Robert G Malgady
Biographic Data
| ID | 125644 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert G Malgady |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert G |
| FAMILY NAME | Malgady |
| SIGNATURE | MALGADY R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 237 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Culturally Oriented Trauma Treatments for Latino Children Post 9/11
How Skewed Are Psychological Data? A Standardized Index of Effect Size
In this article the author discusses the lack of attention given to the concept of skewness in research reported in the general psychological literature. Although the report of descriptive statistics, such as means and standard deviations, is standard practice, skewness is rarely reported. Significance tests are available for determining departure from symmetry and normality, but do not indicate the magnitude of skew. Indexes for standardizing sk…
Cultural and Linguistic Considerations in Psychodiagnosis with Hispanics: The Need for an Empirically Informed Process Model
It is estimated that in the next century nearly half of the clientele seeking mental health services will be members of ethnic minority groups. Hispanics are the most rapidly growing population in the United States, and epidemiological evidence suggests that they present higher levels of psychiatric symptomatology and prevalence rates of disorder compared with other ethnic groups. Despite the unprecedented recognition of cultural considerations f…
Depression, Acculturation, and Motivations for Alcohol Use among Young Colombian, Dominican, and Puerto Rican Men
Increasing numbers of young Hispanic men are being treated for alcohol abuse and its consequences. To provide culturally competent services, there must be an understanding of subcultural differences in the antecedents of alcohol abuse and drinking problems. The present study examined the impact of depression, acculturation, and motivations as antecedents for drinking and drinking-related problems among 288 Colombian, Dominican, and Puerto Rican m…
In praise of value judgments in null hypothesis testing…and of "accepting" the null hypothesis
Alcohol and Drug Use, and Depression Among Hispanic Men in Early Adulthood
Community research and clinical practice have shown that alcohol and drug use and depression are interrelated. Among Hispanics, acculturation may play a role in these relationships. To investigate these relationships as well as alcohol‐related problems, we interviewed 288 Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Colombian men in early adulthood. No significant differences emerged in the proportions of abstainers across the three groups. Colombians drank sign…
Relationship between Neuroleptic Dose and Positive and Negative Symptoms
The present study explored possible connections between neuroleptic dose and the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenic patients. Zero-order correlations between medication dose as measured in CPZ equivalent units and standardized assessments of positive (hallucinations, delusions) and negative (blunted affect, poor rapport) symptoms were carried out on 28 hospitalized schizophrenics. While dose was positively related to over-all negativ…
Biculturality among Puerto Rican adults in the United States
Identified the concept of acculturation as a cornerstone of immigration research, while questioning assumptions about zero‐sum cultural change in acculturation scales and in procedures assessing biculturality. Involvements in the host society culture and the culture of origin should be assessed separately in order to reflect the complexities of the cultural interactions immigrants and their offspring experience. To evaluate this prescription, we …
Mental health status among Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, and non‐Hispanic whites: The case of the misbegotten hypothesis
Challenged Shrout et al.'s (1992) comparisons of mental health characteristics of island Puerto Ricans to Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites from the Los Angeles Epidemiological Catchment Area Study. The hypothesis tested by Shrout et al.--higher symptom counts but lower DSM-III prevalence rates among Puerto Ricans--was misattributed to Rogler (1989). We also question the validity of assessing lifetime prevalence and reaffirm the need for …
Comparing the Reliability of Difference Scores and Residuals in Analysis of Covariance
In pretest-posttest designs, residual scores created in the analysis of covariance commonly are preferred to difference scores because the latter suffer from reliability problems. This paper develops the reliability of residuals adjusted for a single covariate for comparison to the reliability of difference scores. Comparisons reveal that little is gained by analysis of covariance, which also suffers from reliability problems as the pretest and p…
Acculturation and mental health status among Hispanics: Convergence and new directions for research
Cross-Cultural Standardization of Temas in Three Hispanic Subcultures
Mental health clinical services research has stressed the urgency of developing culture-sensitive instruments for psychological assessment and psychodiagnosis of ethnic, racial, and linguistic minority children. The TEMAS (Tell-Me-A-Story) test is an apperception test depicting Hispanic and Black characters (minority version) or White characters (nonminority version) interacting in urban settings and expressing culturally oriented themes, and is …
Hispanics and Mental Health-a Framework for Research
Hispanics and Mental Health: A Framework for Research
Reply to "The empirical basis of ethnocultural and linguistic bias in mental health evaluations of Hispanics."
