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Matthew J Kerry

Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Health Professions, Scientific Research Associate

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), D-MTEC, Post-Doc

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After double-majoring in Psychology and Economics at Emory University in 2008, I attended Georgia Tech for my PhD in Quantitative-Organizational Psychology until 2014. Thereafter, I continue my PostDoctoral Research Associate appointment at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH, 2014-2017). I currently hold appointment as a Scientific Research Associate at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences’ (ZHAW’s) Institute of Health Sciences.

My research pertains to substantive methods with applications within the health sciences domain.

Substantive methods complements practical theory and includes novel use of design-measurement-analysis procedures.
Substantive methods also advances such procedures, for example, as optimal design theory, item response measurement theory (IRT), and counterfactual analytics.

I apply substantive methods broadly within the health sciences domain.
Rooted in my MS Thesis on interprofessional education (IPE), my topical research has developed to link patient safety with population wellbeing. Patient-centricity and quality-of-life (QoL) continue to figure prominently in my research.
Most recent, my research interests pertain to IRT-measurement advances in patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
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Conference Presentations by Matthew J Kerry

Students' View of IPE Facilitators' Competencies

by Matthew J Kerry, Emanuel Feusi, markus melloh, Julia Dratva, and Marion Huber - ZHAW IPE

9th Annual All Together Better Health Conference, 2018

Background: Vast research attention has been paid to providing evidence on undergraduate / pre-li... more Background: Vast research attention has been paid to providing evidence on undergraduate / pre-licensure health sciences students' IP competency requirements, placement, and attainment. However, while IP facilitator training is critical to IP effectiveness for student outcomes, there remains insufficient research identifying the IP facilitator competencies required for effective IPE delivery.

Conceptualization and Preliminary Findings of a Measure of Patient Identity for Healthcare Teams

Annual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup), 2014

Transference has historically been regarded as deleterious for patient treatment. The shift to va... more Transference has historically been regarded as deleterious for patient treatment. The shift to value-based compensation systems in organized medicine, however, compels new provider competencies enabling team-based, coordinated care delivery. A new measure of patient identity was piloted among medical and nursing students. Predictive validity evidence for team attitudes is reported.

Workshop: Clinical outcome assessments embedded in mobile and wearable information technologies

Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), 2018

We aim at defining the requirements and design implications for mobile information technologies, ... more We aim at defining the requirements and design implications for mobile information technologies, embraced in
smartphones and wearables devices that support the QoL / Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) assessment by
operationalizing these via Technology-enabled Reported outcomes (Tech-ROs). We discuss examples of
currently researched or operational technologies leveraged for Tech-ROs towards monitoring of the patient’s
physical and psychological health, social interactions or environmental conditions. We identify the factors
influencing the success of these technologies (accuracy and reliability of the collected Tech-ROs data) be it
from a viewpoint of patients (e.g., usability, ‘wearability’), or of technology providers (e.g., raw signal), or
from legal (e.g., privacy), organizational (e.g., workflow), or ethical perspective (e.g., dignity). We summarize
the trans-disciplinary aspects of the Tech-RO-driven research and its challenges, and delineate the future
education and research areas for a successful deployment and adoption of mobile information technologies
assuring the patients’ accurate and reliable Tech-RO assessment.

SIOP 2017 - POSTER - PatientIdentity.pptx

Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), 2017

Transference has historically been regarded by clinicians as deleterious for patient treatment. T... more Transference has historically been regarded by clinicians as deleterious for patient treatment. The shift to value-based compensation systems in organized medicine, however, compels new provider competencies enabling team-based, coordinated care delivery. The current paper reports on a newly developed self-report instrument for assessing a health provider’s patient identity.

Conceptualization & Preliminary Findings of a Measure of Patient Identity

European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), 2015

Transference has historically been regarded by clinicians as deleterious for patient treatment. T... more Transference has historically been regarded by clinicians as deleterious for patient treatment. The shift to value-based compensation systems in organized medicine, however, compels new provider competencies enabling team-based, coordinated care delivery. Toward this goal, the current paper reports on a newly developed self-report instrument for assessing patient identity (PI). After overviewing its nomological net, theoretical conceptualization, putative application, and construction, empirical evidence from two studies is reported for PI. In study 1, the instrument was piloted among American medical (4th-year) and nursing (2nd-year) students (N = 119). Observed-score analyses indicated preliminary factorial (exploratory factor analysis) and predictive (hierarchical linear regression) validity evidence for team attitudes. In study 2, a German-translated instrument was deployed in an equivalent sample of medical (4th-year) and nursing (2nd-year) students (N = 60). Latent variable analyses using structural equation modeling (SEM) extended factorial validity evidence (confirmatory) and provided measurement equivalence of PI across American and German samples (N = 189). Implications for further development and usage are discussed.

Future Time Perspective and Sunk- Cost Propensity: Different Bridges to Retirement

Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), 2017

Aging workforce demands specification of lifespan theories (growing overlap between work-retireme... more Aging workforce demands specification of lifespan theories (growing overlap between work-retirement domains) •Workforce is aging in 2 ways •Future Time Perspective (FTP) figures prominently in organization and retirement lits, but predictions conflict: 1) Relatively as cohort effect (boomers, aging demography) 2) Absolutely as longer life (medical advances, quality-of-life): "Plausible rival hypotheses" of decrease (-) and increase (+) age-related changes in FTP? (Campbell, 1960).

Experimental Evaluation of Subjective-Life Expectancy on Opposing Age-Predictions for Future Time Perspective

Annual Meeting of the International Measurement and Psychometric Society (IMPS), 2017

The aging workforce demands greater lifespan theory precision (e.g., growing overlap between work... more The aging workforce demands greater lifespan theory precision (e.g., growing overlap between work-retirement domains) •Workforce is aging in 2 ways: Future Time Perspective (FTP) figures centrally in organization and retirement domains, but predictions conflict: 1) Relatively as cohort effect (baby boomers, aging demography) 2) Absolutely as longer life (medical advances, societal quality-of-life) "Plausible rival hypotheses" of decrease (-) and increase (+) age-related changes in FTP? (Campbell, 1960) Retirement 'process planning' theories predicated on early childhood development FTP increases with age (+)

Empirical Tryout of a New Statistic for Detecting Temporally Inconsistent Responders

Statistical screening of self-report data is often advised to support the quality of analyzed res... more Statistical screening of self-report data is often advised to support the quality of analyzed responses-For example, reduction of insufficient effort responding (IER). One recently introduced index based on Mahalanobis's D for detecting outliers in cross-sectional designs replaces centered scores with difference scores between repeated-measure items: Termed person temporal consistency (D2ptc). Although the adapted D2ptc index demonstrated usefulness in simulation datasets, it has not been applied to empirical data. The current study addresses D2ptc's low uptake by critically appraising its performance ¬across three empirical applications. Independent samples were selected to represent a range of scenarios commonly encountered by organizational researchers. First, in Sample 1, a repeat-measure of future time perspective in experienced working adults (age > 40-years; n=620) indicated that temporal inconsistency was significantly related to respondent age and item reverse-scoring. Second, in repeat-measure of team efficacy aggregations, D2ptc successfully detected team-level inconsistency across repeat-performance cycles. Thirdly, the usefulness of the D2ptc was examined in an experimental study dataset of subjective life expectancy indicated significantly more stable responding in experimental conditions compared to controls. The empirical findings support D2ptc's flexible and useful application to distinct study designs. Discussion centers on current limitations and further extensions that may be of value to psychologists screening self-report data for strengthening response quality and meaningfulness of inferences from repeated-measures self-reports. Taken together, the findings support the usefulness of the newly devised statistic for detecting IER and other extreme response patterns.

Assessing Provider’s Patient Identity: Preliminary Findings of a Self-Report Instrument

Annual Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), 2017

Early educational bodies inherently relegated empathy and communicative skills in curriculum desi... more Early educational bodies inherently relegated empathy and communicative skills in curriculum design. Today, administrators, clinicians, and educators are embracing a variety of competencies for improving patient outcomes. Empirical evidence from two studies is reported: In study one, the instrument was piloted among American medical (4th-year) and nursing (2nd-year) students (N = 119). Factorial and predictive validity evidence is reported. In study two, a German-translated instrument was deployed in an equivalent sample frame (N = 134). Structural equation modeling provided confirmatory factorial validity evidence, and item response theory analyses benchmarked psychometric properties of the newly developed instrument.

IRT of FTP: Instrument Dimensionality, Subscale Reliability, and Item Function

Annual Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), 2017

IRT analysis was used to study FTP’s, 1) instrument dimensionality, 2) subscale reliability, and ... more IRT analysis was used to study FTP’s, 1) instrument dimensionality, 2) subscale reliability, and 3) item functioning. First, model-comparisons, including bifactor and confirmatory multidimensional models supported FTP’s essential unidimensionality in a U.S.-representative sample of older adults (N = 2,185; > 40-years). Second, subscale-reliability analyses across CTT and IRT methods converged to indicate poor empirical reliability of subscores. Third, assessments of differential item functioning across workers and retirees found significant differences, but the observed-score effect sizes were small. In conclusion, this study supports FTP’s usefulness as a unidimensional instrument, but the subscale scores resulting from multidimensional analyses were not supported.

Interprofessional Education (IPE): Student and Program Influences on Early Team Training

Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology (SIOP), 2013

Disproportionate focus on IPE training outcomes results in less understanding of person and conte... more Disproportionate focus on IPE training outcomes results in less understanding of person and contextual influences. Effectively, the sustainability of IPE is compromised without strengthening comparability of study findings. This paper presents empirical evidence for student non-ability individual-differences variables relevant to learner outcomes and impactful on IPE training effectiveness appraisals.

Chaired Symposium: A Look at a Paradigmatic Shift in Health Provider Training

Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), 2014

The institutionalization of inter-professional education (IPE) programs in health sciences repres... more The institutionalization of inter-professional education (IPE) programs in health sciences represents a paradigmatic shift from the “silo” approach that typified training for decades. Additionally, administrators, clinicians, and educators are embracing a variety of competencies for improving patient outcomes. This symposium surveys representative training programs with discussion of I/O training principles.

Cross-Cultural Biodata: Toward a Common Ground

Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), 2012

Biographical data (biodata): Good predictor of performance across occupations and organizations. ... more

Inter-Professional Healthcare Team Training: Person and Professional Determinants of Training Outcomes

by Matthew J Kerry and Samuel Posnock

Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID), 2011

The growing use of teams in healthcare delivery worldwide has focused attention on inter-professi... more The growing use of teams in healthcare delivery worldwide has focused attention on inter-professional team training (ITT) early in professional education. This study examines the role of non-ability individual differences and student professional affiliation on ITT outcomes. A sample of 272 first-year health provider students from four programs completed a pre-workshop battery of demographic and non-ability measures prior to training, and an training outcomes survey six weeks after training. Individual differences in assertiveness, attitude toward collaboration, and inter-professional (IP) “intelligence” significantly predicted variance in teamwork self-efficacy, transfer of learning, and knowledge retention, beyond variance accounted for by professional program. The findings provide support for student assessment of attributes that predict inter-professional teamwork prior to program entry.

