Apresentação Pessoal

Area of scientific activity

• Differential Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Differential Development
• Life Projects and Social Roles

Research interests

• Motivation and school achievement, resilience
• Social context influences (family and school) on differential development of psychological variables: motivation, self-esteem and self-concept, attributions, personal conception of intelligence, attitudes towards gender, work and family roles; etc.
• Cultural and social influences on life projects in adolescence and early adulthood; transition to adulthood.
• Parenthood in new types of family
• Work and family balance: conflict and facilitation
• Intergenerational transmission of representations, coping strategies, solidarity and values

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