Dr. Lymaries Padilla Cotto

Lymaries Padilla-Cotto, Ph.D. serves as professor; coordinator of research practica and dissertations; institutional review board administrator in the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology Program at Albizu University, San Juan Campus. This faculty member’s academic preparation and research agenda contribute to the Program’s scientist-practitioner training model and culturally responsive approach.

Social and psychological factors associated with infertility among couples; social media and internet-related behavior; women's health and its psychological effects; health psychology.

• Ph.D. (2002), Clinical Psychology, University of Puerto Rico
• M.A. (1996), Clinical Psychology, University of Puerto Rico
• B.A. (1992), Psychology, University of Puerto Rico

• Rosario-Vicente, G., Padilla-Cotto, L., & Pérez-Pedrogo, C. (2025). Versión en castellano de la Diabetes-Specific Self-Compassion Scale for Parents of Youth with T1D: Traducción y adaptación para Puerto Rico. Revista Caribeña de Psicología, 9(1), e9207. https://doi.org/10.37226/rcp.v9i1.9207
• Maldonado-Carrión, C., Padilla-Cotto, L., & Reyes-Estrada, M. (2025). Efectos de la nomofobia en el bienestar psicológico de adultos puertorriqueños: Un estudio descriptivo correlacional. Revista Caribeña de Psicología, 9(1), e8349. https://doi.org/10.37226/rcp.v9i1.8349
• Cruz-López, M., Rodríguez-Gómez, J., & Padilla-Cotto, L. (2025). Creación y validación de la Escala de Hipocresía Cruz-López en una población de puertorriqueños. Scientific International Journal, 22(1), 35-50.
• Rosario, G., Padilla-Cotto, L., & Rodríguez, J. (2023). Versión en español del Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 modificado al uso de las redes sociales: Traducción y propiedades psicométricas. Revista Puertorriqueña de Psicología, 34(2), 224-233. https://doi.org/10.55611/reps.3402.07
• García-Justiniano, N., Pérez-Pedrogo, C., Sánchez-Cardona, I., & Padilla, L. (2022). Psychometric properties of the Medical Outcomes Study-Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS-A) among adolescents in Puerto Rico. Behavioral Psychology, 30(3), 693-708. https://doi.org/10.51668/bp.8322306n