Tommaso Feraco

Curriculum Vitae

Personal information

Last name: Feraco
First name: Tommaso
Birth date: 26/03/1993
E-mail: tommaso.feraco@unipd.it
Website: https://feracotommaso.github.io/

Current position

05/2026 – current: Tenure-track researcher (M/PSI-01), Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.

Past work experience

08/2024 – 05/2026: Junior Assistant Professor / Fixed term researcher (M/PSI-01), Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.
11/2023 – 07/2024: Post-doc position (research grant – M/PSI-01), Department of General Psychology, University of Padova. Project: “Soft-LD: Softening Learning Disabilities: the role of soft skills in students with Specific Learning Disabilities”. Supervisor: Prof. Chiara Meneghetti.
11/2022 – 10/2023: Post-doc position (research grant – M/PSI-01), Department of General Psychology, University of Padova. Project: “Unlocking soft skills”. Supervisor: Prof. Chiara Meneghetti.
11/2021 – 10/2022: Post-doc position (M/PSI-01), Department of General Psychology, University of Padova. Project: “BeBrEvo “Trade-offs in human Behaviour and Brain: a (r)Evolutionary approach”. Supervisor and PI: Prof. Giorgia Cona.
2018 – 2021: PhD student in Psychological Sciences, Department of General Psicology, University of Padova. Thesis: “Soft skills, study-related factors, wellbeing, and academic achievement in 10-18 years old students” Supervisor: Prof. Chiara Meneghetti. Defense date: 21/02/2022.
2018 – 2021: Head of Research, DUYU (Pentathlon S.r.l.) in collaboration with the University of Padova, Project “Beable: Analysis of the abilities influencing scholastic choice and achievement. Studying the XXI century skills”.

Education and qualifications

06/2025: National Scientific Qualification (ASN), PSIC-01A
02/2022: PhD in Psychological Sciences, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.
02/2021: National qualification to the psychologist profession.
09/2017 – 08/2018: Postgraduate Program in Learning Tutor, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.
03/2018 – 08/2018: Research internship, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova. Supervisor: prof. Chiara Meneghetti
09/2017 – 02/2018: Post-graduate internship, Istituto Padre Monti, Saronno, Italy. Supervisor: Dr. Mariagrazia Banfi.
12/07/2017: Master’s degree in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova. Thesis: “Spatial updating in case of an abrupt displacement during locomotion”. Supervisor: Prof. Chiara Meneghetti.
12/07/2015: Bachelor’s degree in Psychological Sciences and Techniques, University of Milano Bicocca. Thesis: “Human cognition and analogies”. Supervisor: Prof. Laura Macchi.

Additional training

12/2022: ESM Data Analysis Course, Maastrictht University, Prof. Wolfgang Viechtbauer (https://www.wvbauer.com/doku.php/course_esmda; 25 hours).
26/1 & 2/2/2023: Course on principles and strategies of effective communication, debates, dialogic rules, and controversy management, University of Padova, prof. Adelino Cattani, prof. Bruno Mastroianni, and prof. Maria Grazia Busà (4 hours).
23/09/2021: Educational and Career Guidance: Innovative Perspectives at the University of Padova, University of Padova (https://www.unipd.it/news/orientamento-visioni-innovative-unipd; 8 hours).
02/2021: Meta-Analysis Course, Maastrictht University, Prof. Wolfgang Viechtbauer (https://www.wvbauer.com/doku.php/course_ma; 25 hours).
06/2021: Summer school: Bayesian Statistical Analyses for the Human, Social and Cognitive Sciences, University of Verona (https://sites.hss.univr.it/bayeshsc/; 37 hours).

Teaching

Teaching activity

Course	Level	Degree	Year	Hours / CFU
Structural Equation Models	PhD	Psychological Sciences, University of Padova	25/26 \| 23/24	20 (5) \| 16 (4)
Psychology of Learning and Well-Being at School	MC	Applied Cognitive Psychology, University of Padova	24/25	21 (3)
Personality and Individual Differences	BC	Developmental, Personality, and Interpersonal Relationships Psychology, University of Padova	25/26 \| 24/25	21 (3) \| 21 (3)
Personality and Individual Differences	BC	Psychological Sciences and Techniques, University of Padova	25/26	21 (3)
Personality and Individual Differences	BC	Social and Organizational Psychology, University of Padova	25/26	21 (3)
Soft skills and learning disabilities (lesson)	PG	Learning Psychopathology, University of Padova	25/26 \| 23/24	2 \| 4
Social emotional and behavioral skills in students (seminar)	PhD	University of Genova	23/24	2

Teaching assistant activity

Course	Level	Degree	Year	Hours / CFU
Personality and Individual Differences	BC	Developmental, Personality, and Interpersonal Relationships Psychology, University of Padova	23/24 \| 22/23	28h \| 14h
Personality and Individual Differences	BC	Psychological, cognitive and psychobiological sciences, University of Padova	23/24	15h
Spatial cognition	BC	Psychological Sciences, University of Padova	18/19 \| 19/20 \| 20/21 \| 21/22 \| 22/23	15h \| 15h \| 15h \| 15h \| 15h

Invited lectures

30/11/2023: “Social emotional and behavioral skills in boys and girls with specific learning disabilities”. Bachelor course in Psychology, University of Genova (2 hours).
09/03/2023: “Let’s discover the soft skills needed to solve a group problem”. Bachelor course in Electronic Engineering, University of Padova (2 hours).
23/11/2022: “Development of Intelligence in Adolescence: Age and Gender Effects”. Bachelor course in Psychology, University of Genova (2 hours).
23/10/2022: “Soft skills”. Bachelor course in Education, University of Padova.
06/05/2020: “The role of soft skills and study-related factors in fostering students’ academic achievement and life satisfaction”. University of Paris Descartes (2 hours).

Supervision activities

2018 – current: Supervisor of 2 master and 6 bachelor students and co-supervisor of 17 master and 26 bachelor students at the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.

Participation in Degree Examination Committees

2024 – ad oggi: Master’s Degree Thesis Committees, School of Psychology, University of Padova.
2024 – ad oggi: Preparatory Committees for Bachelor’s Degree Programs, School of Psychology, University of Padova.
2024 – ad oggi: Final Degree Awarding Committees for Bachelor’s Degree Programs, School of Psychology, University of Padova.
27/02/2026: PhD Thesis Committee, University of Milano Bicocca.

Cultore della materia

2023: Psicologia della personalità e delle differenze individuali. Corso di Laurea Triennale in Scienze Psicologiche dello Sviluppo, della Personalità e delle Relazioni Interpersonali. Università degli Studi di Padova.

Research experience abroad

2025: Visiting researcher, St. Gallen University, Switzerland (1 month: 15/08/25-15/09/25).
2021: Visiting researcher, University of Paris V: René Descartes. Supervisor: prof. Franck Zenasni (1 month: 30/08/21-30/09/21).
2017: Research internship, University of Cyprus. Supervisor: prof. Marios Avraamides (4 months: 28/8/17-22/12/17).

