Handbook of Stress and Academic Anxiety (PDF)

Luiz Ricardo Vieira Gonzaga holds a PhD in psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil, and is certificated in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) - Primary level - by Albert Ellis Institute. He was awarded by Paulista Academy of Psychology for his doctorate thesis "Coping with school tests: Relationships with behavior problems and academic performance in High School". He was awarded at the 6th International Congress of Educational Sciences and Development (Portugal, 2018) and received a Honorable Mention at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Psychological Society (SBP) with the theme "assessment and coping with anxiety test". He is associate member and certified by the Brazilian Federation of Cognitive Therapists.

Letícia Lovato Dellazzana Zanon is a professor of the Graduate Program in Psychology at Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil, and vice-leader of the research group Psychology of Health and Development of Children and Adolescents. She holds a PhD in psychology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, and is a specialist in clinical psychology and in family and couple therapy. She is a member of the Positive Psychology and Creativity Assessment working group of the Brazilian National Psychology Research and Graduate Association (ANPEPP). She is a collaborator in the Laboratory of Psychology and Genetic Epistemology (LAPEGE / UFRGS). She is Associate Editor of the journal Psychology: Theory and Research (University of Brasília) and member of the Editorial Board of the journal Thinking Families. She works in the area of developmental psychology, with an emphasis on adolescent development and life projects.

Andressa Melina Becker da Silva is a professor of psychology and physical education at University of Sorocaba, Brazil. She holds a PhD in psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil. Is a leader of the Study and Research Group in