Joseph L Fava
Biographic Data
| ID | 143255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph L Fava |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph L |
| FAMILY NAME | Fava |
| SIGNATURE | FAVA J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Miriam Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7129-7903 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Multilevel Resilience and HIV Virologic Suppression Among African American/Black Adults in the Southeastern United States
Social support, psychosocial risks, and cardiovascular health: Using harmonized data from the Jackson Heart Study, Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America Study, and Multi-Ethni…
Overall, we observed no strong evidence for an association between social support and CVH. However, some psychosocial risks may be modifiers. Prospective studies are needed to assess the social support-CVH relationship by psychosocial risks in racially/ethnically diverse populations
Examining relationships between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and ideal cardiovascular health and whether psychosocial stressors modify observed relationships among JHS, Mesa, and Masala part…
We did not find much support for an association between neighborhood social cohesion and LS7, but did find evidence of effect modification. Some of the effect modification results operated in unexpected directions. Future studies should examine neighborhood social cohesion more comprehensively and assess for effect modification by psychosocial stressors
Development of Long and Short Forms of the Multilevel Resilience Resource Measure for African American/Black Adults Living with HIV
Positive Psychotherapy Improves Cardiac Electrical Stability and Mood in ICD Patients: PAM-ICD Trial Results
Serber, Eva R. PhD; Christon, Lillian M. PhD; Fava, Joseph L. PhD; Verrier, Richard L. PhD, FHRS; Nearing, Bruce D. PhD; Buxton, Alfred E. MD; Gold, Michael R. MD, PhD, FHRS; Rodrigue, James R. PhD; Frisch, Michael B. PhD Author Information
A Tribute to the Mind, Methodology and Mentoring of Wayne Velicer
Wayne Velicer is remembered for a mind where mathematical concepts and calculations intrigued him, behavioral science beckoned him, and people fascinated him. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin on March 4, 1944, he was raised on a farm, although early influences extended far beyond that beginning. His Mathematics BS and Psychology minor at Wisconsin State University in Oshkosh, and his PhD in Quantitative Psychology from Purdue led him to a fruitful an…
A Concept Mapping Study to Understand Multilevel Resilience Resources Among African American/Black Adults Living with HIV in the Southern United States
Early Engagement is Associated with Better Weight Loss in Emerging Adults
Objectives: Predictors of success among emerging adults (EAs; ages 18-25) within behavioral weight loss (BWL) trials are largely unknown. We examined whether early program engagement predicted overall engagement and weight loss in EAs. Methods: Data were pooled from 2 randomized controlled pilot trials in EAs. Participants (N = 99, 80% female, BMI = 33.7±5.1 kg/m2) received a 3-month BWL intervention. Weight was objectively assessed at 0 and 3 mo…
Adapting evidence-based behavioral weight loss programs for emerging adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial
Emerging adults are at high risk of obesity but behavioral weight loss programs do not meet their needs. Emerging adults ( N = 52, age = 22.3 ± 2 years, body mass index = 34.2 ± 5.5 kg/m2, 46.2% non-Hispanic White) were randomly assigned to one of three behavioral weight loss programs adapted based on formative work: face-to-face behavioral weight loss, web-based behavioral weight loss, or web plus optional community sessions (Hybrid). Assessment…
Resilience and HIV: A review of the definition and study of resilience
We use a socioecological model of health to define resilience, review the definition and study of resilience among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) in the existing peer-reviewed literature, and discuss the strengths and limitations of how resilience is defined and studied in HIV research. We conducted a review of resilience research for HIV-related behaviors/outcomes of antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, clinic attenda…
Development and Validation of the Outcome Expectations for Yoga Scale
This newly developed scale can be used to assess outcome expectations for yoga and tailor interventions to promote adherence to yoga practice
Who Enrolls in a Quit Smoking Program with Yoga Therapy
This study demonstrated that both males and females were interested in a program offering yoga as a complementary therapy for smoking cessation. However, there were both sex and age-related differences with respect to smoking-related variables that may suggest a need to adapt the intervention for sub-populations
Using Syndemics Theory to Investigate Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Condomless Sex Among Youth Living with HIV in 17 U.S. Cities
Psychometric Properties and Validity of a Multi-dimensional Risk Perception Scale Developed in the Context of a Microbicide Acceptability Study
Adding Evidence-Based Behavioral Weight Loss Strategies to a Statewide Wellness Campaign: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Objectives. We determined the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of adding an evidence-based Internet behavioral weight loss intervention alone or combined with optional group sessions to ShapeUp Rhode Island 2011 (SURI), a 3-month statewide wellness campaign. Methods. We randomized participants (n = 230; body mass index = 34.3 ±6.8 kg/m 2 ; 84% female) to the standard SURI program (S) or to 1 of 2 enhanced programs: SURI plus Internet behavioral pr…
