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Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, PhD
Current
Position
Research Instructor in Psychiatry
Education and Training
BA: University of Houston, 1998
PH.D.:State University of New York at Buffalo, 2004
Areas of Research Interests
Research interests include the reduction of health and mental health disparities among underserved populations and the risk behaviors associated with substance abuse and dependence.
Key Publications
Cavazos-Rehg, P.A., Zayas, L.H., Walker, M.S., & Fisher, E.B. (2006). Evaluating an abbreviated version of the Hispanic Stress Inventory for Immigrants. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 28, 498-515.
Cavazos-Rehg, P.A., Zayas, L.H., & Spitznagel, E. (2007). Negative emotional states of Latino immigrants concerned with deportation. Journal of the National Medical Association, 99, 1126-1132.
Cavazos-Rehg, P.A., Spitznagel, E., Bucholz, K.K., Norberg, K., Nurnberger, J., Hesselbrock, V., Kramer, J., Kuperman, S., Bierut, L.J. (2007). The relationship between alcohol problems and dependence, conduct disorder symptoms, and number of sex partners in a sample of young adults. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 12: 2046-52.
Cavazos-Rehg, PA, Krauss, MJ, Spitznagel, E, Schootman, M, Bucholz, KK, Peipert, JF, Sanders-Thompson, V, Cottler, LB, Bierut, LJ: Age of sexual debut among U.S. adolescents. Contraception (in press).
Cavazos-Rehg PA, DeLucia-Waack JL: Education, ethnic identity, and acculturation as predictors of self-esteem in Latino adolescents. J Couns Dev 2009; 87, 47-54.
Cavazos-Rehg, PA, Spitznagel, E, Schootman, M, Strickland, JR, Afful, SE, Cottler, LB, Bierut, LJ: Cocaine Dependence and Risky Sexual Behaviors. AIDS Patient Care and STDs (in press).