An Item Response Theory (IRT) Analysis of the Readiness for Interprofessoinal Learning Scale (RIPLS)

Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM), 2016

This poster presents empirical evidence from modern psychometric methods to bear on a popularly d... more This poster presents empirical evidence from modern psychometric methods to bear on a popularly deployed questionnaire in interprofessional education (IPE) assessment. Specifically, three interrelated problems raised against the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) are examined in a study with n =280 medical and nursing student participants. Firstly, findings support RIPLS overall reliability, but fail to support subscale reliabilities. Secondly, findings indicate a strong, general factor underlying the RIPLS that supports unidimensional interpretations. Thirdly, findings support the RIPLS potential sensitivity to changes with appropriate lower ranges for our pre-training student sample. Recommendations for refinement to the RIPLS include: use of more appropriate reliability indices; factor generalizability; and a subset of items.

Investigating Individual-Difference Determinants of Interprofessional Education Outcomes

Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM), 2016

The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC, 2011) enlists as one of its Value-Ethics com... more The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC, 2011) enlists as one of its Value-Ethics competencies, “Embrace the cultural diversity and individual differences that characterize patients, populations, and the health care team” (p. 19). As IPE continues to be instituted, increased attention has been paid to its instructional delivery. In contrast to training provisions, much less attention has been paid to the ‘selection-side’ of the IPE model (c.f., Geller, 2013). Efficient delivery of IPE is necessary to sustain development. In the current paper, we report the predictive validity of individual-difference measures for IPE criteria in a before-after design (Barr, Freeth, Hammick, Koppel, & Reeves, 2000).

Books by Matthew J Kerry

(Ch4 - Motivation in Multiteam Systems) in "Multiteam Systems An Organization Form for Dynamic and Complex Environments"

Motivation is arguably one of the most important determinants of team and multiteam effectiveness... more Motivation is arguably one of the most important determinants of team and multiteam effectiveness. In this chapter, we discuss motivation theory and research in the context of teams and multiteam systems (MTSs). We begin with a description of motivation at the individual level of analysis, and then briefly review theory and research that extend the study of motivation to the team context. Next, we discuss motivation in the context of multiteam systems. In particular, we examine the person and situation factors that affect motivation for interteam teamwork and motivation for communications. cooperation, and coordination behaviors between members ofdifferent teams. In the final section, we identify gaps in the research regarding motivation in team and multiteam contexts and suggest potentially fruitful directions for future research.

Papers by Matthew J Kerry

Electronic Health Literacy in Swiss-German Parents: Cross-Sectional Study of eHealth Literacy Scale Unidimensionality

Journal of Medical Internet Research, Mar 13, 2020

Background: Parents often use digital media to search for information related to their children's... more Background: Parents often use digital media to search for information related to their children's health. As the quantity and quality of digital sources meant specifically for parents expand, parents' digital health literacy is increasingly important to process the information they retrieve. One of the earliest developed and widely used instruments to assess digital health literacy is the self-reported eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS). However, the eHEALS has not been psychometrically validated in a sample of parents. Given the inconsistency of the eHEALS underlying factor structure across previous reports, it is particularly important for validation to occur. Objective: This study aimed to determine the factor structure of the German eHEALS measure in a sample of parents by adopting classic and modern psychometric approaches. In particular, this study sought to identify the eHEALS validity as a unidimensional index as well as the viability for potential subscales. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used across two purposive sampling frames: online and paper administrations. Responses were collected between January 2018 and May 2018 from 703 Swiss-German parents. In addition to determining the sampling characteristics, we conducted exploratory factor analysis of the eHEALS by considering its ordinal structure using polychoric correlations. This analysis was performed separately for online-based and paper-based responses to examine the general factor strength of the eHEALS as a unidimensional index. Furthermore, item response theory (IRT) analyses were conducted by fitting eHEALS to a bifactor model to further inspect its unidimensionality and subscale viability. Results: Parents in both samples were predominantly mothers (622/703, 88.5%), highly educated (538/703, 76.9%), of Swiss nationality (489/703, 71.8%), and living with a partner (692/703, 98.4%). Factor analyses of the eHEALS indicated the presence of a strong general factor across both paper and online samples, and the Wilcoxon rank-sum test indicated that the eHEALS total sum score was not significantly different between the paper and online samples (P=.12). Finally, the IRT analyses indicated negligible multidimensionality, insufficient subscale reliability after accounting for the eHEALS general factor, and a reduced subset of items that could serve as a unidimensional index of the eHEALS across the paper and online samples. Conclusions: The German eHEALS evidenced good psychometric properties in a parent-specific study sample. Factor analyses indicated a strong general factor across purposively distinct sample frames (online and paper). IRT analyses validated the eHEALS as a unidimensional index while failing to find support for subscale usage.

Teachers’ mental health literacy and action competencies

European Journal of Public Health

Background Teachers are very important in mental health promotion and early recognition of mental... more Background Teachers are very important in mental health promotion and early recognition of mental health burden (disorder, illness). Teachers’ surrogate mental health literacy (MHL) may be key to improving mental health in youth but has been little investigated. We assessed surrogate MHL in Swiss teachers and tested a measure of mental health action competencies (MHAC). Methods In 2020, all teaching and support staff at compulsory school level were invited to an online survey covering individual and professional characteristics, MHL (finding, understanding, critical appraisal of information) and action competencies (adapted scale Ahnert et al. 2016, range 17 - 68) personal experience with students’ MHB. Data was explored descriptively and with multivariate regression. Item response theory analyses were conducted to examine internal psychometric MHAC scale properties, and group-mean differences tested between school levels. Results Participation rate was 38% (N = 459). Nearly all par...

