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Dr. Lourdes Rey Peña
University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain

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Lourdes Rey is assistant professor of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatment at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Málaga. Her research interests are focused on the assessment and training of psychological strengths in applied settings including teaching and adolescence. Dr. Rey has led research projects on the promotion of positive resources in the context of bullying and cyberbullying. She has numerous impact factor journal publications, such as International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and so on.

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Journal article
Published: 09 July 2021 in European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
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Adolescents’ perception of their own emotional abilities has been related to psychological adjustment and well-being. However, there are still few studies focusing on specific emotional dimensions in relation to bullying and well-being in adolescence. This study analysed the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) facets, satisfaction with life, bullying and cyberbullying in adolescents. The sample consisted of 3520 high school students (51.5% females) aged between 12 and 18 years (M = 14.37; SD = 1.67). The correlation analyses showed that the majority of EI facets were positively related to satisfaction with life and negatively with both types of violence. As was expected, bullying and cyberbullying victims and bully–victims scored lower in satisfaction with life and the majority of EI facets. Controlling for sex, age, and grade, self-emotion appraisal, use of emotions and regulation of emotion were the best predictors of life satisfaction in bully–victims of bullying and cyberbullying. Finally, we discuss the relevance of these findings for clinical and educational practice on EI seeking to promote subjective well-being among adolescents involved in bullying and cyberbullying.

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Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Sergio Mérida-López; Lourdes Rey; Natalio Extremera. A Closer Look at the Emotional Intelligence Construct: How Do Emotional Intelligence Facets Relate to Life Satisfaction in Students Involved in Bullying and Cyberbullying? European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 2021, 11, 711 -725.

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Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Sergio Mérida-López, Lourdes Rey, Natalio Extremera. A Closer Look at the Emotional Intelligence Construct: How Do Emotional Intelligence Facets Relate to Life Satisfaction in Students Involved in Bullying and Cyberbullying? European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 2021; 11 (3):711-725.

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Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Sergio Mérida-López; Lourdes Rey; Natalio Extremera. 2021. "A Closer Look at the Emotional Intelligence Construct: How Do Emotional Intelligence Facets Relate to Life Satisfaction in Students Involved in Bullying and Cyberbullying?" European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 11, no. 3: 711-725.

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Published: 01 May 2021 in Revista Española de Pedagogía
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La ciberperpetración es un problema creciente de la sociedad actual, pero, aunque los factores de riesgo son ampliamente estudiados, son pocas las investigaciones centradas en los recursos personales que podrían favorecer su prevención o reducción. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar si las autovaloraciones centrales pueden moderar la relación entre uso problemático de Internet y ciberperpetración. Los participantes fueron 456 ciberacosadores de entre 12 y 18 años (edad media: 15.01; DT = 1.44), extraídos de una muestra inicial de 2085 jóvenes. Como instrumentos de medida se utilizaron tres medidas de autoinforme (ciberperpetracion: ECIP-Q; uso problemático de Internet: IAT; autovaloraciones centrales: CSE). Los resultados revelan que la ciberperpetración se relacionó positivamente con el uso problemático de Internet y negativamente con las CSE. El análisis de moderación puso de manifiesto el papel protector de las CSE únicamente cuando el nivel de uso problemático de Internet no es muy elevado. Estos resultados apuntan a la necesidad de implementar actuaciones preventivas del uso problemático de Internet y ciberacoso en edades tempranas, en las que el trabajo sobre los recursos personales positivos sean la clave. Se concluye que esta problemática requiere de modelos comprensivos más amplios que los existentes hasta el momento en los que, junto a los factores de vulnerabilidad, se tomen en consideración factores personales, familiares y contextuales que puedan actuar como protectores.

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Carolina Yudes; Universidad de Málaga; Lourdes Rey; Natalio Extremera. Adolescentes ciberacosadores y uso problemático de Internet: el papel protector de las autovaloraciones centrales. Revista Española de Pedagogía 2021, 79 .

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Carolina Yudes, Universidad de Málaga, Lourdes Rey, Natalio Extremera. Adolescentes ciberacosadores y uso problemático de Internet: el papel protector de las autovaloraciones centrales. Revista Española de Pedagogía. 2021; 79 (279):.

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Carolina Yudes; Universidad de Málaga; Lourdes Rey; Natalio Extremera. 2021. "Adolescentes ciberacosadores y uso problemático de Internet: el papel protector de las autovaloraciones centrales." Revista Española de Pedagogía 79, no. 279: .

