Noemí Pereda
Biographic Data
| ID | 1942513 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Noemí Pereda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Noemí |
| FAMILY NAME | Pereda |
| SIGNATURE | PEREDA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5329-9323 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Victimization and Sexual Perpetration in Adolescents: Insights from a Spanish Sample
This study examines the relationship between self-reported sexual violence perpetration and victimization experiences in a nationally representative sample of 4,024 Spanish adolescents aged 14–17. Drawing on the victim–offender overlap framework and developmental victimology, the study explores patterns of victimization and polyvictimization among adolescents who reported engaging in sexually violent behaviors during the past year. Results indica…
Assessing the effectiveness of a knowledge-based training program on the Barnahus model to improve professionals’ performance
Assessing child sexual abuse requires multidisciplinary, specialized approaches such as the Barnahus model. This study evaluated the STEPS training program’s effectiveness in improving professionals’ knowledge and attitudes. Participants included 773 childcare professionals (86% women), most with prior abuse-related experience, although only two-thirds had formal training. Pre- and post-training measures were analyzed using GLM and GEE models. Re…
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Intentional Pornography Access among Spanish Adolescents
Adolescent pornography consumption has become increasingly prevalent, yet empirical evidence based on representative samples remains limited in some cultural contexts, including Spain. To determine the prevalence and characteristics of intentional pornography access among Spanish adolescents, and to examine its relationship with demographic variables (gender, age), personal factors (impulsivity, moral emotions, sexual orientation), behavioral asp…
Sexual Abuse and Diagnosis of Borderline Pathology in Adolescence: A Systematic Review
Sexual violence affects approximately one in five adolescents in Spain, with higher prevalence in girls than boys, reflecting trends similar to those in other European countries. This experience can severely impact mental health and development, with borderline personality disorder (BPD) emerging as a prominent consequence. In this study, we conducted a systematic review following PRISMA methodology, aiming to analyze findings from studies publis…
Assessing Violence Against Children and Adolescents: A Developmental Victimology Approach in Spain
Despite recent legislative and social progress, violence against children and adolescents remains a serious and unaddressed public health issue. This article examines the prevalence of child and adolescent victimization in Spain assessed using different versions of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ), framed in the developmental victimology approach. The JVQ assesses multiple forms of violence (including conventional crime, caregiver m…
Victimization and perpetration of online sexual violence among Spanish adolescents and its relationship with the consumption of pornography / Victimización y perpetración de violencia sexual electróni…
The aim of this article is to analyse the relationship between pornography consumption and the prevalence of victimization and the perpetration of online sexual violence in a representative sample of 4,024 adolescents aged 14 to 17 ( M = 15.42; SD = 1.03) in full-time education in Spain. Results showed that 12.1% of participants reported experiencing some form of online sexual victimization, and 1.6% reported having perpetrated such violent behav…
Development of Competencies in Professional Barnahus Teams in Spain: Evaluation of a Training Initiative
Assessment of child sexual abuse requires highly qualified, multidisciplinary professional teams working in a coordinated manner. The Barnahus model responds to these needs and is beginning to be implemented in Spain. This study aims to present and evaluate the effectiveness of the STEPS training course, which includes two programs: one aimed at Barnahus professionals conducting interviews in the forensic context, and the other intended for profe…
Parenting Skills Assessment Instruments: A Narrative Review of Social Intervention Aspects
The evaluation of parental competencies within child welfare social services is essential in assessing potential instances of neglect concerning children and adolescents. It is also of significant relevance for forensic psychologists operating within family courts, where they provide expert reports concerning custody arrangements in parental disputes. Moreover, these assessments play a pivotal role in the selection processes of adoptive and foste…
Invisibilized victims: The sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in the European context / Víctimas invisibilizadas: la explotación sexual de niños, niñas y adolescentes en el contexto europ…
