Handbook of personality assessment

著者

• Weiner, Irving B.
• Greene, Roger L.

書誌事項

Handbook of personality assessment

Irving B. Weiner, Roger L. Greene

John Wiley & Sons, c2017

2nd ed

注記

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

Preface xiii About the Authors xv Part 1: Basic Considerations Chapter 1 History of Personality Assessment 3 Early Events 3 Emergence of Personality Psychology 5 World War II and the Expansion of Clinical Psychology 5 Trends Over Time: Shrinkage and Growth 6 Concluding Comments 9 References 12 Chapter 2 The Personality Assessment Process 15 Purposes of Personality Assessment 15 Preparing for Personality Assessments 16 Conducting Personality Assessments 21 Interpreting Personality Assessment Data 23 Reporting Personality Assessment Findings 29 References 33 Chapter 3 Psychometric Foundations of Assessment 37 Reliability 37 Validity 41 Clinical Decision Making 43 Impediments to Accurate Decisions 53 Concluding Comments 55 References 56 Chapter 4 Ethical Considerations in Personality Assessment 59 Student Disclosure of Personal Information (7.04) 60 Bases for Assessments (9.01) 60 Use of Assessments (9.02) 60 Informed Consent in Assessments (9.03) 62 Release of Test Data (9.04) 63 Interpreting Assessment Results (9.06) 63 Assessment by Unqualified Persons (9.07) 64 Obsolete Tests and Outdated Test Results (9.08) 66 Test Scoring and Interpretation Services (9.09) 66 Explaining Assessment Results (9.10) 67 Maintaining Test Security (9.11) 68 Training Students in Personality Assessment 68 Diversity Issues 69 Concluding Comments 72 References 72 Part 2: Self-Report Inventories Chapter 5 Overview 77 Nature of Self-Report Inventories 77 Item Characteristics 79 Administration and Scoring 85 Method of Scale Development 90 Validity Assessment 92 The Process of Interpretation 101 Future Directions for Assessment with Self-Report Inventories 102 Summary 103 References 103 Chapter 6 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 105 History 105 Administration 109 Scoring 110 Validity 111 Interpretation 116 Applications 153 Psychometric Foundations 154 Concluding Comments 156 References 156 Chapter 7 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent 161 History 161 Administration 165 Scoring 165 Validity 166 Interpretation 170 Applications 190 Psychometric Foundations 192 Concluding Comments 193 References 193 Chapter 8 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form 197 History 197 Administration 200 Scoring 200 Validity 201 Interpretation 207 Applications 220 Psychometric Foundations 223 MMPI-Adolescent-Restructured Form (MMPI-A-RF) 224 Concluding Comments 225 References 227 Chapter 9 Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV 231 History 232 Administration 236 Scoring 236 Validity 238 Interpretation 241 Applications 253 Psychometric Foundations 254 Concluding Comments 254 References 255 Chapter 10 Personality Assessment Inventory 257 History 257 Administration 261 Scoring 261 Validity 262 Interpretation 267 Applications 281 Psychometric Foundations 282 Adolescent Version of the PAI 283 Concluding Comments 284 References 284 Chapter 11 NEO Personality Inventory-3 287 History 287 Administration 289 Scoring 289 Validity 291 Interpretation 295 Applications 303 Psychometric Foundations 304 Concluding Comments 306 References 306 Part 3: Performance-Based Measures Chapter 12 Rorschach Comprehensive System 311 Nature of the Rorschach Comprehensive System 311 History 312 Administration 316 Coding and Scoring 318 Interpretation: Structural Variables 325 Interpretation: Thematic Variables 339 Interpretation: Behavioral Variables 341 Interpretation: Card Pull 344 Applications 348 Psychometric Foundations 355 References 363 Chapter 13 Rorschach Performance Assessment System 369 Nature of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System 369 History 370 Administration 370 Coding and Scoring 373 Interpretation 385 Applications 386 Psychometric Foundations 387 References 389 Chapter 14 Thematic Apperception Test 391 Nature of the Thematic Apperception Test 391 History 393 Administration 396 Coding 399 Interpretation: Card Pull 401 Interpretation: Story Meaning 417 Applications 422 Psychometric Foundations 425 References 427 Chapter 15 Figure-Drawing Methods 433 Nature and History of Figure-Drawing Methods 433 Administration and Scoring 436 Interpretation 439 Applications 447 Psychometric Foundations 450 References 455 Chapter 16 Sentence Completion Methods 459 Nature of Sentence Completion Methods 460 History 461 Administration 464 Scoring 465 Interpretation 466 Applications 471 Psychometric Foundations 474 References 475 Part 4: Appendices: Computer-Generated Interpretive Reports Appendix A Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 481 Appendix B Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent 537 Appendix C Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form 581 Appendix D Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV 619 Appendix E Personality Assessment Inventory 631 Appendix F NEO Personality Inventory-3 673 Appendix G Rorschach Comprehensive System 697 Appendix H Rorschach Performance Assessment System 711 Subject Index 733 Author Index 741

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB23704739
• ISBN:
  • 9781119258889
• LCCN: 2016034597
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Hoboken, N.J.
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 750 p.
• 大きさ: 29 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BF698.4
  • DC23 : 155.2/8
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Personality assessment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc