Sílvia Helena Koller
Sílvia Helena Koller
silvia.koller@pq.cnpq.br
Center for the Psychological Study on At Risk Populations (CEP-RUA)
Research interests:
- Human development in social and personal risk situations.
- Positive development and applied psychology.
- Bioecological development; children and adolescent rights, resilience and pro-sociality.
Research description:
Sílvia Koller started her academic career by developing research on moral development. When founding the CEP-Street In 1994, her main goal was to study homeless children and adolescents. Subsequently, she expanded her investigation by developing the research area “human development in social and personal risk situations”. Nowadays, Sílvia Koller advises master degree, doctorate and post-doctorate students on the following subjects: young offenders; young adults and adults released from prison; dynamics of sexual violence against children and adolescents; risk behavior and risk and protection factors in youth; gender prejudice and sexual identity; social determinants related to HIV/AIDS in transsexuals; social skills and social support during emerging adult age and subjective well-being in women.
