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Papers by Patrick J Rosopa

Research paper thumbnail of Research methods in human resource management (2nd edition)

Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of The Accuracy of Drivers' Judgments of the Effects of Headlight Glare on Pedestrian Recognition at Night

PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2012

ABSTRACT In response to consumer complaints of being disabled by modern headlighting technologies... more ABSTRACT In response to consumer complaints of being disabled by modern headlighting technologies, several recent studies have assessed whether drivers accurately assess the extent their ability to see is degraded by headlight glare. This research has suggested that drivers can overestimate the extent to which glare from headlights degrades their ability to see relatively simple stimuli. The present studies extended this research by quantifying the accuracy with which drivers judge that glare interferes with their ability to see pedestrians at night. In Experiment 1, 21 participants judged their ability to see a roadside pedestrian in two clothing configurations and with three intensities of glare present. In Experiment 2, 65 new participants responded to a roadside pedestrian in the same conditions. On average, participants overestimated the distance at which they would see a pedestrian by a factor of more than three. Interestingly, the participants’ overestimates were significantly greater when the pedestrian wore a retroreflective vest. The participants judged that headlight glare would have a larger effect on their ability to see a pedestrian who was not wearing retroreflective material than for a pedestrian who wore a retroreflective vest.

Research paper thumbnail of Achieving effective outreach for invasive species: firewood case studies from 2005 to 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Dynamic simulation of social media challenge participation to examine intervention strategies

Journal of Computational Social Science

Research paper thumbnail of Helping Yourself by Helping Others: An Examination of Personality Perceptions

PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2011

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to investigate experimentally the effect of altruistic behav... more Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to investigate experimentally the effect of altruistic behavior on personality perceptions, advancement potential, and reward recommendations and assess whether personality perceptions serve as a mediating mechanism between altruistic behavior and job ratings (e.g. advancement potential). Design/methodology/approach-A randomized experimental design was used to investigate the mediating effect of personality perceptions on the relationship between altruistic behavior and advancement potential and reward recommendations. Findings-It was found that altruistic employees were perceived as having more favorable personality characteristics and received higher advancement potential ratings and greater reward recommendations than their less altruistic counterparts. In addition, personality perceptions were found to mediate partially the relation between altruistic behavior and job ratings (i.e. advancement potential and reward recommendations). Originality/value-Research findings on citizenship behavior and personality are often based on the results of non-experimental designs. This paper utilized a randomized experiment to investigate a mediating effect using a contemporary approach for testing hypothesized mediation.

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding causality: mediation and moderation in tourism studies

Research paper thumbnail of Experimental Tests of Mediation Models

Organizational Research Methods, Jul 8, 2010

Experimental tests of assumed mediation models have been recommended by numerous methodologists. ... more Experimental tests of assumed mediation models have been recommended by numerous methodologists. However, they may prove problematic for a number of reasons. Thus, this article considers (a) experimental designs that can be used in tests of mediation, (b) problems that may arise in manipulating mediator variables, (c) distributional issues in experimental tests of mediation, (d) statistical approaches for testing mediation models, including strategies for testing for direct versus indirect effects in experimental tests of mediation models, and (e) a set of conclusions stemming from our analysis.

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the classroom: a comparative examination of parental and peer support on students’ socialization

Communication Research Reports, Nov 19, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of How does core self-evaluations relate to psychological well-being in the Philippines and United States? The moderating role of relational mobility

Current Psychology, Jan 21, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Diving into Health: A Mixed Methods Study on the Impact of Scuba Diving in People with Physical Impairments

Healthcare, Mar 30, 2023

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

Research paper thumbnail of The Accuracy of Drivers’ Judgments of the Effects of Headlight Glare on Pedestrian Recognition at Night

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ... Annual Meeting, Sep 1, 2012

