Ricerca: Comportamento prosociale, emozioni morali ed empatia: il loro impatto sul benessere psicologico
My research area focuses on personality psychology, specifically examining the relationship between prosocial behavior, moral emotions, and empathy and how these factors influence individual well-being.
My activities during the three-year program will be studying the literature about my research topic, data collection, learning about software and statistical methods to implement data analysis, writing scientific papers, teaching assistant, tutoring undergraduate students.
Curriculum vitae:
-2025, Winner of "Avvio alla Ricerca di Tipo 1 (Starting Research Type 1)" at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome. Project Title: “The association between kindness and prosocial behavior in young adults: a daily diary study”.
-2024, Winner of "Avvio alla Ricerca di Tipo 1 (Starting Research Type 1)" at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome. Project Title: “Predictors of prosocial behavior in adolescence”.
-2023: Enrollment in the Ph.D. program in "Psychology and Social Neuroscience" (curriculum Personality and Organizational Psychology, POP), XXXIX at Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
Tutor: Prof.ssa Concetta Pastorelli.
- 2023: Lecturer at the Faculty of Education Sciences in the following subjects: 1) Human development and educability and 2) Learning and pedagogical intervention. University of Magdalena. Santa Marta, Colombia.
- 2018-2023: Academic coordinator of the Master's Degree in Language and Spanish Language Teaching at the Faculty of Education Sciences. University of Magdalena. Santa Marta, Colombia.
- 2021-2023: Research assistant in the project "Promotion and digital psychoeducational intervention, with an intercultural approach to influence risks and protectors in Mental Health produced or enhanced by the Pandemic in young schoolchildren in Magdalena and La Guajira." University of Magdalena and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Santa Marta, Colombia.
Principal Investigator: Kattia Paola Cabas Hoyos.
- 2022: Master’s Degree in Education and Human Development. University of Manizales. Manizales, Colombia. Thesis: Metacognitive processes and prosocial behaviors in higher education students in Colombia. Laureate distinction.
Tutor: Esteban Ocampo Flórez.
- 2021: Winner of the Young Talent in Health grant to develop the project Effectiveness of Virtual Reality for the intervention of ADHD in adolescents attending school in the city of Santa Marta, Colombia.
Principal Investigator: Kattia Paola Cabas Hoyos.
- 2021: Research assistant in the project "Development of an Integrated Technological System for the Promotion of Mental Health, Psychosocial and Socioemotional Problems and Prevention of gender violence caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Department of Magdalena". University of Magdalena, General System of Royalties and Government of Magdalena. Santa Marta, Colombia.
Principal Investigator: Ubaldo Rodríguez de Ávila.
- 2021: Co-investigator in the project "Program based on self-efficacy for promoting prosociality and adaptability in virtual learning environments: A study in young university students." University of Magdalena. Fonciencias. Santa Marta, Colombia.
Principal Investigator: María Fernanda Cabas Manjarrés.
- 2019: Winner of the Young Researcher and Innovator grant to develop the project "Promotion of prosocial behaviors and emotional regulation skills in school contexts during adolescence: Evaluation and application of the CEPIDEA program".
Principal Investigator: Kattia Paola Cabas Hoyos.
- 2018: Bachelor's degree in psychology. Cum Laude. University of Magdalena. Santa Marta, Colombia.
Tutor: Maryluz Gómez Plata.
- 2017: Winner of Research Internship Grant at CIRMPA (Interuniversity Center for Research on the Genesis and Development of Prosocial and Antisocial Motivation) Sapienza University of Rome. Rome, Italy.