Oswaldo Moreno
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 130968 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Oswaldo Moreno |
| PRENOMES | Oswaldo |
| SOBRENOME | Moreno |
| ASSINATURA | MORENO O |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6102-1644 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 49 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 86 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 49 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
A preliminary attempt to distinguish between amor fati and fatalismo as predictors of mental health in Latinx adults
Latinx adolescents’ possible and feared selves
Trends in trauma
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…
Racial Discrimination Predicting Sleep
Emerging adults of color face significant sleep disparities, yet we know less about underlying mechanisms. The goal of the current study was to investigate whether racial discrimination was associated with hours of sleep and sleep dissatisfaction. Further, we tested whether social media and television/digital media use moderated these associations. Participants included 464 emerging adult students of color (i.e., students who identified as Black/…
Home disruption and substance use among racial–ethnic minoritycollege students
A Tale of Two Childhoods
Human research protections and diversity science
Depression as a mediator between sensory processing sensitivity and prefrontal symptoms in Spanish adults
Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is an innate personality trait that describes how individuals perceive and capture environmental information. The extensive literature suggests that people high in SPS may present health implications, such as depressive symptoms and prefrontal symptoms. Prefrontal symptoms are related to executive functioning, especially to emotional, social, behavior control problems such as decision making or planification/o…
The intersection of immigration-related racism and xenophobia shaping undocumented immigrants’ experiences with liminality
Double Jeopardy
Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of the Mexican American Cultural Values Scale
Antiracist activism for immigrant rights and healthy coping
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…
Shielding against adversity
3.069). Main effects models showed that ACEs were positively associated with depression; social support subtypes were negatively associated with depression. The social support total and tangible support scales moderated the relationship between ACEs and depression. The main effects models showed total social support, emotional/informational, and social companionship association with anxiety were negative. Social support total, tangible, social co…
Contextualizing Help-Seeking Attitudes and Help-Seeking Intention
Black women are less likely to seek psychological help and underutilize mental health services. Although help-seeking attitudes and intentions are associated in the general population, less is known about this relationship among Black women in college. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the relationship between help-seeking attitudes and intention among 167 self-identified Black women in college. We also investigated if dimensions of …
Profiles of Latinx cultural orientation among adolescents
INTRODUCTION: The objectives of the current study were the following: (1) to explore multidimensional profiles of Latinx cultural orientation using Spanish language use, familismo, and ethnic-racial identity (ERI) affirmation among Latinx adolescents, (2) to test how Latinx cultural orientation profiles were associated with adolescents' internalizing symptoms (i.e., depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms), and (3) to test whether associations b…
Longitudinal associations between well-being and academic achievement throughout the Covid-19 pandemic
First-generation and ethnic-racial minoritized college students experience greater academic disparities, but limited work has focused on intersectional experiences underlying academic achievement in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic over time. The current longitudinal study examined the associations between various forms of well-being (i.e., emotional, psychological, and social) at T1 (Time 1; acute pandemic) predicting academic achie…
Social Anxiety and Drinking Behaviors
This study investigates social anxiety and drinking behaviors among 815 Hispanic students across Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). Results highlight a significant relationship between social anxiety and increased drinking behaviors but were less for those in HSIs. Students at HSIs with more social anxiety also reported lower drinking consequences when compared to those at PWIs
Cultural stress is toxic stress
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)
Interpersonal ethnic–racial discrimination and tobacco products
Critical action was protective in mitigating increased tobacco use in the context of discrimination experiences. Research, clinical, and policy implications are discussed in efforts to reduce tobacco-related disparities among racially minoritized college students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Immigration status microaggressions
Our study is one of the first to explore cultural stress in the form of immigration status microaggressions in connection with more general forms of psychological stress and internalizing processes for two groups historically persecuted around immigration in the United States. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Critical consciousness among undocumented immigrant college students
