Current Research Areas of Psychology Faculty

For Thesis Supervision

Psychology Department

Faculty Research Area/Interest Preferred Research Method

ALLAN B. I. BERNARDO • Intercultural relations
• Social psychology of socioeconomic Quantitative
inequality
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Cultural ideologies
• Hope and well-being
• Translation and validation of psychological
tools
• Sociocultural aspects of learning
• Motivation and non-cognitive aspects of
achievement
• Well-being of teachers

MARISSA O. CALLEJA • Top-down guidance of visual attention

• Visual and verbal working memory Quantitative
• Age differences in inhibition and distraction
• Role of selective attention in reading

MARY ANGELINE DAGANZO • Child and adolescent development

• Parenting Quantitative
• Development of prosocial behavior
• Socio-economic status as developmental
context
 • Development and evaluation of human
development intervention programs

DARREN DUMAOP • Religious prejudice

• Mental health of seculars Quantitative;
• Personality traits and mating strategy Mixed Methods
(evolutionary)

ROBERTO JAVIER • Culture

• Mental health Qualitative
• Mental illness

CELY MAGPANTAY • Ageing and Dementia

• Sports Psychology Quantitative
• Mental Health
• Psychopathology

RENE NOB • Motivation Problem

• Motivation Regulation Quantitative
• Self-regulated learning

KARMIA PAKINGAN • Mental health

• Depression Quantitative and Qualitative
• Digital interventions
• Environmental psychology
JAYMEE ABIGAIL • Children and Adolescent Development
PANTALEON • Trauma and Resilience
 Qualitative
• Clinical and Counseling Psychology

GERALD BLASA • Leadership in organizations

PEÑARANDA • Employee well-being Quantitative
• Culture
• Organizational psychology

SIXTUS DANE RAMOS • Addiction

• Addiction Treatment Quantitative and Qualitative
• Therapeutic Communities

RON RESURRECCION • Families of Persons with Disabilities

• Interventions Qualitative
• Positive Psychology
• Youth development

MELISSA REYES • Diversity and Inclusion

• Political Engagement Quantitative
• Youth Development in Families, Schools,
Workplaces
• Multilevel Modeling for Cross-Country
Comparisons
MARIA GUADALUPE • Cross-cultural psychology
SALANGA • Social psychology Quantitative and Qualitative
• Intergroup relations
• Culture and cognition
• Motivation

JOHANN ANDREW SAGMIT • Personality pathology

Quantitative

PATRICIA SIMON • Perfectionism

• Student well-being Quantitative and Qualitative
• Remote counseling interventions
• Mental Health Literacy

MADELENE STA. MARIA • Adolescents at risk

• Migration (Children left behind – OFW Qualitative and Quantitative
parents) Mixed Methods
• Positive youth development
• Community mental health
• Late adult development

ROSEANN TAN- • Mental health literacy

MANSUKHANI • Positive Psychology (spirituality, wisdom, Qualitative and Quantitative
beauty) Mixed Methods
• Narrative self
• Mental health
• Adolescent Psychopathology
 • Adolescents at risk

MARIA CARIDAD TARROJA • Family and children issues (including non-

traditional family issues, children at risk)
• Mental Health Issues Quantitative, Qualitative and
• Clinical Psychology Practice (Assessment Mixed Methods
and Intervention research, ethical issues)

HOMER YABUT • Psychology of religion and spirituality

• Religious Identity Quantitative
• Mental health

LAURENE CHUA-GARCIA • Financial Psychology

• Mergers & Acquisitions Mixed Methods
• Internationalization Issues
• Women Empowerment
• Death & dying

FILEMON CRUZ • Factory Safety

Quantitative

MARIBEL DOMINGUEZ • Health Psychology

• Neurodegenerative diseases Qualitative
• Community Health
• Women's Health
• Aging/Geropsychology
KAREN SACDALAN • Disability Issues
• Resilience Qualitative;
• Happiness Mixed Methods
• Technology Acceptance
• Organizational Commitment and Job
Satisfaction
• Grief related to Job Loss

MONICA RENEE • Dual Process Theories

POLICARPIO • Cognitive Biases Quantitative
• Moral Reasoning
• Creative Problem Solving

CLARISSA DELALIARTE • Adolescents and Family Functioning

Mixed Methods

CONSTANTINE DELLA • Psychotherapy

• Mental disorders Mixed Methods
• Community mental health

MONICA CAMILLE • Parenting

TONGSON • Social support Quantitative
• Development of adolescent mothers
• Efficacy
• Creative interventions via art and structured
game therapy for selective mutism