Assessment in Counseling: Procedures and Practices, Sixth Edition

The latest edition of this perennial bestseller instructs and updates students and clinicians on the basic principles of psychological assessment and measurement, recent changes in assessment procedures, and the most widely used tests in counseling practice today. Dr. Danica Hays guides counselors in the appropriate selection, interpretation, and communication of assessment results. This edition covers more than 100 assessment instruments used to evaluate substance abuse and other mental health disorders, intelligence, academic aptitude and achievement, career and life planning, personal interests and values, assessment of personality, and interpersonal relationships. In addition, a new chapter on future trends in assessment discusses the changing cultural landscape, globalization, and technology. Perfect for introductory classes, this text provides students and instructors with practical tools such as bolded key terminology; chapter pretests, summaries, and review questions; self-development and reflection activities; class and field activities; diverse client case examples; practitioner perspectives illustrating assessment in action; and resources for further reading. PowerPoint slides, a test bank, a sample syllabus, and chapter outlines to facilitate teaching are available to instructors by request to ACA. *Requests for digital versions from the ACA can be found on wiley.com *To request print copies, please visit the ACA website https://imis.counseling.org/store/ *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to permissions@counseling.org Assessment in Counseling: Procedures and Practices......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 13 Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs 2016 Standards and Corresponding Chapters......Page 15 Acknowledgments......Page 17 About the Author......Page 19 Section I: Foundations of Assessment in Counseling......Page 21 Introduction to Assessment......Page 23 Assessment......Page 24 Measurement......Page 25 Purpose of Assessment in Counseling......Page 26 Developments in Individual Intelligence Assessment......Page 29 Developments in Group Intelligence Assessment......Page 31 Developments in Ability Assessment......Page 32 Army Beta......Page 33 Developments in Personality Assessment......Page 34 Assessment Usage in Counseling Settings......Page 35 School Counseling......Page 37 Counseling Research and Counselor Education......Page 40 What Is Being Assessed?......Page 41 When Is the Assessment Occurring?......Page 42 Chapter Summary......Page 43 Resources for Further Learning......Page 45 Types of Assessment Methods......Page 47 Speed Versus Power Tests......Page 48 Rating Scales......Page 49 Biographical Measures......Page 50 An Overview of the Assessment Process......Page 51 Test Selection......Page 52 Test Administration......Page 55 Test Interpretation and Communication of Findings......Page 56 Monitoring Client Progress and Evaluating Counseling Outcomes......Page 59 Web Resources......Page 65 Chapter 3: Ethical, Legal, and Professional Considerations in Assessment......Page 67 Standards and Guidelines for Evaluating Tests and Test Usage......Page 68 Joint Committee on Testing Practices Documents......Page 70 Specialty Assessment Standards......Page 72 Key Ethical and Legal Considerations in Assessment......Page 74 Counselor Competence in Testing......Page 76 Client Welfare Issues......Page 78 Testing and Technology......Page 80 Counseling Process Issues......Page 81 Test Anxiety......Page 82 Coaching......Page 83 Review Questions......Page 84 Resources for Further Learning......Page 85 Chapter 4: Multicultural Considerations in Assessment......Page 87 Multicultural Counseling Competency and Assessment......Page 88 Fairness and Cultural Bias in Assessment......Page 89 The Culture of Counseling......Page 91 Counselor Discrimination......Page 94 Client Motivation and Test Sophistication......Page 95 Acculturation......Page 96 Language......Page 97 Assessment and Gender......Page 98 Career Assessment......Page 99 Aptitude and Cognitive Assessment......Page 101 Career Assessment......Page 102 Personality Assessment......Page 103 Cattell’s Culture-Fair Intelligence Test......Page 104 Raven’s Progressive Matrices......Page 105 Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test......Page 106 Dynamic Testing......Page 107 Assessment Accommodations......Page 109 Visual Disabilities......Page 110 Cognitive Disabilities......Page 111 Assessment of Older Adults......Page 112 Chapter Summary......Page 115 Web Resources......Page 116 Section II: Basic Statistical and Measurement Considerations......Page 117 Scales of Measurement......Page 119 Ordinal Scales......Page 120 Reliability......Page 121 