F I Rivera
Biographic Data
| ID | 11940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | F I Rivera |
| GIVEN NAMES | F I |
| FAMILY NAME | Rivera |
| SIGNATURE | RIVERA F I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0523-8248 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 145 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Power of Place
The increasing frequency and evolving patterns of environmental disasters have underscored the importance of effective recovery efforts as a cornerstone of long-term adaptation to environmental shocks. Emerging research highlights that place satisfaction, a concept rooted in psychology and urban sociology, plays a meaningful role in shaping how communities respond to and recover from such events. This study investigates the correlation between pl…
Florida as a Covid-19 Epicenter
This case study explores Florida’s emergency management response during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework and transboundary crisis literature, this article identifies how state attributes, institutions, multi-sector stakeholders, and their interactions may have influenced the state’s response to the pandemic. Findings from the content analyses of government policies, documents, and news reports …
Hurricane Harvey’s Aftermath
Mapping Emotional Attachment as a Measure of Sense of Place to Identify Coastal Restoration Priority Areas
Our applied case study demonstrates how knowledge from community stakeholders about emotional attachment (as a key component of sense of place) can inform and influence future coastal restoration priorities at various scales in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida (USA). We map aggregate measures of emotional attachment from community stakeholders using Geographic Information Systems. We then analyze this human systems level data with kernel density …
Contextualizing the Covid-19 Era in Puerto Rico
The human suffering of the Puerto Rican population is compounded by the consequences of fiscal austerity, increasing levels of income and wealth inequality, the debt crisis, significant emigration, and a dysfunctional health care system. Future governmental actions are required to lessen the burden of parallel pandemics on older adults in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s population before and after Hurricane Maria
Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration
Kibler, K. M., G. Cook, L. G. Chambers, M. Donnelly, T. Hawthorne, F. Rivera, and L. Walters. 2018. Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact. Ecology and Society 23(4):25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10542-230425
Puerto Rican Families in Central Florida
Central Florida is an emerging destination for Puerto Ricans migrating to the contiguous states of the United States. We use in-depth interviews with Puerto Rican adults and young adults (N=25) and data from the U.S. Census to examine Central Florida Puerto Rican families’ demographic and economic profiles and to compare them to those in older destinations such as New York. We focus particularly on socioeconomic integration. Findings from intervi…
Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience
Disaster Resiliency
Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster resiliency to the forefront. The importance of community preparedness and sustainability has been underscored by such calamities as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Japanese tsunami in 2011. Natural disasters will inevitably continue to occur, but by understanding the concept of resiliency as well as the factors that lead to it, communities can minimize their vulnerabilities an…
Disaster Preparedness and Resilience for Rural Communities
It is critical to assess how the needs and vulnerabilities in rural communities impact the creation of resilience, especially in states that have a large expanse of rural regions. Rural areas present different opportunities and challenges from their urban counterparts for disaster managers. The position rural communities find themselves in after a disaster is different than that of urban communities. Using the Central Florida region as an example…
Cultural Mechanisms in the Exchange of Social Support Among Puerto Ricans After a Natural Disaster
In this study, I uncovered the dynamics involved in the exchange (or lack) of social support among a group of Puerto Ricans who experienced a natural disaster. I coded and analyzed 12 semistructured qualitative interviews. My analysis of the interviews revealed that a reported high degree of need was not associated with any type of help seeking from the respondents' social support networks. Relevant issues that arose in explaining the lack of soc…
Social Constructions of the Nonprejudiced White Self
Previous research indicates that racial and ethnic prejudice continues to be prevalent in U.S. society; however, the social-psychological processes of prejudice are not fully understood. Furthermore, much research on prejudice focuses on white against black prejudice, at the exclusion of other minority groups. The purpose of this chapter is to explore white prejudice against Latinos using in-depth interview data with college students. Findings in…
Perceived Discrimination and Antisocial Behaviors in Puerto Rican Children
The (In)Significance of Race and Discrimination among Latino Youth
