Alfonso Mercado
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 79228 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alfonso Mercado |
| PRENOMES | Alfonso |
| SOBRENOME | Mercado |
| ASSINATURA | MERCADO A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3127-9724 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
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…
Examining Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Substance Use in Latine College Students
Background: Latine young adults often experience turmoil leading to trauma exposure and symptoms in their native countries, frequently leading to migration, making it valuable for psychologists across the Americas to understand trauma-based mental health in Latines. Given the disproportionate experience of trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) among Latine young adults and the common age of onset for problematic substance use, there is …
Human research protections and diversity science
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…
Types of traumatic experiences and cultural values associated with posttraumatic stress in recently immigrated asylum‐seekers from Central America
Asylum‐seeking immigrants from Central America experience high prevalence rates of traumatic experiences and posttraumatic stress (PTS). Nonetheless, it is unknown how each type of trauma correlates uniquely to PTS variance and how cultural values may uniquely lower PTS. The present study hypothesized that, after controlling for demographics, (1) general trauma/natural disasters would be the strongest trauma‐type correlates to PTS, and (2) religi…
Estuvimos en una hielera”
Results contribute new understanding of the unique experiences of immigration detainment and its psychological sequelae and can inform legal, policy, and educational practices that directly impact recently resettled Latinx youth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
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)
Mending fragile alliances to fight racism
In today's sociopolitical climate (e.g., erasure of history, increase in anti-Asian violence, repeal of affirmative action), the fragility of minoritized alliances has become more prominently exposed. Cross-racial/ethnic solidarity work, which is broadly defined as joining a resistance through physical presence or activism against common oppression (Araiza, 2009), is an important response to this sociopolitical shift. Solidarity work between mino…
Strengths and Resilience Among Central American Parents Seeking Asylum in the United States
This study examined the experiences of immigrant parents seeking asylum in the United States after recently fleeing the Northern Triangle region of Central America, attending both to the traumatic events and the strengths that mitigate this experience. The study employs a convergent parallel mixed-methods design to describe the experiences of 51 parents after being processed by U.S. immigration officials for seeking asylum. Quantitative analyses …
An exploratory study of healing circles as a strategy to facilitate resilience in an undocumented community
Within the United States (U.S.), the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted critical inequalities affecting undocumented communities and resulting in particularly heightened stress for members of these communities. In addition to the stress associated to COVID-19, immigrants in the U.S. were more than ever subjected to a hostile anti-immigrant climate under Trump's administration. Given this compounded stress, the impact of the pandemic on mental health i…
Factor structure of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised in Latin American young adults
The most parsimonious of the multifactor models, a two-factor model with Avoidance symptoms as one factor and Intrusions and Hyperarousal combined into a second may be of greatest use for this particular version of the IES-R. The current research demonstrates strong psychometric support for Intrusion/Hyperarousal and Avoidance subscales when measuring traumatic stress in Spanish speakers and underscores the need for culturally and contextually se…
Personality and Acculturation as Predictors of Self-harm Behaviors in Latinx Young Adults
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…
Challenges and Ethical Implications in Rural Community Mental Health
Cultural Competency in Psychological Assessment
The Latinx population has experienced fast growth and is highly diverse, so access to linguistically and culturally relevant services is crucial yet extremely limited. This book highlights cultural competency in psychological assessment with a focus on working effectively with Latinx groups in mental health settings. It features a hybrid approach benefiting advanced graduate students in psychology, psychiatry residents, and current mental health …
Professional guidelines for psychological evaluations in immigration proceedings.