Correlation and Reliability......Page 122 Types of Reliability......Page 124 Validity......Page 128 Types of Validity......Page 129 Assessment Development......Page 134 Review Questions......Page 136 Resources for Further Learning......Page 137 Chapter 6: Understanding and Transforming Raw Scores......Page 139 Raw Scores......Page 140 Measures of Central Tendency......Page 142 Measures of Variability......Page 143 Characteristics of Data Distributions......Page 144 Developmental Norms......Page 146 Percentile Rank......Page 147 z Scores......Page 148 CEEB Scores......Page 149 Deviation IQ Scores......Page 150 Standard Error of Measurement......Page 151 Resources for Further Learning......Page 153 Section III: Initial Psychological Assessment......Page 155 Chapter 7: Initial Assessment in Counseling......Page 157 Interview Guidelines......Page 158 Screening Inventories......Page 159 Inventory of Common Problems......Page 161 Symptom Check List–90–Revised......Page 163 Outcome Questionnaire 45.2......Page 164 Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale......Page 165 Suicide Risk Assessment......Page 167 Significant Factors in Suicide Risk Assessment......Page 168 Suicide Risk Assessment Aids......Page 171 Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Variance, and Culture......Page 176 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders......Page 174 Chapter Summary......Page 177 Web Resources......Page 178 Chapter 8: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Assessment......Page 179 Prevalence of Mental Disorders......Page 180 Assessment of Alcohol Abuse......Page 181 Criteria for Alcohol Dependence or Abuse......Page 182 Popular Alcohol Use Assessments......Page 183 Assessment of Depression......Page 190 Beck Depression Inventory–II......Page 191 Assessment of Anxiety and Fear......Page 192 State–Trait Anxiety Inventory......Page 193 Assessment of Anger......Page 194 Assessment of Self-Injury......Page 195 Assessment of Eating Disorders......Page 198 Eating Attitudes Test......Page 199 Eating Disorders Inventory–3......Page 200 Assessment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder......Page 201 Review Questions......Page 203 Web Resources......Page 204 Section IV: Types of Assessment......Page 205 Theories of Intelligence......Page 207 Spearman’s g Factor......Page 208 Cattell–Horn–Carroll Theory of Cognitive Ability......Page 209 Individual Intelligence Tests......Page 210 Stanford–Binet (SB5)......Page 211 Wechsler Scales......Page 212 Kaufman Batteries......Page 214 Advantages and Disadvantages of Individual Intelligence Tests......Page 215 Group Intelligence Tests......Page 216 Group Intelligence Tests for School Use......Page 217 Other Group Intelligence Tests......Page 218 Giftedness and Creativity......Page 219 Publications......Page 220 Web Resources......Page 221 Chapter 10: Ability Testing: Academic Aptitude and Achievement......Page 223 Introduction to Aptitude and Achievement Assessment......Page 224 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test......Page 225 Validity of Scholastic Aptitude Tests......Page 226 Academic Aptitude Test Scores and College Admission......Page 227 Graduate Record Examination......Page 229 Professional School Tests......Page 230 School Achievement Tests......Page 231 College-Level Achievement Tests......Page 233 Other Achievement Tests......Page 234 High-Stakes Testing......Page 235 Study Habits Inventories......Page 237 Chapter Summary......Page 238 Web Resources......Page 239 Chapter 11: Career and Life-Planning Assessment......Page 241 Introduction to Career and Life-Planning Assessment......Page 242 Measures of Career Readiness......Page 244 Career Beliefs Inventory......Page 247 Career Decision Scale......Page 248 Career Factors Inventory......Page 249 Career Maturity Inventory–Revised......Page 250 My Vocational Situation......Page 251 Skills Confidence Inventory......Page 252 Introduction to Comprehensive Assessment Programs......Page 253 ACT Career Planning Survey......Page 254 Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)......Page 255 WorkKeys......Page 256 O*NET System and Career Exploration Tools......Page 257 Career Occupational Preference System......Page 259 Review Questions......Page 261 Web Resources......Page 262 Chapter 12: Measures of Interestsand Values......Page 265 Introduction to Interest Inventories......Page 266 Strong Interest Inventory......Page 268 Campbell Interest and Skill Survey......Page 275 Kuder Career Search With Person Match......Page 277 Self-Directed Search......Page 280 Career Decision-Making System–Revised......Page 281 Jackson Vocational Interest Survey......Page 282 Values Inventories......Page 283 Inventories of Work Values......Page 285 Inventories of Personal Values......Page 287 