Chop and Change: A Commentary and Demonstration of Classical vs. Modern Measurement Models for Interpreting Latent-Stability of Occupational-Future Time Perspective

Frontiers in psychology, 2018

This commentary article was initially motivated by an empirical paper published in the journal of... more This commentary article was initially motivated by an empirical paper published in the journal of that reported support for stability (non-decreasing) future time perspectives (FTP) over two repeated-measurements. That is, empirical evidence supporting the temporal stability of an adapted measure (occupational-FTP [O-FTP]) serves as guiding framework for demonstrating limitations of classical test theory (CTT) and modern psychometrics' (IRT) enabling extension for stronger substantive inferences from response data. The focal authors' quantitative attention to study design and statistical analysis is commendable. In this commentary, I aim to complement their efforts from a measurement perspective. This is accomplished through four sections. In the first section, I summarize some well-known limitations to CTT measurement models for assessing change. Then, I briefly introduce item response theory (IRT) as an alternative test theory. In the second section, , I review the empiric...

Students' View of IPE Facilitators' Competencies

by Matthew J Kerry, Emanuel Feusi, markus melloh, Julia Dratva, and Marion Huber - ZHAW IPE

9th Annual All Together Better Health Conference, 2018

Background: Vast research attention has been paid to providing evidence on undergraduate / pre-li... more Background: Vast research attention has been paid to providing evidence on undergraduate / pre-licensure health sciences students' IP competency requirements, placement, and attainment. However, while IP facilitator training is critical to IP effectiveness for student outcomes, there remains insufficient research identifying the IP facilitator competencies required for effective IPE delivery.

Conceptualization and Preliminary Findings of a Measure of Patient Identity for Healthcare Teams

Annual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup), 2014

Transference has historically been regarded as deleterious for patient treatment. The shift to va... more Transference has historically been regarded as deleterious for patient treatment. The shift to value-based compensation systems in organized medicine, however, compels new provider competencies enabling team-based, coordinated care delivery. A new measure of patient identity was piloted among medical and nursing students. Predictive validity evidence for team attitudes is reported.

Workshop: Clinical outcome assessments embedded in mobile and wearable information technologies

Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), 2018

We aim at defining the requirements and design implications for mobile information technologies, ... more We aim at defining the requirements and design implications for mobile information technologies, embraced in
smartphones and wearables devices that support the QoL / Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) assessment by
operationalizing these via Technology-enabled Reported outcomes (Tech-ROs). We discuss examples of
currently researched or operational technologies leveraged for Tech-ROs towards monitoring of the patient’s
physical and psychological health, social interactions or environmental conditions. We identify the factors
influencing the success of these technologies (accuracy and reliability of the collected Tech-ROs data) be it
from a viewpoint of patients (e.g., usability, ‘wearability’), or of technology providers (e.g., raw signal), or
from legal (e.g., privacy), organizational (e.g., workflow), or ethical perspective (e.g., dignity). We summarize
the trans-disciplinary aspects of the Tech-RO-driven research and its challenges, and delineate the future
education and research areas for a successful deployment and adoption of mobile information technologies
assuring the patients’ accurate and reliable Tech-RO assessment.

SIOP 2017 - POSTER - PatientIdentity.pptx

Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), 2017

Transference has historically been regarded by clinicians as deleterious for patient treatment. T... more Transference has historically been regarded by clinicians as deleterious for patient treatment. The shift to value-based compensation systems in organized medicine, however, compels new provider competencies enabling team-based, coordinated care delivery. The current paper reports on a newly developed self-report instrument for assessing a health provider’s patient identity.

Conceptualization & Preliminary Findings of a Measure of Patient Identity

European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), 2015

Transference has historically been regarded by clinicians as deleterious for patient treatment. T... more Transference has historically been regarded by clinicians as deleterious for patient treatment. The shift to value-based compensation systems in organized medicine, however, compels new provider competencies enabling team-based, coordinated care delivery. Toward this goal, the current paper reports on a newly developed self-report instrument for assessing patient identity (PI). After overviewing its nomological net, theoretical conceptualization, putative application, and construction, empirical evidence from two studies is reported for PI. In study 1, the instrument was piloted among American medical (4th-year) and nursing (2nd-year) students (N = 119). Observed-score analyses indicated preliminary factorial (exploratory factor analysis) and predictive (hierarchical linear regression) validity evidence for team attitudes. In study 2, a German-translated instrument was deployed in an equivalent sample of medical (4th-year) and nursing (2nd-year) students (N = 60). Latent variable analyses using structural equation modeling (SEM) extended factorial validity evidence (confirmatory) and provided measurement equivalence of PI across American and German samples (N = 189). Implications for further development and usage are discussed.

Future Time Perspective and Sunk- Cost Propensity: Different Bridges to Retirement

Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), 2017

Aging workforce demands specification of lifespan theories (growing overlap between work-retireme... more Aging workforce demands specification of lifespan theories (growing overlap between work-retirement domains) •Workforce is aging in 2 ways •Future Time Perspective (FTP) figures prominently in organization and retirement lits, but predictions conflict: 1) Relatively as cohort effect (boomers, aging demography) 2) Absolutely as longer life (medical advances, quality-of-life): "Plausible rival hypotheses" of decrease (-) and increase (+) age-related changes in FTP? (Campbell, 1960).

