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Gian Vittorio Caprara is Emeritus Professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He holds a Laurea degree in Political Science and a Specialization degree in Psychology, both from the Catholic University of Milan. He has been full professor of Personality Psychology at Sapienza University of Rome where he served as Chair of Department of Psychology, PhD Program Coordinator, Dean of Faculty of Psychology, President of Federate Faculties of Arts, Law and Economic and Director of the Inter-University Center for the Research on the Origins and Development of Prosocial and Antisocial Motivations. He has been visiting professor at University of Michigan, UCLA, UCI, Stanford University and Santiago University. He has been President of the European Association of Personality and is member of the Academia Europaea. He is Honorary research fellow of Sapienza’s Scuola di Studi Avanzati. Caprara is author and co-author of over 500 scientific publications, including several volumes.