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Prof. Rocio Guil Bozal

Rocio Guil Bozal is Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Cádiz. In recent years, Prof. Rocío Guil Bozal has focused her research on the implications of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and various indicators of perceived health and Quality of Life (QOL). Some of these specific indicators have been studied in women survivors of breast cancer, and the results have been published in various scientific forums and high-quality scientific journals. Moreover, she has been director of 14 doctoral theses, the last ones about psychological well-being and QoL in patients with mammary neoplasia. All of them with the highest qualifications and honors. It is remarkable the last thesis directed, on which it is analyzed the Workability and Quality of Life of women with breast cancer. Furthermore, she has worked for years in the field of emotions identifying socio-emotional abilities linked to adaptation, detecting risk profiles, and developing and implementing intervention programs. She is a founding member and head of the Emotional Intelligence Laboratory and the group PAIDI HUM 843 "Emotional Intelligence" of the University of Cádiz. She is the author of numerous manuals and books on psychosocial, emotional, and health factors. In addition, she has an extensive list of scientific publications in journals with high-quality indexes, registered in the Journal Citation Reports.