Assessment of social and psychological functioning and well-being can add valuable information to immigration proceedings and support government agencies in providing adequate care to immigrants seeking legal relief. However, at present, no guidelines exist for psychologists or mental health clinicians completing psychological evaluations for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and other immigrant-serving entities. These evaluat…
Trauma in the American asylum process
Families arriving to the United States have experienced significant trauma, separation, and loss before and during their journey. Interactions with an unprepared and overwhelmed immigration system further compromises their psychological well-being. It is imperative that first-person narratives inform policy that addresses their complex needs and protects their human rights. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Anti-immigration policy and mental health
The future of DACA recipients is uncertain, which can be trauma inducing. The field of psychology needs to make space for this kind of experience as potentially traumatic. Advocacy efforts to shift immigration policies can be strengthened to alter the negative effects of the potential termination of DACA on those affected by it. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
A Cross-sectional Study of the Mental Health Symptoms of Latin American, US Hispanic, and Spanish College Students Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
The importance of attachment to fathers in Latinx mental health
The impact of attachment to fathers on mental health in Latinx communities is understudied and not fully understood, though extant research focusing on maternal attachment forms a solid base of knowledge regarding the importance of attachment (to mothers) on mental health. The broad aim of this study was to examine the importance of paternal attachment in relation to maternal attachment on mental health in Latinx young adults. The current study u…
Trauma and cultural values in the health of recently immigrated families
This study examined Ruiz et al.'s sociocultural model of Hispanic health resilience by assessing trauma exposure and symptoms and Hispanic cultural values in relation to the physical health of 97 Central American immigrant families, within 24 hours of arrival to the United States. Increased posttraumatic stress symptoms, but not exposure, were associated with increased physical health concerns for parents and children. Hispanic cultural values mo…
A tale of two crises
The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting some important sources of health disparities that assail our society's most vulnerable people, particularly undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. The focus of this commentary is on uncovering those sources of health disparities and making a call for action. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Impairment of functioning and substance use in a Latino population
This study investigated the association of academic outcomes, romantic relationships, and substance use (tobacco, marijuana, cocaine) with alcohol dependence in a sample of Latino (N = 1,143) college students. Secondary data analysis was conducted on measures of grade point average in college, relationship satisfaction, drug use, and alcohol dependence. Latino college students who reported alcohol dependency had significant relational dissatisfac…
Personality and Substance Use in Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
Acculturation and substance use in a Mexican American college student sample
Although the association between acculturation and substance use among Latino groups is important, it is often understudied, especially within specific Latino groups living in geographically distinct communities, such as the Mexican American population in South Texas. The researchers of this study aimed to better understand the effect of acculturation on substance use and alcohol dependence in a Mexican American college student population. This s…
Mending fragile alliances to fight racism
In today's sociopolitical climate (e.g., erasure of history, increase in anti-Asian violence, repeal of affirmative action), the fragility of minoritized alliances has become more prominently exposed. Cross-racial/ethnic solidarity work, which is broadly defined as joining a resistance through physical presence or activism against common oppression (Araiza, 2009), is an important response to this sociopolitical shift. Solidarity work between mino…
Trauma and cultural values in the health of recently immigrated families
This study examined Ruiz et al.'s sociocultural model of Hispanic health resilience by assessing trauma exposure and symptoms and Hispanic cultural values in relation to the physical health of 97 Central American immigrant families, within 24 hours of arrival to the United States. Increased posttraumatic stress symptoms, but not exposure, were associated with increased physical health concerns for parents and children. Hispanic cultural values mo…
Acculturation and substance use in a Mexican American college student sample
Although the association between acculturation and substance use among Latino groups is important, it is often understudied, especially within specific Latino groups living in geographically distinct communities, such as the Mexican American population in South Texas. The researchers of this study aimed to better understand the effect of acculturation on substance use and alcohol dependence in a Mexican American college student population. This s…
Challenges and Ethical Implications in Rural Community Mental Health
The importance of attachment to fathers in Latinx mental health
