Publications
2025:
68. *Dennis, V.E., Cooley, J.L., Piña-Watson, B., & Schmidt, A. T. (2025). Childhood Maltreatment and Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms among Justice-Involved Youth: The Role of Executive Function. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. Abstract (opens in new tab)
67. Suarez Bonilla, G., & Piña-Watson, B. (2025). Conflictos con papá y mamá: Exploring traditional gender roles, intergenerational conflict, and depressive symptom associations among Mexican Descent college students. Journal of Child and Family Studies, (34), 1211–1224. Abstract(opens in new tab)
66. Perrotte, J. K., Meca, A., Piña-Watson, B., Ham, L. S., Grigsby, T. J., Cano, M. Á., Martin, J. L., & Kim, S. Y. (2025). A Motivational Framework to Connect Traditional Feminine Gender Roles to Alcohol Use and Consequences Among Latina Young Adults in the United States. Journal of Latina/o psychology. Abstract(opens in new tab)
65. *Childers, L. G., Ingram, P. B., Schmidt, A. T., & Piña-Watson, B. (2025). The Response Bias Scale (RBS) and Response Bias Scale-19 (RBS-19) of the MMPI-2-RF: Cross Validation and Comparison in an Active-Duty Neuropsychological Sample. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 40(6), 1237-1247.
64. Piña-Watson, B., *Suarez Bonilla, G., *Manzo, G., & *Gonzalez, I. M. (2023). Examining associations between value-behavior discrepancy guilt, anxiety, and suicide risk for Mexican descent college students: Resilience through self-compassion. Journal of American College Health, 73(3), 1073–1082. Abstract(opens in new tab)
63. Meza, J. I., Piña-Watson, B., Lopez, D., *Bonilla, G. S., *Sanchez, M. R., Manzo, G., & *Garcia, A. (2025). Examining the relationship between suicide ideation frequency and intergenerational acculturative conflict between Mexican descent college students and their caregivers using the interpersonal theory of suicide. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 55, e13067. Abstract(opens in new tab)
62. Schwartz, S. J., Ertanir, B., Harkness, A., Zamboanga, B. L., Bessaha, M. L., Bartholomew, J. B., Meca, A., Michikyan, M., Duque, M., Montero-Zamora, P., López-Madrigal, C., Castillo, L. G., Cano, M. A., Subrahmanyam, K., Piña-Watson, B., Regan, P., Ham, L. S., Hanson, M. K., & Martinez, C. R., Jr. (2025). The role of personal identity as a resource for college students during COVID-19. Journal of American College Health, 73(1), 244-254. Abstract(opens in new tab)
2024:
61. Jaramillo, N., *Bonilla, G. S., Piña-Watson, B., *Manzo, G., *Garcia, A., *Sanchez, M., & Meza, J. I. (2024). The role of racial bias and pathways to self-harm outcomes for Mexican-descent college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 95(2), 166–175. Abstract(opens in new tab)
60. *Manzo, G., Piña-Watson, B., & Kim, S. Y. (2024). Minority stress and academic outcomes among ethnic minority college students: Anxiety as a mediating mechanism. Journal of American College Health, 72(8), 2718-2725. Abstract (opens in new tab)
59. Meza, J. I., Piña-Watson, B., *Garcia, A., *Manzo, G., & *Gonzalez, I. M. (2024). Caregiver-youth intergeneration acculturation conflict moderates the relationship between depression severity and suicidality among female Mexican-Descent college students. Journal of American College Health, 72(7), 2295-2305. Abstract(opens in new tab)
58. Zamboanga, B. L., Merrill, J. E., Newins, A. R., Olthuis, J. V., Van Hedger, K., Blumenthal, H., Ham, L. S., Kim, S. Y., Perrotte, J. K., Lui, P. P., McChargue, D., & Piña-Watson, B. (2024). Comparing drinking, game motives, behaviors, and consequences among varsity athletes, recreational athletes, and non-student-athletes: A multisite university study. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 85(3), 349-360. Abstract(opens in new tab)
57. Meca, A., Allison, K. K., Passini, J., Veniegas, T., Cruz, B., Castillo, L. G., Schwartz, S. J., Zamboanga, B. L., Michikyan, M., Bessaha, M., Regan, P. C., Subrahmanyam, K., Bartholomew, J., Piña-Watson, B., Cano, M. Á., Hanson, M. K., & Martinez Jr., C. R. (2024). Navigating identity uncertainty: Identity distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Emerging Adulthood, 11(6), 1518-1538. Abstract(opens in new tab)
56. Arellano, L., López, A. S., Carrizales, D., & Piña-Watson, B. (2024). Persisting, coping, and advocating: Online trauma of Latina bilingual pre-service teachers. Journal of Trauma Studies in Education, 3(1), 78-95. Abstract(opens in new tab)
2023:
