Melanie Domenech Rodríguez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Utah State University. Her research focuses on family processes in Spanish-speaking Latino families. At present, Dr. Domenech Rodríguez is engaged in a preventive intervention trial of a Parent Management Training - Oregon intervention which was culturally adapted for use with Spanish-speaking Latino families in northern Utah. The intervention seeks to prevent the escalation of externalizing behavior problems into clinical syndromes, with particular emphasis on the prevention of substance use. The research is supported by a K01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. As part of her research efforts, Dr. Domenech Rodríguez collaborates actively with researchers at the Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría in Mexico City. She is currently working to extend these collaborations from survey research into intervention research. Dr. Domenech Rodríguez is also a licensed psychologist and provides services to Spanish-speaking Latino families as well as supervising doctoral students' service provision to a diverse array of clients. Dr. Domenech Rodríguez obtained her doctoral degree at Colorado State University in 1999. There she trained at the Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research under the guidance of Drs. Frederick Beauvais and Ernest Chavez. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Family Research Consortium - III under the tutelage of Dr. Ana Mari Cauce at the University of Washington. Dr. Domenech Rodríguez was born and raised in Puerto Rico and currently lives in Logan, UT with her spouse and two daughters.
Articles
No Hay Rosas Sin Espinas: Conceptualizing Latina-Latina Supervision from a Multicultural Developmental Supervisory Model (with Lynda D. Field and Shannon Korell-Chavez), Training and Education in Professional Psychology (2010)
Latina mental health professionals encounter many opportunities and challenges in professional settings. As Latinas increasingly...
Parenting Styles in a Cultural Context: Observations of "Protective Parenting" in First-Generation Latinos (with Melissa R. Donovick and Susan Lynn Crowley), Family Process (2009)
Current literature presents four primary parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful. These styles provide...
True Confessions?: Alumni's Retrospective Reports on Undergraduate Cheating Behaviors (with Jennifer Yardley, Jonathan Nelson, and Scott C. Bates), Ethics & Behavior (2009)
College cheating is prevalent, with rates ranging widely from 9 to 95% (Whitley, 1998). Research...
Cultural adaptation of an empirically supported intervention: From theory to practice in a Latino/a community context (with A. Baumann and A. Swartz), American Journal of Community Psychology (2008)
Factors Affecting Psi Chi Members’ Satisfaction with Research Opportunities (with Kristina McDougal), Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research (2008)
The present data (similar to those in previous studies) indicated lower satisfaction ratings for research...
Contributions to Books
Acculturation in Latino children (with D. A. Ahern), Cultural considerations in mental health: Ethnic minority communities (2009)
Parenting Interventions and Latino Families: Research Findings, Cultural Adaptations, and Future Directions (with Luis H. Zayas and Joaquin Borrego Jr.), Handbook of U.S. Latino Psychology: Developmental and Community-Based Perspectives (2009)
The development of parenting and behavioral family interventions, and the documenting of their effectiveness in...
Substance Use Prevention in Latino children (with J. K. Straits), Cultural considerations in mental health: Ethnic minority communities (2009)
Counseling with the Marginalized (with Charles T. McNeal and Ana Mari Cauce), Counseling Across Cultures (2008)
Primary Objective: To broaden the conceptualization of marginalization to go beyond the limited range of...
Minority Academic Achievement in a Selective Public University: The Role of the Campus Environment (with Angela Stewart, Ana Mari Cauce, and James Antony), Addressing the Achievement Gap: Findings and Applications (2006)
Interest in improving the academic achievement of ethnic minorities is not new. Concern about improving...