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87
Citations
26695
World Ranking
1095
National Ranking
679

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

José Szapocznik is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and has a research profile that spans multiple fields within medicine and psychology. Their work includes contributions to health, toxicology, mutagenesis, clinical psychology, sociology, political science, and public health. The breadth of their interests is reflected in the diversity of publication topics and venues over their career.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

They have also contributed extensively to these subfields:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The key topics addressed in their research are:

  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Their recent publications include:

  • A global public health convention for the 21st century, 2021, The Lancet Public Health
  • Racial/ethnic equity in substance use treatment research: the way forward, 2021, Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
  • Documented opioid use disorder and its treatment in primary care patients across six U.S. health systems, 2020, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • PRimary Care Opioid Use Disorders treatment (PROUD) trial protocol: a pragmatic, cluster-randomized implementation trial in primary care for opioid use disorder treatment, 2021, Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
  • Relationship of Neighborhood Greenness to Alzheimer's Disease and Non-Alzheimer's Dementia Among 249,405 U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries, 2021, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Burn Care & Research
  • The Lancet Public Health
  • Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
  • International Journal of Intercultural Relations
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence

José Szapocznik has collaborated frequently with several researchers including:

  • Olga E. Hervis
  • Seth J. Schwartz
  • William Aitken
  • Joanna Lombard
  • Scott C. Brown

They have also contributed to book publications, notably with the American Psychological Association, such as the work titled Brief strategic family therapy. published in 2020.

Among their professional recognitions, they have been named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1996.

Best Publications

  • Rethinking the concept of acculturation: implications for theory and research.

    Seth J. Schwartz;Jennifer B. Unger;Byron L. Zamboanga;José Szapocznik

  • Family psychology and cultural diversity: Opportunities for theory, research, and application.

    José Szapocznik;William M. Kurtines

  • Bicultural involvement and adjustment in Hispanic-American youths

    José Szapocznik;William M Kurtines;Tatjana Fernandez

  • Engaging adolescent drug abusers and their families in treatment: a strategic structural systems approach.

    José Szapocznik;Angel Perez-Vidal;Andrew L. Brickman;Franklin H. Foote

  • Theory and measurement of acculturation.

    José Szapocznik;Mercedes Arca Scopetta;Willian Kurtines;María de los Angeles Aranalde

  • An ecodevelopmental framework for organizing the influences on drug abuse: A developmental model of risk and protection.

    José Szapocznik;J. Douglas Coatsworth

  • Efficacy of brief strategic family therapy in modifying Hispanic adolescent behavior problems and substance use.

    Daniel A. Santisteban;J. Douglas Coatsworth;Angel Perez-Vidal;William M. Kurtines

  • Alternatives to the Randomized Controlled Trial

    Stephen G. West;Naihua Duan;Willo Pequegnat;Paul Gaist

  • Efficacy of intervention for engaging youth and families into treatment and some variables that may contribute to differential effectiveness.

    Daniel A. Santisteban;Jose Szapocznik;Angel Perez-Vidal;William M. Kurtines

  • The Effect of a Family Therapy and Technology-Based Intervention on Caregiver Depression

    Carl Eisdorfer;Sara J. Czaja;David A. Loewenstein;Mark P. Rubert

  • The Role of Families in Adolescent HIV Prevention: A Review

    Tatiana Perrino;Alina González-Soldevilla;Hilda Pantin;José Szapocznik

  • Micronutrients and HIV-1 disease progression

    Marianna K. Baum;Gail Shor-Posner;Ying Lu;Bernard Rosner

  • Specific Nutrient Abnormalities in Asymptomatic HIV-1 Infection

    Richard S. Beach;Emilio Mantero-Atienza;Gail Shor-Posner;Julian J. Javier

  • Brief Strategic Family Therapy: Twenty-Five Years of Interplay Among Theory, Research and Practice in Adolescent Behavior Problems and Drug Abuse

    José Szapocznik;Robert A. Williams

  • Familias Unidas: a family-centered ecodevelopmental intervention to reduce risk for problem behavior among Hispanic adolescents.

    J. Douglas Coatsworth;Hilda Pantin;Jose Szapocznik

  • Brief Strategic Family Therapy versus Community Control: Engagement, Retention, and an Exploration of the Moderating Role of Adolescent Symptom Severity*

    J. Douglas Coatsworth;Daniel A. Santisteban;Cami K. McBride;José Szapocznik

  • A randomized controlled trial of a parent-centered intervention in preventing substance use and HIV risk behaviors in Hispanic adolescents.

    Guillermo Prado;Hilda Pantin;Ervin Briones;Seth J. Schwartz

  • A PERSON-CENTERED AND ECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF ACCULTURATION STRATEGIES IN HISPANIC IMMIGRANT YOUTH.

    J. Douglas Coatsworth;Mildred Maldonado-Molina;Hilda Pantin;José Szapocznik

  • Cognition in Early Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

    Frances L. Wilkie;Carl Eisdorfer;Robert O. Morgan;David A. Loewenstein

  • Familias Unidas: the efficacy of an intervention to promote parental investment in Hispanic immigrant families.

    Hilda Pantin;J. Douglas Coatsworth;Daniel J. Feaster;Frederick L. Newman

  • Engaging adolescent drug abusers and their families in treatment: A strategic structural systems approach

    José Szapocznik;Angel Perez-Vidai;Angel Perez-Vidai;Andrew L. Brickman;Andrew L. Brickman;Franklin H. Foote;Franklin H. Foote

Frequent Co-Authors

Seth J. Schwartz
Seth J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Daniel J. Feaster
Daniel J. Feaster University of Miami
Hilda Pantin
Hilda Pantin University of Miami
William M. Kurtines
William M. Kurtines Florida International University
Jennifer B. Unger
Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California
Daniel W. Soto
Daniel W. Soto University of Southern California
Byron L. Zamboanga
Byron L. Zamboanga University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati University of Southern California
J. Douglas Coatsworth
J. Douglas Coatsworth University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Guillermo Prado
Guillermo Prado University of Miami

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