This scoping review explores key aspects arising from recent research on child sexual exploitation (CSE) within the European context. CSE represents a form of sexual violence occurring across all regions and countries, impacting the most vulnerable children and adolescents. The exploiter or exploiters respond to the victim’s unmet basic needs and lead them to believe that they are engaging in a consensual exchange and relationship. This social is…
Longitudinal Associations Between Adolescent Dating Violence Victimization and Adverse Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Evidence on the outcomes of adolescent dating violence (ADV) victimization mainly derives from cross-sectional studies, which have limitations in suggesting causal relationships. Furthermore, the complexity of factors and overlapping dimensions in dating violence research, such as the forms of violence experienced, may have contributed to the variability of findings across the literature. To address these gaps and provide a more comprehensive und…
How the Covid-19 pandemic hit crime in Barcelona: Analysis of variation in crime trends
Objectives: To compare the observed and forecasted crime trends in Barcelona, using crime statistics from January 2018 to March 2021. Methods: We trained (seasonal) auto-regressive integrated moving average modelling (95% confidence intervals) using daily recorded crimes from January 2018 to February 2020. These models were then used to forecast crime data from March 2020 to March 2021 across four periods (lockdown, summer, fall and winter). Crim…
Validation of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in Spain
Research has shown that violent ideations (VIs) may play a key role in aggression and violence. However, there is no tool to measure this construct adapted to the Spanish language so far. The current study aims to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in European Spanish. This study counts with a convenience sample of 752 native Spaniards or Spanish speakers residing in Spain, between 18- and 75-y…
Sexual Victimization in Early Childhood: A Narrative Review of Clinical Aspects
The Social Cost of Violence Against Children and Youth
The objective of this narrative review is to analyze, through the estimates made in previous studies, the costs of medical, physical, and mental care, productivity losses, costs for the child protection system, and costs for the criminal justice system of violence against children and youth, with special emphasis on sexual violence. The reviewed studies confirm that violence in early stages of development is associated with greater use of health …
Prevalencia de experiencias adversas y victimización en personas adultas con trastorno mental grave en Barcelona
Conocer la extensión y las características de las experiencias adversas y de victimización en una muestra de personas adultas con un trastorno mental grave residentes en la ciudad de Barcelona. Estudio descriptivo, cuantitativo y transversal. Las experiencias adversas y de victimización se evaluaron a partir de 26 ítems del Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (ACE-IQ), el cual se amplió para incluir experiencias acontecidas en la edad adu…
The role of adverse childhood experiences in suicide among sexual minority undergraduate students
This study explores the rates and odds of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their relationship to suicide attempts in a sample of undergraduate students ( n = 924, 71.6% women), comparing lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth to their heterosexual counterparts. Using propensity score matching, we matched 231 sexual minority and 603 heterosexual participants at a ratio of 1:3, based on gender, age, socioeconomic status, and religious belief…
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Europe: A Systematic Review
Is There Such a Thing as a Hate Crime Paradigm? An Integrative Review of Bias-Motivated Violent Victimization and Offending, Its Effects and Underlying Mechanisms
Despite the growing number of bias-motivated violence studies, the evidence available remains limited, and there are several gaps in our understanding of the complex relationship between negative attitudes and biased violence. In addition, the literature on this topic has many facets and nuances and is often contradictory, so it is difficult to obtain a clear overall picture. Research has made good progress in this area, but it still suffers from…
Giving a voice to adolescents in residential care: Knowledge and perceptions of commercial sexual exploitation and runaway behavior
Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is a multifaceted global phenomenon in which adolescents involved in the child welfare system form a high-risk population. However, studies conducted in European countries remain scarce. We recruited a sample of 67 adolescents (50.7% girls and 47.8% boys) aged between 13 and 18 years old (M = 15.8; SD = 2.2) in residential care in the child welfare system in the south-east of Spain, and surveyed t…
Early Childhood Predictors of Teen Dating Violence Involvement at Age 17
The distal relationship between risk factors in childhood and subsequent dating violence in late adolescence has not often been explored using longitudinal data. This study aims to shed light on the problem of dating violence by examining children’s backgrounds at age 7 and the link to the future involvement in dating violence at age 17 using the first and seventh waves of the Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (…
Explotación Sexual Comercial Infantil Y Adolescente: Una Aproximación a La Situación en España
La explotacin sexual comercial infantil y adolescente (ESCIA) es un problema especialmente frecuente en nios, nias y adolescentes con medidas jurdicas de proteccin. Esta forma de victimizacin sexual, que recoge otras mltiples formas de violencia, no slo est presente en pases en vas de desarrollo. En Espaa, nicamente contamos con los datos obtenidos por la Comisin de Expertos de Mallorca en 2020. Se presentan las respuestas de 67 adolescentes, ent…
Detección de la explotación sexual en la infancia y la adolescencia mediante la evaluación de indicadores de riesgo en España
Deteccin de la explotacin sexual en la infancia y la adolescencia mediante la evaluacin de indicadores de riesgo en Espaa
The prevalence and severity of teen dating violence victimization in community and at‐risk adolescents in Spain
The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and severity of teen dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents from both community and at-risk samples. The sample comprised 1,105 community adolescents from secondary schools, 149 adolescents from child, and adolescent mental health centers, 129 from residential care centers associated with the child welfare system, and 101 from centers in the juvenile justice system. The pa…
A global analysis of the impact of Covid-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime
The stay-at-home restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 led to unparalleled sudden change in daily life, but it is unclear how they affected urban crime globally. We collected data on daily counts of crime in 27 cities across 23 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We conducted interrupted time series analyses to assess the impact of stay-at-home restrictions on different types of crime in each city. Our findings s…
Abuso Sexual Infantil por Representantes de la Iglesia Católica: El caso chileno
Esta investigación describe las características de un grupo de 21 víctimas de abuso sexual por un representante de la Iglesia Católica en Chile. Se evaluaron las características de la victimización sexual y del victimario, la revelación, notificación y la vivencia de otras formas de victimización por personas no pertenecientes al clero. Los resultados muestran que los abusos se iniciaron en la pubertad, incluyeron contacto físico, fueron cometido…
A global analysis of the impact of Covid-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime
The stay-at-home restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 led to unparalleled sudden change in daily life, but it is unclear how they affected urban crime globally. We collected data on daily counts of crime in 27 cities across 23 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We conducted interrupted time series analyses to assess the impact of stay-at-home restrictions on different types of crime in each city. Our findings s…
Internationally adopted children's general and adoption‐specific stressors, coping strategies and psychological adjustment
We examined stress, coping and psychological adjustment of 68 children, aged 8–12, who were internationally adopted to S pain. Using the K idcope, all children were asked about the most stressful general and adoption‐related problem they experienced and the use and effectiveness of various coping strategies when dealing with the problem. For all reported problems, the nature of the problem (personal, interpersonal, regarding others), the content,…
Giving a voice to adolescents in residential care: Knowledge and perceptions of commercial sexual exploitation and runaway behavior
Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is a multifaceted global phenomenon in which adolescents involved in the child welfare system form a high-risk population. However, studies conducted in European countries remain scarce. We recruited a sample of 67 adolescents (50.7% girls and 47.8% boys) aged between 13 and 18 years old (M = 15.8; SD = 2.2) in residential care in the child welfare system in the south-east of Spain, and surveyed t…
Early Childhood Predictors of Teen Dating Violence Involvement at Age 17
The distal relationship between risk factors in childhood and subsequent dating violence in late adolescence has not often been explored using longitudinal data. This study aims to shed light on the problem of dating violence by examining children’s backgrounds at age 7 and the link to the future involvement in dating violence at age 17 using the first and seventh waves of the Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (…
