Description
The fourth edition of the Handbook of Psychological Assessment, provides scholarly overviews of the major areas of psychological assessment, including test development, psychometrics, technology of testing, and commonly used assessment measures. Psychological assessment is included for all ages, with new coverage encompassing ethnic minorities and the elderly. Assessment methodology discussed includes formal testing, interviewing, and observation of behavior. The handbook also discusses assessment of personality and behavior, including intelligence, aptitude, interest, achievement, personality and psychopathology. New coverage includes use of assessments in forensic applications.- Encompasses test development, psychometrics, and assessment measures- Covers assessment for all age groups- Includes formal testing, interviews, and behavioral observation as testing measures- Details assessments for intelligence, aptitude, achievement, personality, and psychopathology- New coverage of assessments used in forensic psychology- New coverage on assessments with ethnic minorities
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction1. Historical perspectivesGerald Goldstein, Daniel N, Allen, John DeLucaPART II. Psychometric Foundations2. How to develop an empirically based psychological testCecil Reynolds & Ron LivingstonPart III. Assessment of Intelligence3. Interpreting pediatric intelligence tests: a framework from evidence-based medicineAndrew J. Freeman & Yen-Ling Chen4. The development, expansion, and future of the WAIS-IV as a cornerstone in comprehensive cognitive assessmentsJames A. HoldnackPart IV. Achievement and Interest5. Aptitude and achievement testingLynda J. Katz & Franklin C. Brown6. Interest inventoriesJo-Ida C. HansenPART V. Neuropsychological Assessment 7. Sources of error and meaning in the pediatric neuropsychological evaluationMichael D. Welier, W. Grant Willis & Mary Lynne Kennedy8. Adult comprehensive neuropsychological assessmentN. Allen & John DeLuca9. Assessment in sports: psychological and neuropsychological approachesRuben J. Echemendia, Frank M. Webbe, Victoria C. Merritt, Gabriela GonzalezPart VI. Interviewing10. Clinical interviewingDaniel N. Allen & Megan L. Becker11. Structured and Semi-structured interviews for childrenChristopher A. Kearney, Andrew Freeman, Victoria Bacon12. Diagnostic and symptom interviews for adultsDaniel N. Allen & Megan BeckerPart VII. Personality Assessment13. Overview of multidimensional inventories of psychopathology with a focus on the MMPI-2Carolyn L. Williams, James N. Butcher, Jacob A. Paulsen14. The RorschachPhilip ErdbergPart VIII. Behavioral Assesment15. Behavioral assessment of childrenRoss W. Greene, Thomas H. Ollendick16. Behavioral assessment of adults in clinical settingsStephen N. Haynes, William H. O'Brien, Joseph Keawe'aimoku KaholokulaPart IX. Special Topics and Applications17. Psychological assessment of the elderly18. Forensic psychology: practice issuesMacNeill Horton, Henry V. Soper19. Fairness in psychological testingZarui A. Melikyan, Anna V. Agranovich, Antonio E. Puente20. Technological developments in assessmentRobert L. Kane, Thomas D. Parsons
