Belén Martínez-Ferrer

• PhD. Social Psychology. University of Valencia (Spain)
• Lecturer at Pablo de Olavide University

A lo largo del proceso de socialización las personas nos enfrentamos inevitablemente a conflictos y transgresiones que pueden tener lugar en todo tipo de relaciones interpersonales, incluidas las que se establecen con los miembros de la familia, los amigos, los compañeros de trabajo, y con otros miembros de la comunidad. En consecuencia, las person...

Introducción. Las investigaciones llevadas a cabo durante los últimos años han puesto de manifiesto la necesidad de tener en consideración el ciberespacio en el estudio de la violencia escolar. Tal es así, que este fenómeno conocido como ciber-violencia escolar llega a destacar como uno de los principales problemas entre los jóvenes. Por este motiv...

The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between child-to-parent violence (CPV) (high, moderate and low), peer victimization (PV) (relational and overt, both physical and verbal) and cybervictimization (CV) (relational and overt), taking into account the role of sex. 1304 adolescents (53.14% girls) between the ages of 11 and 18 enrolle...

The aim of the present study was to examine the mediating role of the problematic social networking sites use (PSNSU) in the relationship between both cybervictimization and offline victimization and cyberbullying in boys and girls. The sample consisted of 2,011 adolescents (50.67% boys and 49.32% girls), aged between 12 and 18 years old (M = 14.17...

En este trabajo se presentan algunas líneas de investigación futuras para examinar los beneficios del autoperdón como una estrategia de afrontamiento proactiva que puede ayudar a las personas a valorar de una forma más objetiva su percepción de culpabilidad o de responsabilidad sobre un daño (real o imaginario) hacia los demás o hacia sí mismas dur...

The construct of a school collective efficacy to prevent bullying has attracted attention as a way to increase a positive, school-wide climate. The current study tested the fit of several first-order models of school collective efficacy to prevent (uni-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional) bullying using a sample of 579 male (Mage =...

Mediation analysis has been confirmed as a very useful statistical tool in the social sciences, especially in school-related studies. This type of analysis was used in the present study to examine the mediating role of classroom climate (measured with the classroom environmental scale), categorized into three dimensions, namely involvement, affilia...

Child-to-parent violence (CPV) is a growing public health problem with consequences for perpetrators and families. Most research has focused on individual and family risk factors. However, little is known about its links with individual outcomes. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships between CPV and psychological distress, suicidal...

The present study had two main goals. The first was to analyze the differences between parenting dimensions—strictness/imposition and involvement/acceptance—in adolescents’ engagement in peer aggression as aggressors, victims, aggressive victims, and non-involved. The second goal was to examine differences between parenting dimensions and peer-aggr...

The objectives of this study were to analyze the prevalence of cyber dating violence perpetration (cyber-control and cyber-aggression) in adolescent boys and girls, and to explore the relations between adolescents’ involvement in cyber dating violence perpetration (never, occasional, and frequent) and their sexist attitudes (hostile and benevolent)...

The present study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the revised version of the Adolescent Cyber-Aggressor scale (CYB-AGS). This scale is composed of 18 items that measure direct and indirect cyberbullying. A cross-sectional study was conducted using two independent samples of adolescents. The first sample included 1318 adolescents (52....

The relationships among character strengths (forgiveness and gratitude), happiness, and prosocial bystander behavior in bullying were analyzed. The sample includes 500 (early adolescents) and 500 (middle adolescents) of both genders, between 12 and 18 years old (M age = 14.70, SD = 1.58). Two structural equation models were calculated. Results of t...

In recent years, cases of child-to-parent violence (CPV) have increased significantly, prompting greater scientific interest in clarifying its causes. The aim of this research was to study the relationship between styles of family communication (open, offensive and avoidant), emotional intelligence or EI (attention, repair and perceived emotional c...

The objective of the present study is to analyse the relationships between parental socialization styles-indulgent, authoritarian, authoritative and negligent, school adjustment (social integration, academic competence and family involvement) and cyber-aggression (direct and indirect) in adolescents. Participating in this study were 1304 Spanish st...

