Valentina Lucia La Rosa
Keywords
Developmental psychology; Educational psychology; Life cycle psychology; Perinatal psychology; Child development; Development in adolescence; Attachment relationships; Family; Learning and quality of educational settings.
Dr Valentina Lucia La Rosa obtained her PhD in January 2023 in "Educational processes, theoretical-transformative models and research methods applied to the territory" (SSD: M-PSI/04) at the Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, discussing a thesis entitled: "Developmental challenges, vulnerability and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: Studies on psychological effects from adolescence to adulthood" (Tutor: Prof. Elena Commodari).
She graduated in Psychology on November 2011 from the Kore University of Enna with a final vote of 110/110 cum laude, discussing an experimental degree thesis entitled "Decisional processes in adolescence. The influence of the parenting process and the peer group on decision styles". On October 2018 she qualified for the profession of psychologist at the University of Messina and since November 2018 she has been registered with the Order of Psychologists of the Sicilian Region with the number 6491/A.
On October 2016 she specialized in psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy at the Higher Institute of Freudian Studies “Jacques Lacan” of Catania with the final vote of 50/50 cum laude. On September 2019 she obtained the Master in “Biostatistics for clinical research and scientific publication” at the University of Padua. Furthermore, she completed specialized training in psychodiagnostics and specific learning disorders.
She is an affiliate member of the Developmental and Educational Psychology Section of the Italian Psychological Association and a member of the American Psychological Association (Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology Sections). In addition, she is a member of other leading scientific societies in the field of psychology and psychoanalysis, including the Italian Society for Perinatal Mental Health-Italian Section of the International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health, the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis of the Freudian Field, the World Association of Psychoanalysis, and the Italian Society for Human Reproduction.
Academic Year 2018/2019
- DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY AND MEDICAL-SURGICAL SPECIALTIES
Master's Degree in School of Dentistry - 1st Year
CHIMICA MEDICA E PSICOLOGIA
Dr. La Rosa's research activity focuses on the origins, changes and development of psychological processes in the life cycle. Specifically, her privileged research topics are prenatal and child development, adolescent development, attachment relationships, and emotional and relational factors involved in learning processes and educational contexts.
She works as a psychotherapist in Catania.