Book description
This comprehensive, balanced guide to personality assessment, written
by two of the foremost experts in the field, is sure to become the gold
standard of texts on this topic.
The Handbook of Personality Assessment
covers everything from the basics, including a historic overview and
detailed discussion of the assessment process and its psychometric
foundations, to valuable sections on conducting the assessment interview
and the nature, interpretation, and applications of the most popular
self-report (objective) and performance-based (projective) measures. A
concluding section of special topics such as computerized assessment,
ethical and legal issues, and report writing are unique to this text.
Irving B. Weiner, PhD
, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and behavioral Medicine at the
University of South Florida and former Director of Psychological
Services at the University of South Florida Psychiatry Center in Tampa,
Florida. He resides in Tampa and is in the practice os clinical and
forensic psychology.
Dr. Weiner received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the
University of Michigan in 1959. His position since that time have
included Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and Head of the Division
of Psychology at the University of Rochester Medical Center; Professor
and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Case Western reserve
University; and Vice-President and Chief Academic Officer at the
University of Denver and at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is a
Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Association
for Psychological Science, a Diplomat of the American board of
Professional Psycho9logy in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology, and a
licensed psychologist in the state of Florida. He is president-elect of
the Society of Clinical Psychology (APA Division 12), Past President of
the International Rorschach Society, current President of the Society
for Personality Assessment Distinguished Contribution Award. He served
as editor of the Journal of Personality Assessment from 1985 to 1993 and
as editor of Rorschachiana: Yearbook of the International Rorschach
Society from 1990 to 1996. His Writings include numerous articles and
chapters and the following books:
Psychodiagnosis in Schizophrenia, 1966; republished ed., 1997
Psychological Disturbance in Adolescence, 1970; 2nd ed., 1992
Rorschach Handbook of Clinical and Research Applications, 1971
Child Development, 1972
Principles of Psychotherapy, 1975; 2nd ed., 1998
Clinical Methods in Psychology (ED.) 1976; 2nd ed., 1983
Development of the Child, 1978
Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 1982
Rorschach Assessment of Children and Adolescents, 1982; 2nd ed., 1995
Adolescence: A Developmental Transition, 1985; 2nd ed., 1995
Handbook of Forensic Psychology, (Ed.) 1987; 2nd ed., 1999; 3rd ed., 2006
Principles of Rorschach Interpretation, 1998; 2nd ed., 2003
Handbook of Psychology (12 Vols.) (Editor-in-Chief), 2003
Adult Psychopathology Case Studies (Ed.) 2004
Roger L. Greene is a professor at Pacific Graduate School of
Psychology in Palo Alto, California, where he served as Director of
Clinical Training for twelve years. Dr. Greene has worked in a variety
of clinical settings and with different types of patients in his
clinical career. His particular area of interest clinically is the
assessment and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. He has written a
number of texts and articles on the use of the MMPI-2. His most recent
book, The MMPI-2: An Interpretive Manual (2nd ed.) was published in
2000. His books on the MMPI/MMPI-2 have been among the standard
references for over two decades. He is a Fellow of Division 12of APA
and the Society for Personality Assessment. He has served on the Board
of Trustees and as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality
Assessment for the Society of Personality Assessment. His writings
include numerous articles and chapters and the following
books:
The MMPI: an Interpretive Manual, 1980
The
MMPI-2/MMPI: An Interpretive Manual, 1991
Emerging Issues and
Methods in Personality Assessment (Co-Ed.), 1997
The MMPI-2: An
Interpretive Manual, 2000
