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David Córdova is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including health professions, medicine, and psychology. They focus primarily on general health professions and clinical psychology, with notable contributions also to sociology and political science, infectious diseases, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their scholarship addresses key topics such as adolescent sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, mobile health and mHealth applications, racial and ethnic identity research, migration, health and trauma, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and substance abuse treatment and outcomes.

David Córdova has published in several prominent academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
  • Behavioral Medicine
  • JMIR mhealth and uhealth

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Córdova include:

  • "Depressive Symptoms and Resilience among Hispanic Emerging Adults: Examining the Moderating Effects of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Family Cohesion, and Social Support" (2020, Behavioral Medicine)
  • "Pilot Study of a Multilevel Mobile Health App for Substance Use, Sexual Risk Behaviors, and Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Among Youth: Randomized Controlled Trial" (2020, JMIR mhealth and uhealth)
  • "Disentangling relationships between bicultural stress and mental well-being among Latinx immigrant adolescents." (2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)
  • "Family functioning within the context of families with adolescent children in urban India" (2022, Family Process)
  • "Efficacy of a Digital Health Preventive Intervention for Adolescents With HIV or Sexually Transmitted Infections and Substance Use Disorder: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial" (2023, JMIR Research Protocols)

Their network of frequent co-authors includes:

  • Sydni Warner
  • Christopher P. Salas-Wright
  • Frania Mendoza Lua
  • Jorge Delva
  • José A. Bauermeister

Best Publications

  • Trajectories of Cultural Stressors and Effects on Mental Health and Substance Use Among Hispanic Immigrant Adolescents

    Seth J. Schwartz;Jennifer B. Unger;Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati;Byron L. Zamboanga

  • Intergroup and Within-Group Perceived Discrimination among U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Latino Youth.

    David Cordova;Richard C. Cervantes

  • "Queremos aprender": Latino immigrants' call to integrate cultural adaptation with best practice knowledge in a parenting intervention.

    José Parra Cardona;Kendal Holtrop;David Córdova;Ana Rocio Escobar-Chew

  • Developmental Trajectories of Acculturation: Links With Family Functioning and Mental Health in Recent-Immigrant Hispanic Adolescents

    Seth J. Schwartz;Jennifer B. Unger;Byron L. Zamboanga;David Córdova

  • Substance use disorders among first- and second- generation immigrant adults in the United States: evidence of an immigrant paradox?

    Christopher P Salas-Wright;Michael G Vaughn;Trenette T Clark;Lauren D Terzis

  • The efficacy of Familias Unidas on drug and alcohol outcomes for Hispanic delinquent youth: Main effects and interaction effects by parental stress and social support

    Guillermo Prado;David Córdova;Sunan Huang;Yannine Estrada

  • Effects of a Family Intervention in Reducing HIV Risk Behaviors Among High-Risk Hispanic Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Guillermo Prado;Hilda Pantin;Shi Huang;David Cordova

  • Shared ancestry, evolving stories: similar and contrasting life experiences described by foreign born and U.S. born Latino parents.

    José Rubén Parra-Cardona;David CÓrdova;Kendal Holtrop;Francisco A. Villarruel

  • Life experiences of hispanic adolescents: developmental and language considerations in acculturation stress

    Richard C. Cervantes;David Cordova

  • An “immigrant paradox” for adolescent externalizing behavior? Evidence from a national sample

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;Seth J. Schwartz;David Córdova

  • Trends in the disapproval and use of marijuana among adolescents and young adults in the United States: 2002–2013

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;Jelena Todic;David Córdova

  • The Hispanic Stress Inventory-Adolescent Version: A culturally informed psychosocial assessment

    Richard C. Cervantes;Dennis G. Fisher;David Córdova Jr.;Lucy E. Napper

  • Profiles of acculturation among Hispanics in the United States: links with discrimination and substance use

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Trenette T. Clark;Michael G. Vaughn;David Córdova

  • Predicting Condom Use Attitudes, Norms, and Control Beliefs in Hispanic Problem Behavior Youth: The Effects of Family Functioning and Parent–Adolescent Communication About Sex on Condom Use

    Shandey Malcolm;Shi Huang;David Cordova;Derek Freitas

  • Testing the Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Discrepancy Hypothesis: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Study.

    Seth J. Schwartz;Jennifer B. Unger;Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati;Byron L. Zamboanga

  • Depressive Symptoms and Resilience among Hispanic Emerging Adults: Examining the Moderating Effects of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Family Cohesion, and Social Support.

    Miguel Ángel Cano;Felipe González Castro;Mario De La Rosa;Hortensia Amaro

  • Substance use disorders among immigrants in the United States: A research update

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;Trenette T. Clark Goings;David Córdova

  • The Usability and Acceptability of an Adolescent mHealth HIV/STI and Drug Abuse Preventive Intervention in Primary Care

    David Cordova;Francheska Alers-Rojas;Frania Mendoza Lua;Jose Bauermeister

  • Toward a Typology of Acculturative Stress Results Among Hispanic Immigrants in the United States

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Eden H. Robles;Michael G. Vaughn;David Córdova

  • Bicultural stress, identity formation, and alcohol expectancies and misuse in Hispanic adolescents: a developmental approach.

    Assaf Oshri;Seth J. Schwartz;Jennifer B. Unger;Josephine A. Kwon

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

    Miguel Ángel Cano;Seth J. Schwartz;Linda G. Castillo;Jennifer B. Unger

  • A Community-Engaged Approach to Developing an mHealth HIV/STI and Drug Abuse Preventive Intervention for Primary Care: A Qualitative Study.

    Cordova D;Bauermeister Ja;Fessler K;Delva J

Frequent Co-Authors

Seth J. Schwartz
Seth J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Jennifer B. Unger
Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California
Daniel W. Soto
Daniel W. Soto University of Southern California
Guillermo Prado
Guillermo Prado University of Miami
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati University of Southern California
José Szapocznik
José Szapocznik University of Miami
Miguel Ángel Cano
Miguel Ángel Cano The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Byron L. Zamboanga
Byron L. Zamboanga University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Hilda Pantin
Hilda Pantin University of Miami

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