Abstract: Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is widely used in psychological (assessment) research. Due to its exploratory nature, several researcher degrees of freedom exist on how to conduct the analysis. While simulation studies can ...
Abstract: Actual psychiatric classification systems - ICD-10 and DSM-IV - were subjected to a critical review. With reference to possible psychological alternatives we have to consider a holistic view of men and a comprehensive regard of all important ...
High and Low Variations in Psychological Dimensions: Definition and Measurement with a Rasch ScaleSummary: Psychometric assessment do not concern about different extensions of distributions from different measurements because variability cannot be ...
Abstract: In practice every graduate in psychology is expected to be competent in writing psychological reports. First we discuss the basic determinants of the acquisition of this competence. Then we describe how these basic determinants are taken into ...
Teaching and Learning Assessment Strategies: Students' Evaluation of Clients' QuestionsSummary: When psychologists are given a question by a client they have to decide if they have the necessary knowledge, and if the client's question meets legal, ...
A Short Version of the Hooper Visual Organization Test: Validity, Factor Structure, and 7-Day Retest ReliabilityAbstract: Validation data are presented for a short version of the Hooper Visual Organization Test (VOT) which was previously proposed by ...
Bei der Diagnostik von Gedächtnisleistungen im Rahmen neurologischer Erkrankungen ist auch eine Untersuchung des semantischen Gedächtnisses von Bedeutung. Das Semantische Altgedächtnisinventar von Schmidtke und Vollmer-Schmolck (1999) stellt einen Versuch ...
Zeichnungen von Fahrrädern werden seit langem in der neuropsychologischen Diagnostik eingesetzt. Lezak schlug ein formales System zu ihrer Bewertung vor. Anhand einer Stichprobe von 200 neurologischen Patienten werden Daten zur Reliabilität und Validität ...
Zusammenfassung: Es wird eine Übersicht über die Studien zur Prävalenz psychischer Störungen bei Hörschädigung, Blindheit, körperlicher oder intellektueller Behinderung gegeben. Neben Entwicklungseinschränkungen in Folge von organischen oder genetischen ...
Neuropsychological findings on memory and learning disabilities in children using the BASIC-MLTSummery:Summary:Objectives: Unrecognized memory and learning disabilities can affect children’s general development and limit therapy success. Differentiated ...
Psychological Computer AssessmentParticular quality standards of psychological computer assessment are stated. Thereby some international guidelines of assessment are taken into account such as the German DIN 33430. The necessity of the examination ...
Is there any need for German Language Journals on Psychological Assessment, Personality, and Individual Differences?Abstract.Leutner (1999) analyzed the publication habits of German spoken authors. Two tendencies showed up: (1) Articles on instruments ...
Zusammenfassung. Anhand der im letzten Jahrgang publizierten Arbeiten werden einige Trends in der Psychologischen Diagnostik identifiziert. Es wird aufgezeigt, dass die Mehrzahl der veröffentlichten Arbeiten aus den Anwendungsgebieten der Psychologie ...
Zusammenfassung. Das Datenbanksegment PSYNDEX Tests, das vom Zentrum für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation (ZPID) an der Universität Trier im Rahmen seines Informationsangebotes für die Psychologie hergestellt wird, verfügt mit aktuell über ...
Experimental construction of a short questionnaire for direct measurement of psychotherapeutic outcomes in well-beingAbstract. Results of two studies on the construction of a short questionnaire for the direct measurement of psychotherapeutic outcomes ...
Disclosure of Grief Questionnaire (DGQ): Development and Validation of a Questionnaire to Assess Communication Patterns After BereavementAbstract. Disclosure of emotional burdensome experiences is important for processing these experiences as well as for ...
Current status of psychological assessmentAbstract. On average, professional psychologists spend more than a quarter of their working time on psychological assessment (PA); almost one tenth of their university education addresses this topic. Within the ...
Quality Assurance in Research and Application as a Task of the DGPsAbstract: The present paper shows how the German Psychological Society (DGPs) advanced the quality of psychological science in different fields of interest. We order ...
Zusammenfassung. Der diagnostische Prozess wird als eine Abfolge von vielen zwangsläufig zu treffenden Entscheidungen unter Unsicherheit und die Entscheidungsorientierte Diagnostik (EOD) wird als eine Technologie zur Unterstützung des Diagnostikers (...
Abstract: Research investigating competitive anxiety is typically based on the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (Martens, Burton et al., 1990), its revision, or its derivatives in other languages. The psychometric quality of these ...
Clinical cyber psychology: The application of virtual realities in psychological diagnosis and treatmentAbstract.Background and objective: A steadily increasing number of publications indicate the emergence of a new field in clinical psychology that may ...
Direct measurements of change on psychotherapy. The Bochum Change Questionnaire 2000 (BCQ 2000)Background: Direct psychotherapy measures evaluate treatment outcome in an economic single point measurement. The Bochum Change Questionnaire 2000 (BCQ-2000) ...
Summary: Tests constitute one of the technological tools most frequently used by psychologists in their professional practice. Like any other scientific technology, tests can be used both in appropriate and inappropriate ways. Currently, various ...
Summary When psychologists are given a question by a client they have to decide if they have the necessary knowledge - and if the client's question meets legal, ethical, and professional standards. We constructed a checklist containing eight rules for the ...
Psychological assessment is one of the key disciplines of scientific psychology. During this century it has been confused with psychology itself. The activity of any psychologist—whether in basic and applied fields, with sophisticated equipment in the ...
Summary: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) is a depression scale designed to measure depressive symptomatology in the general population. The authors developed a Portuguese version of this scale. This article presents the ...
Abstract. As the findings of many studies have shown, different aspects of children's home literacy environment are related to the development of their language competence. We designed the Home Literacy Environment Questionnaire (HLEQ) to evaluate the ...
This study developed and validated a French version of the Adult Temperament Questionnaire short form (ATQ; Evans & Rothbart, 2007). The ATQ is a self-report instrument that evaluates four temperamental dimensions: negative affect, effortful control, ...
We conducted a historical analysis of the articles published in the first (1992–1996) and last 5 years (2005–2009) of the European Journal of Psychological Assessment (EJPA), mainly on the basis of an analysis of abstracts and keywords of articles. We ...
With reference to EJPA’s unique and broad scope, the current study analyzed the characteristics of the authors as well as the topics and research aims of the 69 empirical articles published in the years 2009–2010. Results revealed that more than one third ...
The Outcome Questionnaire-45 (OQ) reliably quantifies level of psychological functioning and change during treatment. The three subscales, however, are not well validated. Could alternative scales, based on personality dimensions or other groupings of ...
Abstract. Cognitive emotion regulation strategies have been proposed as an explanation for transdiagnostic vulnerability to emotional disorders, which are highly prevalent in the primary care setting. The use of brief psychological ...
Abstract: Across five studies (total N > 3,600), we report the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ-2PL). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a unidimensional structure of this instrument;...
To achieve a therapeutic design, we should examine three main information sources: clinical history, Rorschach test, and the subject’s communication style during the diagnostic interviews. We should study people from the perspective of their individuality ...
This study represents the beginning of a systematic effort to utilize eye-movement responses in order to better understand individuals’ processing strategies during the Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM). Eye movements reflect moment-by-moment spatial and ...
The Music Apperception Test (MAT) asks respondents to “tell a story to the music.” Brief compositions portray basic emotions followed by 30-s silent periods. The MAT relies on the emotional import of music, so narratives vary for content, settings, and ...
Abstract. Although emotional intelligence is frequently measured with performance tasks, they are often correlated with self-report measures of personality. The present research compared the scores of two performance tests: the Rorschach Inkblot Method ...
Abstract.Exner’s (1995a)Issues and Methods in Rorschach Research provided a standard of care for conducting Rorschach research; however, the extent to which studies have followed these guidelines has not been examined. Similarly, meta-...
Abstract. Assessing change during long-term psychotherapy can be a challenging and uncertain task. Psychological assessments can be a valuable tool and can offer a perspective from outside the therapy dyad, independent of the powerful and distorting ...
Abstract. Our study addresses the question, “In what settings, with what age groups, and for what purposes is the Rorschach used internationally?” We present preliminary results from 342 Rorschach users representing 36 different countries ...
Abstract. This work arose from an interest in seeking the origins, in the field of psychological assessment, of knowledge on the relationship between color and affect. This relationship in psychological assessment has existed since Herman ...