Antonio Camacho

University of Córdoba | UCO · Department of Psychology

Bidirectional associations between bullying and cyberbullying have consistently identified during adolescence. However, little is known about how this relationship works on the within-person level, after controlling for potential overlap at the between-person level. This study examined the bidirectional longitudinal associations between bullying an...

Background/Objective The present study aims to explore the dynamics of social anxiety profiles in adolescents over time and the psychosocial effects these dynamics have. Method A representative sample of Andalusian (southern Spain) adolescents in Secondary Education was drawn. The study used single-stage stratified cluster sampling. A total of 2,1...

Normative adjustment stimulates the development of attitudes and behaviours that promote school climate. Previous research has shown that it is a relevant factor in preventing involvement in risk behaviours that affect the quality of peer relationships in classrooms and schools. Previous the development of behaviour adjusted to the norms which prom...

Objective: Moral disengagement is one of the most explored cognitive strategies for understanding why adolescents engage in aggressive behavior. Moral disengagement research has been lacking in Latin American countries, as there is limited research on cultural differences between adolescents. The moral disengagement scale (MDS) is the most commonly...

Objective: Individual risks factors of peer victimization have been widely identified in children and adolescents. However, little is known about how the classroom context may increase or decrease the frequency of victimization. The present short-term prospective longitudinal study used a a person-by-environment approach to examine whether peer pe...

https://helvia.uco.es/handle/10396/22193 Boys and girls learn to interact and communicate with their peers from the interpersonal relationships they maintain at school. These relationships can be disturbed or altered by situations of imbalance and abuse among peers, which can affect their psychosocial development. Bullying is a phenomenon that int...

Precursors and consequences of bullying have been widely explored, but much remains unclear about the association of moral and motivational factors. This study examined longitudinal associations between need for popularity, moral disengagement, and bullying perpetration. A total of 3017 participants, aged 11 to 16 years in wave 1 (49% girls; M age...

In the phenomenon of bullying, attempts have been made to understand its nature as well as possible underlying causes. Within the understanding from the moral domain, special attention has been paid to the mechanisms of moral disengagement that leads to the involvement in bullying. From the emotional perspective, empathy have been widely analyzed i...

The association of previous experiences of victimization that lead to bullying is a prominent concern in schools. During the victimization process, adolescents employ different coping strategies according to their individual trait perspectives. The objective of this study is to analyze the mediating role of social, emotional and moral variables (ne...

The relationship between bullying victimization and perpetration is an important concern in schools. Some studies have shown that experiences of victimization can increase the risk of engagement in perpetration. Previous research has focused on the individual characteristics of this association, however class level influences need to be analyzed. A...

Adolescents' involvement in cyberbullying has been a growing public health concern for some time. Cybervictimization and cyberaggression are two phenomena that previous research has often shown to be associated. However, longitudinal research into these associations and also into potential risk factors for these phenomena is less common. Anger rumi...

Research into risky online behaviour among children and adolescents is on the rise, with more studies being conducted into the factors which can influence this phenomenon, above all in relation to school and family life. In the latter sphere, one relevant factor is the degree of genuine trust children have in their parents when using the Internet....