Publications

My name is cited as Degobi, E. B. or as I was formerly known (Bastos, R. V. S.).

Books

  • Degobi, E. B. (2025). Advances in Psychometric Theory and Measurement for Psychological Sciences: With Tutorials in R. https://elliedegb.quarto.pub/psychometrics/

Journal Articles

  1. Borborema, R. S., de Moraes Ferreira, M., da Silva, A. L. M., Bastos, R. V. S., de Sá, D. G. F., Feldman, G., … & Batistuzzo, M. C. (2026). Inaction Inertia Effect: Foregoing Opportunities as a Consequence of an Initial Failure to Act–a Replication-Extension Study in the Brazilian Population. Meta-Psychology, 10. https://doi.org/10.15626/MP.2023.3960

  2. Simioni, A., Schafer, J. L., Marchionatti, L. E., Schuster, K., Casella, C. B., Papanikolaou, K., … & Kotsis, K. (2026). Psychometric properties and local normative references of PSC-17, RCADS-25, CATS-2, SNAP-IV, MCHAT-R/F, and CAST: data from a nationwide sample in Greece. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 62(10). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-026-01032-1

  3. Schoenegger, P., Tuminauskaite, I., Park, P. S., Bastos, R. V. S., & Tetlock, P. E. (2024/2025). Wisdom of the Silicon Crowd: LLM ensemble prediction capabilities rival human crowd accuracy. Science Advances, 10(45), eadp1528. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp1528

  4. Blomster Lyshol, J. K., Bastos, R. V. S., Isager, P. M., & Blystad, M. H. (2025). What is empathy for laypeople? – A replication study of Hall, Schwartz, and Duong (2021). The Journal of Social Psychology, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2482014

  5. Sarfo, J. O., García-Santillán, A., Adusei, H., Bastos, R. V. S., Achido, T. A., Attigah, D. K. (2025). Gender and Age Differences in Behaviours Related to Mathematics Anxiety Across Six Asian Countries. Journal of Advocacy, Research and Education, 12(2), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.13187/jare.2025.2.148

  6. Dahlgren, C. L., Bang, L., & Degobi, E. B. (2025). Screening for eating disorders in adolescents: psychometric evaluation of the EDE-QS in a community sample. BMC Psychology, 13(1042). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03400-w

  7. de Moraes Ferreira, M., Santiago, M. Y. T., Bastos, R. V. S., Fatori, D., Borborema, R. S., Seda, L., & Batistuzzo, M. C. (2024). Replication: The money illusion effect in a Brazilian sample and meta-analyses. Journal of Economic Psychology, 104, 102744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2024.102744

  8. Machado, G. M., Mose, L. B., Bastos, R. V. S., Freitas, C. P. P., Carvalho, L. F. (2024). Violence and bullying in the school context: a multilevel analysis. Avaliação Psicológica, 23, 355-367. https://doi.org/10.15689/ap.2024.2303.10

  9. Valentini, F., Mose, L. B., Franco, G. C., Aire, J. S. O., Bastos, R. V. S., et al. (2024). Inventory of Supporting for Socio-Emotional Skills - Forced-Choice Version. Paidéia, 34, e3408. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-4327e3408

  10. Sarfo, J. O., Ansah, E. W., Apaak, D., & Bastos, R. V. S. (2023). Psychometric Properties of a Safety Culture Index among Mental Health Workers in Ghana. Archives of Psychiatry Research, 59(2), 277-284. https://doi.org/10.20471/dec.2023.59.02.11

  11. Schönegger, P., Maier, M., & Bastos, R. V. S. (2023). Introduction and validation of the Short Antinatalism Scale (S-ANS). Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 4(1), 28-40. https://doi.org/10.1027/2698-1866/a000036

  12. Aquino, S. D., Marot, T. A., Bastos, R. V. S., & Natividade, J. C. (2023). Validity evidence of the Humor Styles Questionnaire in Brazil. Avaliação Psicológica, 22(2), 174-184. https://doi.org/10.15689/ap.2023.2202.21873.07

  13. Franco, V. R., Wiberg, M., & Bastos, R. V. S. (2023). Nonparametric Item Response Models. Psico-USF, 28, 685-696. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-82712023280403

  14. Franco, V. R., Laros, J. A., Wiberg, M., & Bastos, R. V. S. (2022). How to think straight about psychometrics. Trends in Psychology, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-022-00183-6

  15. Franco, V. R., Laros, J. A., & Bastos, R. V. S. (2022). Mokken scale analysis foundations. Paidéia, 32. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-4327e3223

  16. de Carvalho, N. M., Bastos, R. V. S., & Natividade, J. C. (2022). Implicit depressive trait measurement. Trends in Psychology, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-022-00145-y

  17. Lopes, K. F., Bahia, V. S., Natividade, J. C., Bastos, R. V. S., et al. (2022). Personality changes in Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 16, 187-193. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-5764-DN-2021-0029

  18. Sarfo, J. O., García-Santillán, A., Ansah, E. W., Bastos, R. V. S., et al. (2022). Anxiety Towards Mathematics Scale validation. European Journal of Contemporary Education, 11(2), 504-514. https://doi.org/10.13187/ejced.2022.2.504

  19. dos Santos, G. G. B., Soares, A. B., & Bastos, R. V. S. (2021). Social skills training and school climate. Psychology: Theory and Practice, 23(2), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.5935/1980-6906/ePTPPE13553

  20. Natividade, J. C., Londero-Santos, A., Novaes, F. C., Carvalho, N. M. D., Bastos, R. V. S., & Marot, T. A. (2021). Theory of planned behavior and COVID-19 isolation. Revista Psicologia e Saúde, 13(4), 199-213. https://doi.org/10.20435/pssa.v13i4.1369

Book Chapters

  • Valentini, F., & Bastos, R. V. S. (2025). Halo effect: consequences and techniques for assessment and control. In M. P. P. da Silva, & E. M. Peixoto (Orgs.), Response biases in psychological testing and assessment (pp 131-146). Hogrefe.

  • Mose, L. B., Lessa, J. P. A., Souza, L. S., & Bastos, R. V. S. (2025). Response biases in the assessment of personality traits. In M. P. P. da Silva, & E. M. Peixoto (Orgs.), Response biases in psychological testing and assessment (pp 299-324). Hogrefe.

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