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


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1. Department of Nursing, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
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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Department of Psychology of Developmental and Socialization Processes La Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: adolescents psychology; adolescents identity and group processes; intergroup relations, group processes, discrimination, dehumanization, reduction of prejudice, linguistic discrimination and verbal insults

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Department of Psychological Medicine, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva 4920235, Israel
Interests: suicide; children; adolescents; depression; Tourette syndrome

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Social Sciences Division, Psychology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Interests: identity development; ethnicity; social class; gender; school transitions; educational and career pathways; friendships

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Department of Educational Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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

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Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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

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1. Department of Physical Education, School of Education Sciences, University of Cadiz, 11519 Cadiz, Spain
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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School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
Interests: substance use; mental health; development of APPS for SW and medical education and practice
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Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Interests: family; self-esteem; adolescence; school; psychosocial adjustment; youth development; school psychology
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Department of Social Work, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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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Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-4013, USA
Interests: child sexual abuse; play therapy; family counseling; child protection; sexual and domestic violence; incest survivor treatment

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Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Interests: youth violence; working with young offenders; criminology; youth justice
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School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Interests: substance use; sexual risk behaviors; prevention; technology; digital health; family functioning; hispanic

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Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Universidad de Sevilla, 41019 Seville, Spain
Interests: bullying; cyberbullying; sexting, teacher training; evidence-based practices
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Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
Interests: adolescents; emerging adults; family relationships; parenting; technology use

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Departament of Health Psychology, University of Miguel Hernandez, Edificio Altamira, 03202 Alicante, Spain
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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Family, Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0310, USA
Interests: delinquency/problem behaviors; school/community interventions; family dynamics; personal identities; person-centered analysis

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Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology, and Folkloristics, University of Iceland, IS-102 Reykjavik, Iceland
Interests: international development; global health; public health; paediatrics; health systems; child abuse and neglect; maternal neonatal child and adolescent health

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School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
Interests: adolescents mental health and sexual health needs; transgender and gender diverse youth care; HIV prevention

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Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Interests: sexual health; adolescent sexual behavior; pregnancy; orgasm

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Population Health Sciences Department, School of Nursing and Health Professions, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA
Interests: mental health; tobacco control and prevention; health disparities; health economics

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Center for Promoting Research to Practice, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
Interests: emotional and behavioral disorders; positive behavior support; intervention; mental health; attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; challenging behavior; problem behavior

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Leonard M. Miller School of Medicinedisabled, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA
Interests: adolescent substance abuse; adaptation and adoption of empirically-supported treatment in community settings; family-based interventions for adolescent drug abuse and conduct disorder

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Department of Psychology, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Av Los Alfares, 44, 16002 Cuenca, Spain
Interests: parenting; socialization; adolescent adjustment; values internalization; adolescent self-steem; sustance use; school adjustment
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School of Social Science and Humanities, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
Interests: child work and youth labour; the informal sector; political protest and qualitative research methodology

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Department of Psychology, Universidad de Cordoba, 14004 Cordoba, Spain
Interests: bullying; cyberbullying; dating and dating violence among adolescents and children play

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Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Interests: epidemiology; global road traffic; interpersonal violence; workplace violence

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Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
Interests: practitioner-researcher collaboration; vulnerable people across the lifespan; mental health disorder and adaptation; psychosocial impact of medical illness

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1. School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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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Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain
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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