Roberto Martínez-Pecino
Biographic Data
| ID | 6656798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roberto Martínez-Pecino |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roberto |
| FAMILY NAME | Martínez-Pecino |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINEZ-PECINO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Sevilla |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0765-1407 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bridging the Digital Divide
Digital exclusion among older adults and its relation to mental health represent a global challenge. Depressive symptoms in later life are consistently identified as a negative determinant of internet use. Research highlights the positive influence of grandchildren on older adults’ mental health and digital inclusion. This study investigates the moderating role of grandchild care in the relationship between depressive symptoms and internet use am…
Connecting despite instrumental activities decline
Functional decline is often associated to the aging and can often lead to reduced social interaction particularly with friends. However, internet use may compensate this situation. This study investigates the moderating role of internet use in the relationship between Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) and the presence of friends in the confidant networks. Participants were 68,192 individuals aged 50+ from 27 countries who participat…
Can the internet reduce the loneliness of 50+ living alone
Living alone has been indicated as a key variable to explain loneliness in older adults. In contemporary society, where technology has become one of the main means of communication and personal interaction, has the internet influenced the relationship between living alone and loneliness? This paper aims to answer this research question by using a sample of 64,297 individuals who were surveyed in SHARE project wave 6 – in European countries with d…
A importância da internet para os adultos mais velhos que vivem sós
Em países com fortes tradições familialistas, os estudos científicos associam frequentemente a vida a solo, a sentimentos de solidão, que têm consequências negativas para o bem-estar de adultos mais velhos. Nas sociedades atuais, é inegável o papel desempenhado pela internet enquanto meio de comunicação. Tendo em conta este facto, visa-se analisar o papel que desempenha a internet na relação entre a vida a solo e a solidão, nos países do Sul da E…
Analysis of Mockery and Discrimination towards People with Disabilities in Cartoons
Disability is a topic that arouses social interest and that has been approached and represented in different ways throughout history. Analysing media portrayals of disability is needed to ease the development of inclusive societies. This work aims to identify the social representations of people with disabilities and the cases of mockery and discrimination that appear in the well-known Family Guy cartoons. For this purpose, a mixed methodology ha…
The Protective Role of the Internet in Depression for Europeans Aged 50+ Living Alone
Depression is a significant and limiting health problem, and living alone has been identified as an essential determinant of depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults. This study looks at this relationship by introducing a new factor into the equation—the Internet—which has become increasingly relevant for communication and interaction. It aims to assess to what extent the use of the Internet can mitigate the association between living …
Tratamiento periodístico del ciberacoso adolescente en la prensa española
El modo en que los medios de comunicación abordan determinados problemas sociales, como es el caso del ciberacoso en la adolescencia, condiciona en gran medida el interés mediático y su percepción social, lo que en último término afecta a su correcto abordaje y erradicación. Por esta razón, el presente estudio analiza la imagen que dos importantes medios de comunicación españoles, el periódico El País y el periódico El Mundo, trasmiten del cibera…
Cyberbullying trough Mobile Phone and the Internet in Dating Relationships among Youth People
Cyberbullying is a phenomenon that has been extensively analysed amongst adolescents. However, in Spain, there have been few studies of young adults and particularly of their romantic relationships in the digital context. This study analyses cyberbullying in romantic relationships in mobile and digital exchanges between partners, in a sample comprising 336 students using quantitative methodology. The results show that 57,2% of the sample admit to…
Una década del mensaje sobre la salud en las revistas de comunicación indexadas en IN-Recs (2000-2011)
The aim of this paper is to analyse how scientific communication journals with greater impact factor on the INRECS index approach health message over the last decade. A total of 1.962 references were reviewed by analyzing publication frequency, authorship, topics, media considered and type of analysis made. It was observed scarcity of studies about health message in communication journals. Most of the articles dealt with public health issues focu…
Active Seniors and Mobile Phone Interaction
In this study we analyzed the interaction between active seniors and mobile phone use. Results were obtained from a survey. Participants were 165 active seniors enrolled in university programs for seniors, most of whom owned a mobile phone and used it for basic functions such as making calls, creating a contact list, checking the time, and sending text messages. The mobile phone did not have a social expansion function (that is, to extend their s…
Student Perspectives on the University Professor Role
The perception of the university lecturer/teacher role from the students' perspective was analyzed. A sample of 1,599 social sciences university students responded to an open question about the most relevant characteristics that their ideal teacher/lecturer should have. The chi-square test performed showed that students' preferred features of the teacher/lecturer role were associated with their mutual interaction (e.g., having respectful manners,…
University Senior Students on the Web
The Internet is increasingly prominent in all walks of life, and Web connection is a key factor in social integration. The rise in life expectancy and quality of life mean that our active seniors now represent a growing sector in society. This study analyses what senior citizens use the Internet for and why, as well as the main benefits of its usage and the perceived obstacles of those who are non-users. The results derive from a questionnaire co…
Cyberbullying trough Mobile Phone and the Internet in Dating Relationships among Youth People
Cyberbullying is a phenomenon that has been extensively analysed amongst adolescents. However, in Spain, there have been few studies of young adults and particularly of their romantic relationships in the digital context. This study analyses cyberbullying in romantic relationships in mobile and digital exchanges between partners, in a sample comprising 336 students using quantitative methodology. The results show that 57,2% of the sample admit to…
University Senior Students on the Web
The Internet is increasingly prominent in all walks of life, and Web connection is a key factor in social integration. The rise in life expectancy and quality of life mean that our active seniors now represent a growing sector in society. This study analyses what senior citizens use the Internet for and why, as well as the main benefits of its usage and the perceived obstacles of those who are non-users. The results derive from a questionnaire co…
Student Perspectives on the University Professor Role
The perception of the university lecturer/teacher role from the students' perspective was analyzed. A sample of 1,599 social sciences university students responded to an open question about the most relevant characteristics that their ideal teacher/lecturer should have. The chi-square test performed showed that students' preferred features of the teacher/lecturer role were associated with their mutual interaction (e.g., having respectful manners,…
University Senior Students on the Web
The Internet is increasingly prominent in all walks of life, and Web connection is a key factor in social integration. The rise in life expectancy and quality of life mean that our active seniors now represent a growing sector in society. This study analyses what senior citizens use the Internet for and why, as well as the main benefits of its usage and the perceived obstacles of those who are non-users. The results derive from a questionnaire co…
Active Seniors and Mobile Phone Interaction
In this study we analyzed the interaction between active seniors and mobile phone use. Results were obtained from a survey. Participants were 165 active seniors enrolled in university programs for seniors, most of whom owned a mobile phone and used it for basic functions such as making calls, creating a contact list, checking the time, and sending text messages. The mobile phone did not have a social expansion function (that is, to extend their s…
Cyberbullying trough Mobile Phone and the Internet in Dating Relationships among Youth People
Cyberbullying is a phenomenon that has been extensively analysed amongst adolescents. However, in Spain, there have been few studies of young adults and particularly of their romantic relationships in the digital context. This study analyses cyberbullying in romantic relationships in mobile and digital exchanges between partners, in a sample comprising 336 students using quantitative methodology. The results show that 57,2% of the sample admit to…
Una década del mensaje sobre la salud en las revistas de comunicación indexadas en IN-Recs (2000-2011)
The aim of this paper is to analyse how scientific communication journals with greater impact factor on the INRECS index approach health message over the last decade. A total of 1.962 references were reviewed by analyzing publication frequency, authorship, topics, media considered and type of analysis made. It was observed scarcity of studies about health message in communication journals. Most of the articles dealt with public health issues focu…
Tratamiento periodístico del ciberacoso adolescente en la prensa española
El modo en que los medios de comunicación abordan determinados problemas sociales, como es el caso del ciberacoso en la adolescencia, condiciona en gran medida el interés mediático y su percepción social, lo que en último término afecta a su correcto abordaje y erradicación. Por esta razón, el presente estudio analiza la imagen que dos importantes medios de comunicación españoles, el periódico El País y el periódico El Mundo, trasmiten del cibera…
Can the internet reduce the loneliness of 50+ living alone
Living alone has been indicated as a key variable to explain loneliness in older adults. In contemporary society, where technology has become one of the main means of communication and personal interaction, has the internet influenced the relationship between living alone and loneliness? This paper aims to answer this research question by using a sample of 64,297 individuals who were surveyed in SHARE project wave 6 – in European countries with d…
A importância da internet para os adultos mais velhos que vivem sós
Em países com fortes tradições familialistas, os estudos científicos associam frequentemente a vida a solo, a sentimentos de solidão, que têm consequências negativas para o bem-estar de adultos mais velhos. Nas sociedades atuais, é inegável o papel desempenhado pela internet enquanto meio de comunicação. Tendo em conta este facto, visa-se analisar o papel que desempenha a internet na relação entre a vida a solo e a solidão, nos países do Sul da E…
Analysis of Mockery and Discrimination towards People with Disabilities in Cartoons
Disability is a topic that arouses social interest and that has been approached and represented in different ways throughout history. Analysing media portrayals of disability is needed to ease the development of inclusive societies. This work aims to identify the social representations of people with disabilities and the cases of mockery and discrimination that appear in the well-known Family Guy cartoons. For this purpose, a mixed methodology ha…
The Protective Role of the Internet in Depression for Europeans Aged 50+ Living Alone
Depression is a significant and limiting health problem, and living alone has been identified as an essential determinant of depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults. This study looks at this relationship by introducing a new factor into the equation—the Internet—which has become increasingly relevant for communication and interaction. It aims to assess to what extent the use of the Internet can mitigate the association between living …
Bridging the Digital Divide
Digital exclusion among older adults and its relation to mental health represent a global challenge. Depressive symptoms in later life are consistently identified as a negative determinant of internet use. Research highlights the positive influence of grandchildren on older adults’ mental health and digital inclusion. This study investigates the moderating role of grandchild care in the relationship between depressive symptoms and internet use am…
Connecting despite instrumental activities decline
Functional decline is often associated to the aging and can often lead to reduced social interaction particularly with friends. However, internet use may compensate this situation. This study investigates the moderating role of internet use in the relationship between Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) and the presence of friends in the confidant networks. Participants were 68,192 individuals aged 50+ from 27 countries who participat…
Psychology (7 works) · Technology Use by Older Adults (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · The Internet (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Demography (4 works)