The doctor in Psychology and professor at the Universidad Europea del Atlantico (European Unversity of the Atlantic, UNEATLANTICO), David Herrero, has published three scientific articles on topics such as aggression in driving, the impact of interparental conflict on sibling relationships, and the development of a questionnaire to evaluate the practice of mindfulness in teachers.
The first, entitled “The mediation effect of emotion dysregulation in the relationship between stress and aggression on the road,” published in the European Review of Applied Psychology journal, addressed the problem of traffic accidents and analyzed in depth aggressive behavior on the road. The authors of the article, who also include UNEATLANTICO researchers Pamela Parada-Fernández, Julién Brito, and Carmen L. Rodríguez, as well as Irene Rodríguez-Arcos from the Universidad de Salamanca (University of Salamanca), have highlighted the relevance of human behavior in traffic accidents and the relationship between stress, emotional dysregulation, and aggression on the road.
In another of his articles, entitled “The Generalization Effect of Interparental Conflict in Sibling Relationships and Child Adaptation,” published in the Canadian Journal of Family and Youth, Dr. Herrero, together with Laura Merino and Ana Martínez-Pampliega, analyzed the generalization effect of interparental conflict on sibling relationships and child adaptation. This study has concluded that more restrictive parenting styles and a decrease in positive sibling exchanges are associated with poor child adjustment, revealing a generalization process.
Finally, Dr. Herrero has participated in the “Development of the Mindfulness Questionnaire for Teachers (CMD) and analysis of its psychometric properties,” an instrument published in the Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación Psicológica (Iberoamerican Journal of Psychological Diagnosis and Evaluation) that assesses the mindfulness competencies of teachers in relation to students, classroom climate, and classroom management. This questionnaire, which consists of 23 items distributed in 4 factors: self-awareness, body awareness, interpersonal awareness, and conscious interaction, presents adequate reliability and validity indexes, and its objective has been to contribute to improve Mindfulness-Based Educational Programs and the classroom management and climate itself.
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