Amanda Venta

Datos Biográficos

ID173415
NOMBREAmanda Venta
NOMBRESAmanda
APELLIDOVenta
FIRMAVENTA A
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Houston
ORCID0000-0002-1641-123X
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS40
TOTAL DE CITAS11
TOTAL COMO AUTOR40
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2014
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Trends in trauma

    Open AccessAlfonso Mercado, Andy Torres et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2026

    The last 10 years of scientific research analyzing asylum-seekers’ mental health has established high rates of trauma exposure throughout the migratory trajectory. However, limited studies have identified gender-based violence among Central American asylum-seeking women. The purpose of this study was to identify the frequencies of gendered-base violence among asylum-seeking women from Central and South America at a humanitarian respite center (US…

  • Examining Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Substance Use in Latine College Students

    Daniel O’connell, Anka A Vujanovic et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2025

    Background: Latine young adults often experience turmoil leading to trauma exposure and symptoms in their native countries, frequently leading to migration, making it valuable for psychologists across the Americas to understand trauma-based mental health in Latines. Given the disproportionate experience of trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) among Latine young adults and the common age of onset for problematic substance use, there is …

  • Human research protections and diversity science

    Open AccessAmanda Venta, Melanie M Domenech Rodríguez et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2025

  • Antiracist activism for immigrant rights and healthy coping

    Open AccessGermán A Cadenas, Melanie M Domenech Rodríguez et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2025Citada por: 1Referencias: 41

    Racist and xenophobic policies in the United States (e.g., family separations and lack of access to protected immigration statuses for undocumented immigrants) have historically excluded immigrants of color from accessing full civil rights, thus contributing to widening racial inequities in the US. Racism and xenophobia intersected with other systems of oppression during the COVID‐19 pandemic, exposing immigrants of color to detrimental health ef…

  • Types of traumatic experiences and cultural values associated with posttraumatic stress in recently immigrated asylum‐seekers from Central America

    Open AccessFrancisco Banda, Andy Torres et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2025Citada por: 1Referencias: 48

    Asylum‐seeking immigrants from Central America experience high prevalence rates of traumatic experiences and posttraumatic stress (PTS). Nonetheless, it is unknown how each type of trauma correlates uniquely to PTS variance and how cultural values may uniquely lower PTS. The present study hypothesized that, after controlling for demographics, (1) general trauma/natural disasters would be the strongest trauma‐type correlates to PTS, and (2) religi…

  • Environmental and Genetic Contributions to Attachment in Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood

    Open AccessAmanda Venta, Jesse Walker et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2024

  • In their own words

    Madeleine Allman, Hui Song et al.ARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2024Referencias: 9

    Sensitive and responsive caregiving is a critical protective factor for children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) during their first 1000 days of life. Health initiatives may benefit from evaluating the experience of caregivers in SSA to understand their parenting experiences. This study utilized linguistic analysis to gain insight into the lived experience of 19 Sesotho-speaking mothers of infants aged 18–30 months in low-income areas of Mangaung, Fr…

  • Cultural stress is toxic stress

    Thania Galvan, Amanda Venta et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2024Citada por: 1

    An expanded CST model that incorporates the two highlighted frameworks can elucidate additional mechanisms by which cultural stressors influence mental health risk in Latinx immigrant youth. Such mechanistic work holds the key to effectively reducing mental health disparities for Latinx immigrant youth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Adverse childhood experiences in Central American migrant high schoolers

    Jesse Walker, Amanda VentaARTICLEJournal of Latinx Psychology2023

  • An exploratory study of healing circles as a strategy to facilitate resilience in an undocumented community

    Open AccessF Ruiz Morales, José Manuel González Vera et al.ARTICLEJournal of Latinx Psychology2023

    Within the United States (U.S.), the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted critical inequalities affecting undocumented communities and resulting in particularly heightened stress for members of these communities. In addition to the stress associated to COVID-19, immigrants in the U.S. were more than ever subjected to a hostile anti-immigrant climate under Trump's administration. Given this compounded stress, the impact of the pandemic on mental health i…

  • Factor structure of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised in Latin American young adults

    Amanda Venta, Angela L Richardson et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2023

    The most parsimonious of the multifactor models, a two-factor model with Avoidance symptoms as one factor and Intrusions and Hyperarousal combined into a second may be of greatest use for this particular version of the IES-R. The current research demonstrates strong psychometric support for Intrusion/Hyperarousal and Avoidance subscales when measuring traumatic stress in Spanish speakers and underscores the need for culturally and contextually se…

  • A decolonial and liberation lens to social justice research

    Open AccessLuz M Garcini, Aldo M Barrita et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2023

