Dr Roberto Parada

• Qualifications
• Selected Publications

Dr Parada graduated with a PhD in 2007. In his thesis he investigated the psychosocial determinants of and effective intervention in school bullying.  His academic interests include: 

•  the relation of self-concept and identity to behaviours such as bullying.
• the relations between multiple dimensions of self-concept and multiple dimensions of mental health syndromes.
•  the effectiveness of self-concept enhancement techniques in assisting young people to modify their behaviour.
• high school students’ attachment and belonging to school, and the effect of these perceptions on subsequent behaviours.

Dr Parada has also been commissioned to conduct reports and develop programs within the private sector. He works as a trained coach in the Positive Behaviour Support Program which aims to assist students who are facing challenges in their educational and social environments.

Qualifications

BA Hons, MA (Syd), PhD (UWS)

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Selected Publications

Chapters

Parada, R.H., Craven, R. & Marsh H.W (In press) The beyond Bullying Program: An Innovative Program Empowering Teachers to Counteract Bullying in Schools, in International Advances in Self Research, Charlotte:  Information Age Publishing.

Marsh H.W., Parada, R.H., Craven, G.R. & Finger, L (2004) In the looking glass: A reciprocal effects model elucidating the complex nature of bullying, psychological determinants and the central role of self-concept, in C.S. Sanders & G.D Phye (eds) Bullying Implications for the Classrooms, Orlando: Academic Press.

Hinkley, J.W., Marsh, H.W., Craven R.G., McInerney, D.M. & Parada, R.H. (2002) Social identity and Navajo high school students: is a strong social identity important in the school social context? In W.J. Lonner, D.L. Dinnel, S.A. Hayes & D.N. Sattler (eds) Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, Bellingham: Western Washington University.

Journal Articles

Marsh, H.W., Ellis A.L., Parada, R.H., Richards, G.E. & Huebeck, B.G. (2005) A short version of the Self Description Questionnaire II: Operationalizing criteria for short-form evaluation with new applications of confirmatory factor analyses. Psychological Assessment, 17(1), 81-102.

Marsh, H.W., Parada, R.H., & Ayotte, V. (2004) A Multidimensional Perspective of Relations Between Self-Concept (Self-Concept Questionnaire II) and Adolescent Mental Health (Youth Self-Report). Psychological Assessment, 16(1), 27-41.

Sanbrook, M., Harris, A. Parada, R. & Young, P. (2003) The effectiveness of an early intervention team in the treatment of first-episode psychosis. Australian e-journal for the Advancement of Mental Health 2(1).

Marsh, H.W., Parada, R.H, Yeung, A.S., Healey, J. (2001). Aggressive school troublemakers and victims: a longitudinal model examining the pivotal role of self-concept. Journal of Educational Psychology 93(2), 411-419.

Reports

Parada, R.H. (1998) Report on the mental health needs of young people in Western Sydney Area Health Service.  Western Sydney Area Mental Health Service and Centre for Mental Health, New South Wales Government.

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