Dr. Maria Emma Liwag is recognized for her significant research works on the emotional and cognitive development of children as well as in developing family-based therapy of autistic children and their families. Her work which provides scientific knowledge based that can be used to guide therapy for children who experience traumatic or highly emotional events, and to design educational programs to prepare Filipino children for the cognitive challenges of the 21st century, is unmatched by any other psychologist in the country.
Sex: Female
Education:
- Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, M.A in Psychology, 1987
- University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quzon City, B.S. Psychology, 1987
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL., USA, M.A. in Psychology, 1993
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Il, USA, Ph.D. in Psychology (Developmental & Conitive Focus), 1995
Field of Specialization:
Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Child Rearing, Gender Socialization
Researches:
dela Cruz, A. Liwag, M.D. (eds.), (1988) Manual for teachers of experimental psychology
Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press
Liwag, M.D., (1989) Mothers and fathers of autistic children: Their stress and coping experiences.
Philippine Journal of Psychology Volume 19
Stein, N.L. Trabasso, T. Liwag, M.D., (1993) The representation and organization of emotional experience: unfolding the emotion episode.
Handbook of Emotion. In ML. Lewis & J. Havilan (eds.)
Stein, N.L. Liwag, M.D. Wade, E., (1995) A goal- based approach to memory for emotional events: Implications for theories of understanding and socialization.
In: Emotion: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. The G. Stanley Hall Symposium, R.D. Kavanaugh, B. Zimmerberg-Glick & S. Fein (eds.)
Liwag, M.D. Stein, N.L., (1995) Children's memory for emotional event: The importance of emotion cue retrieval strategies.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Volume 6
Liwag, M.D. de la Cruz, A.S. Macapagal, M.E., (1996) Child rearing and gender socialization in the Philippines: A review of the literature.
Philippine Journal of Psychology Volume 28, No. (1-4):
Stein, N.L. Wade, E. Liwag, M.D., (1997) A theoretical approach to understanding and remembering emotional events.
In: Memory for Everyday and Emotional Events, N.L. Stein, P.A. Ornstein, B.Tversky & . Brainerd (eds.)
Stein, N.L. Liwag, M.D., (1997) A goal appraisal process to understanding and remembering emotional events.
Developmental Spans in Event Comprehension and Representation, P. Vanden Broek. P. Bauer & T. Bourg (eds.)
Stein, N. L. Wade, E. Liwag, M. D., (1997) A theoretical approach to understanding and remembering emotional events.
Memory for Everyday and and Emotional Events
Liwag, M. D. De la Cruz, A. S. Macapagal, M. E., (1996) Child rearing and gender socialization in the Philippines. A review of the Literature.
Philippine Journal of Psychology. Volume 28, No. (1-4):
Stein, N. L. Trabasso, T., Liwag, M. D., (1994) The Rashomon Phenomenon: The role of framing and future - orientation in memories for emotional events. In M. Hait, J. Benson, R. Robert, & B. Pennington (Eds). The Development of future oriented processes.
The Development of of Future Oriented Process.
Carandang, M. L. A. Liwag, M. D., (1993) Making connection: A group therapy program for Filipino austistic children and their families.
Quezon City, Philippines: Ateneo De Manila University Press.
Liwag, M..D., (1999) What do young children think about thinking? Exploring preschoolers' understanding of pag-iisip.
Philippine Journal of psychology Volume 32(1)
Awards:
- Award for Best Thesis/Dissertation for Master's Thesis at the Ateneo de Manila, Annual Psychological Association of the Philippines, 1988
- Outstanding Young Scientist Award (Psychology), NAST -DOST, 1998
- Outstanding Scientific Papers Award, NAST, 2000