In response to consumer complaints of being disabled by modern headlighting technologies, several... more In response to consumer complaints of being disabled by modern headlighting technologies, several recent studies have assessed whether drivers accurately assess the extent their ability to see is degraded by headlight glare. This research has suggested that drivers can overestimate the extent to which glare from headlights degrades their ability to see relatively simple stimuli. The present studies extended this research by quantifying the accuracy with which drivers judge that glare interferes with their ability to see pedestrians at night. In Experiment 1, 21 participants judged their ability to see a roadside pedestrian in two clothing configurations and with three intensities of glare present. In Experiment 2, 65 new participants responded to a roadside pedestrian in the same conditions. On average, participants overestimated the distance at which they would see a pedestrian by a factor of more than three. Interestingly, the participants’ overestimates were significantly greater when the pedestrian wore a retroreflective vest. The participants judged that headlight glare would have a larger effect on their ability to see a pedestrian who was not wearing retroreflective material than for a pedestrian who wore a retroreflective vest.

Research paper thumbnail of Dynamic simulation of social media challenge participation to examine intervention strategies

Journal of Computational Social Science, Sep 16, 2022

Recently, the use of social media by adolescents and young adults has significantly increased. Wh... more Recently, the use of social media by adolescents and young adults has significantly increased. While this new landscape of cyberspace offers young Internet users many benefits, it also exposes them to numerous risks. One such phenomenon receiving limited research attention is the advent and propagation of viral social media challenges. Several of these challenges entail self-harming behavior, which combined with their viral nature, poses physical and psychological risks for the participants and the viewers. In this paper, we show how agent-based modeling (ABM) can be used to investigate the effect of educational intervention programs to reduce participation in social media challenges at multiple levels-family, school, and community. In addition, we show how the effect of these education-based interventions can be compared to social media-based policy interventions. Our model takes into account the "word of mouth" effect of these interventions which could either decrease participation in social media challenge further than expected or unintentionally cause others to participate. We suggest that educational interventions at combined family and school levels are the most efficient type of long-term intervention, since they target the root of the problem, while social media-based policies act as a retrospective solution.

Research paper thumbnail of Observers’ Judgments of the Effects of Glare on their Visual Acuity

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ... Annual Meeting, Sep 1, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Research Methods in Human Resource Management: Toward Valid Research-Based Inferences

Research Methods in Human Resource Management: Toward Valid Research-Based Inferences, Sep 10, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of variance: univariate and multivariate approaches

Research paper thumbnail of A User-Centered Design Exploration of Factors That Influence the Rideshare Experience

Safety

The rise of real-time information communication through smartphones and wireless networks enabled... more The rise of real-time information communication through smartphones and wireless networks enabled the growth of ridesharing services. While personal rideshare services (individuals riding alone or with acquaintances) initially dominated the market, the popularity of pooled ridesharing (individuals sharing rides with people they do not know) has grown globally. However, pooled ridesharing remains less common in the U.S., where personal vehicle usage is still the norm. Vehicle design and rideshare services may need to be tailored to user preferences to increase pooled rideshare adoption. Based on a large, national U.S. survey (N = 5385), the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses suggested that four key factors influence riders’ willingness to consider pooled ridesharing: comfort/ease of use, convenience, vehicle technology/accessibility, and passenger safety. A binomial logistic regression was conducted to determine how the four factors influence one’s willingness to...

Research paper thumbnail of Characterization of a new glare source for a driving simulator under varying levels of visibility: A pilot study

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Jul 22, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of The Reliability of aVISION COACHTask as a Measure of Psychomotor Skills

Occupational Therapy in Health Care, Sep 2, 2014

The VISION COACH TM interactive light board is designed to test and enhance participants' psychom... more The VISION COACH TM interactive light board is designed to test and enhance participants' psychomotor skills. The primary goal of this study was to examine the test-retest reliability of the Full Field 120 VISION COACH task. One hundred eleven male and 131 female adult participants completed six trials where they responded to 120 randomly distributed lights displayed on the VISION COACH interactive light board. The mean time required for a participant to complete a trial was 101 seconds. Intraclass correlation coefficients, ranging from 0.962 to 0.987 suggest the VISION COACH Full Field 120 task was a reliable task. Cohen's d's of adjacent pairs of trials suggest learning effects did not negatively affect reliability after the third trial.

