Javier F Boyas
Biographic Data
| ID | 209567 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Javier F Boyas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Javier F |
| FAMILY NAME | Boyas |
| SIGNATURE | BOYAS J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Arlington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4322-8385 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Residential Instability and Suicidal Ideation Among Persons on Parole
Parolees experience numerous barriers that may impact successful reintegration into society. Residential instability may further add to these obstacles, as there may be limited opportunities for housing given their criminal history. The present study aimed to examine the impact of residential instability on suicidal ideation among parolees. Results indicated that residentially stable and unstable individuals had similar risk factors which were si…
Applying the Stress Process Theory to Assess Correlates of Suicide Ideation-to-Action Among Persons on Parole in the United States
Health Status among African Americans
The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether various types of social capital influence self-rated health among African Americans, while accounting for objective and subjective economic well-being. This cross-sectional study included a nationally representative sample of 231 African American adults that participated in the Community Benchmark Survey. Hierarchical multiple regression results show that the health status was influenced…
Family structure and youth illicit drug use, use disorder, and treatment services utilization
Protective factors of suicide
Ecological factors influencing suicidal ideation-to-action among Latinx adolescents
Suicide ideation among Latinx adolescents
Suicidality among homeless people
This cross-sectional study examined the mediating effect of PTSD on suicide ideation and suicide attempt through two mediators, self-efficacy and depression, among homeless adults. We recruited a non-random, purposive sample of 156 homeless adults from seven homeless people shelters in Kansas. SEM results suggest that self-efficacy and depression were significant mediators between PTSD and suicide ideation, but not between PTSD and suicide attemp…
Drug and alcohol use and its relationship to self-rated health
Preventing substance abuse and relationship violence
Exploring patterns of employee psychosocial outcomes among child welfare workers
The Influence of Parental, Peer, and School Factors on Marijuana Use Among Native American Adolescents
Marijuana use among Native American (NA) adolescents continues to be an ongoing concern and is often cited as the most critical health issue facing this population. Despite this recognition, few studies have examined the roles played by parental monitoring and school relationships among NA youth. This cross-sectional study used secondary data from the 2010 National Survey in Drug Use and Health to examine the combined influence of parental, peer,…
Organizational tenure among child welfare workers, burnout, stress, and intent to leave
Social Networks That Promote Well-Being Among Latino Migrant Day Laborers
Latino migrant day laborers are a transnational population that often travels back and forth between borders in search of economic opportunities. These Latino day laborers (LDLs) are often at risk for exploitation and worker's rights abuses. Despite LDLs' heightened social vulnerability and risks, this population often does not access formal social or public health services due to their undocumented legal status, lack of health insurance and dist…
Implementing and evaluating a rural community-based sexual abstinence program
Informing both program evaluation and practice research, this paper describes lessons learned during the planning, implementation, and pilot phases of an abstinence education program based in a rural community in a southern state in the USA. Although a number of challenges can emerge in successfully implementing and evaluating such a program in a school and community setting, few publications have focused on bringing these challenges to light and…
Exploring the relationship between employment-based social capital, job stress, burnout, and intent to leave among child protection workers
Correlates of Depression among Chinese Immigrant Elders in Arizona
Using the stress and coping framework, we examined the association between acculturative stress, social support, and depression among Chinese immigrant elders living in Arizona. This cross-sectional study used a snowball sample of 120 respondents. Multiple regression results suggest that English language proficiency, health status, and gender were significant correlates of depression. Findings justify creating intervention programs that target Ch…
We Fall Down
Rates of homicide among African Americans are much higher than those of other racial or ethnic groups. Research has demonstrated that homicide can be psychologically debilitating for surviving family members. Yet, exploring the experiences of homicide victims’ surviving loved ones has received little attention. This study examined the coping strategies of African American survivors of homicide. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 8 African…
Parent-Child Communication Related to Sexual Health
Understanding how parent-child communication occurs within the cultural context is an important consideration in sexual health given that culture plays a major role in the development of various beliefs and attitudes. This qualitative study explores the perceived experiences of first-generation, immigrant rural Latino parents and youths (N = 19) about parent-child communication related to sexual health. Specifically, the article explores their pe…
Employment-based social capital, job stress, and employee burnout
Strangers in a Strange Lab
2009). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. (220 pp., $39.95, hb, ISBN 978-0-19-537295-3) There has been extensive interest and research into how individuals behave upon initially meeting others