Introduction. Self-harm in adolescence has consistently been associated with depressive mood. In this study we examined whether the link between depressive mood and self-harming behaviors was moderated by identifying with certain alternative subcultures (hardrockers, punks, and goths), and whether identification with these subcultures added more pr...

The purpose of the present study was to analyze the relationships between forgiveness, motivations for revenge, avoidance, and benevolence; loneliness, emotional loneliness and positive subjective evaluation of the social network; and peer victimization in schools, relational, overt physical, and overt verbal, based on gender. A battery of instrume...

The purpose of the present study was to analyze the relationships between forgiveness, motivations for revenge, avoidance, and benevolence; loneliness, emotional loneliness and positive subjective evaluation of the social network; and peer victimization in schools, relational, overt physical, and overt verbal, based on gender. A battery of instrume...

The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship between family communication problems and cyberbullying, through psychosocial adjustment-psychological distress, attitude towards institutional authority, and problematic use of social networking sites-in adolescents. Random sampling by conglomerates was performed. A total of 8115 adolesc...

The aim of the present study is to explore the relation among school victimisation and school violence, taking into account the motivations of revenge, avoidance, and benevolence. The sample includes 671 adolescents of both sexes, between 10 and 16 years old, attending primary and secondary school. The structural equation model, calculated with EQS...

The aim of the present study is to explore the relation among school victimization and school violence, taking into account the motivations of revenge, avoidance, and benevolence. The sample includes 671 adolescents of both sexes, between 10 and 16 years old, attending primary and secondary school. The structural equation model, calculated with EQS...

Social concern about the negative effects of cyberbullying in children and adolescents’ psychosocial development is currently increasing. The importance of the family environment and factors in bullying has been highlighted, but little is known about the role of parenting styles in adolescents' engagement in cyberaggression and cybervictimization....

Due to the negative consequences of being bullied and the increase in cyberbullying among adolescents, there is a need for evidence-based programs to prevent and intervene in these types of peer violence. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Prev@cib bullying and cyberbullying program, drawing on three theoretical framewor...

Background: This paper aims to identify predictive variables of relational aggression related to the individual, family and school environment in Mexican adolescents according to sex and age. Method: A total of 8,115 Mexican adolescents (51.5% boys), aged 11 to 16 years old (M = 13.34 years, SD = 1.040), selected by proportional stratified sampl...

The main goal of the present study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the revised version of the Adolescent Cyber-Victimization Scale (CYBVICS). This scale is composed of 18 items that assess direct and indirect cyber-victimization. Two subsamples participated in the present study. Sample 1 included 1318 adolescents (47.4% boys) from 12...

La violencia de género es un fenómeno social complejo que involucra dinámicas de tipo cultural y que cada año afecta a una cantidad significativa de mujeres víctimas en cualquiera de sus tipologías: física, sexual, psicológica o patrimonial. A pesar de la creciente visibilidad del tema en los medios de comunicación y que se han desarrollado algunas...

The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between fear of crime, perception of police performance, honesty, and trust, as a function of gender among adolescents and young people in Mexico. A survey was conducted on a stratified sample made up of 3060 adolescents and young people (49.9% female and 50.1% male) between 12 and 25 years of a...

The objective of the present study was to analyze the relationships between child-to-parent violence and parental socialization styles with the problematic use of social networking sites, alexithymia and attitude towards institutional authority in adolescents. A sample of 2,399 adolescents (50.2% boys and 49.8% girls) enrolled in schools in Andalus...

Resumen El estudio se propuso analizar las propiedades psicométricas del Participant Role Appoach (pra) para medir roles de espectadores en el acoso escolar en pre-adolescentes. Participaron 787 estudiantes, 415 (52.7%) niños (m edad=10.59, de=.66 años) y 372 (47.3%) niñas (m edad=10.51, de=.64 años). Los resultados del análisis factorial confirmat...

This study examined the associations among restorative parental discipline, family climate, parental support, moral emotions (empathy and shame), and the role of defenders in bullying. In total, 1224 adolescents were randomly selected (p=.5, q=95%); 54.1% were female, and 45.9% males. The age of research participants ranged between 11 and 15 years...

Desde la década de los 80, el análisis las consecuencias de los procesos mi-grato-rios en las relaciones y roles de género, así como en el cuidado familiar ha adquirido cada vez mayor relevancia. El proceso mi-gratorio tiene un fuerte impacto en los roles de género, sobre todo en el papel que desempeñan las mujeres migrantes, prota-gonistas de su p...

Palabras clave: Violencia Escolar, Roles de implicación en la violencia, Víctimas-Agresoras, Género RESUMEN Introducción. La mayoría de las investigaciones en el ámbito de la violencia escolar se han centrado en la díada agresor-víctima. Sin embargo, son cada vez más numerosos los trabajos en los que se constata que ambos roles se encuentran relaci...

Dating violence is a huge transcultural and alarming phenomenon, directly linked with endless discrimination against women. The latest research on dating violence in adolescence shows how dating violence is persistent and common in the adolescent period as well and pinpoints the origin of gender violence from first adolescent relationships. This el...

The problematic use of social networking sites is becoming a major public health concern. Previous research has found that adolescents who engage in a problematic use of social networking sites are likely to show maladjustment problems. However, little is known about its links with peer aggression and victimization. The main goal of this study was...

Resumen El estudio analiza las relaciones entre prácticas docentes, clima escolar, empatía y violencia entre pares. La muestra se compone de 385 adolescentes, 219 chicos y 166 chicas (M =12.94, DT = 1.77) de 17 escuelas secundarias de un estado de México, y uno de sus progenitores, 308 madres y 77 padres (M = 42.21, DT = 8.98). Se calcula un modelo...

This study includes an analysis of the relationships between peer violence, teaching practices, school environment, and empathy. The sample includes 385 adolescents (219 males and 166 females), with a mean age of 12.94 (SD = 1.77), and one of their parents (mean age = 42.21, SD = 8.98) from 17 Mexican secondary schools. A structural equation model...

This study includes an analysis of the relationships between peer violence, teaching practices, school environment, and empathy. The sample includes 385 adolescents (219 males and 166 females), with a mean age of 12.94 (SD = 1.77), and one of their parents (mean age = 42.21, SD = 8.98) from 17 Mexican secondary schools. A structural equation model...

Percepción de inseguridad, victimización y restricciones en la vida cotidiana en función del ciclo vital, en Morelos, México Perception of insecurity, victimization and restrictions in daily life according to the life cycle, in Morelos, Mexico Percepção da insegurança, vitimização e as limitações na vida diária baseada no ciclo vital, em Morelos, M...

Resumen El objetivo del presente estudio es examinar las relaciones existentes entre miedo al delito, victimización y satisfacción con la vida, en función del género. La muestra estuvo conformada por 7535 sujetos de ambos sexos (49.8 % mujeres y 50.2 % hombres) de entre 12 y 70 años, seleccionados a partir de un muestro estratificado proporcional....

El objetivo del presente estudio es examinar las relaciones existentes entre miedo al delito, victimización y satisfacción con la vida, en función del género. La muestra estuvo conformada por 7535 sujetos de ambos sexos (49.8 % mujeres y 50.2 % hombres) de entre 12 y 70 años, seleccionados a partir de un muestro estratificado proporcional. El instr...

Objetivo: examinar la percepción de inseguridad, victimización y variaciones de las rutinas en función de la edad. Método: se ha realizado una adaptación de la Encuesta Nacional sobre Victimización y Percepción de Inseguridad (ENVIPE). Participaron 8.170 sujetos de ambos sexos (49,9 % mujeres y 50,1 % hombres), de entre 12 y 75 años, residentes en...