This research expands theory by articulating the adaptive ways undocumented students respond to the conditions that cause cultural stress and psychological distress. This aligns with a growing literature documenting the psychology of undocumented immigrants' activism and advocacy. Findings may inform interventions by higher education institutional agents and research to offset cultural stress and psychological distress. (PsycInfo Database Record …
Latine immigrant youths’ attitudes toward mental health and mental health services and the role of culturally-responsive programming
Examining a Race-Sex Interaction Effect on Binge Drinking Among Afro-Latina/o Adults in the US
Cultural Socialization and Civic Engagement Among Racially Diverse Students of Color
Understanding the factors that promote civic engagement among emerging adult college students is crucial, especially considering its association with positive youth development. The current study examined ethnic-racial identity (ERI) exploration, resolution, and affirmation as mediators of the relation between cultural socialization and civic engagement. Additionally, the extent to which students were raised in predominantly minoritized neighborh…
A decolonial and liberation lens to social justice research
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…
Gendered racism, anxiety, and depression
Stress from gendered racism is associated with loneliness, which can negatively impact Black women's mental health. Findings suggest that gendered racialized stress and social isolation is important for understanding the relationship between gendered racism and mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and depression
Moderating influence of social support on the relations between discrimination and health via depression in Latinx immigrants
The purpose of this study was to examine the relations among discrimination, depression, and health among a sample of diverse Latinx immigrants. A secondary aim was to examine whether direct and indirect effects among these variables were moderated by social support. A sample of 204 Latinx immigrants completed questionnaires in community centers, health clinics, and retail establishments. Depression was found to mediate the effect of discriminati…
Religiosity and mental health services
En este estudio cualitativo, examinamos la religiosidad, el manejo con la adversidad, y facilitadores en la busqueda de diferentes tipos de servicios de salud mental en una muestra de 17 hombres y mujeres Latinos religiosos. El analisis tematico revelo que los participantes tendian a enfrentar problemas con metodos consistentes con sus practicas religiosas. La mayoria de los participantes, especialmente los de mayor edad, identificaron las practi…
Directional Effects in Cultural Identity
Psychological Impact, Strengths, and Handling the Uncertainty Among Latinx Daca Recipients
Anti-immigration rhetoric has consistently impacted the lives of immigrant young adults who are Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. This qualitative study sheds light on the lived psychological experiences of 21 Latinx DACA recipients who were impacted by the political debates during the Trump administration. Content analysis revealed four main psychological impacts resulting from the DACA political debates: stress, fear, an…
Immigrant students’ mental health and intent to persist in college
Findings are discussed in relation to federal and campus policies to support immigrant students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved
A Qualitative Analysis of Bystander Intervention Among Heavy-Drinking College Men
This study qualitatively examines how heavy-drinking college men conceptualize bystander intervention. Twelve semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with college men reporting past-month heavy drinking and sexual activity within the past 2 months. NVivo software was used to conduct a thematic analysis. Following the stage model of bystander intervention, men in this sample described situations-predominantly in drinking contexts-when…
Cultural Socialization and Civic Engagement Among Racially Diverse Students of Color
Understanding the factors that promote civic engagement among emerging adult college students is crucial, especially considering its association with positive youth development. The current study examined ethnic-racial identity (ERI) exploration, resolution, and affirmation as mediators of the relation between cultural socialization and civic engagement. Additionally, the extent to which students were raised in predominantly minoritized neighborh…
Ethnic discrimination and weight outcomes among Latinx emerging adults
Addressing health-compromising eating behaviors and attitudes among Latinx emerging adults might be one effective means to addressing the negative consequences of discrimination on weight-related outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Religiosity and well-being among Mexican-born and U.S.-born Mexicans
In this study, 40 Latinas/os of Mexican origin (20 Mexican-born and 20 U.S.-born) from the Southwest United States participated in in-person qualitative interviews centered on two interrelated aims. The first aim was to better understand participants' perceptions regarding their religiosity, as well as their view of the relationship between religiosity and their well-being. The second aim explored generational influences on participants' descript…
Moderating influence of enculturation on the relations between minority stressors and physical health via anxiety in Latinx immigrants
Psychologists and allied health care providers are recommended to assess for the impact of minority stressors on anxiety and physical health when providing care to Latinx immigrants. Future intervention research targeting Latinx mental and physical health can consider ways to include innate cultural strengths like enculturation and partner with Latinx cultural centers, churches, and local communities to make enculturation more salient. (PsycInfo …