Reply to "The empirical basis of ethnocultural and linguistic bias in mental health evaluations of Hispanics."
Contrasting Part Correlations in Regression Models
Common applications of the part correlation coefficient are in causal regression models and estimation of suppressor variable effects. However, there is no statistical test of the significance of the difference between a zero-order correlation and a part correlation, nor between a pair of part correlations. This note uses Hotelling's (1940) t for contrasting dependent rs for contrasting a zero-order and first order part correlation, and for contr…
Ethnocultural and linguistic bias in mental health evaluation of Hispanics
What do culturally sensitive mental health services mean? The case of Hispanics
What do culturally sensitive mental health services mean? The case of Hispanics
Ethnocultural and linguistic bias in mental health evaluation of Hispanics
Cuentos Folkloricos as a Therapeutic Modality with Puerto Rican Children
Psvehiatric epidemiological studies suggest that Hispanics underutilize coimmunityv mental health resources and fail to profit from traditional psychotherapeutic treatment modalities. This study evaluated a new therapeutic modality using Puerto Rican folk-tales ("cuenitos folkloricos") to promote identification with cultuirallv familiar characters and themes in order to facilitate mode-ling of adaptive behavior depicted in the stories. Two folkta…
Verbal Fluency of Hispanic, Black and White Children on TAT and Temas, a New Thematic Apperception Test
Ethnic minority children evidence lack of verbal fluency on projective personality tests, which in turn impugns test validity for minority examinees. This study compared Hispanic, black, and white children's verbal fluency on the TAT and TEMAS, a new thematic apperception test depicting ethnic minority characters, cultural themes and urban backgrounds. An urban sample of 72 Hispanic, 41 black and 43 white children (grades K-6) was administered a …
A Comparison of the Murray-TAT and a New Thematic Apperception Test for Urban Hispanic Children
Minority children's lack of responsiveness to projective tests has been attributed to underlying verbal deficits versus productivity on the TAT and the TEMAS (Tell-me-a-story), a new TAT depicting ethnic minority figures, cultural themes, and urban backgrounds. Results indicated that children were more responsive to TEMAS pictures than TAT pictures, and this effect was more enhanced for females than males. Children were more likely to respond in …
Some cognitive aspects of figurative language: Association and metaphor
Acculturation and mental health status among Hispanics: Convergence and new directions for research
Biculturality among Puerto Rican adults in the United States
Identified the concept of acculturation as a cornerstone of immigration research, while questioning assumptions about zero‐sum cultural change in acculturation scales and in procedures assessing biculturality. Involvements in the host society culture and the culture of origin should be assessed separately in order to reflect the complexities of the cultural interactions immigrants and their offspring experience. To evaluate this prescription, we …
Cultural and Linguistic Considerations in Psychodiagnosis with Hispanics: The Need for an Empirically Informed Process Model
It is estimated that in the next century nearly half of the clientele seeking mental health services will be members of ethnic minority groups. Hispanics are the most rapidly growing population in the United States, and epidemiological evidence suggests that they present higher levels of psychiatric symptomatology and prevalence rates of disorder compared with other ethnic groups. Despite the unprecedented recognition of cultural considerations f…
Some cognitive aspects of figurative language: Association and metaphor
Modifiers in metaphors: Effects of constituent phrase similarity on the interpretation of figurative sentences
Depression, Acculturation, and Motivations for Alcohol Use among Young Colombian, Dominican, and Puerto Rican Men
Increasing numbers of young Hispanic men are being treated for alcohol abuse and its consequences. To provide culturally competent services, there must be an understanding of subcultural differences in the antecedents of alcohol abuse and drinking problems. The present study examined the impact of depression, acculturation, and motivations as antecedents for drinking and drinking-related problems among 288 Colombian, Dominican, and Puerto Rican m…
Alcohol and Drug Use, and Depression Among Hispanic Men in Early Adulthood
Community research and clinical practice have shown that alcohol and drug use and depression are interrelated. Among Hispanics, acculturation may play a role in these relationships. To investigate these relationships as well as alcohol‐related problems, we interviewed 288 Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Colombian men in early adulthood. No significant differences emerged in the proportions of abstainers across the three groups. Colombians drank sign…
A Comparison of the Murray-TAT and a New Thematic Apperception Test for Urban Hispanic Children
Minority children's lack of responsiveness to projective tests has been attributed to underlying verbal deficits versus productivity on the TAT and the TEMAS (Tell-me-a-story), a new TAT depicting ethnic minority figures, cultural themes, and urban backgrounds. Results indicated that children were more responsive to TEMAS pictures than TAT pictures, and this effect was more enhanced for females than males. Children were more likely to respond in …
Mental health status among Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, and non‐Hispanic whites: The case of the misbegotten hypothesis
