Diego Palacios Farias

Diego Palacios Farias

Assistant Professor at the Society and Health Research Center (CISS), Universidad Mayor (Chile). Social network analysis in schools, families, and organizations.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Dinamarca-Aravena, K., Rocha-Jimenez, T., Silva-Gallardo, C. P., Palacios-Farías, D., & Castillo-Carniglia, A. (2026). Parents’ perceptions of substance use prevention programs for adolescents in private schools in Chile: a qualitative study. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 21(1), 4. doi:10.1186/s13011-025-00686-2

  • Palacios, D., Román Mella, F., Beneventi Balocchi, F., & Castillo-Carniglia, Á. (2025). Friendship networks in the classroom: Is alcohol use important for choosing friends among adolescents? Journal of Substance Use, 1–8. doi:10.1080/14659891.2025.2566635

  • Montoya, M. F., Tornero, B., Palacios, D., & Morrison, F. J. (2025). Linking Self-Regulation Scaffolding to Early Math Achievement: Evidence from Chilean Preschools. Education Sciences, 15(11), 1426. doi:10.3390/educsci15111426

  • Chávez, D., Palacios, D., Laninga-Wijnen, L., Salmivalli, C., Garandeau, C., Berger, C., & Luengo Kanacri, B. (2025). Do Adolescents Adopt the Prosocial Behaviors of the Classmates They Like? A Social Network Analysis on Prosocial Contagion. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 54, 17–31. doi:10.1007/s10964-024-02037-z

  • Palacios, D., Berger, C., Kanacri, B. P. L., Huisman, M., & Veenstra, R. (2024). The role of academic performance, prosocial behaviour and friendships on adolescents’ preferred studying partners: A longitudinal social network analysis. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(3), 681–699. doi:10.1111/bjep.12675

  • Ortega, L., Guzmán-Valenzuela, C., Montero, M., Palacios, D., & Ortiz Ruiz, F. (2024). Looking beyond representation: Gender inequities in research attrition, output, leadership, and collaboration in Chilean Education Researchers’ career trajectories. Diversity in Higher Education, 18, 709–723. doi:10.1037/dhe0000617

  • Palacios, D., Caldaroni, S., Berger, C., Di Tata, D., & Barrera, D. (2024). Adolescent Depressive Symptoms and Peer Dynamics: Distorted Perceptions in Liking and Disliking Networks. Behavioral Sciences, 14(11), 1110. doi:10.3390/bs14111110

  • Ortega, L., Manaut, C., Palacios, D., & Martínez, M. V. (2023). Patrones y Predictores de Colaboración Docente: Un Estudio Mixto en Escuelas Chilenas. REICE. Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación, 21(1), 65–85. doi:10.15366/reice2023.21.1.004

  • Palacios, D., & Berger, C. (2022). Influencia de los Amigos en el Rendimiento Académico entre Adolescentes Tempranos: El Rol del Estatus Social. Psykhe, 31(1), 1–14. doi:10.7764/psykhe.2019.21811

  • Guzmán-Valenzuela, C., Tagle, A. R.-M., & Palacios, D. (2022). Celebrating Higher Education’s 50 years: trends, absences, and opportunities. Higher Education, 84, 1183–1206. doi:10.1007/s10734-022-00924-7

  • Villalobos, C., Queupil, J. P., & Palacios, D. (2022). Interacciones académicas en un espacio mercantilizado: Redes de co-autoría en investigaciones sobre política educativa en Chile (1990–2019). Redes: revista hispana para el análisis de redes sociales, 33(1), 76–91. doi:10.5565/rev/redes.945

  • Palacios, D., Dijkstra, J. K., Berger, C., Huisman, M., & Veenstra, R. (2022). Disentangling dyadic and reputational perceptions of prosociality, aggression, and popularity in explaining friendship networks in early adolescence. Social Development, 31(3), 699–714. doi:10.1111/sode.12565

  • Chávez, D., Palacios, D., Luengo-Kanacri, B. P., Berger, C., & Jiménez-Moya, G. (2021). The role of perspective-taking and low social class prejudice on cross-ethnic friendship formation. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021(176), 61–79. doi:10.1002/cad.20403

  • Palacios, D., Dijkstra, J. K., Villalobos, C., Treviño, E., Berger, C., Huisman, M., & Veenstra, R. (2019). Classroom ability composition and the role of academic performance and school misconduct in the formation of academic and friendship networks. Journal of School Psychology, 74, 58–73. doi:10.1016/j.jsp.2019.05.006

  • Palacios, D., Berger, C., Luengo-Kanacri, B. P., Veenstra, R., & Dijkstra, J. K. (2019). The interplay of adolescents’ aggression and victimization with friendship and antipathy networks within an educational prosocial intervention. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(10), 2005–2022. doi:10.1007/s10964-019-01105-z

