Projects
Project Spanish Federal Research Fund "Multiliteracies for adult at-risk learners of additional languages" KU Leuven
This research is funding by the Spanish Federal Research Fund (PID2020-113460RB-I00; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad; PI: M Carmen Fonseca Mora (Universidad de Huelva), 36.300,00€; consortium: Universidad de Huelva, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad de Córdoba, KU Leuven, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Universidad de Columbia (EEUU), Bratislava University).
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A Cultural Psychological Approach to Acculturation. KU Leuven
In the current research program, I further develop and empirically test a cultural psychological approach to acculturation that centers on the notion of ‘cultural fit’ – i.e., the extent to which an individual’s pattern of psychological functioning is similar to the typical pattern of others in the socio-cultural context. I start from the cultural psychological insights that people are encouraged and rewarded to fit their socio-cultural ...
Awareness of cultural differences in emotions: Evaluating and reinforcing emotional understanding and relationship quality in intercultural interactions KU Leuven
Human emotions are key to successful social relationships. Emotional understanding is of great importance in order to follow or influence the course of interactions with others. Emotions indicate what a certain event means for our motives and goals, and how we will relate to the event and the social context. However, research shows cultural differences in which emotions are socially adaptive and therefore prevalent. These differences can ...
Spanish as a language of origin and heritage in Belgium: translinguistic and transcultural studies of emotionality and factors of its maintenance Spaans als “language of origin” en “heritage language” in België: translinguïstische en transculturele studie KU Leuven
Language plays an important role, both in emotional processes (from the conceptualization of emotions to their regulation and expression), and in culture (as part of it, and in its transmission, conservation and change), . Emotion and culture are also linked: emotions respond to cultural values and models, and, since emotions are relational, they emerge and develop in interaction and contribute to regulating social and cultural behavior. The ...
Derailment of the affective system: Measurement, early detection, and underlying mechanisms KU Leuven
The Relationality of Feelings: A cultural comparison of affective patterns in Western and East-Asian relationships KU Leuven
Western and East-Asian cultures appear to emphasize different ideas about how to build and maintain relationships with others around us: Close relationships in Western cultures are marked by a strong focus on the individual, and are supposed to offer partners a space to foster self-esteem and meet their personal needs. In contrast, close relationships in East-Asian cultures are marked by an emphasis on the relatedness and social harmony ...
developing cultural sensitive emotional competence assessment and training/ South Africa Ghent University
Despite the truly multicultural nature of South-Africa, there is almost no expertise in cross-cultural psychology and almost no knowledge base on cultural differences and similarities in psychological functioning. The academic aims are therefore to develop a knowledge base on and sustainable competencies in cross-cultural psychological research. The practical aim is to apply this new knowledge in a prominent developmental context, namely the ...
Do cultural groups differ in the practice of and the poteniality to guilt and shame? Ghent University
The established hypothesis in anthropology and cross-cultural psychology that cultures differ in the relative salience of guilt and shame is investigated in a set of very diverse countries. The research is executed from emotion-psychological and cross-cultural perspectives. Cultural differences in both practice of and potentiality to guilt and shame are looked at.