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Gonzalo Musitu

Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Ciencias Sociales, Faculty Member

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Gonzalo Musitu, is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Pablo de Olavide (Spain). He has been Visitant Professor of the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford (UK). He has published and conducted research on adolescence, school and family. He pursues a research agenda on measurement techniques of self-esteem and family socialization. He also conducts numerously research on parents' socialization practices and children outcomes.
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Books by Gonzalo Musitu

AF5: Self-concept form 5

ESPA29: Parental socialization scale in adolescence

Educación popular y promoción del bienestar [Popular education and the promotion of well-being]

Psicología social comunitaria [Community social psychology]

Las relaciones entre padres e hijos adolescentes [The relationships between parents and children adolescents]

Papers by Gonzalo Musitu

Comunicación con los padres, malestar psicológico y actitud hacia la autoridad en adolescentes mexicanos: su influencia en la victimización escolar

by Silvana Mabel Nuñez Fadda, Gonzalo Musitu, and Juan Evaristo Callejas-Jerónimo

Estudios sobre Educación, 2019

Las consecuencias de la victimización escolar en los adolescentes demandan una mayor comprensión ... more Las consecuencias de la victimización escolar en los adolescentes demandan una mayor comprensión de las relaciones entre los factores involucrados. Se seleccionó una muestra representativa y aleatoria por conglomerados, que incluía 1.698 estudiantes mexicanos de Secundaria (46% niños y 54% niñas), de 12 a 17 años (M = 13.65. DE = 1.14). Los datos de auto-reporte sobre comunicación con los padres, malestar psicológico y actitud positiva hacia la autoridad institucional se analizaron con la técnica del análisis estructural. El modelo estructural resultante confirmó una relación indirecta de la comunicación padres-adolescentes con la victimización escolar, a través del malestar psicológico y la actitud positiva hacia la autoridad institucional, demostrando la influencia de la calidad de la comunicación con sus padres sobre la victimización escolar de los adolescentes.

L'orientation scolaire et professionnelle

Famille et adolescence : prévention des conduites à risque

Adolescences d'aujourd'hui, 2006

La evaluación de la socialización familiar: ESPA29

Padres y Maestros. Publicación de la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, 2016

Communication and Family Education

Concepciones acerca de la violencia filio-parental en el contexto de Servicios Sociales: un estudio exploratorio [Conceptions about child-to-parents violence in social services: an exploratory stuyd]

by Rosa Varela Garay and Gonzalo Musitu

Acción Psicológica, 2015

The number of reported adolescent-towards-parents violence cases is increasing significantly in r... more The number of reported adolescent-towards-parents violence cases is increasing significantly in recent years. However, the specialized services to deal with this problem are still scarce, dealing in many cases practitioners of Social Services intervention in these cases. The aim of this study is to analyze the conceptions of these workers about adolescenttowards-parents violence and what are the family characteristics most strongly associated with this type of violence according to their beliefs. Using an inductive qualitative research design was analyzed responses of 43 workers from Social Services, using as a guide the Inductive General Theory phases (frequency thematic analysis, generation and depuration of categories, creation of models and networks of primary and secondary categories). The results indicate that the definitions of the professionals are divided in two types: behavioral and relational, and can be situated along the unidirectional-bidirectional dimension of violence. There is general agreement that there isn't a single type of family in which violence is more likely although some indicators are related to the increased likelihood of development of abuse from children to parents (permissive parenting styles-overprotective, authoritarian, violent, neglectful and confused, role reversal, lack of parenting skills and economic difficulties).

Delimitación conceptual sobre los valores

Bullying Victimization among Mexican Adolescents: Psychosocial Differences from an Ecological Approach

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020

This transversal study over a random representative sample of 1687 Mexican students attending pub... more This transversal study over a random representative sample of 1687 Mexican students attending public and private secondary schools (54% girls, 12–17 years old, M = 13.65. DT = 1.14) aimed to analyze psychosocial differences between victims and non-victims of bullying from the bioecological model. It included individual variables (ontosystem), familiar, community, and scholar factors (microsystem), and gender (macrosystem) to perform a multivariate discriminant analysis and a logistic regression analysis. The discriminant analysis found that psychological distress, offensive communication with mother and father, and a positive attitude toward social norms transgression characterized the high victimization cluster. For the non-victims, the discriminant variables were community implication, positive attitude toward institutional authority, and open communication with the mother. These variables allowed for correctly predicting membership in 76% of the cases. Logistic regression analysi...

