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  1. School bonding and student engagement predictors for adolescent's well-being and achievement in Technical Vocational Schools

    Article • Social Sciences & Humanities Open, December 2026, Elsevier

    Jorge Varela

  2. Girls’ double burden: Gender gaps in social–emotional skills and their unequal effects on achievement.

    Article • School Psychology, October 2026, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Montserrat Cubillos, Jorge Varela

  3. Design and Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Multidimensional School Social Climate Inventory for Educational Assistants (MSSCI-EA) in Chile

    Article • Behavioral Sciences, October 2026, MDPI AG

    Jorge Varela

  4. Bullying and Regulation of Moral Emotions: Adolescent Experiences in School Contexts

    Article • International Journal of Bullying Prevention, September 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  5. Latent Profile Analysis of Socioemotional Wellbeing among Chilean Adolescents

    Article • Applied Research in Quality of Life, May 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Montserrat Cubillos, Jorge Varela

  6. Chile

    Article • May 2026, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Jorge Varela

  7. Examining the relation between children’s satisfaction with their time-use and subjective well-being

    Article • International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, May 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Jorge Varela

  8. Design and Validation of the Multidimensional School Social Climate Inventory for Adolescents (MSSCI-A) in Chile

    Article • Behavioral Sciences, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Jorge Varela

  9. Family, School Support, Life Satisfaction, and Negative Emotions for Rural Peruvian Adolescents

    Article • Child Indicators Research, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  10. Assessing Psychological Well-Being Among Adolescents: A New Multidimensional Instrument for Chilean School Students

    Article • Sustainability, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Jorge Varela

  11. Cyberbullying Against Teachers in Latin America During the Pandemic: The Negative Effects on Their Levels of Well-Being Through Burnout

    Article • Journal of School Violence, April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Jorge Varela

  12. Bullying Victimization and Subjective Well-Being in 10- and 12-year-Old Children from 24 Countries: The Buffering Effect of Family and Teacher Support

    Article • Child Indicators Research, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  13. Protecting Educators: A Scoping Review of Interventions That Address Teacher Victimization

    Article • Behavioral Sciences, February 2025, MDPI AG

    Jorge Varela

  14. Perpetration of Adolescent Dating Violence: Child Abuse, Attitudes, Impulsivity, Reactive and Proactive Aggression; Automatic or Complex Processes?

    Article • Aggressive Behavior, December 2024, Wiley

    Jorge Varela

  15. School violence, bullying, and cyberbullying in South America: risks, protective factors, and interventions

    Article • August 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Jorge Varela

  16. Sibling and School Bullying Victimization and Its Relation With Children’s Subjective Well-Being in Indonesia: The Protective Role of Family and School Climate

    Article • Journal of Interpersonal Violence, June 2024, SAGE Publications

    Jorge Varela

  17. Burnout syndrome prevalence among Latin American teachers during the pandemic

    Article • Mental Health & Prevention, June 2024, Elsevier

    Jorge Varela

  18. School Violence, School Bonding and Adherence to School Norms and its Association with Life Satisfaction Among Chilean and Foreign Students

    Article • Child Indicators Research, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  19. Wellbeing, social media addiction and coping strategies among Chilean adolescents during the pandemic

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, August 2023, Frontiers

    Matias E. Rodriguez-Rivas, Jorge Varela

  20. Game of Tokens: Low Cooperative Relationships as a Key Marker for Bully-Victims in Elementary School Classroom

    Article • August 2023, Center for Open Science

    Jorge Varela

  21. Measuring school social climate in Latin America: the need for multidimensional and multi-informant tests – A systematic review

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, June 2023, Frontiers

    Matias E. Rodriguez-Rivas, Jorge Varela

  22. Preschool and School Aggression: Adaptation and Validation of the Preschool Social Behavior Scale in Chile

    Article • Revista Colombiana de Psicología, June 2023, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Jorge Varela

  23. Covitality and life satisfaction: a multilevel analysis of bullying experiences and their relation with School attachment