Public engagement

Talks and debates for high school students. Project: “Scegli con noi”, University of Padova (https://scegliconnoi.unipd.it/)

21/02/2024: Talk: “La psicologia che non ti aspetteresti”. https://scegliconnoi.unipd.it/evento/la-psicologia-che-non-ti-aspetteresti/
20/02/2024: Debate: “Le idee che abbiamo della psicologia sono vere? False? Sia vere che false? Botta e risposta tra esperti”. https://scegliconnoi.unipd.it/evento/le-idee-che-abbiamo-della-psicologia-sono-vere-false-sia-vere-che-false-botta-e-risposta-tra-esperti/
14/02/2023: Talk: “La psicologia che non ti aspetti”. https://scegliconnoi.unipd.it/evento/lo-psicologo-che-non-ti-aspetti-3/
13/02/2023: Debate: “Sarà vero? Sarà falso? La psicologia ti aiuta a capirlo. Botta e Risposta tra esperti”. https://scegliconnoi.unipd.it/evento/misconception-della-psicologia/

Lessons for high school students. Project: “PnrrOrienta”, University of Padova (https://pnrrorienta.unipd.it/)

2024 – 2026: Proposer and teacher for the course: “Competenze trasversali: un laboratorio esperienziale e di scienza psicologica”. 7 lessons, 21 hours.
2023 – 2026: Teacher for the course “Studiare bene, anzi studiare meglio: una chiave di successo per l’Università”. 1 lesson, 3 hours.
2023 – 2024: Online course for high school students: “Destinazione Università: Soft skills e abilità di studio per scegliere l’università con successo”. Responsibles: Tommaso Feraco, Roberta Bonelli, Chiara Meneghetti, Lorenza Da Re. Participants: 3000+.

Dissemination seminars for high school students. Project: “Unipadova incontra”, University of Padova (https://www.unipd.it/unipadova-incontra)

2022: 28/04: Liceo G. Galilei: “Memory and Learning”. 22/04: Liceo Marchesi: “Memory and Learning”. 30/03: Liceo Duca degli Abruzzi: “21st Century Skills at School”.
2021: 20/04: Liceo Caro: “Memory and Learning”. 17/03: Liceo Riccati-Luzzatti: “21st Century Skills at School”. 16/03: Liceo Duca degli Abruzzi: “Memory and Learning”.
2019: 13/02: Liceo Stefanini: “Memory and Learning”.

Dissemination seminars and activities for the public. Projects: “European Researchers Night – Veneto night” (https://venetonightpadova.it/) and “Science for All” (https://science4all.it/). University of Padova

14/11/2023: Lesson for primary school children: “Creativa-Mente: pensare in modo creativo”. Responsibles: Chiara Meneghetti, Barbara Carretti, Tommaso Feraco, Gerardo Pellegrino.
30/09/2023: Activity for the general population: “riCREAre: pensare in modo creativo”. Responsibles: Chiara Meneghetti, Barbara Carretti, Tommaso Feraco, Gerardo Pellegrino.
30/09/2022: Activity for the general population: “Giochiamo con la creatività e l’intelligenza emotiva!”. Responsibles: Tommaso Feraco, Nicole Casali, Chiara Meneghetti.
24/09/2021: Lesson for high school students “Study Well (Not Too Much!) …The Role of Learning Strategies, Motivation, and 21st Century Skills”. Held by Chiara Meneghetti & Tommaso Feraco.
25/09/2020: Lesson for high school students: “The Student of the 21st Century: Strategies and Skills for School and Future Success”. Held by Chiara Meneghetti & Tommaso Feraco.

Other talks, seminars, and debates

24/05/2023: Debate: “Exams Don’t Work”, speaker at the third psycho-debate of the School of Psychology, University of Padova.
23/09/2022: Talk: “Studiare Psicologia a Padova”, International workshop on Educational and Professional Orientation, University of Padova.

Other activities

11/2022 –3/2023: Official responsible for the creation, supervision, and implementation of a video for the promotion of the School of Psychology, University of Padova. Name of the project: “Realizzazione di video di presentazione rivolti a studentesse e studenti delle scuole secondarie di secondo grado italiane e internazionali con la presentazione delle principali informazioni del perché studiare psicologia a Padova”.

Awards and grants

Grants:

2026: Shaping a World-Class University Grant, University of Padova. Project: “From Personality Traits to Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills: Innovative Perspectives for Research and Teaching in Personality and Individual Differences.” Short-term visiting professorship for Prof. Christopher J. Soto, Colby College. Amount: 2.500€. Role: PI and host.
2026: Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (FIS-3) for the project “Geographical Psychology of School Anxiety”. Amount: 1.036.815,36€
2025: EAPP Collaborative Research Grant. Project:“From personality to skill volitional change: Insights from Germany, Italy, and Turkey”. Amount: 10.000€. Role: Co-PI.
2024: EAPP Networking and Travel Stipends. Project: “The Geographical Psychology of School Anxiety”. Amount: 5.000€. Role: PI.
2023: Post-doctoral fellowship for the project: Soft-LD: Softening Learning Disabilities: the role of soft skills in students with Specific Learning Disabilities. Department of General Psychology, University of Padova. Amount: 19.367€. Role: PI.
2023: Project of Relevant Interest for the Nation (PRIN): MUR’s grant for the project Evaluation strategies to contrast university drop-out through empowerment and to design educational and career guidance practices. Role: Team member. PI: Lorenza Da Re. Amount: 246.000€.
2023: Departmental Research Project (PRID): Departmental grant for the project PIO: Perspective on Intelligence Ontogeny. Role: Team member. PI: Lucia Regolin. Amount: 10.000€.
2022: Post-doctoral fellowship for the project “Unlocking soft skills”. Department of General Psychology, University of Padova. Amount: 19.367€. Role: PI.
2021: Erasmus+ Studio Grant: visiting PhD at the University of Paris V: René Descartes, France.
2017: Erasmus+ Studio Grant: four months exchange at the University of Cyprus under the supervision of professor Marios Avraamides.
2017: Scholarship “mille e una lode”, University of Padova. The scholarship was given to the top 4% students of each course based on credits and grades. Amount: 1000€.

Research awards

2024: Scholarship of the European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP) for the presentation: Feraco, T., Casali, N., Pellegrino, G., Carretti B. & Meneghetti C. (2024). Is the Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory cross-culturally valid? Evidence from Italy. European Conference of Personality (ECP), 4-9 August.
2023: Valiant award for the best presentation (third place): Feraco, T. & Giorgia, C. (2023). Happy children! A network and longitudinal analysis of positive affect’s predictors in adolescence. Cognitive Science Arena, 10-11 February.
2022: 2022 Travel Award – Journal of Intelligence, for the best presentation: Feraco, T. & Giorgia, C. (2022). The age-and-gender differentiation hypotheses. A “new” bifactor approach to study differentiation of general and specific components of intelligence. ESCOP, 29 August – 01 September.
2020: Best poster presentation, Feraco, T., Resnati, D., Fregonese, D., & Meneghetti, C. (2020): Soft skill and self-regulated learning in middle and high school students. Web-Conference AIRIPA, 25-26 September.

