About the lab

The Adult Development and Psychometrics Lab was established in 2000 by Dr. Anita Hubley.

Dr. Hubley's research combines her interests in (a) applied measurement, test development, and psychometrics with (b) topics and issues related to adulthood, aging, and lifespan development.

Research in the lab focuses on the study of age identity, self-concept, body image, health and quality of life, depression, and the neuropsychological study of visuospatial abilities and memory. Of particular interest to us is how to best measure some of these constructs for different age, gender, or cultural groups, the development of new and improved measures, validity and test validation, and the exploration of related measurement issues such as the effectiveness of different scale response formats, the use of talk-aloud protocols and focus groups, application of cognitive aspects of survey methodology, assessment of 'process' in visuospatial measures, and use of inter-rater reliability and subject matter expert indices.

Most of our research involves young, middle-aged or older adults, although there is some limited interest in children and adolescents. Most of our research involves community samples of healthy adults (our niche area of specialization) although research with clinical samples is also possible. This is the only lab in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education that focuses primarily on adult development and lifespan issues.

The Quality of Life for Homeless and Hard-to-House Individuals (QoLHHI) Inventory

The Quality of Life for Homeless and Hard-to-House Individuals (QoLHHI) Inventory is a flexible and comprehensive instrument can be used to measure the quality of life of individuals who are homeless or vulnerably housed. A manual and administration guide as well as several sections of the QoLHHI are now available for download. Please visit the QoLHHI page for more information.

Lab members

• Dr. Anita Hubley, director


• Anne Gaderman (MERM Doctoral student)


• Mihaela Launeanu (MERM Doctoral student)


• Sherrie Myers (CNPS Master's student)


• Shayna Rusticus (MERM Doctoral student)


• Lara Russell (MERM Doctoral student), lab coordinator

Becoming a research assistant

To find out about becoming a volunteer research assistant in the Adult Development and Psychometrics Lab, please see the Research Assistants section

Contact us

• Lab telephone: 604-822-5250

• Fax: 604-822-3302 (this is a departmental fax machine, so please indicate clearly on your fax that you are sending to the Adult Development and Psychometrics Lab in room 2405)

• Lab mailing address:
  c/o Dr. Anita Hubley
  Department of ECPS
  2125 Main Mall
  Vancouver, BC
  V6T 1Z4

• Lab location:
  Room 2405
  Scarfe Education Building, Office Tower 2 (fourth floor, next to the elevator)
  2125 Main Mall (University of British Columbia)
  Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4

• Printable PDF map and directions to the lab

• Contact Dr. Anita Hubley by email at anita.hubley@ubc.ca or by telephone at 604-822-9223

• Contact Lara Russell, lab coordinator, by email at brussell@interchange.ubc.ca or by telephone at 604-822-5250

• General lab enquiries can be sent to: ubc_adultdevelopment@hotmail.com

• Questions and comments about the website can be sent to the webmaster