Table of Contents
Contents
Part One: Overview and Introduction
1. Clinical Personality Assessment: History, Evolution, Contemporary Models, and Practical Applications
Part Two: Genetic and Cultural Perspectives
2. Behavior Genetic Perspectives on Clinical Personality Assessment
3. The Cultural Perspective in Personality Assessment
Part Three: Methodological and Conceptual Factors and Psychometric Considerations
4. Test Theory and Personality Measurement
5. Construct Validation of Personality Measures
6. Standards and Standardization
7. Changing or Replacing an Established Psychological Assessment Standard: Issues, Goals, and Problems with Special Reference to Recent Developments in the MMPI-2
8. Incorporating Base Rate Information in Daily Clinical Decision Making
9. Theory and Measurement of Personality Traits
10. Computer-Based Assessment
Part Four: Personality Assessment Procedures and Instruments
11. Behavioral Observations
12. The Clinical Interview
13. Clinical Applications of Behavioral Assessment
14. The MMPI-2: History, Interpretation, and Clinical Issues
15. Personality Assessment with the Rorschach Inkblot Method
16. The Five-Factor Model and the NEO Inventories
17. The California Psychological Inventory
18. Personality Disorders Assessment Instruments
19. Functional Imaging in Clinical Assessment? The Rise of Neurodiagnostics with fMRI
Part Five: Specific Populations
20. Clinical Personality Assessment with Asian Americans
21. The Assessment of Psychopathology in Racial and Ethnic Minorities
22. Issues in Clinical Assessment with Women
23. Use of the MMPI-2 in Neuropsychological Evaluations
24. Assessing Couples
25. Assessing Adolescents with the MMPI-A
Part Six: Specific Settings and Problems
26. Assessment of Suicide Risk
27. Use of Self-Report Measures in Assessing Alcohol and Drug Abuse
28. Understanding and Assessing Aggression and Violence
29. Assessing Antisocial and Psychopathic Personalities
30. Clinical Personality Assessment in the Employment Context
31. Anticipating Ethical and Legal Challenges in Personality Assessments
Part Seven: Interpretation and Reporting of Assessment Findings
32. Assessment of Feigned Psychological Symptoms
33. Assessment of Clients in Pretreatment Planning
34. Assessment of Treatment Resistance via Questionnaire
35. Writing Clinical Reports
36. How to Use Computer-Based Reports
37. Overview and Future Directions
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