Factores predictores de la violencia relacional en la adolescencia

Liberabit. Revista Peruana de Psicología, 2018

Este es un artículo Open Access bajo la licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-Comparti... more

Baja percepción de riesgo en el consumo de alcohol en adolescentes españoles

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2017

Según los estudios recientes, los adolescentes españoles muestran una baja percepción del riesgo ... more Según los estudios recientes, los adolescentes españoles muestran una baja percepción del riesgo asociado al consumo de alcohol. El objetivo de la presente investigación es analizar los factores que favorecen esta baja percepción a partir de la opinión de un grupo de 32 profesionales/expertos en adolescencia, familia, escuela, medios de comunicación y políticas locales. Se utilizó una metodología cualitativa, fundamentada en Grounded Theory, a partir de la información obtenida mediante 5 grupos de discusión guiados por entrevistas semiestructuradas. Se identificaron 12 factores o subcategorías agrupados en 4 categorías generales: riesgo a corto plazo, inmediatez y percepción de invulnerabilidad (categoría “pensamiento adolescente”); concepción benévola del alcohol, normalización del consumo y binomio alcohol-diversión (categoría “normas sociales”); consumo habitual en los padres, inconsistencia verbal-no verbal en el modelado parental, consumo sin riesgo en los medios, consumo con r...

Psicología Social Comunitaria. (Community Social Psychology)

Media and alcohol consumption in adolescents: What do the experts say?

DESCRIPTION The objective of this study is to obtain the views of experts on adolescence, family,... more DESCRIPTION The objective of this study is to obtain the views of experts on adolescence, family, school, public authorities and media, regarding the role played by the media in alcohol consumption among adolescents. The method proposed by Grounded theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) has been utilized. Data were collected through discussion groups informed by semistructured interviews. The study involved 32 national experts. The experts interviewed perceived that the media play an important educational role in alcohol consumption, in addition, they identified seven key aspects (subcategories) that involve risk factors for alcohol use among adolescents, grouped into three main categories (modeling unhealthy habits, biased portrait of adolescents and lack of rigor in information).

Adjustment problems in the family and school contexts, attitude towards authority, and violent behavior at school in adolescence

Adolescence, 2007

This study analyzed the role of different but interrelated variables in the family and school con... more This study analyzed the role of different but interrelated variables in the family and school contexts in relation to problems of violent behavior at school during adolescence. Participants were 1,068 students aged 11 to 16 (47% male) drawn from secondary schools in the Valencian Community (Spain). Statistical analyses were carried out using structural equation modeling. The model accounted for 32% of the variance in school violence. Results showed a direct association between quality of communication with father and teacher's expectations of the student with the adolescent's involvement in violent behavior at school. Moreover, findings showed indirect paths by which adolescents' self-concept (family and school domains), acceptance by peers, and attitude toward authority, seemed to be influenced by the quality of interactions with parent and teachers, and also were closely associated with violent behavior at school. Findings are discussed in relation to previous research...

[Family communication styles, attitude towards institutional authority and adolescents' violent behaviour at school]

Psicothema, 2007

The purpose of present study is to analyse the relationship among certain family and school facto... more The purpose of present study is to analyse the relationship among certain family and school factors, adolescents' attitude towards institutional authority, and violent behaviour at school. The sample is composed of 1049 adolescents of both sexes and aged from 11 to 16 years old. Statistical analyses were carried out using structural equation modelling. Results indicate a close association between negative communication with father and violent behaviour in adolescence. Moreover, data suggest that teachers' expectations affect students' attitude towards institutional authority, which in turn is closely related to school violence. Finally, findings show an indirect influence of father, mother and teacher in adolescents' violent behaviour, mainly through their effect on family- and school-self-concept.

[Family and school violence: the mediator role of self-esteem and attitudes towards institutional authority]

Psicothema, 2006

This study analyses the influence of family communication and parental valuation of school on ado... more This study analyses the influence of family communication and parental valuation of school on adolescent violent behaviour at school. By means of a structural equation model, both its direct and indirect influence through school and family self-esteem of the adolescent and his attitude towards school authority are analysed. The sample is composed of 665 adolescents whose ages range from 12 to 16 years old. The results confirm the existence of an indirect relationship but not direct influence of the family on school violence. The attitude of the adolescent towards school authority is the mediator variable which shows the strongest direct effect on school violence. Also, the two dimensions of self-esteem considered are significant intermediate variables. These results and their implications are analysed.

AF5: Self-concept form 5

ESPA29: Parental socialization scale in adolescence

Educación popular y promoción del bienestar [Popular education and the promotion of well-being]

Psicología social comunitaria [Community social psychology]

Las relaciones entre padres e hijos adolescentes [The relationships between parents and children adolescents]

Comunicación con los padres, malestar psicológico y actitud hacia la autoridad en adolescentes mexicanos: su influencia en la victimización escolar

by Silvana Mabel Nuñez Fadda, Gonzalo Musitu, and Juan Evaristo Callejas-Jerónimo

Estudios sobre Educación, 2019

Las consecuencias de la victimización escolar en los adolescentes demandan una mayor comprensión ... more Las consecuencias de la victimización escolar en los adolescentes demandan una mayor comprensión de las relaciones entre los factores involucrados. Se seleccionó una muestra representativa y aleatoria por conglomerados, que incluía 1.698 estudiantes mexicanos de Secundaria (46% niños y 54% niñas), de 12 a 17 años (M = 13.65. DE = 1.14). Los datos de auto-reporte sobre comunicación con los padres, malestar psicológico y actitud positiva hacia la autoridad institucional se analizaron con la técnica del análisis estructural. El modelo estructural resultante confirmó una relación indirecta de la comunicación padres-adolescentes con la victimización escolar, a través del malestar psicológico y la actitud positiva hacia la autoridad institucional, demostrando la influencia de la calidad de la comunicación con sus padres sobre la victimización escolar de los adolescentes.

L'orientation scolaire et professionnelle

Famille et adolescence : prévention des conduites à risque

Adolescences d'aujourd'hui, 2006

La evaluación de la socialización familiar: ESPA29

Padres y Maestros. Publicación de la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, 2016

Communication and Family Education

Concepciones acerca de la violencia filio-parental en el contexto de Servicios Sociales: un estudio exploratorio [Conceptions about child-to-parents violence in social services: an exploratory stuyd]

by Rosa Varela Garay and Gonzalo Musitu

Acción Psicológica, 2015

The number of reported adolescent-towards-parents violence cases is increasing significantly in r... more The number of reported adolescent-towards-parents violence cases is increasing significantly in recent years. However, the specialized services to deal with this problem are still scarce, dealing in many cases practitioners of Social Services intervention in these cases. The aim of this study is to analyze the conceptions of these workers about adolescenttowards-parents violence and what are the family characteristics most strongly associated with this type of violence according to their beliefs. Using an inductive qualitative research design was analyzed responses of 43 workers from Social Services, using as a guide the Inductive General Theory phases (frequency thematic analysis, generation and depuration of categories, creation of models and networks of primary and secondary categories). The results indicate that the definitions of the professionals are divided in two types: behavioral and relational, and can be situated along the unidirectional-bidirectional dimension of violence. There is general agreement that there isn't a single type of family in which violence is more likely although some indicators are related to the increased likelihood of development of abuse from children to parents (permissive parenting styles-overprotective, authoritarian, violent, neglectful and confused, role reversal, lack of parenting skills and economic difficulties).

Delimitación conceptual sobre los valores

Bullying Victimization among Mexican Adolescents: Psychosocial Differences from an Ecological Approach

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020

This transversal study over a random representative sample of 1687 Mexican students attending pub... more This transversal study over a random representative sample of 1687 Mexican students attending public and private secondary schools (54% girls, 12–17 years old, M = 13.65. DT = 1.14) aimed to analyze psychosocial differences between victims and non-victims of bullying from the bioecological model. It included individual variables (ontosystem), familiar, community, and scholar factors (microsystem), and gender (macrosystem) to perform a multivariate discriminant analysis and a logistic regression analysis. The discriminant analysis found that psychological distress, offensive communication with mother and father, and a positive attitude toward social norms transgression characterized the high victimization cluster. For the non-victims, the discriminant variables were community implication, positive attitude toward institutional authority, and open communication with the mother. These variables allowed for correctly predicting membership in 76% of the cases. Logistic regression analysi...

