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| Linda GalloSummaryAffiliation: San Diego State University Country: USA Publications
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Socioeconomic status, psychosocial resources and risk, and cardiometabolic risk in Mexican-American womenLinda C Gallo
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, CA, USA
Health Psychol 31:334-42. 2012....- Individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status and inflammation in Mexican American women: what is the role of obesity?Linda C Gallo
Department of Psychology, San Diego StateUniversity, San Diego, CA, USA
Psychosom Med 74:535-42. 2012..We examined relationships of individual and neighborhood SES with inflammatory markers in Mexican American women and evaluated contributions of obesity and related heath behaviors to these associations... - The relevance of fatalism in the study of Latinas' cancer screening behavior: a systematic review of the literatureKARLA ESPINOSA DE LOS MONTEROS
SDSU UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court Suite 115, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Int J Behav Med 18:310-8. 2011.... 
Adolescents' attachment orientation influences ambulatory blood pressure responses to everyday social interactionsLinda C Gallo
SDSU UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
Psychosom Med 68:253-61. 2006..The current study examined the effects of attachment orientation on physiological responses to naturalistic social interactions in adolescents...- Education, psychosocial resources, and metabolic syndrome variables in LatinasLinda C Gallo
SDSU UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, CA 92120, USA
Ann Behav Med 34:14-25. 2007..In part, this may reflect that these populations benefit from fewer resilient resources to manage stressful environments, resulting in accentuated psychological and physiological costs (1)... - Understanding the association between socioeconomic status and physical health: do negative emotions play a role?Linda C Gallo
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, California 92120, USA
Psychol Bull 129:10-51. 2003..The article concludes with suggestions for future research to better evaluate the proposed model... - Do socioeconomic gradients in subclinical atherosclerosis vary according to acculturation level? Analyses of Mexican-Americans in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosisLinda C Gallo
San Diego State University University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, California 92120, USA
Psychosom Med 71:756-62. 2009..e., worse health with higher SEP)... 
Resiliency in the face of disadvantage: do Hispanic cultural characteristics protect health outcomes?Linda C Gallo
SDSU UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Ct, Ste 103 3, San Diego, CA 92120 4913, USA
J Pers 77:1707-46. 2009..We conclude by discussing future directions and opportunities for researchers interested in culture-specific resiliency factors in relation to health outcomes...- Domains of chronic stress, lifestyle factors, and allostatic load in middle-aged Mexican-American womenLinda C Gallo
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, CA 92123, USA
Ann Behav Med 41:21-31. 2011..Little research has examined how chronic stress in different domains relates to allostatic load (AL)... - Socioeconomic status, psychosocial processes, and perceived health: an interpersonal perspectiveLinda C Gallo
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, CA 92120, USA
Ann Behav Med 31:109-19. 2006..Concepts and methods from interpersonal theory (1) could provide a useful framework for research concerning the roles of psychosocial factors in socioeconomic health disparities... - Perceived cognitive function and emotional distress following coronary artery bypass surgeryLinda C Gallo
SDSU UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92120, USA
J Behav Med 28:433-42. 2005..Baseline emotional symptoms did not predict the course of perceived cognitive difficulties. Perceptions of cognitive decline may contribute to emotional distress in patients post-CABG... - Occupation and subclinical carotid artery disease in women: are clerical workers at greater risk?Linda C Gallo
San Diego State University University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, 6363 Alvarado Court, San Diego, California 92120, USA
Health Psychol 22:19-29. 2003..Risk factors and workplace characteristics did not account for the greater carotid atherosclerosis observed in clerical workers. Further research is needed to investigate why clerical work may increase cardiovascular risk... - Socioeconomic status, resources, psychological experiences, and emotional responses: a test of the reserve capacity modelLinda C Gallo
SDSU UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Court, Suite 103, San Diego, CA 92120, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 88:386-99. 2005..Women with low SES had fewer resources relative to those with higher SES, and resources contributed to the association between SES and daily experiences... - Job characteristics, occupational status, and ambulatory cardiovascular activity in womenLinda C Gallo
SDSU UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, CA 92120, USA
Ann Behav Med 28:62-73. 2004..Some research is consistent with the idea that stressful job characteristics are especially detrimental to health in low-status workers, creating a cumulative physiological burden... - An interpersonal analysis of adult attachment style: circumplex descriptions, recoiled developmental experiences, self-representations, and interpersonal functioning in adulthoodLinda C Gallo
San Diego State University, California 92120, USA
