Research

Hirai, M., Vernon, L., & Dials, A. (2024). A serial mediation model of depression and drinking motives underlying problem drinking among Hispanic college women following rape. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241226636

Hirai, M., Vernon, L. L., & Hernandez, E. N^*. (2024). Psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in a Hispanic sample: Testing the buffering role of resilience and perceived social support. Current Psychology: A Journal for Diverse Perspectives on Diverse Psychological Issues, 43(6), 4974-4986. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04664-4

Hirai, M., Dolma, S., Vernon, L. L., & Clum, G. A. (2023). Temporal associations between posttraumatic stress symptoms and depression in response to online expressive writing interventions in a Hispanic sample. Behavior Therapy, 54(1), 170-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.08.001

Hirai, M., & Vernon, L. L. (2023). Posttraumatic stress symptoms in response to COVID-19–related adverse events in Hispanic individuals. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 28(4), 364-376. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2022.2123136

Takahashi, M., Kikuchi, M., Yamamoto, J., & Hirai, M. (2023). Gaze and avoidant patterns of visual attention to aversive stimuli during fear habituation trial: A pilot eye tracking study. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 33(4), 227-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2023.10.004

Hirai, M., Hernandez, E^*. N., Villarreal, D. Y., & Clum, G. A. (2022). Attentional bias toward threat in sexually victimized Hispanic women: A dot probe study. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 23(1), 110-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2021.1989108

Hirai, M., Dolma, S., Vernon, L. L., & Clum, G. A. (2021). Beliefs about mental illness in a Spanish-speaking Latin American sample. Psychiatry Research, 295, 6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113634

Flores, M^*., Ruiz, J. M., Goans, C^*., Butler, E. A., Uchino, B. N., Hirai, M., Tinajero, R., & Smith, T. W. (2020). Racial-ethnic differences in social networks and perceived support: Measurement considerations and implications for disparities research. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26(2), 189-199. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000283

Hirai, M., Charak, R., Seligman, L. D., Hovey, J. D., Ruiz, J. M., & Smith, T. W. (2020). An association between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress symptom severity among women with lifetime sexual victimization: The serial mediating role of resilience and coping. Violence Against Women, 26(15-16), 1966-1986. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801219892645

Hirai, M., Dolma, S., Vernon, L. L., & Clum, G. A. (2020). A longitudinal investigation of the efficacy of online expressive writing interventions for Hispanic students exposed to traumatic events: Competing theories of action. Psychology & Health, 35(12), 1459-1476. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2020.1758324

Charak, R., Villarreal, L^*., Schmitz, R. M., Hirai, M., & Ford, J. D. (2019). Patterns of childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence, emotion dysregulation, and mental health symptoms among lesbian, gay, and bisexual emerging adults: A three-step latent class approach. Child Abuse & Neglect, 89, 99-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.01.007

* denotes student author