Contact Information

Coordinator of the Master of Science in Community Psychology Program
University of the Incarnate Word
Department of Psychology
4301 Broadway Street, CPO #355
San Antonio, TX 78209
United States of America

Office (210) 364-9023

felixort@uiwtx.edu,

Disciplines
  • Psychology
Research Keywords
  • Cultural Identity
  • Drug Use Epidemiology
  • Assisted Mutual Support Groups
  • Structural Equation Models
Membership Information

Membership Category:
Research Scientists

Member Since: 2001

María Félix-Ortíz, Ph.D.

María Félix-Ortíz, Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
M.A. University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. Bryn Mawr College

About Me

My Hearst newspaper column was recently recognized with two regional awards and nominated for a national award for excellence in mental health education: The Center for Health Care Services STAR Media Award 2006, and National Alliance of Mental Illness (Texas) Betty Fulenwider Media Award 2006. The... Read more

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Recent Publications

Castro, F. G., Barrera, M., Pantin, H., Martinez, C., Félix-Ortiz, M., Rios, R., Lopez, V.A., and Lopez, C. (2006). Substance abuse prevention intervention research with Hispanic populations. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 84S, S29-S42.

Cervantes, R., & Félix-Ortiz, M. (2004). “Drug Use Among Chicanos, Mexican Americans, and Mexican Nationals.” R. J. Velazquez, L.A. Arellano, and B. McNeill (Eds.), Handbook of Chicana and Chicano Psychology. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Félix-Ortiz, M., Fernandez, A., & Newcomb, M.D. (2003). The role of intergenerational discrepancy of cultural orientation in drug use among Latina adolescents. In M. Aguirre-Molina, and C. W. Molina (Eds.) Latina Health in the United States: A Public Health Reader (Ch. 20). Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass. (article previously published and reprinted as a chapter with our permission)

 

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