GIUV2024-624
The Research Group on Emotional Bonds has a long trajectory and its origin goes back to the research line of the same name created in 2001. Since then, this line investigates the formation, development and loss of the most relevant emotional bonds that are established throughout life, and their implications in biopsychosocial development, well-being and health. The interest of our group is focused on the study of infant attachment, the paternal/maternal-filial bond, attachment in adolescence and adulthood, couple and friendship bonds, as well as the relationship dynamics associated with the different attachment styles. All this allows the design of interventions to promote healthy attachments that favor physical and mental health and an optimal personal and social development. The Research Group on Emotional Bonds brings the topics on which some of its members have been working for years, and incorporates new researchers with lines of work of growing interest in this field. The group contains researchers from the University of Valencia and other Spanish universities and professionals of recognized prestige in psychology, education and social services. It also has an extensive...The Research Group on Emotional Bonds has a long trajectory and its origin goes back to the research line of the same name created in 2001. Since then, this line investigates the formation, development and loss of the most relevant emotional bonds that are established throughout life, and their implications in biopsychosocial development, well-being and health. The interest of our group is focused on the study of infant attachment, the paternal/maternal-filial bond, attachment in adolescence and adulthood, couple and friendship bonds, as well as the relationship dynamics associated with the different attachment styles. All this allows the design of interventions to promote healthy attachments that favor physical and mental health and an optimal personal and social development. The Research Group on Emotional Bonds brings the topics on which some of its members have been working for years, and incorporates new researchers with lines of work of growing interest in this field. The group contains researchers from the University of Valencia and other Spanish universities and professionals of recognized prestige in psychology, education and social services. It also has an extensive experience in research projects funded by public agencies and in collaboration agreements with municipalities. Several of the researchers of the group have an important teaching experience coordinating and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on this subject that favors the supervision of collaborative and predoctoral scholarships, research work and doctoral theses. Among its priorities is the transfer of knowledge for the benefit of society that allows the application of preventive psychoeducational actions and intervention, based on scientific evidence.
The research activity of the group has the following objectives: 1) To promote the development of secure infant attachment. To this end, psychoeducational programs are designed, implemented and evaluated to promote an adequate parental bond and the development of secure attachment in the infant. The early identification of protective and risk factors that influence the exercise of parenting and the design of rigorous evaluation instruments are necessary. 2) To analyze the influence of the child's attachment style in kindergarten and primary school classrooms and to study its relationship with emotional self-regulation, internalizing problems (depression, anxiety, self-esteem problems...) or externalizing problems (defiant behavior, aggressiveness, impulsivity...), relationships with peers and school performance. It is necessary to design assessment instruments that allow the identification in the school context of children whose attachment styles hinder their relationships and school performance. This detection leads to the design of interventions focused on the difficulties of emotional management and relational conflict that are characteristic of insecure attachments. 3) To understand the origin of disorganized attachment and bonding disorders and their impact on the development of children and adolescents who are victims of traumatic experiences. The aim is to design assessment instruments and specific interventions for this population. 4) To study the relationship dynamics, the level of satisfaction, and the risk of conflict and violence in the couple relationship according to the attachment style of its members. 5) To analyze the processes of separation and/or breakup of a couple and the experience of grief according to the attachment style of the person and its effect on the children and adolescents involved. 6) To analyze the bond established with animals and its relationship with emotional development, psychological well-being and the promotion of healthy caregiving behaviors.
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- Promover el desarrollo de apegos seguros infantiles. Identificar factores de proteccion y de riesgo. Diseñar intervenciones psicoeducativas.
- Comprender el origen del apego desorganizado y los trastornos de la vinculacion afectiva y su repercusion sobre el desarrollo de NNA.
- Analizar la influencia del estilo de apego en las aulas de Educacion Infantil, Primaria y Secundaria. Diseñar intervenciones en el ambito escolar.
- Diseñar instrumentos de evaluacion de la calidad del apego. Analizar la influencia del estilo de apego en la relacion de pareja adolescente y adulta.
- Analizar los procesos de separacion de la pareja y de duelo en funcion del estilo de apego. Analizar su efecto sobre el desarrollo de NNA.
- Parenting and attachment.Factors that influence the quality of mother/father-infant interaction are studied and evaluated. Psychoeducational interventions and prenatal and postnatal counseling are designed, evaluated, and implemented with the goal of promoting sensitive parenting practices and the development of a secure attachment in the infant.
- Disorganized attachment and attachment disorders.The origins of disorganized attachment and attachment disorders are analyzed, along with their impact on the development of children and adolescents who are victims of traumatic experiences. Specific assessment instruments and interventions are designed for this population.
- Attachment and school.Early detection of students with insecure attachment and study of their relationship with emotional regulation variables, internalizing/externalizing problems, creativity, academic engagement, and academic performance. Intervention design: emotional management and relational conflict.
- Emotional bonds in adolescence, adulthood and old age.Design of attachment assessment instruments in adolescents and adults. Study of the influence of attachment style on couple relationships. Prevention of conflict and violence in romantic relationships. Affective bonds with animals and their relationship with well-being and health.
- Separation and emotional loss: couple breakup and grief.The relationship between attachment style and the ability to cope with separation and grief is studied. Protective and risk factors are identified, and interventions are designed to promote adequate emotional management in the face of separation. This influences the well-being of children.
| Name | Nature of participation | Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARIA JOSE CANTERO LOPEZ | Director | Universitat de València | |
| Research team | |||
| ANA MARIA D'OCON GIMENEZ | Member | Universitat de València | |
| M CARMEN ABENGOZAR TORRES | Member | Universitat de València | |
| PEDRO VALERO MORA | Member | Universitat de València | |
| MARIA DEL MAR SANCHEZ GARCIA | Member | Universitat de València | |
| LAURA DOLZ SERRA | Member | Universitat de València | |
| ADELA DESCALS TOMAS | Member | Universitat de València | |
| REMEDIOS MELERO CAVERO | Collaborator | Centro de valoración y seguimiento de atención temprana | postdoctoral researcher |
| MARIA PAZ VIGUER SEGUI | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| VICENTE ALFONSO BENLLIURE | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| MARIA ANGELES SERRANO MENDIZABAL | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| SALVADOR ALBEROLA ENGUIX | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| SALVADOR ALBEROLA ENGUIX | Collaborator | Autònomo | social psychologist |
| PAULA EDITH JANO DEFEZ | Collaborator | Mancomunidad Intermunicipal de Servicios Sociales del Este de Madrid | social psychologist |
| ELISABET PEIRÓ CAMPOS | Collaborator | Ajuntament De Puçol | social psychologist |
| MARIA EUGENIA TAPIA SANZ | Collaborator | Universidad Internacional Isabel I de Burgos | researcher |
| ALFREDO CARLOS TORRES RAMÓN | Collaborator | Ajuntament De Puçol | technical officer |
| SILVIA VIDAL TORRES | Collaborator | Generalitat Valenciana | professor |
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- Developmental and Educational Psychology
