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Preface | |
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Basic Considerations | |
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History of personality assessment | |
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Early Events | |
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Emergence of Personality Psychology | |
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World War II and the Expansion of Clinical Psychology | |
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Trends Over Time: Shrinkage and Growth | |
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Concluding Comments | |
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The personality assessment process | |
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Purposes of Personality Assessment | |
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Preparing for Personality Assessments | |
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Conducting Personality Assessments | |
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Interpreting Personality Assessment Data | |
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Reporting Personality Assessment Findings | |
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Psychometric Foundations Of Assessment | |
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Reliability | |
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Validity | |
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Clinical Decision Making | |
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Impediments to Accurate Decisions | |
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Concluding Comment | |
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Ethical considerations in personality assessment | |
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Student Disclosure of Personal Information | |
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Bases for Assessments | |
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Use of Assessments | |
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Informed Consent in Assessments | |
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Release of Test Data | |
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Interpreting Assessment Results | |
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Assessment by Unqualified Persons | |
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Obsolete Tests and Outdated Test Results | |
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Test Scoring and Interpretation Services | |
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Explaining Assessment Results | |
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Maintaining Test Security | |
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Training Students in Psychological Assessment | |
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Diversity | |
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Self-Report Inventories | |
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Overview of self-report inventories | |
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Nature of Self-Report Instruments | |
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Item Characteristics | |
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Methods of Scale Development | |
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Administration and Scoring | |
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Standardization Group | |
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Validity Assessment | |
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Interpretive Process | |
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory | |
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History | |
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Administration | |
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Scoring | |
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Assessing Validity | |
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Interpretation | |
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Applications | |
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Psychometric Foundations | |
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-A | |
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History | |
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Administration | |
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Scoring | |
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Assessing Validity | |
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Interpretation | |
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Applications | |
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Psychometric Foundations | |
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Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III | |
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History | |
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Administration | |
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Scoring | |
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Assessing Validity | |
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Interpretation | |
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Applications | |
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Psychometric Foundations | |
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Personality Assessment Inventory | |
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History | |
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Administration | |
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Scoring | |
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Assessing Validity | |
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Interpretation | |
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Applications | |
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Psychometric Foundations | |
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NEO Personality Inventory-Revised | |
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History | |
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Administration | |
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Scoring | |
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Assessing Validity | |
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Interpretation | |
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Applications | |
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Psychometric Foundations | |
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Performance-Based Measures | |
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Rorschach Inkblot Method | |
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Nature of the Rorschach Inkblot Method | |
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History | |
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Administration | |
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Coding and Scoring | |
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Interpretation: Structural Variables | |
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Interpretation--Thematic Variables | |
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Interpretation--Card Pull | |
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Applications | |
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Psychometric Foundations | |
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Thematic Apperception Test | |
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Nature of the Thematic Apperception Test | |
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History | |
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Administration | |
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Coding | |
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Interpretation: Card Pull | |
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Interpretation: Story Meaning | |
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Applications | |
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Psychometric Foundations | |
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Figure drawing methods | |
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Nature and History of Figure Drawing Methods | |
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Administration and Scoring | |
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Interpre | |