Advances in Personality Assessment: Volume 8 (Advances in Personality Assessment Series)

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company. Abstract: First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company Content: Chapter 1 Cross-Cultural and Multi-Ethnic Assessment -- chapter 2 Cross-Cultural Assessment of Personality: The Case for Replicatory Factor Analysis -- chapter 3 The Turkish MMPI: Translation, Standardization and Validation -- chapter 4 An Epigenetic Approach to the Assessment of Personality: The Study of Instability in Stable Personality Organizations -- chapter 5 The Role of Self-Prediction in Psychological Assessment -- chapter 6 Rorschach Measures of Psychoanalytic Theories of Defense -- chapter 7 Conducting Psychological Evaluations with AA-Oriented Alcoholism Treatment Programs: Implications for Practical Treatment Planning -- chapter 8 Strelau Temperament Inventory (STI): General Review and Studies Based on German Samples -- chapter 9 Toward a Consensual Set of Symptom Clusters for Assessment of Personality Disorder. First published in 1990. The field of personality assessment continues to grow and expand at a rapid rate. The present volume is a continuation of the author's effort to bring together significant original papers representing diverse theoretical perspectives, critical methodological issues, and a variety of assessment techniques. Diversity of assessment approaches are also considered in the present volume. These vary from traditional assessment approaches, such as the Rorschach and the MMPI, to newer instruments such as Temperament Inventory. This will be of interest to mental health professionals, as it provides new insights and information about important directions in which the field of personality assessment is going.