Dr. Merz’s research focuses on psychological adjustment, coping, resilience, and quality of life in the context of health-related adversity, social/cultural determinants of vulnerability to disease, and the operationalization and measurement of psychosocial phenomena across language and culture.

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*Indicates mentored CSUDH student

*San Diego, E., & Merz, E. L. (in press). Diabetes knowledge, fatalism and Type 2 diabetes-preventive behavior in an ethnically diverse sample of college students. Journal of American College Health, doi: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1751175

Castillo, L. G., Gonzalez, P., Merz, E. L., Nunez, A., Buelna, C., Castenada, S. F., Davis, S., Garcia, K. A., Giachello, A. L., Ojeda, L., Womack, V. Y., Penedo, F. J., & Gallo, L. C., (2021). Psychometric Properties and Factorial Invariance of the Marianismo Beliefs Scale among Latinos in the HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77, 312-328.

Russell, K. B., Merz, E. L., Reynolds, K., Schulte, F., & Tomfohr-Madsen, L. (2020). Sleep disturbances in survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and their siblings. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45, 707-716.

Fox, R. S., Mills, S. D., Gholizadeh, S., Merz, E. L., Roesch, S. C., Clements, P.J., Kafaja, S., Khanna, D., Furst, D. E., & Malcarne, V. L. (2020). Validity and correlates of the Brief Satisfaction With Appearance Scale for patients with limited and diffuse systemic sclerosis: Analysis from the University of California, Los Angeles Scleroderma Quality of Life Study. Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders, 5, 143-151.

Fox, R. S., Ancoli-Israel, S., Roesch, S. C., Merz, E. L., Mills, S. D., Wells, K. J., Sadler, G. R., & Malcarne, V. L.  (2020). Sleep disturbance and cancer-related fatigue symptom cluster in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28, 845-855.

Merz, E. L., Assassi, S. A., & Malcarne, V. L. (2018). Pain and its management in systemic sclerosis. Current Treatment Options in Rheumatology, 4, 255-267.

Fox, R. S., Kwakkenbos, L., Carrier, M. E., Mills, S. D., Gholizadeh, S., Jewett, L. R., Roesch, S.C., Merz, E. L., Assassi, S., Furst, D. E., Gottesman, K., Mayes, M. D., Thombs, B. D., Malcarne, V. L. & the SPIN investigators. (2018). Reliability and validity of three versions of the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale in patients with systemic sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study. Arthritis Care & Research, 70, 1646-1652.

Merz, E. L. & Tomfohr-Madsen, L.  (2018).  Sleep disruption in pediatric cancer survivors: Conceptual framework and opportunities for clinical assessment and behavioral treatment. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 12, 311-323.

Gholizadeh, S., Rooney, B., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Safren, S. A., & Blashill, A. J. (2018). Body image and condomless anal sex among sexual minority men living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior, 22, 658-662.

Merz, E. L., Kwakkenbos, L., Carrier, M. E., Gholizadeh, S., Mills, S. D., Fox, R. S., Jewett, L. R., Williamson, H., Harcourt, D., Assassi, S., Furst, D. E., Gottesman, K., Mayes, M. D., Moss, T., Thombs, B. D., Malcarne, V. L. & the SPIN investigators. (2018). Comparison of factor structure and convergent validity of the Derriford Appearance Scale-24 standard scoring versus treating “not applicable” responses as missing data: A Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) cohort study. BMJ Open, 8, e018641, http://dx.doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018641.

Brintz, C. E., Birnbaum-Weitzman, O., Merz, E. L., Penedo, F. J., Daviglus, M., Fortmann, A. L., Gallo, L. C., Gonzalez, P., Johnson, T. P., Navas-Nacher, E. L., Youngblood, M. E., & Llabre, M. M. (2017).  Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being, Expanded (FACIT-Sp-Ex) across English and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 9, 337-347.

