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Faculty of Human and Social SciencesLaboratory of Psychometrics

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The laboratory

The Laboratory of Psychometrics is a study and research centre belonging to the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at the Kore University of Enna.

The laboratory offers students and trainees the resources to learn how to use evaluation tools, conduct bibliographic research, carry out practical-guided exercises, process and interpret data, and prepare empirical and experimental dissertations.

Objectives

The laboratory, which relies on the collaboration of doctoral students, research fellows and research associates, is also a venue for internal training, aimed at pursuing the following work objectives.

The student will learn the importance of using and citing sources as the mainstay of scientific communication.

Employing a practical-guided course, students will learn how to access and use the main digital databases and the rules to follow for the correct compilation of an APA-style bibliography, according to internationally agreed standards.

The laboratory, which relies on the collaboration of doctoral students, research fellows and research associates, is also a venue for internal training, aimed at pursuing the following work objectives:

  • Bibliographical research activities: the student will learn the importance of using and citing sources as the mainstay of scientific communication. Employing a practical-guided course, students will learn how to access and use the main digital databases and the rules to follow for the correct compilation of an APA-style bibliography, according to internationally agreed standards.
  • Research project: the student will receive guidance on the process leading to drafting research and intervention projects in the psychological and social field.
    Using operational indications and application examples, the student will practically practice the elaboration and drafting of a project idea.
  • Construction of a data matrix: The student will have the opportunity to work on the forms of organisation of the available data and the procedure for translating the raw empirical material into ‘case-by-variable’ matrices by creating the trace-record and the application of the coding plan.
  • Data entry procedure: the student will be guided in the exercise to acquire skill and talent for entering the data collected in a suitably constructed database.
  • Automated scoring: The student will receive guidance in calculating test scores by applying scoring algorithms and constructing scoring spreadsheets.
  • Methods of administration and scoring of psychometric instruments: the student will be guided in learning the administrative procedures and the practice of scoring and interpreting psychometric instruments.
  • Data analysis: the student will have the opportunity to receive practical knowledge for applying the main data analysis techniques used in psychosocial research, including through practical application exercises and the use of special statistical software.

Regulations and decrees

The loan of evaluation tools is reserved exclusively for lecturers and PhD students.

The regulation requires completing the appropriate application form with the date and signature.

Students may consult the material of interest for individual study and/or thesis preparation within the laboratory itself, subject to authorisation by a lecturer.

Equipment

The Psychometrics Laboratory is a structure equipped with workstations, equipped with fixed PCs appropriately connected to the network for access, via the University IP, to databases useful for bibliographic research and data entry and processing operations.

The laboratory possesses a large number of psychometric instruments and reference manuals which, in a regulated manner, can be used by students, trainees, doctoral students and lecturers at the University.

Available test-based resources include intelligence tests, personality tests, aptitude tests, interest tests, neuropsychological tests and profit tests.

Research

The Psychometrics Laboratory researches applying advanced methods and data analysis techniques in the psychosocial field.

The main topic of interest is focused on issues related to the methodological procedures of psychological testing, with specific reference to the construction of new measurement scales and the adaptation and validation of assessment instruments in the various application areas of psychological investigation.

The laboratory is particularly concerned with the following methodological procedures:

  • exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis techniques;
  • general linear model (regression/Anova);
  • mediation models;
  • path analysis;
  • moderation models;
  • conditional or moderated mediation models;
  • linear mixed model (random coefficients models, multilevel models);
  • generalised linear model (logistic, poisson, multinomial);
  • structural equation models;
  • Item Response Theory;
  • systematic review;
  • Meta-analysis.

