Pablo Mora
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

Room 307, Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone: (817) 272-3183
Email: pmora@uta.edu
Office Hours: By Appointment

Description of Research

Dr. Mora's research focuses on the relationship of illness cognitions and illness-specific affective responses to illness behavior and illness self-management. He is particularly interested in understanding how emotional factors influence people's perceptions and reports of physical symptoms. He has been collaborating in a study examining psychosocial factors associated with postpartum depression among inner-city women. His current research focuses on understanding how cultural factors impact chronic illness management and health outcomes.

Representative Publications

Mora, P.A., DiBonaventura, M.D., Idler, E., Leventhal, E.A., & Leventhal, H. (in press). Psychological factors influencing self-assessments of health: Towards an understanding of the mechanisms underlying how people rate their own health. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Mora, P. A., Bennett, I. M., Elo, I., Mathew, L. Coyne, J. C., Culhane, J. F. (in press). Distinct Trajectories of Perinatal Depressive Symptomatology: Evidence from Growth Mixture Modeling. American Journal of Epidemiology.

McAndrew, Lisa M., Musumeci-Szabo, T., Mora, P.A., Vileikyte, L., Burns, E., Halm, E.A., Leventhal, E.A., Leventhal, H. (2008). Using the common sense model to design interventions for the prevention and management of chronic illness threats: From description to process. British Journal of Health Psychology, 13, 195-204.

Leventhal, H., & Mora, P. A. (2008). Predicting Outcomes or Modeling Process? Commentary on the Health Action Process Approach . Applied Psychology: An International Review, 57 (1), 51-65.

Mora, P.A., Halm, E., Leventhal, H., & Ceric, F. (2007). Elucidating the relationship between Negative Affectivity and Symptoms: The role of illness-specific affective responses. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 34(1), 77-86.

Maher, M.J., Mora, P.A., Leventhal, H. (2006). Depression as a Predictor of Perceived Social Support and Demand: A Componential Approach Using a Prospective Sample of Older Adults. Emotion, 6 (3), 450-458.

Guic, E. Mora, P. A., Rey, R., Robles, A. (2006). Estrés organizacional y salud en funcionarios de Centros de Atención Primaria de una comuna de Santiago [ Perceived work characteristics and coping strategies that predict distress among workers at primary health care centers]. Revista Médica de Chile , 134 (4), 447-455.

Halm, E.A., Mora, P. A., Leventhal, H. (2006). No symptoms, no asthma: The acute episodic disease belief is associated with poor self-management among inner city adults with persistent asthma. Chest, 129 (3), 573-580.

Howell, E., Mora, P. A., & Leventhal, H. (2006). Correlates of Early postpartum depression. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 10 (2), 149-157.

Leventhal, H., & Mora, P. A. (2005). Is there a science of the processes underlying health and illness behaviors? A comment on Maes and Karoly. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 54(2), 255-266.

Howell, E., Mora, P. A., Horowitz, C. R. & Leventhal, H. (2005) Racial and Ethnic Differences in Factors Associated With Early Postpartum Depressive Symptoms. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 105, 1442-1450.

Vileikyte, L., Peyrot, M. F., Bundy, C.E., Rubin, R.R., Leventhal, H., Mora, P., Shaw, J.E., Baker, P., & Boulton, A.J.M. (2003). The Development and Validation of a Neuropathy- and Foot Ulcer-Specific Quality of Life Instrument. Diabetes Care, 26 (9), 2549-2555.

Mora, P., Robitaille, C., Leventhal, H., Swigar, M., & Leventhal, E. A. (2002). Trait negative affect relates to prior week symptoms, but not to reports of illness episodes, illness symptoms and care seeking. Psychosomatic Medicine , 64 (3), 436-449.

Labra, F., Quezada, A., Cañete, O., Basaure, M., & Mora, P. (2000). Análisis Geométrico de la Dinámica Inferencial: de la Infancia a la Adolescencia [Geometric analysis of inferential dynamics: From childhood to adolescence]. Revista de Psicología, Universidad de Chile, 9, 39-59.

In Review / Revision

Mora, P. A., Contrada, R.J., Berkowitz, A., Musumeci-Szabo, T., Wisnivesky, J., Halm, E.A. (in revision). Measurement invariance of the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire across African-American and Latino patients.

Mora, P.A., Friedman, M.A., Dobrow, I.J. (in revision). Gender Differences in the Relation of Depressive Symptoms to Mortality Among Older Adults.

Howell, E., Mora, P. A., DiBonaventura, M. D. & Leventhal, H. (in revision). Modifiable Factors Associated with Postpartum Depressive Symptoms.