A guided tutorial on linear mixed-effects models for the analysis of accuracies and response times in experiments with fully crossed design.

Experiments with fully crossed designs are often used in experimental psychology spanning several fields, from cognitive psychology to social cognition. These experiments consist in the presentation of stimuli representing super-ordinate categories, which have to be sorted into the correct category in two contrasting conditions. This tutorial presents a linear mixed-effects model approach for obtaining Rasch-like parameterizations of response times and accuracies of fully crossed design data.

Assessing key soft skills in organizational contexts: development and validation of the multiple soft skills assessment tool.

Introduction: Soft skills, also known as transversal skills, have gained significant attention in the organizational context due to their positive impact on various work-related outcomes. The present study aimed to develop and validate the Multiple Soft Skills Assessment Tool (MSSAT), a short self-report instrument that evaluates interpersonal skills (initiative-resourcefulness, assertiveness, conflict management), interpersonal communication skills, decision-making style (adaptive and maladaptive), and moral integrity.

Methods: The scale development process involved selecting and adapting relevant items from existing scales and employing a cross-validation approach with a large sample of workers from diverse organizational settings and job positions ( = 639).

Constructing tests for skill assessment with competence-based test development.

Competence-based test development is a recent and innovative method for the construction of tests that are as informative as possible about the competence state (the set of skills an individual has available) underlying the observed item responses. It finds application in different contexts, including the development of tests from scratch, and the improvement or shortening of existing tests. Given a fixed collection of competence states existing in a population of individuals and a fixed collection of competencies (each of which being the subset of skills that allow for solving an item), the competency deletion procedure results in tests that differ from each other in the competencies but are all equally informative about individuals' competence states.

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

Assessing executive functions in individuals with disorders or clinical conditions can be challenging, as they may lack the abilities needed for conventional test formats. The use of more personalized test versions, such as adaptive assessments, might be helpful in evaluating individuals with specific needs. This paper introduces PsycAssist, a web-based artificial intelligence system designed for neuropsychological adaptive assessment and training.

Development of a scale for capturing psychological aspects of physical-digital integration: relationships with psychosocial functioning and facial emotion recognition.

The present work aims at developing a scale for the assessment of a construct that we called "physical-digital integration", which refers to the tendency of some individuals not to perceive a clear differentiation between feelings and perceptions that pertain to the physical or digital environment. The construct is articulated in four facets: identity, social relationships, time-space perception, and sensory perception. Data from a sample of 369 participants were collected to evaluate factor structure (unidimensional model, bifactor model, correlated four-factor model), internal consistency (Cronbach's , McDonald's ), and correlations of the physical-digital integration scale with other measures.