PROFESSOR
Sandra Chiclana

Sandra Chiclana, Ph.D. in Psychology (2020), is Head of Services in the General Secretary of Penitentiary Institutions, Spanish Ministry of the Interior, and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at UNED. Her research currently focuses on interpersonal violence, radicalisation, hate crimes and female inmates.

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In press

Gómez, Á., Vázquez, A., Alba, B., Blanco, L., Chinchilla, J., Chiclana, S. & Swann, W. B. (in press). Feeling Understood Fosters Identity Fusion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Download

2023

Gómez, Á., Vázquez, A., Chinchilla, J., Blanco, L., Alba, B., Chiclana, S., & González-Álvarez, J. L. (2023). Why is it so difficult to investigate violent radicalization? Spanish Journal of Psychology, 26, e7. https://doi.org/10.1017/SJP.2023.2 Download

Suarez-Martinez, A., Méndez-Lorenzo, R. C., Pérez-Ramírez, M. & Chiclana, S. (2023). El odio y la violencia hacia el exogrupo. Análisis psicosocial de una muestra de personas condenadas por delitos de odio. Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, 33, 125- 133. https://doi.org/10.5093/apj2023a4 Download

2022

González-Álvarez, J. L. Santos-Hermoso, J., Gómez, A., López-Novo, J. L., Buquerín, S., Pozuelo, F., Fernández, C. & Chiclana, S. (2022). A theoretical, empirical and methodologically based instrument to assess the risk of violent radicalization in prisons: The DRAVY-3. Terrorism and Political Violence. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2022.2145194 Download

Gómez, A., Chiclana, S., Chinchilla, J., Blanco, L., Alba, B., Bautista, H. & Pozuelo-Rubio, F. (2022). The mirage of the jihad. Disenchantment as the pathway to disengagement of female jihadists. A case study about radicalization in Spanish prisons. International Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2022.2096254 Download

Gómez, A., Atran, S., Chinchilla, J., Vázquez, A., López-Rodríguez, L., Paredes, B., Martínez, M., Blanco, L., Alba, B., Bautista, H., Fernández, S., Pozuelo-Rubio, F., González-Álvarez, J.L., Chiclana, S., Valladares-Narganes, H., Alonso, M., Ruíz-Alvarado, A., López-Novo, J.L., & Davis, R. (2022). Willingness to sacrifice among convicted Islamist terrorists versus violent gang members and other criminals. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06590-0 Download

Pérez-Ramirez, M., Chiclana, S., Méndez, R.C. & Suarez, A. (2022). Sociodemographic and psycho social Differences Between Hate Crime Offenders and Other Non-Bias-Motivated Criminals: Implications for Prison Rehabilitation Programs. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X221132235 Download

2021

Chiclana, S., Galán, D., García-Vita, M.M & de Juanas, A. (2021). Ocio y tiempo libre en prisión. Los módulos de respeto como espacios que generan bienestar en tiempos de pandemia. Edetania 60, 165-186. https://doi.org/10.46583/edetania_2021.60.906 Download

Gómez, Á., Bélanger, J. J., Chinchilla, J., Vázquez, A., Schumpe, B. M.,, Nisa, C. F., & Chiclana, S. (2021). Admiration for Islamist groups encourages self-sacrifice through identity fusion. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 8,54. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00734-9 Download

Santos-Hermoso, J., González-Álvarez, J. L., Macía-Vázquez, A., Pozuelo-Rubio, F., & Chiclana, S. (2021). Jihadist Extremism in Spanish Prisons. Characterisation of the Inmates Linked to Jihadist Radicalisation and Analysis of Their Behaviour in Prison. Terrorism and Political Violence, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2021.1972978 Download

2019

Chiclana, S., Castillo-Gualda, R., Paniagua, D., & Rodríguez-Carvajal, R. (2019). Mental health, positive affectivity and wellbeing in prison: a comparative study between young and older prisoners. Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria, 21(3), 138. https://doi.org/10.4321/S1575-06202019000300004 Download