Research products and publications

  • Faraci, P., Valenti, G.D.(2022).
    Examining the psychometric properties of the Fatalism Scale during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
    International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 22(1).
  • Valenti, G.D., & Faraci, P.(2021).
    Instruments Measuring Fatalism: A Systematic Review.
    Psychological Assessment, 34(2), 159-175
  • Valenti, G.D., Faraci, P., Craparo, G.(2021).
    Assessing the psychological problems scale’s structural validity and measurement invariance on a sample of international students.
    Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 18(2), 77-85, doi: 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210201
  • Faraci, P., Guarnera, M., Commodari, E., Buccheri, S.L., Valenti, G.D.(2020).
    Development of the Mental Imagery Scale for Preschool Children using Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory.
    International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, 27(2), 31-49, doi: 10.18848/2327-7920/CGP/v27i02/31-49.
  • Faraci, P., Perdighe, C., Valenti, G.D., Del Monte, C., Saliani, A.M.(2020).
    Psychometric properties of the Saving Cognition Inventory (SCI) in nonclinical samples.
    International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 20(2), 201-209.{2]
  • Faraci, P., Valenti, G. D.(2020).
    Evaluating acculturation among adolescents: Instruments and methodologies for measurement. \[Measuring adolescent acculturation strategies: survey tools and methods].
    Researches in Psychology, 44(2), 501-544, doi: 10.3280/RIP2020-002004.
  • Faraci, P., Valenti, G.D.(2020).
    Instruments measuring omophobia: A systematic review.
    Social Psychology, 15(2), 293-331, doi: 10.1482/96844.
  • Magnano, P., Zammitti, A., Dibilio, R., Faraci, P.(2019).
    Italian Validation of the Jarel Spiritual Well-Being Scale.
    Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 22(6), 626-644, doi: 10.1080/13674676.2019.1594740.
  • Faraci, P., Perdighe, C., Del Monte, C., Saliani, A.(2019).
    Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview (HRS-I): Reliability and construct validity in a nonclinical sample.
    International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 19(3), 345-352.
  • Faraci, P., Magnano, P., Valenti, G.D.(2019).
    Scales for measuring job satisfaction: a critical review.
    Job satisfaction scales: A critical review.
    Italian Journal of Occupational Medicine and Ergonomics, 41(1), 29-44.
  • Faraci, P.(2018).
    Testing for the dimensionality of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) with a sample of high school teachers.
    Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 15(1), 50-59.
  • Faraci, P., Perdighe, C., Del Monte, C., Saliani, A.(2018).
    Reliability, validity and factor structure of the Compulsive Acquisition Scale (CAS).
    Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 15(1), 42-49.
  • Ingoglia, S., Faraci, P., Musso, P., Lo Coco, A., Liga, F.(2018).
    Self-Other Differentiation Scale: Dimensionality, IRT parameterisation, and measurement invariance.
    Journal of Genetic Psychology, 179(1), doi: 10.1080/00221325.2017.1415202.
  • Craparo, G., Faraci, P., Gori, A., Hunter, J.A., Hunter, A., Pileggi, V., Costanzo, G., Lazzaro, A., Eastwood, J.D.(2017).
    Validation of the Italian version of the Multidimensional State Boredom Scale (MSBS).
    Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 14 (2), 173-182.
  • Faraci, P., Valenti, G.D.(2016).
    Measuring job satisfaction: Development of a multidimensional scale \[Measuring job satisfaction:
    Construction of a multidimensional survey instrument].
    Italian Journal of Occupational Medicine and Ergonomics, 38(1), 30-41.
  • Faraci, P., Hell, B., Schuler, H.(2016).
    Psychometric Evaluation of the Italian Adaptation of the Test of Inferential and Creative Thinking.
    Creativity Research Journal, 28(3), 379-384, ISSN: 1040-0419, doi: 10.1080/10400419.2016.1195617.
  • Craparo, G., Faraci, P., Gori, A.(2015).
    Psychometric properties of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in a group of Italian younger adolescents.
