González Gómez, Belén (Date of defense: 2023-10-25)
[eng] Math anxiety is an emotional response that arises in math-related contexts. It is described as a general dread of contact with math and a feeling of tension while dealing with it. In addition to ...
Maldonado Murciano, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-06-02)
[eng] In recent decades, video games have become a popular form of entertainment; so much so, that elite video gamers can be paid in a professional capacity. As such, the scientific community has shown ...
Özer, Gülüm (Date of defense: 2023-06-02)
[eng] Workplace bullying (WB) remains a serious psychosocial risk at workplaces. However, research examining WB from the perspective of perpetrators remains limited, and interventions designed for ...
Nuño Gómez, Laura, 1967- (Date of defense: 2020-05-22)
Schizophrenia has long been considered a chronic mental illness predestined to irreversible progressive deterioration. However, in recent decades scientific evidence has shown that recovery in people ...
Stiller, Mel (Date of defense: 2021-05-12)
Guided by the value of equal opportunities, the present thesis strives to provide indicators for psychosocial intervention that contribute to the eradication of gender stereotypes. For this purpose, a ...
Wietrak, Emilia A. (Date of defense: 2022-11-29)
[eng] The purpose of the present doctoral thesis is to contribute to the research on motivation quality by analyzing longitudinal profiles of different motivational variables and their relationship with ...
Cañete Massé, Cristina (Date of defense: 2022-12-22)
[eng] Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal condition associated with intellectual disability. Although many researchers have focused on their physiological and cognitive characteristics, the ...
Díaz Boladeras, Marta (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)
This dissertation addresses the emergence of emotional involvement in the interaction with social robots. More specifically, we investigate the dynamics of children bonding with robotic pets to design ...
Del Giacco, Luca (Date of defense: 2021-09-20)
Therapeutic conversation represents a continuous and dynamic activity of meaning construction turn by turn, based on a two-way interpretative process between therapist and patient. In particular, verbal ...
Butjosa Molines, Anna (Date of defense: 2017-09-18)
Nowadays, advances in affective and social neuroscience have shown how the exposure to environmental factors has an impact on the structure and functioning of the brain being thus, active agents in the ...