Research on psychological development and its impairments, with the aim of identifying risk and protection factors
Study on language development and acquisition, as well as impairments on language development and their relation with other processes (e.g., theory of mind, cognitive processes, temperament)
Psychological development in special circumstances: Prematurity and blindness
Mechanisms of personal and psychosocial vulnerability/protection for risk behaviours (e.g., aggressiveness and defiant conduct, drug use, traffic rule-breaking)
Developmental trajectories of conduct problems at childhood and youth
Assessment techniques for psychological development and its impairments
Design of tools for risk assessment and risk management at childhood and youth
Design, implementation and evaluation of prevention and treatment programs for developmental impairments and risk behaviours at childhood and youth