PUBLICATIONS
2025
[88] Esposito, L., & Giofrè, D., (2025). Sex differences in intelligence on the WISC: A meta-analysis on children with specific learning disabilities. Journal of Intelligence, 13(2), 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence13020018 (SJR Q2 in Education)
[87] Giofrè, D., (2025). The CHC model and intelligence: A critical analysis of theory and clinical implications. Italian Journal of Psychology, 1/2025, 193-198. https://doi.org/10.1421/116155 (SJR Q4 in Multidisciplinary Psychology)
[86] Artuso, C., Sacchi, E., Giofrè, D., & Palladino, P. (2025). The Italian validation of the Stirling Child Well-being Scale. Applied Psychology Bulletin, 302, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.26387/bpa.2024.00017 (SJR Q4 in Applied Psychology)
[85] Ikeda, I, Kita, Y, Oi, Y, Okuzumi, H., Mammarella, I. C., Caviola, S., Lanfranchi, S., & Pulina, F., & Giofrè, D., (2025). The Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS): Applicability and Utility in a Sample of Elementary School Japanese Children. International Journal of Psychology, 60(2), e70015. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70015 (SJR Q1 in Psychology Miscellaneous)
[84] Giofrè, D., Geary, D. C., & Halsey, L. (2025). The sexy and formidable male body: men’s height and weight are condition-dependent, sexually selected traits? Biology Letters, 21(1), 2–7. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0565 (SJR Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, miscellaneous)
2024
[83] Halsey, L., Giofrè, D., & Geary, D. C. (2024). Does greater variation reside in the larger sex? Biology Letters, 20(11), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0404 (SJR Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, miscellaneous)
[82] Giofrè, D., Lievore, R., Allen, K., Tonizzi, I., Mammarella, I. C., & Toffalini, E. (2024). Understanding sex/gender differences in intelligence profiles of children with Autism: A comprehensive WISC meta-analysis. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 154, 104854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104854 (SJR Q2 in Clinical Psychology)
[81] Toffalini, E., Gambarota, F., Perugini, A., Girardi, P., Tobia, V., Altoè, G., Giofrè, D., & 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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.13246 (SJR Q1 in Psychology Miscellaneous)
[80] Cuder, A., Pellizzoni, S., Di Marco, M., Blason, C., Doz, E., Giofrè, D., & Passolunghi, M. C. (2024). The impact of math anxiety and self‐efficacy in middle school STEM choices: A 3‐year longitudinal study. British Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12707 (SJR Q2 in Education & Developmental and Educational Psychology)
[79] Giofrè, D., Toffalini, E., Perugini, A., Esposito, L., Amoretti, G., & Geary, D. C. (2024). Sex differences in cognition: A meta-analysis of variance ratios in the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children. Personality and Individual Differences, 229(1994), 112776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112776 (SJR Q1 in Psychology Miscellaneous)
[78] Giofrè, D., Toffalini, E., Esposito, L., & Cornoldi, C. (2024). Sex/gender differences in general cognitive abilities: an investigation using the Leiter-3. Cognitive Processing, 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-024-01199-9 (SJR Q2 in Medicine Miscellaneous)
2023
[77] Giofrè, D., Toffalini, E., Esposito, L., & Cornoldi, C. (2023). Gender differences at the WISC in a large group of Italian children with ADHD. Journal of Intelligence, 11(9), 178. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11090178 (SJR Q1 in Education)
[76] Ikeda, Y., Kita, Y., Oi, Y., Okuzumi, H., Lanfranchi, S., Pulina, F., ... Giofrè, D. (2023). The Structure of Working Memory and Its Relationship with Intelligence in Japanese Children. Journal of Intelligence, 11(8), 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11080167 (SJR Q1 in Education)
[75] Pietschnig, J., Oberleiter, S., Toffalini, E., & Giofrè, D. (2023). Reliability of the g factor over time in Italian INVALSI data (2010-2022): What can achievement-g tell us about the Flynn effect? Personality and Individual Differences, 214, 112345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112345 (SJR Q1 in Psychology Miscellaneous)
[74] Semeraro, C., Giofrè, D., Coppola, G., Verri, V., Bottalico, M., Cassibba, R., Taurino, A. (2023). The role of maladaptive personality traits on psychological stress the mediating effects of COVID-19-related worries and emotional dysregulation. Personality and Individual Differences, 112270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112270 (SJR Q1 in Psychology Miscellaneous)
[73] Cornoldi, C., Giofrè, D. & Toffalini, E. (2023). Cognitive characteristics of intellectually gifted children with a diagnosis of ADHD. Intelligence, 97, 101736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2023.101736 (SJR Q1 in Developmental and in Experimental Psychology)
[72] Simmons, F. R., Soto-Calvo, E., Adams, A.-M., Francis, H. N., Patel, H., & Giofrè, D. (2023). Examining associations between preschool home literacy experiences, language, cognition and early word reading: Evidence from a longitudinal study. Early Education and Development, 34, 152-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2021.2003623 (SJR Q1 in Education).