Factores predictores de la violencia relacional en la adolescencia

Liberabit. Revista Peruana de Psicología, 2018

Este es un artículo Open Access bajo la licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-Comparti... more

Baja percepción de riesgo en el consumo de alcohol en adolescentes españoles

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2017

Según los estudios recientes, los adolescentes españoles muestran una baja percepción del riesgo ... more Según los estudios recientes, los adolescentes españoles muestran una baja percepción del riesgo asociado al consumo de alcohol. El objetivo de la presente investigación es analizar los factores que favorecen esta baja percepción a partir de la opinión de un grupo de 32 profesionales/expertos en adolescencia, familia, escuela, medios de comunicación y políticas locales. Se utilizó una metodología cualitativa, fundamentada en Grounded Theory, a partir de la información obtenida mediante 5 grupos de discusión guiados por entrevistas semiestructuradas. Se identificaron 12 factores o subcategorías agrupados en 4 categorías generales: riesgo a corto plazo, inmediatez y percepción de invulnerabilidad (categoría “pensamiento adolescente”); concepción benévola del alcohol, normalización del consumo y binomio alcohol-diversión (categoría “normas sociales”); consumo habitual en los padres, inconsistencia verbal-no verbal en el modelado parental, consumo sin riesgo en los medios, consumo con r...

Psicología Social Comunitaria. (Community Social Psychology)

Media and alcohol consumption in adolescents: What do the experts say?

DESCRIPTION The objective of this study is to obtain the views of experts on adolescence, family,... more DESCRIPTION The objective of this study is to obtain the views of experts on adolescence, family, school, public authorities and media, regarding the role played by the media in alcohol consumption among adolescents. The method proposed by Grounded theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) has been utilized. Data were collected through discussion groups informed by semistructured interviews. The study involved 32 national experts. The experts interviewed perceived that the media play an important educational role in alcohol consumption, in addition, they identified seven key aspects (subcategories) that involve risk factors for alcohol use among adolescents, grouped into three main categories (modeling unhealthy habits, biased portrait of adolescents and lack of rigor in information).

Adjustment problems in the family and school contexts, attitude towards authority, and violent behavior at school in adolescence

Adolescence, 2007

This study analyzed the role of different but interrelated variables in the family and school con... more This study analyzed the role of different but interrelated variables in the family and school contexts in relation to problems of violent behavior at school during adolescence. Participants were 1,068 students aged 11 to 16 (47% male) drawn from secondary schools in the Valencian Community (Spain). Statistical analyses were carried out using structural equation modeling. The model accounted for 32% of the variance in school violence. Results showed a direct association between quality of communication with father and teacher's expectations of the student with the adolescent's involvement in violent behavior at school. Moreover, findings showed indirect paths by which adolescents' self-concept (family and school domains), acceptance by peers, and attitude toward authority, seemed to be influenced by the quality of interactions with parent and teachers, and also were closely associated with violent behavior at school. Findings are discussed in relation to previous research...

[Family communication styles, attitude towards institutional authority and adolescents' violent behaviour at school]

Psicothema, 2007

The purpose of present study is to analyse the relationship among certain family and school facto... more The purpose of present study is to analyse the relationship among certain family and school factors, adolescents' attitude towards institutional authority, and violent behaviour at school. The sample is composed of 1049 adolescents of both sexes and aged from 11 to 16 years old. Statistical analyses were carried out using structural equation modelling. Results indicate a close association between negative communication with father and violent behaviour in adolescence. Moreover, data suggest that teachers' expectations affect students' attitude towards institutional authority, which in turn is closely related to school violence. Finally, findings show an indirect influence of father, mother and teacher in adolescents' violent behaviour, mainly through their effect on family- and school-self-concept.

[Family and school violence: the mediator role of self-esteem and attitudes towards institutional authority]

Psicothema, 2006

This study analyses the influence of family communication and parental valuation of school on ado... more This study analyses the influence of family communication and parental valuation of school on adolescent violent behaviour at school. By means of a structural equation model, both its direct and indirect influence through school and family self-esteem of the adolescent and his attitude towards school authority are analysed. The sample is composed of 665 adolescents whose ages range from 12 to 16 years old. The results confirm the existence of an indirect relationship but not direct influence of the family on school violence. The attitude of the adolescent towards school authority is the mediator variable which shows the strongest direct effect on school violence. Also, the two dimensions of self-esteem considered are significant intermediate variables. These results and their implications are analysed.