La evidencia empírica sugiere que la adicción a Internet se asocia con otros problemas de conducta como la sintomatología depresiva, la conducta antisocial y el cyberbullying. Sin embargo, son escasos los estudios en los que se examina la dependencia de las redes sociales virtuales (RSV) y la violencia escolar. Por ello, el propósito del presente e...

Different interpersonal experiences are related to delinquency and depressive mood. In many studies, delinquency has been associated with exposing others to hostility, while depressive mood has been associated with being a victim of others’ hostility. In this study, we proposed that adolescents with a co-occurrence of high delinquency and depressiv...

According to recent studies, Spanish adolescents show low perception of risk in alcohol consumption. The current study aims to analyze the factors that favor this low perception based on the opinion of a group of 32 professional experts on adolescence, family, school, mass media, and local policies. A qualitative methodology was used, based on Grou...

Scientific studies on family factors related to the main cyberbullying roles are still scarce. The present study analyzed family climate and parent–adolescent communication in the four roles involved in cyberbullying: cybervictims, cyberbullies, cyberbully–victims, and non–involved adolescents. The study had two main objectives: (1) to analyze the...

El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar la violencia escolar y el ajuste psicosocial —autoestima, soledad y satisfacción con la vida— en función de la participación e implicación comunitarias. La muestra estaba constituida por 565 adolescentes escolarizados de ambos sexos (51% mujeres y 49% varones) con edades comprendidas entre los 11 y 18añ...

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue analizar las relaciones existentes entre la participación de los adolescentes en conductas de ocio saludables con familia y amigos, el funcionamiento familiar, la actitud hacia la autoridad institucional y el consumo de alcohol en adolescentes escolarizados y en función del género. Participaron 536 adolescentes...

El acoso escolar, entendido como una conducta violenta entre compañeros/as caracterizada por su intencionalidad, persistencia y desequilibrio de poder (Olweus, 2005), este tiene graves consecuencias para el desarrollo y ajuste psicosocial de la víctima (Buelga et al., 2012; Cava et al., 2010; Estévez, Murgui, Moreno y Musitu, 2007; Hunter, Mora-Mer...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the relationships between victimization, perception of insecurity, and changes in routines. METHODS The 8,170 subjects of both sexes (49.9% women and 50.1% men) aged between 12 and 60 years, selected from a proportional stratified sampling, participated in this study. The measuring instrument was an adaptation of the National...

El objetivo del presente estudio es examinar factores psicosociales relacionados con la interacción entre la policía y la ciudadanía que predicen la percepción de confianza en los grupos policiales en México. Participaron 2792 ciudadanos del municipio de Cuernavaca, Morelos (México), 57% mujeres y 43% hombres, con edades comprendidas entre los 18 y...

Introducción: La migración interna de mujeres indígenas en México se produce por múltiples motivos, uno de ellos es asegurar a sus hijos e hijas un futuro mejor. En este sentido, son escasas las investigaciones en las que se evalúe el éxito o fracaso del proceso migratorio desde la perspectiva de los hijos e hijas de mujeres migrantes. Por ello, co...

Propiedades psicométricas de una escala para medir dificultades en habilidades sociales relacionadas con la victimización 1 Resumen Objetivo. Establecer las propiedades psicométricas de una escala para medir dificultades en habilidades sociales para afrontar la agresión por pares. Método. Participaron 502 estudiantes mexicanos de educación primaria...

El ámbito escolar desempeña un papel fundamental en el desarrollo en la infancia y adolescencia. En este contexto de socialización se adquieren aquellos contenidos que la sociedad estima relevantes y que contribuyen a la adaptación de lapersona en el sistema social. El propósito general de este capítulo es realizar una aproximación a la escuela com...

Objetivo.Conocer las teorías implícitas que utilizan los padres víctimas de la violencia de sus hijos para explicar su inicio. Método.Se ha llevado a cabo un estudio cualitativo exploratorio siguiendo el método propuesto por la Teoría Fundamentada. La información fue obtenida a partir de seis grupos de discusión guiados por entrevistas semiestructu...

