Susana Corral

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Susana Corral (MSc, PhD, C. Psychol)

NSPCC Senior Research Officer

Susana’s research interests are in the area of intimate and dating violence, child sexual abuse and sex offender profiles, child maltreatment and perpetrators of violence and abuse.

Prior to working for the NSPCC, Susana has done research on psychological vulnerability and maltreatment in women and psychological vulnerability to depression and aggressive behaviour in adolescents.

Susana completed a PhD on violence in dating relationships, assessing the prevalence of both victimisation and perpetration in males and females in a dating relationship as well as the cognitive profile of male and female perpetrators.

Current projects

National survey of child safety and victimisation. The primary aim of this project is to provide a robust estimate of the prevalence of child physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect within the UK general population, as well as the prevalence of bullying and witnessing domestic violence.
What makes abuse stop?

Selected publications

Calvete, E., Estévez, A. & Corral, S. (2008). Coping as a mediator and moderator between intimate partner violence and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Violence Against Women. 14(8): 886-904.

Calvete, E., Corral, S. & Estévez, A. (2007). Cognitive and coping mechanisms in the interplay between intimate partner violence and depression. Anxiety, Stress and Coping. 20(4): 369-382.

Calvete, E., Corral, S. & Estévez, A. (2007). Factor structure and validity of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales for Spanish women. Violence against Women. 13(10): 1072-1087.

Calvete, E., Estévez, A. & Corral, S. (2007). Intimate partner violence and depressive symptoms in women: Cognitive schemas as moderators and mediators. Behavior Research and Therapy. 45: 791-804.

Corral, S. & Calvete, E. (2006). Evaluación de la violencia en las relaciones de pareja mediante las Escalas de Tácticas para Conflictos: estructura factorial y diferencias de género en jóvenes [Evaluation of violence in dating relationships by means of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales: factor structure and gender differences]. Psicología Conductual. 2: 215-234.

Email: susana.corral@nspcc.org.uk