Adriana Espinosa
Biographic Data
| ID | 3800344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adriana Espinosa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adriana |
| FAMILY NAME | Espinosa |
| SIGNATURE | ESPINOSA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | City College of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1117-8595 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Barriers to Immunotherapy Use Among Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Analysis
Background Individuals who are Black or Hispanic are disproportionately more likely to be diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) than non-Hispanic White (NHW) individuals. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) increase survival across different cancers, including TNBC. However, disparities in the use of ICIs exist across racial and socioeconomic (SES) groups, particularly among patients who are Black or of low SES in comparison to NHW …
Lifetime Psychiatric Diagnoses Among Nesarc-III Hispanic Participants: A Relative Importance Analysis of Sociodemographic and Social Determinants of Health
The Sexual Identity Development of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Other Sexual Minority Adults: Diverse Profiles and Their Sociodemographic Correlates
Sexual identity development (SID) varies for sexual minority individuals, but its scope and implications remain understudied. We examined trajectories or profiles of SID among sexual minority adults and investigated their sociodemographic associations, while being sensitive to sex differences and missing data. Our examination used a United States probability sample of three generations of cisgender sexual minority adults; assessed ages at attaini…
Sex Differences in Cigarette Smoking Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Black All of Us Participants: The Relative Importance of Sociodemographic Characteristics and Social Determinants of Health
Racism-related experiences and substance use: A systematic and meta-analytic review
Extrajudicial border enforcement against LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers
Recent scholarship has highlighted how states differentially restrict the movement of persons who are divergently racialized, gendered, sexualized, abled, and aged. This paper explores the phenomenon of extrajudicial border enforcement—instances where airline officials act on behalf of states to prevent the cross-border movement of marginalized persons. Based on a qualitative analysis of fifty-two cases of failed travel of at-risk lesbian, gay, b…
A Psychometric and Relative Importance Evaluation of Health Literacy and Health Consciousness on Covid-19 Preventive Behaviors Among Hispanic Adults
Given the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on Hispanic individuals in the United States, research examining modifiable psychosocial correlates of COVID-19 preventive behaviors in this population is warranted. Prior research highlights health literacy and health consciousness as integral for the establishment of health-promoting behaviors. Notwithstanding, very little research has validated theory-based measures for health literacy and …
You’re Tearing Me Apart!” Racial/Ethnic Discrimination, Bicultural Identity, and Mental Health
My Body, My Culture: Understanding Body Image Concerns Among West African Immigrant Women
Childhood Experiences and Mental Health of Sexual Minority Adults: Examining Three Models
Three models of recalled childhood gender nonconformity (GNC) and maltreatment are proposed to explain disparities in current psychological distress and lifetime suicidality among sexual minority individuals, using a United States probability sample of cisgender lesbian/gay ( n = 701), bisexual ( n = 606), and other (e.g., queer, n = 182) adults. Indirect effects indicated that lesbian/gay individuals were more likely than bisexual individuals to…
Latent class analysis of racial microaggressions and institution-specific racial discrimination at a U.S. minority-serving university: Implications for mental health and coping
Research has demonstrated that ethnoracially minoritized college students face negative mental health outcomes associated with racism. However, little is known about the intersections between microaggressions and institution-specific racial discrimination, their relationship with psychological distress, and the role of coping in this relationship. An ethnoracially diverse sample of 915 young adults attending an urban minority-serving institution …
The Differential Contribution of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Perceived Discrimination on Substance Use among Hispanic Emerging Adults
Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are widely documented risk factors for substance use among Hispanic emerging adults. Studies seldom examine whether distinct ACEs differentially relate to substance use in emerging adulthood, and if said association varies in the context of additional stressors disproportionately experienced by Hispanic people. This examination is necessary for understanding the etiology of substance use disorders and related o…
Advancing Health Equity through Substance Use Research
Several health inequities exist among racial/ethnic minoritized populations (REMPs) who use substances including disparities in use patterns, inequities in health and legal consequences of use, as well as in treatment access and effectiveness. To address these inequities, more research is needed to examine the associated factors and identify areas for improving treatment. Divided into three categories, this special issue includes papers that exam…
Associations among parental and romantic attachment, personality disorder symptoms, and physical health
The relations of parental and romantic attachment with physical health symptoms and the mediating role of personality disorder symptoms in those relations were examined in an online survey of US young adults. Latent class analysis identified two groups: occasionally sick and healthier. Insecure attachment was related to being occasionally sick and to personality disorder symptoms (poor reality testing, primitive defenses, and diffused identity). …
Discrimination, Self-Esteem, and Mental Health Across Ethnic Groups of Second-Generation Immigrant Adolescents
Health Behaviors, Self-Rated Health, and Health Consciousness Among Latinx in New York City
Emotional self-efficacy informs the interrelation between discrimination, ethnic identity and psychotic-like experiences
