Personality Assessment

Steven R. Smith, Ph.D. is a Teaching Professor and Chair of the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology and the Associate Dean of the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Radhika Krishnamurthy, Psy.D. is Professor of Psychology at Florida Institute of Technology where she teaches personality assessment and supervises clinical training and assessment-centered research in the PsyD program.

• Contributors. Preface. SECTION I: FUNDAMENTALS. 1. Introducing Personality Assessment STEVEN R. SMITH, RADHIKA KRISHNAMURTHY, and ROBERT P. ARCHER. 2. Psychometrics in Personality Assessment JON W. GOODWIN. SECTION II: SPECIFIC MEASURES. 3. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, 3rd edition (MMPI-3) YOSSEF S. BEN-PORATH, RADHIKA KRISHNAMURTHY, and ROBERT P. ARCHER. 4. The Personality Assessment Inventory LESLIE C. MOREY. 5. The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV (MCMI-IV) SETH GROSSMAN. 6. An Introduction to Rorschach-based Performance Assessment GREGORY J. MEYER, LUCIANO GIROMINI, RUAM P. F. A. PIMENTEL, ALESSANDRO LORENZONI, and DONALD J. VIGLIONE. 7. Behavior Rating Scales HEE KYUNG PARK, SARA G. WHITCOMB, JASON E. HARLACHER, and KENNETH W. MERRELL. SECTION III: CLINICAL PRACTICE RESOURCES. 8. Integrating and Writing about Assessment Data MATTHEW R. BAITY, DANA LOCKWOOD, and CARLOS OLIVEIRA. 9. Developing the Life Meanings of Psychological Test Data: Collaborative and Therapeutic Approaches STEPHEN E. FINN, CONSTANCE T. FISCHER, and AURORA MILESI. 10. Forensic Psychological Assessment CORINE DE RUITER. 11. Neurocognitive Approaches to Personality Assessment ERIC ZILLMER and JOSEPH ZIHL. 12. Best Practices in Personality Assessment VIRGINIA BRABENDER, LINDA KNAUSS, and ELIZABETH FOSTER. INDEX.

"The editors have assembled a stellar line-up of contributors, who, together explore every aspect of this cutting-edge topic. Combining research and practice, this will be an indispensable text for all readers."Brian A. Martin, University of East London, UK; Past President, UCAP"Including chapters by many of the world’s leading assessment psychologists, the third edition of Archer, Smith, and Krishnamurthy’s Personality Assessment is an indispensable resource that should be on every clinician’s bookshelf. Blending clinical wisdom with rigorous empirical evidence, authors guide the reader though every phase of the assessment process, from selecting appropriate measures and collecting data through integrating test results and providing feedback to clients. Experienced clinicians, early career psychologists, and students will all benefit from this important, compelling book."Robert F. Bornstein, PhD, Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University