LATINX PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION
PLENA Mission
In this same spirit of our name, our mission as members of the PLENA research team is to conceptualize and disseminate relevant and rigorous research in multiculturalism and Latinx psychology.
PLENA Values
Research activities should be accompanied by advocacy, political, organizational, relational, and spiritual actions on behalf of and as a member of community.
Scholarship by members of PLENA is guided by the principle that ALL scientific activity should translate into advantages, protections, resources, rights, and support for the communities we serve and are part of.
What is plena?
plena: adjetive: full, complete
Que cubre todos los aspectos de lo que se expresa. That which covers all aspects of what is expressed.
PLENA Research Lab
Our lab barrows its name from Puerto Rican musical tradition and history. Plena, a musical rhythm created by the genius of enslaved communities in Ponce, Puerto Rico was born out of the need to communicate the struggles, social issues, and news of the day using movement, words, and drumming. The rhythm of the plena drums has the power to unify the community to each other and the divine (Duany, 2000). This connection in turn gives energy to all who participate by creating a space for emotional expression and relaxation.
Who are we?
Members of the team are undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Counseling and Counseling Psychology at Arizona State University. All PLENA students work under the advisement of and in collaboration with Dr. Cristalís Capielo Rosario.
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This April PLENA Lab members participated in a Day of Puerto Rican Advocacy at the offices of Congressman Raúl Grijalva.
During the meeting, we educated congressional staffers about the Puerto Rican population living in Arizona, the main concerns of the Arizona Puerto Rican community, reasons for migration to Arizona, health disparities in Puerto Rico and the United States, and how PLENA can collaborate to initiate needs assessments with the local community and evaluate the effectiveness of a federal energy program in Puerto Rico.
Fuentes, M. A., Consoli, A. J., Capielo Rosario, C., DeJesús, L. A., Zelaya, D. G. (in press). From oppression to resistance to liberation: Decolonizing Latinx cultural values. Journal of Latinx Psychology.
Capielo Rosario, C., Carlos Chavez, F. L., Sanchez, D., Torres, L., Pituch, K, & Mattwig, T. (2024). Negative pandemic impacts, food insecurity, and mental health among Puerto Rican youth and adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. Advanced online publication. https://doi-org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/10.1080/15374416.2024.2301775
Capielo Rosario, C., Mattwig, T., Hamilton, K., & Wejrowski, B. (2023). Conceptualizing Puerto Rican migration to the United States. Current Opinion in Psychology, 51, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101584
Shepherd, B. F., Rentería, R., Capielo Rosario, C., & Brochu, P. M. (2023). O te peinas, o te haces rolos: Intersectional discrimination, identity conflict, and mental health among Latinx sexual minoritized adults. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000621