The impact of attachment to fathers on mental health in Latinx communities is understudied and not fully understood, though extant research focusing on maternal attachment forms a solid base of knowledge regarding the importance of attachment (to mothers) on mental health. The broad aim of this study was to examine the importance of paternal attachment in relation to maternal attachment on mental health in Latinx young adults. The current study u…
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…
Types of traumatic experiences and cultural values associated with posttraumatic stress in recently immigrated asylum‐seekers from Central America
Asylum‐seeking immigrants from Central America experience high prevalence rates of traumatic experiences and posttraumatic stress (PTS). Nonetheless, it is unknown how each type of trauma correlates uniquely to PTS variance and how cultural values may uniquely lower PTS. The present study hypothesized that, after controlling for demographics, (1) general trauma/natural disasters would be the strongest trauma‐type correlates to PTS, and (2) religi…
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)
The association between personality traits and body mass index varies with nativity among individuals of Mexican origin
Desarrollo de las estadísticas del medio ambiente
Este simposio es resultado de la colaboración de seis instituciones y diversos expertos de reconocido liderazgo en la concepción, generación y uso de las estadísticas ambientales. Dichas instituciones representan a los sectores público, académico, internacional y privado: Dirección de Integración de Estadísticas de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), Programa de Estudios Avanzados en …
"Relatoría del seminario "Cambio climático, amenazas naturales y salud
Este informe contiene una síntesis de las ponencias que se presentaron y los comentarios que se hicieron a las mismas en el seminario "Cambio climático, amenazas naturales y salud" que se llevó a cabo en El Colegio de México el 4 de mayo de 2007. Dicho seminario fue organizado por el Programa de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo Sustentable y Medio Ambiente (LEAD-México) del Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales (CEDUA), por la Un…
Desarrollo de las estadísticas del medio ambiente
Este simposio es resultado de la colaboración de seis instituciones y diversos expertos de reconocido liderazgo en la concepción, generación y uso de las estadísticas ambientales. Dichas instituciones representan a los sectores público, académico, internacional y privado: Dirección de Integración de Estadísticas de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), Programa de Estudios Avanzados en …
Afrontando el cambio climático y los riesgos contra la salud
La literatura relacionada con el impacto del cambio climático empieza a dar cuenta de los diversos grados de vulnerabilidad de la población y de la capacidad de respuesta y de adaptación de distintos sectores sociales en el mundo. Sin embargo aún son pocos los estudios que, al analizar las respuestas a los riesgos para la salud derivados del cambio climático, señalen las limitaciones y oportunidades que dan forma a procesos de adaptación orientad…
The association between personality traits and body mass index varies with nativity among individuals of Mexican origin
Personality and Substance Use in Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
Acculturation and substance use in a Mexican American college student sample
Although the association between acculturation and substance use among Latino groups is important, it is often understudied, especially within specific Latino groups living in geographically distinct communities, such as the Mexican American population in South Texas. The researchers of this study aimed to better understand the effect of acculturation on substance use and alcohol dependence in a Mexican American college student population. This s…
Impairment of functioning and substance use in a Latino population
This study investigated the association of academic outcomes, romantic relationships, and substance use (tobacco, marijuana, cocaine) with alcohol dependence in a sample of Latino (N = 1,143) college students. Secondary data analysis was conducted on measures of grade point average in college, relationship satisfaction, drug use, and alcohol dependence. Latino college students who reported alcohol dependency had significant relational dissatisfac…
A tale of two crises
The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting some important sources of health disparities that assail our society's most vulnerable people, particularly undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. The focus of this commentary is on uncovering those sources of health disparities and making a call for action. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Trauma and cultural values in the health of recently immigrated families
This study examined Ruiz et al.'s sociocultural model of Hispanic health resilience by assessing trauma exposure and symptoms and Hispanic cultural values in relation to the physical health of 97 Central American immigrant families, within 24 hours of arrival to the United States. Increased posttraumatic stress symptoms, but not exposure, were associated with increased physical health concerns for parents and children. Hispanic cultural values mo…
Cultural Competency in Psychological Assessment
The Latinx population has experienced fast growth and is highly diverse, so access to linguistically and culturally relevant services is crucial yet extremely limited. This book highlights cultural competency in psychological assessment with a focus on working effectively with Latinx groups in mental health settings. It features a hybrid approach benefiting advanced graduate students in psychology, psychiatry residents, and current mental health …
Professional guidelines for psychological evaluations in immigration proceedings.
Assessment of social and psychological functioning and well-being can add valuable information to immigration proceedings and support government agencies in providing adequate care to immigrants seeking legal relief. However, at present, no guidelines exist for psychologists or mental health clinicians completing psychological evaluations for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and other immigrant-serving entities. These evaluat…
Trauma in the American asylum process
Families arriving to the United States have experienced significant trauma, separation, and loss before and during their journey. Interactions with an unprepared and overwhelmed immigration system further compromises their psychological well-being. It is imperative that first-person narratives inform policy that addresses their complex needs and protects their human rights. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Anti-immigration policy and mental health
The future of DACA recipients is uncertain, which can be trauma inducing. The field of psychology needs to make space for this kind of experience as potentially traumatic. Advocacy efforts to shift immigration policies can be strengthened to alter the negative effects of the potential termination of DACA on those affected by it. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
A Cross-sectional Study of the Mental Health Symptoms of Latin American, US Hispanic, and Spanish College Students Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
The importance of attachment to fathers in Latinx mental health
The impact of attachment to fathers on mental health in Latinx communities is understudied and not fully understood, though extant research focusing on maternal attachment forms a solid base of knowledge regarding the importance of attachment (to mothers) on mental health. The broad aim of this study was to examine the importance of paternal attachment in relation to maternal attachment on mental health in Latinx young adults. The current study u…
Strengths and Resilience Among Central American Parents Seeking Asylum in the United States
This study examined the experiences of immigrant parents seeking asylum in the United States after recently fleeing the Northern Triangle region of Central America, attending both to the traumatic events and the strengths that mitigate this experience. The study employs a convergent parallel mixed-methods design to describe the experiences of 51 parents after being processed by U.S. immigration officials for seeking asylum. Quantitative analyses …
An exploratory study of healing circles as a strategy to facilitate resilience in an undocumented community
Within the United States (U.S.), the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted critical inequalities affecting undocumented communities and resulting in particularly heightened stress for members of these communities. In addition to the stress associated to COVID-19, immigrants in the U.S. were more than ever subjected to a hostile anti-immigrant climate under Trump's administration. Given this compounded stress, the impact of the pandemic on mental health i…
Factor structure of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised in Latin American young adults
The most parsimonious of the multifactor models, a two-factor model with Avoidance symptoms as one factor and Intrusions and Hyperarousal combined into a second may be of greatest use for this particular version of the IES-R. The current research demonstrates strong psychometric support for Intrusion/Hyperarousal and Avoidance subscales when measuring traumatic stress in Spanish speakers and underscores the need for culturally and contextually se…
Personality and Acculturation as Predictors of Self-harm Behaviors in Latinx Young Adults
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…
Challenges and Ethical Implications in Rural Community Mental Health
Estuvimos en una hielera”
Results contribute new understanding of the unique experiences of immigration detainment and its psychological sequelae and can inform legal, policy, and educational practices that directly impact recently resettled Latinx youth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
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)
Mending fragile alliances to fight racism
In today's sociopolitical climate (e.g., erasure of history, increase in anti-Asian violence, repeal of affirmative action), the fragility of minoritized alliances has become more prominently exposed. Cross-racial/ethnic solidarity work, which is broadly defined as joining a resistance through physical presence or activism against common oppression (Araiza, 2009), is an important response to this sociopolitical shift. Solidarity work between mino…
Examining Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Substance Use in Latine College Students
Background: Latine young adults often experience turmoil leading to trauma exposure and symptoms in their native countries, frequently leading to migration, making it valuable for psychologists across the Americas to understand trauma-based mental health in Latines. Given the disproportionate experience of trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) among Latine young adults and the common age of onset for problematic substance use, there is …
Psychology (22 obras) · Medicine (17 obras) · Political science (15 obras) · Clinical Psychology (13 obras) · Migration, Health and Trauma (13 obras) · Immigration (12 obras) · Psychiatry (12 obras) · Sociology (12 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Clinical Psychology (9 obras)