Beatriz Lucas‐Molina

ORCID: 0000-0003-4370-4799
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Research Areas
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Stress and Burnout Research
  • Aging, Health, and Disability
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Educational Innovations and Technology
  • Education and Teacher Training
  • Social Sciences and Policies
  • Inclusive Education and Diversity
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation
  • E-Learning and Knowledge Management
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Gender and Feminist Studies
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Educational Methods and Psychological Studies
  • Child and Animal Learning Development

Universitat de València
2016-2025

Departamento de Educación
2024

Universidad de La Rioja
2011-2019

Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness
2016

National University of Distance Education
2006-2016

Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
2014

Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2010

Depression symptoms and mood disorders constitute one of the major public health challenges among youths. Thus, early prevention intervention for depression should be a priority. The main goal present study was to validate Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores in school-based sample non-clinical adolescents.Stratified random sampling conducted. Participants were 2235 students (M = 14.49, SD =1.76, range= 12-18 years), 52.9 % female, from 34 secondary schools Spain. Several previously...

10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115486 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Psychiatry Research 2023-09-16

New theoretical and measurement models related to Bayesian networks can usefully be implemented enrich our understanding of psychosis risk. The present study aims explore, using a directed acyclic graph (DAG), the putative causal relationship within schizotypal facets, as well between dimensions, psychopathology, reflective functioning (RF) impairments, in representative sample non-clinical adolescents. A 1476 adolescents from general population participated cross-sectional survey. Oviedo...

10.1093/schbul/sbae041 article EN cc-by Schizophrenia Bulletin 2025-03-01

Spain has been one of the countries most affected by health crisis derived from COVID-19. Within this country, city Madrid registered highest number infections and deaths. This circumstance led to adoption strict confinement measures for a period 6 weeks. The objective present study was investigate psychological effects that had on well-being sample children Madrid. A total 167 families with aged 3, 6, 10 years participated in study. parents evaluated through SENA (System Evaluation Children...

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.590463 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2020-10-08

Traditional bullying and cyberbullying are linked to adverse mental health outcomes. Student connectedness has been recently identified as a potential protective factor in these relationships. Nonetheless, the multilevel nature of interactions frequently overlooked. The present study pretends fill this gap by exploring associations between individual levels three adjustment outcomes (i.e., suicidal behavior, symptoms depression, self-esteem), well moderating role school level student on...

10.5093/pi2022a1 article ES cc-by-nc-nd Psychosocial Intervention 2021-12-01

Background: The aim of the PSICE (Evidence-based Psychology in Educational Contexts) Project is to examine effectiveness Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment Adolescents (UP-A) with symptoms anxiety and depression school settings. goal prevent emotional problems improve adolescents’ socioemotional adjustment, learning processes, academic performance. Method: A randomized controlled trial two groups will be performed: active control (progressive relaxation training) experimental...

10.5093/clysa2023a3 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Clínica y Salud 2023-01-23

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the dimensional structure and measurement invariance Bryant’s Index Empathy for Children Adolescents (IECA) (Bryant, 1982) across gender in a representative sample primary school-aged children Spain. consisted 2,050 (50.80% girls), with mean age 9.80 years ( SD = 1.24), recruited from 27 schools. Exploratory confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. model that presented best fit indices Lasa, Holgado, Carrasco, del Barrio’s (2008)...

10.1017/sjp.2016.44 article EN The Spanish Journal of Psychology 2016-01-01

ABSTRACT Background: Aging is a process during which important changes occur in different areas of development and emotional intelligence plays an essential role. The objective this study was twofold: first, to validate the TMMS-24 older population; second, examine mediating role life satisfaction relationship between psychological well-being. Methods: sample consisted 215 adults (60.15% women) with mean age 69.56 (SD = 6.42), without cognitive impairment. Data on intelligence, life,...

10.1017/s1041610217000722 article EN cc-by-nc-nd International Psychogeriatrics 2017-05-02

Peer harassment is a major social problem affecting children and adolescents internationally. Much research has focused on student-to-student from either an individual or multilevel perspective. There paucity of students' relationships with the classroom teacher. The purpose this study was to use socioecological perspective examine between student-level characteristics, problematic teacher–student relationships, student-reported peer harassment. A total 1,864 (50.7% female) aged 8 13 years...

10.1002/pits.21822 article EN Psychology in the Schools 2015-01-12

Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments for Adults: A Selective Review.Psychological treatments have shown their efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency in dealing with mental disorders. However, considering the scientific knowledge generated recent years, Spanish context, there are no updating studies about empirically supported psychological treatments. The main goal was to carry out a selective review of disorders adults.Levels evidence degrees recommendation were collected based on...

