Clinical Personality Assessment - Couverture rigide

Butcher, James N.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195085698 ISBN 13 : 9780195085693

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1995

Synopsis

In this book, the second in the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Psychology series, 30 eminent contributors (from diverse psychological disciplines) address central issues in assessment. Topics include ethical considerations in clinical personality assessment, assessment of ethnic and racial minorities, and assessment of the elderly, for example. The book maintains a practical, context-based approach throughout, and will appeal to both graduate students and practising clinical psychologists.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a revised version of a comprehensive clinical personality assessment volume that was well received by professionals in clinical psychology. Contributors from a diverse range of psychological disciplines address a number of central issues in personality assessment in clinical and forensic settings. The authors were invited to select a key problem area in the field and to emphasize practical issues in their chapters. The result is a work of outstanding variety and depth of coverage with an immediately useful, hands-on focus. The second edition has been updated to include several more timely topics including: psycho physiolocgical methods in assessing emotions, assessment client's marital satisfaction, behaviorial genetic considerations in personality assessment, and assessment of suicide risk. Other topics include ethical considerations in clinical personality assessment, assessment of racial and ethnic minorities, sources of personality information, and problems in personality assessment. A practical, context-based approach is maintained throughout, and a useful appendix providing an index of psychological assessment procedures concludes the book. Clinical Personality Assessment, 2/e, is considered a defintitve text in the field of assessment, appealing to both students and practicing clinical psychologists.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195085698
• ISBN 13: 9780195085693
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 569
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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