| Department of Social Psycology | Research Topics |
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| Prof. Isabel Balaguer | Psychosocial and motivational processes: in sports, school and their relationship to the performance and welfare. Promoting positive environments. |
| Prof. Sofía Buelga | Adolescence and violence: bullying, virtual violence, cyberbullying,cyber (violence) in love relationships.Risk behaviour and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence and youth:ecological perspective. |
| Prof. Isabel Castillo | Psychosocial processes of the practice of sport and physical activity lifestyles of teenagers. Promoting wellbeing. |
| Prof. María Jesús Cava |
School violence: school harassment, bullying, peer rejection, group identity, prevention. Partner violence among adolescents: related personal, family, school and social variables. Intervention programs promoting self-esteem and development of resources, improving school life and peer mediation programs |
| Prof. Consuelo Bernal |
Psycho-social processes: emotional intelligence, empathy andcommunication. Families with children and teenagers with disabilities. |
| Prof. Amparo Escartí | Promoting positive development: developing empathy, development of personal and social responsibility, developing skills for life |
| Profs. Lucia Llinares Mariam Benedito | Oncological Psycology International Adoptions |
| Prof. Ismael Quintanilla | Marketing psychosocial intervention: development cooperation, prevention of environment (environmental marketing). Communication (promotion) in planning social marketing: internet "word of mouth" graphic novel content psychosocial |
| Prof. Javier Pons | Community development: needs assessment, participation and sense of belonging in communities. Social problems of adolescence: alcohol and other drugs. Intergroup relations: Prejudice, stereotypes. |
| Prof. Jose Vicente Esteve | Latino gangs, adolescents in conflict with the law prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of crime: prisoners, ex-prisoners |
| Prof. Enrique Gracia | Social attitudes towards domestic violence, social disorder and neighborhood risk, social networks, social integration and support, family socialization: parenting styles and practices, risk factors |
| Prof. Marisol Lila | Intervention with abusers, violence Gender: Groups at risk. Attitudes of professionals, other areas of intervention. Professional training, awareness and research. Program evaluation and assessment tools |
| Prof. Octavio Álvarez | Field of Sport Psychology: Sport and Health; Sports Performance; Motivation; Leadership. Field of Public Bodies and Security Forces: Leadership; Organisational Culture |
| Department of Basic Psycology | Research Topics |
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Profs. Mª Jesús López Latorre Ana D’Ocon |
Antisocial behavior and psychological processes: Young offenders, youth violence, prevention, intervention, youngs in social risk. |
| Prof. Laura Dolz | Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT): bibliographical and conceptual review.Implementation of AAT, evaluation of ATT programmes, observational assessmentof the human-animal interaction. |
| Prof. Enrique Carbonell | Psychological-legal reports: Effects of psycho-legal reports in professional practice and / or the social and legal agent. |
| Profs. Paula Samper, Laura Dolz Ana Tur |
Psychological intervention in adoption: Paternity and maternity adopted, assessment and intervention, problems, risk factors, adaptation, adopted children, counseling and guidance, strategies, tools and key intervention. |
| Profs. Mª Ángeles Cerezo, Gemma Pons Rosa Trenado |
Aggression and Family: Child abuse, family interactions, micro-analysis, early mother-child interaction and quality of the inclination child, practices p / maternity competent processes of family breakdown, child abuse impact |
| Prof. Mª Teresa Cortes | Psychosocial determinants of addictive process: assessment, psychosocial intervention in addictive behavior, heavy drinking, penalties for possession / consumption of drugs, street drinking, new patterns of drug use, youth. |
| Prof. Mariano Chóliz | Youth and behavioral addictions: Addictions technology, gambling addiction, prevention, positive emotions. |
| Prof. Manuel Martí | Thought and Social Interaction: Moral Thought prosocial behavior, intervening factors, university social responsibility. |
| Prof. Enrique Cantón | Motivation, Physical Activity and Health with dependents: motivation for helping behavior, emotional processes in the care and support; dimensions of emotions in the approach / distance assignments, intervention caregivers. |
| Department of Developmental and Educational Psycology | Research Topics |
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| Prof. Paz Viguer | Evolutionary optimization in personal and social area in childhood and adolescence, the development of tolerance and promotion of non-violence, personal skills and social resources in evolutionary optimization, positive development in childhood and adolescence. |
| Prof. Mª Dolores Gil Llario | Sexuality: Prevention of unwanted pregnancies, healthy body image, prevention programs and promoting sexual health, unhealthy sexu: cybersex, sexual compulsivity, homophobia, HIV transmission. |
| Prof. Adelina Gimeno | Family protection and personal development: Inclination and Resilience. |
| Profs Juan Carlos Meléndez, Alicia Sales | Normal and pathological aging.Welfare improvement, confrontation and resilience; implementation of interventional programmes byreminiscence; autobiographical memory; mild cognitive impairment and dementia |
| Department of Psycological Personality, Evaluation and Treatment | Research Topics |
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| Prof. Ángela Beleña | Women and health. Interpersonal violence (gender harassment, bullying, sexual harassment, adolescents: prevention and intervention. Psycopathological victims and consequences. Health Psychology. Personality. Clinical and social aspects. |
| Prof. Marisa García Merita | Teacher training programs for the promotion of the welfare and health, lifestyles in adolescence. |
| Prof. Inmaculada Fuentes | Cognitive rehabilitation in schizophrenia |
| Prof. Amelia Díaz | Intervention programs caregivers of dependents. |
| Department of Psycobiology | Research Topics |
|---|---|
| Prof. Luis Moya | Violence and empathy psycobiological aspects, chronic stress and health: risk populations. |
| Prof. Sonia Martínez | Autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Neuropsychological profile of individuals with ASD. Designing strategies to reduce stress in this population and their families. |
| Department of Behavioural Science Methodology | Research Topics |
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| Prof. Pedro Hontangas | Ipsative measurement . Control procedures of social desirability and faking responses in tests of recruitment. Computerized adaptive tests. |
| Prof. Dolores Sancerni | New Technologies applied to educational response, diversity and training throughout life. |