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Published: 18 March 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Research has demonstrated that cyber victimization is consistently associated with higher problem behaviors such as problematic technology use. However, little research has examined specific individual dispositions that can serve as a buffer in the link between cyber victimization and higher problematic uses of technology (i.e., problematic Internet, smartphone, and social media), such as core self-evaluations (CSE). A convenience sample of 1211 high school students, 657 females, 554 males, aged 12 to 18 (mean age = 13.74) completed measures of cyber victimization, CSE, and different problematic technology-related behaviors. Results of correlational analysis revealed significant associations between cyber victimization and all problematic uses of technology. Our findings also suggested that high CSE weakened the relationship between cyber victimization and two of the three problematic uses of technology. Consistent with social compensation theory, cyber victimization was concurrently linked to different problematic uses of technology. Low CSE also strengthened the link between cyber victimization and problems use of smartphones and social media and also showed a marginally significant interaction with cyber victimization in predicting problematic Internet use. Implications of these preliminary findings are discussed and avenues for further research are offered.

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María Peláez-Fernández; María Chamizo-Nieto; Lourdes Rey; Natalio Extremera. How Do Cyber Victimization and Low Core Self-Evaluations Interrelate in Predicting Adolescent Problematic Technology Use? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 3114 .

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María Peláez-Fernández, María Chamizo-Nieto, Lourdes Rey, Natalio Extremera. How Do Cyber Victimization and Low Core Self-Evaluations Interrelate in Predicting Adolescent Problematic Technology Use? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (6):3114.

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María Peláez-Fernández; María Chamizo-Nieto; Lourdes Rey; Natalio Extremera. 2021. "How Do Cyber Victimization and Low Core Self-Evaluations Interrelate in Predicting Adolescent Problematic Technology Use?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 6: 3114.

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Published: 15 January 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The unemployment rate has dramatically increased in southern Europe in the last decade. Although it is well-known that unemployment impairs mental health, the specific roles of personal resources like emotional intelligence (EI) and potential underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Prior studies have shown that resilience and self-esteem are mediators in the link between EI and mental health. The present study aims to bridge these gaps by testing a sequential path model. Specifically, we propose that EI is associated with lower depressive symptoms, which is explained by higher resilient coping strategies and a resulting increased self-esteem among unemployed individuals. A sample of Spanish unemployed persons completed measures of EI, resilience, self-esteem and depression. The results showed that higher levels of EI were positively associated with resilience and self-esteem and negatively related to depressive symptoms. Path analyses showed that resilience and self-esteem mediated the relation between EI and depression in sequence. These findings suggest that EI plays a key role in promoting mental health and provide preliminary evidence regarding potential mechanisms through which EI contributes to mental health during unemployment. Implications for assessing the absence of these positive resources in developing effective job search programs geared toward promoting mental health and re-employment are discussed.

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María Peláez-Fernández; Lourdes Rey; Natalio Extremera. A Sequential Path Model Testing: Emotional Intelligence, Resilient Coping and Self-Esteem as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms during Unemployment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 697 .

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María Peláez-Fernández, Lourdes Rey, Natalio Extremera. A Sequential Path Model Testing: Emotional Intelligence, Resilient Coping and Self-Esteem as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms during Unemployment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (2):697.

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María Peláez-Fernández; Lourdes Rey; Natalio Extremera. 2021. "A Sequential Path Model Testing: Emotional Intelligence, Resilient Coping and Self-Esteem as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms during Unemployment." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 2: 697.

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Published: 12 December 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Previous research has highlighted the relationship between being cybervictimised and the presence of clinical symptoms, such as depression. To date, however, there has been no comparative analysis of the personal resources profiles of adolescent victims of cyberbullying with and without depressive symptoms. The current study analysed the relationship between positive personal resources and clinical symptoms in 251 adolescent victims of cyberbullying at several Spanish high schools. It examined how several positive personal resources varied in adolescent victims of cyberbullying who displayed symptoms of depression (n = 89) or did not (n = 162). Victims of cyberbullying who displayed depressive symptoms reported lower levels of personal resources (emotional intelligence, gratitude, optimism, and forgiveness) than those who did not. Logistic regression provided evidence that gratitude was the strongest predictor of depressive symptoms in victims of cyberbullying, followed by emotional intelligence and optimism. These findings expand the existing literature on the role of personal resources in mental health and highlight the need for their development in youths to help them cope more effectively and function better after being cyberbullied.

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Lourdes Rey; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Sergio Mérida-López; Natalio Extremera. The Relationship between Personal Resources and Depression in a Sample of Victims of Cyberbullying: Comparison of Groups with and without Symptoms of Depression. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 9307 .

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Lourdes Rey, Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Sergio Mérida-López, Natalio Extremera. The Relationship between Personal Resources and Depression in a Sample of Victims of Cyberbullying: Comparison of Groups with and without Symptoms of Depression. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (24):9307.