Challenged Shrout et al.'s (1992) comparisons of mental health characteristics of island Puerto Ricans to Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites from the Los Angeles Epidemiological Catchment Area Study. The hypothesis tested by Shrout et al.--higher symptom counts but lower DSM-III prevalence rates among Puerto Ricans--was misattributed to Rogler (1989). We also question the validity of assessing lifetime prevalence and reaffirm the need for …
How Skewed Are Psychological Data? A Standardized Index of Effect Size
In this article the author discusses the lack of attention given to the concept of skewness in research reported in the general psychological literature. Although the report of descriptive statistics, such as means and standard deviations, is standard practice, skewness is rarely reported. Significance tests are available for determining departure from symmetry and normality, but do not indicate the magnitude of skew. Indexes for standardizing sk…
Verbal Fluency of Hispanic, Black and White Children on TAT and Temas, a New Thematic Apperception Test
Ethnic minority children evidence lack of verbal fluency on projective personality tests, which in turn impugns test validity for minority examinees. This study compared Hispanic, black, and white children's verbal fluency on the TAT and TEMAS, a new thematic apperception test depicting ethnic minority characters, cultural themes and urban backgrounds. An urban sample of 72 Hispanic, 41 black and 43 white children (grades K-6) was administered a …
Criterion Predictability: Identifying Differences Between r2's
If each of k predictor variables is correlated with a criterion variable, the use of multiple t tests to assess pairwise differences between r's will compound Type I error. This note describes an overall F test for determining the significance of differences between r 2 's which provides an error term for use in conventional ANOVA follow-up procedures
Modifiers in metaphors: Effects of constituent phrase similarity on the interpretation of figurative sentences
Predicting Multiple Criteria: Comparison of Two Vectors of Regression Coefficients
The present paper generalizes the t ratio used in testing the difference between two independent regression coefficients to the multivariate case of testing the difference between two vectors of regression coefficients. The generalized statistic is particularly useful when one wishes to determine which of two variables is the best predictor of a number of criterion variables. In addition, simultaneous confidence bounds may be applied at the level…
Two-Way Analysis of Variance Using Means and Standard Deviations
In an earlier article published in this journal, Gordon (1973) demonstrated how to compute an ANOVA F-ratio from nothing more than a table of means and standard deviations. Here, it is shown how to accomplish this same goal in two-factor designs. To point out the value of the simple formulas presented, a table from a recently published article is found to contain a large error
Some cognitive aspects of figurative language: Association and metaphor
A Comparison of the Murray-TAT and a New Thematic Apperception Test for Urban Hispanic Children
Minority children's lack of responsiveness to projective tests has been attributed to underlying verbal deficits versus productivity on the TAT and the TEMAS (Tell-me-a-story), a new TAT depicting ethnic minority figures, cultural themes, and urban backgrounds. Results indicated that children were more responsive to TEMAS pictures than TAT pictures, and this effect was more enhanced for females than males. Children were more likely to respond in …
Verbal Fluency of Hispanic, Black and White Children on TAT and Temas, a New Thematic Apperception Test
Ethnic minority children evidence lack of verbal fluency on projective personality tests, which in turn impugns test validity for minority examinees. This study compared Hispanic, black, and white children's verbal fluency on the TAT and TEMAS, a new thematic apperception test depicting ethnic minority characters, cultural themes and urban backgrounds. An urban sample of 72 Hispanic, 41 black and 43 white children (grades K-6) was administered a …
Cuentos Folkloricos as a Therapeutic Modality with Puerto Rican Children
Psvehiatric epidemiological studies suggest that Hispanics underutilize coimmunityv mental health resources and fail to profit from traditional psychotherapeutic treatment modalities. This study evaluated a new therapeutic modality using Puerto Rican folk-tales ("cuenitos folkloricos") to promote identification with cultuirallv familiar characters and themes in order to facilitate mode-ling of adaptive behavior depicted in the stories. Two folkta…
Contrasting Part Correlations in Regression Models
Common applications of the part correlation coefficient are in causal regression models and estimation of suppressor variable effects. However, there is no statistical test of the significance of the difference between a zero-order correlation and a part correlation, nor between a pair of part correlations. This note uses Hotelling's (1940) t for contrasting dependent rs for contrasting a zero-order and first order part correlation, and for contr…
Ethnocultural and linguistic bias in mental health evaluation of Hispanics
What do culturally sensitive mental health services mean? The case of Hispanics
What do culturally sensitive mental health services mean? The case of Hispanics
Ethnocultural and linguistic bias in mental health evaluation of Hispanics
Reply to "The empirical basis of ethnocultural and linguistic bias in mental health evaluations of Hispanics."
