Oxford Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology Assessment

In this second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Personality Assessment, now titled The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology Assessment, Joni L. Mihura brings together a respected group of international contributors to cover significant changes within the field of personality assessment. The Handbook is updated to cover a range of topics, focusing on four major goals: to integrate contemporary dimensional models of personality and psychopathology; to use a multimethod approach in which the method of assessment shapes the desired construct; to integrate collaborative/therapeutic assessment (C/TA) when possible; and to consider personality and psychopathology assessment through the lens of human diversity.

List of contents

• List of Contributors


• Part I: Introductory Topics


• 1: Introduction toThe Oxford Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology Assessment


• Joni L. Mihura


• 2: Multimethod Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology


• Robert F. Bornstein


• Part II: Contemporary Models and Perspectives of Personality and Psychopathology


• 3: The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) Approach to Assessment: Summary of the First Phase of the HiTOP Self-Report Measure Development Project


• Leonard J. Simms, Aidan G. C. Wright, David Cicero, Roman Kotov, Stephanie N. Mullins- Sweatt, Martin Sellbom, David Watson, Thomas A. Widiger, and Johannes Zimmermann


• 4: The Core Self-Other Dimension of Personality Functioning


• Christopher J. Hopwood, Sydney Fox, Donna S. Bender, and Johannes


• Zimmermann


• 5: The Cultural Perspective in Personality and Psychopathology Assessment


• Sumaya Laher and Fanny M. Cheung


• 6: An Empirically Informed Framework for Multimethod Assessment with a Focus on Psychosis


• Joni L. Mihura and Madeleine Starin


• Part III: Psychometric Considerations


• 7: Test Theory and Measurement in Assessment


• David L. Streiner


• 8: Construct Validation of Personality Measures


• Gregory T. Smith and Emily A. Atkinson


• Part IV: Personality Assessment Methods


• 9: Therapeutic Assessment


• Jan H. Kamphuis and Pamela Schaber


• 10: Conducting the Initial Therapeutic Assessment Session


• Raja M. David


• A. Self- and Observer-Report Tests


• 11: The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (Adult and Adolescent Versions)


• David M. McCord and Carlo O. C. Veltri


• 12: Personality Assessment Inventory


• Leslie C. Morey and Morgan N. McCredie


• 13: The ASEBA Hierarchical/ Dimensional Approach to Taxonomy and Assessment


• Leslie A. Rescorla


• 14: The Behavior Assessment System for Children


• Jihye Kim, Leigh M. Harrell- Williams, and Randy W. Kamphaus


• B. Performance Tests and Methods


• 15: The Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) in Multimethod Assessment


• Joni L. Mihura and Gregory J. Meyer


• 16: Clinical Use of the Thematic Apperception Test and Other Non-Normed Idiographic Assessment Methods


• Katie C. Lewis and A. Jill Clemence


• Part V: Psychopathology Dimensions


• 17: Assessment of Internalizing Disorders


• Kristin Naragon-Gainey, Tierney P. McMahon, and Juhyun Park


• 18: The Ubiquity, Importance, and Assessment of Agreeableness-Antagonism


• Donald R. Lynam and Joshua D. Miller


• 19: Multimethod Assessment of Psychosis and Psychotic Phenomena


• Joni L. Mihura, James H. Kleiger, and Ali Khadivi


• Part VI: Assessment of Danger to Self and Others


• 20: Assessments of Suicide Risk


• Ronald A. Stolberg, Bruce Bongar, and Tina Thach


• 21: Personality Factors in Violence Risk Assessment


• Nancy Kaser- Boyd


• Part VII: Specific Assessment Purposes


• 22: Civil Forensic Assessment: Child Custody


• Sol R. Rappaport and Daniel B. Pickar


• 23: Student Threat Assessment


• Dewey Cornell, Sharmila B. Mehta, and Caroline Payne


• 24: Personality Assessment in Neuropsychological Settings: An Illustration with the Personality Assessment Inventory (Brain Injuries) and Rorschach (Psychosis and Pain Disorders)


• Nicolae R. Dumitrascu


• 25: Personality Assessment in High-Risk Employment Contexts


• Chris M. Front, Deniz S. Ones, and James N. Butcher


• 26: Therapeutic Assessment with Couples (TA-2)


• Filippo Aschieri, Camillo Caputo, and Tommaso Righetti


• Part VIII: Diversity and Inclusion


• 27: Gender, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation in Personality and Psychopathology Assessment


• Virginia Brabender


• 28: Racial Identity, Gender Identity, Social Justice, and Assessment


• Philip Sayegh, Kenedy Ramos, Alea Holman, and Xzania White Lee


• 29: Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology with Immigrants and Refugees


• Giselle A. Hass


• Part IX: Interpretation and Reporting of Assessment Findings


• 30: Decision-Making in Psychological Assessment


• David L. Streiner


• 31: Interpreting Convergences and Divergences in Multi-Informant, Multimethod Assessment


• Andres De Los Reyes and Bridget A. Makol


• 32: Writing Multimethod Assessment Reports: An Integrated, Individualized, and Meaningful Approach to Report Writing


• Steven R. Smith and Hadas Pade


• 33: Ethical Decisions in Psychological Assessment


• Linda K. Knauss and Jeanne M. Slattery


• 34: Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology: Key Challenges and Systemic Improvements Needed


• Joni L. Mihura and Kim J. Görner


• Index

About the author

Joni L. Mihura is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Toledo. Dr. Mihura specializes in psychological assessment and psychosis and is Board Certified in Assessment Psychology (ABAP). She received career awards from both the Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) and the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA). She is a Fellow of SPA, a past SPA President, and Associate Editor of the journal Assessment. She has numerous publications on personality assessment and is best known for her work with the Rorschach inkblot test--including systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the test's validity. She is the co-developer of a new Rorschach system, the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS), for which she presents invited lectures and trainings internationally. In 2024, she founded the inaugural annual R-PAS in Multimethod Assessment Conference. She is the co-editor of two other books: Using the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) and the Handbook of

Gender and Sexuality in Psychological Assessment.

Product details

• Authors: Mihura, Joni L. (Professor of Psychology Mihura
• Assisted by: Joni L Mihura (Editor), Mihura Joni L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2025
• EAN: 9780190092689
• ISBN: 978-0-19-009268-9
• No. of pages: 978
• Series: Oxford Library of Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology