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The Lab promotes activities focusing on the construction and

validation of psychological measures in different domains.

The Lab also promotes research activities focusing on assessment practices in different areas of psychology.

 

Main topics of the studies are:  

• CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT

Giannone F., Schimmenti A., Caretti V., Chiarenza A., Ferraro A.M., et al. (2011). Validità, attendibilità e proprietà psicometriche della versione italiana dell’intervista CECA (Childhood

Experience of Care and Abuse). Psichiatria e Psicoterapia, 30, 3–21.

 

• EATING DISORDERS

Hibbs, R., Rhind, C., Salerno, L., Lo Coco, G., Goddard, E., Schmidt, U., Micali, N., Gowers, S., Beecham, J., Macdonald, P., Todd, G., Campbell, I., & Treasure, J. (2015). Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Carer Skills in Eating Disorders. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 48, 290-297. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22362

Falgares, G., Costanzo, G., Manna, G., Marchetti, D., Barrada, J. R., Roncero, M., Verrocchio, M. C., & Ingoglia, S. (2023). Healthy Orthorexia vs. Orthorexia Nervosa: Italian validation of the Teruel Orthorexia Scale (TOS). Eating and Weight Disorders. Under review.

Costanzo, G., Marchetti, D., Manna, G., Verrocchio, M. C., & Falgares, G. (2022). The role of eating disorders features, psychopathology, and defense mechanisms in the comprehension of orthorexic tendencies. Eating and Weight Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-022-01417-3

 

• PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT

Salerno, L., Ingoglia, S., & Lo Coco, G. (2017). Competing factor structures of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and its measurement invariance across clinical and non-clinical samples. Personality and Individual Differences, 113, 13-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.063

 

Costa, S., Ingoglia, S., Inguglia, C., Liga, F., Lo Coco, & Larcan, R. (2018). Psychometric evaluation of Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) in Italy. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 51(3), 193-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2017.1347021 

Monzani, D., Steca, P., & Greco, A. (2014). Brief report: Assessing dispositional optimism in adolescence–Factor structure and concurrent validity of the Life Orientation Test–Revised. Journal of adolescence, 37(2), 97-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.11.006

Steca, P., Monzani, D., Greco, A., Chiesi, F., & Primi, C. (2015). Item response theory analysis of the life orientation test-revised: age and gender differential item functioning analyses. Assessment, 22(3), 341-350. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1177/1073191114544471

Faraci, P., & Valenti, G. D. (2022). Dimensionality and accuracy of measurement based on Item Response Theory in the Fatalism Scale during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 22(1), 21-32. 

Valenti, G. D., Faraci, P., & Craparo, G. (2021). Assessing the structural validity and measurement invariance of the Psychological Problems scale on a sample of international students. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 18,1-9. https://doi.org/10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210201

Manna,G.,Faraci,P., & Como, M.R. (2013).Factorialstructureandpsychometric properties of the Sensation Seeking Scale – Form V (SSS-V)in a sample of Italian adolescents. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 9 (2),276-288. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v9i2.500

 

• PERSONALITY DISORDERS

Falgares, G., De Santis, S., Gullo, S., Carrozzino, D., Marchetti, D., Verrocchio, M.C., Lo Coco, G., Kopala-Sibley, D. C., & Oasi, O. (2017). The Italian version of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ): psychometric properties and a contribution to validation in students, community, and clinical groups. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome (RIPPPO), 20, 81-90. https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.227

Falgares, G., De Santis, S., Gullo, S., Kopala-Sibley, D. C., Scrima, & F., Livi, S. (2018). Psychometric Aspects of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire: Implications for Clinical Assessment and Research. Journal of Personality Assessment https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2017.1282493

Lo Coco, G., Mannino, G., Salerno, L., Oieni, V., Di Fratello, C., Profita, G., & Gullo, S. (2018). The Italian Version of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP-32): Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure in clinical and non-clinical groups.  Frontiers in Psychology, 9: 341. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00341

 

• INTELLIGENCE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Smirni D. (2020). The Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices in Healthy Children: A Qualitative Approach. Brain Sci., 10(11), 877.https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10110877

Smirni P, Smirni D. (2022). Current and Potential Cognitive Development in Healthy Children: A New Approach to Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices. Children, 9(4),446. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040446 

