Session Overview
 
Date: Wednesday, 22/Jul/2015
8:30am - 4:30pmRegistration
 
9:00am - 12:30pmW1: What the Face Reveals: The Facial Action Coding System as an Assessment Tool and its Applications
Organizers: Tracey Platt and Jennifer Hofmann (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
KOL-G-204 (Ⅱ) 
9:00am - 12:30pmW2: Introduction to Item Response Theory with R
Organizer: Matthew Zeigenfuse (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
KOL-G-209 (Ⅲ) 
1:00pm - 4:30pmW3: Diagnostics of Personality Pathology – Past, Present, and Future
Organizer: Daniel Leising (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
KOL-G-204 (Ⅱ) 
1:00pm - 4:30pmW4: Introduction to Modern Multitrait Multimethod Analysis - How to Examine the Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Psychological Measures
Organizer: Fridtjof W. Nußbeck (University of Bielefeld, Germany)
KOL-G-209 (Ⅲ) 
5:00pm - 6:30pmOpening: Welcome, Host and Presidential Address
KOL-G-201/Aula (Ⅰ) 
6:30pm - 7:30pmWelcome Reception
Lichthof/Atrium 
7:30pm - 9:00pmEAPA Executive Committee Meeting
KOL-E-13 (Ⅶ) 

 
Date: Thursday, 23/Jul/2015
8:30am - 9:30amK1: Assessing and Changing Cognitive Processes in Addiction
Session Chair: Victor J. Rubio
Reinout W. Wiers (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
9:45am - 11:15amIS1: Is “Q-short” a Useful Approach for Psychological Assessment? Pitfalls and Opportunities of Short Questionnaires for the Measurement of Psychological Constructs
Session Chair: Christoph J. Kemper
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
9:45am - 11:15amS1: Opportunities and Challenges of Longitudinal Perspectives
Session Chair: Grégoire Bollmann
Discussant: Martin Tomasik
KOL-G-217 (Ⅳ) 
9:45am - 11:15amPA1: Measurement 1
Session Chair: Klaus D. Kubinger
KOL-G-204 (Ⅱ) 
9:45am - 11:15amPA2: Organizational Assessment 1
Session Chair: Bengt Jansson
KOL-G-209 (Ⅲ) 
9:45am - 11:15amPA3: Clinical Assessment 1: Children and Adolescents
Session Chair: Nina Krüger
KOL-G-221 (Ⅴ) 
11:15am - 11:45amCoffee Break
Lichthof/Atrium 
11:45am - 1:15pmPD: Potential Impact of the Revised EFPA Review Model for the Description and Evaluation of Psychological and Educational Tests
Chair: Dave Bartram
Discussants: Johnny Fontaine, Mark Schittekatte, Fons van de Vijver
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
11:45am - 1:15pmPA4: Organizational Assessment 2
Session Chair: Olaf Ringelband
KOL-G-217 (Ⅳ) 
11:45am - 1:15pmPA5: Clinical Assessment 2
Session Chair: Anna Barbara Słysz
KOL-G-204 (Ⅱ) 
11:45am - 1:15pmPA6: Assessment in Children and Adolescents
Session Chair: David Gallardo-Pujol
KOL-G-209 (Ⅲ) 
11:45am - 1:15pmPA7: Meaning in Life and Well-Being
Session Chair: Shulamith Kreitler
KOL-G-221 (Ⅴ) 
1:15pm - 2:30pmLunch
Cafeteria 
2:30pm - 3:30pmK2: Assessment of Personality Disorders in DSM-5
Session Chair: Daniel Leising
Robert Krueger (University of Minnesota, USA)
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
3:30pm - 4:30pmPO1: Poster Session 1 (Including Coffee Break)
Lichthof/Atrium 
4:30pm - 6:00pmIS2: On the Effect of Item Positions in Tests
Session Chair: Karl Schweizer
Session Chair: Siegbert Reiß
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
4:30pm - 6:00pmS2: Online Assessment and Internet-Based Research
Session Chair: Ulf-Dietrich Reips
Session Chair: Stefan Stieger
KOL-G-217 (Ⅳ) 
4:30pm - 6:00pmPA8: Educational Assessment 1
Session Chair: Anne-Kathrin Mayer
KOL-G-204 (Ⅱ) 
4:30pm - 6:00pmPA9: Humor and Playfulness
Session Chair: René Proyer
KOL-G-209 (Ⅲ) 
4:30pm - 6:00pmPA10: Cross-Cultural Assessment and Adaptation
Session Chair: Isabel Benítez Baena
KOL-G-221 (Ⅴ) 
6:15pm - 7:45pmMembers Meeting
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 

