Research experience

Research on risk and protection factors involved in problematic and antisocial behaviour

“Psychological Analysis of the Genesis and Maintenance of drug abuse in Galician Adolescents: Longitudinal Research” (Galician Health Department. XUGA. 1988-1992).

"Psychological Factors of Juvenile Delinquency in Galicia" (Galician Department of Work and Social Affairs. XUGA. 1988-1989).
 
“Drugs and Delinquency; an analysis of their causal relationships through time in different samples” (Galician Department of Education. XUGA. 1996-1999).

“Female Delinquency: Its production and judgement” (Galician Autonomous Government. 1998-2000).

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Design of prevention programmes

“Design and evaluation of a drug abuse prevention programme based on the identification of risk factors" (D.G.I.C.Y.T. Ministry of Education, 1993-1996).

“Experimental projects of educative prevention in drug abuse: Broadening intervention and follow-up” (Ministries of Education and Health and the Spanish Home Office (PNSD), 1999-2000).

"Educative Programmes to promote healthy behaviour: Broadening the programme “Building Your Health" (Ministries of Education and Health and the Spanish Home Office (PNSD) 1999-2000)

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Implementation and evaluation of prevention programmes to avoid the use of drugs and antisocial behaviour

“Evaluation and follow-up study of a Life Skills Training programme: An examination of its effectiveness to prevent drug use and antisocial behaviour” (D.G.I.C.Y.T. Ministry of Education. 1996-1999).

“Experimental projects of educative prevention in drug abuse: Implementation and evaluation of the life skills training programme” (Ministries of Education and Health and the Spanish Home Office (PNSD) 1997-1998).
"Evaluation of different family intervention models aimed at preventing the use of drugs and problematic behaviour in young people" Spanish Home Office. PNSD. 2000-2002

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Intervention in foster care institutions for teenagers

“Implementation and evaluation of the programme “Building Your Health”: promoting personal and social development in Youth Re-education Centres of Galicia”  (Galician Department of Family, Work, Women and Youth. XUGA. 1999-2000).

“Promotion of the individual and social development in Galician youth foster care institutions”  (Galician Autonomous Government, 2001-2002).

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Theory instruction and practical training in the field of problematic behaviour prevention

“Training and advising for technicians of the different autonomous regions to implement the “Construyendo Salud” Programme” (Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. 2001-2002).

“Training and advising for technicians of Galician foster care institutions” (Galician Autonomous Government, 2002).

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Evaluation of treatments to counteract drug dependency and relapse

“Preventing relapse in drug abuse: Analysis of the effectiveness of the therapeutic programme “Proyecto Hombre" (Galician Department of Presidency and Administration and Galician Department of Family, Work, Women and Youth. XUGA. 1999/2000).

“Relapse prevention factors and evaluation of drug treatment programmes” (Galician Department of Education. XUGA. 2000-2002).

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Intervention on high risk children 

“Childhood markers for risk of violent and persistent antisocial behaviour” (Funded by Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica (D.G.I.C.Y.T). National Department of Education. 2001-2004).

“Development of chronic antisocial behaviour: Follow-up and intervention on early-onset problem behaviours” (Funded by Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica (D.G.I.C.Y.T). National Department of Education).

"Experimental project on the detection of early-onset behaviour problems" (2006-CL420) Funded by the Maria José Jove Foundation. 2006-2007

"Early prevention of drug abuse: multi-component intervention and follow-up study" Funded by: The National Plan on Drugs (2006-09).

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Cultural diversity analysis

“Acculturation process as a risk or protective factor for drug use among immigrant youth and adaptation of the programme Keepin’ it R.E.A.L” (Funded by the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Consortium (SIRC), Arizona State university (March-October 2005). 

“Personal/contextual patterns of vulnerability, protection and prevention of drug use and antisocial behaviour by immigrant and native adolescents” (Funded by: Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica (D.G.I.C.Y.T). National Department of Education. 2005-2008).

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