Editorial Board
Michela Balsamo Ph.D. (G.D'annunzio University)
Associate professor, 'G. D'Annunzio' di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti · Italy
Editorial leadership for Journal of Behavior Therapy And Mental Health ISSN 2474-9273
Research interests
- Psychometrics Measurement Of Clinical Variables
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Rumination
Biography
- Michela Balsamo obtained her undergraduate degree summa cum laude in Psychology from the Second University of Naples (Italy) in 1999.
- During her post degree internship on psychometrics, she won a three-year PhD position in Psychology at the University of Chieti (Italy) under thesupervision of Prof. Aristide Saggino.
- From 2003 to 2006 her research was focused on the study of the measurement of depression using new psychometric theory (Item Response Theory) (Phd 2006).
- In 2007, following a comparative evaluation, she won a two-year Post-Doc position at the University of Chieti (Italy).
- In 2010 shebecame lecturer in the M-PSI/03 area (Psychometrics) at the University of Chieti.
- She is currently an Aggregate Professor of Psychometrics in the Department of Psychological, Helath and Territorial Sciences at the University of Chieti, where she collaborates with the Psychometrics lab.
- She is also a reviewer for Psychiatric Researchand Comprehensive Psychiatry for studiesregarding measurement of clinical variables.
- She is a member of the Italian Society for the Experimental Psychology (AIP) that aims to promoteempirical studies in this area.
- Annually, Dr. Balsamo actively participates in many national and international conferences.
- She is author and co-author in several national and international journals.
Selected publications
- Assessment of anxiety in older adults: a review of self-report measures 2018 cited 244×
- Co-rumination, anxiety, and maladaptive cognitive schemas: when friendship can hurt 2018 cited 39×
- Cognitive Vulnerabilities and Depression in Young Adults: An ROC Curves Analysis 2013 cited 19×
- Psychometric Properties of the Attitudes toward Self-Revised in Italian Young Adults 2013 cited 18×
- Emotional abuse among Lesbian Italian women: Relationship consequences, help-seeking and disclosure behaviors 2020 cited 16×
- Construct Validity and Reliability of the Adult Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire: A Comparison of Three Factor Models 2014 cited 15×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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