Psychology

Our research focused on group processes and intergroup relations, urban life, place attachment, walkability, well-being, processes of radicalization and polarization, personality factors influencing social relations.

• Our projects aim at making people understand what determines well-being and quality of life in socio-economic and cultural context. The areas of our interest include: social psychology, psychology of individual differences, economic psychology, consumer and organizational psychology. 

Members of our division conduct a broad range of neuropsychology research that aims at investigating the brain-behavior relationship. In particular, we run projects that look into emotional and cognitive changes in individuals with neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson's disease), chronic somatic conditions (e.g., end-stage renal disease, hypertension) and stroke. Also, by using both classic psychological measures, behavioral experiments as well as neuroimaging, we investigate both cognitive and emotional changes associated with aging.

Human Spaceflight
Human Factors
Mindfulness
Clinical Neuropsychology
Experimental Psychology
Social Cognition
Emotional regulation
Emotional Intelligence
Extreme Environments
Brain Computer Interface

SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE AND SOCIAL REJECTION
CHILDREN SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT
FAMILY CONTEXT
HUMAN ETHOLOGY
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN THE LIFE CYCLE.
SOCIO-SCHOOL INTERVENTION
CHILDREN'S TEMPERAMENT
PARENTING  STYLES

CONFLICT AND NEGOTIATION IN ORGANIZATIONS.
OCCUPATIONAL STRESS: FRAMEWORK AND RELEVANT FACTORS.
THE CURRENT FRAMEWORK OF LABOUR RELATIONS: LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
WORK TEAMS IN THE ORGANIZATIONS.
ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS. STATISTICAL GENETICS.
PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL RISKS.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SKILLS.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN THE FIELD OF ORGANISATIONS.
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION SYSTEMS IN DYNAMIC ECONOMIC SYSTEMS.

Family, children and adolescents at psychosocial risk
Wellbeing and psychosocial adjustment promotion in adolescence
Child welfare: adoption and fostering
Healthy sexuality
Gender equality and mental health
Psychological interventions in health, school and social contexts

STUDYING THE ACTION OF PSYCHO-DRUGS IN ANIMAL MODELS OF DEPRESSION AND PAIN IN KNOCKOUT MICE FOR THE MU-OPIOID RECEPTOR AND IN KNOCKOUT MICE FOR THE NFAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR .; STUDY THE COOPERATION OF SYNERGIC MECHANISMS BETWEEN OPIOIDS.

adolescents (internalizing/externalizing behaviour, mental health, risk behaviours, self-concept)

Methods: Quantitative and qualitative (interviews, survey)

Outcomes: explored relationship between implicit parenting and parenting behaviours; comprehensive model of parenting influences on children’s developmental outcomes in behavioural, mental health and self-concept domains