Doctoral 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.

2004-2006

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. [Abs] - [Full text]
   
   
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. [Abstract] - [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] - [Full Text]
    
    
14. Terracciano A, & McCrae RR (2006). How to measure national stereotypes? Response. Science, 311, 777-779. [Full Text]
    
    
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] - [Full Text]
    
    
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. Terracciano A, McCrae RR, & Costa PT Jr. (2006). Personality plasticity after age 30. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 999-1009. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
19. 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]
    
    
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. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
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
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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. 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] - [Full Text]
    
    
34. Terracciano A, Sutin AR, McCrae RR, Deiana B, Ferrucci L, Schlessinger D, Uda M, & Costa PT Jr. (2009). Facets of personality linked to underweight and overweight. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 682-689. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
35. Loeckenhoff CE, Terracciano A, & Costa PT Jr. (2009). Five-Factor Model personality traits and the retirement transition: Longitudinal and cross-sectional associations. Psychology and Aging, 24, 722-728. [Abs]
    
    
36. De Fruyt F, De Bolle M, McCrae RR, Terracciano A, Costa PT Jr. & 43 Collaborators of the Adolescent Personality Profiles of Cultures Project (2009). Assessing the universal structure of personality in early adolescence: The NEO-PI-R and NEO-PI-3 in 24 cultures. Assessment, 16, 301-311. [Abs]
    
    
37. 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. (2009). Variants of the serotonin transporter gene and NEO-PI-R Neuroticism: No association in the BLSA and SardiNIA samples. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 150B, 1070-1077. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
38. Loeckenhoff CE, De Fruyt F, Terracciano A, McCrae RR, De Bolle M, Costa PT Jr, Aguilar-Vafaie ME, Ahn CK, Ahn HN, Alcalay L, Allik J, Avdeyeva TV, Barbaranelli C, Benet-Martinez V, Blatný M, Bratko D, Cain TR, Crawford JT, Lima MP, Ficková E, Gheorghiu M, Halberstadt J, Hrebícková M, Jussim L, Klinkosz W, Knezević G, de Figueroa NL, Martin TA, Marusić I, Mastor KA, Miramontez DR, Nakazato K, Nansubuga F, Pramila VS, Realo A, Rolland JP, Rossier J, Schmidt V, Sekowski A, Shakespeare-Finch J, Shimonaka Y, Simonetti F, Siuta J, Smith PB, Szmigielska B, Wang L, Yamaguchi M, Yik M (2009). Perceptions of aging across 26 cultures and their culture-level associates. Psychology and Aging, 24, 941-954. [Abs]
    
    
39. Terracciano A (2010). Secular trends and personality: Perspectives from longitudinal and cross-cultural studies—Commentary on Trzesniewski & Donnellan. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 93-96. [Abs]
    
    
40. Tolea M, Costa PT Jr., Terracciano A, Griswold M, Simonsick EM, Najjar SS, Scuteri A, Deiana B, Orrù M, Masala M, Uda M, Schlessinger D, & Ferrucci L (2010) Sex-specific correlates of walking speed in a wide-age ranged population. Journals of Gerontology B: Psychological Sciences, 65B, 174-184. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
41. Terracciano A, McCrae RR, & Costa PT Jr. (2010). Intra-individual change in personality stability and age. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 31-37. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
42. 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. (2010). Genome-wide association scan for five major dimensions of personality. Molecular Psychiatry, 15, 647-656. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
43. Terracciano A, Tanaka T, Sutin AR, Deiana B, Balaci L, Sanna S, Olla N, Maschio A, Uda M, Ferrucci L, Schlessinger D, & Costa PT Jr. (2010)  BDNF Val66Met is associated with Introversion and interacts with 5-HTTLPR to influence Neuroticism. Neuropsychopharmacology, 35, 1083-1089. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
44. Sutin AR, Terracciano A, Deiana B, Uda M, Schlessinger D, Lakatta E, & Costa PT Jr. (2010). Cholesterol, triglycerides, and the Five-Factor Model of personality. Biological Psychology, 84, 186-191. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
45. Sutin AR, Terracciano A, Ferrucci L, & Costa PT Jr. (2010). Teeth grinding: Is emotional stability related to bruxism? Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 402-405. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
46. Liu JZ, Tozzi F, Waterworth DM, Pillai SG, Muglia P, Middleton L, Berrettini W, Knouff CW, Yuan X, Waeber G, Vollenweider P, Preisig M, Wareham NJ, Zhao JH, Loos RJ, Barroso I, Khaw KT, Grundy S, Barter P, Mahley R, Kesaniemi A, McPherson R, Vincent JB, Strauss J, Kennedy JL, Farmer A, McGuffi n P, Day R, Matthews K, Bakke P, Gulsvik A, Lucae S, Ising M, Brueckl T, Horstmann S, Wichmann HE, Rawal R, Dahmen N, Lamina C, Polasek O, Zgaga L, Huffman J, Campbell S, Kooner J, Chambers JC, Burnett MS, Devaney JM, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler L, Lindsay JM, Waksman R, Epstein S, Wilson JF, Wild SH, Campbell H, Vitart V, Reilly MP, Li M, Qu L, Wilensky R, Matthai W, Hakonarson HH, Rader DJ, Franke A, Wittig M, Schäfer A, Uda M, Terracciano A, Xiao X, Busonero F, Scheet P, Schlessinger D, Clair DS, Rujescu D, Abecasis GR, Grabe HJ, Teumer A, Völzke H, Petersmann A, John U, Rudan I, Hayward C, Wright AF, Kolcic I, Wright BJ, Thompson JR, Balmforth AJ, Hall AS, Samani NJ, Anderson CA, Ahmad T, Mathew CG, Parkes M, Satsangi J, Caulfi eld M, Munroe PB, Farrall M, Dominiczak A, Worthington J, Thomson W, Eyre S, Barton A; The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Mooser V, Francks C, & Marchini J. (2010). Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity. Nature Genetics, 42, 436-440. [Abs]
    
    
47. 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 (2010). The validity and structure of culture-level personality scores: Data from ratings of young adolescents. Journal of Personality, 78, 815-838. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
48. Terracciano A*, Martin B*, Ansari D, Tanaka T, Ferrucci L, Maudsley S, Mattson MP, & Costa PT Jr. (2010). Plasma BDNF concentration, Val66Met genetic variant, and depression-related personality traits. Genes, Brain and Behavior 9, 512-518.[Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
49. Sutin AR, Terracciano A, Deiana B, Naitza S, Ferrucci L, Uda M, Schlessinger D, & Costa PT Jr. (2010). High Neuroticism and low Conscientiousness are associated with interleukin-6. Psychological Medicine, 40, 1485-1493. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
50. Sutin AR, Scuteri A, Lakatta AG, Tarasov KV, Ferrucci L, Costa PT Jr., Schlessinger D, Uda M, & Terracciano A (2010). Trait antagonism and the progression of arterial thickening: Women with antagonistic traits have similar carotid arterial thickness as men. Hypertension, 56, 617-622. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
51. Terracciano A, Tanaka T, Sutin AR, Sanna S, Deiana B, Lai S, Uda M, Schlessinger D, Abecasis GR, Ferrucci L & Costa PT Jr. (2010). Genome-wide association scan of trait depression. Biological Psychiatry, 68, 811-817. [Abs]
    
    
52. Sutin AR, Costa PT Jr, Uda M, Ferrucci L, Schlessinger D, & Terracciano A (2010). Personality and metabolic syndrome. Age, 32, 513-519. [Abs]
    
    
53. McCrae RR, Scally M, Terracciano A, Abecasis GR, & Costa PT Jr. (2010). An alternative to the search for single polymorphisms: Toward molecular personality scales for the Five-Factor Model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 1014-1024. [Abs]
    
    
54. McCrae RR, Kurtz JE, Yamagata S, & Terracciano A (2011). Internal consistency, retest reliability, and their implications for personality scale validity. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 15, 28-50. [Abs] - [Full Text]
    
