Fitxa persona

Oscar F. Garcia, PhD, is a developmental psychologist in the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology at University of Valencia, Spain. Formerly, he has been a research fellow of the Department of Psychology at the Nottingham Trent University (UK). His research and writings are focused on the study of development across the life-span, including family socialization, self-esteem, academic motivation at school, adolescence and adulthood, peer relationships and school adjustment, and measurement techniques (self-esteem and parenting). He is examining the cross-cultural validity of the four-typology model of parenting. The project is funded by different public organizations (the European Social Fund, the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and the Valencian Regional Government).