Raquel Palomera- Professor
- Professor (Full) at University of Cantabria
Raquel Palomera
- Professor
- Professor (Full) at University of Cantabria
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Introduction
Raquel Palomera currently works at the Department of Education, Universidad de Cantabria. Raquel does research in Educational Psychology, Emotion and Positive Psychology. Their current project is 'Pre-service teachers training on SEL'.
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Emotional Intelligence (EI) in teaching is associated with various educational outcomes and processes. However, it has typically been measured through self-reports and general EI assessments, lacking a specific performance test with greater ecological validity in relation to the demands of the professional educational context. This study describes...
The purpose of this study is to explore the potential role of emotional intelligence as a significant predictor of academic performance in secondary school students, while concurrently factoring in other pertinent personal factors in the prediction model, such as general intelligence, academic self-efficacy and scholar motivation. A cross-sectional...
(1) Background. One of the most innovative gamification techniques emerging in the current educational context is the escape room, whose implementation aims to promote student motivation and learning. A review of the literature shows that many of the previous works lack a solid theoretical basis when it comes to explaining the motivational effects...
(1) Background. One of the most innovative gamification techniques emerging in the current
educational context is the escape room, whose implementation aims to promote student motivation
and learning. A review of the literature shows that many of the previous works lack a solid theoretical
basis when it comes to explaining the motivational effects...
Studies examining gender differences in creative abilities remain inconsistent and call for further research using diverse measures. The current study examined gender differences in mean performance, as well as differences in variability on different performance criteria for male and female participants. The study includes a sample of children and...
Two studies examined the impact of a programme that used Creative Drama and Forum Theatre on the social, emotional, and ethical skills of student teachers. The first study qualitatively analysed 49 teaching conflict situations devised by 280 students. The second analysed the programme's effect on 626 students’ empathy and perception of their teachi...
Studies of creative ability across ages and grade levels show inconsistent results. Further, past studies have rarely used tasks from multiple creativity domains. The current study examined the differences in creative ability across grade levels (Grades 1 through 10), task domains (verbal and figural), and performance criteria (creativity, novelty/...
This study explores the responses used by bullying or cyberbullying bystanders at school (Study 1) and analyzes the influence that values have on applying these strategies (Study 2). A total of 638 students (44.1% boys; 55.9% girls) aged 10 to 18 (M=13, SD = 1.76) who had witnessed some form of bullying or cyberbullying participated in the study. O...
Background. The objective of this cross-cultural study was to analyze the differences in resilience, cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERS), as well as psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic between Poland and Spain. Method. An online survey was conducted on a sample of 1,182 adults. A MANOVA analysis was carried out to examine...
COVID-19 has become a major source of stress as it puts individuals at risk of a range of mental health problems.
Personality traits may predispose people to use adaptive or maladaptive coping strategies that lead to different
health-related outcomes. The goal of the present study was to examine whether the use of distinct coping
strategies during...
Abstract: (1) Background: Many public bodies have warned of the increased consumption of cannabis, particularly among adolescents. From the Positive Youth Development approach, the promotion of personal protective factors takes on special importance against some risks, such as the consumption of addictive substances. (2) Methods: This research is o...
Las características del alumnado de los Grados de Magisterio en Educación Infantil (EI) y en Educación Primaria (EP) necesiten ser atendidas en el diseño de metodologías docentes centradas en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Mediante un estudio transversal, descriptivo, exploratorio y comparativo en una misma universidad, analizamos y comparamo...
Desde el enfoque del Desarrollo Positivo Adolescente cobra especial importancia la promoción de recursos personales de protección frente a algunos riesgos como el consumo de drogas. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la influencia de la empatía, los estilos de afrontamiento y las actitudes hacia el consumo respecto al uso intensivo de alcohol...
