Measurement and Research Designs
This programme focuses on quantitative and qualitative methodology, with special emphasis on measurement and research designs. Research interests are at two levels: a) methodological, contributing to the study of procedures and analysis techniques of various types of data and to the development of methodological and technological advances, through simulation studies and software development; and b) applied, testing and applying these techniques and procedures in various substantive fields, such as mental health or physical activity and sport, among others.
Principal Investigators
Roser Bono
Full Professor
Juana Gomez-Benito
Professor Emeritus
Georgina Guilera
Full Professor
Maite Barrios
Full Professor
Technologies & Methods
- Behavioral assessment
- Item Response Theory
- Observational methodology
- Analysis of regularities in behaviour
- Mixed methods in direct and indirect observation
- Multiple case detection
- Mixed linear models
- Mixed methods
- Psychometric analysis
- Psychological assessment
- Simulation
- Longitudinal designs
- Software development
Research Team
Juan Antonio Amador
Full Professor
Ernesto Mijail Magallon
Associate Professor
Angela Iannine Berrio
Early Stage Researcher
Estefania Daniela Guerrero
Early Stage Researcher
Chuenn Ann Chai
Early Stage Researcher
Ma. Teresa Anguera
Professor Emeritus
Active Projects
Hacia la recuperación en personas diagnosticadas con trastorno mental severo: Definición, evaluación e intervención
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. PID2019-109887GB-I00. Juana Gomez-Benito.
Grup d’Estudis d’Invariància de la Measura i Anàlisi del Canvi en el àmbits social i de la salut (GEIMAC)
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR). 2021 SGR 01071. Georgina Guilera.
Planificación de Decisiones Anticipadas en Salud Mental: Contexto, Capacitación, Efectividad y Factibilidad
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN). PID2022-137108OB-I00. Maite Barrios.
SEEP Student Engagement en educació superior: Eines per al Professorat
Institut de Ciències de l'Educació (ICE) - Universitat de Barcelona (UB). REDICE22-3200. Maite Barrios.
Selected publications
Amador-Campos, J. A., Peró-Cebollero, M., Feliu-Torruella, M., Pérez-González, A., Cañete-Massé, C., Jarne-Esparcia, A. J., Triadó-Ivern, X., & Guàrdia-Olmos, J. (2023). Mentoring and Research Self-Efficacy of Doctoral Students: A Psychometric Approach. Education Sciences, 13(4), 358. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13040358
Barrios, M., Aza, A., Chimelis-Santiago, J. R., Gómez-Benito, J., & Guilera, G. (2023). A Mixed Methods Approach for Studying Relevant Areas of Functioning in Schizophrenia. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231194961
Bartolomé-Valenzuela, M., Pereda, N., & Guilera, G. (2023). Prevalencia de experiencias adversas y victimización en personas adultas con trastorno mental grave en Barcelona. Gaceta Sanitaria, 37, 102314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2023.102314
Bertomeu, P., Pereda, N., & Guilera, G. (2023). Electronic victimization experiences in Spanish adolescents from the general population and risk contexts. Behavioral Psychology/Psicología Conductual, 30(3), 563–578. https://doi.org/10.51668/bp.8323307n
Blanca, M. J., Arnau, J., García-Castro, F. J., Alarcón, R., & Bono, R. (2023). Repeated measures ANOVA and adjusted F-tests when sphericity is violated: which procedure is best? Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1192453
Bono, R., Alarcón, R., Arnau, J., García-Castro, F. J., & Blanca, M. J. (2023). Robustness of Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Split-Plot Designs with Binary Data. Anales de Psicología, 39(2), 332–343. https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.527421
Guilera, G., Barrios, M., Carmona, V., & Gómez-Benito, J. (2023). Symptoms and functioning: a content analysis of the PANSS under the ICF framework. Journal of Mental Health, 32(4), 744–751. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2023.2182427
Guilera, G., López-Martínez, M. D., Barrios, M., Hidalgo, M. D., Steel, P., & Gómez-Benito, J. (2024). Spanish validation of the pure procrastination scale: dimensional structure, internal consistency, temporal stability, gender invariance, and relationships with personality and satisfaction with life. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1268855
López-Fernández, G., Barrios, M., & Gómez-Benito, J. (2023). Breastfeeding and maternal attachment: The moderating roles of maternal stress and child behavior. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 69, e80–e87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2022.12.011
López‐Fernández, G., Gómez‐Benito, J., Kramer, L., & Barrios, M. (2023). Spanish validation of the Parental Expectations and Perceptions of Children’s Sibling Relationships Questionnaire. Family Relations, 72(3), 1220–1236. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12699
Maldonado-Murciano, L., Pontes, H. M., Barrios, M., Gómez-Benito, J., & Guilera, G. (2023). Psychometric Validation of the Spanish Gaming Disorder Test (GDT): Item Response Theory and Measurement Invariance Analysis. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 21(3), 1973–1991. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00704-x
Marcó-García, S., Guilera, G., Ferrer-Quintero, M., Ochoa, S., Escuder-Romeva, G., Martínez-Mondejar, A., Montalbán-Roca, V., del Cacho, N., Rubio-Abadal, E., Escanilla-Casal, A., Martínez-Zambrano, F., Balsells-Mejía, S., & Huerta-Ramos, E. (2023). The RECAPACITA project: Description of the clinical, neuropsychological and functional profile of a sample of people with severe mental disorder and legal capacity modification in Spain. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 88, 101874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101874