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Informationen zum Autor Irving B. Weiner, PhD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and behavioral Medicine at the University of South Florida and former Director of Psychological Services at the University of South Florida Psychiatry Center in Tampa, Florida. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Association for Psychological Science, a Diplomat of the American board of Professional Psychology in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology, and a licensed psychologist in the state of Florida and is in the practice of clinical and forensic psychology. He is the author of numerous articles and books, and Editor-in-Chief of the 12-volume Handbook of Psychology. Roger L. Greene, PhD, is a professor at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, California, where he served as Director of Clinical Training for twelve years. Dr. Greene has worked in a variety of clinical settings and with different types of patients in his clinical career. His particular area of interest is the assessment and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. He has written a number of texts and articles on the use of the MMPI-2. Klappentext The Handbook of Personality Assessment provides comprehensive guidance on the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the most widely-used instruments. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...
