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College of Education and Human Development

# overview
Dr. Linda G. Castillo is a professor in the counseling psychology doctoral and school counseling master's degree programs. She is a licensed psychologist with a specialization in women's mental health, Relational Cultural Therapy, and Solution Focused Counseling. She was bestowed Fellow status by the American Psychological Association for her research in college student mental health and Latine educational persistence. Awarded over $10 million in federal funds across her career, Dr. Castillo's grant projects focus on college and career readiness of low-income and at-risk youth.

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST

Latine educational persistence and mental health

Scale development and validity of cultural constructs

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5201 Applied And Developmental Psychology

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3902 Education Policy, Sociology And Philosophy

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5201 Applied And Developmental Psychology

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3902 Education Policy, Sociology And Philosophy

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University of Utah - (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States)

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University of Utah - (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States)

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Social Connectedness and Negative Emotion Modulation: Social Media Use for Coping Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Parent conflict as a mediator between marianismo beliefs and depressive symptoms for Mexican American college women.

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Construction and initial validation of the Marianismo Beliefs Scale

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Reduction of Racial Prejudice in Student Affairs Professionals

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Factorial invariance of the Marianismo Beliefs Scale among Latinos in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study.

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Perfectionism and racial identity as predictors of life satisfaction in african American female college students

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Mentoring ethnic minority students for careers in academia: The WICHE Doctoral Scholars Program

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Investigating the structure and measurement invariance of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure in a multiethnic sample of college students.

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Frequency of drinking games participation and alcohol-related problems in a multiethnic sample of college students: do gender and ethnicity matter?

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The Influence of Marianismo, Ganas, and Academic Motivation on Latina Adolescents' Academic Achievement Intentions

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Institutional Context of Perceived Discrimination, Acculturative Stress, and Depressive Symptoms among Latina College Students

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The influence of multicultural training on perceived multicultural counseling competencies and implicit racial prejudice

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Educational Persistence in Latinx STEM Students: Examining Positive Mental Health at HSI and PWI

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Do dimensions of ethnic identity mediate the association between perceived ethnic group discrimination and depressive symptoms?

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16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Academic Stress Among College Students: Comparison of American and International Students

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Perceived Discrimination and Risk Behaviors in African American Students: the Potential Moderating Roles of Emotion Regulation and Ethnic Socialization.

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16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Navigating Identity Uncertainty: Identity Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Gender Matters: The Influence of Acculturation and Acculturative Stress on Latino College Student Depressive Symptomatology.

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Evaluating the invariance of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure across foreign-born, second-generation and later-generation college students in the United States.

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The Influence of Loneliness and Interpersonal Relations on Latina/o Middle School Students' Wellbeing

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Mexican American Mothers Perceptions of their Role in Childhood Obesity Prevention: A Qualitative Study

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Predictors of racial prejudice in white American Counseling Students

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Acculturation, Enculturation, Ethnic Identity, and Conscientiousness as Predictors of Latino Boys' and Girls' Career Decision Self-Efficacy

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Academic Nonpersistence Among Latina/o College Students: Examining Cultural and Social Factors

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Factor structure and factorial invariance of the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory.

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Emotion regulation moderates the relationship between perceived discrimination and risk behaviors in African American college students

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The sociocultural model of eating disorders in Mexican American women: behavioral acculturation and cognitive marginalization as moderators.

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Reduction of Racial Prejudice in Student Affairs Professionals

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The Role of Intragroup Marginalization in Latino College Student Adjustment

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The moderating role of centrality on associations between ethnic identity affirmation and ethnic minority college students' mental health.

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Predictors of Familial Acculturative Stress in Asian American College Students

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Dimensions of acculturation: associations with health risk behaviors among college students from immigrant families.

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The Marianismo Beliefs Scale: Validation With Mexican American Adolescent Girls and Boys

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Assessing depression in rural communities.

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Reliability and validity of the self-advocacy scale

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The role of personal identity as a resource for college students during COVID-19.

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Depressive symptoms and externalizing behaviors among Hispanic immigrant adolescents: Examining longitudinal effects of cultural stress.

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Eudaimonic Well-Being for Lesbian and Bisexual Women: The Roles of Religion and Social Connectedness.

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Infection control attitudes and perceptions among dental students in Latin America: implications for dental education.

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Disaster and social vulnerability: The case of undocumented Mexican migrant workers

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Construction and validation of the Intragroup Marginalization Inventory.

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The American Identity Measure: Development and Validation across Ethnic Group and Immigrant Generation

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An Intersectional Feminist Approach to Pakistani-American Women's Gender Roles in Therapy

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Influence of Family Perceptions of Acting White on Acculturative Stress in African American College Students

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Mental health among Latinx emerging adults: Examining the role of familial accusations of assimilation and ethnic identity.