    
55. Milaneschi Y, Bandinelli S, Penninx BW, Vogelzangs N, Corsi AM, Lauretani F, Kisialiou A, Vazzana R, Terracciano A, Guralnik JM, & Ferrucci L (2011). Depressive symptoms and inflammation increase in a prospective study of older adults: a protective effect of a healthy (Mediterranean-style) diet. Molecular Psychiatry, 16, 589-590. [Full Text]
    
    
56. de Moor MHM, Costa PT Jr., Terracciano A, Krueger RF, de Geus EJC, Tanaka T, Penninx BWJH, Esko T, Madden PAF, Derringer J, Amin N, Willemsen G, Hottenga JJ, Distel MA, Uda M, Sanna S, Spinhoven P, Hartman CA, Sullivan P, Realo A, Allik J, Heath AC, Pergadia ML, Agrawal A, Lin P, Grucza R, Nutile T, Ciullo M, Rujescu D, Giegling I, Konte B, Widen E, Cousminer DL, Eriksson JG, Palotie A, Peltonen L,  Luciano M, Tenesa A, Davies G, Lopez LM, Hansell NK, Medland SE, Ferrucci L, Schlessinger D, Montgomery GW, Wright MJ, Aulchenko YS, Janssens ACJW, Oostra BA, Metspalu A, Abecasis GR,  Deary IJ, Räikkönen K, Bierut LJ, Martin NG, van Duijn CM, & Boomsma DI (in press). Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality. Molecular Psychiatry [Abs]
    
    
57. Loeckenhoff CE, Terracciano A, Ferrucci L, & Costa PT Jr. (in press). Five-Factor personality traits and age trajectories of self-rated health: The role of question framing. Journal of Personality [Abs]
    
    
58. Sutin AR, Terracciano A, Kitner-Triolo MH, Uda M, Schlessinger D, & Zonderman AB (in press). Personality traits prospectively predict verbal fluency in a lifespan sample. Psychology and Aging [Abs]
    
    
59. Tolea M, Terracciano A, Milaneschi Y, Simonsick EM, Metter EM, & Ferrucci L (in press). Personality typology in relation to muscle strength. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine [Abs]
    
    
60. Sutin AR, Ferrucci L, Zonderman AB, & Terracciano A (in press). Personality and obesity across the adult life span. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology [Abs]
    
    
61. Terracciano A, Lobina M, Piras MG, Mulas A, Cannas A, Meirelles O, Sutin AR, Zonderman AB, Uda M, Crisponi L, & Schlessinger D (in press). Neuroticism, depressive symptoms, and serum BDNF. Psychosomatic Medicine
    
    
62. Chan W, McCrae RR, Rogers DL, Weimer AA, Greenberg DM, & Terracciano A (in press). Rater wealth predicts perceptions of outgroup competence. Journal of Research in Personality
    
    
63. Terracciano A, Esko T, Sutin AR, de Moor MHM, Meirelles O, Zhu G, Tanaka T, Giegling I, Nutile T, Realo A, Allik J, Hansell NK, Wright MJ, Montgomery GW, Willemsen G, Hottenga JJ, Friedl M, Ruggiero D, Sorice R, Sanna S, Cannas A, Räikkönen K,  Widen E, Palotie A,  Eriksson JG, Cucca F, Krueger RF, Lahti J, Luciano M, Smoller JW, van Duijn CM, Abecasis GR, Boomsma DI, Ciullo M, Costa PT Jr., Ferrucci L, Martin NG, Metspalu A, Rujescu D, Schlessinger D, & Uda M (in press). Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies common variants in CTNNA associated with Excitement-Seeking. Translational Psychiatry

Honors and Other Scientific Recognition:

Fellowships from Telethon Italy

NIA On the Spot Award, Staff Recognition Award, and Special Act Award

Giuseppe Pilia Foundation Award

Who’s Who in America

Fellow: Association for Psychological Science