
Psychological Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2020
Is All Dating Violence Equal? Gender and Severity Differences in Predictors of Perpetration, Gabriela Ontiveros, Arturo L. Cantos, Po-Yi Chen, Ruby Charak, and K. Daniel O'Leary
Listen, Don’t Tell: Partnership and Adaptation to Implement Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Low-Resourced Settings, Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo, Regan W. Stewart, Bianca T. Villalobos, Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez, Aubrey R. Dueweke, Michael A. de Arellano, and John Young
Latino and Non-Latino Parental Treatment Preferences for Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders, Laura D. Seligman, Joseph D. Hovey, Marina Ibarra, Gabriela Hurtado, Carla E. Marin, and Wendy K. Silverman
Challenges, priorities, barriers to care, and stigma in families of people with autism: Similarities and differences among six Latin American countries, Cristiane Silvestre Paula, Sebastián Cukier, Graccielle R. Cunha, Matías Irarrázaval, Cecilia Montiel-Nava, Ricardo Garcia, Analía Rosoli, Daniel Valdez, and Daniela Bordini
Unique and Cumulative Effects of Intimate Partner Cybervictimization Types on Alcohol use in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Emerging Adults, Oscar Trujillo, Jorge I. Cantu, and Ruby Charak
Can unconscious sequential integration of semantic information occur when the prime Chinese characters are displayed from left to right?, Shen Tu, Simin Wan, Jerwen Jou, Yidan Ma, Guang Zho, and Weigang Pan
Unconscious integration of sequentially presented subliminal arrow pointing directions, Shen Tu, SiShi Zhu, Qiuxia Liang, Jerwen Jou, Simin Wan, Guang Zhao, Yidan Ma, and Jiang Qiu
Prejudice Regarding Latinx-Americans, Bianca T. Villalobos, Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez, and Cynthia M. Funes
Parents Coaching in Naturalistic Interventions to Improve Communication Skills for Adolescents and Adults with Autism via Telepractice, Sanikan Wattanawongwan, J. B. Ganz, Lauren M. Pierson, Valeria Yllades, Claudia Dunn, and Sarah K. Ura
Submissions from 2019
The positive predictive value of the PHQ-2 as a screener for depression in Spanish-Speaking Latinx, English-speaking Latinx, and non-Latinx White primary care patients., Ana J. Bridges, Aubrey R. Dueweke, Elizabeth A. Anastasia, and Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez
Treatment impact on recidivism of family only vs. generally violent partner violence perpetrators, Arturo L. Cantos, David S. Kosson, Daniel A. Goldstein, and K. Daniel O'Leary
Assessment of the revised Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scales among adolescents and adults with severe mental illness, Ruby Charak, Brianna M. Byllesby, Christopher J. Fowler, Carla Sharp, Jon D. Elhai, and B. Christopher Frueh
Latent classes of childhood maltreatment, adult sexual assault, and revictimization in men: Differences in masculinity, anger, and substance use., Ruby Charak, Lee R. Eshelman, and Terri L. Messman-Moore
Polyvictimization, Emotion Dysregulation, Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Behavioral Health Problems among Justice-Involved Youth: a Latent Class Analysis, Ruby Charak, Julian D. Ford, Cosby A. Modrowski, and Patricia K. Kerig
Patterns of childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence, emotion dysregulation, and mental health symptoms among lesbian, gay, and bisexual emerging adults: A three-step latent class approach, Ruby Charak, Lillianne Villarreal, Rachel M. Schmitz, Michiyo Hirai, and Julian D. Ford
Efecto de la terapia familiar sistémica sobre síntomas internalizantes y externalizantes en adolescentes, Gabriel Davalos-Picazo, Juan Pedro Núñez-Partido, Julio César Vázquez Colunga, Cecilia Colunga-Rodríguez, Mario Angel Gonzalez, Francisco Javier Pedroza-Cabrera, Alfonso Mercado, Claudia Liliana Vazquez-Juarez, and Maria Angela Gomez-Perez
Influence of biological sex on social behavior, individual recognition, and non-associative learning in the adult gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica), Mario Gil, Annelyn Torres-Reveron, Ana C. Ramirez, Oscar Maldonado, John L. VandeBerg, and Gabriel A. de Erausquin
Anxiety Sensitivity and Children’s Risk for Both Internalizing Problems and Peer Victimization Experiences, Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez, Samantha J. Gregus, James T. Craig, Freddie A. Pastrana, and Timothy A. Cavell
