FIU REACH

11/30/2021

New REACH article in the Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Objective The aims of this study are to investigate (1) how family response to acculturation (e.g., accusations of assimilation) is related to anxiety and depressive symptomatology for Latinx emergi...

11/30/2021

11/30/2021

New REACH article published in the journal "Behavioral Medicine."

(2021). Alcohol Use Severity among Hispanic Emerging Adults: Examining Intragroup Marginalization, Bicultural Self-Efficacy, and the Role of Gender within a Stress and Coping Framework. Behavioral Medicine. Ahead of Print.

02/09/2021

Excited to have our article on social media discrimination featured by NIMHD.

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNIHNIMHD/bulletins/2bea382

01/19/2021

New article from REACH on objective and perceived neighborhood ethnic density and their associations with hazardous alcohol use among Latinx emerging adults.

(2021). Associations of Objective and Perceived Neighborhood Ethnic Density on Hazardous Alcohol Use among Latinx Emerging Adults. Substance Use & Misuse. Ahead of Print.

10/30/2020

Researcher investigating racism’s effects on health recognized with early career award Researcher investigating racism’s effects on health recognized with early career award Timely research on racism and its effects on mental health and health risk behavior have earned a psychologist at the Robe...

10/30/2020

Congratulations to R.E.A.C.H. investigator, Dr. Ramírez-Ortiz for her recent award from the National Hispanic Science Network!

10/30/2020

A recent article from the R.E.A.C.H. Team in collaboration with the FIU Center for Research on U.S. Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse (CRUSADA).

Background. Efforts in the prevention and treatment of depression among Hispanic immigrant women require studies to identify modifiable factors of depression. Some factors that may merit investigation are gender roles such as egalitarian gender attitudes, marianismo, and self-silencing. Methods. Thi...

10/30/2020

New article from the R.E.A.C.H. Team from Project HEAL led by Dr. Cano.

Most studies on psychosocial stress among Hispanics have focused on risk factors. To better understand psychosocial stress among this population, this study aimed to examine components of bicultural ...

10/30/2020

A recent article from the R.E.A.C.H. Team.

Method Two hundred Hispanic emerging adults from Arizona (n = 99) and Florida (n = 101) completed a cross‐sectional survey, and data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression and moderati...

10/30/2020

A new article from Dr. Corry Cobb from Project HEAL.

Objective Hispanic immigrants exhibit more positive outcomes than U.S.‐born Hispanics across educational, psychological, and physical health indices, a phenomenon called the immigrant paradox. We ex...