55. Jaramillo, N., Bonilla, G. G. S., Piña-Watson, B., & Meza, J. I. (2023). Self-Harm Among Mexican-Descent College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(10), S311. Abstract(opens in new tab)
54. Perrotte, J. K., Piña-Watson, B., Baumann, M. R., Weston, R., Morissette, S. B., Gulliver, S. B., Grigsby, T., & Garza, R. T. (2023). Domains matter: A prospective investigation of traditional feminine gender roles and alcohol use among Latinas. Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse, 22(4), 720-740. Abstract(opens in new tab)
53. *Rahman, A., Sanchez, M., Bursac, Z., Whiting, C. Y., Piña‐Watson, B., Taskin, T., Ramirez-Ortiz, D., Leinaar, E., Estrada, Y., Lozano, A., Nehme, L., & Cano, M. A. (2023). Depressive symptoms, family cohesion, and acculturation gap conflicts among Latinx emerging adults living in the United States. Family Relations, 72(3), 932-947. Abstract(opens in new tab)
52. Cano, M. A., De La Rosa, M., Schwartz, S. J., Salas-Wright, C. P., Keum, B. T.H., Lee, C. S., Pinedo, M., Cobb, C. L., Field, C. A., Sanchez, M., Castillo, L. G., Martinez, P., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Piña-Watson, B., & de Dios, M. A. (2023). Alcohol use severity among Hispanic emerging adults: Examining intragroup marginalization, bicultural self-efficacy, and the role of gender within a stress and coping framework. Behavioral Medicine, 49(2), 172-182. Abstract(opens in new tab)
51. Regan, P., Michikyan, M., Subrahmanyam, K., Bartholomew, J. B., Bessaha, M. L., Castillo, L. G., Ham, L. S., Hanson, M., Harkness, A., Martinez, C. R., Jr., Meca, A., Piña-Watson, B., Schwartz, S., & Zamboanga, B. L. (2023). "I haven't been in the right mind": The experiences of first-generation and continuing generation university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. College Student Journal, 57(1), 23-44. Abstract(opens in new tab)
50. López, B. G., Luque, A., & Piña-Watson, B. (2023). Context, intersectionality, and resilience: Moving toward a more holistic study of bilingualism in cognitive science. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 29(1), 24. Abstract(opens in new tab)
2022:
49. Nagoshi, J. L., Kulis, S., Marsiglia, F. F., & Piña-Watson, B. (2022). Accounting for linguistic acculturation, coping, antisociality and depressive affect in the gender role-alcohol use relationship in Mexican American adolescents: A moderated mediation model for boys and girls. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 21(2), 499-521. Abstract(opens in new tab)
48. **Jimenez, A., Piña-Watson, B., & *Manzo, G. (2022) Resilience through family: Family support as an academic and psychological protective resource for Mexican descent first generation college students. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2, 352-363. Abstract(opens in new tab)
47. *Crane, P.R., Talley, A.E., Piña-Watson, B. (2022). This is what a scientist looks like: Increasing Hispanic/Latina women’s identification with STEM using relatable role models. Journal of Latinx Psychology, 10, 112-127. Abstract(opens in new tab)
46. O’Gara, J., Gulbas, L., *Suarez-Bonilla, *G., Manzo, G., Piña-Watson, B., Zayas, L. (2022) Father-Daughter relationships among Latina adolescents who attempted suicide: A dyadic analysis. Family Process, 61, 890-905. Abstract (opens in new tab)
45. *Thornhill, C. W., Castillo, L. G., Piña-Watson, B., *Manzo, G., & Cano, M., Á. (2022). Mental health among Latinx emerging adults: Examining the role of familial accusations of assimilation and ethnic identity. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78(5), 892-912. Abstract (opens in new tab)
44. *Manzo, G., Piña-Watson, B., *Gonzalez, I.M., Meza, J.I., & *Garcia, A. (2022). Disentangling acculturation and enculturation intergenerational gaps: Examining mother-youth value discrepancies & mental health among Mexican-descent college students. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78(2), 298-320. Abstract (opens in new tab)
2021:
43. Aceves, D., & Piña-Watson, B. (2021). Interpersonal theory of suicide using a familismo value lens among emerging Mexican descent adults. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 43, 80-94. Abstract (opens in new tab)
42. Piña-Watson, B., *Cox, K., & *Neduvelil, A. (2021). Mexican descent college student risky sexual behaviors and alcohol use: The role of general and cultural based coping with discrimination. Journal of American College Health, 69, 82-89. Abstract (opens in new tab)
41. Perrote, J. K., Martin, J. L., & Piña-Watson, B. (2021). Traditional feminine gender roles, alcohol use, and protective behavioral strategies among Latina college students. Journal of American College Health, 69, 644-652. Abstract (opens in new tab)
