DAIANA COLLEDANI

Daiana Colledani, PhD in scienze psicologiche, è ricercatrice RTT presso il Dipartimento di Psicologia (Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia) dell’Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza". Inoltre è psicologa e psicoterapeuta (cognitivo-costruttivista) abilitata all’esercizio della professione.
I suoi principali interessi di ricerca e di insegnamento riguardano l’ambito della psicometria e dell’assessment di variabili di differenza individuale.
In particolare, si occupa di:
• Sviluppo, validazione e studio delle proprietà psicometriche di strumenti di valutazione psicologica attraverso modelli di equazioni strutturali, item response theory, modelli di Rasch e teoria classica dei test.

• Sviluppo di misure abbreviate e adattive di variabili psicologiche.

• Studio del ruolo di variabili di differenza individuale in diversi contesti mediante l’applicazione di modelli per l’analisi sdi variabili osservate e latenti (modelli di equazioni strutturali, modelli multigruppo, path analysis, analisi per classi e profili latenti).

• Applicazione di algoritmi di machine learning per l’analisi e l’interpretazione di dati psicodiagnostici e per la creazione di test psicodiagnostici brevi, adattivi e personalizzati.

• Applicazione di strumenti di valutazione implicita per la misurazione di variabili di differenza individuale.

Daiana Colledani è autrice e coautrice di numerosi articoli pubblicati su riviste internazionali ed è membro del comitato editoriale di riviste indicizzate su Scopus e WOS. Inoltre, partecipa regolarmente a convegni di interesse nazionale e internazionale.

Produzione scientifica

2026 Emotion Regulation Strategies and Social Media Addiction: Gender-Specific Pathways Through Social Anxiety and Depression in Youth. DOI: 10.1155/hbe2/5824160. In HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES vol. 2026 (1)
Monacis, L.; Colledani, D.; Mortali, C.; Anselmi, P.; Gomez Perez, L. J.; Genetti, B.; Fassinato, D. ...

2025 Worldwide study reveals fluid sexual preferences in females and no association between gynephilia and non-heterosexuality. DOI: 10.1093/jsxmed/qdae162. In THE JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE vol. 22 (1)
Camperio Ciani, A. S.; Colledani, D.

2025 Investigating the functioning of rating scales with rasch models. DOI: 10.1177/10731911241245792. In ASSESSMENT vol. 32 (3)
Colledani, D.; Gonzalez Pizzio, A. P.; Devita, M.; Anselmi, P.

2025 Machine Learning–Driven Adaptive Testing: An Application for the MMPI Assessment. DOI: 10.1155/hbe2/5146188. In HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES vol. 2025 (1)
Colledani, D.; Robusto, E.; Anselmi, P.

2025 Measuring Technostress in Everyday Life: Development and Validation of an Assessment Scale. DOI: 10.1155/hbe2/5793644. In HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES vol. 2025 (1)
Colledani, D.; Barbaranelli, C.; Robusto, E.; Anselmi, P.

2025 Investigating the Psychometric Properties of the Emotion Regulation Flexibility Questionnaire in the Italian Context. DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe15080165. In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATION IN HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION vol. 15 (8)
Mignolli, G.; Colledani, D.; Tommasi, F.; Meneghini, A. M.

2025 Italian validation of the workplace ostracism scale (WOS). DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1584118. In FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY vol. 16
Colledani, D.; De Carlo, A.; Falvo, R.; Capozza, D.

2025 Using the K-Means Node Clustering Method and ROC Curve Analysis to Define Cut-Off Scores for the Caregiving System Scale. DOI: 10.1002/ijop.70038. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY vol. 60 (2)
Colledani, D.; Mikulincer, M.; Shaver, P. R.; Meneghini, A. M.

2025 Fast, smart, and adaptive: using machine learning to optimize mental health assessment and monitor change over time. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-91086-w. In SCIENTIFIC REPORTS vol. 15 (1)
Colledani, D.; Barbaranelli, C.; Anselmi, P.

2024 Shortening and personalizing psychodiagnostic assessments with decision tree-machine learning classifiers: an application example based on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. DOI: 10.1007/s11469-024-01332-x. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
Colledani, D.; Robusto, E.; Anselmi, P.

2024 Furher evidence for the validity of the kut: a measure of organizational commitment. DOI: 10.4473/TPM.31.3.8. In TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY vol. 31 (3)
Colledani, D.; Falvo, R.; De Carlo, A.; Capozza, D.

2024 Validation of the HRI-24 on Adolescents and Development of a Short Version of the Instrument. DOI: 10.1007/s11469-023-01104-z. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION vol. 22
Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Monacis, L.; Robusto, E.; Genetti, B.; Andreotti, A.; Gomez Perez, L. J. ...

