Entry Year

2020

Major Area of Study

Behavioral Medicine

Mentor

Kristen Wells, PhD / Vanessa L. Malcarne, PhD

E-mail

cgarcia6034@sdsu.edu

Research Interests

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.

Representative Publications

  • 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/Awards
  • 2020 Strategic Enhancement of Excellence through Diversity (SEED) Fellowship, UCSD Graduate Division