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Antonio Terracciano, Ph.D., Staff Scientist
Personality, Stress and Coping Section
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition

E-mail: terraccianoa@mail.nih.gov
Education:
1999Doctoral degree in Psychology at the Second University of Naples "SUN"
Thesis: Molecular Analysis of Genetic Markers Linked to Male Sexual Orientation. Mentor: Prof. Bruno Varriale
2006Doctoral degree in "Pediatric therapy and developmental pharmacology" at the University of Cagliari
Thesis: Genetic Influences on Complex Traits in Outbred and Founder Populations: Personality Traits as Endophenotypes of Depression, Anxiety and other Psychiatric Disorders. Mentor: Prof. Antonio Cao
Professional Experience:
1994-1999Student, Human Genetics Unit
Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, 'A. Buzzati-Traverso', CNR, Italy
Mentor: Dr. Michele D'Urso
1999-2004Visiting Fellow
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, NIH
2004-2006Research Fellow
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, NIH
2006-Staff Scientist
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, NIH
Scientific and Professional Societies:
1999-2007American Psychological Association (APA)
2004-APA-Division 5, Division of Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics
2007-APA-Division 8, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
2003-2007American Psychological Society
2007-Association for Research in Personality
Professional Activities:
2005      Co-Chair for APA, Division 5 Program Committee
2005-      Consulting Editor: European Journal of Personality
2006-      Associated Editor: The Score Newsletter
Ad Hoc Reviewer: Addiction, BMC Psychiatry, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Journal of Personality, Journal of Personality Assessment, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Personality and Individual Differences, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Perspectives on Psychological Science, Psychological Methods, Psychiatry Research, and the National Science Foundation
Honors and Other Scientific Recognition:
Fellowships from Milano Ricerche
Fellowships from Foundation Adriano Buzzati-Traverso
Fellowships from Telethon Italy
NIA On-the-Spot Award
NIA Staff Recognition Award
Giuseppe Pilia Foundation Award
Who's Who in America
Publications:

  1. Ciccodicola A, D'Esposito M, Esposito T, Gianfrancesco F, Migliaccio C, Miano MG, Matarazzo MR, Vacca M, Franze A, Cuccurese M, Cocchia M, Curci A, Terracciano A, Torino A, Cocchia S, Mercadante G, Pannone E, Archidiacono N, Rocchi M, Schlessinger D, and D'Urso M. (2000). Differentially regulated and evolved genes in the fully sequenced Xq/Yq pseudoautosomal region. Hum. Mol. Genet. 9, 395-401. [Abs]

  2. Costa PT Jr, Terracciano A, and McCrae RR. (2001). Gender differences in personality traits across cultures: Robust and surprising findings. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 81, 322-331. [Abs]

  3. McCrae RR, Costa PT Jr., Terracciano A, Parker WD, Mills CJ, De Fruyt F, Mervielde I. (2002). Personality trait development from age 12 to age 18: longitudinal, cross-sectional, and cross-cultural analyses. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 83, 1456-68. [Abs]

  4. Terracciano A, McCrae RR, and Costa PT Jr. (2003). Factorial and construct validity of the Italian Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). Eur. J. Psychol. Assess. 19, 131-141.

  5. Terracciano A., McCrae R.R., Hagemann D., Costa P.T. Jr. (2003). Individual difference variables, affective differentiation, and the structures of affect. J. Pers. 71, 669-703. [Abs]

  6. Terracciano A (2003). The Italian version of the NEO PI-R: Conceptual and empirical support for the use of targeted rotation. Pers. Indiv. Differences. 35, 1859-1872.

  7. Terracciano A, Merritt M, Zonderman AB, Evans MK. (2003). Personality traits and sex differences in emotion recognition among African Americans and Caucasians. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 1000, 309-312. [Abs]

  8. Terracciano A, and Costa PT Jr. (2004). Smoking and the Five-Factor Model of personality Addiction. 99, 472-481. [Abs]

  9. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, & 78 Members of the Personality Profiles of Cultures Project. (2005). Universal features of personality traits from the observer's perspective: Data from 50 cultures. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 88, 547-61. [Abs]

  10. Monfregola J, Cevenini A, Terracciano A, van Vlies N, Arbucci S, Wanders RJA, D'Urso M, Vaz FM, and Ursini MV. (2005). Functional analysis of TLMH variants and definition of domains required for catalytic activity and mitochondrial targeting. J. Cell. Physiol. 204, 839-847. [Abs]

  11. Terracciano A, Abdel-Khalek AM, Adam N, Adamovova L, Ahn CK, Ahn HN, Alansari BM, Alcalay L, Allik J, Angleitner A, Avia MD, Ayearst LE, Barbaranelli C, Beer A, Borg-Cunen MA, Bratko D, Brunner-Sciarra M, Budzinski L, Camart N, Dahourou D, De Fruyt F, de Lima MP, Del Pilar GE, Diener E, Falzon R, Fernando K, Fickova E, Fischer R, Flores-Mendoza C, Ghayur MA, Gulgoz S, Hagberg B, Halberstadt J, Halim MS, Hrebickova M, Humrichouse J, Jensen HH, Jocic DD, Jonsson FH, Khoury B, Klinkosz W, Knezevic G, Lauri MA, Leibovich N, Martin TA, Marusic I, Mastor KA, Matsumoto D, McRorie M, Meshcheriakov B, Mortensen EL, Munyae M, Nagy J, Nakazato K, Nansubuga F, Oishi S, Ojedokun AO, Ostendorf F, Paulhus DL, Pelevin S, Petot JM, Podobnik N, Porrata JL, Pramila VS, Prentice G, Realo A, Reategui N, Rolland JP, Rossier J, Ruch W, Rus VS, Sanchez-Bernardos ML, Schmidt V, Sciculna-Calleja S, Sekowski A, Shakespeare-Finch J, Shimonaka Y, Simonetti F, Sineshaw T, Siuta J, Smith PB, Trapnell PD, Trobst KK, Wang L, Yik M, Zupancic A, McCrae RR. (2005). National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 cultures. Science. 310, 96-100. [Abstract] - [Full Text]