  • Berger, C., Gremmen, M. C., Palacios, D., & Franco, E. (2019). “Would you be my friend?”: Friendship selection and contagion processes of early adolescents who experience victimization. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 39(9), 1286–1310. doi:10.1177/0272431618824753

  • Taut, S., Jiménez, D., Puente-Duran, S., Palacios, D., Godoy, M. I., & Manzi, J. (2019). Evaluating the quality of teaching: can there be valid differentiation in the middle of the performance distribution? School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 30(3), 328–348. doi:10.1080/09243453.2018.1510842

  • Taut, S., Valencia, E., Palacios, D., Santelices, M. V., Jiménez, D., & Manzi, J. (2016). Teacher performance and student learning: linking evidence from two national assessment programmes. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice, 23(1), 53–74. doi:10.1080/0969594X.2014.961406

  • Palacios, D., & Berger, C. (2016). What is popular? Distinguishing bullying and aggression as status correlates within specific peer normative contexts. Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 29, 10. doi:10.1186/s41155-016-0031-y

  • Palacios, D., & Villalobos, C. (2016). Redes académicas al interior de las escuelas chilenas: Un estudio exploratorio utilizando Modelos Exponenciales de Grafos Aleatorios (ERGM). Redes. Revista hispana para el análisis de redes sociales, 27(2), 33–44. doi:10.5565/rev/redes.631

  • Castillo, J. C., Palacios, D., Joignant, A., & Tham, M. (2015). Inequality, distributive justice and political participation: An analysis of the case of Chile. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 34(4), 486–502. doi:10.1111/blar.12369

  • Palacios, D., & Berger, C. (2015). Are good students desirable friends? Evidence for friendship selection among elementary students? Estudios de Psicología, 36(2), 496–508. doi:10.1080/02109395.2015.1028729

  • Berger, C., & Palacios, D. (2014). Associations between prosocial behavior, Machiavellianism, and social status: Effects of peer norms and classroom social contexts. Journal of Latino-Latin American Studies, 6(1), 19–30. doi:10.18085/llas.6.1.h0728270l7533862

Book chapters

  • Chávez, D., Palacios, D., Luengo-Kanacri, B. P., & Berger, C. (2023). ¿Están segregados los estudiantes inmigrantes? Aplicaciones de amistad e integración de estudiantes inmigrantes en Chile (pp. 375–392). In A. Espinosa-Rada & F. Ortiz (Eds.), Redes Sociales: teoría, métodos y aplicaciones en América Latina. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS). ISBN: 978-84-7476-906-7.

  • Palacios, D., Villalobos, C., Berger, C., & Treviño, E. (2023). Mapeando el uso del análisis de redes sociales en estudios empíricos de América Latina: tendencias, aportes y desafíos (pp. 417–442). In A. Espinosa-Rada & F. Ortiz (Eds.), Redes Sociales: teoría, métodos y aplicaciones en América Latina. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS). ISBN: 978-84-7476-906-7.

  • Luengo-Kanacri, B. P., Caprara, V., Manzi, J., & Palacios, D. (2022). Ciudadanía para la democracia: participación ciudadana, creencias prosociales y formación religiosa en universitarios chilenos (pp. 347–381). In R. Mardones (Ed.), Educación Ciudadana y Enseñanza Católica: La Fraternidad Como Desiderátum. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones UC. ISBN: 978-956-143-013-6.

  • Marinovic, A., Luengo-Kanacri, B. P., & Palacios, D. (2021). Promoviendo la participación prosocial y ciudadana en redes personales en el contexto de intervenciones escolares en Chile (pp. 535–568). In C. Villalobos, M. J. Morel & E. Treviño (Eds.), Ciudadanía. Educación y Juventudes. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones UC. ISBN: 978-956-14-2882-9.

Working / submitted papers

  • Wyman, I., Villalobos, C., & Palacios, D. (submitted). Direct Philanthropic Donations to Schools in the Chilean School System: A Social Network Analysis (2003–2023). Submitted to Voluntas.

  • Palacios, D., Chávez, D. V., Espinoza, A. K., Gonzalez, M., Veenstra, R., Laninga-Wijnen, L., & Román Mella, F. (submitted). Dyadic peer-perceived substance use but not self-reported substance use predicts popularity and friendship classroom networks. Submitted to Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.

  • Gonzalez, M., Palacios, D., & Veenstra, R. (submitted). Who Fancies Whom? Investigating the Development of Adolescent Romantic Interests. Submitted to Journal X.

  • Palacios, D., Berger, C., Chávez, D. V., Parate, N., Cuadros, O., & Jara, B. (submitted). Perception matters: Gender differences in the effect of peer status on well-being in early adolescents. Submitted to Journal X.