Xose Antón Gómez Fraguela

University of Santiago de Compostela | USC · Departamento de Psicología Clínica y Psicobiología

El uso de la música como herramienta para abordar diversas necesidades emocionales, cognitivas y sociales es conocido. Aunque su eficacia ha sido comprobada en varios trastornos psicológicos y neurológicos, su potencial en el tratamiento de primeros episodios psicóticos es un área menos explorada. Este estudio se centró en evaluar los efectos terap...

Este estudio exploratorio investigó los efectos de la Terapia Asistida con Animales (TACA) en el afecto positivo, afecto negativo, desesperanza y autoestima de jóvenes con primeros episodios psicóticos. La muestra consistió en 10 participantes, divididos en grupos equitativos: un grupo control y un grupo experimental. El objetivo fue evaluar la efi...

En el ámbito de la psicosis precoz resulta imprescindible disponer de protocolos útiles, validados y fia-bles que se puedan utilizar en el tratamiento diario de las personas que la padecen. Para ello, es necesario armonizar las contribuciones propias de las investigaciones en este ámbito con la práctica clínica. Se presenta un estudio de caso de un...

El quebrantamiento de medida en jóvenes que cumplen medidas judiciales privativas de libertad tiene graves consecuencias, tanto para los individuos como para la sociedad. Por ello, resulta necesario determinar los factores que contribuyen a la explicación de estas conductas. El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar las diferencias en una serie de fac...

Research on moral disengagement associated with adult criminal profiles is recent a recent issue and, therefore, has been less evaluated. This meta-analytic study aims to determine the strength of the relationship between moral disengagement and crime in the adult prison population. The results showed a moderate relationship between moral disengage...

The goal of this study was to examine the distinctiveness of reactive aggression (RA) and proactive aggression (PA) from a variable- and person-based approach, their psychosocial correlates and behavioral outcomes, and analyze their replicability across two samples of adolescents. The forensic sample was composed of 231 juvenile offenders and the c...

Introducción: La Organización Mundial de la Salud indica que es necesario eliminar los valores, las actitudes y los estereotipos basados en el género que afectan la salud y el bienestar de las niñas y mujeres en el mundo. Desde la psicología de la personalidad, algunos trabajos científicos han demostrado que rasgos como la triada oscura de la perso...

Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits identify children at high risk of antisocial behavior. A recent theoretical model proposed that CU traits arise from low sensitivity to threat and affiliation. To assess these dimensions, we developed the parent- and self-reported Sensitivity to Threat and Affiliative Reward Scale (STARS) and tested its psychometric...

Peer pressure is defined as the subjective or actual experience of being pressured to do certain things according to certain guidelines of the peer group. Adolescence is the time when a person is most vulnerable to peer pressure. Since 2015 an international group of researchers from the USA and Uruguay have collaborated to develop a culturally adap...

Deviant siblings have been considered as role models for future delinquent behavior; however, previous studies have led to inconsistent results in this regard. The goal of the current meta-analysis was to analyze the effect of deviant non-twin siblings on future delinquency. The potential moderation effects of birth order, sex dyad, age of siblings...

When testing longitudinal effects of parenting practices on adolescent adjustment, an integrated consideration of externalizing and internalizing behaviors is a gap in research. This study analyzed how parental support and parental knowledge directly and indirectly influence both antisocial behavior and emotional problems. The sample had 642 adoles...

Risk assessment instruments are designed to help juvenile justice practitioners in decision-making and intervention planning. Previous findings showed that a cumulative risk would be useful in predicting reoffending, whereas a person-centered approach would be more appropriate for risk management and intervention development. Thus, the goal of the...

The field of criminal psychology involves delving into psychological profiles prone to accepting and justifying sexist attitudes that support sexual violence against adult women (SVAW). The aim of the current study is to analyze the mediating role of moral disengagement in the relationships between dark triad personality traits (Machiavellianism, p...

Previous research has revealed a strong association between moral disengagement (MD) and criminal behaviour. However, few studies have attempted to examine the contribution of dark personalities to MD. This study aims to first analyse the differences between forensic and community samples in the use of MD strategies and then replicate the factorial...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of millions of people around the globe and some of the unprecedent emerged disruptions, are likely to have been particularly challenging for young children (e.g., school closures, social distancing measures, movement restrictions). Studying the impact of such extraordinary circumstances on their well-bein...

According to the theory of planned behavior (TPB), intentions to perform a specific behavior are the result of attitudes, norms, and perceived control, and in turn, intentions and perceived control are the main predictors of the behavior. This study aimed to test the applicability of TPB in predicting alcohol use in normative pre-adolescents. The s...

