Veola E Vazquez
Biographic Data
| ID | 8977930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Veola E Vazquez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Veola E |
| FAMILY NAME | Vazquez |
| SIGNATURE | VAZQUEZ V E |
| AFFILIATIONS | California Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4282-6583 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Race-based Traumatic Stress and Resilience
Given the risks and negative outcomes associated with racism for people of color, in this study, we explored potential protective factors that might influence resilience among a community sample of 272 Black Christians. Specifically, we assessed the moderating role of several Christian experiences in the association between appraised stressfulness of racist experiences and the development of race-based traumatic stress (RBTS) symptoms. Results re…
Religious Experiences, Expectations of Discrimination, and Distress Among Biracial Christians
Similar to their monoracial counterparts, Black–White biracial individuals experience negative psychological and social responses to discrimination and racial stigma, including experiencing fears of future discrimination (anticipated discrimination). Extending minority stress theory (MST) to the stigma-related experiences of Christians, a unique subgroup of the biracial population, this study assessed responses to future expectations of multiraci…
The Relationship Between Microaggressions, Race-Based Traumatic Stress, and Posttraumatic Growth
In the current study, the authors sought to understand the relationships between Christian gratitude (CG) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) following racial and ethnic microaggressions (REMs) and race-based traumatic stress (RBTS) in a sample of Black Christians in the United States ( N = 157). Using a moderated mediation analysis, the researchers explored the mediating role of RBTS in the link between REM and PTG, using CG as a moderator between RB…
Black–white biracial Christians, discrimination, and mental health
Multiracial discrimination, religious struggles, and race-based stress among biracial Black–White and Asian-White Christians in the early 2020s
Using a community-based sample of Black-White (N = 177) and Asian-White (N = 87) biracial Christian adults, we explored associations between multiracial discrimination (discrimination due to being mixed race), religious/spiritual (r/s) struggles, and race-based traumatic stress during the two year period of 2020–2021. We assessed whether r/s struggles mediated the association between multiracial discrimination and race-based stress for the two gr…
Deliberate rumination and posttraumatic growth
Using a community sample of 448 Christian adults with a history of trauma, the current study explored the mediating role of two religious variables, attachment to God and Christian gratitude, in the association between deliberate rumination and posttraumatic growth (PTG). Two parallel mediation analyses were conducted. In the first analysis, results revealed that anxious attachment to God mediated the association between deliberate rumination and…
The Christian Contentment Scale
In the present study, the authors developed the Christian Contentment Scale (CCS), an emic measure for assessing both the experience (i.e., inner satisfaction) and source (i.e., God) of contentment among Christian adults. First, the authors reviewed key writings from secular psychology, Buddhism, and Christianity to operationalize a definition of Christian contentment and generate an initial pool of 25 items for further analysis. Second, the auth…
“Set your minds on things above”
In this study, the authors investigated the relationship between trauma-based “Christian rumination,” mindfulness, and focusing on God among an online sample of Christian adults (N = 234) from the United States. Participants endorsed experiencing a range of traumatic events, including natural disasters, car accidents, the death of loved ones, assault, and abuse, as well as the tendency to continue to think about the event. Using structural equati…
Relationship stigma and Black-White interracial marital satisfaction
Although the percentage of Black-White interracial marriage continues to increase in the United States, research is limited related to the impact of stigma on these couples and the processes that influence their responses to negative racial experiences. In the current study, the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation model was used as a theoretical foundation to investigate the relationship between stigma and couple satisfaction among Black-White interr…
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“Set your minds on things above”
In this study, the authors investigated the relationship between trauma-based “Christian rumination,” mindfulness, and focusing on God among an online sample of Christian adults (N = 234) from the United States. Participants endorsed experiencing a range of traumatic events, including natural disasters, car accidents, the death of loved ones, assault, and abuse, as well as the tendency to continue to think about the event. Using structural equati…
Relationship stigma and Black-White interracial marital satisfaction
Although the percentage of Black-White interracial marriage continues to increase in the United States, research is limited related to the impact of stigma on these couples and the processes that influence their responses to negative racial experiences. In the current study, the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation model was used as a theoretical foundation to investigate the relationship between stigma and couple satisfaction among Black-White interr…
The Christian Contentment Scale
In the present study, the authors developed the Christian Contentment Scale (CCS), an emic measure for assessing both the experience (i.e., inner satisfaction) and source (i.e., God) of contentment among Christian adults. First, the authors reviewed key writings from secular psychology, Buddhism, and Christianity to operationalize a definition of Christian contentment and generate an initial pool of 25 items for further analysis. Second, the auth…
Multiracial discrimination, religious struggles, and race-based stress among biracial Black–White and Asian-White Christians in the early 2020s
Using a community-based sample of Black-White (N = 177) and Asian-White (N = 87) biracial Christian adults, we explored associations between multiracial discrimination (discrimination due to being mixed race), religious/spiritual (r/s) struggles, and race-based traumatic stress during the two year period of 2020–2021. We assessed whether r/s struggles mediated the association between multiracial discrimination and race-based stress for the two gr…
Deliberate rumination and posttraumatic growth
Using a community sample of 448 Christian adults with a history of trauma, the current study explored the mediating role of two religious variables, attachment to God and Christian gratitude, in the association between deliberate rumination and posttraumatic growth (PTG). Two parallel mediation analyses were conducted. In the first analysis, results revealed that anxious attachment to God mediated the association between deliberate rumination and…
Black–white biracial Christians, discrimination, and mental health
Religious Experiences, Expectations of Discrimination, and Distress Among Biracial Christians
Similar to their monoracial counterparts, Black–White biracial individuals experience negative psychological and social responses to discrimination and racial stigma, including experiencing fears of future discrimination (anticipated discrimination). Extending minority stress theory (MST) to the stigma-related experiences of Christians, a unique subgroup of the biracial population, this study assessed responses to future expectations of multiraci…
The Relationship Between Microaggressions, Race-Based Traumatic Stress, and Posttraumatic Growth
In the current study, the authors sought to understand the relationships between Christian gratitude (CG) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) following racial and ethnic microaggressions (REMs) and race-based traumatic stress (RBTS) in a sample of Black Christians in the United States ( N = 157). Using a moderated mediation analysis, the researchers explored the mediating role of RBTS in the link between REM and PTG, using CG as a moderator between RB…
Race-based Traumatic Stress and Resilience
Given the risks and negative outcomes associated with racism for people of color, in this study, we explored potential protective factors that might influence resilience among a community sample of 272 Black Christians. Specifically, we assessed the moderating role of several Christian experiences in the association between appraised stressfulness of racist experiences and the development of race-based traumatic stress (RBTS) symptoms. Results re…
Psychology (9 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Mediation (4 works) · Psychotherapist (4 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (4 works) · Gratitude (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works)