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Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Critical science, cultural context, and a whole lot of energy

Publications

For a full and up-to-date list with citation counts, see Dr. Carbajal’s Google Scholar profile.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Barrita, A., Wong-Padoongpatt, G., Carbajal, I., Chang, R., Abreu, R. L., Moreno, O., Kalantzis, M., & Garcini, L. M. (in press). Racial microaggressions and racial traumatic stress: A path analysis of coping strategies, ethnic identity, and psychological distress among people of color. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Barrita, A., Abreu, R. L., Carbajal, I., Parmenter, J. G., & Watson, R. (2026). Alcohol and native language: Alcohol use as a coping strategy for intersectional microaggressions among LGBTQ+ Latinx bilingual youth. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2026.2661582

DeVitre, Z., Carbajal, I., & Lee, M. (in press). SEICC: Seeking the development of critical consciousness amongst psychotherapy trainees. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.

Rayo, W., & Carbajal, I. (2026). Bilingualism in context: A Bayesian psychometric network analysis of language and culture among U.S. heritage Spanish–English speakers of Latin American descent. Behavioral Sciences, 16(4), 522. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16040522

Muñoz, M. A., Jenkins, S. H., Carbajal, I., & Gaither, S. E. (2026). Intersecting identities and ideologies: Sociodemographic predictors of 2024 voting among Mexican and Cuban Americans. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 26, e70046. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.70046

Carbajal, I., Barrita, A., & Martinez, L. C. (2024). Grappling with Whiteness: Latent profiles of White racial consciousness and affect’s impact on critical reflection. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1–16.

Rayo, W., Barrita, A. M., Cabrera Martinez, L., & Carbajal, I. (2024). The complexity in bilingual code-switching research: A systematic review. Languages, 9(6), 217.

Barrita, A., Carbajal, I., Abreu, R. L., Chang, R., Moreno, O., Garcini, L. M., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G. (2024). Immigration status microaggressions: A moderated mediation analysis of cultural stress, fear, internalization, and psychological stress among Latinx and Asian college students. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000687

Carbajal, I., Moore, E., Cabrera Martinez, L., & Hunt, K. (2024). Critical cognitive science: A systematic review towards a critical science. Journal of Social Issues, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12597

Carbajal, I., Ryals, A. J., Wang, D. C., Slavish, D., & Hasapes, N. (2023). Visual recognition memory modulated by language and cultural frame priming in Latinx bilinguals and biculturals. Journal of Latinx Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000229

Jin, L., Wang, C. D., Bismar, D., Carbajal, I., & Zhu, W. (2023). A decolonial perspective of collective coping in the adult attachment and life satisfaction link. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development.

Bradford, D. E., DeFalco, A., Perkins, E. R., Carbajal, I., et al. (2022). Whose signals are we amplifying? Towards a more equitable clinical psychophysiology. Clinical Psychological Science.

Wang, C. D., Carbajal, I., Barajas-Munoz, I. A., Julio, K., Gomez, A., Trummer, M., & Scalise, D. A. (2021). Adult attachment, acculturation, acculturative stress, and psychological distress of first-generation Latinx immigrants. Counselling Psychology Quarterly.

Shelton, A., Wang, D. C., & Carbajal, I. (2020). Attachment and wellness among Latinx immigrants: Meaning in life, belonging, and hope as mediators. The Counseling Psychologist.

Wright, R. A., Mlynski, C., & Carbajal, I. (2019). Outsiders’ thoughts on generating self-regulatory-depletion (fatigue) effects in limited-resource experiments. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1–12.

Carbajal, I., O’Neil, J. T., Palumbo, R. T., Voss, J. L., & Ryals, A. J. (2019). Visual memory and feeling-of-knowing (FOK) accuracy improved following prefrontal theta-burst stimulation. Brain and Behavior.

Carbajal, I., Mlynski, C., Willson, K., Gillis, K., & Wright, R. (2019). Circadian mismatch and cardiovascular response to a performance challenge: Larks in morning and evening work sessions. International Journal of Psychophysiology.

Wright, R. A., Mlynski, C., & Carbajal, I. (2018). Fatigue and the intensity of behavioral restraint: Considering significance for health and self-control. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 49, 86–94.

Richter, M., Brinkman, K., & Carbajal, I. (2016). Effort and autonomic activity: A meta-analysis of four decades of research on motivational intensity theory. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 108, 34.

Carbajal, I., & Hughes, J. S. (2016). Student evaluations of instructor warmth and competence: Course difficulty matters more than character. Journal of Integrated Social Sciences, 6, 1–16.

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Book Chapters

Carbajal, I. (2021). They called diversity a nuisance variable. In E. Templeton, B. H. Love, & O. Johnson (Eds.), Elevating marginalized voices in academe: Lessons for a new generation of scholars. Routledge.