Teaching awards

2025: Award for Innovative Teaching Practices Arqus Unipd, Project “PERSO-METRIcA (“Personality-Psychometrics”): Interactions Between Teachings for the Cross-Disciplinary Training of Psychological Skills,” presented by Prof. Chiara Meneghetti in collaboration with Prof. Massimo Nucci and Prof. Tommaso Feraco. University of Padua.

International collaborations

Since 2025:: Brent W. Roberts, University of Illinois, USA. Theme: personality, soft skills, personality change.
Since 2024:: Tobias Ebert, St Gallen University, Switzerland. Theme: geographical psychology.
Since 2024:: Nathan W. Hudson, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA. Theme: Volitional personality change.
Since 2022:: Samuel Greiff, university of Luxemburg, Luxemburg. Theme: intelligence, cognitive abilities, measurement.
Since 2022:: Ryan Niemiec, Chief Science & Education Officer of the VIA Institute on Character, US. Theme: character strengths.
Since 2022:: Cristopher Soto, Colby College, US. Theme: personality, assessment, soft skills.
Since 2022:: Chris Napolitano, University of Illinois, US. Theme: personality, assessment, soft skills.
Since 2020:: Franck Zenasnì, University of Paris V: René Descartes, France. Theme: soft skills, measurement.
Since 2019:: Petra Jansen, University of Regensburg, Germany. Theme: sport and visuospatial abilities.
Since 2017: Marios Avraamides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus. Theme: spatial cognition.

Research groups

Since 2025:: SEB Skills Lab, Home of the BESSI. University of Illinois & Colby College, US (http://www.sebskills.com/our-team.html).
Since 2024:: Psicostat Core Team, University of Padova (https://psicostat.dpss.psy.unipd.it/pages/people.html).
Since 2017:: Memory and Learning Lab, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova (https://www.memoryandlearninglab.it/people/).

Organization of scientific conferences

2026: 1st International Online Conference on Human Intelligence. https://sciforum.net/event/IOCHI2026?section=#event_chair. Role: Member of the Scientific Committee.
2025: International Winter School 2025: The 4 Ms: Meta-research, Measurement, Multi-lab, and Multiverse data analysis in Behavioral Sciences 2018, Padova, Italy, https://winterschool4ms.dpg.unipd.it/. Role: Organizing team.
2018: EWIC 2018, Padova, Italy, http://easyconferences.eu/ewic2018/committees/. Role: Organizing team.

Scientific associations

2025 – current: Association for Research in Personality (ARP).
2025 – current: International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID).
2024 – current: European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP).
2021 – current: Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca e l’Intervento nella Psicopatologia dell’Apprendimento (AIRIPA).
2018 – current: Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP) – experimental psychology.
2018 – 2023: European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI).
2022 – 2023: European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP).
2022 – 2025: American Psychological Association (APA).

Institutional positions

2024 – current: Junior Member of the Third Mission Committee, Department of General Psychology. University of Padova.
2023 – 2024: Representative of Post-Doctoral researchers, Department of General Psychology. University of Padova.
2019 – 2021: Representative of PhD students of Psychological Sciences. University of Padova.

Editorial and reviewing activities

2024 – 2026: Editorial board of BMC Psychology.
2024 – 2025: Guest editor for the special issue “Personality and Developmental Changes across the Life Span: Predictors, Assessment, and Impact”. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ejihpe/special_issues/YPBR7UO6CQ
2022 – current: Reviewer board of the Journal of Intelligence.
2022 – 2024: Senior reviewer for the JURE Conference of the Junior Researchers of EARLI.
2020 – current: Ad hoc reviewer for the following (23) journals: British Journal of Educational Psychology; European Journal of Personality; Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; European Journal of Psychology Open; Journal of Adolescence; European Journal of Psychology of Education; Heliyon; Journal of Happiness Studies; Journal of Intelligence; Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied; Psychology Research and Behavior Management; Personality and Individual Differences; Learning and Individual Differences; Humanities and Social Sciences Communication; Applied Psychology: An International Review; Annals of Medicine; TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology; Social Sciences & Humanities Open; Social Psychology of Education; Journal of Environmental Psychology; Journal of Research in Personality; Large-scale Assessments in Education; PLoS ONE.

Research impact indicators

updated: 17/06/2026

Indicator	Scholar	Scopus	WOS
H-index	18	13	12
Citations	1458	666	563
Publications	49	48	48
Publications in Q1 and Q2	/	47 (37-10)	44 (28/16)
Publications as first/last author	31	30	30
Publications as corresponding	29	28	28
Publications without supervisor	178	17	17
Publications with international co-authors	18	17	17

Scopus and Web of Science may not yet include the latest publications.

Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

I have published 52 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 33 as first/last author; 51 are indexed in Web of Science and 51 in Scopus.

⅟ = first/last author; ✉ = corresponding author; ✝ = international co-authors
= preregistered = open data = open materials = open code

Pellegrino G, Feraco T., Meneghetti C, Carretti B. (2026). Social, emotional, and behavioral skills as resources for student engagement: A one-year longitudinal study in high school students. Learning and Individual Differences, 131, 102988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2026.102988. IF 2025: 9.7 (JCR: Q1, psychology – educational; Scopus: Q1, psychology - developmental and educational psychology).

⅟ Toffalini E, & Feraco T. (2026). Musicians, Memory, and General Cognitive Ability: A Commentary on Grassi et al. (2025). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459261452948 IF 2025: 14.6 (JCR: Q1, psychology; Scopus: Q1, general psychology).

⅟✉ Pellegrino G, Meneghetti C, Carretti B, Feraco T. (2026). Can We Differentiate Between Self-Reported Skills and Traits? A Possible Refinement of the BESSI and Its Validity in Italian High School Students. Assessment, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911261469521. IF 2025: 3.0 (JCR: Q2, psychology - clinical; Scopus: Q1, clinical psychology).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Calderan, M., & Pellegrino, G. (2026). The Living SEB Skills Project: A Living Resource for Review and Meta-Analysis of Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills. European Journal of Personality, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070261467477. IF 2025: 4.8 (JCR: Q1, psychology – social; Scopus: Q1, psychology - social).

Soltantouyeh, A., Feraco, T., Agostinis, B. and Meneghetti, C. (2026) Dance to be creative: the creative beliefs, creativity ability and improvisation performance in experts, amateurs, and non-dancers. Frontiers in Psychology. 17:1670292. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1670292. IF 2025: 3.8 (JCR: Q1, psychology, multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q1, general psychology).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C., & Cornoldi, C. (2026). Use and Coherence of Study Skills and Learning-Strategy Knowledge in Typically Developing Children and Children With Specific Learning Disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice,41(3), 162-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/09388982261422712. IF 2025: 2.0 (JCR: Q1, education, special; Scopus: Q2, social sciences – education).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Pellegrino, G., Bonelli, R., Re, L. D., Carretti, B., & Meneghetti, C. (2026). Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills of Students With Specific Learning Disabilities: A Replication, Extension, and Synthesis of Existing Research. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09388982261452122. IF 2025: 2.0 (JCR: Q1, education, special; Scopus: Q2, social sciences – education).

