Joseph S Rossi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1562965 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph S Rossi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph S |
| FAMILY NAME | Rossi |
| SIGNATURE | ROSSI J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rhode Island |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1831-1195 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 45 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 45 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1938 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT): An examination of health disparities
Risky substance use can lead to a variety of negative health outcomes, yet treatment is often underutilized by historically minoritized racial/ethnic groups. Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is effective in changing substance use patterns across diverse settings and for diverse demographic groups. However, few studies have focused on whether individuals receive the appropriate level of care based on screening criter…
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…
Elizabeth Seton: American Saint, written by Catherine O’Donnell
and uncertainty in the early modern world
Intimate violence as it relates to risky sexual behavior among at-risk females
Contrary to expectations, PTSD may act to reduce risk perhaps by reducing interest in sex. It is important to address victimization, PTSD, and sexual risk in young women. More work is needed to understand these complex relationships using longitudinal designs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)
Statistical Power Analysis
Statistical power is the probability that a statistical test will correctly reject the null hypothesis. This chapter presents the concept of statistical power and several closely related techniques and topics. There have been numerous calls in recent years for the increased use of statistical power analysis and other techniques as alternatives to the traditional practice of null hypothesis significance testing and the use of p values as the princ…
One session of TTM-tailored condom use feedback: A pilot study among at-risk women in the Bronx
There is an urgent need to implement interventions to curb the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially HIV. Consistent condom use is an effective preventive strategy, yet especially among those at highest risk, condom use remains too low. This paper describes changes in condom use and stages of condom use over two-three months time following a single session with an interactive multimedia computer-delivered Transtheoretical M…
A meta-analysis of computer-tailored interventions for health behavior change
Common Factors Predicting Long-term Changes in Multiple Health Behaviors
This study was designed to assess if there are consistent treatment, stage, severity, effort and demographic effects which predict long-term changes across the multiple behaviors of smoking, diet and sun exposure. A secondary data analysis integrated data from four studies on smoking cessation ( N = 3927), three studies on diet ( N = 4824) and four studies on sun exposure ( N = 6465). Across all three behaviors, behavior change at 24 months was r…
Personal Motivation, Exercise, and Smoking Behaviors Among Young Adults
This study explored the motivational factors that influence individuals across the stages of change for exercise. The authors compared physically active nonsmokers with physically active smokers in a college student population. Half of regular exercisers identified themselves as smokers. Compared with their nonsmoking peers, young smokers have higher rates of physical and emotional distress. Those participants who exercise and do not smoke are mo…
Treating Tobacco Dependence in Clinically Depressed Smokers: Effect of Smoking Cessation on Mental Health Functioning
We analyzed data from a randomized trial of 322 actively depressed smokers and examined the effect of smoking cessation on their mental health functioning. Only 1 of 10 measures at 4 follow-up time points was significant: participants who successfully stopped smoking reported less alcohol use than did participants who continued smoking. Depressive symptoms declined significantly over time for participants who stopped smoking and those who continu…
Treatment for Cigarette Smoking Among Depressed Mental Health Outpatients: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Objectives. Using a brief contact control, we tested the efficacy of a staged care intervention to reduce cigarette smoking among psychiatric patients in outpatient treatment for depression. Methods. We conducted a randomized clinical trial that included assessments at baseline and at months 3, 6, 12, and 18. Three hundred twenty-two patients in mental health outpatient treatment who were diagnosed with depression and smoked ≥1 cigarette per day …
Physical Activity, Physical Function, and Stages of Change in Older Adults
Higher stages were positively associated with physical activity and physical function. Age was a significant moderator variable affecting stage, physical activity, and physical function
Intervening on Exercise and Nutrition in Older Adults: The Rhode Island Senior Project
Presented are the basic design, methods, and baseline data analyses for the Study of Exercise and Nutrition in Older Rhode Islanders (SENIOR Project) an experimental study to investigate the relative effectiveness of a 12-month, stage of readiness to change-based multiple-behavior intervention (exercise and nutrition) compared to single-behavior interventions in a community-dwelling population of 1,277 older adults. Relationships between stage of…
Worksite Interventions: A Methodological Exploration and Pilot Study Promoting Behavior Change
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 Transtheoretical Model of Change and HIV Prevention: A Review
The transtheoretical model of health behavior change is described and supporting empirical work is presented that reviews the central constructs of the model: the stages of change, processes of change, decisional balance, confidence, and temptation. Model-based applications to a broad range of problem behaviors are summarized. Applications to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention behavior changes are highlighted for each variable. Finally…
Stages of change and decisional balance for 12 problem behaviors.