  12. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, and 79 Members of the Personality Profiles of Cultures Project. (2005). Personality profiles of cultures: aggregate personality traits. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 89, 407-425. [Abs]

  13. Terracciano A, McCrae RR, Brant LJ, Costa PT Jr. (2005). Hierarchical linear modeling analyses of NEO-PI-R scales in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Psychol. Aging 20, 493-506. [Abs]

  14. Terracciano A, McCrae RR. (2006). How to measure national stereotypes? Response. Science. 311, 777-779.

  15. Terracciano A, McCrae RR, Costa PT Jr. (2006). Longitudinal trajectories in Guilford-Zimmerman temperament survey data: results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. J. Gerontol. B Psychol. Sci. 61B, P108-P116. [Abs]

  16. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, Costa PT Jr., Ozer DJ. (2006). Person factors in the California adult Q-Set: closing the door on personality trait types? Eur. J. Pers. 20, 29-44.

  17. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, Costa PT Jr., Ozer DJ. (2006). From types to typological thinking: A Reply to Asendorpf. Eur. J. Pers. 20, 49-51.

  18. Pilia G, Chen W, Scuteri A, Orrú M, Albai G, Dei M, Lai S, Usala G, Lai M, Loi P, Mameli C, Vacca L, Deiana M, Olla N, Masala M, Cao A, Najjar SS, Terracciano A, Nedorezov T, Sharov A, Zonderman AB, Abecasis GR, Costa PT Jr, Lakatta E, Schlessinger D (2006). Heritability of cardiovascular and personality traits in 6,148 Sardinians. PloS Genetics. 2: e132; 1207-1223. [Abs] - [Full Text]

  19. Terracciano A, McCrae RR, Costa PT Jr. (2006). Personality plasticity after age 30. Pers. Soc. Psychol. Bull. 32, 999-1099. [Abs]

  20. McCrae RR, Terracciano A (2006). National character and personality. Curr. Dir. Psychol. Sci. 15, 156-161.

  21. Terracciano A, McCrae RR (2006). Cross-cultural studies of personality traits and their relevance to psychiatry. Epidemiol. Psichiatr. Soc. 15, 176-184. [Abs] - [Full Text]

  22. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, Khoury B. (2007). Dolce Far Niente: The positive psychology of personality stability and invariance. In: Ong A and van Dulmen M (Eds.), Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology. (pp. 176-188) New York: Oxford University Press.

  23. Costa PT Jr., Terracciano A, Uda M, Vacca L, Mameli C, Pilia G, Zonderman AB, Lakatta E, Schlessinger D, McCrae RR (2007). Personality traits in Sardinia: Testing founder population effects on trait means and variances. Behav. Genet. 37, 376-387. [Abs]

  24. Terracciano A, McCrae RR (2007). Perceptions of Americans and the Iraq invasion: Implications for understanding national character stereotypes. J. Cross-Cult. Psychol., 38, 695-710

  25. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, Realo A, Allik J (2007). Climatic warmth and national wealth: Some culture-level determinants of national character stereotypes. Eur. J. Pers., 21, 953-976

  26. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, Realo A, & Allik J (2007). On the Validity of Culture-Level Personality and Stereotype Scores. European Journal of Personality, 21, 987-991.

  27. McCrae RR, & Terracciano A (2008). The Five-Factor Model and its correlates in individuals and cultures. In FJR van de Vijver, DA van Hemert, & YH Poortinga (Eds.), Multilevel Analysis of Individuals and Cultures. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

  28. Terracciano A, Loeckenhoff CE, Crum RM, Bienvenu OJ & Costa PT Jr. (2008) Five-Factor Model personality profiles of drug users. BMC Psychiatry, 8:22. [Abs] - [Full Text]

  29. Loeckenhoff CE, Terracciano A, Bienvenu OJ, Patriciu NS, Nestadt G, McCrae RR, Eaton WW, & Costa PT Jr. (in press). Ethnicity, education, and the temporal stability of personality traits in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study. Journal of Research in Personality, doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2007.09.004.

  30. Terracciano A, McCrae RR, & Costa PT Jr. (in press). Personality stability and change in aging men and women. Geriatrics & Aging.

  31. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, Realo A, & Allik J (in press). Interpreting GLOBE Societal Practices Scales. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

  32. Terracciano A, Loeckenhoff CE, Zonderman AB, Ferrucci L, & Costa PT Jr. (in press). Personality predictors of longevity: Activity, Emotional Stability, and Conscientiousness. Psychosomatic Medicine.

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