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Lourdes Rey; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Sergio Mérida-López; Natalio Extremera. 2020. "The Relationship between Personal Resources and Depression in a Sample of Victims of Cyberbullying: Comparison of Groups with and without Symptoms of Depression." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 24: 9307.

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Published: 29 October 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Cyberaggression is often triggered by cybervictimization. However, little attention has been given to the underlying mechanisms in this relationship. Specifically, this study examined the mediating roles of stress as well as unforgiveness (i.e., revenge and avoidance motivations) in the cybervictimization-cyberbullying aggression link. The main goal is to investigate the direct and indirect effects of cybervictimization on cyberbullying aggression while modeling a process in which cybervictimization causes stress, which in turn causes unforgiveness motivations concluding with cyberbullying aggression as the consequent. A total of 979 adolescents (Mage = 13.72, SD = 1.31) completed the relevant scales at two time points spaced four months apart. The results confirm that stress and revenge motivation at Time 1 act as serial mediators between cybervictimization at Time 1 and cyberbullying behaviors at Time 2. Additionally, the results reveal that avoidance at Time 1 was not a significant mediator in the links between cybervictimization at Time 1 and cyberbullying aggression at Time 2. Our findings provide support for the stress-and-coping model of forgiveness in adolescence and offer original insight into the developmental process of bully-victims in cyberbullying context. These results suggest the importance of efforts addressing motivations and emotion-focused coping strategies in adolescents who have been bullied to prevent and reduce those adolescents’ future stress and aggressive behaviors. The contributions and implications of the results are discussed.

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Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Lourdes Rey; María Teresa Chamizo-Nieto; Jr. Everett L. Worthington. A Serial Mediation Model of the Relationship between Cybervictimization and Cyberaggression: The Role of Stress and Unforgiveness Motivations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 7966 .

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Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Lourdes Rey, María Teresa Chamizo-Nieto, Jr. Everett L. Worthington. A Serial Mediation Model of the Relationship between Cybervictimization and Cyberaggression: The Role of Stress and Unforgiveness Motivations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (21):7966.

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Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Lourdes Rey; María Teresa Chamizo-Nieto; Jr. Everett L. Worthington. 2020. "A Serial Mediation Model of the Relationship between Cybervictimization and Cyberaggression: The Role of Stress and Unforgiveness Motivations." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21: 7966.

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Published: 26 September 2020 in Journal of Clinical Medicine
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: Though contemporary scientific literature addressing the links between emotional intelligence (EI) and suicidal ideation in adolescents is scarce, one of the potential proposed pathways through which EI may reduce the risk of suicidal ideation involves its relationship with the use of adaptive coping strategies. The aim of this research is to provide support for an empirical pathway that proposes that the effects of EI on suicide risk may follow an indirect pathway, involving maladaptive and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, using both cross-sectional and prospective design in two independent studies with Spanish adolescents. The sample of Study 1 consisted of 1824 students (52.4% female; mean age 14.55 years). In Study 2, 796 adolescents (54.4% female; mean age 13.76 years) filled out the measures twice, four months later. The results confirmed a positive association between EI and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and a negative link with suicidal ideation. As expected, the results showed that both cross-sectionally (Study 1) and prospectively (Study 2) EI predicted lower suicidal ideation. Bootstrap mediation analysis indicated that only adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies partially mediated the link between EI and suicidal ideation both cross-sectionally and prospectively. Together, those adolescents who showed higher EI were more likely to report more adaptive cognitive emotion regulation, which in turn predicted lower levels of suicidal ideation. Our findings suggest possible avenues for prevention and intervention efforts aimed at boosting emotional abilities and developing adaptive coping strategies among adolescents who are at elevated suicide risk.

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Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Sergio Mérida-López; Lourdes Rey; Félix Neto; Natalio Extremera. Untangling the Emotional Intelligence-Suicidal Ideation Connection: The Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in Adolescents. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2020, 9, 3116 .

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Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Sergio Mérida-López, Lourdes Rey, Félix Neto, Natalio Extremera. Untangling the Emotional Intelligence-Suicidal Ideation Connection: The Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in Adolescents. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020; 9 (10):3116.

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Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Sergio Mérida-López; Lourdes Rey; Félix Neto; Natalio Extremera. 2020. "Untangling the Emotional Intelligence-Suicidal Ideation Connection: The Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in Adolescents." Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 10: 3116.