2024 THE ITALIAN VERSION OF THE STATE EMOTION REGULATION INVENTORY-SHORT FORM (IT-SERI-SF) AND THE ASSESSMENT OF ITS MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE ACROSS GROUPS AND SITUATIONS. DOI: 10.4473/TPM31.3.3. In TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY vol. 31 (3)
Colledani, D.; Mignolli, G.; Maria, A.

2024 Validation of the German work-related basic need satisfaction scale (W-BNS-G). DOI: 10.1007/s12144-024-06927-0. In CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY vol. 43 (47)
Grunwald, K. C.; Van den Broeck, A.; Colledani, D.; Lermer, E.; Falvo, R.; Hudecek, M. F. C.

2024 Are job characteristics associated with patient (de)humanization through the mediation of health providers’ well-being?. DOI: 10.1111/jasp.13060. In JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY vol. 54 (10)
Capozza, D.; Colledani, D.; Falvo, R.

2024 Further Validation of the Persecutory Ideation Questionnaire in the Italian Context: Results From Classical and Modern Test Theory. DOI: 10.1177/10731911241257012. In ASSESSMENT
Colledani, D.; Boragno, P.; Fiabane, E. M.; Setti, I.; Gabanelli, P.

2024 Psychosocial risk and protective factors for youth problem behavior are associated with food addiction in the Generation Z. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1414110. In FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH vol. 12
Mastrobattista, L.; Gomez Perez, L. J.; Gallimberti, L.; Genetti, B.; Andreotti, A.; Fassinato, D.; ...

2024 Assessing key soft skills in organizational contexts: development and validation of the multiple soft skills assessment tool. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1405822. In FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY vol. 15
Colledani, D.; Robusto, E.; Anselmi, P.

2024 Emotional Engagement and Caring Relationships: The Assessment of Emotion Regulation Repertoires of Nurses. DOI: 10.1177/00332941221110548. In PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS vol. 127 (1)
Meneghini, A. M.; Colledani, D.; Morandini, S.; De France, K.; Hollenstein, T.

2023 The distinctive role of morality in fostering behavioural tendencies of facilitation towards Romanian Roma and immigrants. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101787. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS vol. 94
Meneghini, A. M.; Morandini, S.; Sanchez-Castello, M.; Colledani, D.; Lopez-Rodriguez, L.; Navas, M.

2023 Machine learning-decision tree classifiers in psychiatric assessment: An application to the diagnosis of major depressive disorder. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115127. In PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH vol. 322
Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Robusto, E.
2023 Attitude towards Intranasal Vaccines and Psychological Determinants: Effects on the General Population in Northern Italy. DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11010138. In VACCINES vol. 11 (1)
Boragno, Paola; Fiabane, Elena; Colledani, Daiana; Dalla Gasperina, Daniela; Setti, Ilaria; Sommovig ...

2023 A bifactor-based Academic PsyCap Questionnaire for students and fresh graduates. DOI: 10.25115/ejrep.v21i60.7205. In REVISTA ELECTRÓNICA DE INVESTIGACIÓN PSICOEDUCATIVA Y PSICOPEDAGÓGICA vol. 21 (60)
Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Fabbris, L.; Robusto, E.

2023 Development of a scale for capturing psychological aspects of physical–digital integration: relationships with psychosocial functioning and facial emotion recognition. DOI: 10.1007/s00146-023-01646-9. In AI & SOCIETY
Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Robusto, E.

2022 An Item Response Theory-Based Scoring of the South Oaks Gambling Screen–Revised Adolescents. DOI: 10.1177/10731911211017657. In ASSESSMENT vol. 29 (7)
Anselmi, P.; Colledani, D.; Andreotti, A.; Robusto, E.; Fabbris, L.; Vian, P.; Genetti, B.; Mortali, ...

2022 The Caregiving System Scale: Factor Structure, Gender Invariance, and the Contribution of Attachment Orientations. DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000673. In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT vol. 38 (5)
Colledani, D.; Meneghini, A. M.; Mikulincer, M.; Shaver, P. R.

2022 Rasch Models in the Analysis of Repgrid Data. DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2020.1852461. In JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PSYCHOLOGY vol. 35 (2)
Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Robusto, E.

2022 “Doing Well by Doing Good”: When and How Volunteering Fosters Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being. DOI: 10.1037/hum0000303. In THE HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGIST
Meneghini, A. M.; Colledani, D.

2022 COVID-19 emergency: The influence of implicit attitudes, information sources, and individual characteristics on psychological distress, intentions to get vaccinated, and compliance with restrictive rules. DOI: 10.5114/hpr.2021.111292. In HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY REPORT vol. 10 (1)
Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Robusto, E.

2022 ASSESSMENT OF THE PROXIMITY OF CLOTHING TO SELF SCALE FOR ADOLESCENTS IN THE ITALIAN CONTEXT. DOI: 10.4473/TPM29.3.5. In TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY vol. 29 (3)
Leone, G.; Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.

