Clinical Personality Assessment Practical Approaches

by Butcher, James N.

• ISBN13: 9780195142587
• ISBN10: 0195142586
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Clinical Personality Assessment, 2/e, is the revised edition of an acclaimed comprehensive clinical personality assessment text. In this updated volume, contributors from a diverse range of psychological disciplines address a number of central issues in personality assessment in clinical andforensic settings. Focusing on key problem areas in the field, the authors emphasize practical issues in their chapters. The result is a work of outstanding variety and depth of coverage with a useful, hands-on focus. The second edition has been updated to include several new topics, such aspsychophysiological methods in assessing emotions, assessment of clients' marital satisfaction, behavior genetic considerations in personality assessment, and assessment of suicide risk. Other topics include ethical considerations in clinical personality assessment, assessment of racial and ethnicminorities, sources of personality information, and problems in personality assessment. A practical, context-based approach is maintained throughout, and a helpful appendix listing psychological assessment tests and procedures concludes the book. A definitive text in its field, Clinical PersonalityAssessment, 2/e, is ideal for both students and practicing clinical psychologists.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Contributors	xi
Part I. An Introduction to Clinical Personality Assessment
Clinical Personality Assessment: An Overview	1	(6)
James N. Butcher
Why Use Personality Tests? A Brief History and Some Comments	7	(6)
John E. Exner, Jr.
Philip Erdberg
How to Select Personality Tests for a Test Battery	13	(11)
Marvin W. Acklin
Theory and Measurement of Personality Traits	24	(16)
Allan R. Harkness
Behavior Genetic Perspectives on Clinical Personality Assessment	40	(16)
Robert F. Krueger
Kristian E. Markon
Psychophysiological Studies of Emotion and Psychopathology	56	(20)
Serena M. King
Jeanne L. Tsai
Yulia Chentsova-Dutton
How to Assess Clients in Pretreatment Planning	76	(20)
Larry E. Beutler
T. Mark Harwood
Robert Holaway
Assessment of Treatment Resistance via Questionnaire	96	(13)
Julia N. Perry
How to Use Computer-based Reports	109	(17)
James N. Butcher
How to Anticipate Ethical and Legal Challenges in Personality Assessments	126	(9)
Irving B. Weiner
Part II. Special Populations in Personality Assessment
Clinical Personality Assessment with Asian Americans	135	(19)
Sumie Okazaki
Diya Kallivayalil
Stanley Sue
Culturally Competent Assessment of Latino Clients: The MMPI-2	154	(17)
Roberto J. Velasquez
Paula J. Maness
Ulla Anderson
The Assessment of Psychopathology in Racial and Ethnic Minorities	171	(19)
Bernadette Gray-Little
Issues in Clinical Assessment with Women	190	(18)
Damon Ann Robinson
Judith Worell
Personality Assessment of Neurologically Impaired Patients	208	(17)
Carlton S. Gass
Assessing Couples	225	(18)
Douglas K. Snyder
Brian V. Abbott
Angela M. Castellani
Part III. The Meaning of Personality Test Results
Standards and Standardization	243	(14)
Kurt F. Geisinger
Janet F. Carlson
Incorporating Base Rate Information in Daily Clinical Decision Making	257	(12)
Jan H. Kamphuis
Stephen E. Finn
Assessment of Malingering	269	(34)
David T. R. Berry
Ruth A. Baer
Jason C. Rinaldo
Martha W. Wetter
Part IV. Sources of Personality Information
Behavioral Observations	303	(16)
Martin Leichtman
Item Content in the Interpretation of the MMPI-2	319	(16)
James N. Butcher
Part V. Problems in Personality Assessment
Assessing a Patient's Ability to Cope	335	(26)
Norman S. Endler
James D. A. Parker
Assessing Antisocial and Psychopathic Personalities	361	(15)
Carl B. Gacono
J. Reid Meloy
Assessment of Suicide Risk	376	(31)
Ronald Stolberg
Bruce Bongar
Assessing Personality Disorders	407	(28)
Thomas A. Widiger
Linda Anne Coker
Assessing the Risk of Aggression and Violence	435	(17)
Edwin I. Megargee
Assessing Criminal Responsibility	452	(14)
Kathleen P. Stafford
Yossef S. Ben-Porath
Assessment in Impatient and Residential Settings	466	(25)
Marco J. Mariotto
Gordon L. Paul
Mark H. Licht
Use of Objective Psychological Procedures in Assessing Alcohol/Drug Abuse	491	(17)
Roger L. Greene
Joseph A. Banken
Appendix: Index of Psychological Tests and Procedures	508	(37)
Index	545