All Stories

  1. Revisiting the two-factor model of ethnic–racial and U.S. identity exploration among Hispanic college students.

    Article • Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, May 2026, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alan Meca

  2. Cultural stress theory: An overview.

    Article • Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, October 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alan Meca

  3. Profiles of acculturative strategies and cultural stressors among Hispanic/Latinx college-attending emerging adults.

    Article • Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, November 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alan Meca

  4. Cultural stress, daily well-being, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms among Hispanic college students.

    Article • Journal of Counseling Psychology, February 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cory Cobb, Simon Ozer, Alan Meca, Dr. Alan S. Waterman, Dr. Seth J. Schwartz

  5. The Ethnic Identity Scale: Affirmation, really?

    Article • Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, July 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alan Meca, Melinda Gonzales-Backen

  6. Testing the construct validity and empirical distinctiveness of the Multicultural Identity Styles Scale (MISS) and the Bicultural Identity Integration Scale (BIIS-2).

    Article • Psychological Assessment, July 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Agnes Szabo, Alan Meca, Dr. Seth J. Schwartz

  7. Discrimination and ethnic identity: Establishing directionality among Latino/a youth.

    Article • Developmental Psychology, May 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alan Meca, Melinda Gonzales-Backen

  8. Development of the United States Identity Scale: Unpacking exploration, resolution, and affirmation.

    Article • Journal of Latinx Psychology, May 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alan Meca

  9. Alcohol initiation among recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents: Roles of acculturation and sociocultural stress.

    Article • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, January 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alan Meca

  10. Exploring Individual Differences in the Relationship Between Cultural Identity Processes and Well-Being

    Article • Emerging Adulthood, December 2018, SAGE Publications

    Alan Meca, Dr. Dionne P Stephens

  11. Longitudinal effects of acculturation and enculturation on mental health: Does the measure of matter?

    Article • Development and Psychopathology, October 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Alan Meca

  12. Exploring Adaptive Acculturation Approaches Among Undocumented Latinos: A Test of Berry’s Model

    Article • The Counseling Psychologist, January 2018, SAGE Publications

    Alan Meca