Biografía
Soy Catedrático de Psicología en la Universidad de Granada. Imparto docencia en el Grado en Psicología, en el Máster en Psicología de la Intervención Social y en el Máster de Secundaria. En los primeros años de mi carrera investigadora me centré en el estudio de procesos de aprendizaje asociativo y en el ámbito de las relaciones emoción-cognición. Pero lo que realmente caracteriza mi dedicación investigadora es sin duda el estudio de la violencia de género y el sexismo.
He realizado estancias de investigación en la University of Cambridge (Reino Unido), University of Bielefeld (Alemania) y la Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador (El Salvador).
Principales intereses
- Mitos sobre la violencia sexual y la violencia de pareja contra las mujeres
- Sexismo en la percepción social de la violencia de género
- Discriminación y violencia contra las mujeres en distintos contextos
- Atención psicológica a mujeres en situación de violencia
- Aprendizaje, emoción y cognición
Contacto
Formación y trayectoria profesional
2017
Catedrático de Universidad
Universidad de Granada
1996
Profesor Titular de Universidad
Universidad de Granada
1994
Profesor Asociado (T3)
Universidad de Granada
1992
Profesor Ayudante
Universidad de Granada
1992
Doctor en Psicología
Universidad de Granada
1988
Licenciado en Psicología
Universidad de Granada
Publicaciones
2024
Fernández-López, R., Andreasen, K., Ankerstjerne, L., Martín-de-las-Heras, S., Rasch, V., Megías, J. L., Linde, D. S., de-León-de-León, S., Schei, B., Wu, C., Oviedo-Gutiérrez, A., & Zapata-Calvente, A. L. (2024). Prevalence and associated factors of intimate partner violence against pregnant women who attend antenatal care in Denmark and Spain: A digital screening approach. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.15000
Megías, J.L., Thon, P., R., Siebler, F., & Bohner, G. (2024). Attitudes Toward Prostitution in Norway, Spain, and Germany: Association With the Legal Context and Susceptibility to Persuasion. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13082
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., & Megías, J.L. (2024). How Do Men Evaluate and Blame Victims of Mobbing? Depending on the Victims’ Identification as Feminist or Egalitarian. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 39(21-22), 4464–4488.
Zapata-Calvente, A., Moya, M., & Megías, J. L. (2024). Unveiling the gender symmetry debate: exploring consequences, instructions, and forms of violence in intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241289477
Bustos-Ortega, M., Romero-Sánchez, M., Megías, J. L., & Carretero-Dios, H. (2024). Gaming with a Feminist: Sexism and Perception of Sexist Incidents in Online Video Games. Sex Roles, 90, 1200–1217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-024-01506-w
Vizcaíno-Cuenca, R., Riquelme, A. R., Romero-Sánchez, M., Megías, J. L., & Carretero-Dios, H. (2023). Exposure to Feminist Humor and the Proclivity to Collective Action for Gender Equality: The Role of Message Format and Feminist Identification. Sex Roles, 90, 186–201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-023-01430-5
2024). How do disadvantaged groups perceive allies? Women’s perceptions of men who confront sexism in an egalitarian or paternalistic way. European Journal of Social Psychology, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3059
, , , , , & (Martínez-Sánchez, C. A., Romero-Sánchez, M., & Megías, J. L. (2024). Analysis of the cognitive function of myths about gender violence: the case of Rocío Carrasco/Análisis de la función cognitiva de los mitos sobre la violencia de género: el caso de Rocío Carrasco. International Journal of Social Psychology, 39(1), 27–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/02134748231218168
2023
Andreasen, K., Zapata-Calvente, A. L., Martin-de-Las-Heras, S., Bueno-Cavanillas, A., Schei, B., Dokkedahl, S., … & Linde, D. S. (2023). Video consultations and safety app targeting pregnant women exposed to intimate partner violence in Denmark and Spain: Nested Cohort Intervention Study (STOP Study). JMIR formative research, 7, e38563. https://doi.org/10.2196/38563
Bustos-Ortega, M., Carretero-Dios, H., Megías, J. L., & Romero-Sánchez, M. (2023). Sexist Attitudes in Online Video Gaming: Development and Validation of the Sexism Against Women Gamers Scale (SAWGS) in Spanish and English. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 47(3), 320–342. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843231162837
2022
Moya-Garófano, A., Moya, M., Megías, J. L., & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2022). Ambivalent sexism and women’s reactions to stranger harassment: The case of piropos in Spain. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 46(4), 454-467. http://doi.10.1177/03616843221115339
Fernández López, R., de-León-de-León, S., Martin-de-Las-Heras, S., Torres Cantero, J. C., Megías, J. L., & Zapata-Calvente, A. L. (2022). Women survivors of intimate partner violence talk about using e-health during pregnancy: a focus group study. BMC women’s health, 22(1), 98. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01669-2
Zapata-Calvente, A. L., Megías, J. L., Casilda Velasco, A., Khalid S. K., Rubio, L., Martín-de-las-Heras, S. (2022). Screening for intimate partner violence during pregnancy: a test accuracy study. European Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac009
2021
Riquelme, A. R., Carretero-Dios, H., Megías, J. L., & Romero-Sánchez, M. (2021). Joking for gender equality: Subversive humor against sexism motivates collective action in men and women with weaker feminist identity. Sex Roles, 84, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-020-01154-w
Riquelme, A. R., Carretero-Dios, H., Megías, J. L., & Romero-Sánchez, M. (2021). Individual differences in the appreciation and interpretation of subversive humor against sexism versus sexist humor: The role of feminist identity and hostile sexism. Personality and Individual Differences, 177, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110794