Modern societies devise sexual violence as a social problem. Legal psychologists highlight the importance of identifying those variables that increase the likelihood of violent behaviour occurs-risk factors-and those variables that increase their opposition to have deviant behaviours-protective factors-. For these reasons, the objective of this wor...

En el marco de una tradición de investigación relativamente reciente, ciertos rasgos psicológicos relacionados con diversas conductas socialmente reprobables se han agrupado bajo la denominación de “Factor oscuro o lado oscuro de la personalidad”. En este contexto, este trabajo estudia la varianza común que pudiera existir entre los tres componente...

The Dark Triad traits (DT; Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) have been repeatedly labeled as a constellation of traits that are characterized by a dishonest and self-focused approach to interpersonal relations. Personality psychologists suggest that these traits make some people more susceptible than others to intergroup bias, threat,...

Mantente REAL is a school-based universal program to prevent drug use and other problematic behaviors specifically designed to be implemented in schools at the beginning of adolescence. This program, which is a culturally adapted version of the Keepin’ it REAL intervention, focuses on skills training for resisting social pressure to use drugs and i...

The present study aimed to examine the effects of the Spanish confinement derived from the COVID-19 crisis on children and their families, accounting for child's age. A range of child negative (e.g., conduct problems) and positive outcomes (e.g., routine maintenance) were examined, along with a set of parent-related variables, including resilience,...

Child emotion regulation (ER) skills and specific parenting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to influence children adjustment in these unprecedented times. On this assumption, we first aimed to examine the predictive value of ER skills in relation to diverse indicators of behavioral and socioemotional adjustment. Then, we tested wh...

Since the conceptual distinction of reactive and proactive aggression has been proposed, numerous studies have tried to disentangle the correlates of each function of aggression. While reactive aggression tends to be more strongly related to impulsivity, angry reactivity, or hostility, proactive aggression has proved to be more associated with psyc...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of millions of people around the globe and some of the unprecedent emerged disruptions, are likely to have been particularly challenging for young children (e.g., school closures, social distancing measures, movement restrictions). Studying the impact of such extraordinary circumstances on their well-bein...

The COVID-19 outbreak has caused a great impact in our society. Because of its rapid spread, many countries were forced to impose drastic measures (i.e., restrictive lockdowns) to guarantee social distancing and isolation. In some countries, like Spain, these measures were particularly restrictive for children, who were forced to stay at home for m...

La delincuencia juvenil es una de las problemáticas que mayor interés ha despertado a lo largo de las últimas décadas debido a las consecuencias e implicaciones que genera, tanto para los individuos como para el resto de la sociedad. Debido a ello, han sido numerosos los trabajos que han tratado de identificar las causas de este fenómeno, proporcio...

Several researches have focused on analyzing the links between moral disengagement and illegal behaviours in young population showing different results. The main aim of this review was to estimate the relationship between moral disengagement and juvenile delinquency, as well as to analyze the influence of certain moderating variables. A random effe...

Los problemas de conducta en la niñez son considerados un objetivo prioritario de prevención en los ámbitos educativo y de salud. Aunque son muchos los factores implicados en el desarrollo de estos problemas, las habilidades de corte emocional y cognitivo-social desempeñan un papel central y, por ello, se considera que deben ser abordados por los p...

La encuesta es una técnica ampliamente utilizada en la investigación criminológica sobre la que descansa una parte importante del conocimiento acumulado. Así lo acreditan algunas revisiones recientes que la sitúan como el procedimiento más habitual tanto en las publicaciones científicas, como en las tesis doctorales defendidas en Criminología (Klec...

Substantial evidence has shown the strong effects of being affiliated with deviant peers on adolescent’s antisocial behaviour. However, any measure has been consistently used in this field to evaluate that influence. Therefore, the main objective of the current study was to validate a measure to assess the presence of antisocial behaviour in peer g...

Adolescents who are placed in Residential Care (RC) show an increased risk of antisocial behavior. From a restorative perspective, it has been proposed that interventions carried out in RC might significantly reduce the probability of negative consequences in adolescents, provided that they are adapted to the specific needs of this population. Ther...

Intervención contextual y funcional de menores infractores en la provincia de Lugo.

Objectives The current study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the “Parental Knowledge Questionnaire-PKQ”, a new measure for the assessment of different constructs regarding parental knowledge and its sources of information (i.e., adolescent disclosure, parental solicitation, and parental control) in the Spanish context. To test the...

One of the main purposes of juvenile risk assessment is to distinguish different risk profiles, which may lead to referring youths into specific intervention programs tailored to their specific needs. This study is devoted to identifying main typologies of risk in a sample of 286 Spanish young offenders aged 14 to 22 (M = 17.36; SD = 1.61) years. P...

