Melinda M Villagran
Biographic Data
| ID | 4889661 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melinda M Villagran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melinda M |
| FAMILY NAME | Villagran |
| SIGNATURE | VILLAGRAN M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1116-9683 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
LGBTQ+ Peer Advocates’ Health Communication Praxis for College Student Health Outreach and Intersectional Needs
The following essay examines health communication outreach for LGBTQ+ college students through analyzing both the design and exit evaluation of a federally funded United States public health program. SHARE-Pride was a three-year health intervention program that served LGBTQ+ students ages 18-24 at Southern University (SU)-a Hispanic and Minority Serving Institution. Because of structural barriers creating sexual health and drug and alcohol consum…
Mapping Access to Children’s Hospitals in Texas
Vehicle access, travel time, and distance to hospitals and emergency rooms with sufficient patient beds are critical healthcare accessibility measures, especially for children who require specific pediatric services. In a large state like Texas with vast rural areas and limited public transit infrastructure, 75% of the children live over an hour from the closest facility that provides pediatric emergency services or specialty care. In view of thi…
Communication and culture
This study examined communication and culture in clinicians' interactions with Mexican immigrants in Texas. Specifically, we explore the unique interplay among levels of acculturation, beliefs about culturally-based medical practices, perceptions of medical encounters, and the likelihood of adherence to medical therapy recommendations from US providers. Results suggest that: (a) acculturation predicts perceptions of out-group membership in the pa…
The Impact of Communication, Attitudes, and Acculturation on Advance Directives Decision-Making
This study explores differences in communication about advance directives between European-Americans and Latinos. To highlight potential issues when communicating with patients about advance directives, we identify differences in communication and attitudes, and examine the role of acculturation in decisions about advance directives. Results reveal that Latinos were less likely than European-Americans to communicate about advance directives with …
Relational progression as a dialectic
This study claims that relationship development can be viewed as a dialectic. Evidence for this hypothesis is obtained by examining friendships of three different intimacy levels: casual, close, and best friends. Over one-half of the friendships examined exhibited patterns of recalled relational development predicted by viewing development as a dialectic. Five trajectories for friendships were found. The most commonly reported turning points cons…
The effects of anger, sadness and happiness on persuasive message processing
Although scholars have posited that message strength has a weak effect for those in happy moods, and a strong effect on individuals in sad or neutral moods (e.g., Bless, Mackie, & Schwarz, 1992), research findings reveal contradictory results. Moreover, several theoretical observations of this effect have treated emotion as if it exists on a continuum with "negative emotion" on one end, and "positive" emotion on the other end. We sought to furthe…
Relational progression as a dialectic
This study claims that relationship development can be viewed as a dialectic. Evidence for this hypothesis is obtained by examining friendships of three different intimacy levels: casual, close, and best friends. Over one-half of the friendships examined exhibited patterns of recalled relational development predicted by viewing development as a dialectic. Five trajectories for friendships were found. The most commonly reported turning points cons…
The effects of anger, sadness and happiness on persuasive message processing
Although scholars have posited that message strength has a weak effect for those in happy moods, and a strong effect on individuals in sad or neutral moods (e.g., Bless, Mackie, & Schwarz, 1992), research findings reveal contradictory results. Moreover, several theoretical observations of this effect have treated emotion as if it exists on a continuum with "negative emotion" on one end, and "positive" emotion on the other end. We sought to furthe…
Communication and culture
This study examined communication and culture in clinicians' interactions with Mexican immigrants in Texas. Specifically, we explore the unique interplay among levels of acculturation, beliefs about culturally-based medical practices, perceptions of medical encounters, and the likelihood of adherence to medical therapy recommendations from US providers. Results suggest that: (a) acculturation predicts perceptions of out-group membership in the pa…
The Impact of Communication, Attitudes, and Acculturation on Advance Directives Decision-Making
This study explores differences in communication about advance directives between European-Americans and Latinos. To highlight potential issues when communicating with patients about advance directives, we identify differences in communication and attitudes, and examine the role of acculturation in decisions about advance directives. Results reveal that Latinos were less likely than European-Americans to communicate about advance directives with …
The effects of anger, sadness and happiness on persuasive message processing
Although scholars have posited that message strength has a weak effect for those in happy moods, and a strong effect on individuals in sad or neutral moods (e.g., Bless, Mackie, & Schwarz, 1992), research findings reveal contradictory results. Moreover, several theoretical observations of this effect have treated emotion as if it exists on a continuum with "negative emotion" on one end, and "positive" emotion on the other end. We sought to furthe…
Relational progression as a dialectic
This study claims that relationship development can be viewed as a dialectic. Evidence for this hypothesis is obtained by examining friendships of three different intimacy levels: casual, close, and best friends. Over one-half of the friendships examined exhibited patterns of recalled relational development predicted by viewing development as a dialectic. Five trajectories for friendships were found. The most commonly reported turning points cons…
The Impact of Communication, Attitudes, and Acculturation on Advance Directives Decision-Making
This study explores differences in communication about advance directives between European-Americans and Latinos. To highlight potential issues when communicating with patients about advance directives, we identify differences in communication and attitudes, and examine the role of acculturation in decisions about advance directives. Results reveal that Latinos were less likely than European-Americans to communicate about advance directives with …
Communication and culture
This study examined communication and culture in clinicians' interactions with Mexican immigrants in Texas. Specifically, we explore the unique interplay among levels of acculturation, beliefs about culturally-based medical practices, perceptions of medical encounters, and the likelihood of adherence to medical therapy recommendations from US providers. Results suggest that: (a) acculturation predicts perceptions of out-group membership in the pa…
LGBTQ+ Peer Advocates’ Health Communication Praxis for College Student Health Outreach and Intersectional Needs
The following essay examines health communication outreach for LGBTQ+ college students through analyzing both the design and exit evaluation of a federally funded United States public health program. SHARE-Pride was a three-year health intervention program that served LGBTQ+ students ages 18-24 at Southern University (SU)-a Hispanic and Minority Serving Institution. Because of structural barriers creating sexual health and drug and alcohol consum…
Mapping Access to Children’s Hospitals in Texas
Vehicle access, travel time, and distance to hospitals and emergency rooms with sufficient patient beds are critical healthcare accessibility measures, especially for children who require specific pediatric services. In a large state like Texas with vast rural areas and limited public transit infrastructure, 75% of the children live over an hour from the closest facility that provides pediatric emergency services or specialty care. In view of thi…
Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Acculturation (2 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Anger (1 works)