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Christopher P. Salas-Wright

Christopher P. Salas-Wright

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
50
Citations
7817
World Ranking
5507
National Ranking
2998

Christopher P. Salas-Wright publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher P. Salas-Wright sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 230 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Christopher P. Salas-Wright D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher P. Salas-Wright sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christopher P. Salas-Wright is affiliated with Boston College in the United States. Their research spans several interrelated fields within the social sciences, psychology, and medicine, with specific focus areas including clinical psychology, sociology and political science, general health professions, epidemiology, and pharmacology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, particularly centered on migration, health, and trauma. Other prominent topics include racial and ethnic identity research, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, cannabis and cannabinoid research, resilience and mental health, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and health disparities and outcomes.

Salas-Wright has published extensively in numerous venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Substance Use & Misuse

They have collaborated often with several coauthors recognized for their recurring contributions, including:

  • Michael G. Vaughn
  • Seth J. Schwartz
  • Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina
  • Melissa Bates
  • Sehun Oh

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Salas-Wright illustrate their focus on mental health and migration issues as well as substance use, documented in multiple peer-reviewed journals. Notable publications include:

  • "Depressive Symptoms and Resilience among Hispanic Emerging Adults: Examining the Moderating Effects of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Family Cohesion, and Social Support," 2020, Behavioral Medicine
  • "The family crisis migration stress framework: A framework to understand the mental health effects of crisis migration on children and families caused by disasters," 2021, New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
  • "The Venezuelan diaspora: Migration-related experiences and mental health," 2022, Current Opinion in Psychology
  • "LSD use in the United States: Trends, correlates, and a typology of us," 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "Exposure to ethnic discrimination in social media and symptoms of anxiety and depression among Hispanic emerging adults: Examining the moderating role of gender," 2020, Journal of Clinical Psychology

The scientist's work consistently explores the intersection of social, psychological, and epidemiological factors affecting vulnerable populations, with an emphasis on health disparities and outcomes tied to migration, ethnicity, and substance use.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence and Correlates of Truancy in the US: Results from a National Sample

    Michael G. Vaughn;Brandy R. Maynard;Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Brian E. Perron

  • Violence and Externalizing Behavior Among Youth in the United States: Is There a Severe 5%?

    Michael G. Vaughn;Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Matt DeLisi;Brandy R. Maynard

  • High School Dropouts in Emerging Adulthood: Substance Use, Mental Health Problems, and Crime

    Brandy R. Maynard;Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn

  • Religiosity profiles of American youth in relation to substance use, violence, and delinquency

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;David R. Hodge;Brian E. Perron

  • Bullying Victimization Among School-Aged Immigrant Youth in the United States.

    Brandy R. Maynard;Michael G. Vaughn;Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Sharon R. Vaughn

  • Who Are Truant Youth? Examining Distinctive Profiles of Truant Youth Using Latent Profile Analysis

    Brandy R. Maynard;Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;Kristen E. Peters

  • Everyday discrimination and mood and substance use disorders: A latent profile analysis with African Americans and Caribbean Blacks

    Trenette T. Clark;Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;Keith E. Whitfield

  • Mood, anxiety, and personality disorders among first and second-generation immigrants to the United States

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Njeri Kagotho;Michael G. Vaughn

  • The immigrant paradox: immigrants are less antisocial than native-born Americans

    Michael G. Vaughn;Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Matt DeLisi;Brandy R. Maynard

  • Trends and correlates of marijuana use among late middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 2002-2014.

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;Lenise A. Cummings-Vaughn;Katherine J. Holzer

  • Truancy in the United States: Examining Temporal Trends and Correlates by Race, Age, and Gender.

    Brandy R. Maynard;Michael G. Vaughn;Erik J. Nelson;Christopher P. Salas-Wright

  • Substance use disorders among first- and second- generation immigrant adults in the United States: evidence of an immigrant paradox?

    Christopher P Salas-Wright;Michael G Vaughn;Trenette T Clark;Lauren D Terzis

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Immigrants to the United States

    Michael G. Vaughn;Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Jin Huang;Zhengmin Qian

  • An “immigrant paradox” for adolescent externalizing behavior? Evidence from a national sample

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;Seth J. Schwartz;David Córdova

  • Substance use and teen pregnancy in the United States: Evidence from the NSDUH 2002-2012

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;Jenny Ugalde;Jelena Todic

  • Immigrants and mental disorders in the united states: New evidence on the healthy migrant hypothesis.

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;Trenette C. Goings;Daniel P. Miller

  • The Mental Health Impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico and Florida.

    Carolina Scaramutti;Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Saskia R. Vos;Seth J. Schwartz

  • Trends in the disapproval and use of marijuana among adolescents and young adults in the United States: 2002–2013

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;Jelena Todic;David Córdova

  • The Study and Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Misuse Among Migrants: Toward a Transnational Theory of Cultural Stress

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Seth J. Schwartz

  • Public or Private Religiosity: Which Is Protective for Adolescent Substance Use and by What Pathways?:

    Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn;Brandy R. Maynard;Trenette T. Clark

  • Racial and ethnic trends and correlates of non-medical use of prescription opioids among adolescents in the United States 2004-2013

    Michael G. Vaughn;Erik J. Nelson;Christopher P. Salas-Wright;Zhengmin Qian

  • Predictors of violence and delinquency among high risk youth and youth gang members in San Salvador, El Salvador

    René Olate;Christopher P Salas-Wright;Michael G. Vaughn

  • Adaptation of the Basic Empathy Scale among a Portuguese sample of incarcerated juvenile offenders

    Pedro Fernandes dos Santos Pechorro;James V. Ray;Christopher P. Salas-Wright;João Maroco

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. Vaughn
Michael G. Vaughn Saint Louis University
Seth J. Schwartz
Seth J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Matt DeLisi
Matt DeLisi Iowa State University
David Córdova
David Córdova University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Brian E. Perron
Brian E. Perron University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Miguel Ángel Cano
Miguel Ángel Cano The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Zhengmin Qian
Zhengmin Qian Saint Louis University
David R. Hodge
David R. Hodge Arizona State University
Flavio F. Marsiglia
Flavio F. Marsiglia Arizona State University
Alan Meca
Alan Meca The University of Texas at San Antonio

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