Testing 40 Predictions From the Transtheoretical Model Again, With Confidence
Testing Theory-based Quantitative Predictions (TTQP) represents an alternative to traditional Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST) procedures and is more appropriate for theory testing. The theory generates explicit effect size predictions and these effect size estimates, with related confidence intervals, are used to test the predictions. The focus of a study is shifted to a quantitative approach in contrast to the NHST dyadic decision ce…
Using Integrated Mixed Methods to Develop Behavioral Measures of Factors Associated With Microbicide Acceptability
Our current understanding of factors associated with microbicide acceptability and consistent use typically has been derived from separate and distinct qualitative or quantitative studies. Specifically, rarely have investigators used mixed methods to both develop and validate behavioral measures. We utilized an integrated mixed methods design, including qualitative metasyntheses, cognitive interviews and expert reviews, psychometric evaluation, a…
Smoking cessation in college-aged women: A qualitative analysis of factors important to this population
Tobacco use continues to be the leading, preventable cause of mortality among US adults. Research frequently cites weight maintenance and body image as influential in women's reasons for smoking.Objective: This present study sought information for informing effective smoking cessation interventions through the examination of young women's views on smoking.Participants: Forty-three 18–21-year-old women were recruited from November 2006 to April 20…
The Utility of Non-proportional Quota Sampling for Recruiting At-risk Women for Microbicide Research
Queen Elizabeth and Essex: A Dutch Rhetoricians' Play
A crucial assumption for a measure is that it is factorially invariant; that is, the measurement model is the same in different subgroups and across different occasions. The invariance of the short form of the decisional balance inventory was investigated using data from a representative sample of smokers (N=4144). Separate analyses evaluated the invariance across two levels of gender (male and female), four levels of education (grade school, hig…
Construct Explication through Factor or Component Analysis: A Review and Evaluation of Alternative Procedures for Determining the Number of Factors or Components
Affects of variable and subject sampling on factor pattern recovery.
Measuring support for tobacco control policy in selected areas of six countries
It is possible to develop appropriate and meaningful measurement tools for assessing support of tobacco control policies. Strong evidence was found for internal reliability and structural invariance of the SPI. The SPI may be a useful mechanism for monitoring ongoing policy initiatives, making cross-cultural comparisons, and evaluating population receptiveness to proposed policy approaches
The Effects of Underextraction in Factor and Component Analyses
The consequences of underextracting factors and components within and between the methods of maximum likelihood factor analysis (MLFA) and principal components analysis (PCA) were examined. Computer-simulated data sets represented a range of pattern structures. Manipulated conditions included component (factor) structure coefficients (a ij = .8, .6, and .4), sample size (N = 75, 150, 225, and 450), and variable-to-component (factor) ratio (p:m = …
The development and initial validation of the smoking policy inventory
Using Integrated Mixed Methods to Develop Behavioral Measures of Factors Associated With Microbicide Acceptability
Our current understanding of factors associated with microbicide acceptability and consistent use typically has been derived from separate and distinct qualitative or quantitative studies. Specifically, rarely have investigators used mixed methods to both develop and validate behavioral measures. We utilized an integrated mixed methods design, including qualitative metasyntheses, cognitive interviews and expert reviews, psychometric evaluation, a…
Adapting evidence-based behavioral weight loss programs for emerging adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial
Emerging adults are at high risk of obesity but behavioral weight loss programs do not meet their needs. Emerging adults ( N = 52, age = 22.3 ± 2 years, body mass index = 34.2 ± 5.5 kg/m2, 46.2% non-Hispanic White) were randomly assigned to one of three behavioral weight loss programs adapted based on formative work: face-to-face behavioral weight loss, web-based behavioral weight loss, or web plus optional community sessions (Hybrid). Assessment…
An Evaluation of the Effects of Variable Sampling On Component, Image, and Factor Analysis
An attribution of a latent variable procedure, such as factor analysis, that is sometimes cited is superior generalization from the variables sampled to the population of variables. Principal component analysis, image component analysis, and maximum likelihood factor analysis were compared to assess the effects of variable sampling. Three other independent variables were manipulated: (a) the size of the loadings or saturation, (b) the average num…
Measuring processes of change: Applications to the cessation of smoking.
