Francisco Villegas Lirola

Biographic Data

ID6767276
NAMEFrancisco Villegas Lirola
GIVEN NAMESFrancisco Villegas
FAMILY NAMELirola
SIGNATURELIROLA F V
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Almería
ORCID0000-0002-3248-6450
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Asymmetric and sexist polarization

    Open AccessFrancisco Villegas Lirola, Pilar Rodríguez Martínez et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Political Science2025References: 11

    In this paper, we present the results of a study on violent extremism and political self-positioning of adolescents in the province of Almerí (Spain). This research is based on a questionnaire conducted in secondary schools in Almerí (4) and Madrid (1) in May 2022. We tried to answer the following questions: are social extremism and the justification of violent illegal acts related? To what extent does political self-positioning moderate the rela…

  • The Mediation (Emotional Self-Control) and Moderation (Fun) of the Relationship Between Receiving and Perpetrating Hate Speech Among Boys and Girls in Almeria (Spain)

    Open AccessFrancisco Villegas Lirola, Pilar Rodríguez MartínezARTICLESocial Sciences2025References: 4

    This article presents an analysis of the mediation and moderation of the suffering and perpetration of hate speech among adolescents in Almería (Spain), taking into account gender differences. For this purpose, data from a questionnaire completed by secondary school students (N = 535) in four schools in Almería (Spain) was analyzed. For the analysis, an index of emotional self-control was constructed and introduced as a mediator between receiving…

  • Emotional Intelligence Profiles and Cyber-Victimization in Secondary School Students

    Open AccessFrancisco Villegas LirolaARTICLEEducation Sciences2024

    The research examined how different profiles of emotional intelligence (attention, clarity, and emotional regulation) act as protective or risk factors against cyber-victimization, taking into account individual and behavioral variables such as gender, sexual orientation, self-esteem, social anxiety, Internet risk, and parental control among high school students (11–18 years). A simulated sample was used, which was derived from an experimental sa…

  • Hate-Speech Countering by Immigrant and Pro-Immigrant Associations in Almeria (Spain)

    Open AccessPilar Rodríguez Martínez, Lucía Martinez Joya et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences2024References: 3

    In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in anti-immigrant hate speech on social media. Drawing on interviews with 15 immigrant associations and 11 pro-immigrant associations in the southern Spanish province of Almería, as well as digital ethnography, this article explores strategies used by immigrant and pro-immigrant associations to counter hate speech. The rise of this hate speech, disseminated mainly by far-right parties, has o…

  • Gender Effects of Social Network Use Among Secondary School Adolescents in Spain

    Open AccessPilar Rodríguez Martínez, Francisco Villegas Lirola et al.ARTICLEFeminist Criminology2024Cited by: 2References: 12

    This paper presents the results of a questionnaire-based study of adolescents in secondary schools in Almería and Madrid ( n = 1135), Spain. Based on scales developed and tested by Ozer and Bertelsen (2018), we investigate whether social media use correlates with self-reported extremist and pro-violence attitudes. We analyze the results of a moderation analysis on the rates of extremism and pro-violence, as well as illegal acts, in relation to so…