Dell’Acqua, C., Mologni, V., Feraco, T., & Messerotti Benvenuti, S. (2026). A meta-analysis of the late positive potential for assessing affective processing in depression and depression vulnerability. Journal of Affective Disorders, 405, 121539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2026.121539. IF 2025: 5.7 (JCR: Q1, psychiatry; Scopus: Q1, clinical psychology).

Pellegrino, G., Feraco, T., De Vita, F., Martino, M. G., Matteucci, M. C., Montesano, L., Passolunghi, M. C., Re, A. M., Sini, B., Tinti, C., Valenti, A., Meneghetti, C., & Carretti, B. (2026). University Students With Specific Learning Disabilities: Do Soft Skills and Study-Related Factors Make a Difference to Their Academic Outcomes? Journal of Learning Disabilities, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00222194261417592. IF 2025: 2.3 (JCR: Q1, education, special; Scopus: Q1, social sciences – education).

✝ Bosone, L., Rees, J., Feraco, T., Chevrier, M., Maggio, S., Zenasni, F., & Bamberg, S. (2026). Acting together for a positive future: a cross-cultural investigation of how environmental cognitive alternatives and efficacy beliefs contribute to individual and collective biodiversity-conservation intentions. Futures, 175, 103720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2025.103720. IF 2025: 3.9 (JCR: Q1, economics; Scopus: Q1, social sciences – sociology and political science).

✝ Casali, N., & Feraco, T., Bellardita, L., Meneghetti, C., & Villani, D. (2026). Validity of a very short measure of character strengths: The Italian VIA-48. Acta Psychologica, 263-106314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106314. IF 2025: 3.8 (JCR: Q1, psychology – experimental; Scopus: Q1, arts and humanities).

⅟✝ Casali, N., & Feraco, T. (2025). Bridges over troubled water: A meta-analysis of the associations of character strengths with well-being and common mental health disorders. European Journal of Personality, 39(6), 878-896. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251366765. IF 2025: 4.8 (JCR: Q1, psychology – social; Scopus: Q1, psychology - social).

⅟✉✝ Feraco, T., Hudson, N.W., & Soto, C.J. (2025). Differences in change goals between personality traits and social, emotional, and behavioral skills. Personality and Individual Differences, 241, 113200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2025.113200. IF 2025: 2.8 (JCR: Q2, psychology – social; Scopus: Q1, general psychology).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Bonelli, R., Da Re, L., & Meneghetti, C. (2025). Soft skills in high schools: integrating self-regulated learning and social, emotional, and behavioral skills frameworks. Social Psychology of Education, 28:134, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-025-10095-9. IF 2025: 3.9 (JCR: Q1, psychology – educational; Scopus: Q1, social sciences - education).

Caviola, S., Giofrè, D., Feraco, T., Toffalini, E., Allen, K., & Geary, C. (2025). Exploring the mediating role of academic anxiety in mathematics and reading performance among boys and girls: A comprehensive study of Italian fifth graders. Learning and Individual Differences, 122, 102726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102726. IF 2025: 9.7 (JCR: Q1, psychology – educational; Scopus: Q1, psychology - developmental and educational psychology).

Costa, C., Pezzetta, R., Toffalini, E., Grassi, M., Cona, G., Miniussi, C., … Feraco, T., … & Scarpazza, C. (2025). Enhancing the quality and reproducibility of research: Preferred Evaluation of Cognitive and Neuropsychological Studies-The PECANS statement for human studies. Behavior Research Methods, 57:182. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02705-3. IF 2025: 5.0 (JCR: Q1, psychology - experimental; Scopus: Q1: psychology - general).

Pellegrino, G., Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C., & Carretti, B. (2025). Ready for What’s Next? The Associations Between Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills and Career Adaptability in High School Students. Journal of Adolescence, 97(5), 1200-1210. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12486. IF 2025: 3.2 (JCR: Q1, psychology – developmental; Scopus: Q1, medicine).

⅟✉✝ Feraco, T., & Casali, N. (2025). 20 Years of Character Strengths: A Bibliometric Review. Journal of Happiness Studies, 26(34), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-025-00869-5. IF 2025: 3.7 (JCR: Q1, psychology – multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q1, social sciences).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., & Toffalini, E. (2025). SEMbeddings: how to evaluate model misfit before data collection using large-language models. Frontiers in Psychology, 15:1433339. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1433339. IF 2025: 3.8 (JCR: Q1, psychology, multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q1, general psychology).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Carbone, E., Cramarossa, G., & Meneghetti, C. (2025). The role of social, emotional, and behavioral skills for nature connectedness, action competence, and proenvironmental behaviors in adolescence. Environmental Education Research, 31(6), 1224–1239. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2025.2459323. IF 2025: 3.7 (JCR: Q1, education; Scopus: Q1, education).

⅟✉✝ Feraco, T., Pellegrino, G., Casali, N., Carretti, B., & Menenghetti, C. (2025). Social, emotional, and behavioral skills in students with or without specific learning disabilities. Learning and Individual Differences, 105, 102320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102581. IF 2024: 9.7 (JCR: Q1, psychology – educational; Scopus: Q1, psychology - developmental and educational psychology).

✝ Filippi, S., Salvador Casara, B. G., Peters, K., Maass, A., Feraco, T., & Suitner, C. (2025). They don’t really care about us: the impact of perceived vertical pay disparity on employee well-being. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 34(1), 42–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2024.2415127. IF 2025: 4.4 (JCR: Q1, psychology – applied; Scopus: Q1, applied psychology).

Giordano, F., Calaresi, D., Castellani, L., Verrastro, V., Feraco, T., & Saladino, V. (2025). Interaction Between Social Support and Muscle Dysmorphia: The Role of Self-Efficacy and Social Media Use. Behavioral Sciences, 15(2), 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15020122. IF 2025: 3.2 (JCR: Q1, psychology - multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q1, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Mammarella, I. C., & Meneghetti, C. (2025). The Relation Between Soft Skills and Arithmetic Performance. Journal of Experimental Education, 93(3), 502–521. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2024.2364621. IF 2025: 1.6 (JCR: Q2, education & educational research; Scopus: Q1, developmental and educational psychology).

Carbone, E., Feraco, T., Innocenti, I., Musicanti, M., Volpe, P., & Meneghetti, C. (2024). Green Workplace Behaviors: Can Employees Make the Difference? Sustainability, 16(24), 11188. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162411188. IF 2024: 3.3 (JCR: Q2, environmental studies; Scopus: Q2, social sciences).

⅟✝ Casali, N. & Feraco, T. (2024). Which character strengths may build organizational well-being? Insights from an international sample of workers. PLoS ONE 19(10): e0312934. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312934. IF 2024: 2.6 (JCR: Q2, multidisciplinary sciences; Scopus: Q1, multidisciplinary).