This study aimed at evaluating the internal consistency of the Antisocial Behavior Questionnaire and analyze its factor structure. Specifically, it sought to evaluate the suitability of one-factor and multifactorial models, and to verify the extent to which scores of antisocial behavior vary according to gender. We counted with two different sample...

The current work aimed to analyse the prospective effects of parenting practices on adolescent problematic behaviour taking into account the mediation effects of deviant affiliations in normative Spanish adolescents. For this purpose, a sample of 663 adolescents aged 12 to 15 (M = 12.49, SD = 0.68) and gender-balanced (54.3% male) were recruited fr...

The Dirty Dozen scale is a short measure developed to assess the Dark Triad traits, namely Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism, which has previously shown good psychometric properties. The aim of this study was to validate a Spanish version of the Dirty Dozen through the assessment of its psychometric properties in a sample constituted by...

Background: Moral reasoning and its association with various types of behavior have been the subject of many studies in Psychology. Specifically, moral reasoning has been widely related to juvenile delinquency in the research about the subject. Objectives: this review integrates more than 70 years of scientific research into the differences in m...

The implementation of the points-based driving license helps to change the drivers' behavior and is related to a reduction of traffic accidents and fatalities. In Spain, when a driver loses all points, the driving license is revoked, so the driver must enroll on a Driver Awareness and Re-education (DARE) course. However, at the moment offenders are...

The aim of this study was to assess gender differences in direct and indirect effects of parental knowledge, family support, family conflict, and deviant peers on violent and nonviolent antisocial behavior among youngsters. The total sample was composed of 584 young people, 274 males and 310 females, aged 14 to 20 from High Schools of Galicia (NW S...

The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of parental knowledge, parental support, and family conflict through the affiliation with deviant peers on youth substance use (i.e., alcohol, cannabis, and other illicit substances), as well as unhealthy and antisocial behavior derived from substance consumption. A Spanish community sample was used a...

Análisis bibliométrico de las referencias de la base de datos ProQuest siguiendo una lógica booleana con los siguientes descriptores: razonamiento moral, desarrollo moral, menores infractores, delincuencia juvenil y homólogos anglosajones.

The aim of the current study was to analyse in two age cohorts the presence of mediation effects of parenting practices (i.e., parental knowledge, parental support, parent-adolescent conflict) through deviant peers on youth antisocial behaviour (i.e., nonviolent antisocial behaviour, violent behaviour). The final sample was subdivided in a younger...

Abstract Impulsivity has been linked to several risky behaviours, however, the multifaceted conceptualization of the construct has hardly been studied regarding adolescent antisocial behaviour. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyse the influence of impulsivity facets assessed by the UPPS-P scale on different types of antisocial behaviours (i.e...

Research has suggested that warm and supportive relationships are indispensable to facilitate parent-child communication which, in turn, enables parental knowledge. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyse the direct and indirect effects of parental support and parental knowledge on juvenile antisocial behaviours (i.e., substance abuse, nonviolen...

Introduction: It is observed that there exists a gradual increase in cigarette consumption in Colombian teenagers. However, we have no knowledge of the existence of prevention programs and thereby their effectiveness. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the “Building Health” program for preventing the cigarette smoking trend in adolescents...

Background: Research of the indirect effects of neighbourhood risk through psychopathic personality traits (i.e., impulsiveness, narcissism and callous-unemotional traits) on juvenile antisocial behaviour has become relevant. Methods: In the current study, mediation effects were assessed using a sample composed of 406 young people between 14 and...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the long-term effects of a manualised program which intervenes on children with early-onset conduct problems, their families and teachers. The program evaluation involved 14 primary schools which were randomly assigned to the intervention (45 participating families) and control (30 families) conditions during 20...

The study of child abuse effects in conjunction with witnessing domestic violence has shown some influence of this dual exposure on the development of behavior problems in children. Thus, this study goal was to analyze the likely influence of dual exposure on adolescent drug use and antisocial behavior. The sample comprised 247 adolescents from juv...

En este trabajo se analizan los datos de un estudio longitudinal a largo plazo con el objetivo de examinar las implicaciones de los rasgos psicopáticos infanto-juveniles, evaluados a través de la mCPS (modified Child Psychopathy Scale), en la conducta antisocial en la adolescencia. Se analizan los datos recogidos en 141 niños (edad media=7.80), que...

Abstract Callous and unemotional traits (CU), considered as the hallmark of the construct of psychopathy, have shown their relevance in designating a specific subgroup of youths with a distinctive pattern of severe conduct problems and antisocial behavior. In order to improve the existing measures, the Inventory of Callous Unemotional traits (ICU)...