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Published: 22 June 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Cyber-bullying is becoming an increasing school and health problem affecting adolescents worldwide. A number of studies have examined risk factors and protective factors in cyber-bullying situations and their consequences on the psychological well-being of adolescents. Gratitude and Emotional Intelligence (EI) are two personal resources that have been shown to have beneficial effects on the health and the social, personal and psychological functioning of young people. Nevertheless, little is known about these two variables in the context of cyber-bullying. The main purpose of this study was to examine the roles of gratitude and EI in cyber-aggression. Specifically, we hypothesised a mediational effect of gratitude in emotional intelligence-cyber-aggression link. A total of 1157 students aged 12–18 years (54.4% females) completed several questionnaires assessing gratitude (Gratitude Questionnaire; GQ-5), EI (Wong and Law’s Emotional Intelligence Scale; WLEIS-S) and cyber-bullying (European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire; ECIPQ). The results showed expected significant associations between the studied variables. Moreover, the structural equation model analysis confirmed that EI dimensions were indirectly associated with cyber-aggression via gratitude, even when controlling for the effects of socio-demographic variables. These findings provide evidence on why those adolescents high in emotional intelligence are less aggressive in cyber-bullying context and suggest possibilities for gratitude interventions to reduce aggressive actions by electronic means among adolescents. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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María Teresa Chamizo-Nieto; Lourdes Rey; John Pellitteri. Gratitude and Emotional Intelligence as Protective Factors against Cyber-Aggression: Analysis of a Mediation Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 4475 .

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María Teresa Chamizo-Nieto, Lourdes Rey, John Pellitteri. Gratitude and Emotional Intelligence as Protective Factors against Cyber-Aggression: Analysis of a Mediation Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (12):4475.

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María Teresa Chamizo-Nieto; Lourdes Rey; John Pellitteri. 2020. "Gratitude and Emotional Intelligence as Protective Factors against Cyber-Aggression: Analysis of a Mediation Model." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 12: 4475.

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Published: 03 June 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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(1) Cyberbullying has gained increased attention from society and researchers due both to its negative psychosocial consequences and the problems that have risen relating to the misuse of technology. Despite the growing number of scientific studies, most research has focused on victims of cyberbullying rather than on the cyberbullies. This study examines the predictive value of personal resources (emotional intelligence, gratitude, and core self-evaluations) and risk factors (cybervictimization, problematic Internet use), and parental control in online activities on adolescents’ involvement in cyberbullying perpetration. (2) A total of 2039 Spanish adolescents between 12 and 18 years of age took part in this research (53.9% females). (3) Twenty-two percent of the sample was engaged in cyberbullying behaviors (more male adolescents). Insults and online social exclusion were the most frequent types of cyberbullying perpetration. Age, cybervictimization, problematic Internet use, and deficits in the use and regulation of emotions were the best predictors of cyberbullying perpetration. (4) Cyberbullying is a social reality in which personal and family variables converge on a particularly vulnerable age group. Our findings suggest that both well-known predictors of cyberbullying (cybervictimization and problematic Internet use) along with others less studied dimensions (i.e., emotional abilities) need to be taken into account in future school-based interventions aimed to prevent cyberbullying perpetration.

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Carolina Yudes; Lourdes Rey; Natalio Extremera. Predictive Factors of Cyberbullying Perpetration amongst Spanish Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 3967 .

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Carolina Yudes, Lourdes Rey, Natalio Extremera. Predictive Factors of Cyberbullying Perpetration amongst Spanish Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (11):3967.

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Carolina Yudes; Lourdes Rey; Natalio Extremera. 2020. "Predictive Factors of Cyberbullying Perpetration amongst Spanish Adolescents." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 11: 3967.