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The Role of Enculturation and Acculturation on Latina College Student Distress

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Examining the Academic Achievement of Latino Adolescents: The Role of Parent and Peer Beliefs and Behaviors

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University Environment as a Mediator of Latino Ethnic Identity and Persistence Attitudes

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Familial factors related to suicidal ideation of Latina adolescents in the United States.

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Online career counseling with Mexican American adolescents

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Dynamics of Acculturation, Enculturation, and Ethnic Identity: Influence of Psychocultural Constructs on Conscientiousness and Expectations of Higher Education Among Latinos

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The use of poetry therapy with domestic violence counselors experiencing secondary posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms

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16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Alcohol Use Severity among Hispanic Emerging Adults: Examining Intragroup Marginalization, Bicultural Self-Efficacy, and the Role of Gender within a Stress and Coping Framework.

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Acculturation, white marginalization, and family support as predictors of perceived distress in Mexican American female college students

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Latina/o Student Achievement: A Collaborative Mission of Professional Associations of Higher Education

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The Role of the Perceived Parent-Child Relationship on Latina Adolescent Depression

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Dimensions of ethnic identity as protective factors for substance use and sexual risk behaviors in African American college students.

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The Influence of Acculturation and Enculturation on Mexican American High School Students' Decision to Apply to College

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Predictors of College Enrollment Among Latinx High School Students

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Introduction to the special issue on college student mental health.

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Alcohol use severity and depressive symptoms among late adolescent Hispanics: Testing associations of acculturation and enculturation in a bicultural transaction model.

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Cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression: Links to racial-ethnic discrimination and adjustment among Latino/a and Asian-heritage college students.

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A Psychological Profile of Acculturation, Ethnic Identity and Teaching Efficacy among Latino In-service Teachers

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Canadian Center of Science and Education

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Racial Justice Activist Burnout of Women of Color in the United States: Practical Tools for Counselor Intervention.

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16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Predictors of distress in Chicana college students

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Acculturative Stress and Depressive Symptomatology Among Mexican and Mexican American Students in the U.S.: Examining Associations with Cultural Incongruity and Intragroup Marginalization.

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University environment as a mediator of Latino ethnic identity and persistence attitudes

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Competitive internship candidates: A national survey of internship training directors

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Family Conflict and Intragroup Marginalization as Predictors of Acculturative Stress in Latino College Students

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Chinese International Student Sexual Harassment on U.S. College Campuses

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Communalism, familism, and filial piety: are they birds of a collectivist feather?

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Creating Infrastructures for Latino Mental Health

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The Role of Social and Personal Identities in Self-Esteem Among Ethnic Minority College Students.

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Mexican American Adolescents Perceptions of a Pro-College Culture

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Expanding the concept of acculturation in Mexican American rehabilitation psychology research and practice.

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Robust regression for single-case data analysis: how can it help?

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Health risk behaviors and depressive symptoms among Hispanic adolescents: Examining acculturation discrepancies and family functioning.

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Bryan ISD Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Partnership Project

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Heart of Texas GEAR UP Partnership Project

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Educational Psychology; 4225 TAMU

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College of Education and Human Development

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College of Education and Human Development

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Chang, Tzu-Fen (2012-02). The Acculturation of Chinese-American Adolescents in Negotiating Autonomy and Connectedness: Comparison between Chinese- and European-Americans. Master's Thesis.

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Rodriguez, Kimberly Margaret (2015-08). Disentangling the Interaction Effects Between Bicultural Stress and Self-Esteem on Depression Among Mexican American Adolescents. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Gonzalez, Lorena L. (2010-01). Why Can't We All Be Friends? Do Friendships Influence a Person's Perception of Racial Teasing?. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Nguyen, Huynh Mai Thi (2015-12). Academic Expectations Stress in Asian American Undergraduate Students - A Revalidation Study. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Thompson, Keisha Venicia (2012-10). Validation of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure for Afro-Caribbean-American College Students. Doctoral Dissertation.

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He, Xiao (2019-08). The Influence of Coherence, Connectedness, and Gender on International Students’ Coping Strategies. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Brown, Lesley-Ann (2012-10). Examining the Relationship Between Minority Status Stress, the Social Change Model of Leadership Development, and Persistence of Black Students at Predominantly White Institutions. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Hershberger, John Michael (2012-02). Can You be Vaccinated from Teasing? A Retrospective Study of Teasing History and Current Self Esteem Levels. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Cano, Miguel Ángel (2011-08). The Role of Acculturation and Enculturation on Alcohol Consumption among Hispanic College Students in Late Adolescence. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Pina-Watson, Brandy Michelle (2014-05). The Influence of Caregiver-Child Acculturation Gap on Mexican American Adolescents' Depression and Suicidality. Doctoral Dissertation.