Experimental Evaluation of Subjective-Life Expectancy on Opposing Age-Predictions for Future Time Perspective

Annual Meeting of the International Measurement and Psychometric Society (IMPS), 2017

The aging workforce demands greater lifespan theory precision (e.g., growing overlap between work... more The aging workforce demands greater lifespan theory precision (e.g., growing overlap between work-retirement domains) •Workforce is aging in 2 ways: Future Time Perspective (FTP) figures centrally in organization and retirement domains, but predictions conflict: 1) Relatively as cohort effect (baby boomers, aging demography) 2) Absolutely as longer life (medical advances, societal quality-of-life) "Plausible rival hypotheses" of decrease (-) and increase (+) age-related changes in FTP? (Campbell, 1960) Retirement 'process planning' theories predicated on early childhood development FTP increases with age (+)

Empirical Tryout of a New Statistic for Detecting Temporally Inconsistent Responders

Statistical screening of self-report data is often advised to support the quality of analyzed res... more Statistical screening of self-report data is often advised to support the quality of analyzed responses-For example, reduction of insufficient effort responding (IER). One recently introduced index based on Mahalanobis's D for detecting outliers in cross-sectional designs replaces centered scores with difference scores between repeated-measure items: Termed person temporal consistency (D2ptc). Although the adapted D2ptc index demonstrated usefulness in simulation datasets, it has not been applied to empirical data. The current study addresses D2ptc's low uptake by critically appraising its performance ¬across three empirical applications. Independent samples were selected to represent a range of scenarios commonly encountered by organizational researchers. First, in Sample 1, a repeat-measure of future time perspective in experienced working adults (age > 40-years; n=620) indicated that temporal inconsistency was significantly related to respondent age and item reverse-scoring. Second, in repeat-measure of team efficacy aggregations, D2ptc successfully detected team-level inconsistency across repeat-performance cycles. Thirdly, the usefulness of the D2ptc was examined in an experimental study dataset of subjective life expectancy indicated significantly more stable responding in experimental conditions compared to controls. The empirical findings support D2ptc's flexible and useful application to distinct study designs. Discussion centers on current limitations and further extensions that may be of value to psychologists screening self-report data for strengthening response quality and meaningfulness of inferences from repeated-measures self-reports. Taken together, the findings support the usefulness of the newly devised statistic for detecting IER and other extreme response patterns.

Assessing Provider’s Patient Identity: Preliminary Findings of a Self-Report Instrument

Annual Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), 2017

Early educational bodies inherently relegated empathy and communicative skills in curriculum desi... more Early educational bodies inherently relegated empathy and communicative skills in curriculum design. Today, administrators, clinicians, and educators are embracing a variety of competencies for improving patient outcomes. Empirical evidence from two studies is reported: In study one, the instrument was piloted among American medical (4th-year) and nursing (2nd-year) students (N = 119). Factorial and predictive validity evidence is reported. In study two, a German-translated instrument was deployed in an equivalent sample frame (N = 134). Structural equation modeling provided confirmatory factorial validity evidence, and item response theory analyses benchmarked psychometric properties of the newly developed instrument.

IRT of FTP: Instrument Dimensionality, Subscale Reliability, and Item Function

Annual Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), 2017

IRT analysis was used to study FTP’s, 1) instrument dimensionality, 2) subscale reliability, and ... more IRT analysis was used to study FTP’s, 1) instrument dimensionality, 2) subscale reliability, and 3) item functioning. First, model-comparisons, including bifactor and confirmatory multidimensional models supported FTP’s essential unidimensionality in a U.S.-representative sample of older adults (N = 2,185; > 40-years). Second, subscale-reliability analyses across CTT and IRT methods converged to indicate poor empirical reliability of subscores. Third, assessments of differential item functioning across workers and retirees found significant differences, but the observed-score effect sizes were small. In conclusion, this study supports FTP’s usefulness as a unidimensional instrument, but the subscale scores resulting from multidimensional analyses were not supported.

Interprofessional Education (IPE): Student and Program Influences on Early Team Training

Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology (SIOP), 2013

Disproportionate focus on IPE training outcomes results in less understanding of person and conte... more Disproportionate focus on IPE training outcomes results in less understanding of person and contextual influences. Effectively, the sustainability of IPE is compromised without strengthening comparability of study findings. This paper presents empirical evidence for student non-ability individual-differences variables relevant to learner outcomes and impactful on IPE training effectiveness appraisals.

Chaired Symposium: A Look at a Paradigmatic Shift in Health Provider Training

Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), 2014

The institutionalization of inter-professional education (IPE) programs in health sciences repres... more The institutionalization of inter-professional education (IPE) programs in health sciences represents a paradigmatic shift from the “silo” approach that typified training for decades. Additionally, administrators, clinicians, and educators are embracing a variety of competencies for improving patient outcomes. This symposium surveys representative training programs with discussion of I/O training principles.

Cross-Cultural Biodata: Toward a Common Ground

Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), 2012

Biographical data (biodata): Good predictor of performance across occupations and organizations. ... more

Inter-Professional Healthcare Team Training: Person and Professional Determinants of Training Outcomes

by Matthew J Kerry and Samuel Posnock

Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID), 2011

The growing use of teams in healthcare delivery worldwide has focused attention on inter-professi... more The growing use of teams in healthcare delivery worldwide has focused attention on inter-professional team training (ITT) early in professional education. This study examines the role of non-ability individual differences and student professional affiliation on ITT outcomes. A sample of 272 first-year health provider students from four programs completed a pre-workshop battery of demographic and non-ability measures prior to training, and an training outcomes survey six weeks after training. Individual differences in assertiveness, attitude toward collaboration, and inter-professional (IP) “intelligence” significantly predicted variance in teamwork self-efficacy, transfer of learning, and knowledge retention, beyond variance accounted for by professional program. The findings provide support for student assessment of attributes that predict inter-professional teamwork prior to program entry.