Examining Proximal Risk Factors for Suicide in a Sample of Mexican Adults in Rehabilitation Centers, Gabriela Hurtado, Joseph D. Hovey, and Aubrey R. Dueweke
Impairment of functioning and substance use in a Latino population, Alfonso Mercado, Liza Talavera-Garza, Jason R. Popan, Kim Finn-Nguyen, Rachita Sharma, and Cecilia Colunga-Rodríguez
Impairment of functioning and substance use in a Latino population, Alfonso Mercado, Liza Talavera-Garza, Jason R. Popan, Kim L. Nguyen-Finn, Rachita Sharma, and Cecilia Colunga-Rodríguez
Implementation of a Multi-Phase, Trauma-Focused Intervention Model Post-Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico: Lessons Learned from the Field Using a Community Based Participatory Approach, Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo, Regan W. Stewart, Michael A. de Arellano, Freddie A. Pastrana, Bianca T. Villalobos, Karen G. Martínez-González, Joy Lynn Suárez-Kindy, and Melissa Brymer
Treatment-Induced Changes in Undercontrolled and Overcontrolled Anger Subtypes of Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence and 5-Year Recidivism, Natalia Redondo, Arturo L. Cantos, Jose Luis Graña, Marina J. Muñoz-Rivas, and K. Daniel O’Leary
Social Determinants of Sexual Behavior and Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Among Low-Income HIV+ or STI At-Risk Hispanic Residents Receiving Care at the U.S.–Mexico Border, Jennifer Tabler, Laryssa Mykyta, Rachel M. Schmitz, Akiko Kamimura, Dora A. Martinez, Ruben D. Martinez, Paloma Flores, Karina Gonzalez, Alvaro Marquez, Gladys Marroquin, and Andy Torres
The Semantic Integration Between Two Subliminally Perceived Words Simultaneously Presented at Different Locations, Shen Tu, Chengzhen Liu, SiShi Zhu, Jerwen Jou, Yajuan Zhou, and Simin Wan
Trauma Screening in Recently Immigrated Youth: Data from Two Spanish-Speaking Samples, Amanda Venta and Alfonso Mercado
Exploring Typology Categorizations of Male Perpetrators: A Methodology Study, Emilyl N. Weber, Ashely R. Taylor, Arturo L. Cantos, Barbara G. Amado, and K. Daniel O'Leary
Visual Supports to Improve Outcomes for Culturally Diverse Students with ASD, Valeria Yllades, J. B. Ganz, and Ching-Yi Liao
Submissions from 2018
Stress and sleep remain significant predictors of health after controlling for negative affect, Grant Benham and Ruby Charak
Latent Classes of Lifetime Sexual Victimization Characteristics in Women in Emerging Adulthood: Differential Relations With Emotion Dysregulation, Ruby Charak, David DiLillo, Terri L. Messman-Moore, and Kim L. Gratz
Associations of specific and multiple types of childhood abuse and neglect with personality pathology among adolescents referred for mental health services, Ruby Charak, Noor B. Tromp, and Hans M. Koot
The relationship between distress tolerance regulation, counterfactual rumination, and PTSD symptom clusters, Meredith Claycomb Erwin, Melissa A. Mitchell, Ateka A. Contractor, Paula Dranger, Ruby Charak, and Jon D. Elhai
Validity and reliability of the kiddie schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia present and lifetime version DSM-5 (K-SADS-PL-5) Spanish version, Francisco R. de la Peña, Lino R. Villavicencio, Juan D. Palacio, Fernando J. Félix, Marcela Larraguibel, Laura Viola, Silvia Ortiz León, Marcos Rosetti, Andrea Abadi, and Cecilia Montiel-Nava
PTSD and dissociation symptoms as mediators of the relationship between polyvictimization and psychosocial and behavioral problems among justice-involved adolescents, Julian D. Ford, Ruby Charak, Cosby A. Modrowski, and Patricia K. Kerig
Machismo Predicts Prejudice toward Lesbian and Gay Individuals: Testing a Mediating Role of Contact, Michiyo Hirai, Serkan Dolma, Jason R. Popan, and Mark H. Winkel
Factor Structure and Administration Measurement Invariance of the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale in Latino College Samples: Paper-Pencil Versus Internet Administrations., Michiyo Hirai, Laura L. Vernon, and George A. Clum
A Gender Invariant Model of Disgust Propensity in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia in Latina/o Individuals, Michiyo Hirai, Laura L. Vernon, and Serkan Dolma
The role of decision criterion in the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) false recognition memory: False memory falls and rises as a function of restriction on criterion setting, Jerwen Jou, Eric E. Escamilla, Mario L. Arredondo, Liann Pena, Richard Zuniga, Martin Perez, and Clarissa Garcia
Where does the congruity effect come from in memorial comparative judgments? A serial-position-based distinctiveness account, Jerwen Jou, Eric E. Escamilla, Andy U. Torres, Alejandro Ortiz Jr., and Paola Salazar
Changes in Acceptance of Dating Violence and Physical Dating Violence Victimization in a Longitudinal Study with Teens, Marie E. Karlsson, Maegan Calvert, Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez, Rebecca Weston, and Jeff R. Temple
Cognitive Language Development and Birth Order in Non Affected Siblings of Children with Autism, Cecilia Montiel-Nava, Esther Bromberg, Zoila González, and José A. Chacín
Latinos' intergroup contact and prejudice in the United States, Jason R. Popan, Jesse Acosta, and Michiyo Hirai
Preparing women in academic psychology for their first compensation negotiation: A panel perspective of challenges and recommendations, Laura D. Seligman, RaeAnn E. Anderson, Thomas H. Ollendick, Sheila A. M. Rauch, Wendy K. Silverman, Sabine Wilhelm, and Douglas W. Woods
An analogue study examining Attitude Change Theory and its implications for dissemination and implementation of empirically supported treatments, Laura D. Seligman, Andrew L. Geers, Erin F. Swedish, Joseph D. Hovey, and Gabriela Hurtado
Spanish translation and validation of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire, Caroline Silva, Gabriela Hurtado, Chelsey Hartley, José N. Rangel, Joseph D. Hovey, Jeremy W. Pettit, Paloma Chorot, Rosa M. Valiente, Bonifacio Sandín, and Thomas E. Joiner
Submissions from 2017
Need, Access, and the Reach of Integrated Care: A Typology of Patients, Ana J. Bridges, Bianca T. Villalobos, Elizabeth A. Anastasia, Aubrey R. Dueweke, Samantha J. Gregus, and Timothy A. Cavell
An examination of the equivalency of self-report measures obtained from crowdsourced versus undergraduate student samples, Elizabeth M. Briones and Grant Benham
Existence as Economy and as Charity An Essay on the essence of Christianity (1916) by: Antonio Caso, Antonio Caso, Alexander V. Stehn, and Jose G. Rodriguez Jr.
Assessing the factor structure of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, and cumulative effect of abuse and neglect on mental health among adolescents in conflict-affected Burundi, Ruby Charak, JTVM de Jong, Lidewyde H. Berckmoes, Herman Ndayisaba, and Ria Reis
The 7-factor hybrid model of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms and alcohol consumption and consequences in a national sample of trauma-exposed veterans, Meredith Claycomb Erwin, Ruby Charak, Tory A. Durham, Cherie Armour, Xin Lv, Steven M. Southwick, Jon D. Elhai, and Robert H. Pietrzak
Historical Perspectives on Ancient Greek Derived “a” Prefixed Nomenclature for Acquired Neurocognitive Impairment, Philip Gerard Gasquoine
Quality Of Life and Depression among Patients with Type I Diabetes: A Study of Gender Differences, Eisha Gohil, Ruby Charak, Haroon Rashid, and Priyanka Sharma
The effects of increasing semantic-associate list length on the Deese-Roediger-McDermott false recognition memory: Dual false-memory process in retrieval from sub- and supraspan lists, Jerwen Jou, Mario L. Arredondo, Cheng Li, Eric E. Escamilla, and Richard Zuniga
Culturally Adapted Dialectical Behavior Therapy in an Underserved Community Mental Health Setting: A Latina Adult Case Study, Alfonso Mercado and Yvette Hinojosa
Age of diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in Latino children: The case of Venezuelan children, Cecilia Montiel-Nava, José A. Chacín, and Zoila González-Ávila
Cognitive behavioral therapy tools for clients with limited functional literacy., Freddie A. Pastrana, Ana J. Bridges, Bianca T. Villalobos, Aubrey R. Dueweke, and Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez
Functions of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Are Differentially Associated with Suicide Ideation and Past Attempts among Childhood Trauma Survivors, Michelle E. Roley-Roberts, Melissa J. Zielinski, Gabriela Hurtado, Joseph D. Hovey, and Jon D. Elhai
Association between Psychosocial Risk Factors and Quality of Work Life in Air Traffic Controllers at an Ecuador Airport, Luis E. Sarabia-López, Cecilia Colunga-Rodríguez, Alfonso Mercado, Manuel Pando-Moreno, María De Lourdes Preciado-Serrano, José Luis Calderón-Mafud, Guido Germán Albán Pérez, Marco Marcelo León-Navarrete, and Dorila Victoria Sarabia-Cruz
Dental anxiety: An understudied problem in youth, Laura D. Seligman, Joseph D. Hovey, Karina Chacon, and Thomas H. Ollendick
Caregiver Criticism, Help-giving and the Burden of Schizophrenia Among Mexican American Families, Bianca T. Villalobos, Jodie Ullman, Tracy Wang Krick, Darcy Alcántara, Alex Kopelowicz, and Steven R. Lopez
Unconscious integration of pointing relation between two masked arrows, Dingding Wang, Liming Tang, Qiuxia Liang, Jerwen Jou, Yidan Ma, Weigang Pan, and Shen Tu
Submissions from 2016
Skin Barrier Recovery is not Associated with Self-Perceived Stress, Grant Benham
The Underlying Role of Negative Affect in the Association between PTSD, Major Depressive Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Brianna M. Byllesby, Ruby Charak, Tory A. Durham, Xin Wang, and Jon D. Elhai
Latent Classes of Childhood Poly-victimization and Associations with Suicidal Behavior among Adult Trauma Victims: Moderating Role of Anger, Ruby Charak, Brianna M. Byllesby, Michelle E. Roley, Meredith A. Claycomb, Tory A. Durham, Jana Ross, Cherie Armour, and Jon D. Elhai
Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder Symptom Domains Relate Differentially to PTSD and Depression: A Study of War-Exposed Bosnian Adolescents, Meredith A. Claycomb, Ruby Charak, Julie Kaplow, Christopher M. Layne, Robert Pynoos, and Jon D. Elhai
Body Image Perception and Internalization Problems Indicators in Mexican Adolescents, Cecilia Colunga-Rodríguez, Mercedes Gabriela Orozco-Solis, María Elena Flores-Villavicencio, José María de-la-Roca-Chiapas, Ricardo Gómez-Martínez, Alfonso Mercado, Julio César Vázquez-Colunga, Juan Carlos Barrera-de-León, Claudia Liliana Vázquez-Juárez, and Mario Ángel-González
Exploring Change Processes in School-Based Mentoring for Bullied Children, James T. Craig, Samantha J. Gregus, Ally Burton, Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez, Mallory Blue, Melissa A. Faith, and Timothy A. Cavell
Development of the Sensory Hypersensitivity Scale (SHS): a self-report tool for assessing sensitivity to sensory stimuli, Eric A. Dixon, Grant Benham, John A. Sturgeon, Sean Mackey, Kevin A. Johnson, and Jarred Younger
Pure Partial Awareness or Interaction between the Mask and the Masked Stimuli?, Jiangong Guo, Jerwen Jou, Qian Cui, Guang Zhao, and Shen Tu
The effects of weak versus strong relational judgments on response bias in Two-Alternative-Forced-Choice recognition: Is the test criterion-free?, Jerwen Jou, Shaney Flores, Hector M. Cortes, and Bryce G. Leka
Validation of the Factor Structure of the Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale in a Sample of Trauma-Exposed Detained Youth, Patricia K. Kerig, Ruby Charak, Shannon D. Chaplo, Diana C. Bennett, and Cherie Armour
Unconscious Processing of Facial Emotional Valence Relation: Behavioral Evidence of Integration between Subliminally Perceived Stimuli, Chengzhen Liu, Zhiyi Sun, Jerwen Jou, Qian Cui, Guang Zhao, Jiang Qiu, and Shen Tu
Personality and Substance Use in Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, Alfonso Mercado, Darrin L. Rogers, Cecilia Colunga Rodriguez, Delia Villarreal, Antonio Terracciano, and Kim Nguyen-Finn
Social cognitive correlates of attitudes toward empirically supported treatments., Laura D. Seligman, Joseph D. Hovey, Erin F. Swedish, Gabriela Hurtado, Prachi Kene, Jon D. Elhai, and Thomas H. Ollendick
Factors Impacting the Current Trends in the Use of Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment among Diverse Ethnic Groups, Erlanger A. Turner, Hsiu-Lan Cheng, Jasmín D. Llamas, Alisia G.T.T. Tran, Kyle X. Hill, Jennie M. Fretts, and Alfonso Mercado
Effects of Language Concordance and Interpreter Use on Therapeutic Alliance in Spanish-Speaking Integrated Behavioral Health Care Patients, Bianca T. Villalobos, Ana J. Bridges, Elizabeth A. Anastasia, Carlos A. Ojeda, Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez, and Debbie Gomez
Submissions from 2015
Dimensional structure of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress symptoms: Support for a hybrid Anhedonia and Externalizing Behaviors model, Cherie Armour, Jack Tsai, Tory A. Durham, Ruby Charak, Tracey L. Biehn, Jon D. Elhai, and Robert H. Pietrzak
