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  1. 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

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

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

    Jorge Varela

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

    Article • Sustainability, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Jorge Varela

  4. 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

  5. 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

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

    Article • Behavioral Sciences, February 2025, MDPI AG

    Jorge Varela

  7. 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

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

    Article • August 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Jorge Varela

  9. 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

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

    Article • Mental Health & Prevention, June 2024, Elsevier

    Jorge Varela

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. A review of cyberbullying perpetration research

    Article • March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Jorge Varela

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

    Article • Revista de Psicodidáctica, January 2023, Elsevier

    Jorge Varela

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

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

    Jorge Varela

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

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

    Jorge Varela

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

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

    Jorge Varela

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

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

    Jorge Varela

  23. 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

  24. 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

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

    Article • UNIVERSIDAD VERDAD, June 2022, Universidad del Azuay

    Jorge Varela

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

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

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

    Jorge Varela

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. Cyberbullying. Bullying and antisocial behavior among Chilean adolescents

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

    Jorge Varela

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

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

    Jorge Varela

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

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

    Jorge Varela

  38. 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

  39. 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

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

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

    Jorge Varela

  41. 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

  42. 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

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

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

    Jorge Varela

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

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

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

    Jorge Varela

  49. 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

  50. Sense of Community and Life Satisfaction in Chilean Adolescents

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

    Jorge Varela

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

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

    Jorge Varela

  52. 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

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

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Varela

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

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

    Jorge Varela

  55. 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

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

    Article • Nursing Research, January 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Jorge Varela

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

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

    Jorge Varela

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

    Article • January 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Jorge Varela

  59. 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

  60. 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

  61. 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