An Item Response Theory (IRT) Analysis of the Readiness for Interprofessoinal Learning Scale (RIPLS)

Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM), 2016

This poster presents empirical evidence from modern psychometric methods to bear on a popularly d... more This poster presents empirical evidence from modern psychometric methods to bear on a popularly deployed questionnaire in interprofessional education (IPE) assessment. Specifically, three interrelated problems raised against the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) are examined in a study with n =280 medical and nursing student participants. Firstly, findings support RIPLS overall reliability, but fail to support subscale reliabilities. Secondly, findings indicate a strong, general factor underlying the RIPLS that supports unidimensional interpretations. Thirdly, findings support the RIPLS potential sensitivity to changes with appropriate lower ranges for our pre-training student sample. Recommendations for refinement to the RIPLS include: use of more appropriate reliability indices; factor generalizability; and a subset of items.

Investigating Individual-Difference Determinants of Interprofessional Education Outcomes

Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM), 2016

The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC, 2011) enlists as one of its Value-Ethics com... more The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC, 2011) enlists as one of its Value-Ethics competencies, “Embrace the cultural diversity and individual differences that characterize patients, populations, and the health care team” (p. 19). As IPE continues to be instituted, increased attention has been paid to its instructional delivery. In contrast to training provisions, much less attention has been paid to the ‘selection-side’ of the IPE model (c.f., Geller, 2013). Efficient delivery of IPE is necessary to sustain development. In the current paper, we report the predictive validity of individual-difference measures for IPE criteria in a before-after design (Barr, Freeth, Hammick, Koppel, & Reeves, 2000).

(Ch4 - Motivation in Multiteam Systems) in "Multiteam Systems An Organization Form for Dynamic and Complex Environments"

Motivation is arguably one of the most important determinants of team and multiteam effectiveness... more Motivation is arguably one of the most important determinants of team and multiteam effectiveness. In this chapter, we discuss motivation theory and research in the context of teams and multiteam systems (MTSs). We begin with a description of motivation at the individual level of analysis, and then briefly review theory and research that extend the study of motivation to the team context. Next, we discuss motivation in the context of multiteam systems. In particular, we examine the person and situation factors that affect motivation for interteam teamwork and motivation for communications. cooperation, and coordination behaviors between members ofdifferent teams. In the final section, we identify gaps in the research regarding motivation in team and multiteam contexts and suggest potentially fruitful directions for future research.

Electronic Health Literacy in Swiss-German Parents: Cross-Sectional Study of eHealth Literacy Scale Unidimensionality

Journal of Medical Internet Research, Mar 13, 2020

Background: Parents often use digital media to search for information related to their children's... more Background: Parents often use digital media to search for information related to their children's health. As the quantity and quality of digital sources meant specifically for parents expand, parents' digital health literacy is increasingly important to process the information they retrieve. One of the earliest developed and widely used instruments to assess digital health literacy is the self-reported eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS). However, the eHEALS has not been psychometrically validated in a sample of parents. Given the inconsistency of the eHEALS underlying factor structure across previous reports, it is particularly important for validation to occur. Objective: This study aimed to determine the factor structure of the German eHEALS measure in a sample of parents by adopting classic and modern psychometric approaches. In particular, this study sought to identify the eHEALS validity as a unidimensional index as well as the viability for potential subscales. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used across two purposive sampling frames: online and paper administrations. Responses were collected between January 2018 and May 2018 from 703 Swiss-German parents. In addition to determining the sampling characteristics, we conducted exploratory factor analysis of the eHEALS by considering its ordinal structure using polychoric correlations. This analysis was performed separately for online-based and paper-based responses to examine the general factor strength of the eHEALS as a unidimensional index. Furthermore, item response theory (IRT) analyses were conducted by fitting eHEALS to a bifactor model to further inspect its unidimensionality and subscale viability. Results: Parents in both samples were predominantly mothers (622/703, 88.5%), highly educated (538/703, 76.9%), of Swiss nationality (489/703, 71.8%), and living with a partner (692/703, 98.4%). Factor analyses of the eHEALS indicated the presence of a strong general factor across both paper and online samples, and the Wilcoxon rank-sum test indicated that the eHEALS total sum score was not significantly different between the paper and online samples (P=.12). Finally, the IRT analyses indicated negligible multidimensionality, insufficient subscale reliability after accounting for the eHEALS general factor, and a reduced subset of items that could serve as a unidimensional index of the eHEALS across the paper and online samples. Conclusions: The German eHEALS evidenced good psychometric properties in a parent-specific study sample. Factor analyses indicated a strong general factor across purposively distinct sample frames (online and paper). IRT analyses validated the eHEALS as a unidimensional index while failing to find support for subscale usage.

Teachers’ mental health literacy and action competencies

European Journal of Public Health

Background Teachers are very important in mental health promotion and early recognition of mental... more Background Teachers are very important in mental health promotion and early recognition of mental health burden (disorder, illness). Teachers’ surrogate mental health literacy (MHL) may be key to improving mental health in youth but has been little investigated. We assessed surrogate MHL in Swiss teachers and tested a measure of mental health action competencies (MHAC). Methods In 2020, all teaching and support staff at compulsory school level were invited to an online survey covering individual and professional characteristics, MHL (finding, understanding, critical appraisal of information) and action competencies (adapted scale Ahnert et al. 2016, range 17 - 68) personal experience with students’ MHB. Data was explored descriptively and with multivariate regression. Item response theory analyses were conducted to examine internal psychometric MHAC scale properties, and group-mean differences tested between school levels. Results Participation rate was 38% (N = 459). Nearly all par...

