Editorial Board
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
2. Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Interests: child and adolescent health; prevention of obesity and cardiovascular disease; social and behavioral determinants of health
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Interests: adolescents psychology; adolescents identity and group processes; intergroup relations, group processes, discrimination, dehumanization, reduction of prejudice, linguistic discrimination and verbal insults
Interests: suicide; children; adolescents; depression; Tourette syndrome
Interests: identity development; ethnicity; social class; gender; school transitions; educational and career pathways; friendships
Interests: emotional and sociocognitive development and mental health in children and adolescents; theory of mind, self-esteem and social competence; school bullying/victimization experience; gendered self-concept/body image issues; media literacy and popular culture; spiritual and moral development; risk-taking and resilience in youth; play and humour in youth; companion animals and human relationships
Interests: bias-based victimization; bullying; discrimination; intergroup dynamics in contexts of high conflict; intergroup relations; intergroup relations interventions; prejudice; responses to injustices; social and moral reasoning; social justice
2. Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cadiz (INiBICA) Research Unit, Puerta del Mar University Hospital University of Cadiz, 11009 Cadiz, Spain
Interests: physical activity; active transport; physical fitness; healthy patterns; obesity; childhood; adolescence; university students; cardiometabolic risk
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Interests: substance use; mental health; development of APPS for SW and medical education and practice
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Interests: family; self-esteem; adolescence; school; psychosocial adjustment; youth development; school psychology
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Interests: school violence and bullying; cyber bullying and cyber deviance among children and adolescents; cross-cultural and international topics surrounding interpersonal violence; youth delinquency; subjective well-being and mental health of children and adolescents; research methods and advanced statistics
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Interests: child sexual abuse; play therapy; family counseling; child protection; sexual and domestic violence; incest survivor treatment
Interests: youth violence; working with young offenders; criminology; youth justice
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Interests: substance use; sexual risk behaviors; prevention; technology; digital health; family functioning; hispanic
Interests: bullying; cyberbullying; sexting, teacher training; evidence-based practices
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Interests: adolescents; emerging adults; family relationships; parenting; technology use
Interests: peer aggression; peer victimization; school violence, bullying, cyberbullying; school climate; school adjustment; psychosocial adjustment; emotional adjustment; emotional regulation; emotional intelligence; life satifaction
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Interests: delinquency/problem behaviors; school/community interventions; family dynamics; personal identities; person-centered analysis
Interests: international development; global health; public health; paediatrics; health systems; child abuse and neglect; maternal neonatal child and adolescent health
Interests: adolescents mental health and sexual health needs; transgender and gender diverse youth care; HIV prevention
Interests: sexual health; adolescent sexual behavior; pregnancy; orgasm
Interests: mental health; tobacco control and prevention; health disparities; health economics
Interests: emotional and behavioral disorders; positive behavior support; intervention; mental health; attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; challenging behavior; problem behavior
Interests: adolescent substance abuse; adaptation and adoption of empirically-supported treatment in community settings; family-based interventions for adolescent drug abuse and conduct disorder
Interests: parenting; socialization; adolescent adjustment; values internalization; adolescent self-steem; sustance use; school adjustment
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Interests: child work and youth labour; the informal sector; political protest and qualitative research methodology
Interests: bullying; cyberbullying; dating and dating violence among adolescents and children play
Interests: epidemiology; global road traffic; interpersonal violence; workplace violence
Interests: practitioner-researcher collaboration; vulnerable people across the lifespan; mental health disorder and adaptation; psychosocial impact of medical illness
2. Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Interests: gender-based violence; sexual and reproductive health; social and economic determinants of health
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Interests: positive psychology; protective factors promoting human health and well-being; Bullying and cyberbullying; Internet risks; educational, clinical and workplace fields
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