-Ad Hoc Reviewer:

Addiction, BMC Psychiatry, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Journal of Family 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, Psychology and Aging, Psychiatry Research, and the National Science Foundation

Fellowships from Milano Ricerche
Fellowships from Foundation Adriano Buzzati-Traverso
Fellowships from Telethon Italy
NIA “on the spot”, “staff recognition”, and “special act” awards
Giuseppe Pilia Foundation Award
Who’s Who in America

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, & D'Urso M (2000). Differentially regulated and evolved genes in the fully sequenced Xq/Yq pseudoautosomal region. Human Molecular Genetics, 9, 395-401. [Abs]

2. Costa PT Jr., Terracciano A, & McCrae RR (2001). Gender differences in personality traits across cultures: Robust and surprising findings. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 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. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1456-68. [Abs]

4. Terracciano A, McCrae RR, & Costa, PT Jr. (2003). Factorial and construct validity of the Italian Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 19, 131-141.

5. Terracciano A, McCrae RR, Hagemann D, & Costa PT Jr. (2003). Individual difference variables, affective differentiation, and the structures of affect. Journal of Personality, 71, 669-703.[Abs] [Full text]

6. Terracciano A (2003). The Italian version of the NEO PI-R: Conceptual and empirical support for the use of targeted rotation. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 1859-1872.[Abs] [Full text]
   
   
7. Terracciano A, Merritt M, Zonderman AB, & Evans MK (2003). Personality traits and sex differences in emotions recognition among African Americans and Caucasians. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, 1000, 309-312.[Abs] [Full text]
   
   
8. Terracciano A, & Costa PT Jr. (2004). Smoking and the Five-Factor Model of personality. Addiction, 99, 472-481. [Abs] [Full text]
   
   
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. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 547-561. [Abs]

10. Monfregola J, Cevenini A, Terracciano A, van Vlies N, Arbucci S, Wanders RJA, D'Urso M, Vaz FM, & Ursini MV (2005). Functional analysis of TLMH variants and definition of domains required for catalytic activity and mitochondrial targeting. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 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. [Abs] [Full Text]

12. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, & 79 Members of the Personality Profiles of Cultures Project (2005). Personality profiles of cultures: Aggregate personality traits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 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. Psychology and 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. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 61B, P108-P116. [Abs]

16. McCrae RR, TerraccianoA, Costa PT Jr., & Ozer DJ (2006). Person factors in the California Adult Q-Set: Closing the door on personality trait types? European Journal of Personality, 20, 29-44.

17. McCrae RR, TerraccianoA, Costa PT Jr., & Ozer DJ (2006). From types to typological thinking: A reply to Asendorpf. European Journal of Personality, 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; 1207-12233. [Abs] [Full Text]

19. Terracciano A, McCrae RR, & Costa PT Jr. (2006). Personality plasticity after age 30. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 999-1009. [Abs]

20. McCrae RR & Terracciano A (2006). National character and personality. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 156-161.
    
    
21. Terracciano A & McCrae RR (2006). Cross-cultural studies of personality traits and their relevance to psychiatry. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, 15, 176-84. [Abs] [Full Text]

22. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, & Khoury B (2007). Dolce far niente: The positive psychology of personality stability and invariance. In A Ong, & M van Dulmen (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. Behavior Genetics, 37, 376-387. [Abs]

24. Terracciano A & McCrae RR (2007). Perceptions of Americans and the Iraq invasion: Implications for understanding national character stereotypes. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38, 695-710. [Abs] [Full text]
    
    
25. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, Realo A, & Allik J (2007). Climatic warmth and national wealth: Some culture-level determinants of national character stereotypes. European Journal of Personality, 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, RM Crum, OJ Bienvenu & 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. (2008). Ethnicity, education, and the temporal stability of personality traits in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 577-598. [Abs] [Full Text]
    
    
30. Terracciano A, Loeckenhoff CE, Zonderman AB, Ferrucci L, & Costa PT Jr. (2008). Personality predictors of longevity: Activity, Emotional Stability, and Conscientiousness. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, 621-627. [Abs] [Full Text]
    
    
31. Terracciano A, McCrae RR, & Costa PT Jr. (2008). Personality traits: Stability and change with age. Geriatrics & Aging, 11, 474-478.
    
    
32. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, Realo A, & Allik J (2008). Interpreting GLOBE Societal Practices Scales. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36, 805-810.
    
    
33. Terracciano A, Sanna S, Uda M, Deiana B, Usala G, Busonero F, Maschio A, Scally M, Patriciu N, Chen W, Distel MA, Slagboom PE, Boomsma DI, Villafuerte S, Śliwerska E, Burmeister M, Amin N, Janssens ACJW, van Duijn  CM, Schlessinger D, Abecasis GR, & Costa PT Jr. (Epub ahead of print). Genome-wide association scan for five major dimensions of personality. Molecular Psychiatry, doi: 10.1038/mp.2008.113[Abs]
    
    
34. Terracciano A (in press). Secular trends and personality: Perspectives from longitudinal and cross-cultural studies. Perspectives on Psychological Science
    
    
35. Loeckenhoff CE, Terracciano A, Patriciu NS, Eaton WW, & Costa PT Jr. (2009). Self-reported Extremely Adverse Life Events and Longitudinal Changes in Five-Factor Model Personality Traits in an Urban Sample. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 53-59 [Abs]
    
    
36. Loeckenhoff CE, Terracciano A, & Costa PT Jr. (in press). Five-factor Model Personality Traits and the Retirement Transition: Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Associations. Psychology and Aging
    
    
37. De Fruyt F, De Bolle M, McCrae RR, Terracciano A, Costa PT Jr. & 43 Collaborators of the Adolescent Personality Profiles of Cultures Project (in press). Assessing the universal structure of personality in early adolescence: The NEO-PI-R and NEO-PI-3 in 24 cultures. Assessment [Abs]
    
    
38. Terracciano A, Balaci L, Thayer J, Scally M, Kokinos S, Ferrucci L, Tanaka T, Zonderman AB, Sanna S, Olla N, Zuncheddu MA, Naitza S, Busonero F, Uda M, Schlessinger D, Abecasis GR, & Costa PT Jr. (in press). Variants of the serotonin transporter gene and NEO-PI-R Neuroticism: No association in the BLSA and SardiNIA samples. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30932 [Abs]
    
    
39. Terracciano A, Sutin AR, McCrae RR, Deiana B, Ferrucci L, Schlessinger D, Uda M, & Costa PT Jr. (in press). Facets of personality linked to underweight and overweight. Psychosomatic Medicine [Abs]
    
    
40. McCrae RR, Terracciano A, De Fruyt F, De Bolle M, Gelfand MJ, Costa PT Jr. & 39 Collaborators of the Adolescent Personality Profiles of Cultures Project (in press). The validity and structure of culture-level personality scores: Data from ratings of young adolescents. Journal of Personality
    
    
41. Loeckenhoff CE, De Fruyt F, Terracciano A, McCrae RR, De Bolle M, Costa PT Jr. & 45 Collaborators of the Adolescent Personality Profiles of Cultures Project (in press). Perceptions of Aging across 26 Cultures and their Culture-Level Associates. Psychology and Aging