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Published: 20 May 2020 in International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
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Background/Objective: The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among cybervictimization, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and somatic complaints in a 4-month follow-up study. Method: A total of 1,024 high school students (456 male and 568 female, M (SD) = 13.69 years (1.3 years), range 12–18 years, voluntarily participated in this study. Measures of cybervictimization and cognitive strategies were obtained at Time 1. Four months later (Time 2), measures of somatic complaints were obtained. Results: Multiple mediation analyses were conducted to determine the mediating roles of maladaptive strategies in the link between cybervictimization and somatic complaints. As expected, path-analytic results showed that cybervictimization predicted somatic symptoms. Furthermore, some maladaptive regulation strategies, namely self-blame and rumination, partially mediated the link between cybervictimization and somatic symptoms evaluated 4-months later. Conclusions: The findings are discussed in terms of the role that maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies might play with regards to physical health in cyberbullying episodes. In general, these findings have important implications for developing an understanding about the affective determinants of somatic health problem initiation and maintenance after a victimization and for developing intervention programs specifically for cybervictimized adolescents. Antecedentes/Objetivo: El objetivo fue examinar la relación entre cibervictimización, estrategias de regulación cognitiva emocional desadaptativas y quejas somáticas en un estudio prospectivo a cuatro meses. Método: Un total de 1.024 estudiantes de Instituto (456 varones y 568 mujeres, M (SD) = 13,69 años (1,3) de 12 a 18 años de edad participaron voluntariamente. En el Tiempo 1, se pasaron los cuestionarios de cibervictimización y estrategias de regulación cognitivo emocional. Cuatro meses después (Tiempo 2), se obtuvo una medida de quejas somáticas. Resultados: Se realizaron análisis de mediación múltiple para determinar el papel mediador de las estrategias de regulación desadaptativas en la relación entre cibervictimización y quejas somáticas. Como se esperaba, los resultados indicaron que la cibervictimización predice las quejas somáticas y que algunas estrategias de regulación desadaptativas, autoculpa y rumiación, median parcialmente la relación entre cibervictimización y quejas somáticas evaluadas cuatro meses más tarde. Conclusiones: Se discute el papel que juegan las estrategias de regulación desadaptativas sobre la salud física en los episodios de ciberacoso. En general, estos hallazgos sugieren importantes implicaciones para una mejor comprensión de los determinantes afectivos que inciden en el inicio y mantenimiento de problemas somáticos después de una victimización, y para desarrollar programas de intervención específicamente en casos de adolescentes cibervictimizados.

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Lourdes Rey; Felix Neto; Natalio Extremera. Cyberbullying victimization and somatic complaints: A prospective examination of cognitive emotion regulation strategies as mediators. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 2020, 20, 135 -139.

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Lourdes Rey, Felix Neto, Natalio Extremera. Cyberbullying victimization and somatic complaints: A prospective examination of cognitive emotion regulation strategies as mediators. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology. 2020; 20 (2):135-139.

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Lourdes Rey; Felix Neto; Natalio Extremera. 2020. "Cyberbullying victimization and somatic complaints: A prospective examination of cognitive emotion regulation strategies as mediators." International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 20, no. 2: 135-139.

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Published: 07 May 2020 in Journal of Clinical Psychology
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Objective The present study examines the role of optimism and gratitude as predictors of suicide risk, namely depressive symptoms and suicide ideation. Beyond their expected predictive role, optimism and gratitude were also hypothesized to interact together to predict both suicide risk outcomes. Methods A sample of 1,013 Spanish adults (521 females) participated in this study. The average age was 39.63 years old (standard deviation = 16.19; range 16–82). Results Results indicated that the optimism × gratitude interaction term significantly augmented the prediction of both depressive symptoms and suicide ideation. Specifically, pessimists presented with a higher risk of suicide, but the effect was weaker among those individuals with higher levels of gratitude. Alternatively, optimists with high gratitude showed the highest amount of protection from suicide risk. Conclusions Our findings are the first to show how optimism and gratitude might interact as a positive psychological variable to confer greater personal resources in protecting individuals against suicide risk.

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Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez; Natalio Extremera; Lourdes Rey; Edward C. Chang; Olivia D. Chang. Optimism and gratitude on suicide risk in Spanish adults: Evidence for doubling up or doubling down? Journal of Clinical Psychology 2020, 76, 1 .

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Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez, Natalio Extremera, Lourdes Rey, Edward C. Chang, Olivia D. Chang. Optimism and gratitude on suicide risk in Spanish adults: Evidence for doubling up or doubling down? Journal of Clinical Psychology. 2020; 76 (10):1.

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Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez; Natalio Extremera; Lourdes Rey; Edward C. Chang; Olivia D. Chang. 2020. "Optimism and gratitude on suicide risk in Spanish adults: Evidence for doubling up or doubling down?" Journal of Clinical Psychology 76, no. 10: 1.

Editorial
Published: 15 April 2020 in Frontiers in Psychology
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Editorial: Protective Resources for Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents

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Lourdes Rey; Mario Pena; Félix Neto. Editorial: Protective Resources for Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 11, 1 .

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Lourdes Rey, Mario Pena, Félix Neto. Editorial: Protective Resources for Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020; 11 ():1.

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Lourdes Rey; Mario Pena; Félix Neto. 2020. "Editorial: Protective Resources for Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents." Frontiers in Psychology 11, no. : 1.

