OFFLINE
RESOURCES
Carlos A. Almenara, PhD
Online and Offline Resources In Psychological Assessment
PSY494P122 (March 19th, 2013)
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MENTAL
MEASUREMENTS
YEARBOOK
Mental Measurements Yearbook
 The series (now 18th, 2010), initiated in
1938, provides factual information, critical
reviews, and comprehensive bibliographic
references on the construction, use, and
validity of all tests published in English.
 Reviews are written by highly qualified
professionals with expertise in a range of
disciplines.
 An updated directory of test publishers is
also included.
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Tests in Print VIII (2011)
 Complement the Mental Measurements
Yearbooks.
 Information on available tests and specific
test bibliographies.
 Contains descriptive information on
approximately 3,000 testing instruments,
including specific data on its purpose,
target population, scoring, and pricing.
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MUNI Library (Book Number): 4240765193
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Directory of
Special Libraries
and Information
Centers
Directory of Special Libraries and
Information Centers
 This 40th edition has 2 Volumes:
 Volume 1 (6 parts): provides detailed contact and
descriptive information on subject-specific
resource collections maintained by various
government agencies, businesses, publishers,
educational and nonprofit organizations, and
associations around the world.
 Volume 2 Geographic and Personnel Indexes (3
parts): provides access to profiled libraries by
geographic region, as well as by the professional
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WORLD GUIDE
TO
SPECIAL
LIBRARIES
World Guide to Special
Libraries
 This 8th edition lists over 34,200 libraries
under 821 subject headings.
 Includes special libraries from the National
Library of Medicine (Bethesda, USA), to
‘classic’ special libraries such as the
Bibliothèque artistique de la ville de
Bruxelles.
 It provides complete details of the libraries
and their holdings, and alphabetical indexes
of subjects and institutions.
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World Guide to Special
Libraries
 Record example: Czech Republic’s national
library
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Social Science
Reference
Sources:
A Practical Guide
Social Science Reference
Sources:
A Practical Guide (2000)
 Provides entries for roughly 1,600 reference
sources in the social sciences, including
anthropology, business, economics,
education, geography, history, law, political
science, psychology, and sociology.
 Most titles published before 1980, which are
listed in the second edition, have been
excluded, while the present volume gives
special attention to electronic resources,
including more than 200 web sites.
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Directory of
Unpublished
Experimental
Mental Measures
Directory of Unpublished
Experimental Mental
Measures
 Identifies and describes noncommercial
psychological measures from the fields of
psychology, sociology, and education that
have been devised by researchers and
published in 36 top journals.
 The instruments are not evaluated, but
provides useful information about tests.
 Served as inspiration for the PsycTESTS
database.
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Directory of Unpublished
Experimental Mental Measures
 Volume 7: Published in 1997
 Covers noncommercial psychological
measures between 1970 and 1985.
 Volume 8: Published in 2002
 Covers noncommercial psychological
measures between 1996 and 2000.
 Volume 9: Published in 2007
 Covers noncommercial psychological
measures between 2001 and 2005.
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SELECTED
BOOKS
Encyclopedia of Psychological
Assessment
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APA Handbook of Testing and
Assessment in Psychology
 This 3-volume handbook is a
comprehensive presentation of the theory
and application of tests in psychology and
education.
 Probably the most comprehensive reviews
on the use of testing and assessment.
MUNI Library (Book Number): 4240767206
Comprehensive Handbook of
Psychological Assessment
 4-volume set presenting essential
information on the 4 major classes of
psychological assessment instruments:
 Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological
Assessment
 Intelligence/neuropsychological
 Personality
 Behavioral
 Industrial/organizational
MUNI Library (Book Number): 4240748762
Measures for Clinical Practice and
Research: A Sourcebook (4th ed)
 The 4th edition (2007) of this 2-volume
classic sourcebook has dozens of new
scales as well as updated information for
existing instruments.
 Each instrument is reproduced in its
entirety and critiqued by the editors.
MUNI Library (Book Number): 4240767408
Measures for Clinical Practice and
Research: A Sourcebook (5th ed)
 This seminal 2 volume 5th edition (2013)
contains hundreds of the most useful
measurement tools for use in clinical
practice and in research.
 All measures are critiqued by the editors,
who provide guidance on how to select and
score them and the actual measures are
wholly reproduced.MUNI Library (Book Number): 000880275
A Compendium of Psychosocial
Measures
 Presents the purpose of each
measurement tool, the description,
psychometric properties, reliability, validity,
and usage guidelines in template format
 Includes measurement tools for functional
assessment, community living, social
problem solving and coping, agency
performance evaluation, and more
http://books.google.com/books?id=k_ukS4wz1dEC
Compendium of Quality of Life
Instruments
 5-volume set covering approximately 200
instruments, all validated by key
references, used by researchers to
measure the quality of life.
 Reliability, validity and strengths and
weaknesses of the instruments are
presented, enabling researchers to decide
their use.
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/products/subject/reference/salek_index.html
A Compendium Of Neuropsychological
Tests
 1216 pages covering every aspect of
neuropsychological assessment.
 Critical review of tests.
 A complete chapter about norms selection,
and access to normative data.
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A Compendium Of Neuropsychological
Tests
 Children’s
Neuropsychological
Test Profile
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A Compendium Of Neuropsychological
Tests
 Complete tests are
available.
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MUNI Library (Book Number): 4240765199
A Compendium of Tests, Scales
and Questionnaires
 Contains an extensive selection of
instruments developed to measure signs
and symptoms commonly encountered in
neurological conditions.
 Provides a repository of established
instruments, as well as newly-developed
scales, and covers all aspects of the
functional consequences of acquired brain
impairment.
MUNI Library (Book Number): 3147044939
The measurement of affect, mood, and
emotion:
A guide for health-behavioral research
 Proposes a sound system for selecting
measures for these constructs (affect, mood
and emotion) in an accessible guidebook.
http://books.google.com/books?id=et6nmzXnfZsC
Attachment: Expanding the
Cultural Connections
http://books.google.com/books?id=8TbfjV5EZHAC
 Explores the latest trends in the theory and
application of attachment within crosscultural
settings.
 Provides an insightful analysis, remarkable
case studies, and groundbreaking research
make it essential reading for any clinician or
scholar interested in perceptions of love and
attachment.
The adult attachment projective picture
system: Attachment theory and assessment
in adults
 Presents cutting-edge research on adult
attachment together with a complete
overview of the Adult Attachment Projective
Picture System (AAP), the authors' validated
developmental assessment.
MUNI Library (Book Number): 000871251
Assessing common mental health and
addiction issues with free-access
instruments
 Identifies the most efficient free access
instruments and provides summary
information about administration, scoring,
interpretation, psychometric integrity, and
strengths and weaknesses.
http://books.google.com/books?id=V5kJXbqLcl8C
Measuring health: A guide to rating
scales and questionnaires
 This 3rd edition provides in-depth reviews
of over 100 of the leading health
measurement tools and serves as a guide
for choosing among them.
 Each chapter presents a tabular
comparison of the quality of the
instruments reviewed, followed by
reliability and validity and, where possible,
shows a copy of the actual scale.
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MUNI Library (Book Number): 3147056575
Health measurement scales: A practical
guide to their development and use
 This 4rd edition is a practical guide for
clinicians who are developing tools to
measure subjective states, attitudes, or
non-tangible outcomes.
 Attitudes
 Feelings
 Quality of life
 Educational achievement and aptitude
 Learning style
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MUNI Library (Book Number): 000848258
Measurement in health behavior:
Methods for research and evaluation
 Offers information needed to improve the
knowledge of instrument development and
testing and the understanding of reliability
and validity testing discussed in articles
and reports.
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http://books.google.com/books?id=JXv2z6NflR4C
Measuring health and wellbeing
 It is concerned with assessing and
describing the needs, health and wellbeing
of specific populations, communities and
groups.
 Case studies, activities and research
summaries are used throughout the book
to help the reader understand how to apply
theory to practice.
MUNI Library (Book Number): 3147058339
Handbook of clinical rating scales and
assessment in psychiatry and mental
health
 It’s a handbook including tests.
 Covered chapters:
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 Depression
 Anxiety Disorders
 Bipolar Disorder
 Eating Disorders
 Addictions (alcohol,
nicotine)
 Personality Disoders
 Outcomes in Mental
Health
 Adult ADHD
 Schizophrenia
 Cognitive and
Neuropsychological
Status
 Psychotherapy
Practice
Handbook of clinical rating scales and
assessment in psychiatry and mental
health
 The Terrorism Catastrophizing Scale (TCS)
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http://books.google.com/books?id=zqvfXSO-5vQC
Social Support Measurement and
Intervention
 Provides a solid theoretical background for
the measurement of social support.
 Includes different theoretical perspectives.
 Includes related constructs.
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http://books.google.com/books?id=I_0HZQXQk2gC
Social Support Measurement and
Intervention
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http://books.google.com/books?id=I_0HZQXQk2gC
Therapy outcome measures for
rehabilitation professionals
 Concise 152 pages book covering the use of
the TOM Core Scale in 26 different diseases.
 Impairment
 Activity
 Participation
 Well-being/Distress
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http://books.google.com/books?id=cn8VPZSeJdEC
Therapy outcome measures for
rehabilitation professionals
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http://books.google.com/books?id=cn8VPZSeJdEC
Therapy outcome measures for
rehabilitation professionals
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http://books.google.com/books?id=cn8VPZSeJdEC
Therapy outcome measures for
rehabilitation professionals
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http://books.google.com/books?id=cn8VPZSeJdEC
Principles of assessment and outcome
measurement for occupational therapists and
physiotherapists
 Wide coverage of the different aspects of
measurement:
 Importance of accurate assessment
 Methods and sources of assessment
 Purposes of assessment
 Levels of measurement
 Standardization and test development
 Validity, reliability
 Test administration, reporting
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Principles of assessment and outcome
measurement for occupational therapists and
physiotherapists
 This book provides worksheets to:
 Evaluate your evidence-based practice
 Reflect on data-collection methods
 Reflect on the purposes of assessment
 Reflect on levels of measurement
 Reflect on the adequacy of standardisation
(checklist)
 Prepare for an assessment (checklist)
 others
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Standardized evaluation in clinical
practice
 Focused in the integration and
standardization of assessment methods for
the diagnosis in clinical settings.
