Personality Assessment

The first edition of Personality Assessment provided an overview of the most popular self-report and performance-based personality assessment instruments. The chapter authors were key members in creating or developing the research base for the eight test instruments covered in the book. The text was geared with graduate-level clinical, school, and counseling psychology courses in mind.

While still retaining all of the attractive features of the first edition, this revision will reflect the advances of the field since 2008. Chapter contributors updated and expanded on reliability and validity data, clinical utility, multicultural considerations, and implications for therapeutic assessment. Another distinctive feature of this second edition will be a Moodle website that will feature ancillary materials such as PowerPoints and test banks.

Robert P. Archer, PhD, is Frank Harell Redwood Distinguished Professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School’s department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. He is also Co-Director of the EVMS clinical psychology internship program, and Director of the EVMS department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.

Steve R. Smith, PhD, is an associate professor and Director of Clinical Training at University of California, Santa Barbara’s Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology.