Miguel Ángel López-Sáez
Biographic Data
| ID | 389287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miguel Ángel López-Sáez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miguel Ángel |
| FAMILY NAME | López-Sáez |
| SIGNATURE | LÓPEZ-SÁEZ M Á |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4568-973X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Understanding the support dynamics for LGBTI + youth in Spain during and after the Covid ‐19 pandemic
This qualitative study explores the experiences of LGBTI+ youth in Spain during the COVID‐19 pandemic, focusing on family, social, educational and healthcare support mechanisms. The findings, based on five focus groups, highlight the pivotal role of family support during the pandemic, increased isolation and a reliance on online connections, the challenge of transitioning to online school platforms and insufficient understanding amongst healthcar…
Perceptions of Social Media
This paper studies how the experience and perceptions of social media are related to the emission and reception of online prosocial behavior (OPB), using a cross-sectional survey study with 1,299 adolescents. Our results indicated that females and non-binary individuals showed a higher frequency of OPB than males. The use of instant messaging and emoticons, the feeling of having an audience, and positive experiences all favor the emission of OPB.…
A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence
While the study of offline prosocial behavior has a long tradition, much less information is available about how these behaviors manifest and change in the digital environment, and little is known about their background. This paper evaluates differences by age and gender in a variety of attitudes and beliefs during adolescence and studies their influence on the online prosocial behavior emitted and received. A cross-sectional study was performed …
Affective and Attitudinal Features of Benevolent Heterosexism in Italy
Introduction People who belong to a sexual and gender minority often face prejudices that have their roots in heterosexism, a sociocultural system that can manifest itself in different ways and sometimes in a seemingly benevolent fashion. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Heterosexism Inventory (MHI), a scale assessing aversive, amnestic, paternalistic, and positive stereotypic heterosexism, in an Ital…
The impact of children’s services professionals on LGBTIQ youth
Since the 2010 s, LGBTIQ children have become increasingly visible in Spain, a visibility reflected in their inclusion in public policies at both national and regional levels. Regions such as Catalonia and Madrid have passed legislation that creates specific services and protocols to protect these children. However, the actual impact of these laws and services has not yet been assessed. This article analyses the results of 35 interviews with stak…
Professional Insights into Navigating Support for LGBTI Children in Spain
Attitudes towards Trans Men and Women in Spain
This article presents the results of the adaptation and validation of the Attitudes Toward Trans Men and Women (ATTMW) scale-a measure capable of detecting transphobic positions towards trans men and women-in the Spanish context. A total of 310 prospective teachers from different stages of education participated in the study on its adaptation. In order to provide quantitative evidence of validity, confirmatory factor analysis and regression analy…
The Adaptation and Validation of the Trans Attitudes and Beliefs Scale to the Spanish Context
This article examines the reliability and validity of the adaptation of the Trans Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (TABS), an instrument capable of detecting transphobic positions, to the Spanish context. A total of 829 psychology students participated in the adaptation procedure. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to study the fit of the new scale to the factor structure of the original scale (interpersonal comfort, gender identity beliefs,…
Spanish LGBTQ+ Youth and the Role of Online Networks During the First Wave of Covid‐19
During the lockdown measures put in place at the time of the first wave of the Covid‐19 pandemic in Spain (March through June 2020), LGBTQ+ youth lived through a particularly stressful situation that has so far received little attention. Confined in homes that are often hostile to their sexuality, struggling with the transition to online classes, they reached out to Internet social networks to obtain the support most of them lack in person. This …
Spanish youth at the crossroads of gender and sexuality during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study examines some of the perceptions amongst Spanish LGBTQ+ youth during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent confinement and lockdown measures, between March and May 2020. During this time, many of these young people were forced to return to their family homes and restrict their social relations. This new situation often exposed them to forms of violence from which there was no escape, with negative consequences for …
Adaptation and Validation of the Evasive Attitudes of Sexual Orientation Scale into Spanish
This article presents an instrumental study to validate the adaptation of the Evasive Attitudes of Sexual Orientation Scale (EASOS) to Spanish. This instrument has been shown to be useful in detecting the potential lack of awareness about the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) people among psychology professionals and its possible relationship to contemporary homonegative attitudes. The 596 heterosexual psychology students who …
