Guides: PSYC 315 Psychological Testing and Assessment: Instruments & Surveys

Databases with information about instruments

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
The gold standard in guides to instruments and surveys, MMY/TIP includes information about over 2,700 published contemporary testing instruments. Covers the areas of psychology, education, business, and leadership.
Note: does NOT include actual tests or questions questions...lists reviews, article citations, validity and reliability information, publisher contact and cost info.
First published by Oscar K. Buros, the MMY series allows users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. MMY provides coverage from Volume 1 to the present. Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).

PsycTests
The newest electronic source of information about test & Instruments, PsycTests includes descriptive summaries, full text, and relevant citations. Validity and reliability information.
Note: in many cases, the ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED.
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PsycTESTS is an electronic database providing descriptive summaries, full text, and relevant citations on the development and assessment of tests and measures that can be used in research and teaching. Updated monthly, PsycTESTS includes a wide variety of test types: achievement and aptitude tests, intelligence tests, tests of cognitive functioning, occupational tests, personality tests, and more. These include previously unpublished measures, tests developed by psychologists for which no source document has been located, and information about published tests available from commercial publishers.

PsycINFO
An important source for scholarly articles offering reviews of test, validity & reliability information, and empirical research using specific test.
Note: RARELY INCLUDES ACTUAL INSTRUMENT or test questions
For more information about searching PsycINFO for tests, see box below.
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
MANY dissertations INCLUDE THE SURVEY INSTRUMENTused for the study in an appendix.
Search for a dissertation with a topic and method that resembles yours, and look at the appendices. If the instrument used was published or proprietary, the student would probably not be allowed to include the actual questions by the publisher or author.

Seaching PsycINFO for test instruments

Find tests/ assessments in journal articles: use the following search example, and includes the searchterm "APPENDED" along with your own keywords or subject descriptors describing the type of measure you seek:

test OR assessment OR scale OR questionnaire OR measure OR survey  
AND eating disorders [thesaurus headings and/or keywords describing your topic]
AND appended

Limit the search using the REFINE Search Tab and select Publication Type: "Questionnaire/Scale", "Research Instrument", or "Research Instrument Utilization", or "Research Instrument Validation".

Books that include tests

Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Constructs by Gregory J. Boyle (Editor); Donald H. Saklofske (Editor); Gerald Matthews (Editor)
ISBN: 9780123869159
Publication Date: 2014
Assists researchers and practitioners by identifying and reviewing the best scales/measures for a variety of constructs. Each chapter discusses test validity, reliability, and utility. Authors have focused on the most often used and cited scales/measures, with a particular emphasis on those published in recent years. Each scale is identified and described, the sample on which it was developed is summarized, and reliability and validity data are presented, followed by presentation of the scale, in full or in part, where such permission has been obtained.
Disorders of Personality by Theodore Millon
Call Number: Online in Wiley Online Library
ISBN: 9780470040935
Publication Date: 2011-05-03
Now in its Third Edition, this book clarifies the distinctions between the vast array of personality disorders and helps clinicians make accurate diagnoses. It has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the changes in the forthcoming DSM-5. SEE CHAPTER 3: Clinical Methods and Instruments of Personalized Assessment, doi: 10.1002/9781118099254.ch3 - The chapter reviews the diverse sources and methods of assessing the traits and spectra of personality, as well as its styles, types, and disorders. Note is made of measurement sources, issues of psychometric precision, and conceptual models of validity. Several types of assessment instruments are described and evaluated.
Measures for Clinical Practice and Research, 5th ed by Kevin Corcoran (Editor); Joel Fischer (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. BF176 .C66 2013
ISBN: 0199778582
Publication Date: 2013-08-01
One of the key challenges of all types of practice and research is finding a way to measure the problem. This seminal 2-volume book 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. This fifth edition of Corcoran and Fischer's Measures for Clinical Practice and Research is updated with a new preface, new scales, and updated information for existing instruments.

Reference book with information about instruments

Handbook of Psychological Assessment 6th ed. by Gary Groth-Marnat; A. Jordan Wright
ISBN: 9781118960646
Publication Date: 2016-05-02
Organized according to the sequence mental health professionals follow when conducting an assessment, Groth-Marnat's Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Sixth Edition covers principles of assessment, evaluation, referral, treatment planning, and report writing. nt.
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment by Rocio Fernandez-Ballesteros (Editor)
Call Number: BF39 .E497 2003
ISBN: 9780761954941
Publication Date: 2003-02-28
The two volumes of the Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment contain a series of 235 entries, organized alphabetically, and covering a variety of fields. Each entry includes a general conceptual and methodological overview, a section on relevant assessment devices, followed by links to related concepts in the Encyclopedia and a list of references.