2020:
40. Piña-Watson, B., *Cruz, A., & *Neduvelil, A. (2020). Caregiver-child relationship quality as a gateway for suicide risk resilience: Don’t discount the men in Mexican descent youths’ lives. Archives of Suicide Research, 24(1), S391–S402. Abstract (opens in new tab)
39. Llamas, J., Piña-Watson, B., Lorenzo-Blanco, E.I., Das, M., Rivera Perez, M., & Rodriguez, V. (2020). Keeping it old school: Profiles of traditional gender role values and life satisfaction among Mexican descent adolescents. Journal of Latinx Psychology, 8, 280-299. Abstract (opens in new tab)
38. Thoen, M. A., Dodson, L. E., *Manzo, G., Piña-Watson, B., Trejos-Castillo, E. (2020). Agency-offered and officer-utilized suicide prevention and wellness programs: A national study. Psychological Services, 17(2), 129-140. Abstract (opens in new tab)
37. Romero, A.J., Piña-Watson, B., *Stevens, A.K., Schwartz, S.J., Unger, J.B., Zamboanga, B.L., Szapocznik, J., Lorenzo-Blanco, E.I., Cano, M.A., Meca, A., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Córdova, D., Villamar, J.A., Soto, D.W., Lizzi, K.M., Des Rosiers, S.E., Pattarroyo, M., & Oshri, A. (2020). Disentangling relationships between bicultural stress and mental well-being among Latinx immigrant adolescents. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 88, 149-159. Abstract (opens in new tab)
2019:
36. Piña-Watson, B., *Gonzalez, I., & *Manzo, G. (2019). Mexican descent adolescent resilience through familismo in the context of intergenerational acculturation conflict on depressive symptoms. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 5, 326-334. Abstract (opens in new tab)
35. *Moise, R., Meca, A., Schwartz, S.J., Unger, J.B., Lorenzo-Blanco, E.I., Szapocznik, J., Cano, M.A., Piña-Watson, B., Des Rosiers, S.E., Soto, D.W., Pattarroyo, M., Villamar, J.A., Lizzi, K.M. (2019). The use of cultural identity in predicting health lifestyle behaviors in Latinx immigrant adolescents. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 25, 371-378. Abstract (opens in new tab)
34. *Perrotte, J., Lui, P. P., Zamboanga, B. L., & Piña-Watson, B. (2019). Pregaming among Latina/o Emerging Adults: Do acculturation and gender matter? Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 18, 530-548. Abstract (opens in new tab)
33. Piña-Watson, B., Romero, A. J., Navarro, R., Ojeda, L. (2019). Bicultural stress, coping, and psychological functioning among Mexican-descent and White college students. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75, 1249-1266. Abstract (opens in new tab)
32. Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Meca, A., Piña-Watson, B., Zamboanga, B., Szapocznik, J., Cano, M.A., Córdova, D., Unger, J.B., Romero, A., Des Rosiers, S.E., Soto, D.W., Villamar, J.A., Pattarroyo, M., Lizzi, K.M., & Schwartz, S.J. (2019). Family functioning trajectories among Latino families: Links with cultural stress, emotional well-being, and behavioral health. Child Development, 90, 506-523. Abstract (opens in new tab)
31. Piña-Watson, B., Llamas, J., **Garcia, A., & Cruz, A. (2019). A multidimensional developmental approach to understanding intragroup marginalization and mental health among adolescents and emerging adults of Mexican descent. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 41, 42-62. Abstract (opens in new tab)
2018:
30. Piña-Watson, B., *Martinez, A.J., **Cruz, L.N., Llamas, J.D., & López, B.G. (2018). Ethnic identity affirmation and ambition for academic training among Mexican descent adolescents: Examining depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, and academic attitudes as mediating mechanisms. Psychology in the Schools, 55, 1155-1170. Abstract (opens in new tab)
29. *Heredia, D., Piña-Watson, B., Castillo, L., Ojeda, L., & Cano, M.A. (2018). Academic nonpersistence among Latina/o college students: Examining cultural and social factors. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 11, 192-200. Abstract (opens in new tab)
28. Romero, A., Piña-Watson, B., & Toomey, R. (2018). When is bicultural stress associated with loss of hope and depressive symptoms? Variation by ethnic identity status among Mexican descent youth. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 6, 49-63. Abstract (opens in new tab)
2017:
27. Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Meca, A., Unger, J.B., Romero, A., Szapocznik, J., Piña-Watson, B., Cano, M.A., Zamboanga, B., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Des Rosiers, S.E., Soto, D.W., Villamar, J.A., Lizzi, K.M., Pattarroyo, M. & Schwartz, S. J. (2017). Longitudinal effects of Latino parent cultural stress, depressive symptoms, and family functioning on youth emotional well-being and health risk behaviors. Family Process, 56, 981-996. Abstract (opens in new tab)
26. Piña-Watson, B., Das, M., Molleda, L., & Camacho, C. (2017). Ethnic Identity, life satisfaction, and depressive symptoms of Mexican Descent adolescents: Self-Esteem as a mediating mechanism. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 39, 283-296. Abstract (opens in new tab)
25. Schwartz, S. J., Unger, J. B., Meca, A., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Cano, M. A., Piña-Watson, B., Szapocznik, J., Zamboanga, B. L., Córdova, D., Romero, A. J., Lee, T. K., Soto, D. W., Villamar, J. A., Lizzi, K. M., Des Rosiers, S., & Pattarroyo, M. (2017). Personal identity development in Hispanic immigrant adolescents: Links with positive psychosocial functioning, depressive symptoms, and externalizing problems. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46, 898-913. Abstract (opens in new tab)
24. Piña-Watson, B., & Abraído-Lanza, A. (2016). The intersection of fatalismo and pessimism on depressive symptoms and suicidality of Mexican American adolescents: An attribution perspective. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23, 91-101. Abstract (opens in new tab)
2016:
23. Lorenzo-Blanco, E.I., Meca, A., Unger, J.B., Romero, A., Gonzales-Backen, M., Piña-Watson, B., Cano, M.A., Zamboanga, B., Des Rosiers, S.E., Soto, D.W., Villamar, J.A., Lizzi, K.M., Pattarroyo, M., & Schwartz, S. J. (2016). Latino parent acculturation stress: Longitudinal effects on family functioning, youth mental health, and substance use. Journal of Family Psychology, 30, 966-976. Abstract (opens in new tab)
22. Ojeda, L., Piña-Watson, B., & Gonzalez, G. (2016). The role of social class, ethnocultural adaptation, and masculinity ideology on Mexican American college men’s well-being. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 17, 373-379. Abstract (opens in new tab)
21. Córdova, D., Schwartz, S. J., Unger, J. B., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Villamar, J. A., Soto, D. W., Des Rosiers, S., Kyoung Lee, T., Mecca, A., Cano, M. A., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Oshri, A., Salas-Wright, C. P., Piña-Watson, B., & Romero, A. J. (2016). A longitudinal test of the parent-adolescent family functioning discrepancy hypothesis: A trend toward increased HIV risk behaviors among immigrant Hispanic adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 2164-2177. Abstract (opens in new tab)
20. Cano, M. A., Castro, Y., de Dios, M. A., Schwartz, S. J., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Roncancio, A. M., Martinez, M. J., Sheehan, D. M., Auf, R., Piña-Watson, B., Huynh, Q., & Zamboanga, B. L. (2016). Associations of ethnic discrimination with symptoms of anxiety and depression among Hispanic emerging adults: A moderated mediation model. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 29, 699-707. Abstract (opens in new tab)
19. *Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., Schwartz, S. J., Unger, J. B., Zamboanga, B. L., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Cano, M. A., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Oshri, A., Streit, C., Martinez, M. M., Piña-Watson, B., Lizzi, K., & Soto, D. (2016). The longitudinal associations between discrimination, depressive symptoms, and prosocial behaviors in U.S. Latino/a recent immigrant adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 457-470. Abstract (opens in new tab)
18. Piña-Watson, B., Lorenzo-Blanco, E.I., *Dornhecker, M., *Martinez, A.J., & Nagoshi, J.L. (2016). Moving away from a cultural deficit to a holistic perspective: Traditional gender role values, academic attitudes, and educational goals for Mexican descent adolescents. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63, 307-318. Abstract (opens in new tab)
2015:
17. Piña-Watson, B., Llamas, J., & *Stevens, A. K. (2015). Attempting to successfully straddle the cultural divide: Hopelessness model of bicultural stress, mental health, and caregiver connection for Mexican descent adolescents. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62, 670. Abstract (opens in new tab)
16. Piña-Watson, B., *Dornhecker, M., & *Salinas, S. R. (2015). The impact of bicultural stress on Mexican American adolescents’ depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation: Gender matters. Hispanic Journal of Behavior Sciences, 37, 342-364. Abstract (opens in new tab)
