Are you interested in reading about topics related to our lab? Explore publications from Dr. Mayra Y. Bámaca, students, and colleagues.
Publications
Bai, S., Witherspoon, D. P., GIvanova, M.Y., Maereg, T. M.Almeida, C. F., Gonzalez, D. M., Covarrubias, E., Martinez, G. & Bámaca, M. Y. (2026). Daily Peer Interactions and Mood in Black and Latiné Youth: The Roles of Friends and Parents. Behavioral Sciences, 16(5), 683. Daily Peer Interactions and Mood in Black and Latiné Youth: The Roles of Friends and Parents
Park, J., Witherspoon, D. P., & Bámaca, M. Y. (2025). Exploring the Links Between Neighborhood Characteristics, Parental Monitoring, and Deviance Among Black and Latinx Adolescents in a New Destination Context. Journal of Community Psychology.https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70031
Martinez, G., Maggs, J. L., Bámaca, M. Y., Fisher, Z., & Robins, R. W. (2025). Trajectories and distal proximal timing of Stressors as predictors of trajectories of alcohol use frequency and of binge drinking from adolescence to young adulthood in Mexican-Origin Youth. Developmental Psychology, 61(1), 37–50. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0001877
Glober, C.S., Bamaca, M., Y., Homma, K. (2025). Do family obligations contribute to academic values? The mediating role of academic efficacy. Behavioral Sciences, 15 (9), 1212. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15091212
Perez-Brena, N. J., Bamaca, M. Y., Stein, G. L., Gomez, E. (2025). Hasta la raiz: Cultivating racial-ethnic socialization in Latine families. Child Development Perspective, 18(2). DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12502
Cooper, D. K., Bamaca-Colbert, M., Layland, E.K., Simpson, E.G., & Benjamin, L.B. (2021). Puerto Ricans and Mexican immigrants differ in their psychological responses to patterns of lifetime adversity. PLoS One, 16(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258324
Witherspoon, D.P., Bamaca-Colbert, M. Y., Stein, G.L., Rivas-Drake, D. (2020). Hidden populations: Uncovering the developmental experiences of minoritized populations across contexts. Developmental Psychology, 56(8), http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0001055.
Bamaca-Colbert, M., Henry, C.S., Perez-Brena, N., Gayles, J.G., & Martinez, G. (2019). Cultural orientation gaps within a family systems perspective. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 11(4), 525-543. doi:10.1111/jftr.12353