Développement socio-cognitif et jugement moral : de Kohlberg à la recherche des déterminants de la différenciation du développement moral

L’Orientation scolaire et professionnelle, 2004

Institut national d'étude du travail et d'orientation professionnelle (INETOP)

[Social reputation and relational violence in adolescents: the role of loneliness, self-esteem and life satisfaction]

The aim of the current study was to analyse the relationship among adolescents&amp;amp;amp;am... more The aim of the current study was to analyse the relationship among adolescents&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; social reputation--perceived and ideal--, relational violence at the school context and their specific psychosocial adjustment variables such as loneliness, self-esteem and life satisfaction. The sample comprised 1319 adolescents aged 11 to 16 years old. Results suggested that adolescents who wish for and seek a non-conforming social reputation (ideal) report more loneliness, have lower self-esteem and feel more dissatisfied with their lives, factors all linked to higher participation in behaviours involving relational violence. Conversely, adolescents who already have a non-conforming social reputation (perceived) report less feelings of loneliness and higher levels of self-esteem and life satisfaction, thus having less involvement in acts of relational violence. Associations among the variables included in the structural model were also analysed as a function of sex.

Estrés, apoyo social y ajuste psicológico en padres que maltratan a sus hijos

Revista de Psicología Social, 1994

Los objetivos de este estudio son: a) examinar los niveles de estrés, ajuste psicológico y apoyo ... more

Características psicométricas da versão portuguesa da Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale–Short Form (CDSE–SF)

Psychologica, 2009

Neste trabalho faz-se uma síntese dos principais resultados obtidos na adaptação da versão curta ... more Neste trabalho faz-se uma síntese dos principais resultados obtidos na adaptação da versão curta da Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale (CDSE-SF: Taylor & Betz, 1983), em amostras de respondentes Portugueses. Depois de uma breve apresentação do instrumento (base teórica, dimensões e propriedades métricas em amostras internacionais), os autores expõem, sucintamente, as principais evidências recolhidas até à data, acerca da precisão/fiabilidade e de validade dos resultados, em distintas amostras nacionais de estudantes de diferentes níveis de escolaridade. De seguida, recorrendo a uma amostra não probabilística de 123 estudantes do 9º ano de escolaridade, faz-se uma análise da precisão dos resultados e examina-se a validade estrutural das respostas aos 25 itens da CDSE-SF. Por fim, apresentam-se algumas das necessidades de investigação futuras com esta escala.

Funcionamiento familiar, autoestima y consumo de sustancias en adolescentes: un modelo de mediación

Salud Pública de México, 2007

Objetivo. Analizar las relaciones directas e indirectas entre el funcionamiento familiar, la auto... more Objetivo. Analizar las relaciones directas e indirectas entre el funcionamiento familiar, la autoestima considerada desde una perspectiva multidimensional (autoestima familiar, escolar, social y física) y el consumo de sustancias. Material y métodos. Los datos se recogieron durante el año escolar 2003-2004 y corresponden a dos muestras independientes de adolescentes españoles (n 1 = 414, Castilla y León; n 2 = 625, Comunidad Valenciana). Para el análisis de datos se utilizó la técnica estadística de ecuaciones estructurales y se siguió el procedimiento de análisis de efectos mediadores de Holmbeck (1997). Resultados. La autoestima media significativamente la influencia del funcionamiento familiar en el consumo de sustancias de los adolescentes. Además, se observa, por un lado, un efecto protector de las autoestimas familiar y escolar frente a la implicación en el consumo de sustancias y, por otro, un efecto de riesgo de las autoestimas social y física. Conclusiones. Parece necesario adoptar una perspectiva multidimensional en el estudio de la autoestima de adolescentes consumidores y prevenir la sobrevaloración en las dimensiones social y física. Palabras clave: adolescencia; funcionamiento familiar; autoestima; consumo de sustancias Musitu G, Jiménez TI, Murgui S. Family functioning, self-esteem and substance use in adolescents: a mediational model.

Delimitación conceptual sobre los valores

by Belén Martinez-Ferrer and Gonzalo Musitu