Romero-Sánchez, M., Megías, J. L., & Carretero-Dios, H. (2021). Sexist Humor and Sexual Aggression Against Women: When Sexist Men Act According to Their Own Values or Social Pressures. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(21–22), 11322–11348. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519888518
Romero-Sánchez, M., Skowronski, M., Bohner, G., & Megías, J. L. (2021). Talking about ‘victims’, ‘survivors’ and ‘battered women’: how labels affect the perception of women who have experienced intimate partner violence (‘Víctimas’,‘supervivientes’y ‘mujeres maltratadas’: cómo influyen las etiquetas en la percepción de las mujeres que han sufrido violencia por parte de sus parejas). International Journal of Social Psychology, 36(1), 30-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2020.1840232
Estevan-Reina, L., de Lemus, S., Megías, J. L., Kutlaca, M., Belmonte-García, M., & Becker, J. (2021). Allies Against Sexism: The Impact of Men’s Egalitarian Versus Paternalistic Confrontation on Women’s Empowerment and Well-Being. Sex Roles, 84(9–10), 536–553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-020-01184-4
Moya-Garófano, A., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., Moya, M., & Megías, J.L., (2021). Stranger harassment («piropo») and women’s self-objectification: the role of anger, happiness and empowerment. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 2306–2326. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518760258
Navarro-Mantas, L., de Lemus, S., & Megías, J. L. (2021). Mental Health Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in El Salvador. Violence Against Women, 27(15–16), 2927–2944. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801220978803
Navarro-Mantas, L., Velasquez, M. J., de Lemus, S., & Megías, J. L. (2021). Prevalence and Sociodemographic Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in El Salvador. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(7–8), 3547–3573. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518779065
2020
Estevan-Reina, L., de Lemus, S., & Megías, J. L. (2020). Feminist or Paternalistic: Understanding Men’s Motivations to Confront Sexism. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02988
Moya-Garófano, A., Moya, M., Megías, J.L. & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2020). Social perceptions of Spanish women according to their reactions to a stranger harassment situation (piropo). Sex Roles, 83, 163–178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-01103-2
2019
Riquelme A. R., Carretero-Dios, H., Megías, J. L., & Romero-Sánchez, M. (2019). Subversive humor against sexism: Conceptualization and first evidence on its empirical nature. Current Psychology, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00331-9
Zapata-Calvente, A. L., Megías, J. L., Moya, M., & Schoebi, D. (2019). Gender-Related Ideological and Structural Macrosocial Factors Associated With Intimate Partner Violence Against European Women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 43(3), 317–334. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684319839367
Zapata-Calvente, A. L., Moya, M., Bohner, G., & Megías, J. L. (2019). Automatic associations and conscious attitudes predict different aspects of men’s intimate partner violence and sexual harassment proclivities. Sex Roles, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-1006-0
2018
Megías, J.L., Toro-García, V., y Carretero-Dios, H. (2018). The Acceptance of Myths About Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (AMIVAW) Scale: Development and Validation in Spanish and English. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 42, 44-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684317742638
Romero-Sánchez, M., Megías, J. L. Moya, M. & Krahé, B. (2018). Alcohol-related victim behaviour and rape myth acceptance as predictors of victim blame in sexual assault cases. Violence Against Women, 24(9) 1052–1069. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801217727372
2017
Zapata-Calvente, A. L., & Megías, J. L. (2017). Social perception of intimate partner violence according to the motivations and sex of the aggressor and the ideology and sex of the observers/Percepción social de la violencia de pareja en función de las motivaciones y sexo del/a agresor/ay de la ideología y sexo de los/as observadores/as. Revista de Psicología Social, 32(2), 301-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2017.1297355
Romero-Sánchez, M., Toro-García, V., Horvath, M. A., & Megías, J. L. (2017). More than a magazine: Exploring the links between lads’ mags, rape myth acceptance, and rape proclivity. Journal of interpersonal violence, 32(4), 515-534. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515586366
Moya-Garófano, A., Megías, J.L., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., & Moya, M. (2017). Spanish version of the Objectified Body Consciousness Scale (OBCS): results from two samples of female university students / Versión española de la Objectified Body Consciousness Scale (OBCS): resultados correspondientes a dos muestras de estudiantes universitarias. Revista de Psicología Social, 32(2), 362-394. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2017.1292700
2016
Romero-Sánchez, M., Carretero-Dios, H., Megías, J. L. Moya, M. & Ford, T. E. (2016). Sexist humor and rape proclivity: the moderating role of joke-teller gender and degree of physical violence. Violence Against Women, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801216654017
2015
Montañés, P., Megías, J. L., De Lemus, S., & Moya, M. (2015). Influence of early romantic relationships on adolescents’ sexism. Revista de Psicología Social, 30(2), 219–240. https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2015.1016756
2013
del Rio, E., López Megías, J., & Expósito (2013). Gender-based violence against women with visual and physical disabilities. Psicothema, 25(1), 67-72. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2012.83
2012
Montañés, P., de Lemus, S., Bohner, G. Megías, J. L., Moya, M. & Garcia-Retamero, R. (2012). Intergenerational transmission of benevolent sexism from mothers to daughters and its relation to daughters’ academic performance and goals. Sex Roles, 66(7-8), 468-478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-011-0116-0