This integrative study investigated the generalization of the transtheoretical model across 12 problem behaviors. The cross-sectional comparisons involved relationships between two key constructs of the model, the stages of change and decisional balance. The behaviors studied were smoking cessation, quitting cocaine, weight control, high-fat diets, adolescent delinquent behaviors, safer sex, condom use, sunscreen use, radon gas exposure, exercise…
Self-Efficacy and the Stages of Exercise Behavior Change
This study examined the application of constructs concerning stage of readiness to change and self-efficacy to exercise. We developed two scales to measure stages of change for exercise behavior. Prevalence information on a sample of 1,063 government employees and 429 hospital employees was then obtained. Next, the ability of a questionnaire measuring exercise self-efficacy to differentiate employees according to stage of readiness to change was …
Assessing outcome in smoking cessation studies
Outcome measures for smoking cessation are reviewed and evaluated, including 3 self-report measures and 3 biochemical validation measures. Point prevalence reflects the percentage of participants taking action, prolonged abstinence reflects those in the maintenance stage, and continuous abstinence reflects those who progress from action to maintenance without lapsing or relapsing. Biochemical assessments are primarily measures of point prevalence…
The process of smoking cessation: An analysis of precontemplation, contemplation, and preparation stages of change.
Traditionally smoking cessation studies use smoker and nonsmoker categories almost exclusively to represent individuals quitting smoking. This study tested the transtheoretical model of change that posits a series of stages through which smokers move as they successfully change the smoking habit. Subjects in precontemplation (n = 166), contemplation (n = 794), and preparation (n = 506) stages of change were compared on smoking history, 10 process…
Self-efficacy in weight management.
Self-efficacy is an important mediating mechanism in advancing understanding of the treatment of obesity. This study developed and validated the Weight Efficacy Life-Style Questionnaire (WEL), improving on previous studies by the use of clinical populations, cross-validation of the initial factor analysis, exploration of the best fitting theoretical model of self-efficacy, and examination of change in treatment. The resulting 20-item WEL consists…
Patterns of Change: Dynamic Typology Applied to Smoking Cessation
Patterns of change occurring in a combined cross-sectional and longitudinal (cross-sequential) analysis of 14 variables were investigated in a two-year study of self-change approaches to smoking cessation. Every six months for five rounds, subjects (N = 544) were assessed on 10 change processes, self-efficacy, temptations to smoke, and their decisions weighing the pros and cons of smoking. Subjects were also assessed on which of the following fou…
Relapse situations and self-efficacy: An integrative model
Debunking myths about self-quitting: Evidence from 10 prospective studies of persons who attempt to quit smoking by themselves
This article examines data from 10 longterm prospective studies (N greater than 5,000) in relation to key issues about the self-quitting of smoking, especially those discussed by Schachter. When a single attempt to quit was evaluated, self-quitters' success rates were no better than those reported for formal treatment programs. Light smokers (20 or less cigarettes per day) were 2.2 times more likely to quit than heavy smokers. The cyclical nature…
One-Way Anova from Summary Statistics
Equations given by Gordon (1973) are corrected and revised. An example of the use of these equations is given
Assessing outcome in smoking cessation studies
Outcome measures for smoking cessation are reviewed and evaluated, including 3 self-report measures and 3 biochemical validation measures. Point prevalence reflects the percentage of participants taking action, prolonged abstinence reflects those in the maintenance stage, and continuous abstinence reflects those who progress from action to maintenance without lapsing or relapsing. Biochemical assessments are primarily measures of point prevalence…
Debunking myths about self-quitting: Evidence from 10 prospective studies of persons who attempt to quit smoking by themselves
