Manuel de la Cruz
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Manuel de la Cruz's research centers on behavioral and psychological studies, with a focus on exercise readiness, motivation, and related psychological constructs. He has published work investigating grit, self-efficacy, and motivation in adult populations, as well as the role of fathers in youth baseball through a self-determination theory lens. His publications also include the validation of measurement instruments for exercise stages of change and the relationship between personality, mindfulness, and anxiety in athletes. De la Cruz has also explored physical activity prevalence and its relationship with overweight and obesity in university students, and the impact of teacher interpersonal styles on student motivation in physical education classes. His work extends to harm reduction interventions, with a randomized trial of a text message-delivered sexual violence intervention among college students, and investigations into the impact of Piezo1 deletion in smooth muscle cells on intestinal function.
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- h-index: 9
- Publications: 36
- Citations: 220
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Feasibility results from a randomized trial of a text message–delivered sexual violence harm reduction intervention among college students (2025)
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- Feasibility results from a randomized trial of a text message–delivered sexual violence harm reduction intervention among college students
- Feasibility results from a randomized trial of a text message–delivered sexual violence harm reduction intervention among college students
- Feasibility results from a randomized trial of a text message–delivered sexual violence harm reduction intervention among college students
- Feasibility results from a randomized trial of a text message–delivered sexual violence harm reduction intervention among college students
- Feasibility results from a randomized trial of a text message–delivered sexual violence harm reduction intervention among college students
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