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Published: 09 March 2020 in Sustainability
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Based on a primary prevention perspective, the main purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between ability emotional intelligence, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and well-being indicators (e.g., psychological well-being and satisfaction with life), controlling for sociodemographic variables and personality traits in our analyses. Three hundred and seventy-eight college students (123 males; 252 females; 3 unreported) participated voluntarily in this study. We predicted that ability emotional intelligence would be significantly and positively correlated with well-being outcomes, and that cognitive emotion regulation strategies would mediate the associations between ability emotional intelligence and well-being, controlling for sociodemographic and personality traits. Structural equation modelling estimated by bootstrap method indicated that two adaptive cognitive coping strategies were found to act as partial mediators between ability emotional intelligence and well-being indicators. Our findings provide preliminary support for theoretical work linking ability emotional intelligence, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and well-being outcomes, and contribute to the understanding of how ability emotional intelligence is related to subjective well-being via specific cognitive emotion regulation strategies in college students.

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Natalio Extremera; Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez; Lourdes Rey. Pathways between Ability Emotional Intelligence and Subjective Well-Being: Bridging Links through Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2111 .

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Natalio Extremera, Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez, Lourdes Rey. Pathways between Ability Emotional Intelligence and Subjective Well-Being: Bridging Links through Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (5):2111.

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Natalio Extremera; Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez; Lourdes Rey. 2020. "Pathways between Ability Emotional Intelligence and Subjective Well-Being: Bridging Links through Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies." Sustainability 12, no. 5: 2111.

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Published: 04 March 2020 in Health and Addictions/Salud y Drogas
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En la actualidad, el uso problemático de las redes sociales es considerado un factor de riesgo para la salud mental de los adolescentes debido a las consecuencias negativas presentes en el funcionamiento psicosocial. Objetivo. El objetivo del estudio era conocer la relación entre la regulación emocional y el uso problemático de las redes sociales, así como el papel mediador de la depresión. Método. Para ello se desarrolló un estudio correlacional en una muestra de 884 adolescentes de Educación Secundaria en la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía. Se administraron los instrumentos auto-informados WLEIS, DASS y SMAQ para evaluar las variables regulación emocional, depresión y uso problemático de las redes sociales, respectivamente. Resultados. Los resultados obtenidos mostraron una relación negativa entre regulación emocional y uso problemático de las redes sociales y un papel mediador parcial de la depresión en esta relación. Conclusiones. De acuerdo a los resultados, se sugiere que los déficits en regulación emocional podrían ser un factor antecedente del uso problemático de las redes sociales, subyaciendo como mecanismo explicativo de esta relación la presencia de sintomatología depresiva en adolescentes. Se discuten las evidencias empíricas encontradas y su relación en intervenciones clínicas con adolescentes.

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Beatriz Gracia Granados; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Lourdes Rey Peña. Regulación emocional y uso problemático de las redes sociales en adolescentes: el papel de la sintomatología depresiva. Health and Addictions/Salud y Drogas 2020, 20, 77 -86.

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Beatriz Gracia Granados, Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Lourdes Rey Peña. Regulación emocional y uso problemático de las redes sociales en adolescentes: el papel de la sintomatología depresiva. Health and Addictions/Salud y Drogas. 2020; 20 (1):77-86.

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Beatriz Gracia Granados; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Lourdes Rey Peña. 2020. "Regulación emocional y uso problemático de las redes sociales en adolescentes: el papel de la sintomatología depresiva." Health and Addictions/Salud y Drogas 20, no. 1: 77-86.

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Published: 21 November 2019 in Personality and Individual Differences
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Meta-analytic research has demonstrated that job dissatisfaction levels may be related to lower emotional well-being. However, few studies have specifically focused on protective factors that might serve as a buffer in the link between job dissatisfaction and mental health problems in the workplace. This study examined the moderating role of emotion regulation ability (ERA) in the association between job dissatisfaction and mental health problems (i.e., depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms) among 629 professional workers. In a multi-occupational sample, we measured ERA along with indices of job dissatisfaction, depression, anxiety, and stress. The results showed that job dissatisfaction was positively related to depression, anxiety, and stress, but that these relationships were buffered by levels of ERA; that is, higher job dissatisfaction was associated with more mental health problems, but the effect was weaker for those employees with higher ERA. These findings identify emotion-regulation ability as a noteworthy contributor to protection from mental health problems in cases of job dissatisfaction, and highlight the need to consider emotional resources in the workplace when investigating mental health problems relating to chronic job dissatisfaction.

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Natalio Extremera; Sergio Mérida-López; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Lourdes Rey. On the association between job dissatisfaction and employee’s mental health problems: Does emotional regulation ability buffer the link? Personality and Individual Differences 2019, 155, 109710 .

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Natalio Extremera, Sergio Mérida-López, Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Lourdes Rey. On the association between job dissatisfaction and employee’s mental health problems: Does emotional regulation ability buffer the link? Personality and Individual Differences. 2019; 155 ():109710.