APA Information on tests & Instruments

This website provides the American Psychological Association's explanations and definitions about published and unpublished tests and offers a list of steps for researchers to follow in obtaining permission for the use of unpublished tests.

Resources for finding informaton about tests (reviews and applications) are also included.

FAQ/Finding Information About Psychological Tests
This website is divided into the following sections:
Introduction
Section 1: Published Psychological Tests
Section 2: Unpublished Psychological Tests and Measures
Section 3: A Final Word and Responsibilities of Test Users

Psychological Testing Design & Evaluation

Psychological Testing: A Practical Approach to Design and Evaluation by Theresa J. B. Kline
ISBN: 9781412905442
Publication Date: 2005-02-15
Guides readers through the process of designing and evaluating a test, while ensuring that the test meets the highest professional standards. The author uses simple, clear examples throughout and fully details the required statistical analyses. Topics include--but are not limited to--design of item stems and responses; sampling strategies; classical and modern test theory; IRT program examples; reliability of tests and raters; validation using content, criterion-related, and factor analytic approaches; test and item bias; and professional and ethical issues in testing.

Books on Psychological Assessment

APA Handbook of Testing and Assessment in Psychology by Kurt F. Geisinger; Bruce A. Bracken; American Psychological Association Staff (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781433812279
Publication Date: 2013
This three-volume handbook is a comprehensive presentation of the theory and application of tests in psychology and education. It begins with an in-depth portrayal of psychometrics: the quantitative underpinning of testing. It then provides thorough, up-to-date and informative chapters related to five general application areas of testing - industrial/organizational psychology, clinical psychology (including health psychology), counseling psychology, school psychology, and educational testing
Understanding Psychological Assessment by Jan J. F. ter Laak; Meenakshi Gokhale; Devasena Desai
Call Number: Available online in EBL
ISBN: 8132110056
Publication Date: 2013-09-30
Understanding Psychological Assessment presents a comprehensive overview of the history of psychological assessment and its domains of application. It gives a realistic account of how psychological theory, measurement, and instruments can help the practitioner in understanding, explaining, and predicting a client's problem or question. Using a systematic framework, it also reflects on the history, needs, methods, and consequences of psycho-diagnosis.
Guide to Psychological Assessment with Hispanics by Lorraine T. Benuto
Call Number: Online in SpringerLink
ISBN: 1461444128
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
This book focuses on diversity, culture, and ethnicity as they relate to psychological assessment of Hispanics. It is a how-to guide for clinicians, researchers, and instructors working with Hispanic clients. Each chapter contains an overview of cultural considerations needed for assessing the Hispanic client followed by a specific exploration of the assessment measures available and the research that has been conducted on these measures with Hispanic participants. An exploration of the strengths and limitations of each assessment measure is included.
Essentials of Psychological Testing by Susana Urbina
Call Number: Available online
ISBN: 9781118707258
Publication Date: 2014-06-30
An easy-to-understand overview of the key concepts of psychological testing Fully updated and revised, the second edition of Essentials of Psychological Testing surveys the basic principles of psychometrics, succinctly presents the information needed to understand and evaluate tests, and introduces readers to the major contemporary reference works in the field.
Assessment for Counseling in Christian Perspective by Stephen P. Greggo
ISBN: 9780830828586
Publication Date: 2019-03-19
As a Christian perspective on assessment, this book is designed to supplement standard resources and help counselors navigate challenges at the intersection of psychotherapy and Christian ministry. Greggo charts a course for care that brings best practices of the profession together with practices of Christian discipleship. Key topics include: Does a Christian worldview offer distinguishing parameters for assessment practice?
Essentials of Assessment Report Writing 2d ed. by Alan S. Kaufman (Series edited by); W. Joel Schneider; Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger; Nancy Mather; Nadeen L. Kaufman
ISBN: 9781119218685
Publication Date: 2018-09-19
Offers effective solutions to the creation of reader-friendly, yet targeted, psychological, and educational assessment reports. Parents, clinicians, clients, and other readers need more than test-by-test descriptions--they need an accessible analysis of the entire situation to determine their next steps.
Practical Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychological Testing by Nancy E. Moss; Lauren Moss-Racusin
ISBN: 9783030735142
Publication Date: 2021-05-25
This book explains the psychological assessment process and reviews the origins of psychological testing, referral and testing processes, and prominent psychological assessment instruments. Most important, this book details how to evaluate testing data and use them to understand an individual's needs and to inform interventions and treatments. This book addresses specific domains of psychological assessment.

Tips on locating empirical research

To find articles that report on empirical research, some keywords you might want to use:

study, results, discussion, data, variables, limitations, implications, survey, respondents, population, conclusion

Such terms should be searched as keywords rather than subject terms because they reflect the kind of language used in an article describing empirical research, but they are not the topic or subject of the study.