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Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
48
Citations
8888
World Ranking
5950
National Ranking
69

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Social science
  • Developmental psychology

His primary areas of investigation include Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Affect, Structural equation modeling and Human factors and ergonomics. Rosario Ortega-Ruiz has researched Social psychology in several fields, including Social competence and Robustness. Rosario Ortega-Ruiz has included themes like Social relation, Empathy and Set in his Developmental psychology study.

Rosario Ortega-Ruiz interconnects Situational ethics, Anger, Emotional intelligence and Moderation in the investigation of issues within Affect. His Human factors and ergonomics study combines topics in areas such as Injury prevention and Suicide prevention. The various areas that Rosario Ortega-Ruiz examines in his Aggression study include Co-occurrence and Parenting styles.

His most cited work include:

  • Cyberbullying Definition Among Adolescents: A Comparison Across Six European Countries (179 citations)
  • Bullying and cyberbullying: Convergent and divergent predictor variables (162 citations)
  • Systematic review of theoretical studies on bullying and cyberbullying: Facts, knowledge, prevention, and intervention (161 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Aggression, Confirmatory factor analysis and Clinical psychology. His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Structural equation modeling and Affect. His research integrates issues of Empathy and Big Five personality traits in his study of Structural equation modeling.

His study in the field of Self-esteem and Moral disengagement also crosses realms of Quality and Sample. His work deals with themes such as Secondary education and Harm, which intersect with Aggression. His Confirmatory factor analysis study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Interpersonal communication, Interpersonal relationship and Applied psychology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Developmental psychology (63.64%)
  • Social psychology (32.58%)
  • Aggression (26.52%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Developmental psychology (63.64%)
  • Moral disengagement (4.55%)
  • Aggression (26.52%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Rosario Ortega-Ruiz mainly focuses on Developmental psychology, Moral disengagement, Aggression, Humanities and Social psychology. His studies deal with areas such as Expression and Competence as well as Developmental psychology. His Aggression study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Empathy, Clinical psychology and Psychopathy.

His study in Empathy is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Juvenile delinquency, Compliance and Conflict resolution. His work in the fields of Clinical psychology, such as Anger, overlaps with other areas such as Risk factor, Rumination and Potential risk. His research in the fields of Harm, Peer relations and Mediation overlaps with other disciplines such as Cycle of violence and Longitudinal study.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Longitudinal patterns of antisocial behaviors in early adolescence: a latent class and latent transition analysis (10 citations)
  • Relations among online emotional content use, social and emotional competencies and cyberbullying (5 citations)
  • Empathy online and moral disengagement through technology as longitudinal predictors of cyberbullying victimization and perpetration (4 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social psychology
  • Social science
  • Developmental psychology

Humanities, Developmental psychology, Early adolescence, Latent transition analysis and Gerontology are his primary areas of study. His work on Prosocial behavior as part of general Developmental psychology study is frequently linked to Content, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. His Gerontology study spans across into fields like Physical fitness, Exercise self efficacy and Quality of life.

Best Publications

  • Systematic review of theoretical studies on bullying and cyberbullying: Facts, knowledge, prevention, and intervention

    Izabela Zych;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Rosario Del Rey

  • Cyberbullying Definition Among Adolescents: A Comparison Across Six European Countries

    Ersilia Menesini;Annalaura Nocentini;Benedetta Emanuela Palladino;Ann Frisén

  • Bullying and cyberbullying: Convergent and divergent predictor variables

    José A. Casas;Rosario Del Rey;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

  • Structural validation and cross-cultural robustness of the European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire

    Rosario Del Rey;José A. Casas;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Anja Schultze-Krumbholz

  • Evaluar el "bullying" y el "cyberbullying" validación española del EBIP-Q y del ECIP-Q

    Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Rosario Del Rey;José A. Casas;José A. Casas;José A. Casas

  • Psichometrics properties of Psychological Dating Violence Questionnaire: A study with young couples

    Julissa Ureña;Eva M. Romera;Jose A. Casas;Carmen Viejo

  • Bullying and cyberbullying: Overlapping and predictive value of the co-occurrence

    Rosario Del Rey;Paz Elipe;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

  • Scientific research on bullying and cyberbullying: where have we been and where are we going

    Izabela Zych;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Rosario Del Rey

  • Well-Being and Romantic Relationships: A Systematic Review in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood.

    Mercedes Gómez-López;Carmen Viejo;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

  • Cyberbullying: a systematic review of research, its prevalence and assessment issues in Spanish studies

    Izabela Zych;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Inmaculada Marín-López

  • Parenting styles and bullying. The mediating role of parental psychological aggression and physical punishment

    Olga Gómez-Ortiz;Eva María Romera;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

  • Does empathy predict (cyber) bullying perpetration, and how do age, gender and nationality affect this relationship?

    Rosario Del Rey;Lambros Lazuras;José A. Casas;Vassilis Barkoukis

  • Bullying y Cyberbullying en Latinoamérica. Un estudio bibliométrico

    Mauricio Herrera-López;Eva-María Romera;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

  • Peer victimization in multicultural schools in Spain and England

    Claire P. Monks;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Antonio J. Rodríguez-Hidalgo

  • Bullying and Cyberbullying in Minorities: Are They More Vulnerable than the Majority Group?

    Vicente J. Llorent;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Izabela Zych

  • Perceived emotional intelligence as a moderator variable between cybervictimization and its emotional impact.

    Paz Elipe;Joaquín A. Mora-Merchán;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;José A. Casas

  • Bullying y cyberbullying en Colombia; coocurrencia en adolescentes escolarizados

    Mauricio Herrera-López;Eva Romera;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

  • Physical Dating Violence in Spain and the United Kingdom and the Importance of Relationship Quality

    Carmen Viejo;Claire Monks;Virginia Sanchez;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

  • Psychological Well-Being During Adolescence: Stability and Association With Romantic Relationships.

    Mercedes Gómez-López;Carmen Viejo;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

  • Cyberbullying: Social Competence, Motivation and Peer Relationships

    Eva-M. Romera;Juan-Jesús Cano;Cristina-M. García-Fernández;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

  • Adolescents’ Psychological Well-Being: A Multidimensional Measure

    Carmen Viejo;Mercedes Gómez-López;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz

  • Knowing, Building and Living Together on Internet and Social Networks: The ConRed Cyberbullying Prevention Program

    Rosario Ortega-Ruiz;Rosario Del Rey;José A. Casas

Frequent Co-Authors

Izabela Zych
Izabela Zych University of Córdoba
Ersilia Menesini
Ersilia Menesini University of Florence
Annalaura Nocentini
Annalaura Nocentini University of Florence
Peter K. Smith
Peter K. Smith Goldsmiths University of London
Vassilis Barkoukis
Vassilis Barkoukis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Haralambos Tsorbatzoudis
Haralambos Tsorbatzoudis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
David P. Farrington
David P. Farrington University of Cambridge
Martyn Barrett
Martyn Barrett University of Surrey
Ann Frisén
Ann Frisén University of Gothenburg
José Carlos Núñez
José Carlos Núñez University of Oviedo

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