HEALab
Publications
Mentored student co-authors underlined.
Under Review
Knowles, L. M., Kaplan, D. M., Flores, M., Friedman, S. E., O'Connor, M-F. (invited to
revise). Mindfulness and progressive muscle relaxation interventions reduce depression, negative affect and stress symptoms in widows and widowers. Journal of Loss and Trauma. Registered in Open Science Framework. doi https://osf.io/mtwvy/.
Ochoa Mora, E., Maldonado, A., Flores, M., Rodriguez, M., Garcia, D.O., Martinez, D.E., Crocker, R., (invited to revise) Over the counter medication use among Mexican immigrants in Southern Arizona: A cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Public Health.
Maldonado, A., Torres, E., Flores, M., Rodriguez, M., Villavicencio, Torres, R., Castro, I/, Loya, J.C., Alkhouri, N., Garcia, D. O. (under review) The association between neighborhood context, allostatic load, and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatosis liver disease in Mexican-origin farmworkers along the Southern Arizona U.S.– Mexico Border. Health and Place.
Duenas, K. R., Flores, M., Carvajal, S. C., (under review) Psychometric properties of the Resilience Inventory in an adult Mexican Origin population living in the Southwest United States. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community.
Stelzer, E. M., Flores, M., Butler, E. A., Greenberg, J., Mehl, M. R., Sbarra, D. A., O’Connor, MF., (under review) Beyond goodbye: Daily emotion regulation from thoughts of deceased loved ones. Journal of Affective Disorders.
Flores, M., Boyd, S. M., O’Neill, R. M., Garcia, J. J., Kim, S. E., Wilson, D., Palmer, K. (under review). Diverse social environments and 10-year all-cause mortality amongst historically excluded older adults: A latent class analysis. Annals of Epidemiology.
In Press
Flores, M., Valencia, C. I., Martinez S. M., Tschann, J. M., (in press). A longitudinal study of perceived stress, tangible social support, and gender on Mexican American parental feeding practices. Health Psychology.
Hernandez, R., Kendon, C. J., Ruiz, J. M., Flores, M., Moskowitz, J. T., Gallo, L. C., Merz, E. L., Penedo, F., Durazo-Arvizu, R. A., Gutierrez, A. P., Chen, J., Daviglus, M. L., (in press) Examining the psychometric properties of the Spanish version Life Orientation Test- Revised (LOT-R): Finding multidimensionality and issues with translation for reverse scored items. Journal of Applied Measurement.
Ruiz, J. M., Hughes, S., Flores, M., Custer, B., Ingram, M., Carvajal, S., Kamel, H., Vassallo, R., France, C. R., (in press) Neighborhood ethnic density and disparities in proximal blood donation opportunities. Transfusion.
Brondolo, E., Kaur, A., Flores, M., Systemic racism drives health disparities: Implications for policy. (in press). Social Issues and Policy Review.
2023 - 2024
Mancilla, V., Jimenez, N. R., Bishop, N. S., Flores, M., & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. M. (2024). The Vaginal Microbiota, Human Papillomavirus Infection, and Cervical Carcinogenesis: A Systematic Review in the Latina Population. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 1-18.
Brondolo, E., Kaur, A., Seavey, R., & Flores, M. (2023). Anti-racism efforts in healthcare: A selective review from a social cognitive perspective. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10(2), 160-170. doi:10.1177/23727322231193963.
Price, S. N., Neil, J. M., Flores, M., Ponzani, C., Muzikansky, A., Ballini, L., ... & Park, E. R. (2023). Patient-reported receipt of oncology clinician-delivered brief tobacco treatment (5As) six months following cancer diagnosis. Oncology, 101(5), 328-342.
Flores, M., O'Neill, R. M., Boyd, S. M., Uchino, B.N., Ruiz, J. M., (2023). Examining between group differences in social network density and hs-CRP in older adults: Implications for the Hispanic Mortality Paradox. Psychosomatic Medicine. doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000001157.
2021 - 2022
Uchino, B. N., Baucom, B., Landvatter J., Kent de Grey, R., Tacana, T., Flores, M., Ruiz, J. M. (2022). Social support and ambulatory blood pressure during daily life: A meta- analysis. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. doi:10.1007/s10865-021-00273-3.
Roberts, N. A., Burleson, M. H., Pituch, K., Flores, M., Woodward, C., Shahid, S., ... & Davis, M. C. (2022). Affective Experience and Regulation via Sleep, Touch, and “Sleep-Touch” Among Couples. Affective Science, 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s42761-021- 00093-3.