J Pers 71:141-81. 2003..These dimensions were associated with theoretically consistent characteristics, recollections of early experiences with parents, self-representations, and social functioning... - Individual and area-based indicators of acculturation and the metabolic syndrome among low-income Mexican American women living in a border regionKARLA ESPINOSA DE LOS MONTEROS
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, University ofCalifornia, San Diego, CA 92120, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1979-86. 2008..We sought to examine the relationships between individual and area-based indicators of acculturation and metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk among a sample of Mexican American women living in the California-Baja California border region... - Concerns about stigma, social support and quality of life in low-income HIV-positive HispanicsSandra E Larios
SDSU UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, 6363 Alvarado Ct, Ste 103, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92120, USA
Ethn Dis 19:65-70. 2009..95, P < .01). Interventions directed toward dispelling HIV-related social stigma by educating patients, communities, and physicians would be beneficial to improve quality of life in Hispanics living with HIV... - Ability of ethnic self-identification to partition modifiable health risk among US residents of Mexican ancestrySteven D Barger
Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1971-8. 2008..We examined the relationship between ethnic self-identification and the partitioning of health risk within a Mexican American population... - Underreporting of food intake among Mexican/Mexican-American Women: rates and correlatesElizabeth K G Bothwell
Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:624-32. 2009..Underreporting of food intake threatens the validity of dietary assessment; yet, little is known about the prevalence or correlates of underreporting in the Mexican/Mexican-American community... - Support for disease management, depression, self-care, and clinical indicators among Hispanics with type 2 diabetes in San Diego County, United States of AmericaAddie L Fortmann
San Diego State University University of California, San Diego, Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, California, USA
Rev Panam Salud Publica 28:230-4. 2010.... - Secretos de la Buena Vida: processes of dietary change via a tailored nutrition communication intervention for LatinasBarbara Baquero
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92115, USA
Health Educ Res 24:855-66. 2009..These findings highlight the importance of process evaluation measures and help us understand the mechanism by which tailored print materials and interpersonal health communication via promotoras can facilitate health behavior change... - Subjective social status, objective socioeconomic status, and cardiovascular risk in womenShiva G Ghaed
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Court, San Diego, CA 92120, USA
Health Psychol 26:668-74. 2007..The authors examined the relationship between subjective social status (SSS) and psychosocial, behavioral, and physical cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged women... - Marital status and quality in middle-aged women: Associations with levels and trajectories of cardiovascular risk factorsLinda C Gallo
San Diego State University/University of California, Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA
Health Psychol 22:453-63. 2003..In some cases, women in satisfying marriages also showed a lower risk trajectory on risk factors relative to other women. Hence, marriage appears to confer health benefits for women, but only when marital satisfaction is high... - Race, racism and health: disparities, mechanisms, and interventionsElizabeth Brondolo
Department of Psychology, St John s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
J Behav Med 32:1-8. 2009.... - Distinctions among agency, communion, and unmitigated agency and communion according to the interpersonal circumplex, Five-factor model, and social-emotional correlatesShiva G Ghaed
SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, CA 92120, USA
J Pers Assess 86:77-88. 2006..These findings support the convergent and divergent properties of the constructs but suggest that additional attention to the conceptual definition and measurement of UC is warranted... - Marital status, marital quality, and atherosclerotic burden in postmenopausal womenLinda C Gallo
SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, USA
Psychosom Med 65:952-62. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: High-quality marriages may protect against cardiovascular disease for women. Studies concerning marriage and cardiovascular health in women should, therefore, concurrently examine marital quality and marital status... - Marital quality and occurrence of the metabolic syndrome in womenWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:1022-7. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Women in high-quality marriages are at lower risk of developing the metabolic syndrome. Social histories of patients should include assessment of marital quality... - Hostility, anger, aggressiveness, and coronary heart disease: an interpersonal perspective on personality, emotion, and healthTimothy W Smith
University of Utah, USA
J Pers 72:1217-70. 2004....
Research Grants
- Marital Adjustment, Depression and Myocardial InfarctionLinda Gallo; Fiscal Year: 2003..abstract_text> ..
- Cardiovascular Risk Disparities: Socioemotional PathwaysLinda Gallo; Fiscal Year: 2007..By examining potentially modifiable psychosocial variables as a pathway underlying CVD disparities, this study seeks to inform efforts to understand and eliminate health disparities. ..
- Cardiovascular Risk Disparities: Socioemotional PathwaysLinda Gallo; Fiscal Year: 2009..By examining potentially modifiable psychosocial variables as a pathway underlying CVD disparities, this study seeks to inform efforts to understand and eliminate health disparities. ..