PhD in Education by University of Balearic Islands (2019). Degree in Psychology (2011), Master of Psychological Intervention in clinical and social fields (2013), and Master in General Health Psychology (2018) by the University of Almeria. She is a member of the GIFES research team (Educational and Social Research and Training Group).

Research lines: family competences, evidence-based prevention programs, prevention of drug use and other risk behaviors in childhood and adolescence, youth and development of prosocial behavior.

New publications

Valero, M., Gomila, M. A., & Ballester, L. (2021). Adherence to a Socio-Educational Family Prevention Program at Primary and Secondary Schools. Families in Society: The journal of Contemporary Social Services. https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894211025469

Orte, C., Valero, M., Vives, M., Pascual, B., & Sánchez-Prieto, L. (2021). Positive Youth Development: A Platform for a University Training Experience. In S. Mozes, y M. Israelashvili (Eds.), Youth Without Family to Lean On, in press. Routledge.

Orte, C., Quesada, V., Valero, M., & Pozo, R. (2021). La Entrevista Motivacional en Programas Socioeducativos Familiares con Adolescentes: una revisión sistemática. Revista de Investigación Educativa, in press.

Ballester, Ll., Amer, J., Sánchez-Prieto, L, & Valero, M. (2020). Universal Family Drug Prevention Programs. A Systematic Review. Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, 18(2), 192-213.

Orte, C., Toumbourou, J., Pascual, B., Amer, J., & Valero, M. (2020). La implicación de los jóvenes como agentes activos en prevención: un proyecto de Youth Positive Development. En C. Orte, L. Ballester, y J. Amer (Eds.), Educación familiar. Programas e intervenciones basados en la evidencia (pp. 119-132). Octaedro.

Negreiros, J., Ballester, L., Valero, M., & Amer, J. (2020). Revisión sistemática de programas de prevención familiar universal: análisis en términos de eficacia, retención y adherencia. Adicciones, in press.

Negreiros, J., Valero, M., Carmo, R., da Gama, J., & Ballester, L. (2019). A systematic review of participation in prevention family programs. Pedagogía Social. Revista interuniversitaria, 34, 67-80. https://doi.org/10.7179/PSRI_2019.34.05

Ballester, L., Valero, M., Orte, C., & Amer, J. (2018). An analysis of family dynamics: a selective substance abuse prevention programme for adolescents. European Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2018.1473842

Orte, C., Valero, M., Fernández-de-Álava, M., & Pozo, R. (2018). El impacto del género en los programas de prevención familiar para adolescentes: una revisión. Revista Española de Drogodependencias, 43(2), 9-28.

Valero, M., Ballester, L., Orte, C., & Amer, J. (2017). Meta-analysis of family-based selective prevention programs for drug consumption in adolescence. Psicothema, 29(3), 299-305.