Joseph D W Stephens

Biographic Data

ID7121441
NAMEJoseph D W Stephens
GIVEN NAMESJoseph D W
FAMILY NAMEStephens
SIGNATURESTEPHENS J D W
AFFILIATIONSXavier University
ORCID0000-0002-7409-7541
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Coping Information Affects Older and Young Adults’ Security Update Decisions

    Open AccessJoseph D W Stephens, Amy A Overman et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2025

    Software updating is a critical cybersecurity measure that often depends on decision making by end users on whether to apply, delay, or ignore updates when available. Little is known about how aging may interact with cognitive factors and cybersecurity attitudes to affect software update decisions in older versus younger adults. The present study used an online experiment ( N = 120) to compare older and younger adults' responses to hypothetical s…

  • Enhanced memory for context associated with corrective feedback

    Amy A Overman, Joseph D W Stephens et al.ARTICLEMemory2021

    Numerous studies have established that there are benefits of corrective feedback for learning, but the mechanisms of this benefit are not well understood. An important question is whether corrective feedback improves memory via episodic processes or solely via semantic mediation. If episodic processes are involved, then memory for corrective feedback should include contextual details of the feedback episode. The present study tested this hypothes…