Josefa A. Antón-Ruiz

Biography

Professor and Researcher at the Department of Health Psychology (Area of 'Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment') of the University of Alicante (UA). She has a PhD in Health Psychology from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH, 2013), a Bachelor's degree in Psychology (UMH, 2005) and has 3 postgraduate degrees linked to clinical psychology and education. Her research career is based on the evaluation of psychosocial, psychoeducational and clinical variables in both the adolescent population and emerging adults, with the aim of designing and applying prevention and/or intervention protocols to improve the mental health and comprehensive well-being of people, thus facilitating adaptation to the demands of their environment. He has participated in 6 research and innovation projects financed with public and/or private funds in public calls. He has publications in scientific journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports, Latindex, DICE, INRECS and PSICODOC. He has published book chapters and teaching materials in publishers such as 'Pírámide' and 'Nova Science Publishers' indexed in the 'SPI ranking'. He has more than 50 participations in international and national conferences. Regarding his teaching career, he certifies more than 4,500 hours of teaching directly linked to the area of Psychology in different official undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Other merits to highlight are: registered and with 5 years of experience as a qualified clinical psychologist; two national research stays; and direction so far of 60 final degree projects (TFG) and 27 final master's degree (TFM) as well as participation in evaluation boards.