For the last years, I've been teaching and researching the impact of migration on mental health. My research is focused on ex-pats around the world dealing with mental or emotional issues, such as anxiety, depression, trauma-related disorders, grief, or relationship problems.
The doctorate is the highest academic degree granted by the Faculty of Psychology. It constitutes the development and improvement of an area of knowledge, whose universality it must attend, within a framework of a high level of academic excellence that allows obtaining authentic original contributions in the chosen field. The objective of my doctoral dissertation was to analyze whether there are relationships between spirituality, religiosity, and subjective well-being within the framework of the five-factor model and theory in a sample composed of 336 university students from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
The course surveys key topics in social psychology within a cross-cultural perspective. By combining psychology and sociology, we will learn how to use contemporary psychological theories to interpret and evaluate empirical research, and to apply them to everyday life. The course has a strong focus on promoting cross-cultural research connecting students from Tel Aviv University and the University of Buenos Aires through an online learning platform. Topics to be covered include: historical, philosophical and epistemological perspectives in Social Psychology, attitude formation, conformity and group influence, stereotypes, prejudice and intergroup relations, social identity theory, self, self-esteem and self-concept, prosocial behavior and intimate relationships.