This chapter analyzes the relationship between family and cyberbullying, a type of technological harassment among peers which is of growing concern in the scientific community and in today’s society. First, this chapter discusses factors associated with family functioning that may predict cyberbullying, particularly the family climate (cohesion, ex...

To identify the views of a sample of adolescents on the pattern of alcohol consumption shown by adults in their social environment. A qualitative study was conducted using the method proposed by grounded theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967). Data were collected through five discussion groups. Participants were selected by theoretical sampling in the ini...

El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar la percepción de niños y adolescentes pertenecientes a zonas con necesidaddes de trasnformación social, acerca de la influencia del barrio en la conducta violenta escolar y en la configuración de la identidad social urbana de egresores y victimas. Se utilizó una metodología cualitativa, con 10 grupos de...

El objetivo de este estudio es analizar las relaciones existentes entre la victimización, el miedo al delito y los cambios en las rutinas en función del género. Participaron 8170 sujetos (49.9% mujeres y 50.1% hombres) con edades entre los 12 y los 60 años, residentes del Estado de Morelos (México), seleccionados a partir de un muestreo estratifica...

El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar si existen diferencias entre los chicos y chicas agresores en los ámbitos individual, familiar, escolar y comunitario. La muestra final estuvo compuesta por 348 adolescentes que presentaron altas puntuaciones en violencia escolar, de los cuales el 70% eran chicos y el 30% chicas, con edades comprendidas...

Socialization is an interactive process through which cultural contents are transmitted and incorporated into the personality of human beings in the form of behaviors and beliefs. It can also be defined as a not formalized and largely unaware learning process by which, through a complex system of interactions, people assimilate the knowledge, attit...

El Programa Domitila debe su nombre a una mujer indígena que llegó de Tlama, Guerrero, a instalarse en la colonia actualmente conocida como Patios de la Estación, la cual es una de las más excluidas del municipio de Cuernavaca, Morelos. Domitila fue la primera mujer que Alejandro Vera, María Elena Ávila y Gonzalo Musitu entrevistaron hace diez años...

El objetivo de este estudio es analizar las relaciones existentes entre la victimización, el miedo al delito y los cambios en las rutinas en función del género. Participaron 8170 sujetos (49.9% mujeres y 50.1% hombres) con edades entre los 12 y los 60 años, residentes del Estado de Morelos (México), seleccionados a partir de un muestreo estratifica...

Objective: To examines the influence of victimization, perceived insecurity and restrictions on daily routines in life satisfaction. Materials and methods: Participants were 7535 (50.2% men) aged between 12 and 60, selected from a proportional stratified sampling. MANOVA and polytomous logistic regression model were calculated. Results: We fou...

Resumen La violencia de género en parejas adolescentes (VPA) hace referencia a comportamientos abusivos reiterados que un chico adolescente ejerce contra una chica con la que mantiene o ha mantenido una relación sentimental con la intención de ejercer dominio y control sobre la chica y la relación. Este comportamiento se clasifica en cuatro tipos d...

The aim of this study is to analyze the differences between adolescents with low and high overt aggression in psychosocial variables such as loneliness, life satisfaction, attitude towards breaking school rules and attitude to institutional authority. The sample was composed of 565 adolescents aged from 11 to 17 years old. Statistical analysis were...

The aim of the current study was to analyze the differences between adolescents scoring high and low on school violence in the following areas: individual (self-esteem, loneliness, satisfaction with life, and empathy); family (family climate, communication with father and mother); academic (classroom climate, attitudes toward authority, and sociome...

The present study aims to analyze the relationships between community involvement, perception of family and school climate, and emotional and social problems in adolescents (satisfaction with life, non-conformist social reputation, and school violence). The sample was composed of 1884 (52% boys and 48% girls) adolescents aged from 11 to 17 years ol...

El presente estudio tiene dos objetivos: (1) analizar las relaciones del clima escolar y el ajuste escolar con la victimización en adolescentes a través de sus relaciones con la reputación no-conformista y la satisfacción vital, y (2) explorar el efecto moderador del género en estas relaciones. Participaron en el estudio 1884 adolescentes españoles...

