School of Medicine & Psychology · Australian National University
Precision: Advanced Psychometrics & Assessment Lab
We advance the science of psychological measurement at the intersection of clinical psychology, psychometric innovation, and AI. Based at the Australian National University, we build cutting-edge assessment tools, investigate dimensional models of personality, and pioneer the ethical use of AI in mental health.
Research areas
Psychometrics & Scale Development
State-of-the-art, open-source assessment tools built with IRT, CFA, and network analysis.
Dimensional Personality & Clinical
Dimensional models of personality and psychopathology, translated into clinical assessment tools.
LLMs in Psychological Science
Evidence-based, ethical use of large language models in psychological research and mental-health care.
Meta-Science & Idiographic Methods
Open data, statistical-power practice, and person-specific measurement.
Recent work
Understanding and assessing personality across cultures: A scoping review
A scoping review of whether personality can be validly assessed across cultures.
Sheppard H, Bizumic B, Christensen B, Monaghan C · 2026
Bridging the implementation gap in dimensional personality models
A commentary on translating dimensional personality models into usable clinical workflows.
Monaghan C · 2025
Dimensional models of personality disorders: Challenges and opportunities
A review of dimensional models of personality disorders — their evidence, challenges, and clinical promise.
Monaghan C, Bizumic B · 2023
Development of a Scale to Examine Responses to Bodily Sensations
Developing the Bodily Sensations Response Scale, capturing Defeat and Acceptance response styles.
Roche-Freedman KE, Brown RF, Monaghan C, Thorsteinsson E, Brown J · 2022
Clarifying the relationship between intuitive eating, mindful eating, and maladaptive eating: A factor analytic study
A factor-analytic study disentangling intuitive, mindful, and maladaptive eating and their links to wellbeing.
Bell E, Rieger E, Murray K, Monaghan C · 2026
Life in the lab
Science is a team sport. Beyond the bench, we celebrate milestones, travel to conferences, and get out together.
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