    Article • Current Psychology, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  24. The negative association of perceived stress with adolescents’ life satisfaction during the pandemic period: The moderating role of school community support

    Article • Heliyon, April 2023, Elsevier

    Matias E. Rodriguez-Rivas, Jorge Varela

  25. A review of cyberbullying perpetration research

    Article • March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Jorge Varela

  26. Bienestar, afectos y desgaste laboral de los profesores durante la pandemia en Chile

    Article • Revista de Psicodidáctica, January 2023, Elsevier

    Jorge Varela

  27. Well-being, school and age, from the understandings of Chilean children

    Article • Children and Youth Services Review, January 2023, Elsevier

    Jorge Varela

  28. Teachers’ wellbeing, affects, and burnout during the pandemic in Chile

    Article • Revista de Psicodidáctica (English ed ), January 2023, Elsevier

    Jorge Varela

  29. Cross-Cultural Validation of the Student Engagement Instrument for Chilean Students

    Article • Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, November 2022, SAGE Publications

    Jorge Varela

  30. Bullying Behavior and School Bonding for Predicting Student Engagement Among Chilean Adolescents

    Article • Journal of School Violence, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Jorge Varela

  31. To ignore or not to ignore: The differential effect of coping mechanisms on depressive symptoms when facing adolescent cyberbullying

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, July 2022, Elsevier

    Jorge Varela

  32. Violencia de pareja en adolescentes chilenos: Influencia del abuso infantil en la victimización y perpetración

    Article • Revista médica de Chile, July 2022, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Jorge Varela

  33. BIENESTAR SOCIOEMOCIONAL DE LOS DOCENTES ECUATORIANOS EN TIEMPOS DE COVID-19

    Article • UNIVERSIDAD VERDAD, June 2022, Universidad del Azuay

    Jorge Varela

  34. Innovative Technology–Based Interventions to Reduce Stigma Toward People With Mental Illness: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Article • JMIR Serious Games, May 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Matias E. Rodriguez-Rivas, Jorge Varela

  35. Victims of Cyberbullying: Feeling Loneliness and Depression among Youth and Adult Chileans during the Pandemic

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Matias E. Rodriguez-Rivas, Jorge Varela

  36. The role of family support and conflict in cyberbullying and subjective well-being among Chilean adolescents during the Covid-19 period

    Article • Heliyon, April 2022, Elsevier

    Matias E. Rodriguez-Rivas, Jorge Varela

  37. Gender attitudes, school violence and well-being among Chilean adolescents

    Article • Current Psychology, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  38. Psychometric Properties of the Community Sense Scale in the Classroom in a sample of Chilean students

    Article • Child Indicators Research, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  39. Cyberbullying as a New Form of Aggression: A Theoretical Review and Implications for Adolescent Well-Being

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  40. Innovative Technology–Based Interventions to Reduce Stigma Toward People With Mental Illness: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (Preprint)

    Article • November 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Matias E. Rodriguez-Rivas, Jorge Varela

  41. Life Satisfaction, Bullying, and Feeling Safe as a Protective Factor for Chilean and Brasilian Adolescents

    Article • Child Indicators Research, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matias E. Rodriguez-Rivas, Jorge Varela

  42. Bienestar Docente durante la Pandemia COVID-19: La Comparación entre Ecuador y Chile.

    Article • Revista de Sociología de la Educación-RASE, September 2021, Universitat de Valencia

    Jorge Varela

  43. Cyberbullying. Bullying and antisocial behavior among Chilean adolescents

    Article • Tesis Psicológica, August 2021, Fundacion Universitaria Los Libertadores

    Jorge Varela

  44. School Climate, Bullying and Mental Health among Chilean Adolescents

    Article • Child Indicators Research, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  45. Subjective Well-being, Bullying, and School Climate Among Chilean Adolescents Over Time

    Article • School Mental Health, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  46. Gratitude as a Protective Factor for Cyberbullying Victims: Conditional Effects on School and Life Satisfaction

