Dr. Maria Calatrava Martínez

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Researcher and professor at the University of Navarra (Spain), with several degrees in Education and Psychology.  She also holds a PhD in Medicine in the area of Public Health and Epidemiology. For almost ten years, she worked as a teacher in schools, but currently combines her research work with psychotherapeutic practice. She co-directs a private psychotherapy clinic located in Pamplona (Spain). 

She is author of more than 15 research articles, including an article evaluating the protective role of religiosity and sexual attitudes in early sexual initiation. In addition, she has a large number of oral and poster presentations in scientific congresses. Maria specializes in quantitative research methods, e.g., multivariate analysis with longitudinal and cross-sectional data. Her research interests include topics such as childhood and adolescence, marriage and family, and couple therapy and the integration between affectivity and sexuality. Her research focuses specifically on three areas:

• The study of adolescent lifestyles and their impact on their affectivity and sexuality. 

• The evaluation of psychotherapeutic and psychoeducational processes.

• The processes of affective maturation in adults to promote the integration between cognition and emotion through applications that will be able to apply in psychotherapeutic or educational settings.