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Natalio Extremera; Sergio Mérida-López; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Lourdes Rey. 2019. "On the association between job dissatisfaction and employee’s mental health problems: Does emotional regulation ability buffer the link?" Personality and Individual Differences 155, no. : 109710.

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Published: 02 September 2019 in Praxis & Saber
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Esta investigación examina las relaciones entre inteligencia emocional, apoyo social organizacional de compañeros y supervisores y engagement laboral en una muestra de 110 docentes españoles de primaria y secundaria. Los resultados mostraron que la inteligencia emocional no se asoció con los niveles de apoyo social organizacional ni de compañeros ni de supervisores. Sin embargo, tanto inteligencia emocional como apoyo organizacional de compañeros y supervisores mostraron asociaciones significativas y positivas con engagement docente. Además, los análisis de moderación mostraron que los efectos principales de inteligencia emocional y apoyo social de compañeros —aunque no de supervisores— explicaban varianza de los niveles de engagement docente. Finalmente, la interacción de ambos recursos, personal —inteligencia emocional— y laboral —apoyo social tanto de compañeros como de supervisores—, añadía varianza incremental a la explicación de los niveles de engagement. En general, nuestros hallazgos ponen de manifiesto que las administraciones educativas deberían dedicar esfuerzos a diseñar programas de formación en inteligencia emocional para los docentes y crear ambientes laborales que promuevan condiciones laborales positivas y favorezcan el desarrollo de engagement entre los docentes.

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Natalio Extremera; Segio Mérida-López; Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Lourdes Rey. Un amigo es un tesoro: inteligencia emocional, apoyo social organizacional y engagement docente. Praxis & Saber 2019, 10, 69 -92.

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Natalio Extremera, Segio Mérida-López, Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez, Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Lourdes Rey. Un amigo es un tesoro: inteligencia emocional, apoyo social organizacional y engagement docente. Praxis & Saber. 2019; 10 (24):69-92.

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Natalio Extremera; Segio Mérida-López; Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Lourdes Rey. 2019. "Un amigo es un tesoro: inteligencia emocional, apoyo social organizacional y engagement docente." Praxis & Saber 10, no. 24: 69-92.

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Published: 28 August 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Prior work has suggested that individuals with deficits in emotion regulation skills are prone to compulsive behaviour and to following maladaptive coping strategies, such as smartphone overuse, to manage negative moods. Adolescence is a vulnerable developmental stage for deficits in emotion regulation, and these are linked to excessive smartphone use. The present study is the first to examine the links between the use of specific cognitive emotion regulation (CER) strategies and problematic smartphone use in a sample of adolescents. A total of 845 Spanish adolescents (455 females) completed the Spanish versions of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and the Smartphone Addiction Scale, along with a socio-demographic survey. The adolescents were divided into two groups: Non-problematic smartphone users (n = 491, 58.1%) and problematic smartphone users (n = 354, 41.9%). Significant group differences were found, with the problematic users reporting significantly higher scores for all maladaptive CER strategies, including higher self-blame, rumination, blaming of others and catastrophising. The results from logistic regression analyses show that rumination, catastrophising and blaming of others were the most important variables for distinguishing between the two groups, along with gender and parental control outside the home. In summary, these findings suggest the importance of specific maladaptive CER strategies in problematic smartphone use and provide insight for relevant targets for intervention designs.

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Natalio Extremera; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez; Lourdes Rey; Quintana- Orts; Rey. The Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Problematic Smartphone Use: Comparison between Problematic and Non-Problematic Adolescent Users. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 3142 .

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Natalio Extremera, Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez, Lourdes Rey, Quintana- Orts, Rey. The Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Problematic Smartphone Use: Comparison between Problematic and Non-Problematic Adolescent Users. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (17):3142.

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Natalio Extremera; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez; Lourdes Rey; Quintana- Orts; Rey. 2019. "The Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Problematic Smartphone Use: Comparison between Problematic and Non-Problematic Adolescent Users." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 17: 3142.

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Published: 14 June 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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This study contributes to current knowledge on the protective role of emotional intelligence and flourishing in cases of suicide risk (namely depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation) in a sample of adolescent victims of traditional bullying. The proposed model tested the mediator role of flourishing in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and suicide risk together with the moderating effect of EI in the relationship between low flourishing and increased suicide risk. Considering an initial sample of 1847 adolescents (52.5% female), a subsample of 494 pure bullying victims (61.3% female) took part in this research. The main results showed EI to be linked to decreased suicide risk through levels of flourishing. Moreover, EI buffered the relationship between low flourishing and the associated suicide risk. Victimized adolescents with both low levels of EI and of flourishing reported higher levels of suicide risk than their counterparts with high EI levels. This suggests the protective role of EI of both predicting higher flourishing and reducing the likelihood of suicide risk among victimized adolescents with low levels of flourishing. Finally, the practical implications of these novel findings regarding the role of EI and flourishing in the prevention of suicide risk among victimized adolescents are discussed.

