Hector MONTERDE i BORT

CURRICULUM VITAE

Qualifications

• Psychologist University of Valencia, Ph.Dr. 1989.
  Title of the thesis: "Risk Perception and Decision-Taking in Simulated Situations of Driving".
• University lecturer's exam: 1988
• Associate Professor exam: 1992

Professional activities

• Associate Professor of the University of Valencia. Dept. of Methodology of Behavioural Sciences. Matters: Psychometry (psychological testing), Statistical Data Analysis and Computers
• Responsible of research group #0522 of University of Valencia.
• Principal researcher and responsible on behalf the University of Valencia for the EU project SIZE (Life Quality of Senior Citizens in Relation to Mobility Conditions -Contract No: QLRT-2001-02399 of the 5th Framework Program ) (2003-2005).
• Professional Psychologist
• Board member (1990-1996) of the official association of Spanish psychologists (Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos, COP)
• Representative in the Federal Coordinating Board of Psychology and Road Safety of the COP (1988-1996)
• International representative of Spanish associations of psychologists in the EFPPA Task Force on Traffic Psychology (1995-1996) and no-official member since 1996.

Awards

• Extraordinary doctoral award by University of Valencia, 1990
• National research award "Gonzalez del Pino", Spanish Ministry of Defence, 1996.

Main areas of interest

• Development of psychonomic resources (techniques and instruments of social and psychological measurement, tests construction, validity and reliability assessment, statistical and computer treatment of data, new technologies in Psychology, Psycho-informatics, electro-psychology, computational techniques,…).
• Traffic Psychology and Transport Safety (study and prevention of risk factors, incidents and accidents in vehicle handling, study of driver behaviour under risk conditions, efficiency and improvement evaluation of transport prevention measures, study of transport accidents, risk perception and take of decisions in traffic -ground and air- situations,…).
• Study and Prevention of Occupational Risks (study and development of problems and needs derived of application of new Spanish Law of Labour Prevention Risks in enterprise, researching damages of work origin, measurement of risk exposition and work accidentability, ergonomy,…).

Recent publications

• Monterde, H. (1999): Developing of a Computerized Battery of Tests for Psychological Evaluation of Attitudes established in Royal Edict 2487/98 for Gun Possession Licences. Private financing (LN-Deter, S.A.) by OTRI (Research Results Transference Office) of University of Valencia.
• Pascual, J.; Monterde, H. y Moreno, D. (1996): Human error analysis on Aircraft Maintenance Operations. Spanish Ministry of Defence. Research National Award "General Gonzalez del Pino". Resolución 421/38910/1996 (BOE nº 287 de 28/11/1996).
• Monterde, H. (1997): Assessment in Traffic and Road Safety. In Buela-Casal & Sierra (Eds.): Handbook of Psychological Evaluation. Madrid: Siglo XXI.
• Monterde, H. (1997): Internet for Psychologists (and futures). Valencia: Ediciones CSV
• Monterde, H. (2000): M-7p: Brief Questionnaire of Seven Factors of Personality. Madrid: LN Deter, S.A.
• Monterde, H. (2000): TID: Take-Decisions Test in Norm's Transgression. Madrid: LN Deter, S.A.
• Monterde, H. y Gombao, J.C. (2000): The Official Psychological Check for Gun Licence. Madrid: LN Deter, S.A.
• Monterde, H. (2001): "An Initial Approach to the Problems of Mobility, Autonomy and Driving Attitudes in People Over 65 Years of Age in Spain". 14th. ICTCT Workshop. Caserta (Italy), October. Electronic Publishing in www.ictct.org 'Worshops'2001-Caserta'Elderly.
• Frías, M.D.; Pascual, J.; García J.F. y Monterde, H. (2003): Diseño Estadístico en la Investigación Actual (statistical design in current research). VIII Congress of Methodology of Health and Behavioral Sciences. Valencia (Spain).
• Pascual, J.; Frías, M.D. y Monterde, H. (2003): Incomprensión de los Conceptos Metodológicos y Estadísticos (misunderstanding of statistical and methodological concepts). VIII Congress of Methodology of Health and Behavioral Sciences. Valencia (Spain).
• Monterde i Bort, H. (2004): Factorial Structure of Recklessness: To What Extent are Older Drivers Different?. Journal of Safety Research, 35, pp 329-335.
• Frías, M.D.; Pascual, J. & Monterde, H. (2004): Hijos de Padres Homosexuales: Qué les Diferencia (children of homosexual parents: are they different?). V Congreso Virtual de Psiquiatría (INTERPSIQUIS-2004). Electronic Publishing in www.psiquiatria.com/articulos/trastornos_infantiles/15062/
• Frías, M.D.; Pascual, J. & Monterde, H. (2004): Impacto de la Búsqueda de Evidencia en la Formación Universitaria del Psicólogo (evidence in the university formation of the psychologist). V Congreso Virtual de Psiquiatría (INTERPSIQUIS-2004). Electronic Publishing in www.psiquiatria.com/articulos/pbe/15298/
• Monterde, H. & Moreno, D. (2004): Rural versus Urban Transport Conditions of the Elderly in Spain from the Perspective of Affected Citizens. 17th. ICTCT Workshop. Tartu (Estonia), October. Electronic Publishing in www.ictct.org 'Workshops'2004-Tartu' Behaviour and Attitudes.

Last updated: 2005-06-21