{"product_id":"handbook-of-personality-assessment-isbn-9781119258889","title":"Handbook of Personality Assessment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Personality Assessment\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonality 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReview the latest concepts, research, and practices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdminister, score, and interpret the most widely-used instruments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstand the psychometric foundations of personality assessment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccess downloadable sample reports that illustrate software interpretation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn 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 \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Personality Assessment\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource for every stage of the process, with a practical focus and advice from two leading experts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Basic Considerations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 History of Personality Assessment 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Events 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmergence of Personality Psychology 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorld War II and the Expansion of Clinical Psychology 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrends Over Time: Shrinkage and Growth 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Comments 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 The Personality Assessment Process 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurposes of Personality Assessment 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreparing for Personality Assessments 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConducting Personality Assessments 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreting Personality Assessment Data 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReporting Personality Assessment Findings 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Psychometric Foundations of Assessment 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReliability 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValidity 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClinical Decision Making 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpediments to Accurate Decisions 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Comments 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Ethical Considerations in Personality Assessment 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudent Disclosure of Personal Information (7.04) 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBases for Assessments (9.01) 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUse of Assessments (9.02) 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformed Consent in Assessments (9.03) 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelease of Test Data (9.04) 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreting Assessment Results (9.06) 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessment by Unqualified Persons (9.07) 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObsolete Tests and Outdated Test Results (9.08) 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTest Scoring and Interpretation Services (9.09) 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining Assessment Results (9.10) 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaintaining Test Security (9.11) 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraining Students in Personality Assessment 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiversity Issues 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Comments 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Self-Report Inventories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Overview 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature of Self-Report Inventories 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eItem Characteristics 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdministration and Scoring 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMethod of Scale Development 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValidity Assessment 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Process of Interpretation 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFuture Directions for Assessment with Self-Report Inventories 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdministration 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScoring 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValidity 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpretation 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplications 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychometric Foundations 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Comments 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdministration 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScoring 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValidity 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpretation 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplications 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychometric Foundations 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Comments 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdministration 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScoring 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValidity 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpretation 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplications 220\u003c\/p\u003e 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\u003cp\u003eValidity 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpretation 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplications 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychometric Foundations 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdolescent Version of the PAI 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Comments 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 NEO Personality Inventory-3 287\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdministration 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScoring 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValidity 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpretation 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplications 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychometric Foundations 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Comments 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Performance-Based Measures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 Rorschach 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