- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Sleep and related disorders
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Discrimination and Equality Law
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2020-2024
Exposure to prolonged and/or multiple types of psychological trauma and stressors has been shown be more strongly associated with ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) than (PTSD). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- queer adults (LGBTQ+) are at a heightened risk exposure traumatic events, minority including harassment, discrimination, rejection by family, isolation.To examine the factor structure international questionnaire (ITQ), self-report measure PTSD CPTSD, associations...
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals face unique stressors related to their sexual gender identities that have a detrimental impact on mental health. Nonetheless, studies not yet investigated these minority among LGBTQ+ from Spain. The limited availability of standardized tools/instruments measure in Spanish makes it challenging explore experiences speaking individuals. present study aimed examine the factor structure Daily Heterosexist Experiences...
Insomnia is common in college students and linked to poorer mental physical health. There growing evidence that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may contribute insomnia adulthood. However, beyond the need for additional replication of these findings, there a identify underlying mechanisms plausibly connect two experiences. Based on serial mediation model, current study examined role theoretically informed mediators: recent stressful life events perceived stress. A cross-sectional survey...
The rates of intimate partner violence have been found to be higher among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals when compared with heterosexual populations. However, lesser is known about the impact specific minority stressors experienced by LGB populations on their face-to-face (IPV) cyber IPV experiences. Using a three-step latent class approach, present study investigated (i) classes self-reported types perpetration victimization (ii) associations distal proximal (i.e., vicarious...
Recent studies indicate that the perpetration of intimate partner violence via cyberspaces (cyber IPV), namely, psychological aggression, sexual and cyberstalking is high among emerging adults. However, little known risk factors lead to cyber IPV far lesser within Hispanic Based on intergenerational transmission hypothesis, present study examined indirect effect witnessing parental during childhood three types through attitudes condoning in men women, separately. Participants were 1,136...
With the release of ICD-11 in 2018, there has been a surge studies examining nosology mental disorders, including disorders associated with stress, namely, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex PTSD (CPTSD), and adjustment (AjD).Few have examined same low-and middle-income countries that disproportionate levels exposure to trauma stressors are under-resourced health services.The present study latent factor structure joint model comprising PTSD, CPTSD, AjD symptoms their association...
The present study examined the mediating effect of perceived burdensomeness (PB) and thwarted belongingness (TB) in association between childhood polyvictimization suicide ideation (past week) among 528 Hispanic college students. Nearly 10% reported polyvictimization, 19.8% had ideation, was a risk factor through PB TB. indirect stronger than Interventions should focus on TB to alleviate undergraduate