Jorge G Varela
Biographic Data
| ID | 5141980 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jorge G Varela |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jorge G |
| FAMILY NAME | Varela |
| SIGNATURE | VARELA J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sam Houston State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2433-602X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Latent profiles of psychopathology among Hispanic/Latine immigrants involved in immigration proceedings.
Evaluator Disagreement about the Association between Psychopathy Checklist-Revised Scores and Risk for Future Sexual Violence
It is common for forensic evaluators to use assessment instruments in risk assessment evaluations. This study examines whether different evaluators use instrument results the same way when coming to conclusions about risk for sexual recidivism in Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) evaluations. Three evaluators who each used both the Static-99R and Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in more than 60 SVP evaluations (Total N = 338) provided data for the stu…
Generalizability of Psychopathy Network Analysis Findings to Scores Assigned to Individuals Convicted of a Sex Offense
Despite being well-researched, the conceptualization of psychopathy incites much debate within the field. Results from network analysis can inform these debates by graphically and quantitatively depicting the core characteristics of the construct of psychopathy. Existing network studies with Psychopathy Checklist—Revised (PCL-R) scores suggest the affective traits are most central to the construct of psychopathy, but more studies are needed. The …
The Effect of Unpreparedness for Immigration Court on Psychopathology
Preferences for religious help-seeking
We examined the relation between preference for religious help-seeking and defensive theology, interfaith intolerance, spiritual conceptualisations of mental health problems, race/ethnicity, and gender in a predominantly Christian sample of 389 college students. MANOVA revealed significant main effects for race/ethnicity, with African American participants showing higher scores than Caucasians and Latinos/as across all main study variables. Follo…
Development and preliminary validation of the Negative Attitude Toward Immigrants Scale
Development and preliminary validation of the Negative Attitude Toward Immigrants Scale
Preferences for religious help-seeking
We examined the relation between preference for religious help-seeking and defensive theology, interfaith intolerance, spiritual conceptualisations of mental health problems, race/ethnicity, and gender in a predominantly Christian sample of 389 college students. MANOVA revealed significant main effects for race/ethnicity, with African American participants showing higher scores than Caucasians and Latinos/as across all main study variables. Follo…
The Effect of Unpreparedness for Immigration Court on Psychopathology
Generalizability of Psychopathy Network Analysis Findings to Scores Assigned to Individuals Convicted of a Sex Offense
Despite being well-researched, the conceptualization of psychopathy incites much debate within the field. Results from network analysis can inform these debates by graphically and quantitatively depicting the core characteristics of the construct of psychopathy. Existing network studies with Psychopathy Checklist—Revised (PCL-R) scores suggest the affective traits are most central to the construct of psychopathy, but more studies are needed. The …
Evaluator Disagreement about the Association between Psychopathy Checklist-Revised Scores and Risk for Future Sexual Violence
It is common for forensic evaluators to use assessment instruments in risk assessment evaluations. This study examines whether different evaluators use instrument results the same way when coming to conclusions about risk for sexual recidivism in Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) evaluations. Three evaluators who each used both the Static-99R and Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in more than 60 SVP evaluations (Total N = 338) provided data for the stu…
Latent profiles of psychopathology among Hispanic/Latine immigrants involved in immigration proceedings.
Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Immigration (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (3 works) · Antisocial personality disorder (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Injury prevention (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works)