10.7334/psicothema2020.426 article EN publisher-specific-oa Psicothema 2021-05-01

Background/Objective: The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire self-report (SDQ-S) has been extensively used to assess mental health problems among children adolescents. However, previous research identified substantial age country variation on its psychometric properties. aim of this study was three-fold: i) evaluate internal structure measurement invariance the Spanish version SDQ; ii) analyze gender-specific effects SDQ subscales; iii) provide normative data for entire range...

10.1016/j.ijchp.2022.100328 article EN cc-by International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 2022-08-29

Mental health problems and psychological adjustment difficulties among young people are emerging as a personal, family, educational, social, challenge. It is necessary to address this social defiance by studying implementing strategies promote emotional well-being prevent in educational contexts. The aim of work highlight, based on the epidemiological data derived from PSICE (Evidence-based Psychology Educational Contexts) project, importance addressing mental school settings. First, an...

10.23923/pap.psicol.3018 article EN publisher-specific-oa Papeles del Psicólogo - Psychologist Papers 2023-01-01

El propósito de este estudio fue examinar las dificultades en el ajuste emocional comportamental y su relación con bienestar emocional, afecto positivo negativo rendimiento académico una muestra representativa adolescentes no clínicos. La la conformaron un total 1.664 participantes (M = 16.12 años; DT 1.36, rango 14-19 años), seleccionados mediante muestreo estratificado por conglomerados. Los instrumentos empleados fueron Strengths and Difficulties Questionnarie (SDQ), Positive Negative...

10.6018/analesps.34.3.296631 article ES Anales de Psicología 2018-08-01

The main purpose of the present study was to assess depressive symptomatology and gather new validity evidences Reynolds Depression Scale-Short form (RADS-SF) in a representative sample youths. consisted 2914 adolescents with mean age 15.85 years (SD = 1.68). We calculated descriptive statistics internal consistency RADS-SF scores. Also, confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) at item level successive multigroup CFAs test measurement invariance, were conducted. Latent differences across gender...

10.1371/journal.pone.0170950 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2017-02-21

The main goal of the present study was to examine dimensional structure and measurement invariance Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI; Davis, 1980) across gender.Two Spanish samples comprising 2,499 college students (71.2% women; M = 21.06 years) 1,438 adults (57.8% 40.01 completed IRI.The internal structure, using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM), revealed that four-factor (Perspective Taking, Fantasy, Empathic Concern, Personal Distress) fitted well students’ data;...

10.7334/psicothema2017.19 article EN publisher-specific-oa Psicothema 2017-11-01

The study of affective disorders among young population has become increasingly relevant in the last years. PANAS is a widely used questionnaire devoted to assess positive and negative affect. main purpose current was examine psychometric properties Spanish version for children (PANAS). sample consisted 1032 adolescents aged between 10 15 ESEM two factor model (Positive Affect Negative Affect) found as most suitable model. scores also showed acceptable internal consistency. invariant across...

10.1371/journal.pone.0221696 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2019-08-27

The transdiagnostic approach to psychopathology has emerged as an alternative traditional taxonomic approaches. Multidimensional Emotional Disorders Inventory (MEDI) is a specifically designed self-report measure the dimensions proposed by Brown and Barlow (2009). This study aims analyse psychometric properties of MEDI scores in adolescents with subthreshold anxiety depression.

10.1016/j.jad.2024.04.081 article EN cc-by-nc Journal of Affective Disorders 2024-04-27

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between psychotic-like experiences and cannabis use in a representative sample adolescents from general population. A total 1,588 students (M=16.13 years, SD = 1.36), 739 men (46.5%), selected by stratified random sampling conglomerates 98 classes 34 schools participated survey. instruments used were Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief, Strengths Difficulties Questionnaire, Modified Substance Use Penn Matrix Reasoning Test, Family Affluence...

10.20882/adicciones.1149 article ES Adicciones 2019-03-28

The aim of the present study was to examine whether effect empathy on role children play in bullying situations, as either bullies, defenders or outsiders, moderated by children's social status within their classroom, and this moderation gender dependent. For purpose, we used a representative sample 2,050 Spanish primary school (50.80% girls) from grades 3–6 ( M age = 9.80 years; SD 1.24), recruited 27 schools. Results showed that behavior sociometric rating only girls. Both had an defending...

10.1111/sjop.12453 article EN Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 2018-05-09
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