D’Amico, A. (2013) Intelligenza Emotiva: Abilità, Credenze e Concetto di sé Meta-Emotivo. Giunti OS, Firenze https://www.giuntipsy.it/catalogo/test/ie-accme

D’Amico, A., Curci, A. (2010) L’intelligenza emotiva come abilità. Giunti OS, Firenze https://www.giuntipsy.it/catalogo/test/msceit-mayer-salovey-caruso-emotional-intelligence-test

 

• MEMORY ASSESSMENT

Smirni, D., Turriziani, P., Oliveri, M., Smirni, P., Cipolotti, L. (2010). Standardizzazione di tre nuovi test di memoria di riconoscimento verbale e non verbale: uno studio preliminare Giornale Italiano di Psicologia. XXXVII, 1, 325-343 

Smirni D., Smirni P, Di Martino G, Cipolotti L, Oliveri M, Turriziani P. (2018). Standardization and validation of a parallel form of the verbal and non verbal recognition memory test in an Italian population sample. Neurological Sciences, 39 (8), 1391-1399. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3433-z

Smirni D., Smirni P, Di Martino G, Fontana ML, Cipolotti L, Oliveri M, Turriziani P. (2019). Early detection of memory impairments in older adults: standardization of a short version of the verbal and nonverbal recognition memory test. Neurological Sciences, 40 (1), 97-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3587-8

D’Amico, A., Lipari, C. (2012). PML-2 Prove per la misurazione della memoria di lavoro. Galton Formazione Editoria. https://www.galton.it/dettagli.asp?id_libri=37

 

• CHILD AND PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS

Musso, P., Lo Cricchio, M. G., Lo Coco, A., Tani, F., Ingoglia, S., & Rubin, K. H. (2020). A revised short form of the Extended Class Play among Italian early adolescents. Psychological Reports, 123(5), 1986-2016. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294119884009 

Manna, G., Costanzo, G., De Santis, S., & Falgares, G. (2022). The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between mother’s attachment style and offspring’s depression. Current Psychology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02529-2

 

• BEHAVIORAL AND SUBSTANCE ADDICTIONS

Salerno, L., Alquitran, A., Alibrahim, N., Lo Coco, G., Di Blasi, M., & Giordano, C. (2022). Evaluating gender differences in problematic smartphone use: Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of the Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI-I) in a sample of Italian college students. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000730

Giordano, C., Lo Coco, G., Salerno, L., Di Blasi, M. (2021). The role of emotion dysregulation in adolescents’ problematic smartphone use: A study on adolescent/parents triads. Computers In Human Behavior, 115, 106632 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106632

 

• ETHNIC IDENTITY

Musso, P., Moscardino, U., & Inguglia, C. (2018). The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure—Revised (MEIM-R): Psychometric evaluation with adolescents from diverse ethnocultural groups in Italy. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 15(4), 395-410. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2016.1278363

 

• COGNITIVE STYLES AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES

Miceli S., de Palo V., Monacis L., Cardaci M., Sinatra M. (2018). The Italian version of the Cognitive Style Indicator and its association with decision-making preferences. Creativity Research Journal, 30, 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2018.1411486

Misuraca, R., Faraci, P, Gangemi, A, Carmeci, F.A., Miceli, S. (2015). The Decision Making Tendency Inventory: A new measure to assess maximizing, satisficing, and minimizing. Personality and Individual Differences, 85, 111-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.04.043

 

• ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXTS

Di Stefano, G., & Scrima, F. (2016). The psychometric properties of the italian version of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI). BPA-Applied Psychology Bulletin, 64(276), 51-63. https://iris.unipa.it/handle/10447/211945

Di Stefano, G., & Mingari, R. (2017). Valutare la devianza costruttiva nei contesti di lavoro. Psicologia Sociale, 12(1), 99-125. https://www.doi.org/10.1482/86090

           

• WELL-BEING IN CANCER PATIENS

 Marzorati, C., Monzani, D., Mazzocco, K., Pavan, F., Monturano, M., & Pravettoni, G. (2019). Dimensionality and measurement invariance of the Italian version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 in postoperative lung cancer patients. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2147. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02147