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During the conferences have been presented the results of the various studies under the INMA Project and we have had plenary sessions by both national and international speakers of recognized prestige. Dr. Miquel Casas (Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu. Barcelona) delighted us with the talk entitled “Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Academic Performance and Behavioural Problems in Childhood and Adolescence“, Dr. Xavier Basagaña (ISGlobal) enlightened us with the session “Formative pill: The statistical challenges of working with multiple correlated exposures“, and Dr. Kate Northstone (ALSPAC) fascinated us with her talk “The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): Three decades of follow-up“.

The meeting ended with the conference “How is time measured and what are the temporal perspectives of environmental health?” given by Dr. Joan Grimalt, from the Institute for Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA) – Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

We have had 136 registered participants, 83 of them participated in person and 53 followed the conference via Streaming.

Congratulations to all for this successful conference!

• Scientific Program: Link NEW!

These conference will follow the following format:

• Plenary sessions and INMA results presentation: in person on February 7 and 8 in Parc de Recerca Biomedica de Barcelona – PRBB, Barcelona (it will be broadcast in Streaming)

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• REGISTRATION:
  Registration is mandatory since we need to have your data to send you the information so that you can attend, follow and connect by streaming to the different sessions.
  Send us an e-mail to: inma@proyectoinma.org with this data (all fields are required!):
  • Subject for the e-mail: REGISTRATION INMA CONFERENCE 2023
  • Name:
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  • Relationship with the INMA Project:
    – Do you belong to any cohort of the INMA Project? to which?:
    – Do you collaborate with any cohort of the INMA Project? with which?:
    – Do you have an INMA External Collaboration proposal approved and under development?:
    – Are you external to the INMA Project?:
  • Your participation will be:
    – I will attend the sessions in person on February 7 in Barcelona: (Yes or No)
    – I will attend the sessions in person on February 8 in Barcelona: (Yes or No)
    – I will participate in the lunch (after closure) on February 8 in Barcelona: (Yes or No)
    – I will participate in the Social Activity on February 7: (Yes or No)
    – I will participate in the dinner on February 7 (no funded by the organization): (Yes or No)
    – I will follow the sessions on February 7 and 8 by Streaming: (Yes or No)

Registration will be open until January 10, 2023. EXTENSION: January 20, 2023

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Days: 7 and 8 of February, 2023
Place: Barcelona

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Collaborators:

Although acute stress can be beneficial and adaptive, chronic stress is thought to be detrimental to several health outcomes, including the stress response. Bullying, defined as a type of aggressive behavior that occurs in the school environment, has been identified as one of the main stress sources among children and adolescents. The association between bullying and cortisol levels, a indicator of chronic stress, has been explored in some studies, and findings were inconsistent.

The main objective of the study was to determine whether bullying, along with other school-related factors (i.e., problems with peers, school environment, and academic performance) could predict chronic stress in preadolescents. Authors also considered whether risk-taking behaviors function and sex may modify this association.

At the 11-year-old visit, a total of 659 children from Gipuzkoa and Sabadell were included. Cortisol concentrations were measured in hair strands of 3cm, to reflect the chronic stress of the past 3 months. Bullying experience in the past 2 months were estimated using the validated Olweus Bully Victim Questionnaire. Other environmental and behavioral variables, including school environment, problems with peers, risky decision making and academic achievement, were recorded using questionnaires at the 11-year-old visit.

The results suggest that being involved as a bully or a victim was related to higher cortisol levels and, higher cortisol concentration was associated with more risk-taking behavior. This is the first study showing the association of different roles that children may take in bullying with cortisol concentration. Authors say that the study “allows to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between school stressors and neurophysiological function”. Besides, they plead for programs of prevention and intervention that “could modify individual physiological responses to stress and reduce the effects of stress on the health”.

Reference: Babarro I, Ibarluzea J, Theodorsson E, Fano E, Lebeña A, Guxens M, Sunyer J, Andiarena A. Hair cortisol as a biomarker of chronic stress in preadolescents: influence of school context and bullying. Child Neuropsychol. 2022 Aug 28:1-18. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2022.2115991. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36036166.

Link to the scientific article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09297049.2022.2115991