Victimization and suicidality among adolescents in child and youth-serving systems in Spain
Use of the Children's Attributions and Perceptions Scale in An Underprivileged Spanish Sample
The psychometric properties and exploratory factor analysis of the Children's Attributions and Perceptions Scale in two Spanish samples of children were examined ( n = 48 from an after-school social care center in a deprived neighborhood, and n = 120 from a school mainly enrolling families of medium socioeconomic status; 49% boys and 51% girls; M age = 10.5 yr., SD = 18.7). A cross-cultural comparative analysis of the Spanish samples and the norm…
Use of the Children's Attributions and Perceptionsscale in an Underprivileged Spanish Sample1
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The international epidemiology of child sexual abuse: A continuation of Finkelhor (1994)
The prevalence of child sexual abuse in community and student samples: A meta-analysis
Internationally adopted children's general and adoption‐specific stressors, coping strategies and psychological adjustment
We examined stress, coping and psychological adjustment of 68 children, aged 8–12, who were internationally adopted to S pain. Using the K idcope, all children were asked about the most stressful general and adoption‐related problem they experienced and the use and effectiveness of various coping strategies when dealing with the problem. For all reported problems, the nature of the problem (personal, interpersonal, regarding others), the content,…
Systematic review of the psychological consequences of terrorism among child victims
Terrorist acts have an enormous potential to produce trauma, especially in vulnerable groups such as children and adolescents. However, few studies have analysed the potentially adverse effects of terrorism on child victims. The present article systematically reviews the literature on the psychological consequences which exposure to acts of terrorism can have for children. A total of 54 publications were reviewed, the majority originating from th…
The development and validation of the cyber dating abuse questionnaire among young couples
Reacciones sociales ante la revelación de abuso sexual infantil y malestar psicológico en mujeres víctimas
The aim of this study is to demonstrate the impact of social reactions to child sexual abuse revelation on the psychological wellbeing of 12 women (M=37 years; SD=10.51), attendees of a Spanish victim support centre. The results demonstrate a significant association between the scales of social reaction relative to egocentrism, help and information, distraction, control, treating differently and emotional support, and most psychopathological symp…
Victimization and suicidality among adolescents in child and youth-serving systems in Spain
Abuso Sexual Infantil por Representantes de la Iglesia Católica: El caso chileno
Esta investigación describe las características de un grupo de 21 víctimas de abuso sexual por un representante de la Iglesia Católica en Chile. Se evaluaron las características de la victimización sexual y del victimario, la revelación, notificación y la vivencia de otras formas de victimización por personas no pertenecientes al clero. Los resultados muestran que los abusos se iniciaron en la pubertad, incluyeron contacto físico, fueron cometido…
Detection and reporting potential child and youth victimization cases from school: The role of knowledge
Explotación Sexual Comercial Infantil Y Adolescente: Una Aproximación a La Situación en España
La explotacin sexual comercial infantil y adolescente (ESCIA) es un problema especialmente frecuente en nios, nias y adolescentes con medidas jurdicas de proteccin. Esta forma de victimizacin sexual, que recoge otras mltiples formas de violencia, no slo est presente en pases en vas de desarrollo. En Espaa, nicamente contamos con los datos obtenidos por la Comisin de Expertos de Mallorca en 2020. Se presentan las respuestas de 67 adolescentes, ent…
Detección de la explotación sexual en la infancia y la adolescencia mediante la evaluación de indicadores de riesgo en España
Deteccin de la explotacin sexual en la infancia y la adolescencia mediante la evaluacin de indicadores de riesgo en Espaa
The prevalence and severity of teen dating violence victimization in community and at‐risk adolescents in Spain
The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and severity of teen dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents from both community and at-risk samples. The sample comprised 1,105 community adolescents from secondary schools, 149 adolescents from child, and adolescent mental health centers, 129 from residential care centers associated with the child welfare system, and 101 from centers in the juvenile justice system. The pa…
A global analysis of the impact of Covid-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime
The stay-at-home restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 led to unparalleled sudden change in daily life, but it is unclear how they affected urban crime globally. We collected data on daily counts of crime in 27 cities across 23 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We conducted interrupted time series analyses to assess the impact of stay-at-home restrictions on different types of crime in each city. Our findings s…
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Europe: A Systematic Review
Is There Such a Thing as a Hate Crime Paradigm? An Integrative Review of Bias-Motivated Violent Victimization and Offending, Its Effects and Underlying Mechanisms
Despite the growing number of bias-motivated violence studies, the evidence available remains limited, and there are several gaps in our understanding of the complex relationship between negative attitudes and biased violence. In addition, the literature on this topic has many facets and nuances and is often contradictory, so it is difficult to obtain a clear overall picture. Research has made good progress in this area, but it still suffers from…
Giving a voice to adolescents in residential care: Knowledge and perceptions of commercial sexual exploitation and runaway behavior
Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is a multifaceted global phenomenon in which adolescents involved in the child welfare system form a high-risk population. However, studies conducted in European countries remain scarce. We recruited a sample of 67 adolescents (50.7% girls and 47.8% boys) aged between 13 and 18 years old (M = 15.8; SD = 2.2) in residential care in the child welfare system in the south-east of Spain, and surveyed t…
Early Childhood Predictors of Teen Dating Violence Involvement at Age 17
The distal relationship between risk factors in childhood and subsequent dating violence in late adolescence has not often been explored using longitudinal data. This study aims to shed light on the problem of dating violence by examining children’s backgrounds at age 7 and the link to the future involvement in dating violence at age 17 using the first and seventh waves of the Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (…
How the Covid-19 pandemic hit crime in Barcelona: Analysis of variation in crime trends
Objectives: To compare the observed and forecasted crime trends in Barcelona, using crime statistics from January 2018 to March 2021. Methods: We trained (seasonal) auto-regressive integrated moving average modelling (95% confidence intervals) using daily recorded crimes from January 2018 to February 2020. These models were then used to forecast crime data from March 2020 to March 2021 across four periods (lockdown, summer, fall and winter). Crim…
Validation of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in Spain
Research has shown that violent ideations (VIs) may play a key role in aggression and violence. However, there is no tool to measure this construct adapted to the Spanish language so far. The current study aims to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in European Spanish. This study counts with a convenience sample of 752 native Spaniards or Spanish speakers residing in Spain, between 18- and 75-y…
Sexual Victimization in Early Childhood: A Narrative Review of Clinical Aspects
The Social Cost of Violence Against Children and Youth
The objective of this narrative review is to analyze, through the estimates made in previous studies, the costs of medical, physical, and mental care, productivity losses, costs for the child protection system, and costs for the criminal justice system of violence against children and youth, with special emphasis on sexual violence. The reviewed studies confirm that violence in early stages of development is associated with greater use of health …
Prevalencia de experiencias adversas y victimización en personas adultas con trastorno mental grave en Barcelona
Conocer la extensión y las características de las experiencias adversas y de victimización en una muestra de personas adultas con un trastorno mental grave residentes en la ciudad de Barcelona. Estudio descriptivo, cuantitativo y transversal. Las experiencias adversas y de victimización se evaluaron a partir de 26 ítems del Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (ACE-IQ), el cual se amplió para incluir experiencias acontecidas en la edad adu…
The role of adverse childhood experiences in suicide among sexual minority undergraduate students
This study explores the rates and odds of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their relationship to suicide attempts in a sample of undergraduate students ( n = 924, 71.6% women), comparing lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth to their heterosexual counterparts. Using propensity score matching, we matched 231 sexual minority and 603 heterosexual participants at a ratio of 1:3, based on gender, age, socioeconomic status, and religious belief…
Psychology (21 works) · Medicine (18 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (17 works) · Poison control (16 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (11 works) · Suicide prevention (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Sexual abuse (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works)