Byron L. Zamboanga

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Professor

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: University of Nebraska–Lincoln (2000–2005); University of North Texas (2016–2020); Dalhousie University (2013); San Francisco VA Medical Center (2016); California State University, Monterey Bay (2009); California State University, Fullerton (2020); University of Miami (2009–2013); Palo Alto University (2013); Southern Methodist University (2019–2020); University of California, San Francisco (2016); Smith College (2004–2022); Brown University (2013–2016); National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (2016); University of Missouri (2013); Columbia University (2020); The University of Texas at Austin (2013); Michigan State University (2013)

60 h-index 312 pubs 14,100 cited

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Byron L. Zamboanga is a professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a scholarly record of over 310 publications and more than 13,900 citations, indicated by an h-index of 60. His research has been supported by federal grants, including a $75,000 award from the NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for a study on Protective Behavioral Strategies in Risky Drinking Contexts. Zamboanga's work frequently involves collaborators from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Lindsay S. Ham (16 shared publications) and Kayla Ford (13 shared publications).

His research interests encompass the psychosocial development of emerging adults, with a focus on identity formation, acculturation processes, and their impact on well-being and behavior. Publications explore concepts such as the multidimensional nature of acculturation, the psychometric properties of well-being questionnaires, and the examination of both positive and negative aspects of identity in relation to psychosocial functioning. He has also investigated collectivist cultural values and their relationship to individual and group identity.

Zamboanga's research extends to mental health considerations, including barriers to community mental health services for specific populations and the role of ethnic identity and acculturation in academic performance and behavioral outcomes among adolescents. His work is characterized by a strong emphasis on theoretical development and empirical investigation within the fields of developmental psychology and public health.

Metrics

h-index: 60
Publications: 312
Citations: 14,100

Positions

Professor 2020–present

University of Arkansas Fayetteville Psychological Science ORCID

Selected Publications

Pressure to Acculturate Amplifies Coping-Depression Associations With Alcohol Consequences in Hispanic/Latino College Students. (2026)

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Alcohol use severity and intragroup marginalization among Hispanic emerging adult college students: Examining the moderating roles of ethnic identity and nativity status (2025)

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Presenting the Evading Responsibility Following Alcohol-Related Harms as Strategy for Emotion Regulation (ERASER) Model (2025)

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“Drink like a man!” masculine drinking norms, alcohol protective behavioral strategies, and severity of hazardous alcohol use among college men. (2025)

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Pregaming in the digital age: drinking before joining a virtual social event with friends or family among university students (2025)

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Cultural values and practices in alcohol and other drug use among immigrant youth: A systematic review (2025)

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
The Structural Validity of the Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale-Short Form Among College Students Who Drink Alcohol (2025)

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The party’s not over: Living situation, perceived party norms, and drinking games behavior among college students during the pandemic (COVID-19) (2024)

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Motives to play drinking games and their unique associations with drinking game behaviors and consequences in a national sample of university students in the United States (2024)

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A replication and extension of the factor structure of the Masculine Drinking Norms Measure (MDNM) and associations with drinking behaviors in a multisite sample of college men. (2024)

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Longitudinal relations between parenting practices and prosocial behaviors in recent immigrant Latino/a adolescents: Familism values and ethnic identity as mediators (2024)

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Disentangling the directionality among cultural stressors and psychosocial outcomes in recently immigrated Hispanic families: A random intercept cross‐lagged panel model approach (2024)

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Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategy use and Negative Consequences Across Heavy Alcohol Users and Risky Drinkers (2024)

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Social Anxiety, Pregaming Motives/Behaviors, and Negative Alcohol Consequences Among a Multisite Sample of University Students (2024)

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Conformity to masculine norms and its association with drinking behaviors and alcohol-related consequences among adult men: A meta-analysis (2024)

Social Science & Medicine 14 citations DOI OpenAlex