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Psychology in Puerto Rico
In this chapter, we review the psychological issues of relevance to the lives of Puerto Ricans. To do so, we first describe the history and political...
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LGBTQI+ Research and Affirmative Psychological Interventions in Puerto Rico
LGBTQI+ populations have had many accomplishments but have also faced many challenges in the recent years. While Puerto Rico (PR) has seen advances...
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Factors Associated with Thoughts of Migration Among Latinx Mental Health Professionals from Puerto Rico to Mainland United States
Highly skilled professionals in low-income countries often migrate to other countries to seek improvements in their living conditions, incomes, and...
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LGBTAIQ+ Research in Puerto Rico: What Has Been Documented?
Puerto Rico, despite being a small island in the Caribbean, has remained at the forefront of research with vulnerable populations, especially sexual...
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The role of time perspective and acculturative stress on adaptive and maladaptive stress co** strategies of Puerto Ricans living in the island of Puerto Rico and the state of Connecticut in mainland United States
We assessed the role of Time Perspective (TP) and acculturative stress on adaptive and maladaptive co** strategies, across healthy and...
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COVID-19 and Intimate Partner Relationships in Puerto Rico: A Phenomenological Perspective
The Covid-19 pandemic caused a worldwide state of emergency that was highly stressful, but little was known about the psychological impact of this...
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Treating Anxiety and Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Discussing Issues and Prospects Among Psychologists from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Canada
In June 2020, the international conference, “Psychology’s Responses to the Challenges of COVID-19” revealed the many ways in which psychologists...
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Decoloniality and Participatory Action Research in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico may be considered the oldest colony in the world. First occupied by the Spanish in 1492 until the occupation by the United States of...
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Does Context and Adversity Shape Sexual Behavior in Youth? Findings from Two Representative Samples of Puerto Rican Youth
Sexual risk behaviors often co-occur. Understanding the heterogeneity in patterns of sexual behavior among youth and how context of majority and...
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Predictors of Positive Parenting: Mexican and Puerto Rican Mothers Vulnerable to Child Welfare Involvement
For young children, positive parenting is predictive of their prosocial development and positive emotional well-being. Understanding the factors that...
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Future Trends: The Challenges of Climate Displacement
This chapter reviews overall current trends and future scenarios in climate-related displacement, including the many conceptual and data challenges....
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Psychometric Properties of the PHQ-A among a Sample of Children and Adolescents in Puerto Rico
This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Spanish translation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 modified for adolescents...
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Measuring engagement in daily life: validation of the spanish version of the utrecht general engagement scale (UGES)
This study investigates the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Utrecht General Engagement Scale (UGES). This measure extends the...
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Conceptions and Historicity of Clinical Social Work in Latin America: A Contemporary Overview
This article constitutes a current and contextual historical review regarding Clinical Social Work as an emerging specialty in Latin America,...
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#PuertoRicoSeLevanta: a Closer Look at the Language Used on the First-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Maria
In September of 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria. Reactions to the hurricane were widely discussed on the social media site Twitter. The...
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Psychological Capital, Strength Use, and Subjective Health: The Mediating Role of General Engagement
The concept of engagement has been extensively researched in the work setting. However, the study of predictors and consequences of engagement in...
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Workforce Development and Training Needs for Behavioral Health Telehealth Use in the Post COVID-19 Era
Temporary regulatory changes early in the COVID-19 pandemic facilitated telehealth use, but with an increased return to in-person care in some...
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Systems Theory: The Case of Esperanza
Systems theory calls practitioners to examine the relational dynamics between individuals, and between and within groups, organizations, or...
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LGBTQ+ Affirmative Psychological Interventions A Latine/x Perspective
This book presents descriptions of interventions, results of empirical research, and theoretical contributions developed by Latine/x psychologists...
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