Social Sciences and Psychology

Virtue as a guide: a key to psychological well-being

Psychology - Feb 12
Psychology

Research led by the University of Valencia has identified three key human strengths that determine psychological well-being: perspective, kindness and gratitude, integrated into a way of life aligned with values and virtues such as ethics, generosity and practical wisdom. The study, which employed a meta-analytic methodology, has been published in Clinical Psychology Review , one of the world-s leading journals in clinical psychology.

Psychology - Feb 3

A digital serious game improves the mathematical performance of children with dyscalculia

Psychology

NeurekaNUM és el primer mètode desenvolupat en castellà i català amb evidència científica per a la detecció d'aquest trastorn i la intervenció precoç.

The UB launches a pioneering vocabulary of scientific terminology in Catalan Sign Language (LSC)

Social Sciences

Language - A deaf student can follow university classes with a sign language interpreter, but they often encounter the problem that there are no specific signs for many of the scientific terms used in the classroom.

Sport - Jan 14

Determining how to gain strength in the elderly without reaching muscle exhaustion

Sport

The Research Group on Prevention and Health in Exercise and Sport (PHES) of the University of Valencia, led by Professor Juan Carlos Colado, has published a study in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy that provides new evidence on how to train strength effectively and safely in older people using elastic bands and without reaching muscle exhaustion

Economists at the University of Valencia argue that Spain’s pension system shows signs of regressivity benefiting higher incomes

Social Sciences

New research published in the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy by University of Valencia professors of Applied Economics José Manuel Pavía and Josep Lledó challenges one of the pillars of the public debate on pensions in Spain: their progressivity. The study, entitled On the progressivity of public pension systems: the case of Spain , concludes that the current system indirectly favours higher-income groups due to disparities in life expectancy.