Recent Publications
In Press
Cadenas, G., Sosa, R., Nienhusser, K.H., & Moreno, O. (in press). Symptoms of cultural stress among undocumented college students: Associations with critical consciousness and social justice agency. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.
Williams, C. D., Gade, S., Johnson, K. F., Hood, K. B., Moreno, O., Santana, A., Peterson, R. E., The Spit for Science Working Group, Vassileva, J., Dick, D. M., Amstadter, A. B., Chartier, K. G., & Bravo, D. Y. (under review). The longitudinal mediating role of sleep in associations between COVID-19 stressors predicting mental and physical health outcomes among emerging adult college students. Stress & Health.
Barrita, Al, Carbajal, I., Abreu, R., Chang, R., Moreno, O., Garcini, L., Wong-Padoongpatt (in press). Under the skin: A moderated mediation analysis of the fear, internalization, and cultural stress connected to immigration status oppression. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.
Galvan, T. Venta, A., Moreno, O., Gudiño, O.G., & Mercado, A. (in press). Cultural stress is toxic stress: A modified cultural stress theory model for understanding mental health risk in Latinx immigrant youth. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology.
Moreno, O., Tirado, C., Nelson, T., & Noyola, N. (in press). Depression in the context of race, ethnicity, and culture. Handbook of Depression. American Psychological Association.
2024
Ortiz, M., Lozada, F. T, Moreno, O., Williams, C. D., & Tynes, B. M. (2024). Profiles of enculturation among Hispanic adolescents: Associations with internalizing symptoms and moderation by ethnic-racial discrimination. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12313
Moreno, O., Williams, C. D., Munoz, G., Santana, A., Hernandez, C., Elias, M.J., Chartier, K.G., Hood, K. B., Johnson, K.F., Middleton, T., Montemayor, B. N., The Spit for Science Working Group, Vassileva, J., Dick, D. M., & Amstadter, A. B. (2024). Interpersonal ethnic-racial discrimination and tobacco products: The moderating role of critical action. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000646
Moreno, O., Tirado, C., Avila, M., Bravo, A.J., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., Romo, S., Rodriguez, J., Matos, C., Hernandez, C., Ramos, M.S., Fuentes, L., Muñoz, G., Gutierrez, G., & Corona, R. (2024). Results from a pilot efficacy trial of a motivational interviewing substance use intervention for Latinx/e youth. Journal of Counseling and Development. http://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12505
Williams, C. D., Moreno, O., Hood, K. B., Santana, A., Johnson, K. F., Kuo, S. I., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., Mushunje, R., Elias, M. J., The Spit for Science Working Group, Vassileva, J., Dick, D. M., Amstadter, A. B., & Bravo, D. Y. (2024). Longitudinal associations between well-being and academic achievement throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: Testing the moderating role of academic stress among first-generation and continuing college students. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000548
Cadenas, G., Nienhusser, H.K., Sosa, R., & Moreno, O. (2024). Immigrant students' mental health and intent to persist in college: The role of undocufriendly campus climate. Journal of Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 30(1), 54–60. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000564
2023
Garcini, L.M., Barrita, A., Cadenas, G., Domenech Rodriguez, M., Galvan, T., Mercado, A., Moreno, O., Paris, M., Rojas Perez, O., Silva, M., & Venta, A., (2023). A decolonial and liberation lens to social justice research: Upholding promises for diverse, inclusive, and equitable psychological science. American Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001255
Moreno, O., Garcini, L.M., Domenech Rodriguez, M., Mercado, A., Venta, A., Galvan, T., Silva, M., Rojas Perez, O., Cadenas, G.A., & Paris, M. (2023). Liderando juntos y revueltos: A collectivistic leadership approach to address Latinx immigrant health and psychological needs. Psychological Services. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000801
Santana, A., Williams, C. D., Winter, M. A., Sullivan, T. N., & Elias, M. J., & Moreno, O. (2023). A scoping review of barriers and facilitators to Latinx caregivers’ help-seeking for their children’s mental health symptoms and disorders. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02715-9
Figuereo, V., Rosales, R., Zelaya, D.G., Inirio, Z., & Moreno, O. (2023). Examining a race-sex interaction effect on binge drinking among Afro-Latina/o adults in the U.S. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01778-0
Nienhusser, H.K., Cadenas, G.A., Sosa, R., & Moreno, O. (2023). UndocuCare: Strategies for mental health services that affirm undocumented college students' psychological needs. New Directions for Higher Education, (203), 93-108. https://doi.org/10.1002/he.20479
Rojas Perez, O.F., Silva, M.A., Galvan, T., Moreno, O., Venta, A., Garcini, L.M., & Paris, M. (2023). Buscando la calma dentro la tormenta: A brief review of the recent literature on the impact of anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies on stress among Latinx immigrants. Chronic Stress, 7, 1-14. DOI: 10.1177/24705470231182475
Rosales, R., Zelaya, D.G., Moreno, O., Figuereo, V., Chavez, S.J., Ordonez, S., Costas, I., Ponce, M., Miranda, R. (2023). Latinx sexual minority adolescent substance use: State of the science and call for intersectional minority stressors and protective factors. Current Addiction Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00503-5
Williams, C.D., DeLaney, E.N., Moreno, O., Santana, A., Fuentes, L., Munoz, G., Elias, M.J., Johnson, K.F., Peterson, R.E., Hood, K.B., Vassileva, J., Dick, D.M., & Amstadter, A.B. (2023). Interactions between COVID-19 family home disruptions and relationships predicting college students' mental health over time. Journal of Family Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001085
Zelaya, D.G., Rosales, R., Garcia, J.J., Moreno, O., Figuereo, V., Kahler, C.W., & DeBlaere, C. (2023). Intersectional forms of racism and sexual minority stress are associated with alcohol use among Latinx sexual minority men with greater Hispanic/Latinx cultural orientation. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2023.2176235
Galvan, T., Venta, A., Moreno, O., Mercado, A., & Garcini, L.M. (2023). Applying an anti-racist framework to reduce disparities and promote psychological well-being in unaccompanied immigrant minors. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(11), 1179-1181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.01.023
Tirado, C., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., Munoz, G., Moreno, O. (2023). Cognitive and behavioral interventions for Latinx immigrants: Implications for reducing harm and promoting change, 46(8), 343-346. ISSN 0278-8403. the Behavior Therapist.
Moreno, O., Rosales, R., Munoz, G., Zelaya, D., Figuereo, V., & Bravo, A.J. (2023). Workplace and school microaggressions on anxiety: The role of cultural values among Hispanic Americans. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101774
Johnson, K.F., Cunningham, P.D., Tirado, C., Moreno, O., Gillespie, N.N., Hughes, Q., Goodman Scott, E., & Brookover, D. (2023). Social determinants of mental health considerations for counseling children and adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1080/23727810.2023.2169223
Nelson, T., Brown, M., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., & Moreno, O., (2023). Gendered racism, anxiety, and depression: The mediating roles of gendered racialized stress and social isolation. Journal of Ethnicity and Health, 28(1), 12-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2021.2002826
2022
Moreno, O., Sosa, R., Hernandez, C., Cadenas, G., & Nienhusser, H.K. (2022). Immigration status, mental health, and intent to persist among immigrant college students. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000456
Moreno, O., Avila, M., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., Romo, S., Rodriguez, J., Matos, C., Fuentes, L., Hernandez, C., Ramos, M.S., Munoz, G., Gutierrez, D., Bravo, A.J., & Corona, R. (2022). Culturally enhancing a group-based motivational interviewing substance use prevention program for Latine youth. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100991
Johnson, K., Hood, K., Moreno, O., Fuentes, L., Williams, C., Walker C., Vassileva, J., Amstadter, A., The Racial & Ethnic Minorities Working Group, & Dick, D. (2022). COVID-19 induced inequities and mental health: Testing the moderating roles of self-rated health and race-ethnicity. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01389-1
Garcini, L.M., Nguyen, K., Lucas-Marinelli, A., Moreno, O., & Cruz, P.L. (2022). "No one left behind:" A social determinant of health lens to the wellbeing of undocumented immigrants. Current Opinion in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101455
Galvan, T., Lomeli-Garcia, M., La Barrie, D.L., Rodriguez, V.J., & Moreno, O. (2022). Beyond structure and logistics: Attitudinal barriers to the mental health service use of immigrants in the United States. Current Opinion in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101437
Moreno, O., Williams, C., Munoz, G., Elias, M.J., Santana, A., Fuentes, L., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., Hernandez, C., Hood, K., Johnson, K., Montemayor, B.N., The Spit for Science Working Group, Vassileva, J., Dick, D.M., & Amstadter, A.B. (2022). The role of healthcare disruptions on friend and family pandemic-related negative life events predicting Latine's anxiety and alcohol use over time. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00853-7.