⅟ Toffalini, E., Gambarota, F., Perugini, A., Girardi, P., Tobia, V., Altoè, G., Giofrè, D., Psicostat Core Team, & Feraco, T. (2024). Clusters that are not there: An R tutorial and a Shiny app to quantify a priori inferential risks when using clustering methods. International Journal of Psychology, 59 (6), 1183-1198. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.13246. IF 2024: 1.6 (JCR: Q2, psychology – multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q1, general psychology).

⅟✉✝ Feraco, T., Casali, N., Carbone, E., Meneghetti, C., Borella, E., Carretti, B., & Muffato, V. (2024). Soft skills and their relationship with life satisfaction and cognitive reserve in adulthood and older age. European Journal of Ageing, 21, 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-024-00820-2. IF 2024: 3.5 (JCR: Q1, gerontology; Scopus: Q1, social sciences-health).

⅟✉ Feraco T & Cona G (2024) Happy children! A network of psychological and environmental factors associated with the development of positive affect in 9–13 children. PLoS ONE 19(9): e0307560. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307560. IF 2024: 2.6 (JCR: Q2, multidisciplinary sciences; Scopus: Q1, multidisciplinary).

⅟✉✝ Feraco, T., Casali, N., Pellegrino, G., Soto, C. J., Napolitano, C., Carretti, B., & Menenghetti, C. (2024). The Italian Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (BESSI-I). Journal of Personality Assessment, 106 (6), 750–764. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2024.2335912. IF 2023: 2.0 (JCR: Q2, psychology, social; Scopus: Q1, psychology, clinical).

⅟✉✝ Casali, N., Filippi, S., & Feraco, T. (2024). Does Inequality Shape Human Character? Cross-Cultural Associations between Character Strengths and the Gini Index in 68 Countries. Journal of Happiness Studies, 25, 37, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00751-w. IF 2024: 3.3 (JCR: Q1, psychology – multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q1, social sciences).

⅟✉✝ Feraco, T., Casali, N., Meneghetti, C., Greiff, S., & Cona, G. (2023). Is good character all that counts? A comparison between the predictive role of specific strengths and a general factor of “good character” using a bifactor model. Journal of Happiness Studies, 24, 2353–2376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00686-8. IF 2023: 3.1 (JCR: Q1, psychology – multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q1, social sciences).

✉✝ Casali, N., Feraco, T., & Meneghetti, C. (2023). Keep going, keep growing: A longitudinal analysis of grit, posttraumatic growth, and life satisfaction in school students under COVID-19. Learning and Individual Differences, 105, 102320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2023.102320. IF 2023: 3.8 (JCR: Q1, psychology – educational; Scopus: Q1, psychology - developmental and educational psychology).

⅟✉ Feraco, T. & Meneghetti, C. (2023). Social, emotional, and behavioral skills: Age and gender differences at 12 to 19 years old. Journal of Intelligence. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11060118 IF 2023: 2.8 (JCR: Q1, psychology – multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q2, social sciences – education).

⅟✉✝ Feraco, T., Casali, N., & Meneghetti, C. (2023). Adaptability and grit: Foundations for their joint contribution to students’ academic and nonacademic outcomes. Mind, Brain, and Education, 17 (3), 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12367 IF 2023: 1.9 (JCR: Q2, education & educational research; Scopus: Q2, psychology - developmental and educational psychology).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Sella, E., Meneghetti, C., Cona, G. (2023). Adapt, explore, or keep going? The role of adaptability, curiosity, and perseverance in a network of study-related factors and scholastic success. Journal of Intelligence, 11(2), 34. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11020034 IF 2023: 2.8 (JCR: Q1, psychology – multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q2, social sciences – education).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Casali, N., Ganzit, E., & Meneghetti, C. (2023). Adaptability and emotional, behavioural and cognitive aspects of self‐regulated learning: Direct and indirect relations with academic achievement and life satisfaction. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 93(1), 353-367. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12560 IF 2023: 3.1 (JCR: Q1, psychology – education; Scopus: Q1 psychology - developmental and educational psychology).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Resnati, D., Fregonese, D., Spoto, A., & Meneghetti, C. (2023). An integrated model of school students’ academic achievement and life satisfaction. Linking soft skills, extracurricular activities, self-regulated learning, motivation, and emotions. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 38, 109-130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-022-00601-4 IF 2023: 2.7 (JCR: Q2, psychology – education; Scopus: Q1, psychology - developmental and educational psychology).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Casali, N., & Meneghetti, C. (2023). Adaptability favors positive academic responses and posttraumatic growth under COVID-19: a longitudinal study with adolescents. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 38, 1771-1789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-022-00667-0 IF 2023: 2.7 (JCR: Q2, psychology – education; Scopus: Q1, psychology - developmental and educational psychology).

⅟✉ Feraco, T. & Cona, G. (2022). Differentiation of general and specific abilities in intelligence. A bifactor study of age and gender differentiation in 8- to 19-year-olds. Intelligence, 94. 101669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2022.101669 IF 2022: 3 (JCR: Q2, psychology – multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q1, psychology – experimental and cognitive psychology).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Casali, N., Meneghetti, C. (2022). Do strengths converge into virtues? An item-, virtue-, and scale-level analysis of the Italian Values in Action Inventory of Strengths-120. Journal of Personality Assessment, 104(3), 395-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2021.1934481. IF 2022: 3.4 (JCR: Q2, Psychology, clinical; Scopus: Q1, Psychology, clinical).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., & Meneghetti, C. (2022). Sport practice, fluid reasoning, and soft skills in 10-to 18-year-olds. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: 16: 857412 https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.857412 IF 2022: 2.9 (JCR: Q2, psychology – education; Scopus: Q2, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Resnati, D., Fregonese, D., Spoto, A., & Meneghetti, C., (2022). Soft skills and extracurricular activities sustain motivation and self-regulated learning at school. Journal of Experimental Education, 90 (3), 550-569. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2021.1873090. IF 2021: 2.2 (JCR: Q3, Education; Scopus: Q1, psychology – educational and developmental).

Casali, N., Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C. (2022). Character strengths sustain mental health and post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal analysis. Psychology & Health, 37(12), 1663-1679. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2021.1952587. IF 2021: 3.3 (JCR: Q2, Psychology – multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q1, Medicine, Q1, Psychology - applied).

✝ Casali, N., Ghisi, M., Jansen, P., Feraco, T., & Meneghetti, C. (2022). What Can Affect Competition Anxiety in Athletes? The Role of Self-Compassion and Repetitive Negative Thinking. Psychological Reports, 125 (4), 2009-2028. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941211017258. IF 2021: 2.3 (JCR: Q3, Psychology – multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q2, Psychology - general).

Casali, N., Feraco, T., Ghisi, M., & Meneghetti, C. (2021). “Andrà tutto bene”: Associations Between Character Strengths, Psychological Distress and Self-efficacy During Covid-19 Lockdown. Journal of happiness studies, 22, 2255–2274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00321-w IF 2021: 4.6 (JCR: Q1, psychology – multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q1, Social sciences).