Antiracist activism for immigrant rights and healthy coping
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…
Contextualizing Help-Seeking Attitudes and Help-Seeking Intention
Black women are less likely to seek psychological help and underutilize mental health services. Although help-seeking attitudes and intentions are associated in the general population, less is known about this relationship among Black women in college. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the relationship between help-seeking attitudes and intention among 167 self-identified Black women in college. We also investigated if dimensions of …
Cultural stress is toxic stress
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)
Interpersonal ethnic–racial discrimination and tobacco products
Critical action was protective in mitigating increased tobacco use in the context of discrimination experiences. Research, clinical, and policy implications are discussed in efforts to reduce tobacco-related disparities among racially minoritized college students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Immigration status microaggressions
Our study is one of the first to explore cultural stress in the form of immigration status microaggressions in connection with more general forms of psychological stress and internalizing processes for two groups historically persecuted around immigration in the United States. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Critical consciousness among undocumented immigrant college students
This research expands theory by articulating the adaptive ways undocumented students respond to the conditions that cause cultural stress and psychological distress. This aligns with a growing literature documenting the psychology of undocumented immigrants' activism and advocacy. Findings may inform interventions by higher education institutional agents and research to offset cultural stress and psychological distress. (PsycInfo Database Record …
Examining a Race-Sex Interaction Effect on Binge Drinking Among Afro-Latina/o Adults in the US
Immigration status, mental health, and intent to persist among immigrant college students
Religiosity and mental health services
En este estudio cualitativo, examinamos la religiosidad, el manejo con la adversidad, y facilitadores en la busqueda de diferentes tipos de servicios de salud mental en una muestra de 17 hombres y mujeres Latinos religiosos. El analisis tematico revelo que los participantes tendian a enfrentar problemas con metodos consistentes con sus practicas religiosas. La mayoria de los participantes, especialmente los de mayor edad, identificaron las practi…
Religiosity and attitudes towards professional mental health services
In this study, we examined the relationship between religiosity and attitudes towards professional mental health services. We further examined whether internal religious coping and external religious coping mediated both relationships. Results indicated a significant association with religiosity and negative attitudes towards mental health services, as well as external religious coping and internal religious coping. Results also showed a nonsigni…
A Qualitative Analysis of Bystander Intervention Among Heavy-Drinking College Men
This study qualitatively examines how heavy-drinking college men conceptualize bystander intervention. Twelve semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with college men reporting past-month heavy drinking and sexual activity within the past 2 months. NVivo software was used to conduct a thematic analysis. Following the stage model of bystander intervention, men in this sample described situations-predominantly in drinking contexts-when…
The role of religious attendance on mental health among Mexican populations
In this study, we conducted a path analysis on data from the National Latino and Asian American Study to investigate the role of religious attendance on mental health among Mexican populations. Using data from 868 Latinos of Mexican origin, we further investigated the extent to which religious attendance mediated the direct path between generation status and lifetime prevalence rates of any substance use disorder, depressive disorder, and anxiety…
Religiosity and well-being among Mexican-born and U.S.-born Mexicans
In this study, 40 Latinas/os of Mexican origin (20 Mexican-born and 20 U.S.-born) from the Southwest United States participated in in-person qualitative interviews centered on two interrelated aims. The first aim was to better understand participants' perceptions regarding their religiosity, as well as their view of the relationship between religiosity and their well-being. The second aim explored generational influences on participants' descript…
Death Anxiety, Religious Doubt, and Depressive Symptoms across Race in Older Adults
The purpose of this study is to investigate the direct and indirect relationships among death anxiety, religious doubt, and depressive symptoms in older adults. This study also investigates race as a moderator for these relationships. This study used data from the Religion, Aging, and Health Survey. Participants identified as Christian, identified as Black or White, lived in a non-institutionalized household within the U.S., were retired, and spo…
Moderating influence of enculturation on the relations between minority stressors and physical health via anxiety in Latinx immigrants