Moreno, O., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., Fuentes, L., Hernandez, C., Munoz, G., Fluellen, K., Hobgood, S., & Sargent, L. (2022) Non-Latinx healthcare providers' knowledge and awareness of Latinx geriatric clinical health needs. Clinical Gerontologist. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2022.2065943.
Hernandez, R., Willis, K., Moreno, O., & Corona, R. (2022). Does religious commitment mediate the association between acculturative stress and Latinx young adults' tobacco use? Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. doi: 10.1177/00220221221093814.
Hernandez, C., Moreno, O., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., Fuentes, L., & Nelson, T. (2022). The Hispanic paradox: A moderated mediation analysis of health conditions, self-rated health, and mental health among Mexicans and Mexican Americans. Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine, 10(1), 180-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2022.2032714
Cariello, A.N., Perrin, P.B., Williams, C.D., Espinoza, A., Morlet-Paredes, A., & Moreno, O. (2022). Moderating influence of social support on the relations between discrimination and physical health via depression in Latinx immigrants. Journal of Latinx Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000200
Hicks, T.A., Chartier, K.G., Buckley, T.D., Reese, D., Spit for Science Working Group, Vassileva, J., Dick, D.M., Amstadter, A.B., Peterson, R.E., & Moreno, O. (2022). Divergent changes: Abstinence and higher-frequency substance use increase among racial/ethnic minority young adults during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2021.1995401
Merced, K., Ohayagha, C., Grover, R., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., Moreno, O., & Perrin P.B. (2022). Spanish translation and psychometric validation of a measure of acculturative stress among Latinx immigrants in the U.S. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 2808. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052808
2021
Williams, C.D., Hood, K.B., Moreno, O., Chartier, K., Johnson, K., Townsend, T., Kuo, S.I., The Spit for Science Working Group, Vassileva, J., Dick, D.M., & Amstadter, A.B. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 disruptions and discrimination on mental health: Testing the moderating role of exercise among African American and Asian American emerging adults. Journal of Emerging Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968211038793
Pugh, M., Perrin, P.B., Watson, J.D., Kuzu, D., Tyler, C., Villaseñor, T., Lageman, S.K., & Moreno, O. (2021). Psychometric investigation of the affiliate stigma scale in Mexican Parkinson's disease caregivers: Development of a short form. NeuroRehabilitation. doi: 10.3233/NRE-210105
Moreno, O., Fuentes, L., Rodriguez-Garcia, I., Corona, R., & Cadenas, G. (2021). Psychological impact, strengths, and handling the uncertainty among Latinx DACA recipients. The Counseling Psychologist, 49(5), 728-755. (IF: 2.263), https://doi.org/
Moreno, O., Willis, K.D., Ortiz, M., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., Akinkugbe, A.A., & Corona, R. (2021). Private and social religious coping on life satisfaction: Examining cultural factors as moderators among Latinxs. Journal of Mental Health, Religion, and Culture. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2021.1880382
Nelson, T., Ernst, S., Tirado, C., Fisse, J., & Moreno, O., (2021). Psychological distress and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological services among Black women: The role of past mental health treatment. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-00983-z
Meca, A., Moreno, O., Cobb, C., Lorenzo-Blanco, E.I., Schwartz, S.J., Cano, M.A., Zamboanga, B.L., Gonzales-Backen, M., Szapocznik, J., Unger, J.B., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., & Soto, D.W. (2021). Directional effects in cultural identity: A family system approach for immigrant Latina/o families. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01406-2
Moreno, O. & Corona, R. (2021). Considerations to youth's psychopathology and mental healthcare disparities research through the intersections of dominant and non-dominant identities. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49, 19-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00716-6
2020
Orchowski, L.M., Oesterle, D., Moreno, O., Yusufov, M., Berkowitz, A., Abbey, A., Barnett, N., & Borsari, B.A. (2020). Qualitative analysis of sexual consent among heavy drinking college men. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520958658.
Corona, R., McDonald, S.E., Hitti, S., Avila, M., Trujillo, M.A., Cox, J.R., Velazquez, E., Edgar, K., Hershner, L., Benzel, G.K., Matijczak, A., Gordon, C.A., Ascencio, I., Moreno, O., & Gonzalez, T. (2020). Training Spanish-speaking Latinx adults in mental health first aid: A pilot feasibility trial. Journal of Psychological Research, 25(3), 260-271, doi: 10.24839/2325-7342.JN25.3.260
Moreno, O., Ortiz, M., Fuentes, L., Garcia, D., & Leon-Perez, G. (2020). Vaya con Dios: The influence of religious constructs on the immigration process & living experiences of recent Latina/o immigrants in the Southwest. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113961
Hagiwara, N., Green, T.L., Moreno, O., Smith, D., & Corona, R. (2020). Ethnic discrimination and weight outcomes among Latinx emerging adults: Examinations of a psychological mediator and cultural moderators. Journal of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000336
Noyola, N., Moreno, O., & Cardemil, E. (2020). Religious coping and nativity status among Mexican-origin Latinxs: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Latinx Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000147
Moreno, O. & Nelson, T., & Perrin, P. (2020). Language proficiency, alcohol and drug use among Latinx groups: An investigation of the role of religious engagement. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 51(1): 61-67, https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000284
2019
Cariello, A. N., Perrin, P. B., Williams, C. D., Espinoza, G. A., Morlett-Paredes, A., Moreno, O. A., & Trujillo, M. A. (2019). Moderating influence of enculturation on the relations between minority stressors and physical health via anxiety in Latinx immigrants. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000308
Willis, K. D., Nelson, T., & Moreno, O. (2019). Death anxiety, religious doubt, and depressive symptoms across race in older adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(19), 3645. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193645
Akinkugbe, A. A., Moreno, O., & Brickhouse, T. H. (2019). Serum cotinine, vitamin D exposure levels and dental caries experience in US adolescents. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 47(2), 185-192. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.12442
2018
Hernandez, L., & Moreno, O. (2018). Latino youth, acculturation, and parenting. In P.M. Monti, S.M. Colby, & T. O'Leary Tevyaw (Eds.) Brief Interventions for Adolescent Alcohol and Substance Abuse (pp. 262-283). New York, NY, US: The Guilford Press.
Moreno, O., & Cardemil, E. (2018). Religiosity and well-being among Mexican-born and U.S.-born Mexicans: A qualitative investigation. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 6(3), 235-247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lat0000099
Becker, S. J., Weeks, B. J., Escobar, K. I., Moreno, O., DeMarco, C. R., & Gresko, S. A. (2018). Impressions of “evidence-based practice”: A direct-to-consumer survey of caregivers concerned about adolescent substance use. Evidence-based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 3(2), 70-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2018.1429228
Moreno, O., & Cardemil, E. (2018). The role of religious attendance on mental health among Mexican populations: A contribution toward the discussion of the immigrant health paradox. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(1), 10-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000214
Oesterle, D. W., Orchowski, L. M., Moreno, O., & Berkowitz, A. (2018). A qualitative analysis of bystander intervention among heavy-drinking college men. Violence Against Women, 24(10), 1207-1231. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801218781931
2017 and Before
Moreno, O., Nelson, T., & Cardemil, E. (2017). Religiosity and attitudes towards professional mental health services: Analysing religious coping as a mediator among Mexican origin Latinas/os in the southwest United States. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 20(7), 626-637. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2017.1372735
Moreno, O., Janssen, T., Cox, M. J., Colby, S., & Jackson, K. M. (2017). Parent-adolescent relationships in Hispanic versus Caucasian families: Associations with alcohol and marijuana use onset. Addictive Behaviors, 74, 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.05.029
Berenzon Gorn, S., Saavedra Solano, N., & Moreno, O. (2014). Percepciones sobre la eficacia de la medicina «alópata» y las medicinas «alternativas» para la atención de malestares emocionales. Acta Psiquiátrica y Psicologica de America Latina, 59(1), 24-31.
Moreno, O., & Cardemil, E. (2013). Religiosity and mental health services: An exploratory study of help seeking among Latinos. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 1(1), 53-67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0031376
Cardemil, E. V., Moreno, O., & Sanchez, M. (2011). One size does not fit all: Cultural considerations in evidence-based practice for depression. In D. W. Springer, A. Rubin, & C. G. Beevers (Eds.), Clinician's guide to evidence-based practice series. Treatment of Depression in Adolescents and Adults (pp. 221-243). Hoboken, NJ, US: John Wiley & Sons Inc. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118094754.ch6