Muffato, V., Feraco, T., Miola, L., Meneghetti, C., Pazzaglia, F. (2021) Finding the shortest way in a familiar environment: a comparison between describing and walking the path and the role of visuospatial individual factors. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 78, 101708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101708 IF 2021: 5.192; (JCR: Q1, psychology – multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q1, psychology – applied).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Bonvento, M., & Meneghetti, C. (2021). Orienteering: what relation with visuospatial abilities, wayfinding attitudes, and environment learning? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(6), 1592-1599. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3882 IF 2021: 2.360 (JCR: Q3 psychology – experimental; Scopus: Q2, psychology – educational and developmental).

⅟✉✝ Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C., Ispiro, P., & Jansen, P. (2021). Self-Compassion, Flow, and Strategies in Judokas. Journal of Martial Arts Research, 4(1), 1-10 https://doi.org/%2010.15495/ojs_25678221_41.

✝ Meneghetti, C., Feraco, T., Ispiro, P., Pietsch, S., & Jansen, P. (2021). The practice of judo: how does it relate to different spatial abilities?. Spatial Cognition & Computation, 21, 67-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2020.1830995. IF 2020: 0.889 (JCR: Q4, Psychology -experimental; Scopus: Q1: Psychology - experimental and cognitive).

⅟✉ Feraco, T., Casali, N., Tortora, C., Dal Bon, C., Accarrino, D., & Meneghetti, C. (2020). Using Mobile Devices in Teaching Large University Classes: How Does It Affect Exam Success?. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1363. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01363. IF 2020: 2.988 (JCR: Q2, psychology, multidisciplinary; Scopus: Q2, Psychology - general).

✝ Fernández-Méndez, L. M., Contreras, M. J., Mammarella, I. C., Feraco, T., & Meneghetti, C. (2020). Mathematical achievement: the role of spatial and motor skills in 6–8 year-old children. PeerJ, 8, e10095. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10095. IF 2020: 2.984 (JCR: Q2, multidisciplinary sciences; Scopus: Q3, Neuroscience, general).

Other publications

Chapters in international books

Meneghetti, C., Miola, L., Feraco, T., Muffato, V. (2022). Individual Differences in Navigation: An Introductory Overview. In: Paul Raj, editor. Prime Archives in Psychology: 2nd Edition. Hyderabad, India: Vide Leaf. 2022. ISBN: 978-93-92117-32-9. https://videleaf.com/individual-differences-in-navigation-an-introductory-overview/

Articles/Abstracts in international proceedings

Meneghetti, C., Feraco, T., & Bonvento, M. (2021, September). Orienteering practice: how does it relate to visuospatial individual factors? In “Abstracts and authors of the 8th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: Cognition and Action in a Plurality of Spaces (ICSC 2021). Cognitive Processing 22, 3–67 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-021-01058-x
Feraco T., Resnati, D., Fregonese, D., Meneghetti, C. (2021, July). The role of soft skills, achievement emotions, self-regulated learning, and motivation in sustaining academic success in adolescence. 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. 9869
Meneghetti, C., Doerr, E. M., Feraco, T., & Carretti, B. (2018, September). Dancing: A spatial activity that enhances visuospatial skills? Cognitive Processing, 19, Supplement 1, S65-S65. https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2021.2006

Articles in peer-reviewed national publications:

Da Re, L., Meneghetti, C., Bonelli, R., & Feraco, T. (2024). “Destinazione Università”: un percorso innovativo online di orientamento per lo sviluppo di competenze trasversali. Excellence and Innovation in Learning and Teaching - Open Access, 9(1), 56-71. https://doi.org/10.3280/exioa1-2024oa18033.

Articles in national publications (not peer-reviewed)

Feraco, T. (2025). Se “g” non esistesse, dovremmo inventarlo, in “Giornale italiano di psicologia, Rivista trimestrale” 1/2025, pp. 187-192. https://doi.org/10.1421/116153
Feraco, T. & Meneghetti, C. (2023). Creatività a scuola. Psicologia e Scuola. 15, 14-19
Feraco, T. & Meneghetti, C. (2022). Dal riconoscere al gestire le emozioni: a scuola si può. Psicologia e Scuola. 10, 34-39.
Feraco, T. & Meneghetti, C. (2022). Come coltivare la curiosità. Psicologia e Scuola. 9, 30-35.

Chapters in national books

Casali, N., Feraco, T., & Meneghetti, C. (2024). Il ruolo delle soft skill nella scuola secondaria di secondo grado e all’università. In Sini, B., Cavaglià, R., & Tinti, C. DSA: percorsi inclusivi in università. Inquadramento teorico e implicazioni pratiche. Franco Angeli.
Feraco, T. & Meneghetti, C. (2021). Soft skill: definizione, modelli teorici e implicazioni in contesti di alta formazione. In Vidotto, G., Ghisi, M., Sergotti, M., C., & Simeone, I. Allenare le soft skill. Teoria e pratica. Marsilio editore.

Conference presentations

Talks / National / 2026

De Beni, R., Meneghetti, C., Zamperlin, C. Feraco, T. (2026). Il nuovo progetto AMOS. Giornate di aggiornamento sull’uso degli strumenti in Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, Bologna, 6-7 March.

Talks / International / 2026

Meneghetti, C., Feraco, T., Muffato, V., Taufer, F., Visintin, E., Casali, N. (2026). The orienteering practice and spatial abilities: To be elite and expert orienteers can make the differences? 19th European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition, Leiden, The Netherlands. 24-26 June,
Casali, N., Jacobson, R, & Feraco, T. (2026). Symposium chair: How and Why Do People Want to Change? Advances in Volitional Personality Change Beyond the Big Five. European Conference on Personality. Edimburg, Scotland. 21-24 July.
Casali, N., & Feraco, T. (2026). From Personality to Skill Volitional Change? Insights From Germany, Italy, and Mexico. Symposium: How and Why Do People Want to Change? Advances in Volitional Personality Change Beyond the Big Five. Organizer: Nicole Casali & Tommaso Feraco. European Conference on Personality. Edimburg, Scotland. 21-24 July.
Feraco, T., Giofrè, D., Ebert, T. (2026). Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Education: School Anxiety and Its Effects Across 3000 Italian Municipalities. Symposium: How and Why Do People Want to Change? Advances in Volitional Personality Change Beyond the Big Five. Organizer: Tobias Ebert. European Conference on Personality. Edimburg, Scotland. 21-24 July. Link
Pellegrino, G., Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C., Carretti, B. (2026). The skilled student: Longitudinal associations between social, emotional, and behavioral skills and student engagement. Symposium: Advancing Research on Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills: Integrating Development, Diversity, and Intervention. Organizer: Marion Spengler. European Conference on Personality. Edimburg, Scotland. 21-24 July.

