Associate Professor from De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
Melissa R. Garabiles, PhD is a registered psychologist and an Associate Professor from De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. She is also an Affiliated Faculty at NYU Shanghai Center for Global Health Equity, a Research Fellow at the Scalabrini Migration Center, and a volunteer clinical psychologist at the UGAT Foundation Inc. Her research interests include migration, health, family relationships, resilience, and well-being.
Representative Publications:
Garabiles, M. R., Shen, Z. Z., Yang, L., Chu, Q., Hannam, K., & Hall, B. J. (2022). Investigating the physical and mental health nexus: A network analysis of depression, cardiometabolic health, bone mass, and perceived health status among Filipino domestic workers. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 10.1007/s12529-022-10087-5
Garabiles, M. R., Mayawati, E. H., & Hall, B. J. (2022). Exploring resilience processes of Filipino migrant domestic workers: A multisystemic approach. Journal of Community Psychology, 1-19. 10.1002/jcop.22820
Garabiles, M. R. (2020). Social support and well-being predict paternal involvement among left-behind Filipino fathers: Well-being as mediator. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 29(4), 491-510. 10.1177/0117196820983760
Garabiles, M. R., Lao, C. K., Yip, P. S. Y., Chan, E. W. W., Mordeno, I., & Hall, B. J. (2019). Psychometric validation of PHQ-9 and GAD-7 in Filipino migrant domestic workers in Macao. Journal of Personality Assessment, 1-12. 10.1080/00223891.2019.1644343
Garabiles, M. R., Ofreneo, M. A. P., & Hall, B. J. (2017). Towards a model of resilience for transnational families of Filipina domestic workers. PLoS ONE, 12(8): e0183703. 10.1371/journal.pone.0183703