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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...

 

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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...

 

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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)
 

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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...

 

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Parenting Practices Among First Generation Spanish-Speaking Latino Families: A Spanish Version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (with Melissa R. Donovick), Graduate Student Journal of Psychology (2008)

The present study examined the applicability of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire to a Spanishspeaking Latino...

 

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To pay or not to pay?: Legal and ethical issues in international students’ participation in research (with Ana A. L. Baumann), International Section Newsletter: APA Society of Counseling Psychology (2007)

Research methods are typically drafted carefully to ensure that the research question on hand can...

 

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Establishment of an Interdisciplinary Pediatric Oral-Motor-Sensory Feeding Clinic Team (with V. Simonsmeier), Infants & Young Children (2007)

This article presents a description of a university-based Pediatric Oral-Motor Feeding Clinic established in response...

 

Problem Solving: A scale to measure problem solving style in Mexican families (with J.A. Velázquez Villatoro and M.L. Guitiérrez López), Revista SESAM: Servicios de Salud Mental [SESAM Journal: Mental Health Services] (2007)
 

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Supporting and Encouraging Behavioral Research among Distance Education Students (with Scott C. Bates and Michael J. Drysdale), CUR Quarterly (2007)

Colleges and universities are reaching new audiences and helping students complete degrees and programs of...

 

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Observed Parenting Practices of First-Generation Latino Families (with Melissa R. Davis, Jesus Rodríguez, and Scott C. Bates), Journal of Community Psychology (2006)

This study used an established behavioral observation methodology to examine the parenting practices of first-generation...

 

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Recruitment of First-Generation Latinos in a Rural Community: The Essential Nature of Personal Contact (with Jesus Rodríguez and Melissa R. Davis), Family Process (2006)

The purpose of this article is to report on the success of various recruitment activities...

 

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Adolescent evaluation of gender-role and sexual imagery in television advertisements (with Donner Rouner and Michael D. Slater), Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media (2003)

This study examines gender role and sexual content in television advertising messages, and the cognitive...

 

How to make parent-child relationships more effective, Servicios de Salud Mental [SESAM Journal: Mental Health Services] (2003)
 

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Sequential Progression of Substance Use Among Homeless Youth: An Empirical Investigation of the Gateway Theory (with Joshua Aaron Ginzler, Bryan N. Cochran, Ana Mari Cauce, and Leslie B. Whitbeck), Substance Use and Misuse (2003)

We examined the sequence of substance-use initiation in 375 street youth (age 13-21) who were...

 

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Cultural and Contextual Influences in Mental Health Help Seeking: A Focus on Ethnic Minority Youth (with Ana Mari Cauce, Matthew Paradise, Jennifer Munyi Shea, Bryan N. Cochran, Debra Srebnik, and Nazil Baydar), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (2002)

In this article, a mental health help-seeking model is offered as a framework for understanding...

 

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Alcohol and Drug Consumption among Students from Pachuca, Hidalgo (with E. Guiot Rojas, C. Fleiz Bautista, M. E. Medina-Mora, and M. A. Morón), Salud Pública de México (1999)

OBJECTIVE. To determine the prevalence of alcohol and drug consumption and its relationship to sociodemographic...

 

Who are the adolescents that don't go to school? Survey of homes in the city of Pachuca, Hgo. (with M. C. Mariño, M. E. Medina-Mora, L. Mondragón, and L. Leal Díaz), Salud Mental (1999)
 

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How adolescents counter-argue television beer advertisements: Implications for education efforts (with Michael D. Slater, Donna Rouner, Frederick Beauvais, Kevin Murphy, and Emily Estes), Journal of Health Education (1998)

Examined types of counterarguments generated by Anglo and Latino adolescents exposed to television beer ads,...

 

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Adolescent responses to TV beer ads and sports content/context: Gender and ethnic differences (with Michael D. Slater, Donna Rouner, Frederick Beauvais, Kevin Murphy, and James K. Van Leuven), Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (1997)

A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. Finds that female adolescents...

 

Perception of social insecurity and drug use (with J. Villatoro, M. E. Medina-Mora, A. Frasán, and C. Fleiz), Revista Mexicana de Psicología (1997)
 

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Adolescent counter-arguing of TV beer advertisements: Evidence for the effectiveness of alcohol education and critical viewing discussions (with M. D. Slater, D. Rouner, F. Beauvais, K. Murphy, and J. Van Leuven), Journal of Drug Education (1996)

The pervasiveness of American youth's exposure to alcohol advertising is well-documented, as is the correlational...

 

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Adolescent perceptions of underage drinkers in TV beer ads (with Michael D. Slater, Donna Rouner, F. Beauvais, K. Murphy, and J. Van Leuven), Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education (1996)

Tests adolescents' perception of characters' ages in four television beer advertisements and examines correlational relationships...

 

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Male Adolescents' Reactions to TV Beer Advertisements: The Effects of Sports Content and Programming Context (with Michael D. Slater, Donna Rouner, Frederick Beauvais, Kevin Murphy, and James Van Leuven), Journal of Studies on Alcohol (1996)

Objective: This study examines white male adolescent responses to TV beer advertisements with and without...

 

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Alcohol Warnings in TV Beer Advertisements (with Michael D. Slater), Journal of Studies on Alcohol (1995)

Objective: Mandated warnings are among the few steps Congress has taken to influence the use...

 

Contributions to Books

Acculturation in Latino children (with D. A. Ahern), Cultural considerations in mental health:  Ethnic minority communities (2009)
 

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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)
 

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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...

 

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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...

 

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Developing Culturally Appropriate, Evidence-Based Treatments for Interventions with Ethnic Minority Populations (with Elizabeth Wieling), Voices of Color: First Person Accounts of Ethnic Minority Therapists (2005)

There is a lack of conceptual, theoretical, and methodological frameworks that appropriately position families and...

 

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Filipino Americans, Dictionary of American History (2003)
 

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Overcoming the Odds? Adolescent Development in the Context of Urban Poverty (with Ana Mari Cauce, Angela Stewart, Bryan Cochran, and Joshua Ginzler), Resilience and Vulnerability: Adaptation in the Context of Childhood Adversities (2003)

Adolescence, a time of rapid biological, emotional, and social changes, brings with it a heightened...

 

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Substance Abuse (with Scott Bates), Dictionary of American History (2003)
 

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Latino families: Myths and realities (with Ana Mari Cauce), Latino children and families in the United States: Current research and future directions (2002)

As we leap into the 21st century, we carry forward the legacy of a century...

 

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Beer Advertising to Latino Youth: The Effects of Spanish- vs. English- Language Targeting (with M. Slater and F. Beauvais), Facing Difference: Race, Gender, and Mass Media (1996)

This study analyzes the influence of American acculturation on Latino youths when responding to Spanish-...