Publications
Mercado, A., *Morales, F., *Palomin, A., *Torres, A., & Venta, A. (In press, 2024). The impact of working with forced migrants in the context of graduate research training.Training and Education in Professional Psychology.
Cadena, G., Domenech-Rodriguez, M., Garcini, L., Garcia, J., Mercado, A., Rojas-Perez, O., Venta, A., Galvan, T., &, Moreno, O. (In press, 2024). Anti-Racist activism for immigrant rights and healthy coping: Initial evidence for a community-based framework. American Journal of Community Psychology. (Impact Factor 3.4)
American Psychological Association (2024). Psychological science and immigration today. Report of the Presidential Task Force on Immigration and Health. Washington, DC: Author. Taskforce members: Mercado, A. (Chair), Venta, A. (Co-Chair), Birman, D., Cadenas, G., Ferguson, G., Garcini, L., Hass, G., Kia-Keating, M., Martinez, W., Patel, S., Pinedo, M., & Wang, C.
Shumaker, N., Long, T., *Torres, A., Mercado, A., Marek, R.J., & Anderson, J.L. (2024). Exploring potential ethnic bias among MMPI-3 scales in assessing personality psychopathology. Assessment. (Impact Factor: 3.8).
Galvan, T. Venta, A., Moreno, O., Gudiño, O.G., & Mercado, A. (2024). Cultural stress is toxic stress: A modified cultural stress theory model for understanding mental health risk in Latinx immigrant youth. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. (Impact Factor 3.3)
Torres, A*, Chapa, S.V.*, Ruiz, P.*, Vidales, G., Brown, A., & Mercado, A. (2024). The psychological health symptom of DACA recipients: a systematic review at the ten-year mark of the program. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. (Impact Factor 1.9).
Mercado, A., *Torres, A., *Palomin, A., *Morales, F., Colunga Rodriguez, C., Angel Gonzalez, M., Sarabia, L., Delgado, D., Davalos-Picazo, D., Delgado Garcia, D., Duclos, D., Vazquez Colunga, J., Vazquez Juarez, C., del Pilar Egea Romero (2023) Estrés Postraumático y COVID-19 en América Latina: Un llamado a la Acción/Postraumatic Stress and COVID-19 in Latin American: A Call to Action. Journal of Concurrent Disorders, 5 (3), 1-16.
Demanarig, D, Cokley, K., Beasley, S, Mamidanna, P., Hita, LZ., Mujica, K., Mercado A., & Hashem, H. (2023). Mending fragile alliances to fight racism: Developing a framework for cross racial/ethnic solidarity. American Psychologist. (Impact Factor 16.4)
Garcini, L., Barrita, A., Cadenas, G., Domenech-Rodrigues, M., Galvan, T., Mercado, A., Moreno, O., Paris, M., Rojas-Perez, O., Silva, M., & Venta, A. (Accepted, 2023). A Decolonial and Liberation Lens to Social Justice Research: Upholding promises for diverse, inclusive, and equitable psychological science. American Psychologist. (Impact Factor 16.4)
*Palomin, A., *Zapata, R., *Torres, A., Croyle, K., & Mercado, A. (Accepted, Sept, 2023). Personality and acculturation as predictors of self-harming behaviors in a Latinx population. International Journal of Mental Health and Addictions. (Impact Factor 8.0)
Mercado, A., Morales, F., & Palomin, A. (Accepted, 2003). Cognitive Restructuring Techniques with Latinx groups. Journal of Health Service Psychology (Impact Factor 1.6).
Venta, A, Bautista, A., Cuervo, M., Mercado, A., & Garcini, L.M. (2023). Family Separations at the U.S. and Mexico Border Continues. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. (Impact Factor 13.113)
*Palomin, A., Takishima-Lacasa, J., Selby-Nelson, E., & Mercado, A. (2023). Challenges and ethical implications in rural community mental health: The role of mental health providers. Journal of Community Mental Health (Impact Factor 2.469).
Venta, A., Mercado, A., & Domenech-Rodriguez, M. (2023). Immigration and Psychology: Introduction to Special Issue and Moving Forward. Current Opinions in Psychology. (Impact Factor 6.813).
Venta, A., Richardson, A., Gallagher, M., Mercado, A., Colunga Rodríguez, C., Gonzalez, M., & Dávalos Picazo, G. (2023) Factor structure of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised in Latin American Young Adults. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. (Impact Factor 9.398)
Moreno, O., Garcini, L.M, Domenech-Rodriguez, M., Mercado, A., Venta, A., Galvan, T., Silva, M., Rojas Perez, O., Cadenas, G.A., & Paris, M. (Accepted, 2023). Liderando juntos y revueltos: A collectivistic leadership approach to address Latinx immigrant health and psychological needs. Psychological Services. (Impact Factor: 3.452).
Miu, A., Howe-Martin, L., *Palomin, A., & Mercado, A. (Accepted 2023). What do I Say Now? Using Multicultural Deliberate Practice to Improve Mental Health Providers’ Response to Microaggressions . Training and Education in Professional Psychology. (Impact Factor 2.263)
*Morales, F. R., *Hawkins, K., *Gonzalez, D., *Garcia, A., Patel, S., & Mercado, A. (2023). Strengths and resilience among Central American parents seeking asylum in the U.S. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. (Impact Factor 2.577).
Bailey, C. A., Venta, A., Baumgardner, M., Mercado, A., Colunga-Rodríguez, C., Gonzalez, A.M., Davalos-Picazo, G., Sarabia, L. (2023). Religiosity vs. religious scrupulosity in the Latinx community: A mediation model . Practice Innovations. (Impact Factor 1.4)
*Morales, F. R., González-Vera, J. M., Silva, M. A., Cadenas, G., García-Mendoza, J., Garcini, L. M., Paris, M., Venta, A., Domenech-Rodríguez, M. M., & Mercado, A. (2023). An exploratory study of a Healing Circle as a strategy to facilitate resilience in an undocumented community. Journal of Latinx Psychology (Impact Factor 2.952)
Palacios, M., Patel, S., Martinez, W. , Reed, D., Liu, E., & Mercado, A. (2023). “Estuvimos en una Hielera”: A mixed methods study exploring immigration detention experiences among newcomer Latinx adolescents. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. (Impact Factor 9.398)
Galvan, T. Venta, A., Silva, M.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. (Impact Factor 13.113)
Venta, A., Bautista, A., Garcini, L., Silva, M., Mercado, A., Rojas Perez, O., Pimentel, N., & Hampton, K. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on unaccompanied immigrant minors and families: Perspectives from clinical experts and providers. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. (Impact Factor 5.077)
Mercado, A. & Venta, A. (In press, 2022). Cultural Competency in Psychological Assessment: Working Effectively with Latinx Populations, ABCT Clinical Practice Series Book, Oxford University Press.
Mercado, A., Antuna, C, Bailey, C., Garcini, L., Hass, G.A., Henderson, C., Koslofsky, S., Morales, F., & Venta, A. (July, 2022). Professional Guidelines for Psychological Evaluations in Immigration Proceedings. Journal of Latinx Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lat0000209 (Impact Factor 2.952)
Mercado, A., Venta, A., Frances, M., Palomin, A, Garcini, L, Silva, M., & Domenech- Rodriguez, M. (In press, 2022). Trauma in the American-Asylum process: Experiences of immigrant families under the Migrant Protection Protocols. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. (Impact Factor 9.398)
Morales, F., Haidar, M., Nguyen-Finn, K., & Mercado, A. (In press, 2022) Humanitarian Crisis on the U.S. Mexico Border: Mental Health Needs of Refugees andAsylum Seekers. Current Opinions in Psychology. ( Impact Factor 6.813).
Silva, M., Domenech-Rodriguez, M., Garcini, L., Mercado, A., Cadenas, G., Venta, A., & Paris, M., (In press 2022). VALOR: Cultural considerations when assessing Central American immigrant women in behavioral health settings. Practice Innovations.
Torres, A., Morales, F., Palomin, A., Dawkins, M., & Mercado, A. (In press, 2022).Predictors of Traumatic Experiences and Mental Health Wellbeing Among Recent Immigrant Mothers and Children. Journal of Family Strengths.
Morales, F. R., Rojas Perez, O. F., Silva, M. A., Paris, M., Garcini, L. M., Domenech-Rodríguez, M. M., & Mercado, A. (In press, August 2022). Teaching DBT Skills to DACA Recipients and their Families: Findings from an ECHO Program. Practice Innovations.
Torres, A., Palomin, A., Morales, F., Sevilla-Matos, M., Colunga-Rodriguez, C., Angel Gonzalez, M., Sarabia, L., Davalos-Picazo, Delgado Garcia, D., Duclos, D., Vazquez Colunga, J., Vazquez Juarez, C., Egea Romero, M., & Mercado, A. (2022). A cross-sectional study of the mental health symptoms of Latin American, U.S. Hispanic, and Spanish college students amid COVID19 pandemic. International Journal of Mental Health and Addictions. (Impact Factor 11.555).
Venta, A., Bailey, C., Walker, J., Mercado, A., Colunga-Rodriguez, C., Gonzalez, M.A., & Davalos-Picazo, G. (June 2022), Reverse coded items don not work in Spanish: Data from four samples using established measures Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1-11. (Impact Factor 2.990).
Venta, A., Long, T., Mercado, A., Garcini, L., & Cadenas, G. (In press, 2022). When the U.S. says you don’t belong: Suicide-related thoughts and behaviors among immigrant young adults varying in immigration legal status. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors. (Impact Factor 4.450).
Torres, A., Morales, F., Nguyen-Finn, K.L., & Mercado, A. (In press, 2022) Co-Occurrence of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Predict Caretaker Mental Health in a Latinx Sample. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research. (Impact Factor 1.505).
Mercado, A., Morales, F., Torres, A., & Palomin, A. (June 2022). Donde esta mi mama? Clinical Implications in Family Separations. Journal of Health Service Psychology.
Venta, A., Cadenas, G., Mercado, A., Garcini, L., Domenech Rodríguez, M. (In press, 2022). Trauma exposure and trauma symptoms as predictors of police perceptions in Latinx youth. Psychology of Violence. (Impact Factor 4.147).
Mercado, A., Garcini, L., Venta, A., & Paris, M. (July 6, 2021). ‘Remain in Mexico’: Trauma and Abuse. Health Affairs, 40:7, 1170-1173. (Impact Factor 5.331).
Garcini, L.M., Silva, M., Cardenas, G., Domenech-Rodríguez, M., Mercado, A., Campos, L. & Paris, M. (In press, 2021). Lessons Learned from Undocumented Latinx Immigrants: How to Build Resilience and Overcome Distress in the Face of Adversity. Psychological Services. (Impact Factor 2.1)
Garcini, L., Domenech-Rodriguez, M., Mercado, A., Silva, M., Cadenas, G., & Paris, M. (In press, 2021). Anti-Immigration Policy and Mental Health: Risk of Trauma Related Distress among DACA Recipients. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. (Impact Factor 2.595).
Venta, A., Bailey, C., Mercado, A., & Colunga Rodríguez, C. (In Press, 2021). Family separation and attachment in young adults who were once left behind by caregiver migration. Psychiatry Research. (Impact Factor 2.118).
Venta, A., Walker, J., Bailey, C., Long, T., Mercado, A., & Colunga-Rodríguez, C. (In press 2021) The unique importance of attachment to fathers, over and above attachment to mothers, for Latinx mental health. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. (Impact Factor 2.359).
Garcini, L., Venta, A., Mercado, A., Galvan, T., Compean, C.L., Guerrero, G., & Domemech-Rodriguez, M. (In Press, 2021). One more Wall to Cross: The role of Psychologists in Addressing Integrated Health among Undocumented Latinx Immigrants in Medical Settings. American Journal of Psychotherapy. (Impact Factor 3.191).
Cadenas, A., Neimeyer, G., Suro-Maldonado, B., Minero, L., Campos, L., Garcini, L., Mercado, A., Paris, M., Domenech-Rodriguez, M., & Silva, M., (In Press, 2021). Developing Web-Based Cultural Competency for Providing Psychological Services with Immigrant Populations: A Cross Level Training Curriculum. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. (Impact Factor 1.09).
Mercado, A., Morales, F., Torres, A., Chen, R., Nguyen- Finn, K., & Davalos-Picazo, G.(September 2020). Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Examining the roles of familism, social support, and stigma in Latinx Caregivers. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. (Impact Factor 1.171)
Garcini, L.M., Mercado, A., Domenech Rodriguez, M.M., & Paris, M. (June, 2020). A Tale of Two Crises: The Compounded Effect of COVID-19 and Anti-Immigration Policy on the United States. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. (Impact Factor 2.529).
Delgado, D., Mercado, A., Preciado, M., Davalos-Picazo, G., & Delgado, A. (2020) Placas pleurales por inhalación de fibras de asbesto: Reporte de dos casos y revisión de literature. Revista Chilena de Enfermedades Respiratorias, 36 (2)
Mercado, A., Venta, A., Henderson, C., & Pimentel, N. (2019). Trauma and Cultural Values in the Health of Recently Immigrated Families. Journal of Health Psychology, 1-13. (Impact Factor 2.039).
