JOSE FERNANDO GARCIA PEREZ

Dr. Jose Fernando Garcia Perez is a full professor at the University of Valencia's Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, Department of Behavioural Science Methodology. As a permanent member of the Socializ Research Group, his work focuses on parenting styles, psychosocial adjustment, and behavioral science methodology across diverse age groups and cultural contexts including Spain, China, Portugal, Brazil, and Latin America.

• Doctorate in Psychology (University of Valencia, 1989)
• Specialized in cross-cultural parenting analysis
• Led validation studies for psychosocial scales in multiple languages
• Developed educational tools like the Discentibus system

Research Themes: Authoritative vs. indulgent parenting, family-adolescent dynamics, substance abuse risk factors, self-concept development, and cyberbullying prevention. His work often examines how warmth/strictness dimensions affect developmental outcomes across different cultural frameworks.

Collaborative Networks: Extensive cross-cultural studies with Portugal, Brazil, Chile, and China. Investigated police responses to domestic violence in Spain and evaluated neighborhood risk factors impacting adolescent behavior.

Recent Publications: 2025 studies include analyses of Chinese Generation Z parenting, warmth-strictness tradeoffs, and family-induced mental health risks. 2024 work focused on negative parenting models, life-span drug use patterns, and bidirectional socialization mechanisms.