This article examines data from 10 longterm prospective studies (N greater than 5,000) in relation to key issues about the self-quitting of smoking, especially those discussed by Schachter. When a single attempt to quit was evaluated, self-quitters' success rates were no better than those reported for formal treatment programs. Light smokers (20 or less cigarettes per day) were 2.2 times more likely to quit than heavy smokers. The cyclical nature…
Gender differences in the perception of women in magazine advertising
Common Factors Predicting Long-term Changes in Multiple Health Behaviors
This study was designed to assess if there are consistent treatment, stage, severity, effort and demographic effects which predict long-term changes across the multiple behaviors of smoking, diet and sun exposure. A secondary data analysis integrated data from four studies on smoking cessation ( N = 3927), three studies on diet ( N = 4824) and four studies on sun exposure ( N = 6465). Across all three behaviors, behavior change at 24 months was r…
Treating Tobacco Dependence in Clinically Depressed Smokers: Effect of Smoking Cessation on Mental Health Functioning
We analyzed data from a randomized trial of 322 actively depressed smokers and examined the effect of smoking cessation on their mental health functioning. Only 1 of 10 measures at 4 follow-up time points was significant: participants who successfully stopped smoking reported less alcohol use than did participants who continued smoking. Depressive symptoms declined significantly over time for participants who stopped smoking and those who continu…
Treatment for Cigarette Smoking Among Depressed Mental Health Outpatients: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Objectives. Using a brief contact control, we tested the efficacy of a staged care intervention to reduce cigarette smoking among psychiatric patients in outpatient treatment for depression. Methods. We conducted a randomized clinical trial that included assessments at baseline and at months 3, 6, 12, and 18. Three hundred twenty-two patients in mental health outpatient treatment who were diagnosed with depression and smoked ≥1 cigarette per day …
Uncle Tom's Cabin and Protestantism in Italy
WHEN THE TRANSLATION OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN APPEARED IN ITALY IN THE fall of 1852 it was acclaimed by the reading public and attacked by Catholic periodicals. The purpose of this paper is to study this mixed reaction, and to determine the reason for the hostility of the Italian clerical press to the American novel. Before 1848 the activities of Protestants in Italy were held within very narrow bounds. A number of chapels were tolerated in the large…
The Image of America in Mazzini's Writings
Journal Article The Image of America in Mazzini's Writings. By Joseph Rossi. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1954. viii + 188 pp. Appendixes, references and notes, and index. $3.50.) Get access Howard R. Marraro Howard R. Marraro Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 42, Issue 1, June 1955, Pages 128–129, https://doi.org/10.2307/1898642 Published: …
Intervening on Exercise and Nutrition in Older Adults: The Rhode Island Senior Project
Presented are the basic design, methods, and baseline data analyses for the Study of Exercise and Nutrition in Older Rhode Islanders (SENIOR Project) an experimental study to investigate the relative effectiveness of a 12-month, stage of readiness to change-based multiple-behavior intervention (exercise and nutrition) compared to single-behavior interventions in a community-dwelling population of 1,277 older adults. Relationships between stage of…
I critici inglesi e americani del De Sanctis
The Image of America in Mazzini's Writings
The Image of America in Mazzini's Writings
Journal Article The Image of America in Mazzini's Writings. By Joseph Rossi. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1954. viii + 188 pp. Appendixes, references and notes, and index. $3.50.) Get access Howard R. Marraro Howard R. Marraro Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 42, Issue 1, June 1955, Pages 128–129, https://doi.org/10.2307/1898642 Published: …
Zibaldone Pisano
Mazzinian Echoes in De Sanctis' Criticism
Mazzini
De Sanctis on Dante
Benjamin Franklin and Italy
Journal Article Benjamin Franklin and Italy, By Antonio Pace. (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1958. xvi + 450 pp. Illustrations, notes, appendix, bibliography of Italian Frankliniana, and index. $5.00.) Get access Joseph Rossi Joseph Rossi University of Wisconsin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 46, Issue 3, December 1959, Pages 503–504, https://doi.org/10.…
Uncle Tom's Cabin and Protestantism in Italy