Chop and Change: A Commentary and Demonstration of Classical vs. Modern Measurement Models for Interpreting Latent-Stability of Occupational-Future Time Perspective

Frontiers in psychology, 2018

This commentary article was initially motivated by an empirical paper published in the journal of... more This commentary article was initially motivated by an empirical paper published in the journal of that reported support for stability (non-decreasing) future time perspectives (FTP) over two repeated-measurements. That is, empirical evidence supporting the temporal stability of an adapted measure (occupational-FTP [O-FTP]) serves as guiding framework for demonstrating limitations of classical test theory (CTT) and modern psychometrics' (IRT) enabling extension for stronger substantive inferences from response data. The focal authors' quantitative attention to study design and statistical analysis is commendable. In this commentary, I aim to complement their efforts from a measurement perspective. This is accomplished through four sections. In the first section, I summarize some well-known limitations to CTT measurement models for assessing change. Then, I briefly introduce item response theory (IRT) as an alternative test theory. In the second section, , I review the empiric...

Students' view of IPE Facilitators' Competencies

Vast research attention has been paid to providing evidence on undergraduate / pre-licensure heal... more Vast research attention has been paid to providing evidence on undergraduate / pre-licensure health sciences students’ IP competency requirements, placement, and attainment. However, while IP facilitator training is critical to IP effectiveness for student outcomes, there remains insufficient research identifying the IP facilitator competencies required for effective IPE delivery. We aimed to examine students' and IP facilitators' perceptions of valued competencies of IP facilitators and mono-professional educators. Employing a cross-sectional design, 343 third-year undergraduate health professions' students were surveyed after completing a longitudinal IPE course; in addition, 60 IP facilitators who delivered these courses were also surveyed. Respondents were asked to rate the importance of: 12 ‘good teacher’ profiles based on Harden and Crosby's (AMEE, 2009) role-model framework using a 6-point Likert-type scale; 25 abilities extracted from an existing teacher-competency-questionnaire

Quantitative methods in interprofessional education research: some critical reflections and ideas to improving rigor

Journal of interprofessional care, Jan 15, 2018

Experimental Evaluation of Subjective-Life Expectancy on Opposing Age-Predictions for Future Time Perspective

Future Time Perspective (FTP) is a construct with a long and rich history in the behavioral scien... more Future Time Perspective (FTP) is a construct with a long and rich history in the behavioral sciences (Guilford, 1926). The postulated age-related changes of FTP, however, are opposing, such that retirement scholars argue an increasing Future Time Perspective (FTP) with age (Hershey et al., 2000; 2007; 2010), while organizational scholars maintain decreasing age-related changes (Griffin et al., 2012), consistent with inveterate lifespan theories (Carstensen &amp; Lang, 1996). To date, these contrasting predictions have not been investigated within a single study. As an understudied aspect of internal validity, this paper examines the impact of response processes on external validity evidence (external correlates and consequences). Specifically, subjective life expectancy (SLE) is identified as a potential explanatory cause of, not only directional changes in levels of a focal variable (e.g. Future Time Perspective), but in its pattern of nomological correlates to relevant criteria (e.g., retirement planning and intended date of retirement)

Disclosed Curriculum: Transfer-Climate Mediates Discipline-Differences in Learner Outcomes

MedEdPublish, 2018

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Empirical findings generall... more This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Empirical findings generally indicate positive effects of early interprofessional education on student outcomes. The current study seeks to add to this evidence base by examining training transfer as an explanatory-mechanism for IPE's comparative-effectiveness across programs. Specifically, we examine learner curricular experiences (transfer climate) post-IPE delivery in predicting two learner outcomes: 1) team attitudes, and 2) professional identity. A prospective observational design with N=306 first-year students across five disciplines were assessed before an IPE training and 18-months later. A transfer climate-mediation model was used to test program differences in team attitudes and professional identity post-IPE training. Results supported full-mediation, such that program differences in team attitudes and professional identity were contingent on students' post-training reports of IP experiences (tr...

A meta-analysis of stability and flexibility effects on performance in product development

International Journal of Product Development, 2021

Is Animal-Assisted Therapy for Minimally Conscious State Beneficial? A Case Study

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Student views of interprofessional education facilitator competencies: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Ehealth literacy in Swiss-German parents: Exploring the factor structure of the eHEALS applying bifactor modeling (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Parents often use digital media for searching children’s health information. As the qu... more BACKGROUND Parents often use digital media for searching children’s health information. As the quantity and quality of parent-specific digital sources expands, the digital health literacy of parents is increasingly important for parents to be able to process the information found in such health media. One of the earliest developed and widely used instruments to assess digital health literacy is the eHEALS self-report measure. To date, however, the eHEALS has not been psychometrically validated in a parent sample. This gap becomes more-so important in the context of past, inconsistent reports for the eHEALS underlying factor structure. OBJECTIVE To determine the factor structure of the German eHEALS measure in a sample of parents by adopting classical and modern psychometric approaches. In particular, this study sought to identify the eHEALS validity as a unidimensional index, as well as the viability for potential subscales. METHODS A cross-sectional design with survey methodology w...

Bifactor model of the CASP-12’s general factor for measuring quality of life in older patients

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Psychological Antecedents of Retirement Planning: A Systematic Review

Frontiers in psychology, 2018

As workforce aging continues through the next decade, the number of persons who will retire from ... more As workforce aging continues through the next decade, the number of persons who will retire from long-held jobs and careers will increase. In recent years, researchers across disciplines of psychology have focused attention on the impact of the retirement process on post-retirement adjustment and well-being. The objective of the current review is twofold. The first goal is to review the literature on retirement planning with attention to past conceptualizations and current theoretical specifications. Second, empirical work investigating the psychological antecedents of retirement planning is reviewed. The primary conclusion reached from this review is that, conceptually, retirement planning continues to be poorly delineated and, thereby, narrowly investigated. Empirically, cognitive antecedents of retirement planning continue to figure prominently in both workplace and retirement researches. The boundary conditions of retirement planning, as well as alternative mechanisms for adult ...

