Areas of Research
Click on the titles below to learn more about the research areas studied by our faculty. Additional information can be found under each faculty member's bio.
Dr. Montiel-Nava的研究主要集中在四个方面:1)了解自闭症谱系和神经发育障碍儿童的种族差异, 2) ADHD and its comorbid disorders, 3)在服务不足的人群中,发育迟缓儿童的父母可以采取循证干预措施, and 4) Validity and acculturation of diagnostic instruments. 她的研究的最终目标是减少在获得识别和治疗神经发育障碍的服务方面的差距,以提高RGV居民的生活质量.
Dr. 查拉克的研究项目旨在了解童年逆境的累积效应, including child abuse and neglect in the development of traumatic stress reactions, such as PTSD and substance use, and revictimization across the lifespan. She has examined the same in samples from geographically diverse regions, namely, India, Burundi, the United States, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Northern Ireland. A recent focus of the lab has been on the interpersonal violence among sexual minorities, and the intergenerational transmission of violence from parent(s) to the sibling dyad.
Dr. 埃尔南德斯·罗德里格斯(Hernandez Rodriguez)是“加强获得文化知情精神卫生服务研究”(REACH) lab. His program of research largely focuses on developing, implementing, and evaluating community-based (e.g., schools, 初级保健诊所)预防和干预计划,针对问题行为,培养风险人群的适应能力, underserved youth. 目前的研究重点是如何预防与欺凌/同伴受害和创伤相关的后果, 改善那些受到创伤性压力严重影响的人获得治疗的机会.
Dr. 坎托斯的研究领域是一般的家庭暴力和亲密伴侣暴力肇事者的特征及其治疗, more specifically. Dr. 坎托斯一直强烈批评目前对亲密伴侣暴力施暴者强制实施的一刀切的干预措施,并强烈支持制定干预措施,以满足施暴者的需求,正如戈登·保罗的史诗问题:“什么治疗, by whom, is most effective, for this individual, with that specific problem and under which set of circumstances (Paul, 1967).
Dr. 坎托斯在莱克县完成了一项为期五年的罪犯缓刑治疗评估项目, 他一直与西班牙和俄亥俄州的研究人员合作进行治疗结果研究. Dr. 坎托斯的实验室目前正在开展一项关于里奥格兰德河谷约会暴力的研究项目,目的是确定文化变量,这些变量可能对了解这一人群的约会暴力很重要. In addition, 我们正在继续进行研究,以评估亲密伴侣暴力施暴者的特征,这些特征与根据对施暴者需求的个体化全面评估制定干预措施有关.
Dr. 阿方索·梅尔卡多(Alfonso Mercado)的研究实验室专注于与拉丁裔人口相关的无数问题. Of special research interest are trauma, cultural values, and health in recent immigrants and refugees. 该实验室还研究了拉丁裔人口的个性、文化适应和物质使用. The effectiveness of empirically supported mental health treatments, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy, in Latino groups are explored. Dr. 梅尔卡多还研究了拉丁裔儿童多动症和缺碘症的发展以及对他们家庭的支持.
Dr. Villalobos's research focuses on evaluating novel service delivery models (e.g., telemental health, primary care behavioral health, community outreach), to increase access to mental health care for underserved populations. In addition, 她的研究旨在通过理解阻碍心理健康求助的结构和态度障碍,消除健康差距和治疗延误. 她的最终目标是增加以证据为基础的干预措施的传播,这些干预措施在文化和语言上都适合拉丁裔人口. 目前的项目包括在里奥格兰德河谷进行需求评估,以记录心理健康需求和使用服务的障碍. Dr. Villalobos is co-director of the Research Enhancing Access to Culturally-Informed Mental Health Services (REACH) Lab at 赌博平台.
Effects of Spanish/English bilingualism on cognition; Causation in Alzheimer disease and other age-related neurodegenerative processes; Anosognosia; Organization of emotion within the brain, especially concerning the function of anterior cingulate and insula cortices; History of neuropsychology.
Research on the role of different neural systems in the regulation of social behavior, learning, and motivation, 重点是确定导致个体行为差异和疾病易感性的遗传和生理因素.
结构方程建模中序贯缺失数据对模型比较和参数估计影响的方法学研究, 我最近的另一个实证研究重点是使用各种潜在变量技术来捕捉心理治疗的效果(如失眠的认知和行为治疗),并重新检查一些广泛使用的临床/心理测量的心理测量特性.