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Type of formal personality assessment (standardized instrument other type)
(Hard 2 fake but low reliability) |
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| Association (Projective Tech) |
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Rorschach ink blot test (respond then ?'ed on what prompted response)
Exners Comp. System (location(focus) ,determinants (form, movement, color, shading) content) |
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| Construct (projective tech) |
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| Thematic Apperception Test, examiner constructed a story based on pic shown |
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| Completion (projective tech) |
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Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank or Rosenzweig pic-frustration
Incomplete verbal stimulus are completed by examiners.
Pic-complete the bubble above the cartoon |
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| Arrangement or Selection Tech (projective tech) |
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| Sand play:book:drawings:puppets |
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| Expression Tech (projective tech) |
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Drawings=window into personality.
Draw-a-Person or House-Tree-Person or kinetic -house-tree-person (look at Actions:distances,barriers, position: physicals characteristic: style |
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| Checklist (initial assessment) |
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| Simple, cost effective method for gathering initial info, clients instructed to mark list (Rich body of therapeutic info)? |
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| Standardized checklist (initial assessment) |
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Current symptoms- The Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90-R) or Brief Symptom Inventory
(Inform checklist ok but check reliability/validity) |
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| Rating scales (initial assessment) |
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More sophistical than checklist, because indication of amount/degree of problem/attitude
Aware:central tendency error (middle) lenience (unfavorable) or halo effect - Behavior Assessment System for children
TRS/ (look for RS=rating scale) |
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Men 4X more likely -white man over -85 (native American high)
3rd cause of death 15-24 yr olds (30-40% personality disorder, borderline or antisocial) |
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Threatening to hurt or kill themselves
Looks 4 ways to kill (seeking access)
Talking/writing about death dying or suicide |
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(IS PATH WARM)
Ideation, substance abuse, purpose,anxiety,trapped,hopeless, withdrawal,anger,reckless,moody |
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Not formal psychometric (hospital/mental health setting)
Clients level of functioning and self-presentation (initial/intake)
Feel,look,behave
Appearance/attitude/activity/mood/speech/thought/cog/judgment. |
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| 3 initial problems 2 assess in initial session |
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Suicide (Suicide Probability Scale/beck Scale Suicide ideation)
Beck hopelessness Scale
Depression (beck depression scale,Reynolds/Hamilton)
Substance abuse (substance abuse subtle screening inventory) |
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| Right to privacy (assessment) |
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Informed consent-client should know nature of the info and purpose for collection.
Relevance- if it's not reverent to counseling then don't do it |
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| Right to results (assessments) |
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Explain process and explain what their results mean
-percentile
-percentage |
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| Right to confidentiality (assessments) |
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| Keep results confidential only released to experts or with client's consent |
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| Right to least stigmatizing label (assessments) |
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| Proper diagnosis but be aware of labeling |
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| Profess need to adhere to |
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| Way laws are formed in court |
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| Just use manual -test publishers will not send out test unless ind is employees in legit org or ind has licensure/certification (SDS) achievement test |
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-technical knowledge needed in instrument development, psychometric, -MASTERS level needed in psychology
Myers-Briggs, Suicidal Idealtion, and strong interest inventory |
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| -substantial knowledge -PHD usually needed with specific course work WISC-IV, Stanford-Binet, Rorchach, or MMPI2 |
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Central Tendency Measures
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Median
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Range |
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Most often seen
Evenly / in 1/2 (middle 50) avg of 2 middle scores (if even #)
Math average of scores
High-low score |
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