Tina is the director of the PDI lab. Her research focuses on the personality determinants (e.g., self-efficacy beliefs) of prosocial and antisocial behavior, the development of positive parenting practices, and the implementation of school-based intervention programs. 

Maria (alias Maria Grazia) 's research focuses on the relations among personality individual differences and youths' adjustment (prosocial behavior, academic achievement) and maladjustment (aggresive beavior and depressive tendencies) .  She is also involved in the evaluation of intervention aimed to promote positive youth development and safer internet use

Laura's research focuses on the continuity and change of individual differences that predict youths’ psychological (mal)adjustment, accounting for socialization factors, especially in regard to emotion regulation-related constructs and social competence.  

Antonio's research focuses on the antecedents (e.g., self-efficacy beliefs) and outcomes (e.g., mental well-being, academic achievement) of prosocial development from childhood to young adulthood.  He mostly investigates these research questions using latent variable approaches for longitudinal data. 

Chiara is a Post-doctoral Researcher: Her research interests focus on the influence of personality and temperament characteristics on adolescents’ and young adults’ risky behaviours, with particular emphasis on the online context. Ongoing research is about the study of individual and contextual factors in the development of  sexting and problematic internet-related behaviours over the life course. 

Eriona is a Post-doctoral Researcher. Her main research interests focus on the influence of parents’ personality and parenting on child/adolescent’s development. Ongoing research is about the study of individual and family characteristics that buffer the negative effects of adverse life events on psychological adjustment over the life course in young adults. 

Fulvio is a Ph.D Student. His research interests include the relations between prosocial behavior and well-being. Fulvio has received training in intensive longitudinal data analysis 

Silvia is a Ph.D. student. Her research interests focus on the determinants and consequences of pro-environmental behavior. Silvia has knowledge of structural equation modeling and longitudinal data analysis

Lucia is Ph.D. student. Her research interests focus on self-efficacy beliefs in emotion-regulation and well-being. Lucia has training in analyzing  intensive longitudinal data

Chiara is a Ph.D Student. Her research interests focus on socio-emotional adjustment, parenting, and emotion regulation