Diversos organismos alertan sobre el incremento del consumo de alcohol y de su uso extendido en los adolescentes. Algunas investigaciones dan cuenta de la relevancia que posee la inteligencia emocional (IE) como nuevo constructo que puede ayudar a explicar esta problemática. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar la contribución de la IE rasgo y h...
The present study is one of the first to analyze the predictive capacity of both trait and ability Emotional Intelligence (EI) based on the Mayer and Salovey model, in relation to tobacco use in a sample of Spanish adolescents. In this study, 799 students between the ages of 12 and 16 participated. A self-report on trait EI, an EI peak performance...
Many international organisms have warned of the increased consumption of cannabis and its extensive use by adolescents. This study is one of the first with the aim of analyzing the role of ability and trait emotional intelligence, based on the model of Mayer and Salovey, with regards to the consumption of cannabis by adolescents. The study particip...
Diversos organismos internacionales alertan sobre el incremento de consumo de cannabis y de su uso extendido entre los adolescentes. El presente estudio ha sido uno de los primeros con el objetivo de analizar el papel de la inteligencia emocional rasgo y habilidad, basada en el modelo de Mayer y Salovey, en relación al consumo de cannabis en adoles...
Introduction and objectives
Currently, the assessment of emotional intelligence (EI) ability using performance measures is somewhat limited. Our study thus describes the development and validation of a new performance measure, known as the Strategic Test of Emotional Intelligence (STEI), to assess EI abilities in Spanish samples based on the Mayer...
Un docente necesita: destrezas para comunicarse y relacionarse positivamente con los diversos agentes de la comunidad educativa y alumnado; capacidad para llevar a cabo procesos de autorregulación y hétero-regulación; competencia para liderar y manejar el aula, además de saber trabajar en equipo; y capacidad de toma de decisiones responsable y étic...
The education in values and socio-emotional competences has been recognized as an essential part of the initial part and permanent teacher training. In this work, we present a program designed from the framework of Positive Psychology for the subject named Training in Values and Personal Competences for Pre-Service Teachers (TVPCPT), taught in the...
Past studies have suggested that emotional intelligence (EI) is a new construct that may help to explain alcohol abuse. This study is one of the first to examine the predictive capacity of both trait and ability EI, based on the Mayer and Salovey model, with regards to distinct variables of alcohol consumption in an adolescent population. Method: A...
Although adolescence has been defined as a stage of vulnerability, due to the biopsychosocial changes that happen throughout this developmental stage, it is also one of growth. Some of the core personal competencies that have been identified to promote positive development at this stage while simultaneously preventing risks are: (1) a positive sens...
This study analyzes the relationship of Botín Foundation's Emotional Intelligence Test for Adolescents (TIEFBA), a new ability-based measure to assess emotional intelligence (EI), with personal and scholar adjustment in Spanish adolescents. The instrument, based on the Mayer and Salovey model (1997), measures four branches of abilities while the pa...
Resumen
Este estudio analiza la relación del Test de Inteligencia Emocional de la Fundación Botín para Adolescentes (TIEFBA), una nueva medida de habilidad para evaluar la inteligencia emocional (IE), con el ajuste personal y escolar en adolescentes españoles. El instrumento, basado en el modelo de Mayer y Salovey (1997), evalúa las cuatro ramas mi...
Este artículo reivindica la inclusión de las competencias emocionales como competencias básicas en la escolaridad obligatoria y en los objetivos de la formación inicial del profesorado que se está diseñando actualmente dentro del marco del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES). Para ello, se realiza una revision de las investigaciones más ac...
Although research carried out over the last few decades into social and emotional learning has shown the benefits this can have for the well-being and success of both children and teachers alike, little work has been done with regard to teacher training. The present study explores the impact of a training program focusing on social and emotional le...
Although research carried out over the last few decades into social and emotional learning has shown the benefits this can have for the well-being and success of both children and teachers alike, little work has been done with regard to teacher training. The present study explores the impact of a training program focusing on social and emotional le...