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Lourdes Rey; Sergio Mérida-López; Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez; Natalio Extremera. When and How Do Emotional Intelligence and Flourishing Protect against Suicide Risk in Adolescent Bullying Victims? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 2114 .

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Lourdes Rey, Sergio Mérida-López, Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez, Natalio Extremera. When and How Do Emotional Intelligence and Flourishing Protect against Suicide Risk in Adolescent Bullying Victims? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (12):2114.

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Lourdes Rey; Sergio Mérida-López; Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez; Natalio Extremera. 2019. "When and How Do Emotional Intelligence and Flourishing Protect against Suicide Risk in Adolescent Bullying Victims?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 12: 2114.

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Published: 05 June 2019 in Journal of Clinical Medicine
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This study contributes to knowledge on psychosomatic research by examining a moderated mediation model in which emotional intelligence (EI) is related to mental health, physical health and suicide risk through perceived stress, in samples of short-term (n = 364) and long-term (n = 594) unemployed individuals. The moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the relationships between perceived stress and mental and physical health and suicide risk was tested. The results showed that emotional intelligence was positively associated with mental and physical health and negatively associated with perceived stress and suicide risk. The proposed model only predicted mental health and suicide risk in the long-term unemployed sample. This suggests that emotional intelligence may act as a buffer against the negative impact of unemployment-related stress on mental health and suicide risk when unemployment is prolonged. Therefore, interventions targeting both the promotion of mental health and the prevention of suicide risk via the promotion of emotional abilities may consider length of unemployment.

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Sergio Mérida-López; Natalio Extremera; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Lourdes Rey. Does Emotional Intelligence Matter in Tough Times? A Moderated Mediation Model for Explaining Health and Suicide Risk amongst Short- and Long-Term Unemployed Adults. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2019, 8, 797 .

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Sergio Mérida-López, Natalio Extremera, Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Lourdes Rey. Does Emotional Intelligence Matter in Tough Times? A Moderated Mediation Model for Explaining Health and Suicide Risk amongst Short- and Long-Term Unemployed Adults. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2019; 8 (6):797.

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Sergio Mérida-López; Natalio Extremera; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Lourdes Rey. 2019. "Does Emotional Intelligence Matter in Tough Times? A Moderated Mediation Model for Explaining Health and Suicide Risk amongst Short- and Long-Term Unemployed Adults." Journal of Clinical Medicine 8, no. 6: 797.

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Published: 26 March 2019 in Frontiers in Psychology
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Bullying victimization has been recognized as a risk factor for social, physical, and psychological problems in adolescence. One promising resource that seems to protect adolescents from adversity and traumatic events is gratitude. However, no analysis of the specific role of gratitude in bullying context has been performed as yet. Thus, the aim of this research was to explore the associations between bullying victimization, gratitude and suicide risk (i.e., depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts and behaviors) and gender-based differences. We also investigated whether levels of gratitude moderated the relationship between victimization and suicide risk for girls and boys. A convenience sample of 1,617 adolescents (50.5% girls; M age = 14.02) participated in this research. Adolescents completed a paper-and-pencil questionnaire about their bullying victimization, gratitude, depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Gratitude was found to be negatively related to victimization and suicide risk. While no gender differences were found in gratitude, it was observed that girls reported higher levels of suicide risk. However, the victimization × gratitude interaction contributed to variance in suicide risk, but only for girls: Those girls who were victims of bullying with high gratitude scores reported lower suicide risk than their counterparts who showed less gratitude. Thus, the findings from this present cross-sectional study suggest that gratitude is related to suicide risk in the context of bullying victimization, especially among adolescent girls. Finally, the theoretical and practical implications of our novel contributions to the understanding of gratitude as a protective factor against consequences of bullying victimization are discussed.

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Lourdes Rey; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Sergio Mérida-López; Natalio Extremera. Being Bullied at School: Gratitude as Potential Protective Factor for Suicide Risk in Adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology 2019, 10, 662 .

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Lourdes Rey, Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Sergio Mérida-López, Natalio Extremera. Being Bullied at School: Gratitude as Potential Protective Factor for Suicide Risk in Adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology. 2019; 10 ():662.

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Lourdes Rey; Cirenia Quintana-Orts; Sergio Mérida-López; Natalio Extremera. 2019. "Being Bullied at School: Gratitude as Potential Protective Factor for Suicide Risk in Adolescents." Frontiers in Psychology 10, no. : 662.