Research in psychometrics, methods, and data analysis contributes substantially to the high quality of research conducted at CIMCYC. Researchers in behavioral science methodology, together with colleagues in other areas of psychology, develop cutting-edge methodological advances that enhance the impact of research across many other lines of inquiry.
CIMCYC researchers make important contributions to psychometrics in areas such as measurement equivalence, bias, test and questionnaire development, and response processes, as well as to modern mixed-method approaches to validity theory. These advances have been applied to topics such as sense of humor, driving, violence against women, sexuality, and forensic psychology.
Methodological work also plays an important role in numerous lines of research developed by CIMCYC staff, including burnout among healthcare professionals, driving simulations, chronic pain, radicalization leading to terrorism, and evidence-based peer mentoring programs. The latter forms part of the major H2020 project Cultural pathways to economic self-sufficiency and entrepreneurship: family values and youth unemployment in Europe (CUPESSE).
In addition, CIMCYC research has contributed several novel methods for assessing mental functions in patients with neuropsychological impairments.