    Psychiatry Investigation, 12(4), 500-507, ISSN: 1738-3684, doi: 10.4306/pi.2015.12.4.500{2].
  • Perdighe, C., Cosentino, T., Faraci, P., Gragnani, A., Saliani, A., Mancini, F.(2015).
    Individual differences in guilt sensitivity: The Guilt Sensitivity Scale (GSS).
    Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 22(3), 349-362, ISSN: 1972-6325, doi: 10.4473/TPM22.3.3.
  • Faraci, P., Cannistraci, S.(2015).
    The Short Index of Self-Actualization: A factor analysis study in an Italian sample.
    International Journal of Psychological Research, 8(2), 23-33, ISSN: 2011-2084, doi: 10.21500/20112084.1507.
  • Misuraca, R., Faraci, P., Gangemi, A., Carmeci, F.A., Miceli, S.(2015).
    The Decision Making Tendency Inventory: A new measure to assess maximising, satisficing, and minimising.
    Personality and Individual Differences, 85, 111-116, ISSN: 0191-8869, doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.04.043.
  • Craparo, G., Magnano, P., Faraci, P.(2014).
    Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SREIT).
    TPM – Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 21(2), 121-133, doi: 10.4473/TPM21.2.1.{2]
  • Craparo, G., Faraci, P., Rotondo, G., Gori, A.(2013).
    The Impact of Event Scale –Revised: Psychometric properties of the Italian version in a sample of flood victims.
    Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 9, 1427-1432, ISSN: 1178-2021, doi: 10.2147/NDT.S51793{2].
  • Faraci, P., Tirrito, A.(2013).
    Fifty years studying the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) factorial stability without consistent results: A further contribution.
    Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 10(6), 274-279.
  • Faraci, P., Lock, M., Wheeler, R.(2013).
    Assessing leadership decision-making styles: psychometric properties of the Leadership Judgement Indicator.
    Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 6, 117-123, doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S53713{2].
  • Craparo, G., Faraci, P., Fasciano, S., Carrubba, S., Gori, A.(2013).
    A factor analytic study of the Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS).
    Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 10(3-4), 164-170.
  • Faraci, P., Craparo, G., Messina, R., Severino, S.(2013).
    Internet Addiction Test (IAT): Which is the best factorial solution?
    Journal of Medical Internet Research, 15(10): e225, ISSN: 1438-8871, doi: 10.2196/jmir.2935{2].
  • Faraci, P., Musso, P.(2013).
    The evaluation of structural equation models.
    In C. Barbaranelli, S. Ingoglia (a cura di).
    Structural equation models: issues and perspectives (pp. 111-150). Milan: LED, ISBN: 978-88-7916-649-2, doi: 10.7359/649-2013-fara
  • Manna, G., Faraci, P., Como, M.R.(2013).
    Factorial structure and psychometric 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, ISSN:1841-0413, doi: 10.5964/ejop.v9i2.500.
  • Faraci, P.(2013).
    Leadership assessment according to the LJI model: presentation and analysis of some cases.
    Items, La newsletter del testing psicologico, 27, 1-12, ISSN: 1970-0466
  • Faraci, P. (2012).
    The LJI: a situational test for assessing leadership.
    Items, La newsletter del testing psicologico, 22, 1-6, ISSN: 1970-0466
  • Faraci, P. (2011).
    Situational testing: a method for assessing judgement.
    Items, La newsletter del testing psicologico, 19, 1-7, ISSN: 1970-0466
  • Faraci, P., Triscari, M.T., D’Angelo, V., Urso, V. (2011).
    Fear of flying assessment: A contribution to the Italian validation of two self-report measures.
    Review of Psychology, 18(2), 91-100.

Services

The Psychometrics Laboratory offers students the opportunity to consult the available measuring instruments and manuals upon request to a lecturer or thesis advisor.

The laboratory also offers a lending service of psychological tests for lecturers and doctoral students.

Contacts and where we are

The Psychometrics Laboratory is located on level -1 of the Psychology Campus of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at the University of Enna “Kore”.

Contacts: palmira.faraci@unikore.it

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