Despite the growing population of Latinos in the United States, there is little research that explores how discrimination affects the mental health of Latino youth along racial lines. In this paper we ask two closely related questions. First, do black Latino youth have higher or lower symptoms of depression than nonblack Latinos? Second, is the relationship between race and depression among Latino youth buffered by discrimination stress? Results …
Toxic Exposures
Contextualizing the Experience of Young Latino Adults
Predictors of depression among non-Hispanic Whites, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans
The Double-Edged Helix
Paternal Involvement and Children's Behavior Problems
Although a large number of studies have examined associations between paternal involvement and children's outcomes, most are based on a single source of data or fail to control for maternal involvement. We used data from the National Survey of Families and Households (n = 994) to test the hypothesis that positive father involvement is associated with fewer behavior problems in children. To avoid same-source bias, we used fathers ' reports of invo…
Sunbelt diaspora
Paternal Involvement and Children's Behavior Problems
Although a large number of studies have examined associations between paternal involvement and children's outcomes, most are based on a single source of data or fail to control for maternal involvement. We used data from the National Survey of Families and Households (n = 994) to test the hypothesis that positive father involvement is associated with fewer behavior problems in children. To avoid same-source bias, we used fathers ' reports of invo…
Disaster Preparedness and Resilience for Rural Communities
It is critical to assess how the needs and vulnerabilities in rural communities impact the creation of resilience, especially in states that have a large expanse of rural regions. Rural areas present different opportunities and challenges from their urban counterparts for disaster managers. The position rural communities find themselves in after a disaster is different than that of urban communities. Using the Central Florida region as an example…
Toxic Exposures
Perceived Discrimination and Antisocial Behaviors in Puerto Rican Children
The (In)Significance of Race and Discrimination among Latino Youth
Despite the growing population of Latinos in the United States, there is little research that explores how discrimination affects the mental health of Latino youth along racial lines. In this paper we ask two closely related questions. First, do black Latino youth have higher or lower symptoms of depression than nonblack Latinos? Second, is the relationship between race and depression among Latino youth buffered by discrimination stress? Results …
Contextualizing the Covid-19 Era in Puerto Rico
The human suffering of the Puerto Rican population is compounded by the consequences of fiscal austerity, increasing levels of income and wealth inequality, the debt crisis, significant emigration, and a dysfunctional health care system. Future governmental actions are required to lessen the burden of parallel pandemics on older adults in Puerto Rico
Predictors of depression among non-Hispanic Whites, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans
Puerto Rican Families in Central Florida
Central Florida is an emerging destination for Puerto Ricans migrating to the contiguous states of the United States. We use in-depth interviews with Puerto Rican adults and young adults (N=25) and data from the U.S. Census to examine Central Florida Puerto Rican families’ demographic and economic profiles and to compare them to those in older destinations such as New York. We focus particularly on socioeconomic integration. Findings from intervi…
Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration
Kibler, K. M., G. Cook, L. G. Chambers, M. Donnelly, T. Hawthorne, F. Rivera, and L. Walters. 2018. Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact. Ecology and Society 23(4):25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10542-230425
Puerto Rico’s population before and after Hurricane Maria
Cultural Mechanisms in the Exchange of Social Support Among Puerto Ricans After a Natural Disaster
In this study, I uncovered the dynamics involved in the exchange (or lack) of social support among a group of Puerto Ricans who experienced a natural disaster. I coded and analyzed 12 semistructured qualitative interviews. My analysis of the interviews revealed that a reported high degree of need was not associated with any type of help seeking from the respondents' social support networks. Relevant issues that arose in explaining the lack of soc…
Paternal Involvement and Children's Behavior Problems
Although a large number of studies have examined associations between paternal involvement and children's outcomes, most are based on a single source of data or fail to control for maternal involvement. We used data from the National Survey of Families and Households (n = 994) to test the hypothesis that positive father involvement is associated with fewer behavior problems in children. To avoid same-source bias, we used fathers ' reports of invo…
The Double-Edged Helix
Predictors of depression among non-Hispanic Whites, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans
Contextualizing the Experience of Young Latino Adults
Toxic Exposures
The (In)Significance of Race and Discrimination among Latino Youth