Skin Barrier Recovery is not Associated with Self-Perceived Stress, Grant Benham
Diagnoses, Intervention Strategies, and Rates of Functional Improvement in Integrated Behavioral Health Care Patients, Ana J. Bridges, Samantha J. Gregus, Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez, Arthur R. Andrews III, Bianca T. Villalobos, Freddie A. Pastrana, and Timothy A. Cavell
Severity of maltreatment and personality pathology in adolescents of Jammu, India: A latent class approach, Ruby Charak and Hans M. Koot
Unique versus cumulative effects of physical and sexual assault on patterns of adolescent substance use, Ruby Charak, Hans M. Koot, Robert D. Dvorak, Ask Elklit, and Jon D. Elhai
Protective psychosocial resources in the lives of Latina migrant farmworkers., Aubrey R. Dueweke, Gabriela Hurtado, and Joseph D. Hovey
Category-selective Attention Modulates Unconscious Processing: Evidence from ERP, Chengzhen Liu, Zhiyi Sun, Jerwen Jou, Ulla Martens, Qinlin Yang, Jiang Qiu, Qinglin Zhang, and Shen Tu
Voices from the field: Practitioner’s suggestions for effective treatment of cultural minority groups, Alfonso Mercado and Kim L. Nguyen-Finn
The association between personality traits and body mass index varies with nativity among individuals of Mexican origin, Angelina R. Sutin, Darrin L. Rogers, Alfonso Mercado, Amy A. Weimer, Cecilia Colunga-Rodríguez, Monica Gonzalez, Richard W. Robins, Seth J. Schwartz, and Antonio Terracciano
Category-selective attention interacts with partial awareness processes in a continuous manner: An fMRI study, Shen Tu, Jerwen Jou, Qian Cui, Guang Zhao, Kangcheng Wang, Glenn Hitchman, Jiang Qiu, and Qinglin Zhang
Submissions from 2014
Does Integrated Behavioral Health Care Reduce Mental Health Disparities for Latinos? Initial Findings, Ana J. Bridges, Arthur R. Andrews III, Bianca T. Villalobos, Freddie A. Pastrana, Timothy A. Cavell, and Debbie Gomez
Factor structure of PTSD, and relation with gender in trauma survivors from India, Ruby Charak, Cherie Armour, Ask Elklit, Disket Angmo, Jon D. Elhai, and Hans M. Koot
Assessing the Latent Factor Association Between the Dysphoria Model of PTSD and Positive and Negative Affect in Trauma Victims from India, Ruby Charak, Cherie Armour, Ask Elklit, Hans M. Koot, and Jon D. Elhai
Abuse and neglect in adolescents of Jammu, India: the role of gender, family structure, and parental education, Ruby Charak and Hans M. Koot
Relations Between PTSD and Distress Dimensions in an Indian Child/Adolescent Sample Following the 2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Ateka A. Contractor, Panna Mehta, Mojisola F. Tiamiyu, Joseph D. Hovey, Andrew L. Geers, Ruby Charak, Marijo B. Tamburrino, and Jon D. Elhai
Construct validity and factor structure of the difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale among adults with severe mental illness, Christopher J. Fowler, Ruby Charak, Jon D. Elhai, Jon G. Allen, B. Christopher Frueh, and John M. Oldham
Findings for a CBT Support Group for Latina Migrant Farmworkers in Western Colorado, Joseph D. Hovey, Gabriela Hurtado, and Laura D. Seligman
Predictors of Suicide Attempt Status: Acquired Capability, Ideation, and Reasons, Prachi Kene and Joseph D. Hovey
Anxiety Assessment and Treatment in Typically Developing Children, Laura D. Seligman, Erin F. Swedish, and Ellen Flannery-Schroeder
Empirical Reporting Practices in Community College Journal of Research and Practice and Journal of Developmental Education From 2002 to 2011: A Systematic Review, Susan Troncoso Skidmore, Linda Reichwein Zientek, Julie P. Combs, Matthew B. Fuller, Michiyo Hirai, Debra P. Price, and George W. Moore
Submissions from 2013
Underlying Dimensions of DSM-5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms, Tracey L. Biehn, Jon D. Elhai, Laura D. Seligman, Marijo B. Tamburrino, Cherie Armour, and David Forbes
How are false memories distinguishable from true memories in the Deese–Roediger–McDermott paradigm? A review of the findings, Jerwen Jou and Shaney Flores
The effects of extending trust and distrust to the outgroup in Northern Ireland: Intergroup emotions and anticipated intergroup relations, Jared B. Kenworthy, Elissa Myers, Lauren E. Coursey, Jason R. Popan, and Miles Hewstone