Talks / Invited talks / 2026

Soto, C., J., Napolitano, C., M., Sewell, M., Yoon. H., Hudson. N., Feraco, T., & Roberts, B. (2026). Growing Beyond Traits: A Skills-Based Approach to Volitional Personality Change. Invited symposium: Innovations in Personality Intervention Research. Organizer: Wiebke Bleidorn & Eva Asselmann. European Conference on Personality. Edimburg, Scotland. 21-24 July.

Talks / Invited talks / 2025

Feraco, T. (2025). Skills, traits, living reviews, and (some) geographical psychology. IBT colloquium series. St. Gallen, Switzerland, 17 September. Link
Feraco, T. (2025). Social, emotional, and behavioral skills in adolescence. Expert meeting on youth leadership development. Organizers: Jennifer Tacket, Jenny Wagner, & Eva Bleckmann. Evanston, USA, 26 June. Link

Talks / International / 2025

Pellegrino, G., Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C., Carretti, B. (2025). Soft skills and academic outcomes: comparing students with and without Learning Disabilities. EARLI 2025 conference. Graz, Austria, 25-29 August.
Pellegrino, G., Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C., Carretti, B. (2025). Ready for what’s next? The relation between soft skills and career adaptability in secondary school. 29th JURE Pre-Conference, Graz, Austria, 23-24 August.
Feraco, T., Pellegrino, G., Carretti, B., & Meneghetti, C. (2025). Integrating social, emotional, and behavioral skills with learning frameworks. Two cross- sectional studies in high schools. Symposium: “Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills: Evidence from Trait-Focused and Capacity Focused Conceptualizations”. Organizer: Tommaso Feraco. Conference of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID), Vienna, Austria, 14-18 July. Link
Feraco, T., Pellegrino, G., Carretti, B., & Meneghetti, C. (2025). Integrating social, emotional, and behavioral skills with learning frameworks. Two cross- sectional studies in high schools. Symposium: “Skill Development Across the Lifespan: Links with Individual and Interpersonal Factors”. Organizer: Prof. Jennifer Tacket & Dr. Eva Bleckmann. XXV Conference of the Association for Research in Personality (ARP), Chicago, USA, 26-28 June. Link

Talks / International / 2024

Pellegrino, G., Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C., Carretti, B. (2024). Unravelling the Role of Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills on High School Students’ Engagement. 28th JURE Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Seville, Spain, 24-28 June.

Talks / International / 2023

Feraco, T. & Casali, N. (2023). Is good character all that counts? A general factor of character explains most of the variance in participants’ life satisfaction. European Character and Virtue Education Conference, Madrid, Spain, 28-30 June.
Feraco, T. & Cona, G. (2023). Happy children! A network and longitudinal analysis of positive affect’s predictors in adolescence. Cognitive Science Arena, Brixen, Italy, 10-11 February.

Talks / International / 2021

Feraco, T., Resnati, D., Fregonese, D., Meneghetti, C. (2021). Cognitive and non-cognitive factors of academic achievement: the role of soft skills. JURE (Junior Researcher of AIRE) conference, online. 18-20 August.
Casali, N., Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C., (2021). When life gives you lemons. Character, mental health, and post-traumatic growth under COVID-19. Cognitive Science Arena, CSA. 9-10 July.
Feraco, T, Meneghetti, C. (2021). Do soft skills sustain school students’ academic achievement and wellbeing? Cognitive Science Arena, CSA. 9-10 July.

Talks / National / 2025

Pellegrino, G., Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C., Carretti, B. (2025). Creatività e altre competenze trasversali: un confronto tra studenti con e senza DSA. Symposium: Creativity and other soft skills: a comparison between students with and without SLDs. Organizzatori: Gerardo Pellegrino e Tommaso Feraco. XXXIII Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Pisa, Italy, 19-20 September.

Talks / National / 2024

Perugini, A., Toffalini, E., Feraco, T., Gambarota, F., Pastore, M., & Altoè, G. (2024). Is that a cluster? A practical guide on how to avoid Type I and Type II error. XXX Congresso AIP Sezione Sperimentale, Noto, Italy, 23-25 September.
Feraco, T., Loconsole, M., Malaman, B., Skrypcsuk, M., Toffalini, E., & Regolin, C. (2024). Il g-factor è innato o emerge con l’esperienza? Prime evidenze dallo studio di pulcini neonati. XXX Congresso AIP Sezione Sperimentale, Noto, Italy, 23-25 September.
Feraco, T., Cornoldi, C., Zamperlin, C., De Beni, R., & Meneghetti, C. (2024). Emozioni a scuola: quali relazioni con approccio, motivazione e rendimento scolastici in scuole primarie e secondarie? XXXII Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 19-21 September.
Feraco, T., Pellegrino, G., Casali, N., Carretti, B., & Meneghetti, C. (2024). Misurare le soft skill, si può? Un aggiornamento sulla validazione del BESSI in italiano. Giornate di Aggiornamento sull’Uso degli Strumenti in Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, Bologna, Italy, 1-2 March.
Pellegrino, G., Antonietti, A., Cornoldi, C., Feraco, T., Paternoster, V., Pretotto, F., Meneghetti, C., Carretti, B. (2024). Esplorare la mente creativa: nuove prove per la valutazione della creatività. Giornate di Aggiornamento sull’Uso degli Strumenti in Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, Bologna, Italy, 1-2 March.
Pellegrino, G., Antonietti, A., Cornoldi, C., Feraco, T., Paternoster, V., Pretotto, F., Meneghetti, C., & Carretti, B. (2024). Esplorare la mente creativa: nuove prove per la valutazione della creatività. Giornate di Aggiornamento sull’Uso degli Strumenti in Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, Bologna, Italy, 1-2 March.

Talks / National / 2023

Feraco, T. & Meneghetti, C. (2023). Competenze sociali, emotive e comportamentali in ragazzi e ragazze con e senza disturbi specifici dell’apprendimento. Symposium: “Le differenze di genere in alunni con e senza DSA: dai profili cognitivi all’ansia da prestazione”. Organizer: prof. David Giofrè. XXXI Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Foggia, Italy, 22-23 September.
Caviola, S., Feraco, T., Toffalini, E., & Giofrè, D. (2023). Le differenze di genere in alunni con e senza DSA: dai profili cognitivi all’ansia da prestazione. Symposium: “Le differenze di genere in alunni con e senza DSA: dai profili cognitivi all’ansia da prestazione”. Organizer: prof. David Giofrè. XXXI Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Foggia, Italy, 22-23 September.
Abbiati, I., Feraco, T., Zamperlin, C., & Meneghetti, C. (2023). Le differenze di genere nelle abilità di studio. XXXI Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Foggia, Italy, 22-23 September.
Casari, A., Meneghetti, C., & Feraco, T. (2023). Strategie, coerenza strategica e abilità di studio nella scuola primaria e secondaria di primo grado. XXXI Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Foggia, Italy, 22-23 September.
Feraco, T. & Cona, G. (2023). Lo sviluppo della struttura fattoriale dell’intelligenza in infanzia e adolescenza. Effetti di età e genere. XXIX Congresso AIP Sezione Sperimentale, Lucca, Italy, 18-20 September.
Toffalini, E., Feraco, T., & Pastore, M. (2023). Latent growth model in psicologia: cosa si rischia se la misura non è (davvero) su scala a intervalli? XXIX Congresso AIP Sezione Sperimentale, Lucca, Italy, 18-20 September.
Feraco, T., Sella, E., Meneghetti, C., & Cona, G. (2023). Un modello di analisi dei network per comprendere il ruolo di adattabilità, curiosità e perseveranza in studenti di scuole secondarie. Giornate di aggiornamento sull’uso degli strumenti in Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo, Bologna, Italy, 4-5 March.
Menazza, C., Zamperlin, C. & Feraco, T. (2023). Un percorso sul metodo di studio valutato con i questionari di AMOS 8-16. Giornate di Aggiornamento sull’Uso degli Strumenti in Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, Bologna, Italy, 4-5 March.
Abbiati, I., Feraco, T., Zamperlin, C., & Meneghetti, C. (2023). Le differenze di genere nell’autoregolazione e nella strategicità di studio. Giornate di Aggiornamento sull’Uso degli Strumenti in Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, Bologna, Italy, 4-5 March.
Pellegrino, G., Feraco, T., Casali, N., Meneghetti C., Carretti, B. (2023). Valutare le abilità sociali, emotive e comportamentali: validazione italiana del BESSI. Giornate di aggiornamento sull’uso degli strumenti in psicologia clinica dello sviluppo, Bologna, Italy, 4-5 March.