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Jorge Varela

  47. The Role of Family Support and Conflict as Predictors of Cyberbullying and Subjective Well-Being During the Covid-19 Period for Chilean Adolescents

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2021, Elsevier

    Matias E. Rodriguez-Rivas, Jorge Varela

  48. Community and school violence as significant risk factors for school climate and bonding of teachers in Chile: A national hierarchical multilevel analysis

    Article • Journal of Community Psychology, November 2020, Wiley

    Jorge Varela

  49. Bullying and subjective well-being: A hierarchical socioeconomical status analysis of Chilean adolescents

    Article • Children and Youth Services Review, November 2020, Elsevier

    Jorge Varela

  50. La Percepción de Apego con la Escuela Como un Factor Protector Para Conductas Antisociales en Escolares Chilenos

    Article • November 2020, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    Jorge Varela

  51. Students’ Participation in School and its Relationship with Antisocial Behavior, Academic Performance and Adolescent Well-Being

    Article • Child Indicators Research, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  52. Perceptions of Safety, Satisfaction with Neighborhood and Life Satisfaction Among Chilean Adolescents

    Article • Child Indicators Research, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  53. Examining the Relationship Among Bullying, School Climate and Adolescent Well-Being in Chile and South Africa: a Cross Cultural Comparison

    Article • Child Indicators Research, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  54. Exploring the Influence School Climate on the Relationship between School Violence and Adolescent Subjective Well-Being

    Article • Child Indicators Research, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  55. Notions of Life Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction in Children and Adolescents of Low Socioeconomic Status in Chile

    Article • Child Indicators Research, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  56. Propiedades Psicométricas de la Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida de los Estudiantes (SLSS) de Huebner en una Muestra de Adolescentes Chilenos

    Article • Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación - e Avaliação Psicológica, January 2019, Associacao Iberoamericana de Diagnostico e Avaliacao Psicologica

    Jorge Varela

  57. School Attachment and Violent Attitudes Preventing Future Violent Behavior Among Youth

    Article • Journal of Interpersonal Violence, September 2018, SAGE Publications

    Jorge Varela

  58. Bullying, Cyberbullying, Student Life Satisfaction and the Community of Chilean Adolescents

    Article • Applied Research in Quality of Life, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  59. Sense of Community and Life Satisfaction in Chilean Adolescents

    Article • Applied Research in Quality of Life, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  60. Cyberbullying Among Chilean Students and the Protective Effects of Positive School Communities

    Article • Journal of School Violence, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Jorge Varela

  61. Life Satisfaction, School Satisfaction, and School Violence: A Mediation Analysis for Chilean Adolescent Victims and Perpetrators

    Article • Child Indicators Research, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  62. Sense of Community Mediates the Relationship Between Social and Community Variables on Adolescent Life Satisfaction

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  63. Satisfacción Global con la Vida y Satisfacción Escolar en Estudiantes Chilenos

    Article • Psykhe (Santiago), November 2016, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    Jorge Varela

  64. Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children (PWI-SC) in Chilean School Children

    Article • Child Indicators Research, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

  65. Future Expectations, Attitude Toward Violence, and Bullying Perpetration During Early Adolescence

    Article • Nursing Research, January 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Jorge Varela

  66. Caracterización de cyberbullying en el gran Santiago de Chile, en el año 2010

    Article • Psicologia Escolar e Educacional, August 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Jorge Varela

  67. Cyberbullying Among Chilean Students: the Protective Effects of Positive School Communities

    Article • January 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Jorge Varela

  68. Evaluación de la efectividad del Programa Vínculos para la prevención e intervención del Bullying en Santiago de Chile

    Article • Psicologia Escolar e Educacional, June 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Jorge Varela

  69. Efectividad de Estrategias de Prevención de Violencia Escolar: La Experiencia del Programa Recoleta en Buena

    Article • Psykhe (Santiago), November 2011, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Jorge Varela

  70. Validación del Cuestionario de Maltrato entre Iguales por Abuso de Poder (MIAP) para escolares

    Article • Revista médica de Chile, April 2011, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Jorge Varela