Venta, A., & Mercado, A. (2018). Trauma Screening in Recently Immigrated Youth: Data from Two Spanish-Speaking Samples. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 18 (3), 334-341. (Impact Factor 1.386).
Dávalos-Picazo G., Núñez-Partido, J.P., Colunga-Rodríguez, C., Ángel-González, M., Pedroza-Cabrera, F.J, Mercado, A., Vázquez-Colunga, J.C. & Gómez- Pérez, M.A., (in press 2018). Efecto de la terapia familiar sistémica sobre síntomas internalizantes y externalizantes en adolescentes, (Effect of Systematic Family Therapy on Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Adolescents), Revista Argentina De Clinica Psicologia.
Mercado, A. & Venta, A. (2018) Immigration and Social Justice. Book Chapter in Gelberg et al., Radical Psychology: Multicultural and Social Justice Decolonization Initiatives (pp. 111-128). Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Publishers.
Mercado, A., Talavera-Garza, L., Popan, J., Nguyen-Finn, K., Sharma, R. & Colunga- Rodriguez, C. (online first; December 2017). Impairment of Functioning and Substance Use in a Latino Population, Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. ( Impact Factor 1.03).
*Briones, M., *Nunez-Saenz, A., *Quijano, M., *Torres, A., & Mercado, A. (accepted 2017) Buscando Destino. Book Chapter in Detained Voices/Voces Detenidas; A Bilingual Anthology. Eds. M. Feu & A. Venta.
Mercado, A., & *Hinojosa, Y. (2017) Culturally-Adapted Dialectical Behavior Therapy in an Underserved Community Mental Health Setting: A Latina Adult Case Study, Practice Innovations, 2, 80-93.
Sarabia-Lopez, L.E., Colunga-Rodriguez, C., Mercado, A., Pando-Moreno, M., Preciado-Serrano, M.L., Calderon-Mafud, J.L., Galvan-Perez, G.G., Leon- Navarrete, M.M., & Sarabia-Cruz, D.V. (2017). Association between psychosocial risk factors and quality of work life in air traffic controllers in Ecuador. Psychology, 8, 1471-1481. (Impact Factor 1.0).
Mercado, A., Venta, A., & Irizarry, R. (accepted) (2017). Best Practice and Research Perspectives with Immigrant Groups, Book Chapter in Zangeneh et al., Advances in Mental Health and Addiction, Springer Publications.
Mercado, A. (2016). Individual Personality Differences, Substance Abuse, and the Effect of Acculturation in a Latino Population. Clinical Health Psychology: Cultural Perspectives, 9, 55-87.
Colunga-Rodriguez, C., Orozco-Solis, M.G., Flores-Villavicencio, M.E., Delaroca, J.M., Gomez-Martinez, R., Mercado, A., Vasquez-Colunga, Barrera-De Leon, J.C., Vasquez-Juarez, C.L., & Angel-Gonzalez, M. (2016). Body Image Perception and Internalization Problem Indicators in Mexican Adolescents. Psychology, 7, 1671-1681. (Impact Factor 1.0).
Mercado, A., Romero-Ramirez, M., Sharma, R., Popan, J., & Avalos-Latorre M.L. (2016). Acculturation and Substance Abuse in a Mexican-American College sample. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 16, 1-17. (Impact Factor 1.03).
Mercado, A., Rogers, D., Villarreal, D., Colunga-Rodriguez, C., Terracciano, A., & Finn-Nguyen, K. (2016). Personality and Substance Use in Mexicans and Mexican Americans. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 14, 907-920. ( Impact Factor 1.179).
Turner, E.A., Cheng, H.S., Llamas, J., Tran, A., Hill, K., Loung-Tran, C., Fretts, J.M., & Mercado, A. (2016). Factors Impacting The Current Trends in the Use of Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment Among Diverse Ethnic Groups. Current Psychiatric Reviews, 12, 199-220. (Impact Factor 0.59).
Sutin, A. R., Rogers, D. L., Mercado, A., Weimer, A., Rodriguez, C. C., Gonzalez, M., Robins, R. W., Schwartz, S. J., & Terracciano, A. (2015). The association between personality traits and body mass index varies with nativity among individuals of Mexican Origin. Appetite, 90, 74-79. (Impact Factor 3.125).