As one of psychology's oldest fields, personality assessment is one of the most extensively studied subsets of contemporary psychology. In this second edition of the
Oxford Handbook of Personality Assessment, now titled
The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology Assessment, Joni L. Mihura brings together a respected group of international contributors to cover significant changes within the field of personality assessment. The
Handbook is updated to cover a range of topics, focusing on four major goals: to integrate contemporary dimensional models of personality and psychopathology; to use a multimethod approach in which the method of assessment shapes the desired construct; to integrate collaborative/therapeutic assessment (C/TA) when possible; and to consider personality and psychopathology assessment through the lens of human diversity. Chapters highlight contemporary models of personality and psychopathology; psychometrics; diversity and inclusion (e.g. gender and gender identity, racial identity, and social justice); commonly used tests and personality assessment methods (e.g., PAIs, MMPIs, BASC, and Rorschach); the assessment of three key personality and psychopathology dimensions (internalizing, externalizing, and psychosis); and specific areas of assessment (e.g. suicide risk, violence risk, child custody, student threat assessment, and high risk assessments). The final chapter discusses key challenges and needed improvements, such as requiring construct validity meta-analyses for all test scales, improving insurance reimbursement for assessments, and the emergence of new technologies in assessment.
Providing a thorough update on the contemporary practice of personality and pathology assessment, this edition offers an authoritative and field-encompassing resource for researchers and clinicians from across the medical health and psychology disciplines.
About the AuthorJoni L. Mihura is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toledo, with a specialization in multimethod assessment and psychosis. Dr. Mihura is board certified by the Assessment Board of Assessment Psychology (ABAP). She has received career awards from the Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) and the American Psychoanalytic Association (APA), and is a Fellow and former President of SPA. Dr. Mihura is the Associate Editor of
Assessment and
Scientific Reports, and Consulting Editor for several other journals. She has numerous publications on psychological assessment and is best known for her work with the Rorschach inkblot test. She is co-developer of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System(R) (R-PAS(R)) and founder of the R-PAS(R) in Multimethod Assessment Conference. Dr. Mihura is the co-editor of two previous books:
Using the Rorschach Performance Assessment System(R) (R-PAS(R)) and the
Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Psychological Assessment.