Handbook of Multicultural Assessment

Lisa A. Suzuki is Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University and a leader in the field of multicultural assessment, training, and qualitative research methods. She is author or coauthor of numerous publications in the field, serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, and is active also in the field of Asian counseling. Professor Suzuki lives in NYC with her husband and daughter. Joseph G. Ponterotto is Professor of Education at Fordham University.

• Preface ixThe Editors xiiiThe Contributors xvPart One: General Assessment Issues 1Section One: General Multicultural Assessment Issues 31 Issues in Culturally Appropriate Psychoeducational Assessment 5Amado M. Padilla, Graciela N. Borsato2 Multicultural Assessment Validity: The Preeminent Ethical Issue in Psychological Assessment 22Charles R. Ridley, Michael L. Tracy, Laura Pruitt-Stephens, Mary K. Wimsatt, Jacquelyn Beard3 Building Community Test Norms: Considerations for Ethnic Minority Populations 34Robert G. Malgady, Gerardita Colon-Malgady4 Cultural Identity, Racial Identity, and the Multicultural Personality 52Alan W. Burkard, Joseph G. Ponterotto5 Acculturation and Multicultural Assessment: Issues, Trends, and Practice 73Lourdes M. Rivera6 Multicultural Issues in Computer-Based Assessment 92Muninder K. Ahluwalia7 Clinical Diagnosis in Multicultural Populations 107Richard H. Dana8 A Cultural Assessment Framework and Interview Protocol 132Ingrid GriegerSection Two: Assessing Immigrants and Refugees 1639 Considerations for the Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Refugees and Asylum Seekers 165Judy B. Okawa10 Cultural Adaptation and Translation of Assessment Instruments for Diverse Populations: The Use of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire in Rwanda 195Mary Fabri11 Delivering Quality Mental Health Services to Immigrants and Refugees Through an Interpreter 220Maria Prendes-Lintel, Francisca PetersonSection Three: Daily Living Assessment 24512 Assessment of Diverse Family Systems 247Daniel T. Sciarra, George M. Simon13 Culturally Competent Vocational Assessment with At-Risk Adolescents in Middle and High School 273Margo A. Jackson, Aisha M. B. Holder, Morgan T. Ramage14 Cross-Cultural Considerations in Quality-of-Life Assessment 299Shawn O. Utsey, Mark A. BoldenPart Two: Testing Issues 319Section One: Personality Assessment 32115 TEMAS: A Multicultural Test and Its Place in an Assessment Battery 323Rosemary Flanagan, Giuseppe Costantino, Elsa Cardalda, Erminia Costantino16 Multicultural Issues in Projective Assessment 346Giselle B. Esquivel, Geraldine V. Oades-Sese, Sarah Littman Olitzky17 On the Multicultural Utility of the 16PF and the CPI-434 in the United States 375Kristen M. Strack, Marcella H. Dunaway, Stefan E. Schulenberg18 Multicultural Applications of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® 402Mary H. McCaulley, Raymond A. Moody19 MMPI-2 and MCMI-III Performances of Non-White People in the United States: What We (Don’t) Know and Where We Go from Here 425Kwong-Liem Karl Kwan, Michael Lynch MaestasSection Two: Assessment of Cognitive Abilities 44720 Ability Testing Across Cultures 449Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko21 Educational Assessment of English-Language Learners 471Graciela N. Borsato, Amado M. Padilla22 Multicultural Issues and the Assessment of Aptitude 490Lisa A. Suzuki, Lorelei Prevost, Ellen L. Short23 Academic Achievement Testing for Culturally Diverse Groups 520Craig L. Frisby24 Neuropsychological Assessment in a Multicultural Context: Past, Present, and Future 542Arthur MacNeill Horton Jr.25 Family-Oriented, Culturally Sensitive (FOCUS) Assessment of Young Children 565Paul J. Meller, Phyllis S. Ohr26 Assessment Issues for Working with Diverse Populations of Elderly: Multiculturally Sensitive Perspectives 594Amanda L. Baden, Grace WongSection Three: Forensic Assessment 62527 Assessing for Child Maltreatment in Culturally Diverse Families 627Lisa A. Fontes, Margarita R. O’Neill-Arana28 Competency to Stand Trial: A Multicultural Perspective 651Sergei V. Tsytsarev, Amanda Landes29 Multicultural Assessment: Trends and Future Directions 666Lisa A. Suzuki, Joseph G. PonterottoName Index 672Subject Index 694

"Designed to be useful for both researchers and clinicians, this reference work brings together a wide variety of authors to examine how multicultural issues affect assessment in general and several specific subsets of assessment in greater depth. The quality of this reference book is excellent. The authors are all highly competent to write about the subject, and their authority is unquestionable. It is highly recommended." (American Reference Books Annual, 2008)