Research paper thumbnail of An Exploration of the Nightstand and Over-the-Bed Table in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital

Herd: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 2015

This study seeks to determine where patients in a rehabilitation hospital keep the greatest perce... more This study seeks to determine where patients in a rehabilitation hospital keep the greatest percentage of their belongings, that is, in/on the nightstand or on the over-the-bed table. This study provides an inventory of patient items located on the over-the-bed table and in/on the nightstand. Understanding the functions of furnishings within the patient room is key for future preparation for designing a next-generation over-the-bed table or for redesigning a more useful nightstand. The contents on the top of the nightstand; the contents in the top, middle, and bottom drawers of the nightstand; items next to the nightstand; and the contents on the over-the-bed table within patient rooms were inventoried and placed into categories using similar, patient item categories as the Brooks et al. (2011) study, which examined the contents of the nightstand and the over-the-bed table in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. Overall, patients in a rehabilitation hospital had a greater percentage of their belongings on the top of the nightstand as compared to their belongings located in all three combined drawers of the nightstand. Overall, patients had a greater percentage of their belongings located on the over-the-bed table as compared to their belongings located on the nightstand. Tabletop surface area was used extensively in patient rooms at a rehabilitation hospital, but nightstand drawers were underutilized.

Research paper thumbnail of Interactive Tools for Measuring Visual Scanning Performance and Reaction Time

American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Jan 25, 2017

Occupational therapists are constantly searching for engaging, high-technology interactive tasks ... more Occupational therapists are constantly searching for engaging, high-technology interactive tasks that provide immediate feedback to evaluate and train clients with visual scanning deficits. This study examined the relationship between two tools: the VISION COACH™ interactive light board and the Functional Object Detection © (FOD) Advanced driving simulator scenario. Fifty-four healthy drivers, ages 21-66 yr, were divided into three age groups. Participants performed braking response and visual target (E) detection tasks of the FOD Advanced driving scenario, followed by two sets of three trials using the VISION COACH Full Field 60 task. Results showed no significant effect of age on FOD Advanced performance but a significant effect of age on VISION COACH performance. Correlations showed that participants' performance on both braking and E detection tasks were significantly positively correlated with performance on the VISION COACH (.37 < r < .40, p < .01). These tools provide new options for therapists.

Research paper thumbnail of Research methods in human resource management (2nd edition)

Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of The Accuracy of Drivers' Judgments of the Effects of Headlight Glare on Pedestrian Recognition at Night

PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2012

ABSTRACT In response to consumer complaints of being disabled by modern headlighting technologies... more ABSTRACT In response to consumer complaints of being disabled by modern headlighting technologies, several recent studies have assessed whether drivers accurately assess the extent their ability to see is degraded by headlight glare. This research has suggested that drivers can overestimate the extent to which glare from headlights degrades their ability to see relatively simple stimuli. The present studies extended this research by quantifying the accuracy with which drivers judge that glare interferes with their ability to see pedestrians at night. In Experiment 1, 21 participants judged their ability to see a roadside pedestrian in two clothing configurations and with three intensities of glare present. In Experiment 2, 65 new participants responded to a roadside pedestrian in the same conditions. On average, participants overestimated the distance at which they would see a pedestrian by a factor of more than three. Interestingly, the participants’ overestimates were significantly greater when the pedestrian wore a retroreflective vest. The participants judged that headlight glare would have a larger effect on their ability to see a pedestrian who was not wearing retroreflective material than for a pedestrian who wore a retroreflective vest.

Research paper thumbnail of Achieving effective outreach for invasive species: firewood case studies from 2005 to 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Dynamic simulation of social media challenge participation to examine intervention strategies

Journal of Computational Social Science

Research paper thumbnail of Helping Yourself by Helping Others: An Examination of Personality Perceptions

PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2011

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to investigate experimentally the effect of altruistic behav... more Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to investigate experimentally the effect of altruistic behavior on personality perceptions, advancement potential, and reward recommendations and assess whether personality perceptions serve as a mediating mechanism between altruistic behavior and job ratings (e.g. advancement potential). Design/methodology/approach-A randomized experimental design was used to investigate the mediating effect of personality perceptions on the relationship between altruistic behavior and advancement potential and reward recommendations. Findings-It was found that altruistic employees were perceived as having more favorable personality characteristics and received higher advancement potential ratings and greater reward recommendations than their less altruistic counterparts. In addition, personality perceptions were found to mediate partially the relation between altruistic behavior and job ratings (i.e. advancement potential and reward recommendations). Originality/value-Research findings on citizenship behavior and personality are often based on the results of non-experimental designs. This paper utilized a randomized experiment to investigate a mediating effect using a contemporary approach for testing hypothesized mediation.

