Handbook of Personality Assessment

by Irving B. Weiner (University of South Florida, Tampa, FL ); Roger L. Greene (Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA)

• ISBN13: 9780471228813
• ISBN10: 0471228818
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This comprehensive, balanced guide to personality assessment, written by two of the foremost experts in the field, is sure to become the gold standard of texts on this topic. The Handbook of Personality Assessment covers everything from the basics, including a historic overview and detailed discussion of the assessment process and its psychometric foundations, to valuable sections on conducting the assessment interview and the nature, interpretation, and applications of the most popular self-report (objective) and performance-based (projective) measures. A concluding section of special topics such as computerized assessment, ethical and legal issues, and report writing are unique to this text.

Author Biography

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 resides in Tampa and is in the practice os clinical and forensic psychology.
Dr. Weiner received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan in 1959. His position since that time have included Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and Head of the Division of Psychology at the University of Rochester Medical Center; Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Case Western reserve University; and Vice-President and Chief Academic Officer at the University of Denver and at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Association for Psychological Science, a Diplomat of the American board of Professional Psycho9logy in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology, and a licensed psychologist in the state of Florida. He is president-elect of the Society of Clinical Psychology (APA Division 12), Past President of the International Rorschach Society, current President of the Society for Personality Assessment Distinguished Contribution Award. He served as editor of the Journal of Personality Assessment from 1985 to 1993 and as editor of Rorschachiana: Yearbook of the International Rorschach Society from 1990 to 1996. His Writings include numerous articles and chapters and the following books:
Psychodiagnosis in Schizophrenia, 1966; republished ed., 1997
Psychological Disturbance in Adolescence, 1970; 2nd ed., 1992
Rorschach Handbook of Clinical and Research Applications, 1971
Child Development, 1972
Principles of Psychotherapy, 1975; 2nd ed., 1998
Clinical Methods in Psychology (ED.) 1976; 2nd ed., 1983
Development of the Child, 1978
Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 1982
Rorschach Assessment of Children and Adolescents, 1982; 2nd ed., 1995
Adolescence: A Developmental Transition, 1985; 2nd ed., 1995
Handbook of Forensic Psychology, (Ed.) 1987; 2nd ed., 1999; 3rd ed., 2006
Principles of Rorschach Interpretation, 1998; 2nd ed., 2003
Handbook of Psychology (12 Vols.) (Editor-in-Chief), 2003
Adult Psychopathology Case Studies (Ed.) 2004

Roger L. Greene is a professor at 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 clinically 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. His most recent book, The MMPI-2: An Interpretive Manual (2nd ed.) was published in 2000. His books on the MMPI/MMPI-2 have been among the standard references for over two decades. He is a Fellow of Division 12of APA and the Society for Personality Assessment. He has served on the Board of Trustees and as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality Assessment for the Society of Personality Assessment. His writings include numerous articles and chapters and the following books:
The MMPI: an Interpretive Manual, 1980
The MMPI-2/MMPI: An Interpretive Manual, 1991
Emerging Issues and Methods in Personality Assessment (Co-Ed.), 1997
The MMPI-2: An Interpretive Manual, 2000

Table of Contents

Preface

Basic Considerations

History of personality assessment

Early Events

Emergence of Personality Psychology

World War II and the Expansion of Clinical Psychology

Trends Over Time: Shrinkage and Growth

Concluding Comments

The personality assessment process

Purposes of Personality Assessment

Preparing for Personality Assessments

Conducting Personality Assessments

Interpreting Personality Assessment Data

Reporting Personality Assessment Findings

Psychometric Foundations Of Assessment

Reliability

Validity

Clinical Decision Making

Impediments to Accurate Decisions

Concluding Comment

Ethical considerations in personality assessment

Student Disclosure of Personal Information

Bases for Assessments

Use of Assessments

Informed Consent in Assessments

Release of Test Data

Interpreting Assessment Results

Assessment by Unqualified Persons

Obsolete Tests and Outdated Test Results

Test Scoring and Interpretation Services

Explaining Assessment Results

Maintaining Test Security

Training Students in Psychological Assessment

Diversity

Self-Report Inventories

Overview of self-report inventories

Nature of Self-Report Instruments

Item Characteristics

Methods of Scale Development

Administration and Scoring

Standardization Group

Validity Assessment

Interpretive Process

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

History

Administration

Scoring

Assessing Validity

Interpretation

Applications

Psychometric Foundations

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-A

History

Administration

Scoring

Assessing Validity

Interpretation

Applications

Psychometric Foundations

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III

History

Administration

Scoring

Assessing Validity

Interpretation

Applications

Psychometric Foundations

Personality Assessment Inventory

History

Administration

Scoring

Assessing Validity

Interpretation

Applications

Psychometric Foundations

NEO Personality Inventory-Revised

History

Administration

Scoring

Assessing Validity

Interpretation

Applications

Psychometric Foundations

Performance-Based Measures

Rorschach Inkblot Method

Nature of the Rorschach Inkblot Method

History

Administration

Coding and Scoring

Interpretation: Structural Variables

Interpretation--Thematic Variables

Interpretation--Card Pull

Applications

Psychometric Foundations

Thematic Apperception Test

Nature of the Thematic Apperception Test

History

Administration

Coding

Interpretation: Card Pull

Interpretation: Story Meaning

Applications

Psychometric Foundations

Figure drawing methods

Nature and History of Figure Drawing Methods

Administration and Scoring

Interpre

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