The aim of this study was to assess the effects of the variables related to family functioning (parental monitoring, family support, and family conflict) on juvenile antisocial behavior either directly or indirectly through the choice of deviant friends. Thus, the sample consisted of 764 adolescents from the Autonomous Community of Galicia (Spain),...

Considering the relevance of the affective dimension of the psychopathic personality in developmental and predictive models of youth conduct problems, the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional traits (ICU) has been developed as a reliable and effective measure of callous–unemotional traits (CU) in childhood and adolescence. The main purpose of the prese...

Gómez-Fraguela, X.A. e Cutrín, O. (2014). El botellón y la juventud. ¿Es exclusivamente un problema de orden público?. Infancia, juventud y ley, 5, 54-61.

The aim of this work was to examine the role of sensation seeking in drunk driving by youths, and the potential mediational effect of social, cognitive and emotional variables on their relationship. To this end, a survey was conducted on 274 drivers (164 females and 110 males) aged 24.36 ± 2.96 years (range 18–30 years). The results obtained confir...

La búsqueda de sensaciones es una de las variables de personalidad más estrechamente ligadas con la adopción de distintas conductas de riesgo, especialmente el consumo de alcohol y otras drogas. Además, la búsqueda de sensaciones influye en la valoración que los individuos realizan sobre los riesgos y sus posibles consecuencias. El objetivo de este...

Objective: The main purposes of this study were to examine the usefulness of the variables of the theory of planned behavior (viz. attitudes, social norms, and self-efficacy) and to explore the relationship between optimism bias and drink driving in young adults. In addition, we explored gender differences in drink driving with provision for the e...

In this study, we assessed the validity of the Psychopathic Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in a Spanish sample of juvenile court-involved youths. Although recent Anglo-Saxon literature on the topic supports the usefulness of psychopathic traits in adolescent offenders for predicting recidivism and future violence, little is still known about the...

Este trabajo tiene como principal objetivo estudiar cómo las variables de personalidad y la aculturación interactúan a la hora de predecir la conducta antisocial de adolescentes inmigrantes en España. Estudios previos mostraron que la estrategia aculturativa llamada separación (rechazo por la cultura de acogida, con un fuerte aprecio por la preserv...

This study analyzes levels of antisocial behavior in Latino immigrant adolescents who are living in Spain. The results are integrated within a wide explanatory framework, defined by the relationships between acculturation strategies and personality variables and family functioning. The results allow us to underline configurations of high risk (and,...

Widespread interest in short scales for measuring personality traits has generated a need for systematic studies that validate them in different languages and cultures. This paper examines the psychometric properties of the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) applied to a sample of 1181 Spanish adults. The TIPI was administered jointly with the N...

Dysfunctional parenting practices have been evidenced as one of the most important sources of risk for child and adolescent behavioural problems. On the other hand, during the last decade, psychopathic traits have also been shown as important ingredients in order to identify the most severe and persistent patterns of antisocial behaviours. In this...

This study examines the relationships between intrinsic/extrinsic aspirations and subjective well-being (SWB; positive affect, negative affect, satisfaction with life) in a sample of 583 Spanish adults. Firstly, the results showed that high scores for SWB are related to high scores for intrinsic aspirations and, to a lesser extent, to low scores fo...

Dysfunctional parenting practices have been evidenced as one of the most important sources of risk for child and adolescent behavioural problems. On the other hand, during the last decade, psychopathic traits have also been shown as important ingredients in order to identify the most severe and persistent patterns of antisocial behaviours. In this...

En este trabajo se analiza la contribución de las facetas evaluadas en el Cuestionario de Impulsividad I7 (impulsividad, afán de aventuras y empatía) y el abuso de alcohol en la predicción de las violaciones de las normas de tráfico, después de controlar variables como la edad o el número de kilómetros conducidos en el último año. Para ello se ha r...

The aim of this study is to analyze the motives for drinking alcohol in university students through an adaptation of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire Revised (DMQ-R, Grant, Stewart, O'Connor, Blackwell and Conrod, 2007). This work explores the factor structure of this instrument, as well as the associations between the factors identifi ed and sev...

En los últimos años la agresividad y la manifestación de ira al volante se han relacionado con la conducción que se lleva a cabo. Las investigaciones han puesto de manifiesto que los individuos más coléricos suelen adoptar un estilo de conducción más agresivo y arriesgado, lo que les lleva a cometer más infracciones y a verse implicados en un mayor...

Con las últimas modificaciones del Código Penal en materia de seguridad vial determinados comportamientos del conductor han adquirido la consideración de delito y pueden ser castigados con penas de prisión. Esta medida ha supuesto un complemento al llamado "permiso de conducción por puntos" y ha propiciado un incremento en la investigación sobre la...