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Christopher B. Keys

Christopher B. Keys

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Psychology

D-Index
39
Citations
7251
World Ranking
8521
National Ranking
4556

Overview

Christopher B. Keys is affiliated with DePaul University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions and Social Sciences, with a particular focus on community health and development, bullying and victimization, health policy implementation, and issues related to cardiac arrest and traumatic brain injury.

Their work has been published in a variety of academic journals, including:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • Journal of School Violence
  • Psychology in the Schools
  • American Journal of Community Psychology
  • The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Christopher B. Keys has contributed to several recently published papers, among which are:

  • Association of Blood-Based Brain Injury Biomarker Concentrations With Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Teacher Turnover in the Context of Teacher-Directed Violence: An Empowerment Lens, 2020, Journal of School Violence
  • Understanding teacher-directed violence and related turnover through a school climate framework, 2023, Psychology in the Schools
  • Disability rights and empowerment: Reflections on AJCP research and a call to action, 2023, American Journal of Community Psychology
  • External Communities as Initiators of Organizational Change, 2021, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Susan D. McMahon
  • David G. Maloney
  • Pamela Rubin
  • Eric Peist
  • Jacqueline Davis

Within the broader fields of study, Christopher B. Keys's subfields include General Health Professions, Education, Social Psychology, Emergency Medicine, and Epidemiology. Their research covers various topics such as Community Health and Development, Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression, Health Policy Implementation Science, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, and Youth Development and Social Support.

Best Publications

  • Employer Attitudes toward Workers with Disabilities and Their ADA Employment Rights: A Literature Review

    Brigida Hernandez;Christopher Keys;Fabricio E. Balcazar

  • Discussion of shared and unshared information in decision-making groups

    James R. Larson;Pennie G. Foster-Fishman;Christopher B. Keys

  • Pretrauma risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review of the literature

    Julia A. DiGangi;Daisy Gomez;Leslie Mendoza;Leonard A. Jason

  • Participatory Community Research: Theories and Methods in Action

    Leonard A. Jason;Christopher B. Keys;Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar;Renée R. Taylor

  • Social network variables in alcoholics anonymous: A literature review

    D. R. Groh;Leonard A. Jason;C. B. Keys

  • Diagnostic overshadowing reviewed and reconsidered.

    David A. Jopp;Christopher B. Keys

  • Disability, race/ethnicity and gender: themes of cultural oppression, acts of individual resistance

    Katherine E. McDonald;Katherine E. McDonald;Christopher B. Keys;Christopher B. Keys;Fabricio E. Balcazar

  • Participatory Action Research and People with Disabilities: Principles and Challenges

    Fabricio E. Balcazar;Christopher B. Keys;Daniel L. Kaplan;Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar

  • School Belonging among Low-Income Urban Youth with Disabilities: Testing a Theoretical Model

    Susan D. McMahon;Anna L. Parnes;Christopher B. Keys;Judah J. Viola

  • Empowerment, diversity, and collaboration: Promoting synergy on community boards

    Meg A. Bond;Christopher B. Keys

  • University Faculty Perceptions of Students with Learning Disabilities: Correlates and Group Differences

    Christopher Murray;Carol T. Wren;Christopher Keys

  • The Community Living Attitudes Scale, Mental Retardation Form: development and psychometric properties

    David Henry;Christopher Keys;David Jopp;Fabricio Balcazar

  • Attitudes of Japanese students toward people with intellectual disability.

    W. Horner-Johnson;C. Keys;D. Henry;K. Yamaki

  • Researching community psychology : issues of theory and methods

    Patrick Tolan;Christopher Keys;Fern Chertok;Leonard A. Jason

  • Third Party Intervention and the Bargaining Behavior of Group Representatives

    Jean M. Bartunek;Alan A. Benton;Christopher B. Keys

  • Associations between Prior Disability-Focused Training and Disability-Related Attitudes and Perceptions among University Faculty:

    Christopher Murray;Allison Lombardi;Carol T. Wren;Christopher Keys

  • Understanding dignity in the lives of homeless persons.

    Alison B. Miller;Christopher B. Keys

  • Sex and Relationship Variables as Predictors of Sexual Attraction in Cross-Sex Platonic Friendships between Young Heterosexual Adults

    Daniel L. Kaplan;Christopher B. Keys

  • Classroom Management, School Staff Relations, School Climate, and Academic Achievement: Testing A Model with Urban High Schools.

    Lindsey T. Back;Elizabeth Polk;Christopher B. Keys;Susan D. McMahon

  • From Pathology to Power: Rethinking Race, Poverty, and Disability

    Pamela Block;Fabricio Balcazar;Christopher Keys

  • Attitudes of community-living staff members toward persons with mental retardation, mental illness, and dual diagnosis.

    David Henry;Christopher Keys;Fabricio Balcazar;David Jopp

  • Factors of Empowerment for Women in Recovery from Substance Use

    Bronwyn A. Hunter;Leonard A. Jason;Christopher B. Keys

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan D. McMahon
Susan D. McMahon DePaul University
Leonard A. Jason
Leonard A. Jason DePaul University
Marybeth Shinn
Marybeth Shinn Vanderbilt University
Patrick H. Tolan
Patrick H. Tolan University of Virginia
Mark S. Salzer
Mark S. Salzer Temple University
Karestan C. Koenen
Karestan C. Koenen Harvard University
Fred B. Bryant
Fred B. Bryant Loyola University Chicago
Joseph A. Durlak
Joseph A. Durlak Loyola University Chicago
Roger P. Weissberg
Roger P. Weissberg University of Illinois at Chicago
Stevan E. Hobfoll
Stevan E. Hobfoll Rush University Medical Center

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