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Protection factors are variables or conditions that enhance an individual's resilience and ability to cope with stressors, thereby reducing the likelihood of negative outcomes such as mental health issues or adverse life events. They can include personal traits, social support, and environmental conditions that contribute to overall well-being.
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Protection factors are variables or conditions that enhance an individual's resilience and ability to cope with stressors, thereby reducing the likelihood of negative outcomes such as mental health issues or adverse life events. They can include personal traits, social support, and environmental conditions that contribute to overall well-being.

Key research themes

1. How can protection factors be accurately identified and measured to improve risk assessment and offender rehabilitation outcomes?

This research area focuses on the conceptual clarification, measurement, and integration of protective factors (strengths and positive attributes) into rehabilitative and risk assessment frameworks. It matters because understanding and reliably measuring protective factors enhances prediction accuracy of negative outcomes (e.g., offending) and informs treatment plans that leverage individual strengths rather than focusing solely on deficits.

Key finding: This paper identifies the conceptual ambiguities and practical challenges in defining and measuring protective factors within offender rehabilitation. It emphasizes the need for construct validity in protective factor... Read more
Key finding: The paper critically argues for distinguishing protective factors from protective mechanisms and stresses that protective factors must be understood relative to specific risks they mitigate. It underscores that most existing... Read more
Key finding: Although incomplete, this work highlights the necessity of detailed, bilateral-level measurement of protection (e.g., tariffs) to accurately capture market access barriers and economic distortions, arguing that granular data... Read more

2. What motivates the continuance of protective security behaviors in individuals beyond initial adoption?

This theme investigates psychological and contextual factors influencing why individuals maintain or discontinue security behaviors after their initial acceptance, which is critical for sustaining effective organizational information security and minimizing insider threats. Understanding continuance motivation informs design of interventions and policies for long-term adherence to protective behaviors.

Key finding: This empirical study develops a comprehensive model grounded in Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to explain continuance in protective security behavior. It finds that perceived threat severity, susceptibility, and... Read more

3. How do protection motivation theory constructs predict and influence occupational protective behaviors among at-risk workers?

This research theme examines the applicability of protection motivation theory (PMT) structures—such as perceived threat, self-efficacy, and response efficacy—in predicting and enhancing compliance with safety behaviors in hazardous occupational settings. Insights from this area inform targeted behavior change strategies and occupational health interventions.

Key finding: The study finds that among painting workers exposed to hazardous substances, protective behaviors correlate positively with knowledge, self-efficacy, and response efficacy, and negatively with perceived costs. Structural... Read more

All papers in protection factors

Local Power, The Status of Cities in the Prevention of Disorder, Violence and Crime More than 20 years of ever-decreasing robbery and homicide rates is not enough for most of São Paulo residents aged 16 or older to feel safe walking the... more
Estudios recientes demuestran que la escuela es el lugar clave para desarrollar resiliencia en niños que han estado expuestos a condiciones de vulnerabilidad social. Esto a partir de programas de intervención que incorporen tanto la... more
Breastfeeding is the normative standard for infant feeding. Despite its established benefits, different factors can affect breastfeeding rates over time. The purpose of this study was to evaluate breastfeeding determinants in healthy term... more
The term
“deradicalization” is used constantly by politicians and the media to
talk about the need to get young people—and sometimes not-soyoung
people—out of the clutches of Islamism. Do you think this term
is the right one to use?
Este es un trabajo que lo que pretende es analizar los factores, tanto emocionales como sociales que condicionas o protegen el inicio de consumos que puede tener un menor de entre 10 y 14 años a la hora de probar las drogas y de realizar... more
espanolEste articulo tiene como objetivo central analizar cuestiones sociales y psicologicas relacionadas con el fenomeno del sexting, que se refiere a la practica de compartir imagenes intimas en Internet y redes sociales. Por medio de... more
Introduction. The prevalence of dementia is increasing in our population, which is aging at an alarming rate. Due to the heterogeneity of the clinical presentation and the complexity of the neuropathology of the disease, the... more
In today's fast changing and unpredictable world we tend to rely upon children's agency to ensure their survival following traumatic events. Because of this, parents and teachers need to be conversant with ways of encouraging children's... more
El presente trabajo tiene por objeto identificar los factores de riesgo y de protección que subyacen en el inicio, mantenimiento y desistimiento de las conductas delictivas. Para ello se ha analizado el relato de una mujer española de 38... more
O presente estudo teve como objetivo identificar e analisar os fatores protetores e de riscos relacionados ao uso de álcool entre adolescentes na faixa etária de 12 a 18 anos de idade, filhos de pais alcoolistas. O desenho do estudo é de... more
In today's fast changing and unpredictable world we tend to rely upon children's agency to ensure their survival following traumatic events. Because of this, parents and teachers need to be conversant with ways of encouraging children's... more
A new model of radicalization has appeared in Western countries since the 2010s. However, few empirical data are available to interpret the profiles of European young people who have embraced radical Islamism. Mixing... more
A new model of radicalization has appeared in Western countries since the 2010s. However, few empirical data are available to interpret the profiles of European young people who have embraced radical Islamism. Mixing... more
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A new model of radicalization has appeared in Western countries since the 2010s. However, few empirical data are available to interpret the profiles of European young people who have embraced radical Islamism. Mixing... more
This article introduces a thematic issue of Transcultural Psychiatry with selected papers from the McGill Advanced Study Institute in Cultural Psychiatry on "Pluralism and Polarization: Cultural Contexts and Dynamics of Radicalization,"... more
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The present research examines the social cognitive processes underlying ideologically-based violence through the lens of the 3N model of radicalization. To test this theory, we introduce two new psychometric instruments-a social... more
The present research examines the social cognitive processes underlying ideologically-based violence through the lens of the 3N model of radicalization. To test this theory, we introduce two new psychometric instruments-a social... more
This article presents the first prospective sample of 450 French youngsters who tried to join ISIS between 2014 and 2016. They were followed during two years by a multi-disciplinary team, in the scope of a ministerial mission. Through a... more
A new model of radicalization has appeared in Western countries since the 2010s. However, few empirical data are available to interpret the profiles of European young people who have embraced radical Islamism. Mixing... more
La présente étude s'inscrit dans une démarche exploratoire et se donne pour objectif de décrire les caractéristiques psychopathologiques et psychocriminologiques d'un échantillon de 40 femmes condamnées à des peines criminelles afin... more
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