2021 A Worldwide Internet Study Based on Implicit Association Test Revealed a Higher Prevalence of Adult Males' Androphilia than Ever Reported Before. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.09.011. In JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE vol. 18 (1)
Colledani, D.; Camperio Ciani, A.

2021 Religious assessment in Italian older adults: psychometric properties of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity and the Behavioral Religiosity Scale. DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2021.1913938. In EXPERIMENTAL AGING RESEARCH vol. 47 (5)
Fagnani, M.; Devita, M.; Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Sergi, G.; Mapelli, D.; Coin, A.

2021 Denying full humanity to patients and nurses’ well-being: The moderating role of attachment security. DOI: 10.4473/TPM28.3.4. In TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY vol. 28 (3)
Falvo, R.; Colledani, D.; Capozza, D.

2021 On the Association between the Use of Digital Devices and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Lockdown. DOI:
10.46469/mq.2021.62.2.3. In MANKIND QUARTERLY vol. 62 (2)
Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Robusto, E.

2021 Response to the Letter to the Editor on “A Worldwide Internet Study Based on Implicit Association Test Revealed a Higher Prevalence of Adult Males’ Androphilia Than Ever Reported Before”. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2021.01.182. In JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE vol. 18 (4)
Camperio Ciani, A.; Colledani, D.

2021 Cross-cultural validation of a new abbreviated version of the epq-r. DOI: 10.4473/TPM28.3.6. In TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY vol. 28 (3)
Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Robusto, E.

2021 Can secure attachment be related to prosocial behaviors through the mediation of humanizing self-perceptions?. DOI: 10.4473/TPM28.2.1. In TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY vol. 28 (2)
Capozza, D.; Colledani, D.; Falvo, R.

2020 Employee burnout and positive dimensions of well-being: A latent workplace spirituality profile analysis. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242267. In PLOS ONE vol. 15 (11)
Dal Corso, L.; De Carlo, A.; Carluccio, F.; Colledani, D.; Falco, A.

2020 Positive Supervisor Behaviors and Employee Performance: The Serial Mediation of Workplace Spirituality and Work Engagement. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01834. In FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY vol. 11
De Carlo, A.; Dal Corso, L.; Carluccio, F.; Colledani, D.; Falco, A.

2019 A Comparison of Classical and Modern Measures of Internal Consistency. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02714. In FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY vol. 10
Anselmi, P.; Colledani, D.; Robusto, E.

2019 Development of a new abbreviated form of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised with multidimensional item response theory. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.05.044. In PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES vol. 149
Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Robusto, E.

2019 Using multidimensional item response theory to develop an abbreviated form of the Italian version of Eysenck's IVE questionnaire. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.01.032. In PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES vol. 142
Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Robusto, E.

2019 Development of two scales for measuring academic psychological capital and locus of control in fresh graduates. DOI: 10.26398/IJAS.0031-002. In STATISTICA APPLICATA vol. 31 (1)
Robusto, E.; Maeran, R.; Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Scioni, M.

2019 The dark triad, humanity attributions, and behavioral inclinations toward outgroups. DOI: 10.4473/TPM26.3.10. In TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY vol. 26 (3)
Capozza, D.; Colledani, D.; Falvo, R.

2018 The dark triad and the Roma: Intergroup emotions and behavioral tendencies. DOI: 10.4473/TPM25.4.5. In TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY vol. 25 (4)
Colledani, D.; Falvo, R.; Capozza, D.

2018 Development of a new abbreviated form of the Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.08.037. In PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES vol. 120
Colledani, D.; Robusto, E.; Anselmi, P.

2018 The work-related basic need satisfaction scale: An Italian validation. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01859. In FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY vol. 9 (OCT)
Colledani, D.; Capozza, D.; Falvo, R.; Di Bernardo, G. A.

2018 Psychometric properties and gender invariance for the dickman impulsivity inventory. DOI: 10.4473/TPM25.1.3. In TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY vol. 25 (1)
Colledani, D.

2018 Using item response theory for the development of a new short form of the Eysenck personality questionnaire-revised. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01834. In FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY vol. 9 (OCT)
Colledani, D.; Anselmi, P.; Robusto, E.

2017 The mediating role of values between personality and religiosity. DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2017.1310089. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILDREN'S SPIRITUALITY vol. 22 (2)
Colledani, D.

2016 Dehumanization in medical contexts: An expanding research field. DOI: 10.4473/TPM23.4.8. In TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY vol. 23 (4)
Capozza, D.; Falvo, R.; Boin, J.; Colledani, D.

2015 Individual Differences, subjective well-being, and job satisfaction: The mediating role of workaholism. DOI: 10.4473/TPM22.4.6. In TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY vol. 22 (4)
Dazzi, C.; Colledani, D.; Falvo, R.; Boin, J.