Ligia Chávez

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus — PR

Psychology · Social Sciences

19h-index2.0kcitations51works0.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development(24), Mental Health Treatment and Access(12), Health disparities and outcomes(8), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(7), Migration, Health and Trauma(5)

Publications51 total

Development and tailoring of a peer-administered asthma management intervention for urban Latino middle school children
Journal of Asthma·2025
Coproducing a new scale with young people aged 10–24 years: a protocol for the development and validation of the Youth Loneliness Scale (YLS)
BMJ Open·2025Open Access
Co-producing a new scale with young people aged 10 – 24 years: A protocol for the development and validation of the Youth Loneliness Scale (YLS)
2025Open Access
Culturally and Contextually Tailored Asthma Self-Management for Urban, Latino Middle School Students: The Rhode Island-Puerto Rico Asmas Program
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine·2025· 1 cited
Psychological Associations of Multiple Disasters: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescents in Puerto Rico
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
0819 Cultural Adaptation and Preliminary Efficacy Testing of a Sleep Intervention (SIESTA) for Urban Latino Children
SLEEP·2024Open Access
A Pilot Randomized Control Trial Demonstrating the Efficacy of the SIESTA Sleep Hygiene Intervention
Clinical Pediatrics·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Co-producing a new scale with young people aged 10 – 24 years: A protocol for the development and validation of the Youth Loneliness Scale (YLS)
2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Growing inequities in mental health crisis services offered to indigent patients in Puerto Rico versus the <scp>US</scp> states before and after Hurricanes Maria and Irma
Health Services Research·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Evaluation of the Integrated Intervention for Dual Problems and Early Action Among Latino Immigrants With Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Misuse Symptoms
JAMA Network Open·2019· 23 citedOpen Access
HIV testing in clinical and community settings for an international sample of Latino immigrants and nonimmigrants.
Journal of Latinx Psychology·2018· 4 citedOpen Access
Measurement Invariance of the Adolescent Quality of Life-Mental Health Scale (AQOL-MHS) across Gender, Age and Treatment Context
Journal of Child and Family Studies·2018· 5 citedOpen Access
Comparison of Mental Health Treatment Adequacy and Costs in Public Hospitals in Boston and Madrid
The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research·2018· 4 citedOpen Access
Adolescent Quality of Life-Mental Health Scale--Shortened Version
PsycTESTS Dataset·2018
Evaluation of the AC-OK mental health and substance abuse screening measure in an international sample of Latino immigrants
Drug and Alcohol Dependence·2017· 7 citedOpen Access
Applying generalizability theory methods to assess continuity and change on the Adolescent Quality of Life-Mental Health Scale (AQOL-MHS)
Quality of Life Research·2016· 7 citedOpen Access
Assessing Comorbidities and service use among patients with benzodiazepine abuse
European Psychiatry·2016· 1 cited
Understanding Discrepancies in the Prediction of Mental Health, Substance Use and Dual Disorders. Implications From a Multi-Site International Study
European Psychiatry·2016
Barriers to and Correlates of Retention in Behavioral Health Treatment Among Latinos in 2 Different Host Countries: The United States and Spain
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice·2016· 60 citedOpen Access
Comparison of Mental Health Treatment Expenditures in Usual Psychiatric Care Between Madrid and Boston Hospital Systems
European Psychiatry·2015Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Glorisa Canino(30), Patrick E. Shrout(16), Rafael Ramírez(16), Margarita Alegrı́a(16), José J. Bauermeister(10), Milagros Bravo(7), Julio C. Ribera(7), Alfonso Martínez‐Taboas(7), Pedro García(7), Rodrigo Carmona(6), Maritza Rubio‐Stipec(5), Benjamin Lê Cook(5), Héctor Bird(4), Leida E. Matías-Carrelo(4), Francisco Collazos(4), Enrique Baca‐García(4), Daphne Koinis‐Mitchell(4), Ye Wang(3), Karen Mir(3), Alexander N. Ortega(3)