General information
- Name
- Doctoral Programme in Psychology, Health and Quality of Life
- Centre/s
- Faculty of Education and Psychology
- Indicative number of places
- 15
- Number of registered students
- Official enrolment data
- Valid report:
- Report (2022)
- Other information
- AQU Indicators
Presentation
Why do a doctoral degree in Psychology, Health and Quality of Life at the UdG?
This doctoral degree is an opportunity to gain research skills for those who are interested in positive social change. From the perspective of welfare and quality of life, various highly qualified researchers offer their experience and the specific lines of research that they conduct in their respective teams, so that students on the doctoral programme who choose these options can acquire specific knowledge, skills and abilities taking part in active research projects, at both a national and international level. The active lines are:
- Psychological welfare, life satisfaction and values
- Risk behaviours for health and disease prevention
- Subjectivities, discourses and contexts
- Basic psychological processes and psychopathology
- Psychopathology in children and young people
- Childhood, youth and family
- Ageing, Disability Culture and Health
- Psychology and psychological and social intervention
Learning objectives
The main aim of the Doctoral Programme in Psychology, Health and Quality of Life at the University of Girona is to train researchers in the fields of psychology, health, welfare and quality of life. This doctoral programme encompasses both content relating to the psychological factors involved in disease prevention and health promotion, in areas of particular social and healthcare interest (risk behaviours related to driving, addictions, sexual relationships, stress and pain, professional burnout, etc.), and questions relating to the welfare and quality of life of people, whether they are healthy or sick, during the different phases of their life cycle, and they offer particular lines of research linked to the development of social policies, in their broadest sense, and to social, psychosocial and psychoeducational intervention programmes.
Lines of research
1. Psychological welfare, life satisfaction and values
Potential doctoral thesis directors: Dr Ferran Casas Aznar, Dr Mònica González Carrasco, Dr Carme Montserrat Boada, Dr Sara Malo Cerrato Dr Xavier Oriol Granado
Tutors: Dr Mònica González Carrasco, Dr Carme Montserrat Boada, Dr Sara Malo Cerrato, Dr Xavier Oriol Granado
- Life satisfaction and aspirational values
- Childhood rights and the social protection system.
- Audiovisual media between adolescents and adults
- Psychometric instruments of subjective wellbeing and positive psychology
2. Risk behaviours for health and disease prevention
Potential doctoral thesis research directors: Dr Montserrat Planes Pedra, Dr M. Eugènia Gras Pérez, Dr Josefina Patiño Masó, Dr Maria Aymerich Andreu, Dr Sílvia Font Mayolas, Dr Mònica Cunill Olivas, Dr Rosa Suñer Soler and Dr Sílvia Mayoral Rodríguez, Dr Francisco Calvo García
Supervisors: Dr M. Eugènia Gras Pérez, Dr Sílvia Font Mayolas, Dr Rosa Suñer Soler, Dr Josefina Patiño Masó, Dr Sílvia Mayoral Rodríguez, Dr Francisco Calvo García , Dr Maria Aymerich Andreu, Dr Mònica Cunill Olivas
- Sexual risk behaviours and prevention in the face of AIDS, other STIs and unwanted pregnancies
- Risk and prevention behaviour of vehicle users and pedestrians
- Substance addiction
- Stress, pain and quality of life
- Quality of life during ageing
- Processes of loss and grief
- Emotional changes and quality of life in people with chronic diseases
3. Subjectivities, discourses and contexts
Potential doctoral thesis directors: Dr. Teresa Cabruja Ubach, Dr. Pilar Albertín Carbó
Tutors: Dr. Pilar Albertín Carbó, Dr. Teresa Cabruja Ubach,
- Subjectivities, discursive practices and power relations in science, culture and everyday interactions.
- Science, construction of difference and society
- Ethnography: research on cultural practices and collective imaginaries (drug consumption, professional socialisation, gender violence and inequalities).