Subjects (N= 970) representing five stages of smoking cessation (precontemplation, contemplation, action, maintenance, and relapse) were given a 65-item test measuring 10 basic processes of change. Subjects recorded the last time they quit smoking, their current use, the frequency of occurrence, and the degree of item helpfulness. A 40-item questionnaire provided highly reliable measures of 10 processes of change, labeled (a) consciousness raisin…
An Empirical Comparison of Factor, Image, Component, and Scale Scores
The relationships among principal component, image component, three types of factor scores, and a scale score method were examined. The scores were compared over several levels of variables (p), component saturations (aij), sample sizes (N), variable to component ratios (p/m), and factor pattern rotations. Scores were compared on the same (convergent) components, and also on different (divergent) components. These comparisons indicated that there…
The Effects of Overextraction on Factor and Component Analysis
The effects of overextracting factors and components within and between the methods of maximum likelihood factor analysis (MLFA) and principal component analysis (PCA) were examined. Computer-simulated data sets were generated to represent a range of factor and component patterns. Saturation (aij = .8, .6 & .4), sample size (N = 75, 150,225,450), and variable-to-component (factor) ratio (p:m = 12:1,6:1, & 4:1) were conditions manipulated. In Stud…
The development and initial validation of the smoking policy inventory
Role of Behaviorally Descriptive Adjectives in Description of Personality
Behaviorally descriptive adjectives and personality trait terms have been analyzed periodically by many psychological researchers and practitioners during the last half of this century. This analysis of personality-descriptive adjectives and terms has led to the development of several widely used adjective checklists for personality assessment and the postulation and the construct validation of several personality models. Foremost among the adjec…
The Effects of Underextraction in Factor and Component Analyses
The consequences of underextracting factors and components within and between the methods of maximum likelihood factor analysis (MLFA) and principal components analysis (PCA) were examined. Computer-simulated data sets represented a range of pattern structures. Manipulated conditions included component (factor) structure coefficients (a ij = .8, .6, and .4), sample size (N = 75, 150, 225, and 450), and variable-to-component (factor) ratio (p:m = …
Affects of variable and subject sampling on factor pattern recovery.
Measuring support for tobacco control policy in selected areas of six countries
It is possible to develop appropriate and meaningful measurement tools for assessing support of tobacco control policies. Strong evidence was found for internal reliability and structural invariance of the SPI. The SPI may be a useful mechanism for monitoring ongoing policy initiatives, making cross-cultural comparisons, and evaluating population receptiveness to proposed policy approaches
Construct Explication through Factor or Component Analysis: A Review and Evaluation of Alternative Procedures for Determining the Number of Factors or Components
Queen Elizabeth and Essex: A Dutch Rhetoricians' Play
A crucial assumption for a measure is that it is factorially invariant; that is, the measurement model is the same in different subgroups and across different occasions. The invariance of the short form of the decisional balance inventory was investigated using data from a representative sample of smokers (N=4144). Separate analyses evaluated the invariance across two levels of gender (male and female), four levels of education (grade school, hig…
The Utility of Non-proportional Quota Sampling for Recruiting At-risk Women for Microbicide Research
Smoking cessation in college-aged women: A qualitative analysis of factors important to this population
Tobacco use continues to be the leading, preventable cause of mortality among US adults. Research frequently cites weight maintenance and body image as influential in women's reasons for smoking.Objective: This present study sought information for informing effective smoking cessation interventions through the examination of young women's views on smoking.Participants: Forty-three 18–21-year-old women were recruited from November 2006 to April 20…
Using Integrated Mixed Methods to Develop Behavioral Measures of Factors Associated With Microbicide Acceptability