Psychologists and allied health care providers are recommended to assess for the impact of minority stressors on anxiety and physical health when providing care to Latinx immigrants. Future intervention research targeting Latinx mental and physical health can consider ways to include innate cultural strengths like enculturation and partner with Latinx cultural centers, churches, and local communities to make enculturation more salient. (PsycInfo …
Religious coping and nativity status among Mexican-origin Latinxs
Vaya Con Dios
This qualitative study explores the role of religious practices on the migration process and the U.S. lived experiences of Latina/o immigrants. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 Latino/a immigrant adults living in a southern state of the United States. Interviews focused on participants' migration experiences, religious constructs, and stress responses. Results revealed that religious practices provided strength, well-being, and pos…
Ethnic discrimination and weight outcomes among Latinx emerging adults
Addressing health-compromising eating behaviors and attitudes among Latinx emerging adults might be one effective means to addressing the negative consequences of discrimination on weight-related outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Private and social religious coping on life satisfaction
This study aimed to examine the direct effects of private and social religious coping on perceived life satisfaction. The secondary aim was to investigate whether cultural factors (i.e., enculturation, acculturation, biculturalism) moderate this relationship. A total of 100 Latinx individuals (78% immigrants) completed measures on religious coping, life satisfaction, acculturation, enculturation, and biculturalism. There was a positive direct rel…
Psychological Distress and Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Services Among Black Women
The Impact of Covid-19 Disruptions and Perceived Discrimination on Well-Being and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms
The current study tested whether COVID-19 disruptions and perceived discrimination were related to mental health (i.e., posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD] symptoms and emotional, psychological, and social well-being), and whether exercise moderated relations. Additionally, we tested whether findings varied by ethnicity/race. Participants were 368 African American and Asian American emerging adults ( Mage = 19.92, SD = .34). Findings did not var…
Psychological Impact, Strengths, and Handling the Uncertainty Among Latinx Daca Recipients
Anti-immigration rhetoric has consistently impacted the lives of immigrant young adults who are Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. This qualitative study sheds light on the lived psychological experiences of 21 Latinx DACA recipients who were impacted by the political debates during the Trump administration. Content analysis revealed four main psychological impacts resulting from the DACA political debates: stress, fear, an…
Directional Effects in Cultural Identity
Gendered racism, anxiety, and depression
Stress from gendered racism is associated with loneliness, which can negatively impact Black women's mental health. Findings suggest that gendered racialized stress and social isolation is important for understanding the relationship between gendered racism and mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and depression
Does Religious Commitment Mediate the Association Between Acculturative Stress and Latinx Young Adults’ Tobacco Use
Tobacco use is a public health priority in the Latinx community. Identifying factors associated with less tobacco use could help inform community-based prevention efforts. The present study examined whether religious commitment (intrapersonal and interpersonal) mediated the association between acculturative stress and tobacco use among 224 Latinx young adults. Participants completed a battery of measures that included cultural stressors, religiou…
Covid-19-Induced Inequalities and Mental Health
Spanish Translation and Psychometric Validation of a Measure of Acculturative Stress among Latinx Immigrants in the USA
The findings from the study contribute to the literature a brief and valid assessment of acculturative stress in Spanish-speaking immigrants. The RASI Spanish short form holds promise to stimulate research on the unique adversities experienced by Latinx immigrants
Moderating Role of Healthcare Disruptions on Friend and Family Pandemic-Related Negative Life Events Predicting Latines’ Anxiety and Alcohol Use Over Time
Immigration status, mental health, and intent to persist among immigrant college students
Moderating influence of social support on the relations between discrimination and health via depression in Latinx immigrants
The purpose of this study was to examine the relations among discrimination, depression, and health among a sample of diverse Latinx immigrants. A secondary aim was to examine whether direct and indirect effects among these variables were moderated by social support. A sample of 204 Latinx immigrants completed questionnaires in community centers, health clinics, and retail establishments. Depression was found to mediate the effect of discriminati…
Immigrant students’ mental health and intent to persist in college
Findings are discussed in relation to federal and campus policies to support immigrant students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved
A decolonial and liberation lens to social justice research
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…
Workplace and school microaggressions on anxiety symptoms
Psychology (40 obras) · Clinical Psychology (30 obras) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (25 obras) · Social Psychology (24 obras) · Medicine (20 obras) · Clinical Psychology (19 obras) · Psychiatry (19 obras) · Mental health (17 obras) · Social Psychology (17 obras) · Sociology (17 obras)