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Benet Martínez, Verònica
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ICREA Research Professor at UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). Social & Behavioural Sciences
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ICREA professor at Pompeu Fabra Univ., Department of Social and Political Sciences, and a senior member of GRITIM (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Immigration).
Previously, (tenured) professor at the University of California (UCR), and an assistant professor (tenure-track) at the University of Michigan. At UCR, founded and directed the Multicultural Identity Laboratory.
BS in psychology from the Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona and a PhD in social-personality psychology from the Univesity of California (UCD). Funded postdoctoral research fellow at UC Berkeley, Institute for Personality and Social Research.
Appointed Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (+7000 members ), Associate Editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (ranked #1 in this discipline), and Editorial Board Member for several psychology journals.
H-index: 21; Total citations: 3848
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Research Interests
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Using correlational and experimental research designs, I examine the following issues:
MULTI/BICULTURAL IDENTITY: Dynamics and socio-cognitive correlates of managing two or more cultural orientations and identities; Individual differences in bicultural identity structure; Biculturalism and social-networks; Consequences of biculturalism (social, cognitive, and adjustment-related).
CULTURE AND SELF-CONCEPT: Identification and measurement of culture-specific and -general personality constructs; Interplay of cultural values and personality in predicting wellbeing; Bilingualism and self-schemas.
CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH METHODS: Cultural/linguistic issues in instrument development and adaptation; Combined emic-etic methodology; Psychometrics of multi-group cultural comparisons.
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KeyWords
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Cross/Cultural Psychology; Social Psychology; Personality Psychology;
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