The essential resource for personality assessment, updated and expanded The Handbook of Personality Assessment provides comprehensive guidance on the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the most widely-used instruments. Written by two of the field's foremost authorities, this well-balanced guide blends theory and application to provide a foundational reference for both graduate students and professionals. Updated to reflect the most current advances, this second edition includes new chapters on the Minnesota Personality Inventory-Restructured Form and the Rorschach Performance Assessment System, along with in-depth coverage of the MMPI-2, MMPI-2-A, MCMI-IV, PAI, NEO-PI-R, Rorschach Comprehensive System, TAT, and Figure Drawing and Sentence Completion Methods. Each instrument is discussed in terms of its history, administration, scoring, validity, assessment, interpretation, applications, and psychometric foundations, and other chapters address ethical considerations and provide general guidelines in the assessment process. Personality assessments guide recommendations in a broad range of clinical, health care, forensic, educational, and organizational settings. This book delves deeply into the nature and appropriate use of the major assessment instruments, with authoritative insight and practical guidance.
Review the latest concepts, research, and practices
Administer, score, and interpret the most widely-used instruments
Understand the psychometric foundations of personality assessment
Access downloadable sample reports that illustrate software interpretation An individual's nature and disposition can be assessed in several ways. This book focuses on standardized psychological tests that assess personality characteristics and indicate how a person is likely to think, feel, and act. The results can only be as accurate as the process, from assessment selection and administration, to scoring, interpretation, and beyond. The Handbook of Personality Assessment is an invaluable resource for every stage of the process, with a practical focus and advice from two leading experts. Table of Contents Preface About the Authors
Part 1: Basic Considerations Chapter 1: History of Personality Assessment Early Events Emergence of Personality Psychology World War II and the Expansion of Clinical Psychology Trends over Time: Shrinkage and Growth Concluding Comments References
Chapter 2: The Personality Assessment Process Purposes of Personality Assessment Preparing for Personality Assessments Conducting Personality Assessments Interpreting Personality Assessment Data Reporting Personality Assessment Findings References
Chapter 3: Psychometric Foundations of Assessment Reliability Validity Clinical Decision Making Impediments to Accurate Decisions Concluding Comments References
Chapter 4: Ethical Considerations in Personality Assessment Student Disclosure of Personal Information (7.04) Bases for Assessments (9.01) Use of Assessments (9.02) Informed Consent in Assessments (9.03) Release of Test Data (9.04) Interpreting Assessment Results (9.06) Assessment by Unqualified Persons (9.07) Obsolete Tests and Outdated Test Results (9.08) Test Scoring and Interpretation Services (9.09) Explaining Assessment Results (9.10) Maintaining Test Security (9.11) Training Students in Personality Assessment Diversity Issues Concluding Comments References
Part 2: Self-Report Inventories Chapter 5: Overview Nature of Self-Report Inventories Item Characteristics Administration and Scoring Method of Scale Development Validity Assessment The Process of Interpretation Future Directions for Assessment with Self-Report Inventories Summary References
Chapter 6: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 History Administration Scoring Validity Interpretation Applications Psychometric Foundations Concluding Comments References
Chapter 7: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory—Adolescent History Administration Scoring Validity Interpretation Applications Psychometric Foundations References
Chapter 8: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructed Form (MMPI-2-RF) History Administration Scoring Validity Interpretation Applications Psychometric Foundations MMPI-A Restructured Form (MMPI-2-A-RF) Concluding Comments References
Chapter 9: Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV History Administration Scoring Assessing Validity Interpretation Applications Psychometric Foundations Concluding Comments References
Chapter 10: Personality Assessment Inventory History Administration Scoring Assessing Validity Interpretation Applications Psychometric Foundations Adolescent Version of the PAI Concluding Comments References
Chapter 11: NEO Personality Inventory-3 History Administration Scoring Assessing Validity Interpretation Applications Psychometric Foundations Concluding Comments References
Part 3: Performance-Based Measures Chapter 12: Rorschach Comprehensive System Nature of the Rorschach Comprehensive System History Administration Coding and Scoring Interpretation: Structural Variables Interpretation: Thematic Variables Interpretation: Behavioral Variables Interpretation: Card Pull Applications Psychometric Foundations References
Chapter 13: Rorschach Performance Assessment System Nature of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System History Administration Coding and Scoring Interpretation Applications Psychometric Foundations References
Chapter 14: Thematic Apperception Test Nature of the Thematic Apperception Test History Administration Coding Interpretation: Card Pull Interpretation: Story Meaning Applications Psychometric Foundations References
Chapter 15: Figure Drawing Methods Nature and History of Figure Drawing Methods Administration and Scoring Interpretation Applications Psychometric Foundations Summary References
Chapter 16: Sentence Completion Methods Nature of Sentence Completion Methods History Administration Scoring Interpretation Applications Psychometric Foundations References
Appendixes: Computer-Generated Interpretive Reports Appendix A: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Appendix B: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent Appendix C: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form Appendix D: Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV Appendix E: Personality Assessment Inventory Appendix F: NEO Personality Inventory-3 Appendix G: Rorschach Comprehensive System Appendix H: Rorschach Performance Assessment System
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