Community responses to LGBT+ adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the Covid-19 confinement in Madrid
A group of 50 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) as well as diverse sexualities and gender identities in Madrid participated in a feminist community-based project, which supported them through the first wave of the pandemic. Facilitated by professionals, the project offered online meetings twice a month, helping them to articulate their needs and promote their agency over their choices and experiences. Based on their d…
“Perder la propia identidad”. La adolescencia LGTBQA+ frente a la pandemia por Covid-19 y las medidas del estado de alarma en España
La pandemia de COVID-19 y las medidas adoptadas por el gobierno en España han tenido un impacto negativo en la infancia y juventud. Pro ha sido particularmente pernicioso para la infancia y juventud que tienen sexualidades e identidades de género no normativas, que de entrada sabemos ya viven unas condiciones de vida que están atravesadas por un mayor estrés y ansiedad que el resto debido a la falta de apoyos, tienen un mayor riesgo de suicidio y…
Support, cohabitation and burden perception correlations among LGBTQA+ youth in Spain in times of Covid-19
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the situation of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA+) youth in Spain, pre-examining the links between the people they live with, their support networks and their perception of being a burden. Design/methodology/approach This study traces some brushstrokes through the preliminary results of the LGBTQA+ population between 13 and 21 years old ( n = 445). These data are pa…
The masculinity/femininity tests as psychological technologies for gender control
In this article, we take a look at the creation and use of masculinity and femininity test as gender technologies. From its origins linked to the measurement of gender differences (measuring attitudes and interests), through its use in the identification of sexual deviations (especially homosexuality-femininity in men), its conscious and unconscious measurements, to its current use with trans and intersex populations or in accordance with gender …
Sexism as construct in psychology. A review of theories and instruments
The article reviews the most relevant contributions on the construct of sexism. In particu-lar, the theories of Masculinity and Femininity and the different contemporary models that have received more attention in the Spanish psychological literature are analyzed. In addition, the instruments generated as a result of their corresponding theories are dis-cussed and a critical analysis of the most used instruments is carried out. Finally, a re-flec…
Del postureo a la moral católica
Desde su llegada al cargo, el nuevo titular de la cartera de educacin en nuestro pas propona,* entre otras reformas, la supresin de la asignatura de Educacin para la Ciudadana y los Derechos Humanos -a partir de ahora epc y dh-, justificando dicha actuacin por la "seria divisin social" -que provoca-y porque "iba ms all de lo que es la educacin cvica" (en palabras del propio ministro). Como alternativa, en un primer momento se propone una materia …
Spanish youth at the crossroads of gender and sexuality during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study examines some of the perceptions amongst Spanish LGBTQ+ youth during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent confinement and lockdown measures, between March and May 2020. During this time, many of these young people were forced to return to their family homes and restrict their social relations. This new situation often exposed them to forms of violence from which there was no escape, with negative consequences for …
Support, cohabitation and burden perception correlations among LGBTQA+ youth in Spain in times of Covid-19
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the situation of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA+) youth in Spain, pre-examining the links between the people they live with, their support networks and their perception of being a burden. Design/methodology/approach This study traces some brushstrokes through the preliminary results of the LGBTQA+ population between 13 and 21 years old ( n = 445). These data are pa…
Affective and Attitudinal Features of Benevolent Heterosexism in Italy
Introduction People who belong to a sexual and gender minority often face prejudices that have their roots in heterosexism, a sociocultural system that can manifest itself in different ways and sometimes in a seemingly benevolent fashion. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Heterosexism Inventory (MHI), a scale assessing aversive, amnestic, paternalistic, and positive stereotypic heterosexism, in an Ital…
Spanish LGBTQ+ Youth and the Role of Online Networks During the First Wave of Covid‐19
During the lockdown measures put in place at the time of the first wave of the Covid‐19 pandemic in Spain (March through June 2020), LGBTQ+ youth lived through a particularly stressful situation that has so far received little attention. Confined in homes that are often hostile to their sexuality, struggling with the transition to online classes, they reached out to Internet social networks to obtain the support most of them lack in person. This …
The impact of children’s services professionals on LGBTIQ youth
Since the 2010 s, LGBTIQ children have become increasingly visible in Spain, a visibility reflected in their inclusion in public policies at both national and regional levels. Regions such as Catalonia and Madrid have passed legislation that creates specific services and protocols to protect these children. However, the actual impact of these laws and services has not yet been assessed. This article analyses the results of 35 interviews with stak…
Adaptation and Validation of the Evasive Attitudes of Sexual Orientation Scale into Spanish
This article presents an instrumental study to validate the adaptation of the Evasive Attitudes of Sexual Orientation Scale (EASOS) to Spanish. This instrument has been shown to be useful in detecting the potential lack of awareness about the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) people among psychology professionals and its possible relationship to contemporary homonegative attitudes. The 596 heterosexual psychology students who …
The masculinity/femininity tests as psychological technologies for gender control
In this article, we take a look at the creation and use of masculinity and femininity test as gender technologies. From its origins linked to the measurement of gender differences (measuring attitudes and interests), through its use in the identification of sexual deviations (especially homosexuality-femininity in men), its conscious and unconscious measurements, to its current use with trans and intersex populations or in accordance with gender …
Community responses to LGBT+ adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the Covid-19 confinement in Madrid
A group of 50 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) as well as diverse sexualities and gender identities in Madrid participated in a feminist community-based project, which supported them through the first wave of the pandemic. Facilitated by professionals, the project offered online meetings twice a month, helping them to articulate their needs and promote their agency over their choices and experiences. Based on their d…
Del postureo a la moral católica
Desde su llegada al cargo, el nuevo titular de la cartera de educacin en nuestro pas propona,* entre otras reformas, la supresin de la asignatura de Educacin para la Ciudadana y los Derechos Humanos -a partir de ahora epc y dh-, justificando dicha actuacin por la "seria divisin social" -que provoca-y porque "iba ms all de lo que es la educacin cvica" (en palabras del propio ministro). Como alternativa, en un primer momento se propone una materia …
Sexism as construct in psychology. A review of theories and instruments
The article reviews the most relevant contributions on the construct of sexism. In particu-lar, the theories of Masculinity and Femininity and the different contemporary models that have received more attention in the Spanish psychological literature are analyzed. In addition, the instruments generated as a result of their corresponding theories are dis-cussed and a critical analysis of the most used instruments is carried out. Finally, a re-flec…
“Perder la propia identidad”. La adolescencia LGTBQA+ frente a la pandemia por Covid-19 y las medidas del estado de alarma en España
La pandemia de COVID-19 y las medidas adoptadas por el gobierno en España han tenido un impacto negativo en la infancia y juventud. Pro ha sido particularmente pernicioso para la infancia y juventud que tienen sexualidades e identidades de género no normativas, que de entrada sabemos ya viven unas condiciones de vida que están atravesadas por un mayor estrés y ansiedad que el resto debido a la falta de apoyos, tienen un mayor riesgo de suicidio y…
Support, cohabitation and burden perception correlations among LGBTQA+ youth in Spain in times of Covid-19
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the situation of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA+) youth in Spain, pre-examining the links between the people they live with, their support networks and their perception of being a burden. Design/methodology/approach This study traces some brushstrokes through the preliminary results of the LGBTQA+ population between 13 and 21 years old ( n = 445). These data are pa…
The masculinity/femininity tests as psychological technologies for gender control
In this article, we take a look at the creation and use of masculinity and femininity test as gender technologies. From its origins linked to the measurement of gender differences (measuring attitudes and interests), through its use in the identification of sexual deviations (especially homosexuality-femininity in men), its conscious and unconscious measurements, to its current use with trans and intersex populations or in accordance with gender …
Community responses to LGBT+ adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the Covid-19 confinement in Madrid
A group of 50 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) as well as diverse sexualities and gender identities in Madrid participated in a feminist community-based project, which supported them through the first wave of the pandemic. Facilitated by professionals, the project offered online meetings twice a month, helping them to articulate their needs and promote their agency over their choices and experiences. Based on their d…
The Adaptation and Validation of the Trans Attitudes and Beliefs Scale to the Spanish Context
This article examines the reliability and validity of the adaptation of the Trans Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (TABS), an instrument capable of detecting transphobic positions, to the Spanish context. A total of 829 psychology students participated in the adaptation procedure. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to study the fit of the new scale to the factor structure of the original scale (interpersonal comfort, gender identity beliefs,…
Spanish LGBTQ+ Youth and the Role of Online Networks During the First Wave of Covid‐19
During the lockdown measures put in place at the time of the first wave of the Covid‐19 pandemic in Spain (March through June 2020), LGBTQ+ youth lived through a particularly stressful situation that has so far received little attention. Confined in homes that are often hostile to their sexuality, struggling with the transition to online classes, they reached out to Internet social networks to obtain the support most of them lack in person. This …
Spanish youth at the crossroads of gender and sexuality during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study examines some of the perceptions amongst Spanish LGBTQ+ youth during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent confinement and lockdown measures, between March and May 2020. During this time, many of these young people were forced to return to their family homes and restrict their social relations. This new situation often exposed them to forms of violence from which there was no escape, with negative consequences for …
Adaptation and Validation of the Evasive Attitudes of Sexual Orientation Scale into Spanish
This article presents an instrumental study to validate the adaptation of the Evasive Attitudes of Sexual Orientation Scale (EASOS) to Spanish. This instrument has been shown to be useful in detecting the potential lack of awareness about the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) people among psychology professionals and its possible relationship to contemporary homonegative attitudes. The 596 heterosexual psychology students who …
Attitudes towards Trans Men and Women in Spain
This article presents the results of the adaptation and validation of the Attitudes Toward Trans Men and Women (ATTMW) scale-a measure capable of detecting transphobic positions towards trans men and women-in the Spanish context. A total of 310 prospective teachers from different stages of education participated in the study on its adaptation. In order to provide quantitative evidence of validity, confirmatory factor analysis and regression analy…
A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence
While the study of offline prosocial behavior has a long tradition, much less information is available about how these behaviors manifest and change in the digital environment, and little is known about their background. This paper evaluates differences by age and gender in a variety of attitudes and beliefs during adolescence and studies their influence on the online prosocial behavior emitted and received. A cross-sectional study was performed …
Affective and Attitudinal Features of Benevolent Heterosexism in Italy
Introduction People who belong to a sexual and gender minority often face prejudices that have their roots in heterosexism, a sociocultural system that can manifest itself in different ways and sometimes in a seemingly benevolent fashion. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Heterosexism Inventory (MHI), a scale assessing aversive, amnestic, paternalistic, and positive stereotypic heterosexism, in an Ital…
The impact of children’s services professionals on LGBTIQ youth
Since the 2010 s, LGBTIQ children have become increasingly visible in Spain, a visibility reflected in their inclusion in public policies at both national and regional levels. Regions such as Catalonia and Madrid have passed legislation that creates specific services and protocols to protect these children. However, the actual impact of these laws and services has not yet been assessed. This article analyses the results of 35 interviews with stak…
Professional Insights into Navigating Support for LGBTI Children in Spain
Perceptions of Social Media
This paper studies how the experience and perceptions of social media are related to the emission and reception of online prosocial behavior (OPB), using a cross-sectional survey study with 1,299 adolescents. Our results indicated that females and non-binary individuals showed a higher frequency of OPB than males. The use of instant messaging and emoticons, the feeling of having an audience, and positive experiences all favor the emission of OPB.…
Understanding the support dynamics for LGBTI + youth in Spain during and after the Covid ‐19 pandemic
This qualitative study explores the experiences of LGBTI+ youth in Spain during the COVID‐19 pandemic, focusing on family, social, educational and healthcare support mechanisms. The findings, based on five focus groups, highlight the pivotal role of family support during the pandemic, increased isolation and a reliance on online connections, the challenge of transitioning to online school platforms and insufficient understanding amongst healthcar…
Psychology (13 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (6 works) · Confirmatory factor analysis (4 works) · Scale (ratio (4 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 works)