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Rice, Kenneth G.; Ashby, Jeffrey S.; Slaney, Robert B. – Assessment, 2007
In this study of the discriminant, convergent, and incremental validity of the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R), university students completed the APS-R, additional measures of perfectionism, the NEO Five-Factor Inventory-Form S, and measures of self-esteem and depression. The results revealed expected significant, but not completely…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Validity, Personality, Psychometrics
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Lees-Haley, Paul R. – Assessment, 1997
Converging lines of evidence suggest that attorneys are influencing data relied on by psychological experts in forensic cases, usually by advising clients how to respond to psychological tests or by prompting them in other ways. This article alerts psychologists to this threat to the validity of psychological and neuropsychological evaluations.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Evidence (Legal), Lawyers, Neuropsychology
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Wood, James M.; Nezworski, M. Teresa; Stejskal, William J.; Garven, Sena; West, Stephen G. – Assessment, 1999
Discusses three recent studies of the validity of Rorschach test (H. Rorschach, 1921) that have not evaluated methodological issues carefully. Identifies methodological errors in each study and offers specific information for the interpretation of Rorschach results. (SLD)
Descriptors: Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Research Methodology, Research Problems
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Rogers, Richard; And Others – Assessment, 1994
Ten Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) fake-bad scales/indexes are reviewed with respect to their potential usefulness in evaluation of feigning mental illness, and a meta analysis of the MMPI is performed. One scale and two indexes were superior when effect sizes were calculated. (SLD)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Effect Size, Evaluation Methods