Racial and Ethnic Determinants of Interracial and Ethnic Trust
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to discern which individual factors are associated with interracial/ethnic trust among a national probability sample of African Americans, Latinos, and non-Hispanic whites. Using national data from the 2000 Community Benchmark Survey, the multiple regression results indicate that, even after controlling for education and income, African Americans and Latinos reported significantly lower levels of inte…
Examining the Association Between Race, Ethnicity, and Health Status
The current study employs data from the 2004 Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles (IIMMLA) study to examine the degree to which observed differences in self-reported health status between African Americans, Asians, Latinos, and non-Hispanic Whites in the United States can be attributed to differences in various indicators of socioeconomic status. Results of the multinomial logistic regression techniques suggest t…
Employment-based social capital, job stress, and employee burnout
Exploring the relationship between employment-based social capital, job stress, burnout, and intent to leave among child protection workers
Organizational tenure among child welfare workers, burnout, stress, and intent to leave
Exploring patterns of employee psychosocial outcomes among child welfare workers
Social Networks That Promote Well-Being Among Latino Migrant Day Laborers
Latino migrant day laborers are a transnational population that often travels back and forth between borders in search of economic opportunities. These Latino day laborers (LDLs) are often at risk for exploitation and worker's rights abuses. Despite LDLs' heightened social vulnerability and risks, this population often does not access formal social or public health services due to their undocumented legal status, lack of health insurance and dist…
Correlates of Depression among Chinese Immigrant Elders in Arizona
Using the stress and coping framework, we examined the association between acculturative stress, social support, and depression among Chinese immigrant elders living in Arizona. This cross-sectional study used a snowball sample of 120 respondents. Multiple regression results suggest that English language proficiency, health status, and gender were significant correlates of depression. Findings justify creating intervention programs that target Ch…
Protective factors of suicide
Ecological factors influencing suicidal ideation-to-action among Latinx adolescents
Suicide ideation among Latinx adolescents
Racial and Ethnic Determinants of Interracial and Ethnic Trust
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to discern which individual factors are associated with interracial/ethnic trust among a national probability sample of African Americans, Latinos, and non-Hispanic whites. Using national data from the 2000 Community Benchmark Survey, the multiple regression results indicate that, even after controlling for education and income, African Americans and Latinos reported significantly lower levels of inte…
Examining the Association Between Race, Ethnicity, and Health Status
The current study employs data from the 2004 Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles (IIMMLA) study to examine the degree to which observed differences in self-reported health status between African Americans, Asians, Latinos, and non-Hispanic Whites in the United States can be attributed to differences in various indicators of socioeconomic status. Results of the multinomial logistic regression techniques suggest t…
Suicidality among homeless people
This cross-sectional study examined the mediating effect of PTSD on suicide ideation and suicide attempt through two mediators, self-efficacy and depression, among homeless adults. We recruited a non-random, purposive sample of 156 homeless adults from seven homeless people shelters in Kansas. SEM results suggest that self-efficacy and depression were significant mediators between PTSD and suicide ideation, but not between PTSD and suicide attemp…
Preventing substance abuse and relationship violence
The Influence of Parental, Peer, and School Factors on Marijuana Use Among Native American Adolescents
Marijuana use among Native American (NA) adolescents continues to be an ongoing concern and is often cited as the most critical health issue facing this population. Despite this recognition, few studies have examined the roles played by parental monitoring and school relationships among NA youth. This cross-sectional study used secondary data from the 2010 National Survey in Drug Use and Health to examine the combined influence of parental, peer,…
Parent-Child Communication Related to Sexual Health
Understanding how parent-child communication occurs within the cultural context is an important consideration in sexual health given that culture plays a major role in the development of various beliefs and attitudes. This qualitative study explores the perceived experiences of first-generation, immigrant rural Latino parents and youths (N = 19) about parent-child communication related to sexual health. Specifically, the article explores their pe…
Examining the Association Between Race, Ethnicity, and Health Status
The current study employs data from the 2004 Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles (IIMMLA) study to examine the degree to which observed differences in self-reported health status between African Americans, Asians, Latinos, and non-Hispanic Whites in the United States can be attributed to differences in various indicators of socioeconomic status. Results of the multinomial logistic regression techniques suggest t…
Employment-based social capital, job stress, and employee burnout
Strangers in a Strange Lab
2009). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. (220 pp., $39.95, hb, ISBN 978-0-19-537295-3) There has been extensive interest and research into how individuals behave upon initially meeting others
Racial and Ethnic Determinants of Interracial and Ethnic Trust
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to discern which individual factors are associated with interracial/ethnic trust among a national probability sample of African Americans, Latinos, and non-Hispanic whites. Using national data from the 2000 Community Benchmark Survey, the multiple regression results indicate that, even after controlling for education and income, African Americans and Latinos reported significantly lower levels of inte…
We Fall Down
Rates of homicide among African Americans are much higher than those of other racial or ethnic groups. Research has demonstrated that homicide can be psychologically debilitating for surviving family members. Yet, exploring the experiences of homicide victims’ surviving loved ones has received little attention. This study examined the coping strategies of African American survivors of homicide. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 8 African…
Parent-Child Communication Related to Sexual Health
Understanding how parent-child communication occurs within the cultural context is an important consideration in sexual health given that culture plays a major role in the development of various beliefs and attitudes. This qualitative study explores the perceived experiences of first-generation, immigrant rural Latino parents and youths (N = 19) about parent-child communication related to sexual health. Specifically, the article explores their pe…
Implementing and evaluating a rural community-based sexual abstinence program
Informing both program evaluation and practice research, this paper describes lessons learned during the planning, implementation, and pilot phases of an abstinence education program based in a rural community in a southern state in the USA. Although a number of challenges can emerge in successfully implementing and evaluating such a program in a school and community setting, few publications have focused on bringing these challenges to light and…
Exploring the relationship between employment-based social capital, job stress, burnout, and intent to leave among child protection workers
Correlates of Depression among Chinese Immigrant Elders in Arizona
Using the stress and coping framework, we examined the association between acculturative stress, social support, and depression among Chinese immigrant elders living in Arizona. This cross-sectional study used a snowball sample of 120 respondents. Multiple regression results suggest that English language proficiency, health status, and gender were significant correlates of depression. Findings justify creating intervention programs that target Ch…
Organizational tenure among child welfare workers, burnout, stress, and intent to leave
Social Networks That Promote Well-Being Among Latino Migrant Day Laborers
Latino migrant day laborers are a transnational population that often travels back and forth between borders in search of economic opportunities. These Latino day laborers (LDLs) are often at risk for exploitation and worker's rights abuses. Despite LDLs' heightened social vulnerability and risks, this population often does not access formal social or public health services due to their undocumented legal status, lack of health insurance and dist…
The Influence of Parental, Peer, and School Factors on Marijuana Use Among Native American Adolescents
Marijuana use among Native American (NA) adolescents continues to be an ongoing concern and is often cited as the most critical health issue facing this population. Despite this recognition, few studies have examined the roles played by parental monitoring and school relationships among NA youth. This cross-sectional study used secondary data from the 2010 National Survey in Drug Use and Health to examine the combined influence of parental, peer,…
Preventing substance abuse and relationship violence
Exploring patterns of employee psychosocial outcomes among child welfare workers
Drug and alcohol use and its relationship to self-rated health
Suicide ideation among Latinx adolescents
Suicidality among homeless people
This cross-sectional study examined the mediating effect of PTSD on suicide ideation and suicide attempt through two mediators, self-efficacy and depression, among homeless adults. We recruited a non-random, purposive sample of 156 homeless adults from seven homeless people shelters in Kansas. SEM results suggest that self-efficacy and depression were significant mediators between PTSD and suicide ideation, but not between PTSD and suicide attemp…
Health Status among African Americans
The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether various types of social capital influence self-rated health among African Americans, while accounting for objective and subjective economic well-being. This cross-sectional study included a nationally representative sample of 231 African American adults that participated in the Community Benchmark Survey. Hierarchical multiple regression results show that the health status was influenced…
Family structure and youth illicit drug use, use disorder, and treatment services utilization
Protective factors of suicide
Ecological factors influencing suicidal ideation-to-action among Latinx adolescents
Applying the Stress Process Theory to Assess Correlates of Suicide Ideation-to-Action Among Persons on Parole in the United States
Residential Instability and Suicidal Ideation Among Persons on Parole
Parolees experience numerous barriers that may impact successful reintegration into society. Residential instability may further add to these obstacles, as there may be limited opportunities for housing given their criminal history. The present study aimed to examine the impact of residential instability on suicidal ideation among parolees. Results indicated that residentially stable and unstable individuals had similar risk factors which were si…
Psychology (21 works) · Medicine (18 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (7 works)