WHEN THE TRANSLATION OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN APPEARED IN ITALY IN THE fall of 1852 it was acclaimed by the reading public and attacked by Catholic periodicals. The purpose of this paper is to study this mixed reaction, and to determine the reason for the hostility of the Italian clerical press to the American novel. Before 1848 the activities of Protestants in Italy were held within very narrow bounds. A number of chapels were tolerated in the large…
Carlo Cattaneo and the United States of America
The Piedmontese Moderates and America
Lettura critica della Divina Commedia
A and B but Not C: Discriminating Power of Grouped Alternatives
Typical multiple-choice items usually consist of a stem and four or five options, one of which constitutes the correct response. Occasionally items are constructed such that either all or none of the options are correct. However, in another common item format there may be more than one correct option as well as one or more incorrect options. The best possible answer for such an item might read and B but not or perhaps and B but not or D. On a con…
The American Dream of 18th Century Italy
The American Dream of 18th Century Italy
Ratios exaggerate gender differences in mathematical ability
Ratios exaggerate gender differences in mathematical ability
Comments on J. C. Stanley and C. P. Benbow's (see record) assertion concerning gender differences in the distribution of SAT-M scores. The present author contends that if an emphasis on group differences minimizes the magnitude of gender differences, then an emphasis on ratio can only exaggerate such differences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1983 American Psychological Association
Tables of Effect Size for Z Score Tests of Differences between Proportions and between Correlation Coefficients
Tables are given for the rapid estimation of h, the effect size index for the difference between independent proportions, and of q, the effect size index for the difference between independent correlation coefficients. The tables are accurate to three decimal places and may be used conveniently in conjunction with tables and charts of power and sample size. Formulas for power and sample size estimation are also presented
Gender differences in the perception of women in magazine advertising
Rates and Responses of Distressed Women to Phone Survey Screening and Recruitment
Telephone interviews were used to assess both the prevalence of psychic distress among women during the past 12 months and the willingness of respondents to participate in a study of how women employ self-change efforts to cope with emotional distress. A second purpose of this research was to demonstrate the general effectiveness of telephone surveys in assessing psychological distress. The major findings indicated that the experience of having b…
One-Way Anova from Summary Statistics
Equations given by Gordon (1973) are corrected and revised. An example of the use of these equations is given
Debunking myths about self-quitting: Evidence from 10 prospective studies of persons who attempt to quit smoking by themselves
This article examines data from 10 longterm prospective studies (N greater than 5,000) in relation to key issues about the self-quitting of smoking, especially those discussed by Schachter. When a single attempt to quit was evaluated, self-quitters' success rates were no better than those reported for formal treatment programs. Light smokers (20 or less cigarettes per day) were 2.2 times more likely to quit than heavy smokers. The cyclical nature…
Relapse situations and self-efficacy: An integrative model
The process of smoking cessation: An analysis of precontemplation, contemplation, and preparation stages of change.
Traditionally smoking cessation studies use smoker and nonsmoker categories almost exclusively to represent individuals quitting smoking. This study tested the transtheoretical model of change that posits a series of stages through which smokers move as they successfully change the smoking habit. Subjects in precontemplation (n = 166), contemplation (n = 794), and preparation (n = 506) stages of change were compared on smoking history, 10 process…
Self-efficacy in weight management.
Self-efficacy is an important mediating mechanism in advancing understanding of the treatment of obesity. This study developed and validated the Weight Efficacy Life-Style Questionnaire (WEL), improving on previous studies by the use of clinical populations, cross-validation of the initial factor analysis, exploration of the best fitting theoretical model of self-efficacy, and examination of change in treatment. The resulting 20-item WEL consists…
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