Joyce Essentials of Temperament Assessment

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-59403-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Essentials of Psychological Assessment

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to effectivelyconduct a comprehensive temperament assessment
Understanding temperament has the potential to better informtreatment and intervention choices as well as promote awareness forqualities that are somewhat malleable. Essentials of TemperamentAssessment presents balanced coverage of those instruments thatdirectly measure temperament qualities in adults and children. Thisguide enables mental health professionals to select the method thatbest fits the situations, groups of people, and programs that areinvolved.
With an overview of clinical applications of temperamentassessments, Essentials of Temperament Assessment gathers as manyresources as possible to enable professionals to make their ownjudgment about the most appropriate temperament assessments,including:
* New York Longitudinal Scales Adult Temperament Questionnaire(ATQ)
* Carey Temperament Scales (CTS)
* Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®)
* Student Styles Questionnaire (SSQ)
Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessmentseries, this book is designed to help busy mental healthprofessionals, and those in training, quickly acquire the knowledgeand skills they need to make optimal use of major psychologicalassessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerouscallout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, andextensive illustrative material, as well as test questions thathelp you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.
Offering a myriad of ways to assess temperament, Essentialsof Temperament Assessment arms professionals with the mostappropriate technique or combination of techniques for theirparticular temperament assessment purposes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joyce, Diana

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Preface.
Acknowledgements.
One Overview of Temperament Theory.
Two Empirical Foundations for Temperament Theory.
Three Validity and Reliability in Temperament Assessment.
Four Interpreteing Temperament Measures.
Five Strengths and Limitations of Temperament Assessment.
Six Clinical Applications of Temperament Assessment.
Seven Illustrative Case Reports.
Appendix: Definitions of Temperament Terms.
References.
Annotated Bibilography.
Index.
About the Author.

Über Autor(innen)

Diana Joyce, PhD, is an Associate Scholar in the School Psychology Program at the University of Florida with licensure as a psychologist and school psychologist. She has taught numerous assessment courses and supervises graduate student practicum work across four county school districts and several clinic sites. Her research and publications have included studies of temperament qualities of gifted children as well as temperament characteristics of students with conduct disorders.