Oxford handbook of personality assessment

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I: Personality assessment -- Clinical personality assessment : history, theoretical bases, contemporary models, and practical applications / James N. Butcher -- Genetic and cultural perspectives -- Behavior genetic perspectives on clinical personality assessment / Susan C. South, Robert F. Krueger, and Kristian E. Markon -- The cultural perspective in personality assessment / Fanny M. Cheung -- Methodological and conceptual factors and psychometric considerations -- Test theory and personality measurement / Fritz Drasgo, Oleksandr S. Chernyshenko, and Stephen Stark -- Construct validation of personality measures / Gregory T. Smith and Tamika C. B. Zapolski -- Standards and standardization / Kurt F. Geisinger and Janet F. Carlson -- Changing or replacing an established personality assessment standard : issues, goals, and problems, with special reference to recent developments in the MMPI-2 / Michelle Boisvert Ranson, David S. Nichols, Steven V. Rouse, and Jennifer Harrington -- Incorporating base rate information in daily clinical decision making / Stephen E. Finn -- Theory and measurement of personality traits / Allan R. Harkness -- Computer-based interpretation of personality scales / James N. Butcher, Julia N. Perry, and Brooke L. Dean -- Part II: Personality assessment in clinical settings -- Personality assessment procedures and instruments -- Behavioral observation / Martin Leichtman -- The clinical interview / Robert Craig -- Clinical behavioral assessment : identifying and explaining behavior problems in clinical assessment / Stephen N. Haynes, Dawn T. Yoshioka, Karen Kloezeman, and Iruma Bello -- The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) : history, interpretation, and clinical issues / Andrew C. Cox, Nathan Weed, and James N. Butcher -- Personality assessment with the Rorschach method / Irving B. Weiner and Gregory J. Meyer -- The five-factor model and the neo inventories / Paul Costa and Robert R. McCrae -- The California psychological inventory / Edward I. Megargee -- Assessing personality disorders / Thomas A. Widiger and Sara E. Boyd -- Functional imaging in clinical assessment : the rise of neurodiagnostics with the FMRI / Angus W. McDonald III, and Jessica A. Hurdelbrink -- Specific populations -- Clinical personality assessment with Asian Americans / Sumie Okazaki, Mimi Okazaki, and Stanley Sue -- The assessment of psychopathology in racial and ethnic minorities / Bernadette Gray-Little -- Issues in clinical assessment with women / Judith Worell and Damon Ann Robinson -- Use of the MMPI-2 in neuropsychological assessment / Carlton S. Gass -- Assessing couples / Douglas K. Snyder, Richard E. Heyman, and Stephen S. Haynes -- Assessing adolescents with the MMPI-a / Edward J. Cumella and Jennifer Lafferty O'Connor -- Specific settings and problems -- Assessment of suicide risk / Ronald A. Stolberg and Bruce Bongar -- Use of self-report measures in assessing alcohol and drug abuse / Joseph A. Banken and Roger L. Greene -- Understanding and assessing aggression and violence / Edwin I. Megargee -- Assessing antisocial and psychopathic personalities / Carl B. Gacono and J. Reid Meloy -- Clinical personality assessment in the employment context / James N. Butcher, Donald K. Gucker, and Lowell W. Hellervik -- Anticipating legal and ethical challenges in personality assessment / Irving B. Weiner -- Interpretation and reporting of assessment findings -- Assessment of feigned psychological symptoms / David T. R. Berry, Myriam J. Sollman, Lindsey J. Schipper, Jessica A. Clark, and Anne L. Shandera -- Assessment of clients in pretreatment planning / T. Mark Harwood and Larry E. Beutler -- Assessment of treatment resistance via questionnaire / Julia N. Perry -- Clinical report writing / Raymond L. Ownby -- How to use computer-based reports / James N. Butcher -- Overview and future directions / James N. Butcher.