Gholizadeh, S., Mills, S. D., Fox, R. S., Merz, E. L., Roesch, S.C., Malcarne, V. L., Clements, P. J., Khanna, D., Kafaja, S., & Furst, D. E. (2017). Structural validity of the Rheumatology Attitudes Index (RAI) in systemic sclerosis: Analysis from the UCLA Scleroderma Quality of Life Study. Journal of Rheumatology, 44, 795-798.

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S. C, Nair, D. K., Salazar, G., Assassi, S., & Mayes, M. D.  (2017).  Longitudinal patterns of pain in patients with diffuse and limited systemic sclerosis: Integrating medical, psychological, and social characteristics. Quality of Life Research, 26, 85-94.

Gonzalez, P., Nuñez, A., Merz, E., Brintz, C., Weitzman, O., Navas, E. L., Camacho, A., Bulena, C., Penedo, F. J.,  Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Perreira, K., Isasi, C. R., Choca, J., Talavera, G. A., & Gallo, L. C.  (2017).  Measurement Properties of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D 10): Findings from HCHS/SOL. Psychological Assessment, 29, 372-381.

Merz, E. L., Roesch, S. C., Malcarne, V. L., Penedo, F. J., Talavera, G. A., Castañeda, S. F., Daviglus, M. L., Giachello, A. L., Gonzalez, F., Perreira, K. M., Ponguta, A., & Gallo, L. C. (2016). Simpatía, social support and hypertension prevalence in Hispanics/Latinos: Findings from the HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 4, 131-141.

Mills, S. D., Fox, R. S., Merz, E. L., Clements, P. J., Kafaja, S., Malcarne, V. L., Furst, D. E., & Khanna, D.  (2015). Evaluation of the Satisfaction with Appearance Scale and its short form in systemic sclerosis: Analysis from the UCLA Scleroderma Quality of Life Study. Journal of Rheumatology, 42, 1624-1630.

Merz, E. L., Roesch, S. C., Malcarne, V. L., Penedo, F. J., Llabre, M. M. Birnbaum-Weitzman, O. B., Navas-Nacher, E. L., Perreira, K. M., Gonzalez, F., Ponguta, L. A., Johnson, T. P., & Gallo, L. C. (2014). Validation of Interpersonal Support Evaluation List-12 (ISEL-12) scores among English and Spanish-Speaking Hispanics/Latinos from the HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study.  Psychological Assessment. 26, 384-394.

Merz, E. L., Fox, R. S., & Malcarne, V. L. (2014). Expressive writing interventions in cancer patients: A systematic review.  Health Psychology Review, 8, 339-361.

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Assassi, S., Nair, D. K., Graham, T. A., Yellman, B. P., Estrada-Y-Martin, R. M., & Mayes M. D. (2014). Biopsychosocial typologies of pain in a cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Care and Research, 66, 567-574.

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S. C., Ko, C. M., Emerson, M., Roma, V. G., & Sadler, G. R.  (2013). Psychometric properties of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) long and short forms in an African American community sample.  Journal of Affective Disorders, 151, 942-949.

Fox, R. S., Merz, E. L., Solórzano, M., & Roesch S.C. (2013). Further examining Berry’s Model: The applicability of latent profile analysis to acculturation.  Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 46, 270-288.

Hickey, S., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Gunsauls, D. C., Huang, J., & Sadler, G. R.  (2013).  Breast cancer education for the Deaf Community in American Sign Language. Oncology Nursing Forum, 40, E86-E91.

Roesch, S. C., Norman, G. J., Merz, E. L., Sallis, J. F., & Patrick, K.  (2013).  Longitudinal measurement invariance of psychosocial measures in physical activity research: An application to adolescent data.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 721-729.

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S. C., Sharif, R., Harper, B. E., Draeger, H., Gonzalez, E. B., McNearney, T. A., Assassi, S., & Mayes, M. D.  (2013).  Measuring illness behavior in patients with systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Care and Research, 65, 585-593.

Yao, C., Merz, E. L., Nakaji, M., Harry, K., Malcarne, V. L., & Sadler, G. R.  (2012).  Cervical cancer control: Deaf and hearing women’s response to an educational video.  Journal of Cancer Education, 27, 62-66.

