Handbook of Psychological Assessment

by Gary Groth-Marnat

From Previous Editions:

"A commendable volume in which the author condenses information, normally in several locations, into one reading . . . an excellent text for graduate courses on psychological assessment. It . . . familiarizes the student with the entire enterprise of clinical assessment and provides enough of a how-to guide for the student to carry out an assessment practicum."
--Contemporary Psychology

"For both practitioners and students of psychological assessment, the expanded and updated Handbook provides guidance to the selection, administration, evaluation, and interpretation of the most commonly used psychological tests."
--Reference and Research Book News

The updated and expanded fourth edition of the highly acclaimed classic text on psychological assessment

The Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Fourth Edition presents a step-by-step guide on how to conduct a comprehensive psychological evaluation. It provides a complete review of the most commonly used assessment instruments and the most efficient methods for selecting and administering tests, evaluating data, and integrating results into a coherent, problem-solving report.

Updated reviews and interpretive guidelines are included for the most frequently used assessment techniques, including structured and unstructured interviews, Wechlser intelligence scales (WAIS-III/WISC-III), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2/MMPI-A), Millon Multiaxial Clinical Inventory-III, California Psychological Inventory, Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test, and frequently used instruments for neuropsychological screening (e.g., Bender Gestalt and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test). Each test is reviewed according to its history and development, psychometrics, administration, and interpretation of results.

In addition, this revised and expanded Fourth Edition includes:
* Completely updated research on all assessment techniques
* A chapter on the Wechsler Memory Scales (WMS-III)
* A new chapter on brief instruments for treatment planning, patient monitoring, and outcome assessment (Beck Depression Inventory-II, State Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Symptom Checklist-90-R)


Organized according to the sequence psychologists follow when conducting an assessment, the Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Fourth Edition is a practical, valuable reference for clinical psychologists, therapists, school psychologists, and counselors.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Nonfiction, School, Reference

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Mohammad · Rating 3 out of 5]

must come back to this

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to read most of this for grad school. Hefty, thorough book, covering many common assessment tools. It's definitely The Handbook. A must if you're doing assessments ongoing. Also I'd suggest balancing out one's viewpoint by reading something like McWilliam's Psychoanalytic Case Formulation.

[Ash · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not exactly a page-turner, but a very well-written and thorough text on the major psychological assessment instruments.

[Suki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prepuno podataka koji se mogu koristiti u praksi, pogotovo za planiranje tretmana. Također, sadrži jako dobro poglavlje za korisnike MMPI-a!

[Pauline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely more of a reference book. Pretty thorough, but there were some sections where a little more/different detail would have been helpful.

[Ian Felton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent summaries and detailed breakdown of how to use and interpret most tests administered today. Will be pulled off my shelf many times in the future.