 
Date: Friday, 24/Jul/2015
8:30am - 9:30amK3: Ambulatory Assessment: Promises and Challenges
Session Chair: Tuulia M. Ortner
Ulrich Ebner-Priemer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
9:45am - 11:15amIS3: Recent Methodological Developments for Testing Measurement Invariance
Session Chair: Carolin Strobl
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
9:45am - 11:15amS3: Vulnerabilities and Resources at Work and in Career Development
Session Chair: Grégoire Bollmann
KOL-G-217 (Ⅳ) 
9:45am - 11:15amPA11: Educational Assessment 2
Session Chair: Carl-Walter Kohlmann
KOL-G-204 (Ⅱ) 
9:45am - 11:15amPA12: Clinical Assessment 3
Session Chair: Murray Dyck
KOL-G-209 (Ⅲ) 
9:45am - 11:15amPA13: Personality
Session Chair: Eva Schürch
KOL-G-221 (Ⅴ) 
9:45am - 11:15amPA14: Test Evaluation
Session Chair: Samuel M.Y. Ho
KOL-E-18 (Ⅷ) 
11:15am - 11:45amCoffee Break
Lichthof/Atrium 
11:45am - 1:15pmIS4: Cross-Cultural Assessment
Session Chair: Fons van de Vijver
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
11:45am - 1:15pmS4: Response Styles in Personality Assessment
Session Chair: Daniel Danner
KOL-G-217 (Ⅳ) 
11:45am - 1:15pmPA15: Positive Traits and Positive Emotions
Session Chair: Ingrid Koller
KOL-G-204 (Ⅱ) 
11:45am - 1:15pmPA16: Applied Settings
Session Chair: Sonja Krupp
KOL-G-209 (Ⅲ) 
11:45am - 1:15pmPA17: Assessment Center and Coaching
Session Chair: Nigel George Evans
KOL-G-221 (Ⅴ) 
11:45am - 1:15pmPA18: Innovative Approaches
Session Chair: Samuel Greiff
KOL-E-18 (Ⅷ) 
1:15pm - 2:30pmLunch
Cafeteria 
1:45pm - 2:25pmMeet the Editor - Q&A with the Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Psychological Assessment
Session Chair: René Proyer
Matthias Ziegler (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
2:30pm - 3:30pmK4: Computer Adaptive Assessment of Personality
Session Chair: Matthias Ziegler
Fritz Drasgow (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
3:30pm - 4:30pmPO2: Poster Session 2 (Including Coffee Break)
Lichthof/Atrium 
4:30pm - 6:00pmIS5: On the Validity of Objective Personality Tests: What Do They Measure?
Session Chair: Tuulia M. Ortner
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
4:30pm - 6:00pmPA19: Measurement 2
Session Chair: Frank M. Goldhammer
KOL-G-217 (Ⅳ) 
4:30pm - 6:00pmPA20: Intelligence
Session Chair: Klaus D. Kubinger
KOL-G-204 (Ⅱ) 
4:30pm - 6:00pmPA21: Clinical Assessment 4
Session Chair: Sandra Beatrice Sebre
KOL-G-209 (Ⅲ) 
4:30pm - 6:00pmPA22: Subjective Well-Being
Session Chair: Marco Weber
KOL-G-221 (Ⅴ) 
6:30pm - 10:00pmConference Dinner
 

 
Date: Saturday, 25/Jul/2015
9:00am - 10:00amK5: Do Countries and Organizations Have Personalities?
Session Chair: Fons van de Vijver
Dave Bartram (CEB’s SHL Talent Management Solutions, UK, and University of Pretoria, Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa)
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
10:15am - 11:45amIS6: The Assessment of 21st Century Skills
Session Chair: Samuel Greiff
Discussant: Arthur C. Graesser
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
10:15am - 11:45amPA23: Creativity and Emotional Intelligence
Session Chair: Johnny Fontaine
KOL-G-217 (Ⅳ) 
10:15am - 11:45amPA24: Educational Assessment 3
Session Chair: Fariha Asif
KOL-G-204 (Ⅱ) 
10:15am - 11:45amPA25: Organizational and Counselling Settings
Session Chair: Claudia Harzer
KOL-G-209 (Ⅲ) 
10:15am - 11:45amPA26: Clinical Assessment 5
Session Chair: Sofia Major
KOL-G-221 (Ⅴ) 
11:45am - 12:15pmCoffee Break
Lichthof/Atrium 
12:15pm - 1:15pmK6: Measuring Adaptive and Maladaptive Personality for Workplace Applications
Session Chair: Johnny Fontaine
Deniz S. Ones (University of Minnesota, USA)
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
1:15pm - 2:30pmLunch
Cafeteria 
2:30pm - 3:30pmClosing Ceremony
KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ) 
4:00pm - 6:00pmCity Tour