Liria Fernandez Gonzalez

Liria Fernández González is a Professor and researcher in the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Deusto. She holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Her academic career spans multiple institutions and research initiatives focused on adolescent mental health and behavioral issues.

Her primary research interests include adolescent psychology, cyberbullying, dating violence, child-to-parent aggression, and mindfulness-based interventions. Dr. Fernández González employs longitudinal methodologies to examine developmental pathways of psychological issues in youth, with particular attention to how digital environments impact adolescent behavior and wellbeing. Her work bridges clinical psychology with digital health research, addressing critical contemporary challenges in adolescent mental health.

Analysis of Dr. Fernández González's publications reveals consistent focus on adolescent mental health across multiple dimensions. Her work demonstrates expertise in longitudinal research designs examining relationships between digital behaviors, mental health outcomes, and protective factors. She has made significant contributions to understanding the connections between online victimization, internalizing symptoms, and mindfulness as a protective factor. Her recent work increasingly addresses pandemic impacts on adolescent mental health and sophisticated methodological approaches like meta-analytic structural equation modeling.

Dr. Fernández González has directed multiple doctoral theses examining child-to-parent violence, mindfulness applications, and dating violence risk factors. She actively participates in major research projects including 'STRESS-IT1532-22' (2022-2025), 'Factores predictivos e impacto de la depresión y ansiedad materna' (2020-2023), and projects funded by the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation and BBVA Foundation. She serves on the editorial board of the journal 'Psicología Conductual' (Impact Factor JCR: 1.017_Q3).

Dr. Fernández González is a key member of the 'Deusto Stress Research' team recognized by the Basque Government (GV recognition IT982-16, 2016-2021). Her collaborative work extends across multiple institutions with researchers including Esther Calvete Zumalde, Izaskun Orue Sola, Juan Machimbarrena, and Joaquín González-Cabrera. Her laboratory work focuses on adolescent mental health assessment, intervention development, and longitudinal tracking of psychological outcomes in digital contexts.