Price, S. N., Flores, M., Hamann, H. A., Ruiz, J.M., (2021). Ethnic differences in survival among lung cancer patients: a systematic review. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Cancer Spectrum. doi:10.1093/jncics/pkab062.
Follis, S. Klimentidis, Y., Bea, J., Hu, C., Garcia, D. O., Wactawski-Wende, J., Kohler, L., Shadyab, A., Flores, M., Tindle, H., & Zhao, C. (2021). The intersectional role of social stress in fracture risk: Results from the Women's Health Initiative. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. doi:10.1136/jech-2020-216354.
Flores, M., Ruiz, J. M., Butler, E. A., & Sbarra, D. A., (2021). Hispanic ethnic density may be protective for older Black/African American and non-Hispanic White populations for some health conditions: An exploration of support and neighborhood mechanisms. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. doi:10.1093/abm/kaab014.
Flores, M., Ruiz, J. M., Butler, E. A., Sbarra, D. A., Garcia, D. O., ..., & Thomson C. A., (2021). Does the Hispanic mortality advantage vary by marital status among post- menopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative? Annals of Behavioral Medicine. doi:10.1093/abm/kaaa113.
2019 - 2020
Davenport, M. A., Landor, A. M., Zeiders, K. H., Sarsar, E. D., & Flores, M. (2020). Within-person associations between racial microaggressions and sleep among African American and Latinx young adults. Journal of Sleep Research. 30(4). e13226 doi:10.1111/jsr.13226.
Petkus, A.J., Gruenewald, T.L., Wang, X., Younan, D., Espeland, M.A., Widaman, K.F., Gatz, M., Rapp, S.R., Shadyab, A.H., Lockhart, S.N., Flores, M., Kroenke, C.H., Tindle, H., Masaki, K. and Chen, J.‐C. (2020). The association between low social support and risk of cognitive impairment is partially mediated by neuroanatomic biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia. 16: e043035. doi:/10.1002/alz.043035.
Flores, M., Ruiz, J. M., Goans, C., Butler, E. A., Uchino, B.N., Hirai, M., ..., & Smith, T. W. (2020). Racial-ethnic differences in social networks and support: Measurement considerations, and implications for disparities research. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. 26(2):189-199. doi:10.1037/cdp0000283.
Doyle, C. Y., Ruiz, J. M., Taylor, D. J., Smyth, J. W., Flores, M., … Uchino, B. N. (2019). Objective sleep is associated with ambulatory blood pressure in a community sample. Psychosomatic Medicine. 81(6): 545-556. doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000711.
Toomey, R. B., Syvertsen, A. K., & Flores, M. (2019). Suicide-related behaviors among sexual minority youth: Internal and external supports to reduce risk. The Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 48, 788-801. doi:10.1007/s10964.
2017 - 2018
Zeiders, K. H., Landor, A. M., Flores, M., & Brown, A. (2018). Microaggressions and diurnal cortisol: Examining within-person associations among African American and Latino young adults. The Journal of Adolescent Health. 63, 482-488. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.04.018.
Fonseca, A. L., Kamble, S., Duggi, D., Flores, M., & Butler, E. A. (2018). Daily emotion regulation in American and Asian-Indian Romantic couples. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 49, 487-512. doi:10.3138/jcfs.49.4.487.
Toomey, R. B., Shramko, M., Flores, M., & Anhalt, K. (2018). Family socialization for racism and heterosexism: Experiences of Latinx sexual minority adolescents and young adults. The Journal of Family Issues. 39, 3586-3611. doi:10.1177/0192513X18783807.
Valdez, L. A., Flores, M., Ruiz, J. M., Oren, E., Carvajal, S., & Garcia, D. O. (2018). Cultural adaptations for ethnic diversity: A review of alcohol and substance abuse interventions for Latino males. Substance Use and Misuse. 53, 1608-1623. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2017.1417999.
Sabo, S., Flores, M., Wennerstrom, A., Bell, M. L., Verdugo, L., Carvajal, S., & Ingram, M. (2017). Community health workers promote civic engagement and organizational capacity to impact policy. Journal of Community Health, 42, 1197-1203. doi:10.1007/s10900-017-0370-3.
2014
Vargas, P. A., Flores, M., & Robles, E. (2014). Sleep quality and body mass index in college students: The role of sleep disturbances. Journal of American College Health, 62, 534- 541. doi:10.1080/07448481.2014.933344.