Investigating predictive power of agency and communion for interprofessional learner outcomes: A before–after study

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Speaking up in defence of teamwork training towards patient safety: a response

Medical Education, 2017

Motivation in Multiteam Systems

Bifactor model of the CASP-12’s general factor for measuring quality of life in older patients

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Bifactor Model of the CASP-s General Factor for Measuring Quality of Life in Older Patients

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2018

Patients' subscores on quality of life (QoL) measures can provide diagnostic information areas. S... more Patients' subscores on quality of life (QoL) measures can provide diagnostic information areas. Such diagnostics may help with identification of potential at-risk individuals. Subscores may also help with modifying extant care-treatment programs, particularly those among patientpreferred specific functionalities. The Control, Autonomy, Self-realization and Pleasure (CASP) measure is one, popular QoL measure example with such subscore potential, which will be of focal interest in the current short report.

Learning organizational ambidexterity: A joint-variance synthesis of exploration– exploitation modes on performance

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Learning organizational ambidexterity: A joint-variance synthesis of exploration–exploitation modes on performance
June 2018The Learning Organization 6(5)
Project: Health-Services Research, Patient-Reported Outcomes, Quality-of-Life Assessment
Matthew KerryMatthew KerryJustin A. DeSimone
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Organizational ambidexterity (OA) figures prominently in a variety of organization science phenomena. Introduced as a two-stage model for innovation, theory specifies reciprocal reinforcement between the OA processes of exploration and exploitation. In this study, we argue that previous analyses of OA necessarily neglect this reciprocality in favor of conceptualizations that conform to common statistical techniques. Because reciprocality is theorized, yet absent in current models, existing results represent confounded or biased evidence of the OA’s effect on firm performance. Subsequently, we propose joint-variance (JV) as a soluble estimator of exploration-exploitation reciprocality. An updated systematic literature synthesis yielded K=53 studies (56 independent samples, N = 11,743) for further testing. After observing a significantly stronger relationship between exploration and exploitation than either’s standalone relationship with performance, three primary findings are reported in support of JV’s index of reciprocality. First, JV reduced negative confounding from past operational inconsistencies of exploration-exploitation, explaining 45% of between-study variance. Second, JV quantified the positive confounding in current meta-evidence from doublecounting performance in separate estimates of exploration (53%) and exploitation (55%). Third, JV’s substantive application to hypothesis testing supported theoretical predictions. We discuss practical consideration for eR-eT reciprocality, as well as theoretical contributions for cohering the OA empirical literature.
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Chop and Change: A Commentary and Demonstration of Classical vs. Modern Measurement Models for Interpreting Latent-Stability of Occupational-Future Time Perspective

Frontiers in Psychology, Jun 19, 2018

This commentary article was initially motivated by an empirical paper published in the journal of... more This commentary article was initially motivated by an empirical paper published in the journal of Work, Aging, and Retirement that reported support for stability (non-decreasing) future time perspectives (FTP) over two repeated-measurements. That is, empirical evidence supporting the temporal stability of an adapted measure (occupational-FTP [O-FTP]) serves as guiding framework for demonstrating limitations of classical test theory (CTT) and modern psychometrics’ (IRT) enabling extension for stronger substantive inferences from response data. The focal authors’ quantitative attention to study design and statistical analysis is commendable. In this commentary, I aim to complement their efforts from a measurement perspective. This is accomplished through four sections. In the first section, I summarize some well-known limitations to Classical Test Theory (CTT) measurement models for assessing change. Then, I briefly introduce item response theory (IRT) as an alternative test theory. In the second section, Chop, I review the empirical evidence for FTP and O-FTP’s latent-factor structure. Then, I bring evidence from modern psychometric methods to bear on O-FTP, specifically, a model-comparisons approach was adopted for comparing relative fit of 1-factor, 2-factor, and bifactor solutions in cross-sectional data (N = 511). Findings supported retention of the bifactor solution. In the third section, Change, I extend the bifactor model to two-wave FTP data over approximately two years (N = 620) as an instructive application for assessing temporal stability. The fourth section concludes with a brief discussion of substantive implications and meaningful interpretation of (O)-FTP scores over time.

Team-efficacy agreement over time: Different convergence between process- and outcome-based beliefs of interprofessional teams

Recent findings suggest that process-and outcome-based TE beliefs are factorially distinct with d... more Recent findings suggest that process-and outcome-based TE beliefs are factorially distinct with differential performance effects. This study extends this work by examining process-and outcome-efficacy convergence over time. A within-teams, repeated-measures design with survey methodology was implemented in a sample of N = 24 interprofessional health teams performing three consecutive medical care episodes. Process-and outcome-efficacy were assessed before and after each performance episode. Findings at baseline replicated discriminant validity for process-and outcome-TE. Results from multilevel modeling indicated significant time effects on process-efficacy convergence, but not outcome-efficacy. However, a cross-level interaction effect 'outcome-efficacy (Start-Mean) x Time' strengthened outcome-efficacy's convergence. Agreement's substantive impact was examined with faculty observer-ratings of team performance on the third (final) simulation episode. Independent sample t-tests between low-/high-agreement teams indicated support for agreement's substantive impact, such that high-agreement teams were significantly better performers than low-agreement teams.

Chop and Change: A Commentary and Demonstration of Classical vs. Modern Measurement Models for Interpreting Latent-Stability of Occupational-Future Time Perspective

Suggested AOM Abstract Citation  Kerry, M. J. (2018). Chop and Change: A Commentary and Demonstr... more