Roles and Scholarship Interests
Dr. Borrego serves as an Affiliate Faculty in the Clinical Psychology program.
Scholarship interests include: 1) Multicultural competence education and training in health service
psychology, 2) consideration of culture in the assessment and intervention with underserved populations
(e.g., Latinx families), 3) health promotion in underserved communities, 4) social validity of psychosocial
interventions with underserved populations, 5) physical discipline of children, and 6) prosocial parenting
practices.
Education
PhD, University of Nevada, 2001, Clinical Psychology
Doctoral Internship, University of California, San Diego Psychology Internship Training Program, 2000-
2001
MA, University of Nevada, 1999, Clinical Psychology
BA, Texas Tech University, 1992, Psychology
Professional Membership
American Psychological Association (APA)
Division 12: Society of Clinical Psychology
Division 37: Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice
Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race
Division 53: Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
Latinx SIG
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
National Latinx Psychological Association of (NLPA)
Instructor
GPSY 905: Diversity Seminar
Representative Publications (*student author)
*Gissandaner, T.D., Littlefield, A.K., Schmidt, A.T., Victor, S.E., Kim, S., *Morrow, A.J., & Borrego, Jr., J. (2024). Caregiver adverse childhood experiences and preschool externalizing problems: The role of caregiver resilience. Child Abuse & Neglect, 14, 106526
Harbison, L. & Borrego, Jr., J. (2024). Mental health and self-care. In J.A. Pieren︎ and C.C. Amyot︎ (Eds.) Darby and Walsh Dental Hygiene, 6th edition, pp 156-167. New York, NY: Elsevier.
Borrego, Jr., J. & *Fleming, T., *Ortiz-Gonzalez, E., *Morrow, A. (2020). Child and family health. In C. S. Richards & L. C. Cohen (Eds), The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology. New York, NY: Wiley Publications.
Borrego, Jr., J. & *Fleming, T. (2019). Child maltreatment and psychological development. In R.D. Morgan (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Borrego, Jr., J., *Ortiz-Gonzalez, E., & *Gissandaner, T. (2019). Ethnic and cultural considerations. In S. Compton, M.A. Villabo, & H. Kristensen (Eds.), Pediatric Anxiety Disorders. New York, NY: Elsevier.
*Fleming, T. C., & Borrego, Jr., J. (2019). Preliminary support for Theory of Planned Behavior in pre-parent discipline intentions. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(4), 1105-1115.
Borrego, J., Jr. (2018). It takes a village for meaningful and sustainable change in diversifying psychology. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 12(4), 297-300.