Sara Manganelli

Dr. Sara Manganelli is a Tenure Track Researcher in Psychometrics (PSIC-01/C) at the Department of Psychology of Developmental and Socialization Processes at Sapienza University of Rome since 2024. She holds a National Scientific Qualification for Associate Professor in Psychology (2020) and has worked at the National Institute for the Evaluation of the Educational System (INVALSI), and as a lecturer at the Telematica eCampus University.

Research Focus: Her work centers on psychological well-being, academic motivation, self-regulation, and socio-economic-cultural impacts on youth development. She specializes in psychometric tool development and formal models to explore relationships between constructs, using advanced quantitative methods.

Recent Themes: Key areas include immigrant integration in schools, socio-economic disparities in education, and resilience mechanisms among disadvantaged students. Her studies often involve large-scale national datasets and mixed-methods approaches.

Professional Activities: Active in educational policy research, she has contributed to national evaluation frameworks and media literacy interventions to combat substance abuse among adolescents.