Short description
Ph.D., cross-cultural and political psychologist, Associate Professor at School of Psychology, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
Places of work
Coping and emotional regulation, posttraumatic growth, political psychology, social identity, intergroup relations and collective action.
Psychosocial effects of participation in collective gatherings, emotional synchrony, self-transcendent emotions and positive psychology.
Summary of research
Coping and emotional regulation, posttraumatic growth, political psychology, social identity, intergroup relations and collective action.
Psychosocial effects of participation in collective gatherings, emotional synchrony, self-transcendent emotions and positive psychology.
Research interests
The main focus of my research is social change, specifically communal coping and psychosocial effects of participation in collective gatherings and collective action. I have researched communal coping strategies and coping by collective rituals as external tools that enhance psychological and social well-being and social integration in the context of collective disadvantages. Accordingly, I have examined emotional mechanisms (such as perceived emotional synchrony and self-transcendent emotions) that may explain the positive effects of participation in coordinated symbolic gatherings and rituals.
My overall research activities embrace social, cross-cultural, political, and positive psychology. I collaborate in several international projects on intergroup relations, prejudice and discrimination, personality and personal values, entitlement and well-being, collective and communal narcissism, gender stereotypes and global identity.
In the Identification with All Humanity Lab I have been testing equivalence of the IWAH scale in Chile and researching the universality of the associations between IWAH and a range of humanitarian measures.