Journal of Personality Assessment · 1985 · 138 citations · 16 references
Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyPersonality PsychologyPsychiatric AssessmentPsychometricsBehavioral AssessmentPersonality AssessmentPsychological AssessmentPsychological TestingPsychopathology AssessmentTest ReliabilityAdult Personality AssessmentClinical Personality AssessmentPersonality Trait MeasurementPsychometric Test ConstructionQuestionnaire ValiditySelf-assessment InstrumentsSelf-report Measures Of PersonalityStandardized Assessment Instruments
The present survey investigated psychodiagnostic test usage and practices of the Society for Personality Assessment. A brief questionnaire was forwarded to 400 SPA members and 206 responded for a 51.5% rate of return. Projective techniques found popular in previous surveys of Division 12 were the major assessment instruments utilized by SPA members. Exner's comprehensive system was the preferred mode of Rorschach analysis, followed by the Klopfer and Beck systems. The Wechsler Scales and the MMPI were frequently included in conducting a psychological battery. Personality assessment was mainly utilized for diagnostic purposes and as an indicator for type of therapy.
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Clinical psychologists in the 1970s.
Sol L. Garfield, Richard M. Kurtz · American Psychologist · 1976 · 280 citations