Unlock Strenghts

Linee di ricerca del gruppo documentate dalle pubblicazioni nel periodo 2021-2025

• Sviluppo di test psicologici che integrano teorie psicometriche classiche e avanzate (ad esempio, la Teoria della Risposta all'Item)
• Principi etici e applicazione dell'Intelligenza Artificiale nella teleriabilitazione
• Profili di comportamento adattivo, comportamenti problematici e qualità della vita di individui con disturbi del neurosviluppo
• Impatto del capitale culturale, capitale sociale e status socio-economico familiare sui comportamenti di bambini e adolescenti con disturbi del neurosviluppo
• Modelli formali di rappresentazione di costrutti psicologici

Responsabile:

Giulia Balboni

Settori ERC 

SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity

• SH4_1 Cognitive basis of human development and education,developmental disorders; comparative cognition
• SH4_2 Personality and social cognition; emotion
• SH4_3 Clinical and health psychology
• SH4_4 Neuropsychology
• SH4_5 Attention, perception, action, consciousness
• SH4_6 Learning, memory; cognition in ageing
• SH4_7 Reasoning, decision-making; intelligence
• SH4_8 Language learning and processing (first and second languages)

PE6 Computer Science and Informatics

• PE6_7 Artificial intelligence, intelligent systems, multi agent systems
• PE6_11 Machine learning, statistical data processing and applications using signal processing (e.g. speech, image, video)

SSD di riferimento del gruppo: 

PSIC-01/C Psicometria, PSIC-01/A Psicologia generale, INFO-01/A Informatica

Pubblicazioni selezionate del gruppo indicizzate su Scopus/WOS nel periodo 2021-2025 (max 6 pubblicazioni)

• Smythe, T., Rosenbaum, P. L., Balboni, G., & Ronen, G. M. (2025). Defining and measuring what matters: Quality of life for children with disabilities. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2352-4642(25)00370-0
• Bacherini, A., Anselmi, P., Havercamp, S. M., & Balboni, G. (2024). Psychometric properties of the Beliefs About Adults with ID Scale in American physicians: Application of classical test and Rasch measurement theories. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 68 (10), 1129-1145. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.13143
• Balboni, G., Bacherini, A., Anselmi, P., Brovedani, P., Buono, S., Micheletti, S., Robusto, E., & Tassé, M. J. (2022). Italian Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale: Reliability and diagnostic accuracy compared with the Vineland-II. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 123, 1-11, 104185.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104185
• Balboni, G., Bacherini, A., Rebecchini, G., Cagiano, R., Mancini, A., Tancredi, R., Igliozzi, R., & Muratori, F. (2021). Individual and environmental factors affecting adaptive behavior of toddlers with autism spectrum disorder: Role of parents’ socio-cultural level. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51, 3469–3482.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04803-x
• Bonifacci, P., Compiani, D., Vassura, C., Affranti, A., Peri, B., Ravaldini, V., & Tobia, V. (2024). Home learning environment and screen time differentially mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and preschoolers’ learning and behavioural profiles. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-024-01724-z
• de Chiusole, D., Spinoso, M., Anselmi, P., Bacherini, A., Balboni, G., Mazzoni, N., Brancaccio, A., Epifania, O. M., Orsoni, M., Giovagnoli, S., Garofalo, S., Benassi, M., Robusto, E., Stefanutti, L., & Pierluigi, I. (2024). PsycAssist: A web-based artificial intelligence system designed for adaptive neuropsychological assessment and training. Brain Sciences, 14(2), 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14020122

Finanziamenti per il periodo 2021-2025

International Projects

• “Empowering people with intellectual disabilities: An assessment of rights through the conceptual framework of quality of life” funded by Spain State Research Agency Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (PI: Laura E. Gomez, University of Oviedo) (2020-2024)
• “Better understanding adaptive behavior: Assessment, cross-cultural comparison and relationship with cognitive and general functioning among preschoolers with developmental disabilities” funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (PI: Claudio Straccia, Université de Fribourg) (2020-2025).

National Projects

• PRIN 2020 “Computerized, adaptive and personalized assessment of executive functions and fluid intelligence” funded by the Italian Minister of University and Research (Local research unit Coordinator: Giulia Balboni; PI: Luca Stefanutti, University of Padua) (2022-2024)
• “Italian adaptation, standardization and study of the psychometric properties of Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale (DABS)” funded by Hogrefe (PI: Giulia Balboni) (2017-2023)

Collaborazioni attive a livello nazionale e internazionale documentate da pubblicazioni, finanziamenti e accordi scientifici per il periodo 2021-2025

International collaborations

• Laura E. Gomez, University of Oviedo, ES
• Susan M. Havercamp, Nisonger Center, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA
• Lucia M. Morán, University of Cantabria, ES
• Cristina Mumbardó-Adam, University of Barcellona, ES
• Claudio Straccia, Université de Fribourg, CH
• Marc J. Tassé, Nisonger Center, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA

National collaborations

• Roberto Cubelli, Gianluca Esposito, University of Trento
• Stefano Cacciamani, University of Valle d’Aosta
• Paola Brovedani, Roberta Igliozzi, Filippo Muratori, Raffaella Tancredi, IRCCS Stella Maris, Calambrone (PI), University of Pisa
• Elisa Fazzi, Micheletti Serena, Galli Jessica, Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia
• Pasquale Anselmi, Debora de Chiusole, Luca Stefanutti, Egidio Robusto, University of Padua
• Pizzoli Claudia, Gruppioni Barbara, Fabbri Manuela, Regional Center for Language and Cognitive Disabilities, Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Unit, IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna

Attività editoriali nel periodo 2021-2025

Giulia Balboni

• Guest Editor-In-Chief, Special Issue “Quality of Life in Developmental Disabilities”, Research in Developmental Disabilities
• Guest Editor-In-Chief, Special Issue “Enhancing Research Practice in Developmental Disabilities”, Research in Developmental Disabilities
• Associate Editor, Research in Developmental Disabilities
• Direction Advisor, TPM (Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology)
• Editorial Board, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development
• Editorial Board, Psicothema
• Editorial Board, Siglo Cero
• Editorial Board, Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities
• Comitato di Redazione, Giornale Italiano di Psicologia

Paola Bonifacci

• Associate Editor, British Journal in Developmental Psychology

Giulia Casu

• Associate Editor, Europe’s Journal of Psychology
• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology Quantitative Psychology and Measurement

Sara Giovagnoli

• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology Quantitative Psychology and Measurement

Catia Prandi

• Guest Editor, Special Issue “Future generation ICT solutions for digital social innovation and sustainable development”, Journal Future Generation Computer Systems
• Guest Editor, Special Section “Responsible computing for social good”, ACM Journal on Responsible Computing
• Guest Editor, Special Issue “Digital wellbeing for teens: Designing educational systems”, Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)
• Guest Editor, Collection “Citizen science for sustainable resilient cities: Engaging citizens in preservation, monitor, awareness, and decision making”, Discover Cities

Appartenenza ad accademie scientifiche e/o comitati esecutivi di associazioni scientifiche nel periodo 2020-2024

Giulia Balboni

• American Psychological Association (APA), International Affiliate, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods Division (Division 5)
• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
• European Association of Methodology (EAM)
• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), Member of the Advisory Committee of the 12th edition of Intellectual Disability: Definition, Diagnosis, Classification, and Systems of Supports

• International Test Commission (ITC), Member of the Diversity and Justice Committee

Giulia Casu

• Asociación Chilena de Metodología, Medición y Evaluación (ACMME)
• European Association of Psychological Assessment (EAPA)
• International Test Commission (ITC)
• Psychometric Society

Catia Prandi

• Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI/LARSyS), https://iti.larsys.pt/vision-mission/