[71] Tonizzi, I., & Giofrè, D. (2023). Inhibition: theoretical and psychometric issues. Inhibition: theoretical and psychometric issues. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 1, 191-196. (SJR Q4 in Multidisciplinary Psychology) https://doi.org/10.1421/106934
2022
[70] Giofrè, D., Boedker, I., Cumming, G., Rivella, C., & Tressoldi, P. (2022). The influence of journal submission guidelines on authors’ reporting of statistics and use of open research practices: five years later. Behavior Research Method https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-022-01993-3 (SJR Q1 in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology)
[69] Giofrè, D., Allen, K., Toffalini, E., & Caviola, S. (2022). The impasse on gender differences in intelligence: A meta-analysis on WISC batteries. Educational Psychology Review https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09705-1 (SJR Q1 Developmental and Educational Psychology)
[68] Toffalini, E., Girardi, P., Giofrè, D., & Altoè, G. (2022). Entia Non Sunt Multiplicanda … Shall I look for clusters in my cognitive data?. PLoS ONE, 17(6), e0269584. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269584 (SJR Q1 in Medicine)
[67] Carretti, B., Giofrè, D., Toffalini, E., Pastore, M., Cornoldi, C. & Lanfranchi, S. (2022). The structure of working memory in children from 3 to 8 years old. Developmental Psychology, 58(9), 1687-1701. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001385 (SJR Q1 Developmental and Educational Psychology).
[66] Giofrè, D., Allen, K., Toffalini, E., Mammarella, I. C., & Caviola, S. (2022). Decoding gender differences: Intellectual profiles of children with specific learning disabilities. Intelligence, 90, 101615 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2021.101615 (SJR Q1 in Developmental and in Experimental Psychology).
[65] Provazza, S., Carretti, B., Giofrè, D., Roberts, D. J., & Adams, A. M. (2022). Shallow or deep? The impact of orthographic depth on visual processing in developmental dyslexia. Annals of Dyslexia, 72(1), 171-196. (SJR Q1 in Education). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-021-00249-7
[64] Tonizzi, I., Repetto, C., Giofrè, D. & Usai, C. (2022). Interference suppression in autism spectrum disorders. A meta-analysis of studies using the Flanker test. Psicologia Clinica Dello Sviluppo, 3, 373-402 (SJR Q4 in Multidisciplinary Psychology). https://doi.org/10.1449/103811
[63] Muratori, P., Giofrè, D., Bertacchi, I., Levantini, V., Modena, A., & Mammarella, I. C. (2021). Testing the efficacy of coping power universal on behavioral problems and pre-academic skills in preschoolers. Early Childhood Education Journal, 50, 613–625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01179-0 (SJR Q2 in Education)
[62] Cornoldi, C., Giofrè, D., Mammarella, I. C., & Toffalini, E. (2022). Emotional response to testing in gifted and highly gifted children. Gifted Child Quarterly, 66(3), 208–219. https://doi.org/10.1177/00169862211042901 (SJR Q1 in Education & Developmental and Educational Psychology)
[61] Tonizzi, I., Giofrè, D., & Usai, M. C. (2022). Inhibitory control in autism spectrum disorders: Meta-analyses on indirect and direct measures. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(11), 4949–4965. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05353-6 (SJR Q1 Developmental and Educational Psychology)
[60] Caviola, S., Toffalini, E., Giofrè, D., Szűcs, D., & Mammarella, I. (2022). Math performance and academic anxiety forms, from sociodemographic to cognitive aspects: A meta-analysis on 906,311 participants. Educational Psychology Review, 34, 363–399. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09618-5 (SJR Q1 Developmental and Educational Psychology)
2021
[59] Rivella, C., Cornoldi, C., Caviola, S., & Giofrè, D. (2021). Learning a new geometric concept: the role of working memory and of domain-specific abilities. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 91, 1537-1554. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12434 (SJR Q1 in Education & Developmental and Educational Psychology)
[58] Toffalini, E., Giofrè, D., Pastore, M. Carretti, B., Fraccadori, F., & Szűcs, D. (2021). Dyslexia treatment studies: A systematic review and suggestions on testing treatment efficacy with small effects and small samples. Behavior Research Method, 53(5), 1954-1972. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01549-x (SJR Q1 in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology)
