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Flavio F. Marsiglia is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including psychology, social sciences, and medicine, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology and general health professions.

The scientist's work covers several subfields such as sociology and political science, epidemiology, and public health, environmental and occupational health. Their research topics predominantly focus on child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, community health and development, migration, health and trauma, obesity, physical activity, and diet, as well as racial and ethnic identity research and food security and health in diverse populations.

Marsiglia has published extensively in various academic venues. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Prevention Science
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Addictive Behaviors

They have collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, reflecting a network of frequent research partnerships. These co-authors include:

  • Stephen Kulis
  • Shiyou Wu
  • Stephanie L. Ayers
  • Olalla Cutrín
  • Sonia Vega-López

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Marsiglia demonstrate a focus on public health and behavioral outcomes. Notable publications include:

  • "Xylazine in Overdose Deaths and Forensic Drug Reports in US States, 2019-2022," published in 2024 in JAMA Network Open
  • "Social Isolation and Anxiety Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown in China," published in 2021 in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Exposure to ethnic discrimination in social media and symptoms of anxiety and depression among Hispanic emerging adults: Examining the moderating role of gender," published in 2020 in Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • "Reducing behavioral health symptoms by addressing minority stressors in LGBTQ adolescents: a randomized controlled trial of Proud & Empowered," published in 2021 in BMC Public Health
  • "Patterns and social determinants of substance use among Arizona Youth: A latent class analysis approach," published in 2020 in Children and Youth Services Review

Best Publications

  • Culturally Grounded Substance Use Prevention: An Evaluation of the keepin' it R.E.A.L. Curriculum

    Michael L. Hecht;Flavio Francisco Marsiglia;Elvira Elek;David A. Wagstaff

  • Latino family mental health: exploring the role of discrimination and familismo

    Cecilia Ayón;Flavio F. Marsiglia;Monica Bermudez-Parsai

  • Ethnic Labels and Ethnic Identity as Predictors of Drug Use among Middle School Students in the Southwest.

    Flavio Francisco Marsiglia;Stephen Kulis;Michael L. Hecht

  • Ethnicity and ethnic identity as predictors of drug norms and drug use among preadolescents in the US Southwest.

    Flavio Francisco Marsiglia;Stephen Kulis;Michael L. Hecht;Stephen Sills

  • Perceived ethnic discrimination versus acculturation stress: influences on substance use among Latino youth in the Southwest.

    Stephen Kulis;Flavio Francisco Marsiglia;Tanya Nieri

  • Promoting healthy lifestyles in high school adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.

    Bernadette M. Melnyk;Diana Jacobson;Stephanie Kelly;Michael Belyea

  • God Forbid! Substance Use Among Religious and Nonreligious Youth

    Flavio Francisco Marsiglia;Stephen Kulis;Tanya Nieri;Monica Parsai

  • Cultural Adaptation of Interventions in Real Practice Settings

    Flavio F. Marsiglia;Jamie M. Booth

  • The protective and risk effects of parents and peers on substance use, attitudes and behaviors of Mexican and Mexican American female and male adolescents.

    Monica Parsai;Sarah Voisine;Flavio F. Marsiglia;Stephen Kulis

  • Effects of Familism and Family Cohesion on Problem Behaviors among Adolescents in Mexican Immigrant Families in the Southwest U.S.

    Flavio Francisco Marsiglia;Monica Parsai;Stephen Kulis

  • Ethnic pride, biculturalism, and drug use norms of urban American Indian adolescents

    Stephen Kulis;Maria Napoli;Flavio Francisco Marsiglia

  • Mexican/Mexican American Adolescents and keepin' it REAL: An Evidence-Based Substance Use Prevention Program

    Stephen Kulis;Flavio F. Marsiglia;Elvira Elek;Patricia Dustman

  • keepin' it R.E.A.L.: A Drug Resistance Curriculum Tailored to the Strengths and Needs of Pre-Adolescents of the Southwest

    Monika Gosin;Flavio Francisco Marsiglia;Michael L. Hecht

  • Gender Identity, Ethnicity, Acculturation, and Drug Use: Exploring Differences among Adolescents in the Southwest.

    Stephen Kulis;Flavio Francisco Marsiglia;Donna Hurdle

  • A Continuum of Approaches Toward Developing Culturally Focused Prevention Interventions: From Adaptation to Grounding

    Scott K. Okamoto;Stephen Kulis;Flavio F. Marsiglia;Lori K. Holleran Steiker

  • A Small-Scale Randomized Efficacy Trial of the Identity Project: Promoting Adolescents’ Ethnic–Racial Identity Exploration and Resolution

    Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Sara Douglass;Kimberly A. Updegraff;Flavio F. Marsiglia

  • Boys must be men, and men must have sex with women: a qualitative CBPR study to explore sexual risk among African American, Latino, and White gay men and MSM.

    Scott D. Rhodes;Kenneth C. Hergenrather;Aaron T. Vissman;Jason Stowers

  • Sense of Belonging in School as a Protective Factor Against Drug Abuse Among Native American Urban Adolescents

    Maria Napoli;Flavio Francisco Marsiglia;Stephen Kulis

  • Neighborhood Effects on Youth Substance Use in a Southwestern City

    Stephen Kulis;Flavio Francisco Marsiglia;Diane Sicotte;Tanya Nieri

  • Hopelessness, Family Stress, and Depression among Mexican-Heritage Mothers in the Southwest

    Flavio F. Marsiglia;Stephen Kulis;Hilda Garcia Perez;Monica Bermudez-Parsai

  • Promoting Reduced and Discontinued Substance Use among Adolescent Substance Users: Effectiveness of a Universal Prevention Program

    Stephen Kulis;Tanya Nieri;Scott Yabiku;Layne K. Stromwall

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Kulis
Stephen Kulis Arizona State University
Michael L. Hecht
Michael L. Hecht Pennsylvania State University
Felipe González Castro
Felipe González Castro Arizona State University
Seth J. Schwartz
Seth J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor
Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor Harvard University
David R. Hodge
David R. Hodge Arizona State University
Miguel Ángel Cano
Miguel Ángel Cano The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Guillermo Prado
Guillermo Prado University of Miami
Brian E. Perron
Brian E. Perron University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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