Intersectional Oppression (LGBTQ/BIPOC), Latinx Mental Health, Immigration Status, Coping Strategies

Martin, J., Barrita, A., & Abreu, R.L. (2025, accepted). Social Justice and Race Moderated Parental Acceptance and Mental Health in BIPOC Caregivers of LGBTQ Youth: Implications for Family Therapy Interventions. Translational Issues in Psychological Science.   

Abreu, R.L., Skidmore, S., Barrita, A., Sostre, J.P., Lefevor, G.T., & Watson, R. (2025). Substance Use, Parental and Teacher Support, and Mental Health Outcomes among Latinx Sexual and Gender Minority Youth. Journal of Homosexuality.  10.1080/00918369.2025.2496200

Costa, R., Barrita, A., Vazquez, T., & Abreu, R.L. (2025). Effects from Family Rejection, Social Support, Internalized Transphobia, Resilience, and Collective Action on Mental Health Outcomes among Transgender and Gender Diverse Young Adults: A Moderated Mediation Model. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.  Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000837    

Kalantzis, M., Maitland, D.M., Yannon, M., Gaggiano, C., He, J., Barrita, A., Symmes, L., & O’Brien, W.H. (2025). Weight-Based Discrimination and Cortisol Output: A Systematic Review. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2025.100290     

Barrita, A., Parmenter, J., Abreu, R.L., Sostre, J.P. & Watson, R. (2025). Therapy and Parental Support for LGBTQ+ Latinx and Black youth: A moderated mediation analysis of internalized stigma, school bullying, and psychological distress. Mental Health Science.  https://doi.org/10.1002/mhs2.70009 

Carlos Chavez, F., Barrita, A., Moore, B., & Cardenas, G. (2025). Endorsing Family Interdependence rather than Emancipation: A qualitative exploration among Latin American migrant youth in U.S. farm work. Journal of Latinx Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000284 

+Abreu, R.L., +Barrita, A., Sostre, J.P., Parmenter, J. & Watson, R. (2025). Interest in PrEP, cyberbullying, internalized LGBTQ stigma, and parental support among Latinx sexual and gender diverse youth. Health Psychology 44(3), 266-274. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001455    (+co-first authorship)

Chang, R., Barrita, A., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G. (2024). Predictors of the Fear of Mpox in Sexual Minorities. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tps0000434  

Barrita, A., Kraus, S., Robnett, R., Rodriguez, C., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G. (2024). “The Illegal Threat”: Presumed Illegal Microaggressive Experience (PrIME) Scale. Translational Issues in Psychological Science.      

https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tps0000415 

Carbajal, I., Barrita, A., & Cabrera-Martinez, L. (2024). Grappling with Whiteness: Latent profiles of White Racial Consciousness and Affect’s Impact on Critical Reflection. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02085-5 

Parmenter, J. & Barrita, A. (2024). A preliminary model of intersectional minority stress and strengths among Sexual and Gender Diverse Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity  

https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000748 

Rayo. W., Barrita, A., Cabrera-Martinez, L., & Carbajal I. (2024). The complexity in bilingual code-switching research: A systematic review. Languages 9(0).  https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9060217  

Barrita, A., Carbajal, I., Abreu, R.L., Chang, R., Moreno O., Garcini, L.M., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G. (2024). Immigration Status Microaggressions: A moderated mediation analysis of cultural stress, fear, internalization, and psychological stress among Latinx and Asian college students. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000687 

Garcini, L.M., Barrita, A., Cadenas, G.A., Domenech Rodríguez, M.M., Galvan, T., Mercado, A., Moreno, O., Paris, M., Rojas Perez, O.F., Silva. M., Venta, A. (2024). A decolonial and liberation lens to psychological research: Upholding promises to diverse, inclusive and equitable practices in social justice research. American Psychologist.   

https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001255   

Barrita, A., Wong-Padoongpatt, G., Chang, R., Abreu, R.L., & Krishen, A. (2023). Internalizing the poison: A moderated mediation analysis of LGBTQ+ BIPoC college students’ experiences with intersectional microaggressions. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology       

https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000375     

Barrita, A., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G., (2023). Ethnic Identity and Resilience: A moderated mediation analysis of protective factors for Self-Blame and Racial Microaggressions. Frontiers in Psychology.   https://doi.org/

10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1198375 

Vierra, K., Barrita, A., Wong-Padoongpatt, G., & Robnett, R. (2023). Critical action to redress systemic oppression: A person-center approach. Frontiers in Psychology.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.

2023.1189598  

Barrita, A., Strong, M.N., Ferraris J., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G. (2023). Drugs and racial microaggressions: A mediation analysis of racism, psychological distress, and coping strategies. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.

209078 

Barrita, A., Chang, R., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G. (2023). Assumptions of immigration status: A moderated mediation analysis of racial microaggressions and internalization impacting Latinx and Asian college students.Social Psychology of Education, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-023-09792-0 

Barrita, A., Hixson, K., Kachen, A., Wong-Padoongpatt, G., & Krishen, A. (2023). Centering the margins: A moderation study examining cisgender privilege among LGBTQ+ BIPoC college students facing intersectional microaggressions. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000636  

Abreu, R.L., Barrita, A.,Martin, J.A., Sostre, J.P. & Gonzalez, K.A. (2023) Latinx LGBTQ Youth, COVID-19, and Psychological Well-being: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology.   https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.

2158839 

Wong-Padoongpatt, G., Barrita, A., King, A. & Strong, M.N. (2022). The Slow Violence of Racism on Asian Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 10(958999). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.

958999 

Abreu, R.L., Lefevor, G.T., Barrita, A., Gonzalez, K.A., & Watson R.J. (2023). Intersectional Microaggressions, Depressive Symptoms, and the role of LGBTQ-specific Parental Support in a Sample Latinx Sexual and Gender Minority Youth. Journal of Adolescence, 95, 584-595. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12139 

Wong-Padoongpatt, G., Barrita, A., & King, A. (2022). Everyday Racism Increase for Asians in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Asian American Journal of Psychology,13(4), 318-327. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000295 

Abreu, R.L., Lefevor, G.T., Gonzalez, K.A., Barrita, A., & Watson R.J. (2022). Bullying, Depression, and Parental Acceptance in a Sample of Latinx Sexual and Gender Minority Youth. Journal of LGBT Youth, 20(3), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.

2022.2071791 

Wong-Padoongpatt, G., Barrita, A., & King, A. (2022). Perceived everyday discrimination explains internalized racism during the COVID-19 pandemic among Asians. Behavioral Medicine, 48(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.

2021.2015277 

Cabrera-Martinez, L., Barrita, A., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G. (2022). A systematic literature review on the resilience experienced by BIPOC in the face of discrimination. Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal, 2(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.9741/2766-7227.1012 

Cheng, A., King, B., Barrita, A., King, A., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G. (2021). Asian Americans experience microassaults during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal 1(1), 56-62. https://doi.org/10.9741/2766-7227.1004 

King, A., Wong-Padoongpatt, G., Barrita, A., *Phung, D., & *Tong, T. (2020). Risk factors of problem gaming and gambling in US emerging adult non-students: The role of loot boxes, microtransactions, and risk-taking. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 41(12), 1063-1075. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.

2020.1803461