Reply to "The empirical basis of ethnocultural and linguistic bias in mental health evaluations of Hispanics."
Hispanics and Mental Health-a Framework for Research
Hispanics and Mental Health: A Framework for Research
Comparing the Reliability of Difference Scores and Residuals in Analysis of Covariance
In pretest-posttest designs, residual scores created in the analysis of covariance commonly are preferred to difference scores because the latter suffer from reliability problems. This paper develops the reliability of residuals adjusted for a single covariate for comparison to the reliability of difference scores. Comparisons reveal that little is gained by analysis of covariance, which also suffers from reliability problems as the pretest and p…
Acculturation and mental health status among Hispanics: Convergence and new directions for research
Cross-Cultural Standardization of Temas in Three Hispanic Subcultures
Mental health clinical services research has stressed the urgency of developing culture-sensitive instruments for psychological assessment and psychodiagnosis of ethnic, racial, and linguistic minority children. The TEMAS (Tell-Me-A-Story) test is an apperception test depicting Hispanic and Black characters (minority version) or White characters (nonminority version) interacting in urban settings and expressing culturally oriented themes, and is …
Mental health status among Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, and non‐Hispanic whites: The case of the misbegotten hypothesis
Challenged Shrout et al.'s (1992) comparisons of mental health characteristics of island Puerto Ricans to Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites from the Los Angeles Epidemiological Catchment Area Study. The hypothesis tested by Shrout et al.--higher symptom counts but lower DSM-III prevalence rates among Puerto Ricans--was misattributed to Rogler (1989). We also question the validity of assessing lifetime prevalence and reaffirm the need for …
Relationship between Neuroleptic Dose and Positive and Negative Symptoms
The present study explored possible connections between neuroleptic dose and the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenic patients. Zero-order correlations between medication dose as measured in CPZ equivalent units and standardized assessments of positive (hallucinations, delusions) and negative (blunted affect, poor rapport) symptoms were carried out on 28 hospitalized schizophrenics. While dose was positively related to over-all negativ…
Biculturality among Puerto Rican adults in the United States
Identified the concept of acculturation as a cornerstone of immigration research, while questioning assumptions about zero‐sum cultural change in acculturation scales and in procedures assessing biculturality. Involvements in the host society culture and the culture of origin should be assessed separately in order to reflect the complexities of the cultural interactions immigrants and their offspring experience. To evaluate this prescription, we …
In praise of value judgments in null hypothesis testing…and of "accepting" the null hypothesis
Alcohol and Drug Use, and Depression Among Hispanic Men in Early Adulthood
Community research and clinical practice have shown that alcohol and drug use and depression are interrelated. Among Hispanics, acculturation may play a role in these relationships. To investigate these relationships as well as alcohol‐related problems, we interviewed 288 Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Colombian men in early adulthood. No significant differences emerged in the proportions of abstainers across the three groups. Colombians drank sign…
Psychology (26 works) · Psychiatry (17 works) · Clinical Psychology (15 works) · Mental health (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Mathematics (8 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (8 works) · Ethnic group (7 works) · Statistics (7 works)