P.A.T. Psychometrics Assessment Testing

Research lines of the group documented by publications in the period 2019-2023 

Study and application of advanced methodological and statistical procedures to different psychological contexts, including the development and validation of psychometric tools. Application fields include personality, emotions, cognitive representations, values, beliefs, and behaviors in relation to health, psychophysical well-being and quality of life at the level of individual, social, work, and family life from an intra- and intercultural perspective. Among the clinical research topics, the group also deals with the diagnostic evaluation of ADHD. 

Head

Giulia Casu, Associate Professor 

ERC Sectors  

• SH3_4 Attitudes and beliefs
• SH3_6 Kinship; diversity and identities, gender, interethnic relations
• SH3_10 Religious studies, ritual; symbolic representation 
• SH4_2 Personality and social cognition; emotion 
• SH4_3 Clinical and health psychology 

Scientific Disciplinary Sector: M-PSI/03 Psychometrics 

Selected publications 2019-2023

1. Caruso, A., Maggi, G., Vigna, C., Savarese, A., Gallo, L., Guariglia, L., Casu, G., & Gremigni, P. (2023). Breast/ovarian cancer genetic counseling: Do anxiety, depression, and health care‐related fears influence cancer worry and risk perception?. Cancer Medicine, 12(18), 19215-19224. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.6518
2. de Sio, S., Zamagni, A., Casu, G., & Gremigni, P. (2022). Green trust as a mediator in the relationship between green advertising skepticism, environmental knowledge, and intention to buy green food. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24), 16757. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416757
3. Casu, G., Zaia, V., Montagna, E., de Padua Serafim, A., Bianco, B., Barbosa, C. P., & Gremigni, P. (2022). The Infertility-Related Stress Scale: Validation of a Brazilian–Portuguese version and measurement invariance across Brazil and Italy. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 784222. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.784222
4. Dos Santos, K. L., Gremigni, P., Casu, G., Zaia, V., & Montagna, E. (2021). Development and validation of The Breaking Bad News Attitudes Scale. BMC Medical Education, 21, 196. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02636-5
5. Casu, G., Gremigni, P., & Masheb, R. M. (2020). Emotional overeating questionnaire: A validation study in Italian adults with obesity, overweight or normal weight. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 25(6), 1747-1754. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00821-6
6. Casu, G., & Gremigni, P. (2019). Is a single-item measure of self-rated mental health useful from a clinimetric perspective? Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 88(3), 177-178. https://doi.org/10.1159/000497373

Funding for the period 2019-2023 

• RFO and Third Mission activities (Service of Clinical Psychology and Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy) 

Active National and International Collaborations documented by publications/ funding/ scientific agreements for the period 2019-2023 

International collaborations 

• Prof. Antonio de Padua Serafim, Department of Psychology, Methodist University of São Paulo, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil 
• Prof. Mónica Guzmán-González, School of Psychology, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile 
• Prof. Elizabeth Hanson, Department Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden 
• Prof. Robin M. Masheb, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA 
• Dr. Victor Zaia, Centro Universitário FMABC, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil 
• Prof. Carmen García García, Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Autónoma University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain 

National collaborations 

• Dr. Michael Tenti, Dr. William Raffaeli, ISAL Foundation, Institute for Research on Pain, Torre Pedrera, Italy 
• Dr. Sara Santini, Dr. Marco Socci, Dr. Barbara D’Amen, Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Aging, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Ancona, Italy 
• Dr. Anita Caruso, Psychology Unit, IRCCS “Regina Elena” National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy 

Unibo collaborations 

• Prof. Dina Guglielmi, Department of Education Studies “Giovanni Maria Bertin” 

Editorial activities in the period 2019-2023 

• Europe’s Journal of Psychology, Associate Editor (G. Casu) 
• Frontiers in Psychology, Associate Editors (G. Casu, P. Gremigni) 
• International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, Editorial Board Member (G. Casu) 
• Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Associate Editor (P. Gremigni, D. Carrozzino) 
• Patient Education and Counseling, Editorial Board Member (P. Gremigni) 
• PLOS One, Academic Editor (P. Gremigni) 
• Psicologia della Salute, Editorial Board Member (P. Gremigni) 
• Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Editorial Board Member (D. Carrozzino) 
• International Journal of Environmental Research Public Health, Guest Editors (G. Casu, P. Gremigni) 

Fellow in scientific academies and / or executive committees of scientific associations for the period 2019-2023 

• Asociación Chilena de Metodología, Medición y Evaluación (G. Casu) 
• European Association of Psychological Assessment (G. Casu) 
• International Test Commission (G. Casu, P. Gremigni) 
• Psychometric Society (G. Casu)