Race-based discrimination has been identified as a risk factor for psychotic-like experiences (PLE) among immigrant populations of color. Although ethnic identity is theorized to protect against the negative mental health impact of discrimination, empirical confirmation remains mixed. We posit mixed results are in part due to the omission of individual differences in trait emotional self-efficacy, which includes self-perceptions about emotional c…
Bicultural identity harmony and American identity are associated with positive mental health in U.S. racial and ethnic minority immigrants
Perceived compatibility between ethnic and American identities is seemingly important for understanding the relation between national identity and mental health among racial and ethnic minority immigrants. However, longitudinal research designs would help assess causality in the relations found herein. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Trait emotional intelligence, coping, and occupational distress among resettlement workers
Trait emotional intelligence has recently emerged as a negative predictor of work-related distress. However, research that considers the mechanisms underlying the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and distress is lacking, in particular among workers with emotionally intensive occupations. The purpose of this study was to analyze the mediating pathway of coping behaviors in the relations between trait emotional intelligence, and wo…
Identity Inclusiveness and Centrality: Investigating Identity Correlates of Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policies
Social psychology highlights ingroup identity as an important determinant of intergroup attitudes and relations; however, research has demonstrated that its effects can be positive, negative, or nonexistent depending on how such identity is conceptualized. This research explores how national identity inclusiveness (Study 1) and centrality (Study 2) are associated with immigration related attitudes in school and countrywide settings, respectively.…
Direct and Indirect Effects of Cumulative Trauma, PTSD, and Substance Use Disorder on Probability of Arrest Among Lower Income African American and Latina Women
We conducted a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data to examine the association of cumulative trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use disorder (SUD) with the probability of arrest in a sample of socioeconomically disadvantaged African American and Latino mothers ( N = 158). Results revealed that 34% of the sample had a history of arrest. Logistic regression revealed that cumulative trauma was significantly and positi…
Ethnic Identity and Perceived Stress Among Ethnically Diverse Immigrants
Bicultural identity harmony and American identity are associated with positive mental health in U.S. racial and ethnic minority immigrants
Perceived compatibility between ethnic and American identities is seemingly important for understanding the relation between national identity and mental health among racial and ethnic minority immigrants. However, longitudinal research designs would help assess causality in the relations found herein. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Identity Inclusiveness and Centrality: Investigating Identity Correlates of Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policies
Social psychology highlights ingroup identity as an important determinant of intergroup attitudes and relations; however, research has demonstrated that its effects can be positive, negative, or nonexistent depending on how such identity is conceptualized. This research explores how national identity inclusiveness (Study 1) and centrality (Study 2) are associated with immigration related attitudes in school and countrywide settings, respectively.…
Ethnic Identity and Perceived Stress Among Ethnically Diverse Immigrants
Childhood Experiences and Mental Health of Sexual Minority Adults: Examining Three Models
Three models of recalled childhood gender nonconformity (GNC) and maltreatment are proposed to explain disparities in current psychological distress and lifetime suicidality among sexual minority individuals, using a United States probability sample of cisgender lesbian/gay ( n = 701), bisexual ( n = 606), and other (e.g., queer, n = 182) adults. Indirect effects indicated that lesbian/gay individuals were more likely than bisexual individuals to…
Ethnic Identity and Perceived Stress Among Ethnically Diverse Immigrants
Trait emotional intelligence, coping, and occupational distress among resettlement workers
Trait emotional intelligence has recently emerged as a negative predictor of work-related distress. However, research that considers the mechanisms underlying the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and distress is lacking, in particular among workers with emotionally intensive occupations. The purpose of this study was to analyze the mediating pathway of coping behaviors in the relations between trait emotional intelligence, and wo…
Identity Inclusiveness and Centrality: Investigating Identity Correlates of Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policies
Social psychology highlights ingroup identity as an important determinant of intergroup attitudes and relations; however, research has demonstrated that its effects can be positive, negative, or nonexistent depending on how such identity is conceptualized. This research explores how national identity inclusiveness (Study 1) and centrality (Study 2) are associated with immigration related attitudes in school and countrywide settings, respectively.…
Direct and Indirect Effects of Cumulative Trauma, PTSD, and Substance Use Disorder on Probability of Arrest Among Lower Income African American and Latina Women
We conducted a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data to examine the association of cumulative trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use disorder (SUD) with the probability of arrest in a sample of socioeconomically disadvantaged African American and Latino mothers ( N = 158). Results revealed that 34% of the sample had a history of arrest. Logistic regression revealed that cumulative trauma was significantly and positi…
Bicultural identity harmony and American identity are associated with positive mental health in U.S. racial and ethnic minority immigrants
Perceived compatibility between ethnic and American identities is seemingly important for understanding the relation between national identity and mental health among racial and ethnic minority immigrants. However, longitudinal research designs would help assess causality in the relations found herein. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Discrimination, Self-Esteem, and Mental Health Across Ethnic Groups of Second-Generation Immigrant Adolescents