    In the face of harmful disparities and inequities, it is crucial for researchers to critically reflect on methodologies and research practices that can dismantle systems of oppression, accommodate pluralistic realities, and facilitate opportunities for all communities to thrive. Historically, knowledge production for the sciences has followed a colonial and colonizing approach that continues to silence and decontextualize the lived experiences of…

  • Cultural Competency in Psychological Assessment

    Alfonso Mercado, Amanda VentaBOOKCultural Competency in…2022

    The Latinx population has experienced fast growth and is highly diverse, so access to linguistically and culturally relevant services is crucial yet extremely limited. This book highlights cultural competency in psychological assessment with a focus on working effectively with Latinx groups in mental health settings. It features a hybrid approach benefiting advanced graduate students in psychology, psychiatry residents, and current mental health …

  • Professional guidelines for psychological evaluations in immigration proceedings.

    Alfonso Mercado, Claudette S Antuña et al.ARTICLEJournal of Latinx Psychology2022

    Assessment of social and psychological functioning and well-being can add valuable information to immigration proceedings and support government agencies in providing adequate care to immigrants seeking legal relief. However, at present, no guidelines exist for psychologists or mental health clinicians completing psychological evaluations for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and other immigrant-serving entities. These evaluat…

  • Further validation of the motivations for electronic interaction scale

    Open AccessJennifer Harmon, Jennifer Boland et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2022

  • Attachment and Social Support in Latinx Young Adults

    Open AccessAnna Abate, Cassandra A Bailey et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cross-Cultural…2022

    Social support is essential for maintaining physical and psychological health. Attachment security is important for seeking and using social support, and several studies provide evidence for attachment-based differences in perceptions of social support, with individuals with secure attachment describing greater social support. However, perceived social support may vary depending on culture and cultural values, and, thus, the link between attachme…

  • Trauma in the American asylum process

    Alfonso Mercado, Amanda Venta et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2022

    Families arriving to the United States have experienced significant trauma, separation, and loss before and during their journey. Interactions with an unprepared and overwhelmed immigration system further compromises their psychological well-being. It is imperative that first-person narratives inform policy that addresses their complex needs and protects their human rights. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Does coding internal working models of attachment have to be so hard

    Open AccessAmanda Venta, Veronica McLaren et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2022

  • The importance of attachment to fathers in Latinx mental health

    Open AccessAmanda Venta, Jesse Walker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2022Citada por: 2Referencias: 39

    The impact of attachment to fathers on mental health in Latinx communities is understudied and not fully understood, though extant research focusing on maternal attachment forms a solid base of knowledge regarding the importance of attachment (to mothers) on mental health. The broad aim of this study was to examine the importance of paternal attachment in relation to maternal attachment on mental health in Latinx young adults. The current study u…

  • Considerations when Conducting Violence Risk Assessments in Immigrant Youth

    Open AccessCarla Muñoz, Carla G Munoz et al.ARTICLEJournal of International…2021

  • Testing the Role of Emotion Dysregulation as a Predictor of Juvenile Recidivism

    Open AccessKalin Z Salinas, Amanda VentaARTICLEEuropean Journal of Investigation…2021

    The current study proposed to determine whether adolescent emotion regulation is predictive of the amount and type of crime committed by adolescent juvenile offenders. Despite evidence in the literature linking emotion regulation to behaviour problems and aggression across the lifespan, there is no prior longitudinal research examining the predictive role of emotion regulation on adolescent recidivism, nor data regarding how emotion regulation re…

  • Measurement invariance of the Inventory of Peer and Parent Attachment among Latinx and non-Latinx college students

    Amanda Venta, Tessa Long et al.ARTICLEJournal of Latinx Psychology2021

  • Sleep Duration Buffers The Effects of Adversity on Mental Health Among Recently Immigrated Latinx Adolescents

    Open AccessAmanda Venta, Candice A Alfano et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child & Adolescent…2021

  • Can Sleep Facilitate Adaptation for Immigrant High Schoolers? Longitudinal Relations Between Sleep Duration, Acculturative Stress, and Acculturation

    Open AccessAmanda Venta, Candice A Alfano et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2021

  • Trust Beliefs in Significant Others, Interpersonal Stress, and Internalizing Psychopathology of Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders

    Open AccessKen J Rotenberg, Codi Sharp et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2021

    This study examined relations between trust beliefs in significant others (TBSO), interpersonal stress, and internalizing psychopathology for adolescents with psychiatric disorders. Two hundred and thirty-four adolescents from an acute inpatient unit (154 females, M age = 14.72 years, SD = 1.39 years) completed standardized scales/interviews that assessed TBSO (mother, father, teacher, peers and TBSO as a total score), interpersonal stress, and i…