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Handbook of Psychological Assessment

ISBN: 9780471052203 | 0471052205
Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pub. Date: 12/1/1996

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
The Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Third Edition offers busy professionals and graduate students a complete review of today2s most commonly used psychological assessment tests. This step-by-step guide condenses countless manuals and texts into one easy-to-use volume and points out the most efficient methods for selecting tests, evaluating interview data, and integrating results into a cohesive psychological report. Readers familiar with the successful previous editions will find updated systems for evaluating the classic tests: Wechsler ... MORE
Prefaceix
Chapter 1 Introduction
1(35)
Organization of the Handbook
1(2)
... MORE
Role of the Clinician
3(2)
Patterns of Test Usage in Clinical Assessment
5(17)
Validity in Clinical Practice
22(3)
Clinical Judgment
25(5)
Phases in Clinical Assessment
30(5)
Recommended Reading
35(1)
Chapter 2 The Context of Clinical Assessment
36(31)
Types of Referral Settings
36(10)
The Ethical Practice of Assessment
46(9)
Test Bias and Use with Minority Groups
55(5)
Selecting Psychological Tests
60(4)
Computer-Assisted Assessment
64(2)
Recommended Reading
66(1)
Chapter 3 The Assessment Interview
67(32)
History and Development
68(4)
Issues Related to Reliability and Validity
72(2)
Assets and Limitations
74(1)
The Assessment Interview and Case History
75(7)
Mental Status Examination
82(5)
Interpreting Interview Data
87(1)
Structured Clinical Interviews
88(10)
Recommended Reading
98(1)
Chapter 4 Behavioral Assessment
99(33)
History and Development
102(2)
Issues Related to Reliability and Validity
104(2)
Assets and Limitations
106(2)
Strategies of Behavioral Assessment
108(15)
Self-Report Inventories
123(8)
Recommended Reading
131(1)
Chapter 5 The Wechsler Intelligence Scales
132(72)
The Nature of Intelligence
132(12)
The Testing of Intelligence: Pro and Con
144(3)
History and Development
147(1)
Reliability and Validity
148(3)
Assets and Limitations
151(2)
The Meaning of IQ Scores
153(2)
Cautions and Guidelines in Administration
155(2)
WAIS-R/WISC-III Successive Level Interpretation Procedure
157(15)
The Wechsler Subtests
172(17)
Assessing Brain Damage
189(6)
Assessing Additional Special Populations
195(5)
Short Forms
200(3)
Profile Forms
203(1)
Instructional Recommendations
203(1)
Recommended Reading
204(1)
Chapter 6 The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
205(96)
History and Development
207(5)
Reliability and Validity
212(3)
Assets and Limitations
215(6)
Administration
221(1)
Interpretation Procedure
222(9)
Computerized Interpretation
231(1)
Validity Scales
232(8)
Clinical Scales
240(22)
Two-Point Codes
262(24)
MMPI-2 Content Scales
286(3)
MMPI-A Content Scales
289(3)
Harris-Lingoes and Si Subscales
292(3)
Critical Items
295(1)
MMPI-2 and MMPI-A Supplementary Scales
296(4)
Recommended Reading
300(1)
Chapter 7 Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory
301(42)
History and Development
303(3)
Reliability and Validity
306(3)
Assets and Limitations
309(4)
Interpretation Procedure
313(4)
Modifying Indices (Validity Scales)
317(2)
Clinical Personality Patterns
319(16)
Severe Personality Pathology
335(4)
Clinical Syndromes
339(2)
Severe Syndromes
341(1)
Recommended Reading
342(1)
Chapter 8 The California Psychological Inventory
343(50)
History and Development
344(2)
Comparison with the MMPI
346(1)
Reliability and Validity
347(1)
Assets and Limitations
348(3)
Interpretation Procedures
351(5)
Structural Scale Interpretation
356(1)
The Individual Scales
357(22)
Configural Interpretation
379(13)
Recommended Reading
392(1)
Chapter 9 The Rorschach
393(65)
History and Development
394(2)
Reliability and Validity
396(4)
Assets and Limitations
400(3)
Administration
403(3)
Scoring
406(11)
Structural Summary
417(5)
Interpretation
422(35)
Recommended Reading
457(1)
Chapter 10 The Thematic Apperception Test
458(41)
History and Development
458(3)
Murray's Theory of Personality
461(3)
Reliability and Validity
464(3)
Assets and Limitations
467(3)
Administration
470(3)
Typical Themes Elicited
473(15)
Scoring Procedures
488(9)
Interpretation
497(1)
Recommended Reading
498(1)
Chapter 11 Projective Drawings
499(35)
History and Development
500(2)
Reliability and Validity
502(2)
Assets and Limitations
504(2)
Administration
506(2)
General Interpretive Considerations
508(5)
Interpretation through Objective Scoring
513(6)
Interpretation of Spacific Signs
519(4)
The House-Tree-Person Test
523(7)
Family Drawings: The Draw-A-Family and Kinetic Family Drawing Tests
530(2)
Miscellaneous Procedures
532(1)
Recommended Reading
533(1)
Chapter 12 Screening and Assessing for Neuropsychological Impairment
534(61)
History and Development
537(4)
Interviewing for Brain Impairment
541(3)
Tests for Screening and Assessing for Neuropsychological Impairment
544(1)
Tests of Visuoconstructive Abilities
545(23)
Mental Activities (Attention and Speed of Information Processing)
568(8)
Memory and Learning
576(8)
Verbal Functions and Academic Skills
584(4)
Tests of Motor Ability
588(2)
Executive Functions
590(2)
Emotional Status and Level of Adjustment
592(2)
Recommended Reading
594(1)
Chapter 13 Psychological Assessment and Treatment Planning
595(24)
Development and Approaches to Treatment Planning
596(5)
A Systematic Approach to Treatment Selection
601(1)
Problem Severity
602(4)
Motivational Distress
606(2)
Problem Complexity
608(3)
Resistance Level
611(2)
Coping Style
613(2)
Problem-Solving Phase
615(3)
Recommended Reading
618(1)
Chapter 14 The Psychological Report
619(52)
General Guidelines
621(10)
Format for a Psychological Report
631(14)
Sample Reports
645(25)
Recommended Reading
670(1)
Appendixes671(40)
References711(80)
Author Index791(14)
Subject Index805
Gary Groth-Marnat, PHD, ABPP, is a professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute and is in private practice in Santa Barbara, California. He is the author of four books on assessment and more than 130 journal articles, monographs, and book chapters.

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