Merz, E. L., & Roesch, S. C.  (2011). A latent profile analysis of the Five Factor Model of personality: Modeling trait interactions. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 915-919.

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Ko, C. M., Sadler, M., Kwack, L., Varni, J., & Sadler, G. R.  (2011).  Dyadic concordance among prostate cancer patients and their spouses: Does it matter?  Psychology and Health, 26, 651-666.

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S. C., Riley, N., & Sadler, G. R.  (2011). A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 among English- and Spanish-speaking Latinas.  Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17, 309-316.

Merz, E. L., & Roesch, S. C.  (2011). Modeling trait and state variation using multilevel factor analysis with PANAS daily diary data.  Journal of Research in Personality, 45, 2-9.

Malcarne, V. L., Hansdottir, I., & Merz, E. L. (2010).  Vulnerability to anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence.  In R. E. Ingram and J. M. Price (Eds.), Vulnerability to Psychopathology:  Risk across the Lifespan, 2^nd edition. New York: Guilford.

McNally, R. J., Malcarne, V. L., Najmi, S., Hansdottir, I., Reese, H. E., & Merz, E. L. (2010). Vulnerability to anxiety disorders across the lifespan. In R. E. Ingram & J. M. Price (Eds.), Vulnerability to Psychopathology: Risk across the Lifespan, 2^nd edition. New York: Guilford.

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Hansdottir, I., Furst, D. E., Clements, P. J., & Weisman, M. H.  (2009).  A longitudinal analysis of humor coping and quality of life in systemic sclerosis. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 5, 553-566.

 

*Indicates mentored CSUDH student

Cho, S., Schulte, F., Merz, E.L., Russell, K.B., Charnock, C., Reynolds, K., & Tomfohr-Madsen, L. (2021, May). Social adjustment in early survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia who did not receive cranial radiation therapy. Poster presentation at the International Psycho-Oncology Society World Congress. Kyoto, Japan [virtual due to COVID-19]. [Abstract published in Journal of Psychosocial Oncology & Practice, 3(S1), p. 146-147]

Russell, K. B., Merz, E. L., Reynolds, K., Schulte, F., & Tomfohr-Madsen, L. (2020, October). Sleep disturbances and fatigue in survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and their siblings.  Poster discussion at the annual meeting for the International Society of Pediatric Oncology. Ottawa, Canada [virtual due to COVID-19]. [Abstract Published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 67, p. S134]

*Hawes, J., *Levingston, E.M., *Quann, V. M., *San Diego, E., & Merz, E. L.  (2020, April). Does general self-efficacy buffer the effects of stress on sleep? Poster discussion at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine [virtual due to COVID-19]. [Abstract Published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54, p. S376]

Russell, B., Merz, E. L., Sell, H., Schulte, F., & Tomfohr-Madsen, L. (2019, October). Media use and sleep in survivors of pediatric cancer, siblings, and healthy controls. Poster presentation at the annual meeting for the International Society of Pediatric Oncology. Lyon, France. [Abstract Published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 66, p. S476-S477]

Russell, B., Trépanier, L., Merz, E. L., Schulte, F., & Tomfohr-Madsen, L. (2019, September). Differences in body mass index between families of survivors of pediatric cancer and healthy controls. Poster presentation at the International Psycho-Oncology Society Conference. Banff, Alberta, CA.

*Ortiz Chavez, S., *Quann, V., *San Diego, E., & Merz, E. L. (2019, April). Understanding annual checkup compliance among ethnically diverse young adults.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association. Pasadena, CA.

*McElwee, C., Victor, T., & Merz, E. L. (2019, February). The influence of early life socio-environmental factors on neuropsychological test performance in a healthy adult sample. Poster presentation at the annual meeting for the International Neuropsychological Society.  New York, NY.

Sell, H., Russell, K. B., Merz, E. L., Schulte, F., Tomfohr-Madsen, L. (2018, August). Media use, sleep, and fatigue in survivors of pediatric cancer. Poster presentation at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute Conference.  Calgary, AB.

Merz, E. L., Kwakkenbos, L., Carrier, M. E., Gholizadeh, S., Mills, S. D., Fox, R. S., Jewett, L. R., Williamson, H., Harcourt, D., Assassi, S., Furst, D. E., Gottesman, K., Mayes, M. D., Moss, T., Thombs, B. D., Malcarne, V. L. & the SPIN investigators. (2018, June). Factor structure and convergent validity of the Derriford Appearance Scale-24 using standard scoring versus treating “not applicable” responses as missing data: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network cohort study. Poster presentation at annual meeting of the Centre for Appearance Research conference. Bristol, UK. *Project modified for a community audience

Russell, K. B., Schulte, F., Merz, E. L., & Tomfohr-Madsen, L. (2018, May).  Childhood cancer: Sleep disruptions in long-term survivorship.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Alberta SPOR Support Unit’s 2018 Summer Institute. Calgary, AB.

*Hernandez, J., *Ortiz, S., *Hidalgo, B., *San Diego, E., & Merz, E. L. (2018, April). What is the relationship between ethnic identity, diabetic family history, and knowledge about diabetes? Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association. Portland, OR.

Merz, E. L., & *San Diego, E. (2018, April). Development of a modified Diabetes Fatalism Scale for use in adults without type 2 diabetes. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. New Orleans, LA. [Abstract Published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 52, p. S717]

*San Diego, E., & Merz, E. L. (2018, April). Diabetes knowledge, fatalism, and preventive health behavior in young adults without diabetes. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. New Orleans, LA. [Abstract Published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 52, p. S277]

Merz, E. L., Kwakkenbos, L., Carrier, M. E., Gholizadeh, S., Mills, S. D., Fox, R. S., Jewett, L. R., Williamson, H., Harcourt, D., Assassi, S., Furst, D. E., Gottesman, K., Mayes, M. D., Moss, T., Thombs, B. D., Malcarne, V. L. & the SPIN investigators. (2017, November). Factor structure and convergent validity of the Derriford Appearance Scale-24 using standard scoring versus treating “not applicable” responses as missing data: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network cohort study. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals. San Diego, CA. [Abstract Published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, 69, p. S10]

*San Diego, E., *Aguilar, K., Fox, R. S., & Merz, E. L. (2017, March). A systematic review of social support and pain in patients with rheumatologic disease. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA. [Abstract Published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51, pp. S1272-S1273]

Rooney, B., Gholizadeh, S., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Safren, S. A., & Blashill, A. J.  (2017, March). Body image and sexual risk among sexual minority men living with HIV.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA. Abstract Published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51, pp. S2599-S2600]

*Carrada Zuñiga, N., Merz, E. L., *Chkadua, M., Malcarne, V. L., Riley, N., & Sadler, G. R. (2016, May).  Mediators of acculturation and health-related quality of life in Latinas. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Long Beach, CA. (APA Division 52 Student Poster Competition, 2nd Place)

*Smith, H., Merz, E. L., *Cortes, M., Malcarne, V. L., Riley, N., Sadler, G. R. (2016, May). Cancer fatalism, family history of cancer, and routine checkup compliance. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Long Beach, CA.

Merz, E. L., Fox, R. S., Mills, S. D., & Malcarne, V. L. (2016, March).  Are perceptions of risk and self-efficacy associated with lifestyle-based cancer risks: A systematic review of the literature. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society, San Diego, CA. [Abstract Published in Psycho-Oncology, 25, p. 91]

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S. C., Nair, D. K., Salazar, G., Assassi, S., & Mayes, M. D.  (2015, April). Understanding Biopsychosocial Contributions to Pain in a Prospective Cohort of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Antonio, TX. [Abstract Published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49, p. S116]

Fox, R. S., Mills, S. D., Gholizadeh, S., Merz, E. L., Roesch, S. C., Clements, P. J., Kafaja, S., Malcarne, V. L., Khanna, D., Furst, D. E.  (2014, November). Correlates of Body Image Dissatisfaction in Patients with Limited and Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology/ Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, Boston, MA.

Fox, R. S., Mills, S. D., Gholizadeh, S., Merz, E. L., Roesch, S. C., Clements, P. J., Kafaja, S., Malcarne, V. L., Khanna, D., Furst, D. E.  (2014, July). Correlates of body image dissatisfaction in patients with limited and diffuse systemic sclerosis. Poster presentation at annual meeting of the Centre for Appearance Research conference. Bristol, UK. *Project modified for a community audience

Malcarne, V. L., Fox, R. S., Mills, S. D., Gholizadeh, S., Merz, E. L., Clements, P. J., Kafaja, S., Khanna, D., & Furst, D. E.  (2014, February). Prevalence and correlates of body image dissatisfaction in patients with limited and diffuse systemic sclerosis.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Systemic Sclerosis World Congress, Rome, Italy. [Abstract Published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, 66, p. S588]

 Fox, R. S., Mills, S. D., Pan, T. M., Merz, E. L., & Malcarne, V. L.  (2014, February). Interventions targeting psychosocial and process-related outcomes following an abnormal breast cancer screening test: A systematic review.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society, Tampa, FL. [Abstract Published in Psycho-Oncology, 23, pp. 108-109]

Fox, R. S., Gholizadeh, S., Mills, S. D., Merz, E. L., Clements, P. J., Kafaja, S., Malcarne, V. L., Fust, D. E., & Khanna, D.  (2013, October).The validity of the Satisfaction with Appearance scale and the Brief Satisfaction with Appearance scale for patients with limited and diffuse systemic sclerosis.  Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology/ Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, San Diego, CA. (Selected as an ARHP Noteworthy Abstract). [Abstract Published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, 65, p. S356]

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Assassi, S., Nair, D. K., Graham, T. A., Yellman, B. P., Estrada-Y-Martin, R. M., & Mayes, M. D.  (2013, October). Biopsychosocial typologies of pain in a cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology/ Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, San Diego, CA. [Abstract Published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, 65, pp. S920-S921]

Fox, R. S., Gholizadeh, S., Mills, S. D., Merz, E. L., Clements, P. J., Kafaja, S., Malcarne, V. L., Fust, D. E., & Khanna, D.  (2013, September). How well the Satisfaction with Appearance Scale (SWAP) and Brief-SWAP measure body image distress among patients with limited and diffuse systemic sclerosis. Poster Presentation at the Scleroderma Congress and the Scleroderma Society of Canada.

Mills, S. D., Fox, R. S., Malcarne, V. L., Merz, E. L., Clements, P. J., Khanna, D., Kafaja, S., & Furst, D. E. (2013, August).  A psychometric evaluation of the Satisfaction with Appearance Scale (SWAP) and Brief-SWAP in systemic sclerosis patients.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.  (Selected for a Certificate of Merit from the Association of Test Publishers).

Riley, N., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., & Sadler, G. R. (2013, May). The Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Education Program. Poster presentation at the California Breast Cancer Research Program Symposium, Costa Mesa, CA.

 

Riley, N., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., & Sadler, G. R. (2012, September). Clinical trials knowledge, attitudes, and research participation among African American and Hispanic American women as a result of a breast cancer clinical trials education program.  Podium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, Ann Arbor, MI.

 

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S. C., Sharif, R., Harper, B. E., Draeger, H., Gonzalez, E. B., McNearney, T. A., Assassi, S., & Mayes, M. D.  (2012, August).  Measuring illness behavior in patients with systemic sclerosis. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

 

Harry, K. M., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Furst, D. E., Clements, P. J. & Weisman, M. H.  (2012, April).  God locus of control and coping strategies on disease-related distress in patients with systemic sclerosis.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

 

Bess, C., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Riley, N., & Sadler, G. R.  (2012, April).  Acculturation, age, level of education, religiosity, subjective social status as predictors of cancer fatalism.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA. [Abstract Published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 43, p. S220]

 

Riley, N., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., & Sadler, G. R. (2011, September). The influence of perceived community support on African American women’s response to a program promoting clinical trials participation. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, Buffalo, NY. (Selected for Best Research Poster Award).

 

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Riley, N., & Sadler, G. R. (2011, April).  Stress, racism, and health among African American and Hispanic American women. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral medicine, Washington, DC.

 

Sobel, R. M., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Riley, N., & Sadler, G. R. (2011, April).  Religiosity, fatalism and acculturation in Hispanic American women.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral medicine, Washington, DC. [Abstract Published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 41, p. S203]

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Roberson, C. K., Varni, J. W., & Sadler, G. R. (2011, February).  Problem orientation and mood disturbance among spouses of men with prostate cancer.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society, Anaheim, CA. [Abstract Published in Psycho-Oncology, 20, p. 50]

 

Sobel, R. M., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Ko, C. M., Varni, J. W., & Sadler, G. R.  (2011, February).  Distress levels of prostate cancer patients’ spousal caregivers.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society, Anaheim, CA. [Abstract Published in Psycho-Oncology, 20, pp. 50-51]

 

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S. C., Riley, N., & Sadler, G. R. (2010, October).  Measuring depression with the PHQ-9 among English- and Spanish-speaking Latinas.  Podium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, San Diego, CA.

 

Riley, N., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Sadler, G. R., & Sosa, E.  (2010, October).  Language preference as a determinant of Hispanic American women’s clinical trials knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.  Podium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, San Diego, CA.

 

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Hansdottir, I., Furst, D. E., Clements, P. J. & Weisman, M. H.  (2010, April).  Psychosocial predictors of fatigue in systemic sclerosis.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, WA.

 

Marin, A. M., Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Riley, N., & Sadler, G. R.  (2010, April).  Efficacy of a new breast cancer clinical trials education program for African American and Hispanic American women.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, WA.

 

Cain, K., Merz, E., Franklin, C., & Dumbauld, J. (2009, February). Using accelerometers and GPS in neighborhood research: Practical issues. Podium presentation at the annual meeting for Active Living Research, San Diego, CA.

Merz, E. L., Kwack, L., Roberson, C. K., Malcarne, V. L., Varni, J. W., & Sadler, G. R. (2007, October). Concordance among prostate cancer patients and their spouses: Does it matter?  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, Birmingham, AL.

 

Quann, V. M., Levingston, E. L., & Hawes, J. (2020, February ). Effects of general self-efficacy on the stress - sleep relationship. Oral presentation at Student Research Day, California State University, Dominguez Hills. Carson, CA. (Awarded 2nd Place in Paper Session).

Quann, V. M. & Ortiz Chavez, S.  (2019, February). Which barriers are correlated with medical compliance among college students?  Oral presentation at Student Research Day, California State University, Dominguez Hills. (Awarded 2nd Place in Paper Session).

Hernandez, J., Ortiz Chavez, S., Hidalgo, B., & San Diego, E. (2018, February). Ethnicity, family history, and Type 2 Diabetes knowledge. Oral presentation at Student Research Day, California State University, Dominguez Hills. Carson, CA.​

San Diego, E., Villalobos, C., & Hernandez, J.  (2017, February). Examining the relationship between diabetes knowledge and health behaviors in college students. Oral presentation at Student Research Day, California State University, Dominguez Hills. (Awarded 2nd Place in Paper Session).

San Diego, E. & Aguilar, K., (2017, February). The relationship between social support and pain in patients with rheumatologic disease: A systematic review using PRISMA guidelines. Poster presentation at Student Research Day, California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Carrada Zuñiga, N., & Chkadua, M. (2016, February).  Mediators of the relationship between acculturation and health-related quality of life in Spanish- and English-speaking Latinas. Oral presentation at Student Research Day, California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Smith, H., & Cortes, M. (2016, February). Differences in routine checkup compliance within a community-based sample. Oral presentation at Student Research Day, California State University, Dominguez Hills. (Awarded 2nd Place in Paper Session).

Carrada, N. (2015, February). Health-related quality of life among Spanish- and English-speaking Latinas. Poster presentation at Student Research Day, California State University, Dominguez Hills.