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Publications

h-index: 15; i-10 index: 17.

Published or In Press (31) Under Review (2) 

* Corresponding author

 

Under Review

 

  1. Stelzer, E. M., Flores, M., Butler, E. A., Greenberg, J., Mehl, M. R., Sbarra, D. A., O’Connor, M-F., (under review). Emotion regulation repertoire of social support (ERROSS): Benefits or a diverse repertoire of emotion regulation during bereavement. Emotion.

  2. Flores, M., Boyd. S. M., O’Neill, R. M., Ibarra Mevans, A., Lara, H., Palmer, K. N. B., (under review). Social network density and healthcare access and utilization among diverse older adults. Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine.

  • Abstract accepted for submission to Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine Special Issue: Interpersonal Processes of Biopsychosocial Health: Current and Future Directions

 

 

Published or In Press

 

  1. Duenas, K. R., Flores, M., Ruiz, J. M., Yuan, N., Carvajal, S. C. (in press). 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.

  2. Flores, M., Boyd, S. M., O'Neill, R. M., García, J. J., Kim, S. E., Wilson, D. M., & Palmer, K. N. B. (2025). Diverse social environments and 10-year all-cause mortality in a cohort of historically excluded racial/ethnic older adults: A latent class analysis of social integration. Annals of Epidemiology, 109, 136-142. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.08.037

  3. Maldonado, A., Torres, E., Flores, M., Rodriguez, M., Villavicencio, E. A., Torres, R., Castro, I., Torres, F., Loya, J. C., Alkhouri, N., Carvajal, S., & Garcia, D. O. (2025). The association between neighborhood context, allostatic load, and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatosis liver disease in Mexican-origin farmworkers along the Southern Arizona US/Mexico Border. SSM Population Health. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6448142/v1

  4. Stelzer, E.-M., Flores, M., Butler, E., Greenberg, J., Mehl, M. R., Sbarra, D., & O’Connor, M.-F. (2025). Beyond goodbye: daily emotion regulation sensed from deceased loved ones. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 21, 100972. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2025.100972

  5. Ochoa Mora, E., Maldonado, A., Flores, M., Rodríguez, M., Martínez, D. E., Crocker, R., & Garcia, D. O. (2025). Over-the-counter medication use among Mexican immigrants in Southern Arizona: a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1528486

  6. Knowles, L. M., Kaplan, D. M., Flores, M., Friedman, S. E., & O’Connor, M.-F. (2025). Mindfulness and relaxation interventions reduce depression, negative affect and stress in widow(er)s. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 1(24). https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2025.2504951

  7. Flores, M., Valencia, C. I., Martinez, S. M., Tschann, J. M. (2025). A longitudinal study of perceived stress, tangible social support, and gender on Mexican American parental feeding practices. Health Psychology. 44(1), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001407

  8. Ruiz, J. M., Hughes, S., Flores, M., Custer, B., Ingram, M., Carvajal, S., Kamel, H., Vassallo, R., France, C. R., (2024). Neighborhood ethnic density and disparities in proximal blood donation opportunities. Transfusion. 64(6), 1008-1015. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.17847

  9. 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, 14(2), 480-497. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-024-00201-z

  10. 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

  11. Brondolo, E., Kaur, A., Flores, M., Structural racism and health in the age of COVID-19: A selective review with policy implications. (2023). Social Issues and Policy Review. 17(1), 34-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/sipr.12095

  12. Price, S. N., Neil, J. M., Flores, M., Ponzani, C., Muzikansky, A., Ballini, L., Ostroff, J. S., & 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. https://doi.org/10.1159/000528963

  13. 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.

  14. 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., (2022). 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. 23(3/4), 144–164.

  15. Uchino, B. N., Baucom, B. R. W., Landvatter, J., de Grey, R. G. K., Tacana, T., Flores, M., & Ruiz, J. M. (2022). Perceived social support and ambulatory blood pressure during daily life: a meta-analysis. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 45(4), 509-517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-021-00273-3

  16. 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.

  17. Flores, M., Ruiz, J. M., Butler, E. A., & Sbarra, D. A. (2022). 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, 56(1), 21-34. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaab014

  18. Price, S. N., Flores, M., Hamann, H. A., & Ruiz, J. M. (2021). Ethnic differences in survival among lung cancer patients: A systematic review. JNCI Cancer Spectrum, 5(5), pkab062. https://doi.org/10.1093/jncics/pkab062

  19. Follis, S., Klimentidis, Y. C., Bea, J., Hu, C., Garcia, D., Wactawski-Wende, J., Kohler, L., Shadyab, A. H., Flores, M., Tindle, H. A., & Chen, Z. (2021). The intersectional role of social stress in fracture risk: results from the Women’s Health Initiative. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(12), 1208. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-216354

  20. Flores, M., Ruiz, J. M., Butler, E. A., Sbarra, D. A., Garcia, D. O., Kohler, L., Crane, T. E., Corbie-Smith, G., Benavente, V., Kroenke, C. H., Saquib, N., & Thomson, C. A. (2021). Does the Hispanic Mortality Advantage vary by marital status among postmenopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative? Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55(7), 612-620. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaa113

  21. Davenport, M. A., Landor, A. M., Zeiders, K. H., Sarsar, E. D., & Flores, M. (2021). Within-person associations between racial microaggressions and sleep among African American and Latinx young adults. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(4), e13226. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13226

  22. 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., & 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(S7), e043035. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.043035

  23. 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 & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26(2), 189-199. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000283

  24. Doyle, C. Y., Ruiz, J. M., Taylor, D. J., Smyth, J. W., Flores, M., Dietch, J. R., Ahn, C., Allison, M., Smith, T. W., & Uchino, B. N. (2019). Associations between objective sleep and ambulatory blood pressure in a community sample. Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, 81(6). https://journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltext/2019/07000/associations_between_objective_sleep_and.9.aspx

  25. Toomey, R. B., Syvertsen, A. K., & Flores, M. (2019). Are developmental assets protective against suicidal behavior? differential associations by sexual orientation. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 48(4), 788–801. https://doi-org.ezproxy4.library.arizona.edu/10.1007/s10964-018-0954-y

  26. 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. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63(4), 482-488. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.04.018

  27. 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(4), 487-512. https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.49.4.487

  28. 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

  29. Valdez, L. A., Flores, M., Ruiz, J., Oren, E., Carvajal, S., & Garcia, D. O. (2018). Gender and cultural adaptations for diversity: A systematic review of alcohol and substance abuse interventions for Latino males. Substance Use & Misuse, 53(10), 1608-1623. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2017.1417999

  30. 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(6), 1197-1203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-017-0370-3

  31. 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(8), 534–541. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2014.933344

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