15. Cano, M. A., de Dios, M. A., Castro, Y., Vaughan, E. L., Castillo, L. G., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Piña-Watson, B., Cardoso, J. B., Ojeda, L., Cruz, R. A., Correa-Fernandez, V., Ibañez, G., Auf, R., *Molleda, L. M. (2015). Alcohol use severity and depressive symptoms among late adolescent Hispanics: Testing associations of acculturation and enculturation in a bicultural transaction model. Addictive Behaviors, 49, 78-82. Abstract (opens in new tab)
14. Piña-Watson, B., & Castillo, L. G. (2015). The role of the perceived parent–child relationship on Latina adolescent depression. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 32, 309-315. Abstract (opens in new tab)
13. Piña-Watson, B., López, B., Ojeda, L., & Rodriguez, K. (2015). Cultural and cognitive predictors of academic motivation among Mexican American adolescents: Caution against discounting the impact of cultural processes. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 43, 109-121. Abstract (opens in new tab)
12. Schwartz, S., Unger, J.B., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Zamboanga, B.L., Lorenzo-Blanco, E.I., Des Rosiers, S.E., Romero, A.J., Cano, M.A., Gonzales-Backen, M.A., Córdova, D., Piña-Watson, B., Huang, S., Villamar, J.A., Soto, D., Pattarroyo, M., & Szapocznik, J. (2015). Trajectories of cultural stressors and effects on mental health and substance use among recently arrived Hispanic immigrant adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 56, 433-439. Abstract (opens in new tab)
2014:
11. Ojeda, L., & Piña-Watson, B. (2014). Caballerismo may protect against the role of machismo on Mexican day laborers’ self-esteem. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 15, 288-295. Abstract (opens in new tab)
10. Piña-Watson, B., Jimenez, N., & Ojeda, L. (2014). Self-construal, career decision-making self-efficacy, and perceived barriers predict Mexican American women’s life satisfaction. Career Development Quarterly, 62, 210-223. Abstract (opens in new tab)
9. Piña-Watson, B., Castillo, L.G., Jung, E., & Ojeda, L., Castillo-Reyes, R. (2014). The Marianismo Beliefs Scale: Validation with Mexican American adolescent girls and boys. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 2, 113-130. Abstract (opens in new tab)
8. Piña-Watson, B., Castillo, L. G., Rodriguez, K. M., & Ray, S. (2014). Familial factors related to suicidal ideation in Latina adolescents in the United States. Archives of Suicide Research. 18, 213-220. Abstract (opens in new tab)
7. Ojeda, L., Castillo, L. G., Rosales Meza, R., & Piña-Watson, B. (2014). Mexican Americans in higher education: Cultural adaptation and marginalization as predictors of college persistence intentions and life satisfaction. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 13, 3-14. Abstract (opens in new tab)
6. Navarro, R., Ojeda, L., Swartz, S., Piña-Watson, B., & Cantu, L. (2014). Cultural self, personal self: Links with life satisfaction among Mexican American college students. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 2, 1-20. Abstract (opens in new tab)
5. Ojeda, L., Edwards, L., Hardin, E., & Piña-Watson, B. (2014). The role of behavioral and cognitive cultural orientation on Mexican American college students’ life satisfaction. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 13, 63-74. Abstract (opens in new tab)
2013:
4. Piña-Watson, B., Ojeda, L., **Castellon, N., & Dornhecker, M. (2013). Familismo, ethnic identity, and bicultural stress as predictors of Mexican American adolescents’ positive psychological functioning. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 1, 204-217. Abstract (opens in new tab)
3. Piña-Watson, B., Castillo, L. G., Ojeda, L., & Rodriguez, K. M. (2013). Parent conflict as a mediator between marianismo beliefs and depressive symptoms for Mexican American college women. Journal of American College Health, 61, 491-496. Abstract (opens in new tab)
2. Ojeda, L., & Piña-Watson, B. (2013). Day laborers’ life satisfaction: The role of familismo, spirituality, work, health, and discrimination. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 19, 270-278. Abstract (opens in new tab)
2012:
1. Ojeda, L., Piña-Watson, B., Castillo, L. G., Khan, N., Castillo, R., & Leigh, J. (2012). Acculturation, enculturation, ethnic identity, and conscientiousness as predictors of Latino boys’ and girls’ career decision self-efficacy. Journal of Career Development, 39, 208-228. Abstract (opens in new tab)
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** = denotes undergraduate student status