Our current understanding of factors associated with microbicide acceptability and consistent use typically has been derived from separate and distinct qualitative or quantitative studies. Specifically, rarely have investigators used mixed methods to both develop and validate behavioral measures. We utilized an integrated mixed methods design, including qualitative metasyntheses, cognitive interviews and expert reviews, psychometric evaluation, a…
Testing 40 Predictions From the Transtheoretical Model Again, With Confidence
Testing Theory-based Quantitative Predictions (TTQP) represents an alternative to traditional Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST) procedures and is more appropriate for theory testing. The theory generates explicit effect size predictions and these effect size estimates, with related confidence intervals, are used to test the predictions. The focus of a study is shifted to a quantitative approach in contrast to the NHST dyadic decision ce…
Adding Evidence-Based Behavioral Weight Loss Strategies to a Statewide Wellness Campaign: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Objectives. We determined the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of adding an evidence-based Internet behavioral weight loss intervention alone or combined with optional group sessions to ShapeUp Rhode Island 2011 (SURI), a 3-month statewide wellness campaign. Methods. We randomized participants (n = 230; body mass index = 34.3 ±6.8 kg/m 2 ; 84% female) to the standard SURI program (S) or to 1 of 2 enhanced programs: SURI plus Internet behavioral pr…
Using Syndemics Theory to Investigate Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Condomless Sex Among Youth Living with HIV in 17 U.S. Cities
Psychometric Properties and Validity of a Multi-dimensional Risk Perception Scale Developed in the Context of a Microbicide Acceptability Study
Development and Validation of the Outcome Expectations for Yoga Scale
This newly developed scale can be used to assess outcome expectations for yoga and tailor interventions to promote adherence to yoga practice
Who Enrolls in a Quit Smoking Program with Yoga Therapy
This study demonstrated that both males and females were interested in a program offering yoga as a complementary therapy for smoking cessation. However, there were both sex and age-related differences with respect to smoking-related variables that may suggest a need to adapt the intervention for sub-populations
Resilience and HIV: A review of the definition and study of resilience
We use a socioecological model of health to define resilience, review the definition and study of resilience among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) in the existing peer-reviewed literature, and discuss the strengths and limitations of how resilience is defined and studied in HIV research. We conducted a review of resilience research for HIV-related behaviors/outcomes of antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, clinic attenda…
Early Engagement is Associated with Better Weight Loss in Emerging Adults
Objectives: Predictors of success among emerging adults (EAs; ages 18-25) within behavioral weight loss (BWL) trials are largely unknown. We examined whether early program engagement predicted overall engagement and weight loss in EAs. Methods: Data were pooled from 2 randomized controlled pilot trials in EAs. Participants (N = 99, 80% female, BMI = 33.7±5.1 kg/m2) received a 3-month BWL intervention. Weight was objectively assessed at 0 and 3 mo…
Adapting evidence-based behavioral weight loss programs for emerging adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial
Emerging adults are at high risk of obesity but behavioral weight loss programs do not meet their needs. Emerging adults ( N = 52, age = 22.3 ± 2 years, body mass index = 34.2 ± 5.5 kg/m2, 46.2% non-Hispanic White) were randomly assigned to one of three behavioral weight loss programs adapted based on formative work: face-to-face behavioral weight loss, web-based behavioral weight loss, or web plus optional community sessions (Hybrid). Assessment…
A Concept Mapping Study to Understand Multilevel Resilience Resources Among African American/Black Adults Living with HIV in the Southern United States
Positive Psychotherapy Improves Cardiac Electrical Stability and Mood in ICD Patients: PAM-ICD Trial Results
Serber, Eva R. PhD; Christon, Lillian M. PhD; Fava, Joseph L. PhD; Verrier, Richard L. PhD, FHRS; Nearing, Bruce D. PhD; Buxton, Alfred E. MD; Gold, Michael R. MD, PhD, FHRS; Rodrigue, James R. PhD; Frisch, Michael B. PhD Author Information
Psychology (22 works) · Medicine (18 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Statistics (8 works) · Mathematics (7 works)