruments
Analysis of construct validity, validation and construction of measurement instruments. Study of the quality of psychometric reports. Quality of cross-cultural adaptation of measurement instruments. In variance of scores. Uses and abuses of exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Appropriate use of internal consistency statistics according to the scale of measurement of the variables.
- Migration, human mobility and sexual diversity
Methodological issues linked to the area of psychological and social aspects that are related to migrations, human mobility and sexual diversity. Analysis of prejudice and rejection of members of minority groups (such as immigrants, people with a homosexual sexual orientation and transgender people). Analysis of variables related to internalised homophobia and micro-aggressions in everyday life. Minority stress.
Partners
- Jaime Eduardo Barrientos Delgado - Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile)
- Juan Carro Ramos - Universidad de Salamanca
- Joana Fornés Vives - Universitat de les Illes Balears (Palma)
- Claudio Longobardi - Università degli Studi di Torino (Italia)
- Marcos Pascual Soler - Universitat de València - CSIC
- José D. Pérez González - Massey University (Nueva Zelanda)
Blasco Ibáñez Campus
Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 21
46010 València (Valencia)
