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Cristian Garcia Alcaraz

Pronouns: Cristian

Doctoral Student

SDSU / UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
Behavioral Medicine

San Diego

Areas of Research

Physical and Mental Health of Minorities

Bio

I am interested in studying factors that influence the physical and mental health of minorities; how technology might influence mental health as well as how technology can be used to improve physical and mental health; and how psychological constructs might manifest differently across different populations and subgroups within those populations.

Mentors

Kristen Wells, Ph.D., MPH, SDSU
Vanessa Malcarne, Ph.D., SDSU

Details

Publications
  1. Garcia-Alcaraz, C., Ataseven, B., Mills, S., Roesch, S.C., Sadler, G.R., & Malcarne, V.L. (2020). Psychometric evaluation of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scales in English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanic Americans. Journal of Health Psychology, 00(0), 1-8. doi:10.1177/1359105320919884
Grants
  1. 2020 Strategic Enhancement of Excellence through Diversity (SEED) Fellowship, UCSD Graduate Division