Dr. Vincent Berardi

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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

Adams, M. A., Todd, M., Angadi, S. S., Hurley, J. C., Stecher, C., Berardi, V., ... & Hooker, S. P. (2022). Adaptive goals and reinforcement timing to increase physical activity in adults: a factorial randomized trial. American journal of preventive medicine, 62(2), e57-e68.

Berardi, V., Bostean, G., Ong, L. Q., Wong, B. S., Collins, B. N., & Hovell, M. F. (2022). The Role of Ethnicity and Nativity in the Correspondence between Subjective and Objective Measures of In-Home Smoking. Journal of immigrant and minority health, 24(5), 1214-1223.

Guo, F., Bostean, G., Berardi, V., Velasquez, A. J., & Robinette, J. W. (2022). Obesogenic environments and cardiovascular disease: a path analysis using US nationally representative data. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 1-12.

Boyd, L., Berardi, V., Hughes, D., Cibrian, F., Johnson, J., Sean, V., ... & Lotich, K. (2022). Manipulating image luminance to improve eye gaze and verbal behavior in autistic children. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 9(1), 1-9

Berardi, V., Collins, B. N., Glynn, L. M., Lepore, S. J., Mahabee-Gittens, E. M., Wilson, K. M., & Hovell, M. F. (2022). Real-time feedback of air quality in children’s bedrooms reduces exposure to secondhand smoke. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 8(June), 1-5.

Liang, D., Frederick, D. A., Lledo, E. E., Rosenfield, N., Berardi, V., Linstead, E., & Maoz, U. (2022). Examining the utility of nonlinear machine learning approaches versus linear regression for predicting body image outcomes: The US Body Project I. Body Image, 41, 32-45.

de Felice, G., Giuliani, A., Pincus, D., Scozzari, A., Berardi, V., Kratzer, L., ... & Schiepek, G. (2022). Stability and flexibility in psychotherapy process predict outcome. Acta Psychologica, 227, 103604.

Fowers, R., Berardi, V., Huberty, J., & Stecher, C. (2022). Using mobile meditation app data to predict future app engagement: an observational study. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 29(12), 2057-2065.

Tripathi, O., Posis, A. I. B., Thompson, C. A., Ferris, J., Anuskiewicz, B., Nguyen, B., ... & Bellettiere, J. (2022). In-Home Cannabis Smoking Among a Cannabis-Using Convenience Sample from the Global Drug Survey: With Weighted Estimates for US Respondents. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research.

Berardi, V., Bellettiere, J., Nguyen, B., Klepeis, N. E., Hughes, S. C., Adams, M. A., & Hovell, M. (2021). Assessing reinforcing versus aversive consequences in a real-time secondhand smoke intervention. Translational Behavioral Medicine. [IN PRESS]

Watkins, C., Berardi, V., & Rakovski, C. (2021). Pitcher Effectiveness: A step forward for in game analytics and pitcher evaluation. Mathematics and Sports, 2(2).

Ong, L. Q., Bellettiere, J., Alvarado, C., Chavez, P., & Berardi, V. (2021). Cannabis use, sedentary behavior, and physical activity in a nationally representative sample of US adults. Harm reduction journal, 18(1), 1-10.

Berardi, V., Rosenberg, B. D., Srivastava, S., Estrada-Rand, N., & Frederick, J. (2021). Stair versus elevator use in a university residence hall setting. Journal of American College Health, 1-6. [IN PRESS]

Berardi, V., Pincus, D., Walker, E., & Adams, M.A. (2021). Burstiness and Stochasticity in the Malleability of Physical Activity. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. [IN PRESS]

Frederick, D., Gillespie, B. J., Lever, J., Berardi, V., & Garcia, J. R. (2021). Lesbian Bed Intimacy and Sexual Satisfaction: A Comparison of Heterosexual and Lesbian Women Using Coarsened Exact Matching in a U.S. National Sample. Archives of Sexual Behavior. [IN PRESS]

Stecher, C., Berardi, V., Fowers, R., Christ, J., Chung, Y., & Huberty, J. (2021). Identifying app-based meditation habits and the associated mental health benefits: longitudinal observational study. Journal of medical Internet research, 23(11), e27282.

Pierce, A., Ignasiak, N. K., Eiteman-Pang, W. K., Rakovski, C., & Berardi, V. (2021). Mobile phone sensors can discern medication-related gait quality changes in Parkinson's patients in the home environment. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update, 1, 100028.

Frederick, D., Gillespie, B. J., Lever, J., Berardi, V., & Garcia, J. R. (2021). Sexual Practices and Satisfaction among Gay and Heterosexual Men in Romantic Relationships: A Comparison Using Coarsened Exact Matching in a US National Sample. The Journal of Sex Research, 58(5), 545-559.

Jofre, A., Cole, J., Berardi, V., Bennett, C., & Reale, M. (2020). What’s in a Face? Gender representation of faces in Time, 1940s-1990s. Journal ISSN, 2371, 4549.

Berardi, V., Hovell, M., Hurley, J. C., Phillips, C. B., Bellettiere, J., Todd, M., & Adams, M. A. (2020). Variable magnitude and frequency financial reinforcement is effective at increasing adults’ free-living physical activity. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 43(3), 515-538.

Jofre, A., Berardi, V., Brennan, K. P., Cornejo, A., Bennett, C., & Harlan, J. (2020). Crowdsourcing Image Extraction and Annotation: Software Development and Case Study. DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly, 14(2).

