Liliana Rojo
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Mail code: 7203Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentFamily and Human Development
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Liliana is a PhD student in the Family and Human Development program at the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics. Previously, Liliana completed both a Master's degree in psychological research and a bachelors degree in psychology with a minor in biology at Texas State University. Her current research interests include exploring cultural and familial influences on youth mental health in Latinx families. Furthermore, she is interested in multigenerational households, cultural transmission, and overall well-being and success of Latinx families.
Liliana is interested in how cultural processes, individual factors, and family come together to influence the well-being of Latinx youth and families. Furthermore, Liliana aims to identify how relationships between family members relate to psychological well-being in diverse cultural contexts.
Liliana is largely interested in the mother-daughter relationship- specifically how communication shapes the influence of this dynamic on adolescent girls mental health outcomes like depression, pathological worry, stress, and self-esteem. In extension, Liliana observes how cultural strengths influence both the mother-daughter relationship and adolescent mental health.
Another area of interest for Liliana is the role of grandmothers in Latinx families and how they transmit culture, facilitate relationships, and contribute to the well-being of adolescents and other family members.
Weimer, A. A., Huang, R., Rojo, L., & Warnell, K. R. (2025). Language dominance moderates links between theory of mind and children’s externalizing behaviors in a multilingual community. Cognitive Development, 73, 101540.