 Specially interesting: an entire chapter to
evaluate Suicide History (includes appendix)
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Standardized evaluation in clinical
practice
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http://books.google.com/books?id=m6v8WpiW-rMC
Measuring stress in humans
 Covers the emotional, behavioral, and
physiological measurement of stress.
 Review and basic information of measures.
 Although doesn’t provides the tests,
provides web links to them (when available).
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http://books.google.com/books?id=VogN0so08GcC
Health status measurement in
neurological disorders
 Covers the health status assessment in:
 Headache
 Parkinson’s disease
 Multiple sclerosis
 Stroke
 Epilepsy
 Alzheimer’s disease
 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
 Includes an entire chapter on the translation
and cross-cultural adaptation of quality of life
measures.
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http://books.google.com/books?id=EXeAy5Mlc4QC
Quality of Life: The Assessment, Analysis
and Interpretation of Patient-reported
Outcomes
 Provides guidelines on assessing, analyzing
and interpreting quality of life data
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http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0470024518
Therapist’s guide to positive
psychological interventions
 Evaluates the psychometric properties of
some important instruments.
 Emphasize in the role of culture.
 Includes complete tests.
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http://books.google.com/books?id=B_j-ZTAJ-CUC
Therapist’s guide to positive
psychological interventions
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http://books.google.com/books?id=B_j-ZTAJ-CUC
Therapist’s guide to positive
psychological interventions
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http://books.google.com/books?id=B_j-ZTAJ-CUC
Social Anxiety: Clinical,
developmental, and social
perspectives
 An entire chapter covering different
dimensions of social anxiety and phobia
assessment.
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http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0123785529
Tic Disorders, Trichotillomania, and
Other Repetitive Behavior
Disorders
 This book, the most comprehensive guide to
behavioral treatment of repetitive behavior
disorders, includes a chapter on
assessment.
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http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0387459448
Assessing and Treating Low
Incidence/High Severity Psychological
Disorders of Childhood
 This book deserves attention, it’s focused
on less-known disorders in children.
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http://books.google.com/books?isbn=1441999701
Handbook of Sexuality-Related
Measures
 Reproduces more than 200 instruments,
accompanied by essential information for
their use in research, educational and
clinical settings.
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http://books.google.com/books?isbn=1412913365
Eating Disorders in Children and
Adolescents
 Chapter 10 provides information to
accurately assess the cardinal features of
eating disorders.
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http://books.google.com/books?isbn=1609184939
Handbook of assessment methods for
eating behaviors and weight-related
problems
 The most comprehensive collection of
measures and assessment tools related to
eating behaviors.
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MUNI Library (Book Number): 000870724
Psychological assessment in clinical
practice: A pragmatic guide
 16 chapters covering the assessment of
most common mental disorders.
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http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0415935024
Towards personal excellence:
Psychometric tests and self-improvement
techniques for managers
 This 2nd edition contains 6 pilot-tested
modules each with a cluster of skills and a
self-assessment questionnaire (with
response sheets)
 Enables the reader/user to record individual
strengths and weaknesses to keep track of
the process of learning.
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Management Skills: Assessment and
Development
 Offers a comprehensive, real world
approach to mastering the skills needed for
a career in management. It contains:
 Assessing Your Skills (pre-assessment scales);
 Learning About the Skills (concept portion of the
text);
 Practicing Your Skills (exercises);
 Using Your Skills (case analysis);
 Extending Your Skills (group and individual
exercises);
 Visualizing the Skills (video exercises);
 Your Skills Now (assessing skills after working
through the chapter);
 Interpretations (scoring keys and comparison data).
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Oxford Handbook of Personnel
Assessment and Selection
 Comprehensive review of:
 (1) historical and social context of the field of
assessment and selection
 (2) research strategies
 (3) individual difference constructs that underlie
effective performance
 (4) measures of predictor constructs
 (5) employee performance and outcome
assessment
 (6) societal and organizational constraints on
selection practice
 (7) implementation and sustainability of selection
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Multiple Perspectives on the Effects of
Evaluation on Performance
 This book integrates thinking from five
different research traditions:
 Achievement Goals
 Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation
 Goal Setting
 Social Loafing
 Social Facilitation
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http://books.google.com/books?id=3FK7aHu8EDAC
Wiley’s Essentials of Psychological
Assessment
 To quickly acquire the knowledge and skills needed to
make optimal use of the major psychological
assessment tests.
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TESTS
AVAILABLE
IN
MASARYK
UNIVERSITY
Psychological instruments available in
MUNI FSS
 An inventory of tests is available for
download.
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QUESTIONS?
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 READINGS:
 Publishers of psychological and
psychoeducational tests (Koocher, Norcross,
& Hill III, 2005)
 Where to go for authoritative information:
Reference sources (Cohen & Swerdlik, 2009)
 Sourcing materials and measures for
psychological research (Evans, 2007).