Advances in Psychological Assessment in South Africa

Sumaya Laher is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Kate Cockcroft is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Zaytoon Amod is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Justin August is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology of Education at the University of South AfricaKatherine Bain is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Nabeelah Bemath is a research psychologist and a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Sahba Besharati is a neuropsychologist and social-affective neuroscientist. She is the co-founder and joint director of the University of the Witwatersrand’s Neuroscience Research Laboratory (Wits NeuRL).Pieter Bronkhorst is a registered I/O Psychologist and Adjunct Professor at the University of the Western Cape. He is the author of The Architecture of High-Performance Companies (2010). Amanda Cromhout is a post-doctoral fellow in the Faculty for Community and Health Sciences at the University of the Western Cape.Irma Eloff is a professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria and an educational psychologist.Kevin Distiller is a registered industrial psychologist and is Managing Director of Odyssey Talent Management. Aline Ferreira-Correia is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Tharina Guse is a counselling psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Pretoria. Tasneem Hassem is a research psychologist and a lecturer in the Psychology Department in the School of Human and Community Development at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Carin Hill is an industrial psychologist and Professor in the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg. Nicky Israel is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Anwynne Kern is an educational psychologist and a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Thalia Kritharis is completing her Master of Arts in Social and Psychological Research at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Kobus Maree is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria.Simangele Mayisela is an educational psychologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Ahmed Riaz Mohamed is a lecturer and clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pretoria. Kgabe Molepo is a clinical psychologist and Associate Lecturer in the Psychology Department at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Brandon Morgan is the Head of Science at JVR Psychometrics and a Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg.Nadia Morton is an industrial psychologist and a lecturer in the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg.Erica Munnik is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Western Cape. Jan Alewyn Nel is Professor in the Department of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the University of Pretoria.Petrus Nel was Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at Nelson Mandela University. Rabia Ruby Patel is a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Rhodes University.Shazly Savahl is Professor of Psychology based at the University of the Western Cape and Utrecht University. Pieter Schaap is an industrial psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Human Resources Management at the University of Pretoria.Lusilda Schutte is Associate Professor at the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), North-West University and Honorary Associate Professor at the MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Ann B Shuttleworth-Edwards is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Rhodes University. Linda Theron is an educational psychologist and Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria.Sharon Truter is a neuropsychologist and counselling psychologist as well as Honorary Research Associate at Rhodes University.Adri Vorster is an educational psychologist.

• Chapter 1 Psychological Assessment in South Africa: How far have we come? – Sumaya Laher and Kate CockcroftSection 1: Application of Psychological Assessment across the Lifespan Chapter 2 Early Childhood Development In South Africa: Assessment in Infancy and Early Childhood – Katherine Bain and Ahmed Riaz MohamedChapter 3 Assessing Intelligence in South African Children Using the Kaufmann Assessment Battery for Children (KABC-II) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V) – Zaytoon Amod, Adri Vorster, Anwynne Kern and Simangele MayiselaChapter 4 Assessing Positive Psychology Constructs: Learning from studies with young people in South Africa – Linda Theron, Amanda Cromhout, Irma Eloff, Tharina Guse, Shazly Savahl and Lusilda SchutteChapter 5 Practitioner-Oriented Guidelines for Using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) in South Africa – Ann Shuttleworth-Edwards and Kate CockcroftChapter 6 Projective Assessment of Adults and Children in South Africa – Katherine Bain and Kgabe MolepoChapter 7 Assessing Personality and Psychopathology in South Africa – Sumaya Laher, Thalia Kritharis and Rabia Ruby PatelChapter 8 Neuropsychological Assessment in South Africa: An update – Aline Ferreira-CorreiaSection 2: Psychological Assessments/Tests in South Africa: Research and ApplicationChapter 9 Assessing Emotional and Social Competence in Preschoolers: Development, standardisation and adaptation of the E3SR – Erica MunnikChapter 10 Raven’s Progressive Matrices: Overview and South African applications – Nicky Israel and Justin AugustChapter 11 Use of the NEPSY-II in the South African context – Sharon Truter Chapter 12 Integrative Career Counselling in South Africa Using the Career Interest Profile and the Maree Career Matrix – Kobus MareeChapter 13 The South African Career Interest Inventory – Brandon Morgan, Nadia Morton and Petrus NelChapter 14 Culturally Inclusive Personality Assessment: Development and validation of the South African Personality Inventory – Carin Hill, Jan Alewyn Nel, Pieter Schaap and Nadia MortonSection 3: Assessment in a Digital AgeChapter 15 Ethics, Technology and Assessment – Tasneem Hassem, Sumaya Laher and Kate CockcroftChapter 16 Reimagi(nin)G Neuropsychological Assessment Through Digital Technologies – Nabeelah Bemath and Sahba BesharatiChapter 17 Navigating Uncharted Terrain: A case study of an adaptation of an online depression screening test – Tasneem Hassem and Sumaya LaherChapter 18 The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Assessment of Talent – Pieter BronkhorstChapter 19 Applying Gamification to Address Emerging Market Challenges in Recruitment and Selection: The example of Odyssey Talent Management – Kevin DistillerChapter 20 Psychological Assessment in South Africa: Future trajectories – Sumaya Laher and Kate CockcroftContributorsIndex