- Women, victimology and penal system
4. Basic psychological processes and psychopathology
Potential doctoral-thesis research managers: Dr Esperança Villar Hoz, Dr Beatriz M. Caparrós Caparrós, Dr Francesc Sidera Caballero, Dr Elisabet Serrat Sellabona, Dr Miquel Llorente Espino, Dr Thomas Castelain
Supervisors: Dr Beatriz M. Caparrós Caparrós, Dr Esperança Villar Hoz, Dr Francesc Sidera Caballero, Dr Elisabet Serrat Sellabona, Dr Miquel Llorente Espino, Dr Thomas Castelain
- Human motivation and adaptation processes
- Psychopathology in adults
- Human communication and memory
- Primatology, cognition and animal behaviour
- Social cognition and communication; reasoning and arguing
5. Psychopathology in children and young people
Potential doctoral thesis research directors: Dr Beatriz Caparrós Caparrós and Dr Francesc Sidera Caballero
Tutors: Dr Beatriz Caparrós Caparrós and Dr Francesc Sidera Caballero
- Use and abuse of internet and mobile telephony
- Personality and other psychological factors involved in the origin and maintenance of emotional and behavioural disorders
6.Ageing, Disability Culture and Health
Potential doctoral-thesis research managers: Dr Manuel de Gracia Blanco, Dr Mònica González Carrasco, Dr Maria Aymerich Andreu, Dr Pilar Monreal Bosch, Dr Arantza del Valle Gómez, Dr Bernat C. Serdà Ferrer
Tutors: Dr. Mònica González Carrasco, Dr. Manuel de Gracia Blanco, Dr. Pilar Monreal Bosch, Dr. Bernat C. Serdà Ferrer
- Adaptation and validation of psychometric instruments in the area of ageing, disability and mental health
- Psychological wellbeing and active and satisfactory ageing
7. Psychology and intervention
Potential doctoral thesis directors: Dr Ferran Casas Aznar, Dr.Sara Malo Cerrato,Dr Carme Montserrat Boada, Dr Xavier Oriol Granado
Tutors: Dr Carme Montserrat Boada, Dr Sara Malo Cerrato, Dr Xavier Oriol Granado
8. Childhood, youth and family
Potential doctoral thesis directors: Dr Francesc Sidera Caballero, Dr Marta Sadurní Brugué, Dr Xavier Oriol Granado
Tutors: Dr Francesc Sidera Caballero, Dr Xavier Oriol Granado
Access
The Doctoral Programme in Psychology, Health and Quality of Life is governed by Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, which establishes the organisation of official doctoral studies programmes. The access requirements are those set out in this Royal Decree and which can be consulted at the following web address www.udg.edu/doctorat/acces.
Admission criteria
- Academic record (40%)
- Previous experience in research (20%)
- Previous scientific publications (20%)
- Knowledge of languages (preferably English) (10%)
- Suitability for the doctoral programme ascertained from a personal interview (10%)
To be accepted on to the doctoral programme in Psychology, Health and Quality of Life a favourable report is required from a programme tutor. Admission is conditional upon the availability of a director in relation to the subject of thesis.
Regarding educational activities, the School of Doctoral Studies organises courses, seminars and other cross-disciplinary educational activities (soft skills) directed at research training and assisting with the writing and presentation of the doctoral thesis. We ask that the courses be given in English as our language of choice, although Catalan is the language most frequently used. They are generally 10-hour courses or seminars. There are a series of activities that are transferable and are of interest to all doctoral programmes, and others that are specific to a particular doctoral programme
Educational course catalogue
Thesis
Doctoral theses read in the programme
Doctoral theses read in the area
You need to know
Doctoral student guide
Doctoral programme in Psychology, Health and Quality of Life Assessment criteria for special doctoral degree awards
The criteria for the doctoral degree special award for our programme have now been established. The scoring proposal is as follows:
- Publications derived from the thesis:
- For each article derived from the thesis published or accepted: 2 points
- Patents or knowledge transfer:
- For each product registered (software, psychometric tests or similar) derived from the thesis: 2 points
- For each collaboration agreement related with the subject of the thesis: 1 point
- Impact of the research (derived from the thesis): The indexing of the journal and the quartile will be jointly appraised. In the event that a journal is indexed in the two databases indicated (JCR and SJR) only the highest of the two scores will be taken into account.For each article:
- JCR from quartile 1: 4 points
- JCR from quartile 2: 3.5 points
- JCR from quartile 3: 3 points
- JCR from quartile 4: 2.5 points
- SJR from quartile 1: 3 points
- SJR from quartile 2: 2.5 points
- SJR from quartile 3: 2 points
- SJR from quartile 4: 1.5 points
- Indexed in other databases: 1 point
- Placements at higher education institutions or research centres:
- Stays of 3 months or over: 2 points
- Stays of between one month and three months: 1 point
- Stays of less than one month: 0.5 points
- Thesis with international mention: 2 points
In the event of a draw, the tribunal may give credit to a thesis’ completion within a shorter period of time.
Minimum requirements to obtain the mention of Extraordinary Award:
In order to obtain the extraordinary doctoral award mention, the student will need to have at least one JCR article derived from the thesis published or accepted and have obtained a score of no less than 5 points in the appraisal of merits.
Compulsory training for doctoral students
Mandatory training: 20 hours of cross-disciplinary training
It is compulsory for doctoral students to take part in:
- Course: “Writing and Publishing Articles on Psychology, Education and Health”
The rest of the cross-disciplinary teaching hours can be freely chosen from the courses offered by the School of Doctoral Studies, although the Academic Committee highly recommends attending:
- Course: “Ethics in Psychology and Education Research”
All the courses offered on the doctoral programme
Requirements for presenting the thesis as a compendium of publications
- Minimum of published or accepted articles: 2
- Requirements for articles: One of the articles has to be published or accepted for publication in journals included in the Journal Citation Index (JCR). The second article has to be published or accepted for publication in journals listed in the JCR, or in the Scimago Journal Rank (SJR), in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), in the Emerging Source Citation Index (ESCI) or in other databases of similar prestige.