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding causality: mediation and moderation in tourism studies

Research paper thumbnail of Experimental Tests of Mediation Models

Organizational Research Methods, Jul 8, 2010

Experimental tests of assumed mediation models have been recommended by numerous methodologists. ... more Experimental tests of assumed mediation models have been recommended by numerous methodologists. However, they may prove problematic for a number of reasons. Thus, this article considers (a) experimental designs that can be used in tests of mediation, (b) problems that may arise in manipulating mediator variables, (c) distributional issues in experimental tests of mediation, (d) statistical approaches for testing mediation models, including strategies for testing for direct versus indirect effects in experimental tests of mediation models, and (e) a set of conclusions stemming from our analysis.

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the classroom: a comparative examination of parental and peer support on students’ socialization

Communication Research Reports, Nov 19, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of How does core self-evaluations relate to psychological well-being in the Philippines and United States? The moderating role of relational mobility

Current Psychology, Jan 21, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Diving into Health: A Mixed Methods Study on the Impact of Scuba Diving in People with Physical Impairments

Healthcare, Mar 30, 2023

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

Research paper thumbnail of The Accuracy of Drivers’ Judgments of the Effects of Headlight Glare on Pedestrian Recognition at Night

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ... Annual Meeting, Sep 1, 2012

In response to consumer complaints of being disabled by modern headlighting technologies, several... more In response to consumer complaints of being disabled by modern headlighting technologies, several recent studies have assessed whether drivers accurately assess the extent their ability to see is degraded by headlight glare. This research has suggested that drivers can overestimate the extent to which glare from headlights degrades their ability to see relatively simple stimuli. The present studies extended this research by quantifying the accuracy with which drivers judge that glare interferes with their ability to see pedestrians at night. In Experiment 1, 21 participants judged their ability to see a roadside pedestrian in two clothing configurations and with three intensities of glare present. In Experiment 2, 65 new participants responded to a roadside pedestrian in the same conditions. On average, participants overestimated the distance at which they would see a pedestrian by a factor of more than three. Interestingly, the participants’ overestimates were significantly greater when the pedestrian wore a retroreflective vest. The participants judged that headlight glare would have a larger effect on their ability to see a pedestrian who was not wearing retroreflective material than for a pedestrian who wore a retroreflective vest.

Research paper thumbnail of Dynamic simulation of social media challenge participation to examine intervention strategies

Journal of Computational Social Science, Sep 16, 2022

Recently, the use of social media by adolescents and young adults has significantly increased. Wh... more Recently, the use of social media by adolescents and young adults has significantly increased. While this new landscape of cyberspace offers young Internet users many benefits, it also exposes them to numerous risks. One such phenomenon receiving limited research attention is the advent and propagation of viral social media challenges. Several of these challenges entail self-harming behavior, which combined with their viral nature, poses physical and psychological risks for the participants and the viewers. In this paper, we show how agent-based modeling (ABM) can be used to investigate the effect of educational intervention programs to reduce participation in social media challenges at multiple levels-family, school, and community. In addition, we show how the effect of these education-based interventions can be compared to social media-based policy interventions. Our model takes into account the "word of mouth" effect of these interventions which could either decrease participation in social media challenge further than expected or unintentionally cause others to participate. We suggest that educational interventions at combined family and school levels are the most efficient type of long-term intervention, since they target the root of the problem, while social media-based policies act as a retrospective solution.

