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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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