Ingrid Zugey Galán Vera, Dr.

Ingrid visited Leiden University during her PhD, which she completed and now continues to collaborate with the Focus on Emotions lab. She has a degree in Clinical Psychology from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico and a Master of Science in Positive Psychology from the University of Jaén in Spain. In 2018 she did a research exchange at the University of Tours in France to work on a project to understand the cultural differences in children diagnosed with autism. Since then she has been working on issues related to child development and is co-author of a book on autism and parenting. She has dedicated the last years to teaching, clinical practice and research.

Ingrid's current research is focused on understanding how emotional intelligence and social anxiety are related to autistic traits in children with an autism diagnosis and in children who don’t meet the criteria for diagnosis but exhibit a high degree of these traits. The project also aims to determine the influence of culture on the presence and intensity of these variables, so populations from different countries have been considered. Understanding how these factors relate to each other can contribute to designing more effective support approaches.

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E-mail: ingridzugey.galanvera@studenti.unipd.it

OrciD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2088-9383