Factors associated with adolescent risk prevention
ESPERANZA DEL ROCÍO ESPINO PEÑATE
COORDINATOR
SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
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Esperanza del Rocío Espino Peñate
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Irene García Moya
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Noelia Muñoz Fernández
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Joaquín A. Mora Merchán
- María Luisa Rodríguez de Arriba
Short CV
Esperanza Espino holds a Doctorate in Psychology from the University of Seville, with an international award for her thesis ‘School bullying and cyberbullying: poly-involvement, stability, explanatory factors and situations of vulnerability’ and research stays in prestigious institutions: Università di Bologna (Italy), Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal) and University of Greenwich (UK).
She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Loyola University (Andalusia) and a member of the Interpersonal Aggression and Socio-Emotional Development Research Group (SEJ-580).
Her research focuses on understanding the specific conditions under which bullying and cyberbullying, or their consequences, are more severe among adolescents and young people. Progress is reflected in more than 50 contributions: scientific articles, book chapters and presentations at national and international conferences. She has participated in competitive regional (P18-RT-2178) and national (PSI2017-86723-R; PID2020120115913GB-I00) R+D+i projects and has collaborated in contracts with the European Commission, the Andalusian Regional Government and Seville City Council, among others, for which she has provided scientific-technical advice and psycho-educational materials.
She has been a member of the organising and scientific committee of congresses and seminars such as the IX World Conference on Violence in Schools, the VIII State Congress on School Coexistence and the I Conference ‘Cyber-violence in childhood and adolescence: challenges and opportunities to promote positive convivencia’.
Since 2020, she is Technical Secretary of the International Observatory on School Climate and Violence Prevention (IOSCVP). In the field of teaching, she has given university credits for Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at national and Latin American institutions.
She is co-author and reviewer of teaching materials and psycho-educational programmes, such as SKUPAJ+ (Slovenian government), PREVENT (national) or ConRed-Andalucía, ConRed-Familias and ConRed-Inclusivo (Andalusian regional government), aimed at preventing different types of interpersonal violence. She has been a guest speaker at courses and seminars for students, families and teachers.
Symposium abstract
Adolescence is a period characterized by new developmental challenges, in which the academic and social domains become increasingly important.
Among the most important challenges that adolescents face are those related to their school career and the establishment of healthy relationships with their peers.
Although the experience of these challenges can generally be satisfactory, they are sometimes associated with risks that are particularly difficult to manage at this age. Among the most studied risks, given their occurrence and serious consequences, the following stand out: school stress, traditional (cyber) bullying and sexual (cyber) bullying. Given the scientific, educational and social interest in curbing these problems, this symposium, coordinated by Esperanza Espino, aims to create a space for discussion on how to prevent and effectively address these phenomena, which in one way or another affect physical contexts, such as schools, and virtual ones.
To this end, four papers will be presented, the results of which will provide clues on how to protect adolescents from these risks.
In the first contribution, Dr. Irene García-Moya/Antonia Jiménez Iglesias will analyse how teachers’ actions influence the occurrence of school stress among students. Continuing with the crucial role of teachers, in the second contribution, Dr. Noelia Muñoz-Fernández will examine the effectiveness of teachers’ responses in dealing with bullying episodes. In the third, considering the daily use of technology during adolescence, Dr. Joaquín A. Mora-Merchán will examine how the type of digital activity adolescents engage in influences their potential involvement in cyberbullying, and whether this is mediated by other environmental factors.
Finally, Dr. María Luisa Rodríguez de Arriba will address the variables associated with adolescents’ defensive behaviour when they witness sexual harassment against their peers, both in person and online.