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Clinical Health Psychology

UNT researcher helps unravel health paradox

John Ruiz, a professor of psychology, led a study published in the Journal of Latina/o Psychology that found answers to the Hispanic Mortality Paradox, or why Hispanics in the U.S. tend to outlive non-Hispanic whites by several years -- despite often having lower income and educational attainment levels often associated with shorter lives. The study, conducted with researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital, attributes the paradox to illness survival and recovery advantages.

Hispanics in U.S. often live longer than those in other ethnic groups

Confirming the existence of the Hispanic Mortality Paradox, a new analysis of health studies, led by a University of North Texas psychologist shows that the Hispanic-American participants' survival rates from heart disease and other medical conditions were substantially higher than that of the non-Hispanic white and African-American participants.

Dr. John Cacioppo Lecture

Event Information
Event Date: 
Tue, 2012-02-21 11:00
Location: 
TH 281

Department talk - Psychology faculty and Graduate Students -

"The changing face of psychology - how it's changing and implications for how it's taught, it's place within the sciences, and how the department is organized."

Thanks to Susan McElwain at Cengage Learning for sponsoring this visit.