Talks / National / 2022

Muffato, V., Miola, L., Feraco, T., Pazzaglia, F., & Meneghetti, C. (2022) “How do I get there?” The role of familiarity, performance modality and visuospatial factors in the ability to find the shortest route. XXX congresso Associazione Italiana Psicologia (AIP), Padova, Italy, 27-30 September.

Talks / National / 2021

Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C., Ispiro, P., & Jansen, P. (2021). Il judo sviluppa le nostre abilità visuo-spaziali? XXIII Congresso Nazionale AIPS. 21-23 May.

Talks / National / 2020

Feraco. T., Resnati D., Fregonese D., & Meneghetti C. (2019). La curiosità epistemica: aspetto motivazionale per un buon approccio e riuscita nello studio? XXV Congresso AIP Sezione Sperimentale, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy, 18-20 September.

Posters / International / 2024

Feraco, T., Casali, N., Pellegrino, G., Carretti, B., & Meneghetti, C. (2024). Is the Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory cross-culturally valid? Evidence from Italy. European Conference on Personality. Berlin, Germany. 6-9 August.
Pellegrino, G., Paternoster, V., Pretotto, F., Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C., Carretti, B. (2024). Exploring the creative mind: new instruments to assess creativity. Cognitive Science Arena, Brixen, Italy, 8-10 February.
Feraco, T., Casali, N., Pellegrino, G., Soto, C.J., Napolitano, C., Carretti, B., & Meneghetti, C. (2024). Measuring Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skill in Italy: The BESSI-I. 4^th World Conference for Personality Psychology. Willemstad, Curacao. 2-5 April.

Posters / International / 2023

Feraco, T., & Cona, G. (2023). What makes people happy people. European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP). Porto, Portugal. 6-9 September.
Pellegrino G., Feraco, T., Casali, N., Carretti, B. & Meneghetti, C. (2023). Exploring the role of social, emotional, and behavioural skills in high school students. 44^th Annual Conference of the International School Psychology Association (ISPA), Bologna, Italy, 5-8 July.
Pellegrino, G., Feraco, T., Meneghetti, C. & Carretti, B. (2023). Do 21st century Soft Skills predict reading comprehension? 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, Oslo, Norway, 28-30 June.
Feraco, T., Casali, N., Agostinis, B. & Meneghetti, C. (2023). The creative self of dancers. European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 20-22, June.

Posters / International / 2022

Feraco, T., & Cona, G. (2022). The age-and-gender differentiation hypotheses. A “new” bifactor approach to study differentiation of general and specific components of intelligence. European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP). Lille, France. 29 August – 01 September.

Posters / International / 2021

Meneghetti, C., Feraco, T., & Bonvento, M. (2021). Orienteering practice: how does it relate to visuospatial individual factors? In “Abstracts and authors of the 8th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: Cognition and Action in a Plurality of Spaces (ICSC 2021)”. Cognitive Processing 22, 3–67 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-021-01058-x
Muffato, V., Miola, L., Feraco, T., Pazzaglia, F., & Meneghetti, C. (2021). Finding the shortest route in a familiar environment: a comparison between describing and walking a path, and the role of individual visuospatial factors. 17th European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition (EWIC), online, 22-23 September.
Feraco T., Resnati, D., Fregonese, D., & Meneghetti, C. (2021). The role of soft skills in sustaining students’ life satisfaction and academic achievement. JURE (Junior Researcher of AIRE), online. 18-20 August.
Feraco T., Resnati, D., Fregonese, D., & Meneghetti, C. (2021). The role of soft skills, achievement emotions, self-regulated learning, and motivation in sustaining academic success in adolescence. EDULEARN, online. 5-6 July.

Posters / International / 2020

Feraco T., Meneghetti, C., Ispiro, P., Pietsch, S., & Jansen, P. (2020). The practice of Judo: what is the relation with visuo-spatial abilities, wayfinding inclinations and wayfinding performance?. EWIC 2020, Cambridge, UK, https://aru.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/conferences-and-events/ewic (conference canceled).
Feraco, T., & Meneghetti, C. (2019). Orienteering: A way to enhance spatial abilities and everyday spatial habits. BayesHSC 2019 summer school, Verona, 5^th of June.

Posters / International / 2018

Meneghetti, C., Doerr, E.M., Feraco, T., & Carretti, B. (2018). Dancing: A spatial activity that enhances visuospatial skills? VII International Conference on Spatial Cognition. Rome, 10-14 September.
Meneghetti, C., Doerr, E., M., Carretti, C., & Feraco, T. (2018). Dancing: A spatial activity that enhances visuospatial skills? XVI European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition. Padova, 7-9 June.

Posters / National / 2021

Feraco, T., Resnati, D., Fregonese, D., & Meneghetti, C. (2021). Quale relazione tra soft skill e apprendimento? Studio dell’associazione tra soft skill, aspetti emotivo-motivazionali e strategici con le abilità di calcolo e comprensione del testo in studenti tra i 10 e i 18 anni. Web-Conference AIRIPA, 24-25 September.

Posters / National / 2020

Feraco, T., Resnati, D., Fregonese, D., Spoto, A., & Meneghetti, C. (2020). La valutazione delle competenze trasversali: una proposta di validazione su un campione di studenti italiani tra i 10 e i 18 anni. Web-conference Giornate di aggiornamento sull’uso degli strumenti in Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo, 26-27 November.
Feraco, T., Resnati, D., Fregonese, D., & Meneghetti, C. (2020). Soft skill e aspetti strategico-motivazionali negli studenti di scuole primarie e secondarie. Web-Conference AIRIPA, 25-26 September.

Padova, 7 August 2026

Tommaso Feraco