Health Behaviors, Self-Rated Health, and Health Consciousness Among Latinx in New York City
Emotional self-efficacy informs the interrelation between discrimination, ethnic identity and psychotic-like experiences
Race-based discrimination has been identified as a risk factor for psychotic-like experiences (PLE) among immigrant populations of color. Although ethnic identity is theorized to protect against the negative mental health impact of discrimination, empirical confirmation remains mixed. We posit mixed results are in part due to the omission of individual differences in trait emotional self-efficacy, which includes self-perceptions about emotional c…
The Differential Contribution of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Perceived Discrimination on Substance Use among Hispanic Emerging Adults
Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are widely documented risk factors for substance use among Hispanic emerging adults. Studies seldom examine whether distinct ACEs differentially relate to substance use in emerging adulthood, and if said association varies in the context of additional stressors disproportionately experienced by Hispanic people. This examination is necessary for understanding the etiology of substance use disorders and related o…
Advancing Health Equity through Substance Use Research
Several health inequities exist among racial/ethnic minoritized populations (REMPs) who use substances including disparities in use patterns, inequities in health and legal consequences of use, as well as in treatment access and effectiveness. To address these inequities, more research is needed to examine the associated factors and identify areas for improving treatment. Divided into three categories, this special issue includes papers that exam…
Associations among parental and romantic attachment, personality disorder symptoms, and physical health
The relations of parental and romantic attachment with physical health symptoms and the mediating role of personality disorder symptoms in those relations were examined in an online survey of US young adults. Latent class analysis identified two groups: occasionally sick and healthier. Insecure attachment was related to being occasionally sick and to personality disorder symptoms (poor reality testing, primitive defenses, and diffused identity). …
My Body, My Culture: Understanding Body Image Concerns Among West African Immigrant Women
Childhood Experiences and Mental Health of Sexual Minority Adults: Examining Three Models
Three models of recalled childhood gender nonconformity (GNC) and maltreatment are proposed to explain disparities in current psychological distress and lifetime suicidality among sexual minority individuals, using a United States probability sample of cisgender lesbian/gay ( n = 701), bisexual ( n = 606), and other (e.g., queer, n = 182) adults. Indirect effects indicated that lesbian/gay individuals were more likely than bisexual individuals to…
Latent class analysis of racial microaggressions and institution-specific racial discrimination at a U.S. minority-serving university: Implications for mental health and coping
Research has demonstrated that ethnoracially minoritized college students face negative mental health outcomes associated with racism. However, little is known about the intersections between microaggressions and institution-specific racial discrimination, their relationship with psychological distress, and the role of coping in this relationship. An ethnoracially diverse sample of 915 young adults attending an urban minority-serving institution …
A Psychometric and Relative Importance Evaluation of Health Literacy and Health Consciousness on Covid-19 Preventive Behaviors Among Hispanic Adults
Given the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on Hispanic individuals in the United States, research examining modifiable psychosocial correlates of COVID-19 preventive behaviors in this population is warranted. Prior research highlights health literacy and health consciousness as integral for the establishment of health-promoting behaviors. Notwithstanding, very little research has validated theory-based measures for health literacy and …
You’re Tearing Me Apart!” Racial/Ethnic Discrimination, Bicultural Identity, and Mental Health
Racism-related experiences and substance use: A systematic and meta-analytic review
Extrajudicial border enforcement against LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers
Recent scholarship has highlighted how states differentially restrict the movement of persons who are divergently racialized, gendered, sexualized, abled, and aged. This paper explores the phenomenon of extrajudicial border enforcement—instances where airline officials act on behalf of states to prevent the cross-border movement of marginalized persons. Based on a qualitative analysis of fifty-two cases of failed travel of at-risk lesbian, gay, b…
Sex Differences in Cigarette Smoking Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Black All of Us Participants: The Relative Importance of Sociodemographic Characteristics and Social Determinants of Health
Barriers to Immunotherapy Use Among Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Analysis
Background Individuals who are Black or Hispanic are disproportionately more likely to be diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) than non-Hispanic White (NHW) individuals. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) increase survival across different cancers, including TNBC. However, disparities in the use of ICIs exist across racial and socioeconomic (SES) groups, particularly among patients who are Black or of low SES in comparison to NHW …
Lifetime Psychiatric Diagnoses Among Nesarc-III Hispanic Participants: A Relative Importance Analysis of Sociodemographic and Social Determinants of Health
The Sexual Identity Development of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Other Sexual Minority Adults: Diverse Profiles and Their Sociodemographic Correlates
Sexual identity development (SID) varies for sexual minority individuals, but its scope and implications remain understudied. We examined trajectories or profiles of SID among sexual minority adults and investigated their sociodemographic associations, while being sensitive to sex differences and missing data. Our examination used a United States probability sample of three generations of cisgender sexual minority adults; assessed ages at attaini…
Psychology (20 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Ethnic group (8 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (8 works)