Camila Paz Espinoza Chaparro
Contract PhD candidate
- Name
- C.P. Espinoza Chaparro
- Telephone
- 071 5276718
- c.p.espinoza.chaparro@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7399-8858
Camila Espinoza Chaparro is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University.
More information about Camila Paz Espinoza Chaparro
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Short CV
Camila obtained her bachelor degree in Psychology in 2013 (University of Talca, Chile). She worked as research coordinator of two projects funded by Chilean’s National Agency of Research and Development (attachment among infants in foster care; maltreatment and attachment as predictors of PTSD among young adults).
In 2019, she completed the Research Master in Developmental Psychopathology in Leiden University. In 2020, she started her PhD project about adverse experiences in the family (e.g. disasters, COVID-19) and parental and children’s mental health.
Scholarships
- ANID Scholarship for master studies abroad (Government of Chile)
- ANID Scholarship for doctorate studies abroad (Government of Chile)
Awards
Emile Scriptieprijs 2019 (Institute of Education and Child Studies) and Faculty Thesis Award 2019 (Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences) for the research master project “Parenting practices, socialization goals and coparenting in bicultural families in the Netherlands” (supervisor Prof. Dr. Judi Mesman). Leiden University.
Workdays
Monday to Friday
Contract PhD candidate
- Social & Behavioural Sciences
- Education and Child Studies
- Forensic Fam. & Youth Care Studies
PhD candidate /guest
- Social & Behavioural Sciences
- Education and Child Studies
- Parenting, Child Care and Development
Teacher
- Social & Behavioural Sciences
- Education and Child Studies
- Parenting, Child Care and Development
- Espinoza C.P., Alink L.R.A., Laplante D.P., Elzinga B.M. & Veek S.M.C. van der (2025), COVID-19 hardship and mental health in Chilean parents: the role of disaster exposure and family resilience, European Journal of Psychotraumatology 16(1): 2465001.
- Espinoza Chaparro C. (27 January 2026), Navigating adolescence through COVID-19: a multi-system view on mental health in the Chilean context (Dissertatie. Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen, Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Alink L., Veek S.M.C. van der.
- Espinoza C., Canessa F., Veek S. van der, Alink L. & Voort A. van der (2024), Development will (try to) find its way: a qualitative study of Chilean adolescent mental health during and after lockdown, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 18: 136.