Fitxa persona

Ana M. Tur Porcar has a PhD in Psychology and is Full Professor at the University of Valencia. Extraordinary Doctorate Award 2005. She is part of the research team of Psychological Processes and Prosocial Behavior. She is the Director of the Master in Psychology and Family Management at the University of Valencia (27st edition).  She has four six-year positions with ANECA (3 research and 1 transfer). 

Her research interest focuses on the family and personal protection and vulnerability factors in childhood and adolescence (emotional and behavioral factors, prosociality, aggressiveness, parenting, etc.), as well as entrepreneurship in adolescence.

She has published 90 articles in international and national scientific journals on research fields related with parenting and family, personal empowerment, prosocial behavior, empathy, prosocial moral development, aggression, emotional instability, etc. in international journals such as Journal of Psychology, Plos One, Nurse Education Today, Psychosocial Intervention, Personality and Individual Differences, Journal of Adolescence, International Journal of Behavioral Development, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, The Spanish Journal of Psychology, Psychological Report, Psicothema, Annals of Psychology, Psychology & Marketing, Quality & Quantity, or The Journal of Genetic Psychology...

She has been part of the research team of 44 R&D research projects, obtained in international, national and regional public calls (Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Department of Culture, Education and Science, Department of Social Welfare of the Generalitat Valenciana, etc.). Some of those research projects are listed as excellent (Prometheus I, Prometheus II and ISIC Network of Excellence).

She has presented 175 communications at international and national conferences held in the field of scientific psychology (Seattle, Washington, USA, Cape Town, South Africa, Brasilia, Brazil, Stockholm, Sweden, Istanbul, Turkey, Austin, Texas, USA Paris, France, Beijing, China, Milan, Italy, London, Great Britain, Amsterdam, Holland, etc.).

She has published more than 40 book chapters and books on the same topics, in national and international editorials on the education of emotions, parenting, coexistence in intercultural environments, protection and vulnerability in adoption, or gender violence.

In the management field, she has been Academic Secretary of the Faculty of Psychology of the Universitat de València, Academic Secretary of the Higher Conservatory of Dance of Valencia, Director of Educational Psychological Services of the Generalitat Valenciana and Superior Technician of the Department of Culture and Education of the Generalitat Valencia.