El objetivo general del presente estudio es examinar si el vínculo entre los escenarios de socialización familiar y escolar y la violencia escolar difiere en alumnos aceptados y rechazados. Participaron 1068 adolescentes, de entre 11 y 16 años, pertenecientes a cuatro centros educativos de la Comunidad Valenciana (España). Se llevó a cabo un modelo...

The general aim of the present study is to examine whether the link between the family and school contexts, as well as school violence is different among peer accepted and peer rejected adolescents. Participants were 1068 adolescents, ages ranged from 11 to 16 years old, from four schools in Valencian Community (Spain). Structural equation modellin...

This study aims to analyse the psychosocial profile of adolescent aggressors, victims, aggressors/victims and non-involved students, taking into account gender differences. The psychosocial profile of adolescents is defined in the present study according to the following adjustment indicators: overall self-esteem, satisfaction with life, depressive...

The aim of the current study was to analyze the relationship between non-conformist social reputation (perceived and ideal) and instrumental violence (overt and relational) in adolescents from the gender perspective. The sample was composed of 1319 adolescents -T1- aged from 11 to 16 years old (Mean 13.5; S.D. 1.5) and both sexes (53 % girls and 47...

El presente estudio tiene como objetivo analizar un perfil psicosocial de adolescentes agresores, víctimas, agresores/víctimas y estudiantes no implicados, considerando las diferencias de género. El perfil psicosocial del adolescente se define en el presente estudio de acuerdo con los siguientes indicadores de ajuste: autoestima general, satisfacci...

The present study has two objectives. The first is to analyze the relationships between community (integration in the community), family (perception of family climate), school (perception of school climate) and individual (social reputation and satisfaction with life) and school victimization among adolescents, from an ecological perspective. Secon...

This study tested a model of suicidal ideation in adolescents through a transverse type explanatory study. A stratified random sample of 1285 Mexican students from middle and high school was used. The questionnaires had an acceptable reliability index. The model is contrasted using the structural equations technique and the statistical package EQS...

This study tested a model of suicidal ideation in adolescents through a transverse type explanatory study. A stratified random sample of 1285 Mexican students from middle and high school was used. The questionnaires had an acceptable reliability index. The model is contrasted using the structural equations technique and the statistical package EQS...

Research on school violence and peer acceptance (or rejection) is still inconclusive. However, it has been observed violent and rejected adolescents report problems in their family relationships and school. The present study aims to analyse the relationship between particular family variables, school variables, and school based violence, on the bas...

El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar las diferencias existentes entre adolescentes con alta y baja expresión de conductas de agresión manifi esta en variables psicosociales tales como la soledad, la satisfacción vital, la actitud hacia la transgresión de las normas escolares y la actitud hacia la autoridad institucional. La muestra estaba c...

The present study examined the influence of marital conflict on school adjustment, through its relationships to family communication, social self-esteem, and school violence in a sample of adolescents. Participants were 733 adolescents from four schools in the Valencian Community (Spain), aged from 11 to 16 years. The instruments used were the foll...

El objetivo de este estudio transversal ex post facto es analizar las relaciones existentes entre variables familiares -autoestima familiar, apoyo del padre y de la madre-, escolares -autoestima escolar y actitud hacia la escuela- y la violencia escolar en la adolescencia. Participaron 1.068 adolescentes, de entre 11 y 16 años, pertenecientes a cua...

The aim of this transversal ex post facto study is to analyze the relationships between family variables -family self-esteem, father and mother support-school variables -academic self-esteem and attitudes toward school-, and school-based violence in adolescence. Participants were 1,068 adolescents, ages ranged from I I to 16 years old, from four sc...

This study analyses the influence of marital conflict (breaking-up and violence as conflict resolution strategies) and parental support on school adjustment by considering their relationship to social self-esteem and school-based violence among adolescents. Participants were 733 adolescents from four schools in the region of Valencia, their ages ra...