Handbook of Psychological Assessment

The fourth edition of the Handbook of Psychological Assessment, provides scholarly overviews of the major areas of psychological assessment, including test development, psychometrics, technology of testing, and commonly used assessment measures. Psychological assessment is included for all ages, with new coverage encompassing ethnic minorities and the elderly. Assessment methodology discussed includes formal testing, interviewing, and observation of behavior. The handbook also discusses assessment of  personality and behavior, including intelligence, aptitude, interest, achievement, personality and psychopathology. New coverage includes  use of assessments in forensic applications.

Encompasses test development, psychometrics, and assessment measuresCovers assessment for all age groupsIncludes formal testing, interviews, and behavioral observation as testing measuresDetails assessments for intelligence, aptitude, achievement, personality, and psychopathologyNew coverage of assessments used in forensic psychologyNew coverage on assessments with ethnic minorities

Part I. Introduction 1. Historical perspectives Gerald Goldstein, Daniel N, Allen, John DeLuca

PART II. Psychometric Foundations 2. How to develop an empirically based psychological test Cecil Reynolds & Ron Livingston

Part III. Assessment of Intelligence 3. Interpreting pediatric intelligence tests: a framework from evidence-based medicine Andrew J. Freeman & Yen-Ling Chen 4. The development, expansion, and future of the WAIS-IV as a cornerstone in comprehensive cognitive assessments James A. Holdnack

Part IV. Achievement and Interest 5. Aptitude and achievement testing Lynda J. Katz & Franklin C. Brown 6. Interest inventories Jo-Ida C. Hansen

PART V. Neuropsychological Assessment 7. Sources of error and meaning in the pediatric neuropsychological evaluation Michael D. Welier, W. Grant Willis & Mary Lynne Kennedy 8. Adult comprehensive neuropsychological assessment N. Allen & John DeLuca 9. Assessment in sports: psychological and neuropsychological approaches Ruben J. Echemendia, Frank M. Webbe, Victoria C. Merritt, Gabriela Gonzalez

Part VI. Interviewing 10. Clinical interviewing Daniel N. Allen & Megan L. Becker 11.  Structured and Semi-structured interviews for children Christopher A. Kearney, Andrew Freeman, Victoria Bacon 12. Diagnostic and symptom interviews for adults Daniel N. Allen & Megan Becker

Part VII. Personality Assessment 13. Overview of multidimensional inventories of psychopathology with a focus on the MMPI-2 Carolyn  L. Williams, James N. Butcher, Jacob A. Paulsen 14. The Rorschach Philip Erdberg

Part VIII. Behavioral Assesment 15. Behavioral assessment of children Ross W. Greene, Thomas H. Ollendick 16. Behavioral assessment of adults in clinical settings Stephen N. Haynes, William H. O’Brien, Joseph Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula

Part IX. Special Topics and Applications 17. Psychological assessment of the elderly 18. Forensic psychology: practice issues MacNeill Horton, Henry V. Soper 19. Fairness in psychological testing Zarui A. Melikyan, Anna V. Agranovich, Antonio E. Puente 20. Technological developments in assessment Robert L. Kane, Thomas D. Parsons