Despite the growing population of Latinos in the United States, there is little research that explores how discrimination affects the mental health of Latino youth along racial lines. In this paper we ask two closely related questions. First, do black Latino youth have higher or lower symptoms of depression than nonblack Latinos? Second, is the relationship between race and depression among Latino youth buffered by discrimination stress? Results …
Perceived Discrimination and Antisocial Behaviors in Puerto Rican Children
Social Constructions of the Nonprejudiced White Self
Previous research indicates that racial and ethnic prejudice continues to be prevalent in U.S. society; however, the social-psychological processes of prejudice are not fully understood. Furthermore, much research on prejudice focuses on white against black prejudice, at the exclusion of other minority groups. The purpose of this chapter is to explore white prejudice against Latinos using in-depth interview data with college students. Findings in…
Cultural Mechanisms in the Exchange of Social Support Among Puerto Ricans After a Natural Disaster
In this study, I uncovered the dynamics involved in the exchange (or lack) of social support among a group of Puerto Ricans who experienced a natural disaster. I coded and analyzed 12 semistructured qualitative interviews. My analysis of the interviews revealed that a reported high degree of need was not associated with any type of help seeking from the respondents' social support networks. Relevant issues that arose in explaining the lack of soc…
Disaster Resiliency
Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster resiliency to the forefront. The importance of community preparedness and sustainability has been underscored by such calamities as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Japanese tsunami in 2011. Natural disasters will inevitably continue to occur, but by understanding the concept of resiliency as well as the factors that lead to it, communities can minimize their vulnerabilities an…
Disaster Preparedness and Resilience for Rural Communities
It is critical to assess how the needs and vulnerabilities in rural communities impact the creation of resilience, especially in states that have a large expanse of rural regions. Rural areas present different opportunities and challenges from their urban counterparts for disaster managers. The position rural communities find themselves in after a disaster is different than that of urban communities. Using the Central Florida region as an example…
Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience
Puerto Rican Families in Central Florida
Central Florida is an emerging destination for Puerto Ricans migrating to the contiguous states of the United States. We use in-depth interviews with Puerto Rican adults and young adults (N=25) and data from the U.S. Census to examine Central Florida Puerto Rican families’ demographic and economic profiles and to compare them to those in older destinations such as New York. We focus particularly on socioeconomic integration. Findings from intervi…
Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration
Kibler, K. M., G. Cook, L. G. Chambers, M. Donnelly, T. Hawthorne, F. Rivera, and L. Walters. 2018. Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact. Ecology and Society 23(4):25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10542-230425
Contextualizing the Covid-19 Era in Puerto Rico
The human suffering of the Puerto Rican population is compounded by the consequences of fiscal austerity, increasing levels of income and wealth inequality, the debt crisis, significant emigration, and a dysfunctional health care system. Future governmental actions are required to lessen the burden of parallel pandemics on older adults in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s population before and after Hurricane Maria
Mapping Emotional Attachment as a Measure of Sense of Place to Identify Coastal Restoration Priority Areas
Our applied case study demonstrates how knowledge from community stakeholders about emotional attachment (as a key component of sense of place) can inform and influence future coastal restoration priorities at various scales in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida (USA). We map aggregate measures of emotional attachment from community stakeholders using Geographic Information Systems. We then analyze this human systems level data with kernel density …
Florida as a Covid-19 Epicenter
This case study explores Florida’s emergency management response during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework and transboundary crisis literature, this article identifies how state attributes, institutions, multi-sector stakeholders, and their interactions may have influenced the state’s response to the pandemic. Findings from the content analyses of government policies, documents, and news reports …
Hurricane Harvey’s Aftermath
Sunbelt diaspora
Power of Place
The increasing frequency and evolving patterns of environmental disasters have underscored the importance of effective recovery efforts as a cornerstone of long-term adaptation to environmental shocks. Emerging research highlights that place satisfaction, a concept rooted in psychology and urban sociology, plays a meaningful role in shaping how communities respond to and recover from such events. This study investigates the correlation between pl…
Geography (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (7 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Demography (4 works)