Personality, cognitive-emotional aspects and health - Pers@luD

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2017-371

 
Description of research activity:
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...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.
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Scientific-technical goals:
  • Abordar el estudio de variables psicosociales relevantes para el bienestar subjetivo
  • Estudiar las creencias y actitudes vinculadas con la adopcion de conductas de promocion de la salud y/o prevencion de la enfermedad
  • Analizar la adaptacion a la enfermedad del paciente oncologico y su familia, asi como abordar las necesidades psicosociales propias del superviviente
  • Desarrollar y acumular conocimiento en el ambito de la Inteligencia Emocional -autoeficacia emocional vs. capacidad cognitivo-emocional
  • Dotar a nuestro contexto de recursos de evaluacion satisfactorios que permitan la acumulacion rigurosa de conocimiento
 
Research lines:
  • 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.).
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
YOLANDA ANDREU VAILLODirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
ANA LUCILA SOTO RUBIOMemberUniversitat de València
ANDREA CONCHADO PEIRÓCollaboratorUniversitat Politècnica de Valènciaresearcher
 
CNAE:
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Associated structure:
  • Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment
 
Keywords:
  • Psico-oncología, enfermedad crónica, cáncer, supervivencia, bienestar subjetivo, ajuste, distrés, calidad de vida, prevención, evaluación
  • Auto-eficacia emocional, inteligencia emocional, bienestar subjetivo, personalidad, evaluación, compromiso, afrontamiento