Research paper thumbnail of Observers’ Judgments of the Effects of Glare on their Visual Acuity

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ... Annual Meeting, Sep 1, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Research Methods in Human Resource Management: Toward Valid Research-Based Inferences

Research Methods in Human Resource Management: Toward Valid Research-Based Inferences, Sep 10, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of variance: univariate and multivariate approaches

Research paper thumbnail of A User-Centered Design Exploration of Factors That Influence the Rideshare Experience

Safety

The rise of real-time information communication through smartphones and wireless networks enabled... more The rise of real-time information communication through smartphones and wireless networks enabled the growth of ridesharing services. While personal rideshare services (individuals riding alone or with acquaintances) initially dominated the market, the popularity of pooled ridesharing (individuals sharing rides with people they do not know) has grown globally. However, pooled ridesharing remains less common in the U.S., where personal vehicle usage is still the norm. Vehicle design and rideshare services may need to be tailored to user preferences to increase pooled rideshare adoption. Based on a large, national U.S. survey (N = 5385), the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses suggested that four key factors influence riders’ willingness to consider pooled ridesharing: comfort/ease of use, convenience, vehicle technology/accessibility, and passenger safety. A binomial logistic regression was conducted to determine how the four factors influence one’s willingness to...

Research paper thumbnail of Characterization of a new glare source for a driving simulator under varying levels of visibility: A pilot study

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Jul 22, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of The Reliability of aVISION COACHTask as a Measure of Psychomotor Skills

Occupational Therapy in Health Care, Sep 2, 2014

The VISION COACH TM interactive light board is designed to test and enhance participants' psychom... more The VISION COACH TM interactive light board is designed to test and enhance participants' psychomotor skills. The primary goal of this study was to examine the test-retest reliability of the Full Field 120 VISION COACH task. One hundred eleven male and 131 female adult participants completed six trials where they responded to 120 randomly distributed lights displayed on the VISION COACH interactive light board. The mean time required for a participant to complete a trial was 101 seconds. Intraclass correlation coefficients, ranging from 0.962 to 0.987 suggest the VISION COACH Full Field 120 task was a reliable task. Cohen's d's of adjacent pairs of trials suggest learning effects did not negatively affect reliability after the third trial.

Research paper thumbnail of An Exploration of the Nightstand and Over-the-Bed Table in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital

Herd: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 2015

This study seeks to determine where patients in a rehabilitation hospital keep the greatest perce... more This study seeks to determine where patients in a rehabilitation hospital keep the greatest percentage of their belongings, that is, in/on the nightstand or on the over-the-bed table. This study provides an inventory of patient items located on the over-the-bed table and in/on the nightstand. Understanding the functions of furnishings within the patient room is key for future preparation for designing a next-generation over-the-bed table or for redesigning a more useful nightstand. The contents on the top of the nightstand; the contents in the top, middle, and bottom drawers of the nightstand; items next to the nightstand; and the contents on the over-the-bed table within patient rooms were inventoried and placed into categories using similar, patient item categories as the Brooks et al. (2011) study, which examined the contents of the nightstand and the over-the-bed table in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. Overall, patients in a rehabilitation hospital had a greater percentage of their belongings on the top of the nightstand as compared to their belongings located in all three combined drawers of the nightstand. Overall, patients had a greater percentage of their belongings located on the over-the-bed table as compared to their belongings located on the nightstand. Tabletop surface area was used extensively in patient rooms at a rehabilitation hospital, but nightstand drawers were underutilized.

Research paper thumbnail of Interactive Tools for Measuring Visual Scanning Performance and Reaction Time

American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Jan 25, 2017

Occupational therapists are constantly searching for engaging, high-technology interactive tasks ... more Occupational therapists are constantly searching for engaging, high-technology interactive tasks that provide immediate feedback to evaluate and train clients with visual scanning deficits. This study examined the relationship between two tools: the VISION COACH™ interactive light board and the Functional Object Detection © (FOD) Advanced driving simulator scenario. Fifty-four healthy drivers, ages 21-66 yr, were divided into three age groups. Participants performed braking response and visual target (E) detection tasks of the FOD Advanced driving scenario, followed by two sets of three trials using the VISION COACH Full Field 60 task. Results showed no significant effect of age on FOD Advanced performance but a significant effect of age on VISION COACH performance. Correlations showed that participants' performance on both braking and E detection tasks were significantly positively correlated with performance on the VISION COACH (.37 < r < .40, p < .01). These tools provide new options for therapists.