Maria Cristina Richaud is an Argentinian psychologist. She was born and raised up in Buenos Aires, and in 1970 received her bachelor's degree in psychology from
University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires ( es, Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA) is a public university, public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Established in 1821, it is the premier institution of higher learning in the country and one o ...
, and her doctorate in cognitive psychology from the same university 4 years later. Then she became a researcher at
National Council of Scientific and Technological Research. Her work are mainly about
parenting
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,
stress
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Science and medicine
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,
coping
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Theories of coping
Hundreds of coping strategies have been proposed in an attempt to ...
,
attachment, and
social cognitive variables in children and adolescents. Later she devoted herself to the study of children at risk from poverty.
Richaud served as the vice-president and then president of the
Argentine Association of Behavioral Sciences. She co-founded ''Interdisciplinaria: Revista de Psicología y Ciencias Afines'' in 1980. She also served as the director of Interdisciplinary Center for Research in Mathematical and Experimental Psychology from 2003. In 2013 she and
Fons van de Vijver
Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Fons) van de Vijver (4 October 1952 – 1 June 2019) was a Dutch psychologist and Professor of Cross-cultural Psychology at Tilburg University, North-West University, University of Queensland, and National Research Univ ...
received
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References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Argentine psychologists
Argentine women psychologists
University of Buenos Aires alumni
Academic staff of the University of Buenos Aires
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