En las últimas décadas la investigación educativa ha aumentado su interés sobre las emociones, tanto en relación a la salud del docente como por su implicación en su desempeño y eficacia profesional. Al tiempo, cada vez hay mayor evidencia del rol de las habilidades emocionales en el bienestar y desarrollo infanto-juvenil. Así, podemos encontrar un...
Although research carried out over the last few decades into Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has shown the benefits this can have for the well-being and success of both children and teachers, alike, little work has been done with regard to teacher training. The present study explores the impact of a training program focusing on SEL, implemente...
La felicidad es un valor universal del ser humano y el campo de estudio de la psicología positiva nos aporta un conocimiento relevante acerca de su impacto en nuestras vidas, así como de sus correlatos. La escuela es uno de los principales contextos de desarrollo humano y por ello el lugar por excelencia para facilitar y promover la felicidad en to...
Resposible Education is a well consolidated and validated educative proposal to promote the emotional, social and creative development during infancy and adolescence through the joint efforts of the entire educative community. It relies on technological and artistic resources to implement activities across the curriculum and tutorials. To this end,...
En la asignatura de Formación en Valores y Competencias Personales para docentes que se imparte en los Grados de Magisterio de Educación Infantil y Primaria en la Universidad de Cantabria se persigue que los estudiantes desarrollen sus competencias comunicativas y socio-emocionales para la argumentación, el debate y el trabajo cooperativo; así como...
Emotions are a very valuable source of information for our adjustment and well-being. Within our skills to process the emotional information, emotional perception is fundamental to begin such process successfully. Nevertheless, the majority of the studies conducted in this area have used adult or clinical samples. In this work we investigated throu...
In recent years, emotional intelligence has appeared as a predictor of adults’ mental health, but little research has examined
its involvement in adolescents’ psychological adjustment. In this paper, we analyzed the predictive validity of perceived
emotional intelligence (attention to feelings, emotional clarity, and emotional repair) over psycholo...
La inteligencia emocional (IE), definida como la habilidad para percibir, usar, comprender y regular las emociones, se ha mostrado como una variable importante a la hora de explicar el ajuste psicosocial de las personas. Pese a ello, la mayor parte de la investigación en torno a la IE ha sido realizada con muestras de población adulta y son escasos...
La inteligencia emocional (IE), definida como la habilidad para percibir, usar, comprender y regular las emociones, se ha mostrado como una variable importante a la hora de explicar el ajuste psicosocial de las personas. Pese a ello, la mayor parte de la investigación en torno a la IE ha sido realizada con muestras de población adulta y son escasos...
The topic of emotion regulation and its relationship with teacher effectiveness is beginning to garner attention by researchers. This study examined the relationship between emotion-regulation ability (ERA), as assessed by the Mayer–Salovey–Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), and both job satisfaction and burnout among secondary-school tea...
This article calls for the inclusion of emotional competencies within basic competencies considered in compulsory schooling and in the objectives of pre-service teacher training that is now being designed within the European Space for Higher Education. Toward this end, we review current research on the fundamental role of emotional competencies, co...
This study investigated the discriminant, criterion and incremental validity of an ability measure of Emotional Intelligence (EI). High school students (N = 77) took the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test - Spanish Version (MSCEIT V. 2.0, 2002), a measure of Big Five personality traits (BFQ; Caprara, Barbanelli, & Borgogni , 1993), an...
This study examined the incremental validity of Perceived Emotional Intelligence (PEI) as measured by the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (Sa- lovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, & Palfai, 1995) on the prediction of life satisfaction after contro l- ling for personality and affect, which are known to be related to well-being. A sample of 173 un- dergraduate Spani...
Debido al aumento de la demanda de programas emocionales en la escuela y dada la importancia del papel del profesorado en su implantación, el objetivo de nuestro estudio ha sido el de analizar la percepción que tanto docentes como futuros docentes (N=121) tienen respecto a sus habilidades emocionales (TMMS, Salovey, Mayer, Goldman,Turvey y Palafai,...