[57] Adams, A.-M., Soto-Calvo, E., Francis, H. N., Patel, H., Giofrè, D., & Simmons, F. R. (2021). Characteristics of the preschool home literacy environment which predict writing skills at school. Reading and Writing, 34(9), 2203-2225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-021-10133-w (SJR Q1 in Education)
[56] Allen, K., & Giofrè, D. (2021). A distinction between working memory components as unique predictors of mathematical components in 7-8 years old children. Educational Psychology, 41, 678–694. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2020.1857702 (SJR Q1 in Education)
[55] Cardillo, R., Roeyers, H., Demurie, E., Giofrè, D., & Mammarella, I. C. (2021). Pragmatics of language in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Do theory of mind and executive functions have a mediating role?. Autism Research, 14, 932-945. https://doi.o
2020
[54] Giofrè, D., & Amoretti, G., (2021). Intelligence evaluation in individuals with typical and atypical development. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 3-4/2020, 789-793. https://doi.org/10.1421/100063 (SJR Q4 in Multidisciplinary Psychology)
[53] Grassi, M., Crotti, C., Giofrè, D., Boedker, I., & Toffalini, E. (2020). A glance toward the past reveals the path for the future: A direct replication of Raymond, Shapiro, and Arnell (1992), the attentional blink. Behavior Research Method, 53(2), 656-668. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01457-6 (SJR Q1 in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology)
[52] Allen, K., Giofrè, D., Higgins, S., & Adams, J. (2020). Using working memory performance to predict mathematics performance 2 years on. Psychological Research, 85(5), 1986-1996. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01382-5 (SJR Q1 in Developmental and Educational Psychology)
[51] Giofrè, D., Cornoldi, C., Martini, A., & Toffalini, E. (2020). A population level analysis of the gender gap in mathematics: Results on over 13 million children using the INVALSI dataset. Intelligence, 81, 101467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2020.101467 (SJR Q1 in Developmental and in Experimental Psychology)
[50] Donolato, E., Toffalini, Giofrè, D., E., Caviola, S., & Mammarella, I. C. (2020). Going beyond mathematics anxiety in primary and middle school students: The role of ego-resiliency in mathematics? Mind, Brain and Education, 14, 255–266. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12251 (SJR Q1 in Education)
[49] Soto-Calvo, E., Simmons, F. R., Adams, A.-M., Francis, H. N., Patel, H. & Giofrè, D.. (2020). Identifying the preschool home learning experiences that predict early number skills: Evidence from a longitudinal study. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 53, 314-328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.04.004 (SJR Q1 in Developmental and Educational Psychology)
[48] Allen, K., Giofrè, D., Higgins, S., & Adams, J. (2020). Working memory predictors of mathematics across the middle primary school years. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90, 848–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12339 (SJR Q1 in Developmental and Educational Psychology)
[47] Allen, K., Giofrè, D., Higgins, S., & Adams, J. (2020). Working memory predictors of written mathematics in 7- to 8-year-old children. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73(2), 239–248. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021819871243 (SJR Q1 in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology)
[46] Semeraro, C., Giofrè, D., Coppola, G., Lucangeli, D., & Cassibba, R. (2020). The role of cognitive and non-cognitive factors on mathematic achievement: The importance of student-teacher relationship quality in middle school. PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0231381. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231381 (SJR Q1 in Medicine)
[45] Soto-Calvo, E., Simmons, F. R., Adams, A.-M., Francis, H. N., & Giofrè, D.. (2020). Pre-Schoolers’ Home Numeracy and Home Literacy Experiences and Their Relationships with Early Number Skills: Evidence from a UK Study. Early Education and Development, 31, 113–136. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2019.1617012 (SJR Q1 in Education)
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