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This book offers the first integrated account of how psychological assessment has taken shape across Ibero-America by presenting country by country analyses of the development of the field in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. It traces institutional milestones, degree programs, and professional regulation, clarifying how psychodiagnosis, psychometrics, test adaptation, and ethical frameworks have evolved within diverse educational, clinical, occupational, and forensic settings.
Written by leading scholars and practitioners, the volume synthesizes historical trajectories from early laboratories and guidance institutes to contemporary commissions and societies while examining persistent obstacles such as reliance on foreign instruments, uneven standardization, and access to materials. The chapters foreground reliability, validity, consequential validity, and responsible test use; they review cross cultural adaptation practices, item response theory, computerized adaptive testing, and ecological momentary assessment, alongside the roles of national councils, colleges of psychologists, and international bodies in improving test quality and governance.
Beyond documenting achievements, Origins and Challenges of Psychological Assessment in Ibero-American Countries delineates pragmatic pathways for strengthening assessment through research networks, indexed publication, and transparent quality criteria to support evidence based diagnosis and intervention. Its balanced scope historical, methodological, and policy oriented makes it a timely reference for students, academics, and professionals seeking rigorous, context aware assessment in Latin America and Spain.
This is an English edition of a book originally published in Spanish. The translation from Spanish into English was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The Odyssey of Psychological Assessment in Argentina.- Chapter 3 Realities and Challenges in Training, Publications, and Practice of Psychological Assessment in Bolivia.- Chapter 4 The Development of Psychological Assessment in Brazil: Actions, Perspectives, and Challenges.- Chapter 5 Origins and Challenges of Psychological Assessment in Chile.- Chapter 6 Psychological and Educational Assessment in Costa Rica: Origins, Current Status, and Future Perspectives.- Chapter 7 Psychological Assessment in Ecuador: Past, Present, and Future Challenges.- Chapter 8 Development and Challenges of Psychological Assessment in El Salvador.- Chapter 9 Psychological Assessment and Psychometrics in Spain.- Chapter 10 Development and Paradigms of Psychological Assessment: A Perspective from Guatemala.- Chapter 11 Advances and Challenges in Psychological Assessment in Mexico.- Chapter 12 An Overview of the Past, Present, and Future of Psychological Assessment in Paraguay: Realities and Challenges.- Chapter 13 Psychological Assessment in Peru: History, Psychometric Research, and Perspectives.- Chapter 14 Psychological Assessment in Uruguay.- Chapter 15 Psychological Assessment in Venezuela: Origin, Expansion, Restriction/Reinvention, and Challenges.
Silvia Viviana Pugliese is Professor of Psychodiagnosis at the National University of Rosario and postgraduate programs in Argentina. She holds a PhD in Psychology and specializes in psychological assessment and projective techniques. President of the Latin American Association of Rorschach and Other Projective Techniques (ALAR), she has authored books, chapters, and peer-reviewed articles, and is an active member of the Argentinean Association for Studies and Research in Psychodiagnosis (ADEIP), Interamerican Society of Psychology (SIP), American Psychological Association (APA), International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and the International Society of the Rorschach. Her research advances psychometrics and diagnostic methodology in clinical and educational contexts.
Solange Muglia Wechsler is Professor in the Graduate Program in Psychology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil. She earned her PhD in Psychology from the University of Georgia and completed postdoctoral work at the Torrance Center for Creative Studies. A founding member of the Brazilian Institute for Psychological Assessment (IBAP), she has developed widely used psychological tests and published extensively on psychometrics, creativity, and assessment. Her work bridges theory and applied measurement in diverse cultural settings.
José Livia Segovia is Full Professor and researcher at Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Peru. He holds a PhD in Psychology and has extensive postgraduate training in psychometrics, mental health, and higher education management. A certified researcher by the Peruvian National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC), he has served as Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Vice Dean of the College of Psychologists of Peru. His scholarly contributions focus on psychological testing, validity studies, and methodological innovation, supported by national and international awards.
