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  1. Multimethod development and investigation of psychometric properties of a new scale of physicians’ self-efficacy in caring for adults with intellectual disability

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, June 2026, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  2. Defining and measuring what matters: quality of life for children with disabilities

    Article • The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, December 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  3. Two Markov Solution Process Models for the Assessment of Planning in Problem Solving

    Article • Psychometrika, November 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  4. Bayesian networks to evaluate and test the Raven’s colored progressive matrices

    Article • Human Studies, November 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  5. Unlocking the Hidden Impact of Parents’ Sociocultural Level on Childhood Adaptive Behavior

    Article • Child Psychiatry & Human Development, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  6. An extension of the basic local independence model to multiple observed classifications

    Article • British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, September 2025, Wiley

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  7. Quality of life outcomes and predictors for youth with intellectual disability and rare diseases

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, September 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  8. Beyond disability: A scientometric review of quality of life in developmental disabilities

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, March 2025, Elsevier

    Laura E Gómez , Prof. Giulia Balboni

  9. Psychometric properties of the Beliefs About Adults with ID Scale in American physicians: Application of classical test and Rasch measurement theories

    Article • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, May 2024, Wiley

    Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  10. Health and health care are essential to the quality of life of people with intellectual disability

    Article • Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, April 2024, Wiley

    Laura E Gómez , Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  11. Healthcare for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Italy

    Article • Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, March 2024, Wiley

    Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  12. PsycAssist: A Web-Based Artificial Intelligence System Designed for Adaptive Neuropsychological Assessment and Training

    Article • Brain Sciences, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  13. Ethical Principles in Artificial Intelligence for Children: A Protocol for a Scoping Review

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  14. The Role of Cultural Capital in Self-Reported Alexithymia and Empathy

    Article • Psicothema, January 2024, Grupo Editorial Psicofundación

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  15. Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy and Intellectual Disability: Predictors and Personal Outcomes

    Article • Child Indicators Research, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Laura E Gómez , Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  16. Corrigendum to: ‘Socioeconomic Status, Cultural Capital, and Social Capital in Adults’ [Psicothema 34(1) pág- 74-83]

    Article • Psicothema, November 2023, Grupo Editorial Psicofundación

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  17. Using the quality of life framework to operationalize and assess the CRPD articles and the Sustainable Development Goals

    Article • Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, August 2023, Wiley

    mr Marco Lombardi, Laura E Gómez , Prof. Giulia Balboni

  18. Sense of community and peer feedback in a blended University Course

    Article • Education and Information Technologies, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  19. Enhancing research practice in developmental disabilities

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, June 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  20. The Effects of the COVID-19-induced Lockdown on the Social Capital and Cultural Capital in Italy

    Article • Social Indicators Research, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  21. Self‐determination and quality of life of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Past, present, and future of close research paths

    Article • Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, May 2023, Wiley

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  22. Understanding How Self-Determination Affects the Quality of Life of Young People with Intellectual Disability

    Article • International Journal of Disability Development and Education, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  23. "No theory, no party": senza teoria non c'è cambiamento

    Article • RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA, May 2023, Franco Angeli

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  24. Differences in Self and Proxy Assessments of Self-Determination in Young People with Intellectual Disability: The Role of Personal and Contextual Variables

    Article • Behavioral Sciences, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  25. A new measure of physicians' erroneous assumptions towards adults with intellectual disability: A first study

    Article • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, February 2023, Wiley

    Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  26. Developmental disabilities in Africa: A scientometric review

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, February 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  27. Ethical Artificial Intelligence in Telerehabilitation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Position Paper

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  28. Adaptation of the personal social capital brief scale for the measurement of the offline and online social capital in Italy

    Article • PLOS One, September 2022, PLOS

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  29. Diagnostic accuracy of CompCog: reaction time as a screening measure for mild cognitive impairment

    Article • Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, June 2022, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  30. WHODAS-Child: psychometric properties of the WHODAS 2.0 for children and youth among Italian children with autism spectrum disorder

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  31. Italian Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale: Reliability and diagnostic accuracy compared with the Vineland-II

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, April 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  32. Predictors of quality of life in people with Down syndrome

    Article • Rehabilitation Psychology, March 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Laura E Gómez , Prof. Giulia Balboni

  33. Socioeconomic Status, Cultural Capital, and Social Capital in Adults: A Structural Equation Model

    Article • Psicothema, February 2022, Grupo Editorial Psicofundación

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  34. Behavioral and emotional problems of toddlers with autism spectrum disorder: Effects of parents’ sociocultural level and individual factors

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, December 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  35. Evidence of the validity of a novel version of the computerized cognitive screening battery CompCog

    Article • Dementia & Neuropsychologia, December 2021, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  36. How have youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder managed quarantine derived from COVID-19 pandemic? An approach to families perspectives

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, March 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  37. A Combined Study on the Use of the Child Behavior Checklist 1½–5 for Identifying Autism Spectrum Disorders at 18 Months

    Article • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  38. Individual and Environmental Factors Affecting Adaptive Behavior of Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Role of Parents’ Socio-cultural Level

    Article • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  39. Evaluation of Chromosome Microarray Analysis in a Large Cohort of Females with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Single Center Italian Study

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  40. Attitudes of Mainstream and Special-Education Teachers toward Intellectual Disability in Italy: The Relevance of Being Teachers

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  41. Factors affecting the relationship between adaptive behavior and challenging behaviors in individuals with intellectual disability and co-occurring disorders

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, September 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  42. Assessment of challenging behaviours with the Nisonger Child Behavior Rating Form: Agreement/disagreement between frequency and severity ratings

    Article • Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Giulia Balboni, Alice Bacherini

  43. Influence of adaptive behaviour on the quality of life of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

    Article • Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, January 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  44. Bladder and bowel dysfunction, adaptive behaviour and psychiatric profiles in adults affected by autism spectrum disorders

    Article • Neurourology and Urodynamics, July 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  45. Developing behavioural indicators for intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour for ICD-11 disorders of intellectual development

    Article • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, January 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  46. Effects of a social tutor on participation, sense of community and learning in online university courses

    Article • British Journal of Educational Technology, August 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  47. Detecting malingering mental illness in forensics: Known-Group Comparison and Simulation Design with MMPI-2, SIMS and NIM

    Article • PeerJ, July 2018, PeerJ

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  48. Development of a scale of Sense of Community in university online courses

    Article • Distance Education, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Bruno D. Zumbo, Prof. Giulia Balboni

  49. Behavioral Phenotype of ASD Preschoolers with Gastrointestinal Symptoms or Food Selectivity

    Article • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  50. Environmental factors and teenagers’ personalities: The role of personal and familial Socio-Cultural Level

    Article • Behavioural Brain Research, May 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  51. Vineland-II adaptive behavior profile of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or specific learning disorders

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, February 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  52. Testing Practices and Attitudes Toward Tests and Testing: An International Survey

    Article • International Journal of Testing, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Paul Jimenez, Prof. Giulia Balboni

  53. Development and Standardization of the Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale: Application of Item Response Theory to the Assessment of Adaptive Behavior

    Article • American Journal on Mental Retardation, March 2016, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  54. Application of the Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised – Italian version – in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, January 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  55. Validity and reliability of the Diagnostic Adaptive Behaviour Scale

    Article • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, November 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  56. The Vineland-II in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Item Content Category Analysis

    Article • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  57. The impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa

    Article • Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sara Calderoni, Filippo muratori, Prof. Giulia Balboni

  58. The Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale: Evaluating its diagnostic sensitivity and specificity

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, November 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  59. The assessment of the quality of life of adults with intellectual disability: The use of self-report and report of others assessment strategies

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, November 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  60. Selective cognitive empathy deficit in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa

    Article • Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  61. The Construct of Adaptive Behavior: Its Conceptualization, Measurement, and Use in the Field of Intellectual Disability

    Article • American Journal on Mental Retardation, July 2012, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  62. How to use psychological tests for functional diagnosis: the case of assessment of learning disabilities

    Article • Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, January 2011, Emerald

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  63. Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the Raven Progressive Matrices and the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test

    Article • Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, August 2009, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  64. Cross-cultural study of person-centred quality of life domains and indicators: a replication

    Article • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, October 2005, Wiley

    CRISTINA JENARO, Prof. Giulia Balboni

  65. The Psychopathology Inventory for Mentally Retarded Adults: factor structure and comparisons between subjects with or without dual diagnosis

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, July 2000, Elsevier

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  66. School Adjustment and Academic Achievement: Parental Expectations and Socio‐cultural Background

    Article • Early Child Development and Care, January 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  67. Sense of community in online courses and students with disabilities: Development of a questionnaire for university students

    Article • Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, Emerald

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  68. The Problem of Measuring Socio-Cultural Level in Psychological Research

    Article • Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, Emerald

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  69. Structural Equation Modeling: “Rules of Thumb” with Participants with Disabilities

    Article • Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, Emerald

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  70. Evaluation of Inclusion of Students with Disabilities: Integration of Different Methods

    Article • Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, Emerald

    Prof. Giulia Balboni

  71. INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION AND A SENSORIMOTOR DISORDER: ASSESSMENT OF DISABILITY

    Article • Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, Emerald

    Prof. Giulia Balboni