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Chiorri, C. (2011). Test theory and techniques. Developing a psychological test.
Milan: McGraw-Hill. Italia. ISBN: 978 88 386 6404-5.
Teoria e tecnica psicometrica. Costruire un test psicologico

It is an handbook that explains the main psychometric theories and the statistical techniques needed to develop a sound psychological test. Chapter 1 is a historical and theoretical review about measurement of psychological variables. Chapter 2 deals with the paramount importance of defining the content domain of the construct, its operationalizations and the target population as first steps to develop a psychological test, and considers the main approaches to scaling (classical test theory and item response theory). Chapter 3 explains how to develop items avoinding biases due to poor wording and technical shorcomings. Chapter 4 deals with the investigation of content and face validity and with item analysis. Chapter 5 describes factor analysis and the assessment of construct and criterion validity. Chapter 6 deals with score standardization and norms development. Online materials are also provided on the publisher's website: "Approfondimenti" (additional material about topics not covered in the book, more detailed descriptions of statistical models, etc.), and "Strumenti Informatici" (how to perform the statistical analyses described in the book and in the supplemental material with SPSS, Excel, R, Mplus, FACTOR).

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Chiorri, C. (2010). Introductory Psychometrics.
Milan: McGraw-Hill. Italia. ISBN: 978 88 386 6556-1.
Fondamenti di psicometria

It is an handbook of introductory statistics for psychologists. Chapter 1 introduces the basic concepts of psychometrics (measurement in psychology, tests, items, reliability, validity, etc.), Chapter 2 presents basic descriptive statistics, Chapter 3 introduces probability, combinatorics and the logic of hypothesis testing, Chapter 4, 5 and 6 explain how to perform analysis with one, two and three or more samples, respectively, for nominal, ordinal and metric dependent variables, Chapter 7 deals with methods for assessing bivariate association. Exercises and questions are provided at the end of each chapter to help readers test their understanding of concepts and statistical procedures. Online materials are also provided on the publisher's website: there are solutions to exercises, "Approfondimenti" (additional material about history of psychology and psychometrics and more detailed statistical tests, like post-hoc tests, power analysis, etc.), and "Strumenti Informatici" (how to perform the statistical tests described in the handbook with Excel and SPSS).

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 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Ubbiali A., Chiorri C., Hampton P., Donati D. (2012). Psychometric properties of the Italian adaptation of the Big Five Inventory (BFI). Bollettino di Psicologia Applicata. (In Press).
  2. Garbarino, S., Chiorri, C., Magnavita, N., Piattino, S., & Cuomo, G. (2012). Personality profiles of special force police officers. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. doi: 10.1007/s11896-011-9099-6.
  3. Chiorri, C., Melli, G., & Smurra, R. (2011). Second-order factor structure of the Vancouver Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (VOCI) in an Italian non-clinical sample. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 22, 1-17.
  4. Ubbiali A., Chiorri C., Donati D. (2011). The Italian version of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Personality Disorders Scales (IIP-47): psychometric properties and clinical usefulness as a screening measure. Journal of Personality Disorders, 25:4,528-541).
  5. Bracco, F., Chiorri, C., & Ricco, S. (2010). Valutazione del carico di lavoro in contesti di simulazione del settore navale. Rivista Italiana di Ergonomia, 1, 68-92.
  6. Arata, A., Battini, V., Chiorri, C., & Masini, B. (2010). An exploratory survey of eating behaviour patterns in adolescent students. Eating and Weight Disorders, 15(4), e200-e207.
  7. Bracco, F., & Chiorri, C. (2009). People have the power: priority of socially relevant stimuli in a change detection task. Cognitive Processing, 10(1), 41-49.
  8. Chiorri, C. (2009). Proprietà psicometriche della versione italiana della Intuitive Eating Scale di Tylka (2006) in un campione non clinico. Salute & Società, 3, 154-177.

 

SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS

  1. Chiorri, C. Overcoming non-random assignment to treatment conditions in observational studies: An introduction to Propensity Score Analysis. Invited talk for the Advanced Quantitative Research Methods Special Interest Group (Quant SIG) Meetings. University of Oxford, 2011.
  2. Chiorri, C. (2011). The curious case of Big Five questionnaires confirmatory factor analyses: issues and solutions. Invited talk for the Advanced Quantitative Research Methods Special Interest Group (Quant SIG) Meetings. University of Oxford, 2011.
  3. Ubbiali A., Chiorri C., Hampton P., Garofalo A., Donati D. The usefulness of the Healthy Functioning Rating Scale SWAP-200 (HFRS-SWAP-200) to evaluate which psychological features can predict the course of the treatment in individual psychotherapy. Presented at: 42th International Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR). Bern, 2011.
  4. Ubbiali A., Chiorri C., Donati D. The Italian version of the Big Five Inventory (BFI): psychometric properties and cross-cultural validity. Presented at: 42th International Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR). Bern, 2011.
  5. Chiorri C., Ubbiali A., Donati D. Utilità clinica della versione italiana del Big Five Inventory. Presentato a: VIII Congresso Nazionale della Società per la Ricerca in Psicoterapia (SPR-It). Perugia, 2010.
  6. Chiorri, C., Melli, G., Smurra, R., & Olatunji, B. Italian adaptation of the disgust scale revised: A psychometric study. Presented at: 40th Congress of the European Assocation of Cognitive & Behavioral Therapies, Milan, 2010.
  7. Chiorri, C., Carrozza, A., Dani, L., Pesce, E., & Anfosso A. (2010). IMACO-23: A new screening tool for eating disorders. Presented at: 40th Congress of the European Assocation of Cognitive & Behavioral Therapies, Milan, 2010
  8. Chiorri, C., Civano, M.P., Alberti, G., De Pietri, S., & Airaldi, C. Adattamento italiano del Toronto Empathy Questionnaire. Presentato a: XVI Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione Psicologia Sperimentale, Bologna, 2010.
  9. Donati D., Ubbiali A., Chiorri C. Psychology and Medicine: an Italian proposal for joining forces between experts from different theoretical backgrounds aiming at integrating psychotherapy into an holistic approach to the patient’s need. Presented at: XXVI SEPI International Conference: One or many sciences for psychotherapy: what constitutes evidence? Firenze, 2010.
  10. Chiorri C., Ubbiali A., Brunetta M., Conti P., Donadoni G., Hampton P. & Donati D. Integrating forces between clinical judgment and standardised personality assessment for managing risk of early dropout in dynamic group psychotherapy. Presented at: XXVI SEPI International Conference: One or many sciences for psychotherapy: what constitutes evidence? Firenze, 2010.
  11. Chiorri C., Ubbiali A., Brunetta M., Conti P., Donadoni G., Hampton P. & Donati D. Which personality features can influence clinical jugdment when referring to group versus individual psychotherapy? a retrospective study. Presented at: XXVI SEPI International Conference: One or many sciences for psychotherapy: what constitutes evidence? Firenze, 2010.
  12. Ubbiali A., Chiorri C., Brunetta M., Conti P., Donadoni G., Hampton P. & Donati D. Joining patients’ and therapists’ perspectives to help clinicians in predicting the course of psychotherapy: the usefulness of a new brief and valid measure. Presented at: XXVI SEPI International Conference: One or many sciences for psychotherapy: what constitutes evidence? Firenze, 2010.
  13. Chiorri, C., & Bracco, F. Attendibilità e unidimensionalità della versione italiana della Safety Organizing Scale di Vogus e Sutcliffe (2007). Presentato a: Congresso Associazione Italiana Psicologia, Sezione Psicologia delle Organizzazioni, Firenze, 2009.
  14. Ubbiali A., Donati D., Chiorri C. Psychometric properties and clinical usefulness of the Italian version of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems - 47 (IIP-47). Presented at: 7th Europeean Conference of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Bolzano 2009.
  15. Ubbiali A., Donati D., Chiorri C. Assessing the 'Basic elements' of individual personality resources through the use of the Healthy Functioning Rating Scale SWAP-200 (HFRS-SWAP-200). Presented at: 7th Europeean Conference of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Bolzano 2009.
  16. Chiorri, C., Piccinno, T., Bottiglieri, L. & D’Anna, F. Validazione italiana di tre strumenti psicometrici per la valutazione di atteggiamenti e comportamenti alla guida. Presentato a: XV Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione Psicologia Sperimentale, Chieti, 2009.
  17. Chiorri, C., Carrozza, A., Pesce, E., Anfosso, A., & Dani, L. IMACO - Sviluppo di un test di screening per i disturbi del comportamento alimentare. Presentato a: XV Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione Psicologia Sperimentale, Chieti, 2009.
  18. Chiorri, C., Parma, D., Scarfì, C., & Gemignani, L. (2009). Correlati di personalità delle preferenze cinematografiche - Studio preliminare. Presentato a: XV Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione Psicologia Sperimentale, Chieti, 2009.
  19. Chiorri, C., Piattino, S., Primi, C., Chiesi, F., & Galli, S. (2009). Why Psychology Students don’t Like Statistics?. Presented at: The MathPsych Conference, Amsterdam, 2009.

 

 

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