McEntee, M. L., Cantley, A., Foreman, E., Berardi, V., Phillips, C. B., Hurley, J. C., ... & Adams, M. A. (2020). Effects of goal type and reinforcement type on self-reported domain-specific walking among inactive adults: 2× 2 factorial randomized controlled trial. JMIR formative research, 4(12), e19863.

C.B. Phillips, J.C. Hurley, S.S. Angadi, M. Todd, V. Berardi, M.F. Hovell, M.A. Adams. Delay Discount Rate Moderates a Physical Activity Intervention Testing Immediate Rewards. Behavioral Medicine. (In Press). - (IF 1.968, Quartile 2) - The intervention effect for individuals who were paid for meeting physical activity goals was found to be significantly associated with their score on a delay discounting task. This represents an important incorporation of behavioral economics into a health trial.

J. Bellettiere, Y. Zhang, V. Berardi, K. Full, M. Hovell, J. Kerr, M.J. LaMonte, K. Evenson, A. LaCroix, C. Di. Parameterizing and Validating Existing Automated Algorithms for Identifying Out-of-Bed Time Using Hip-worn Accelerometer Data from Older Adults. Physiologist Measurement, 40.7 (2019), 075008. - (IF 2.426, Quartile 2) - This research compared three algorithms for calculating in-bed versus out-of-bed time periods for individuals continually wearing accelerometers. Additionally, the best-performing algorithm was incorporated into a public R software library that is now available for other researchers to use.

M. Adams, J. Hurley, C. Phillips, M. Todd, V. Berardi, M. Hovell, & S. Hooker. Rationale, Design, and Baseline Characteristics of WalkIT Arizona: A Factorial Randomized Trial Testing Adaptive Goals and Financial Reinforcement to Increase Walking Across Higher and Lower Walkable Neighborhoods. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 81 (2019), 87-101. - (IF: 2.280, Quartile 1) - This paper described the conceptualization and operationalization of a recently-completed physical activity promotion R-01 trial on which I am a subcontracted co-investigator. Several of the methodologies outlined in this paper were novel responses to the challenges of continually monitoring the physical activity of nearly 500 individuals over the course of a year.

A. Posis., J. Bellettiere, S. Liles, J. Alcaraz, V. Berardi, N.E. Klepeis, S. Hughes, T. Wu, M. Hovell. Indoor cannabis smoke and children’s health. Preventive Medicine Reports, 14 (2019), 100853. - (IF 2.397, Quartile 1) - The work outlined in this paper is reflective of my effort towards leveraging my tobacco control experience into the cannabis domain. The results indicated that the children of parents who reported smoking cannabis in their home had poorer health outcomes than children whose parents did not report indoor cannabis smoking

M. Hovell, J. Bellettiere, S. Liles, B. Nguyen, V. Berardi, C. Johnson, G. Matt, J. Malone, M. Boman-Davis, P. Quintana, S. Obayashi, D. Chatfield, R. Robinson, E. Blumberg, W. Ongkeko, N.E. Klepeis, S. Hughes. A randomized controlled trial of real-time feedback and brief coaching to reduce indoor cigarette smoke. Tobacco Control. (In Press). - (IF 5.223, Quartile 1) - This is the main outcomes paper for a recently-completed R-01 that demonstrated the effectiveness of real-time, context-specific feedback in reducing in-home exposure to secondhand smoke. This trial will serve as a foundation from which to base future projects for grant proposals.

A. Ahmadi, A. Jahangiri, V. Berardi, S. Ghanipoor Machiani. Crash Severity Classification for Rear-end Crashes in California using Machine-learning Techniques. Journal of Transportation Safety and Security (In Press).

V. Berardi, R. Carretero-González, J. Bellettiere, M.A. Adams, S. Hughes, M. Hovell. Markov Methodology for More Precise Assessments of Data-Intensive Behavioral Interventions. Journal of Biomedical Informatics 85, (2018), 93-105.

D. Pincus, O. Cadsky, V. Berardi, C. Asuncion, K. Wann. Fractal Self-Structure and Psychological Resilience. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences 23.1 (2019), 57-78

J. Bellettiere, B. Nguyen, S. Liles, V. Berardi, M. Adams, P. Dempsey, Y. Benporat, J. Kerr, M. Hovell. Prompts to Increase Physical Activity at Points-of-Choice between Stairs and Escalators: What About Escalator Climbers? Translational Behavioral Medicine 9.4 (2019), 656-662..

V. Berardi, R. Carretero-González, N.E. Klepeis, S. Ghanipoor Machiani, A. Jahangiri, J. Bellettiere, M. Hovell. Computational Model for Behavior Shaping as an Adaptive Health Intervention Strategy. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 8.2 (2018) 183-194.

S. Hughes, J. Bellettiere, B. Nguyen, S. Liles, N.E. Klepeis, P. Quintana, V. Berardi, S. Obayashi, S. Bradley, C. Hofstetter, M. Hovell. Randomized Trial to Reduce Air Particle Levels in Homes of Smokers and Children. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 54.3 (2018) 359-367.

A. Jahangiri, V. Berardi, S. Ghanipoor Machiani. Application of Real Field Connected Vehicle Data for Aggressive Driving Identification on Horizontal Curves. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 19.7 (2018) 2316-2324.