Values Clarification Exercises......Page 291 Chapter Summary......Page 292 Web Resources......Page 293 Chapter 13: Assessment of Personality......Page 295 Introduction to Personality Assessment......Page 296 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories......Page 297 Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory–IV......Page 302 Personality Assessment Inventory......Page 303 Myers–Briggs Type Indicator......Page 304 California Psychological Inventory......Page 307 Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire......Page 311 NEO Personality Inventory–Revised......Page 312 Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventories......Page 313 Popular Unstructured Personality Assessments......Page 314 Rorschach Inkblot Test......Page 315 Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank......Page 316 House–Tree–Person......Page 317 Health and Lifestyle Inventories......Page 318 Review Questions......Page 319 Web Resources......Page 320 Chapter 14: Assessment of Interpersonal Relationships......Page 323 Myers–Briggs Type Indicator......Page 324 Marital Satisfaction Inventory–Revised......Page 325 Couples Precounseling Inventory......Page 326 Sternberg’s Triangular Love Scale......Page 327 Assessment of Intimate Partner Violence......Page 328 Assessment of Child Abuse......Page 332 Genograms......Page 333 Additional Interpersonal Assessment Inventories......Page 337 Chapter Summary......Page 338 Web Resources......Page 339 Section V: The Assessment Report and Future Trends......Page 341 Communication of Findings......Page 343 Provide Structure for the Interpretation......Page 345 Plan for the Future......Page 346 The Case Conference......Page 348 The Assessment Report......Page 349 Components of an Assessment Report......Page 350 Relevant Background Information......Page 351 Assessment Results and Their Interpretation......Page 352 Review Questions......Page 353 Resources for Further Learning......Page 354 Chapter 16: Future Trends in Counseling Assessment......Page 355 The Assessment Process: Looking Back to Look Ahead......Page 356 Changing Client Demographics and Assessment Practice......Page 357 Globalization and Problematizing Counseling and Assessment......Page 358 Technological Advances......Page 359 Increased Sophistication of Assessment Practice......Page 360 The Continuation and Adaptability of Educational Accountability......Page 361 Building Assessment Systems......Page 363 Building Partnerships With Health Professions......Page 364 The Next Frontier in Counseling and Assessment Research......Page 365 Chapter Summary......Page 367 Web Resources......Page 368 Coefficient Alpha......Page 369 Standard Deviation......Page 370 Family Background......Page 371 Evaluation Procedures......Page 372 Sentence Completion Test......Page 373 Summary......Page 374 Appendix C: Test Your Knowledge Answer Key......Page 377 References......Page 379 Subject Index......Page 423 Name Index......Page 441 Technical Support......Page 455 End User License Agreement......Page 456

The latest edition of this perennial bestseller instructs and updates students and clinicians on the basic principles of psychological assessment and measurement, recent changes in assessment procedures, and the most widely used tests in counseling practice today. Dr. Danica Hays guides counselors in the appropriate selection, interpretation, and communication of assessment results. This edition covers more than 100 assessment instruments used to evaluate substance abuse and other mental health disorders, intelligence, academic aptitude and achievement, career and life planning, personal interests and values, assessment of personality, and interpersonal relationships. In addition, a new chapter on future trends in assessment discusses the changing cultural landscape, globalization, and technology.

Perfect for introductory classes, this text provides students and instructors with practical tools such as bolded key terminology; chapter pretests, summaries, and review questions; self-development and reflection activities; class and field activities; diverse client case examples; practitioner perspectives illustrating assessment in action; and resources for further reading. PowerPoint slides, a test bank, a sample syllabus, and chapter outlines to facilitate teaching are available to instructors by request to ACA.

"Instructs and updates students and clinicians on the basic principles of psychological assessment and measurement, recent changes in assessment procedures, and the most widely used tests in counseling practice today. Dr. Danica Hays guides counselors in the appropriate selection, interpretation, and communication of assessment results. This edition covers more than 100 assessment instruments used to evaluate substance abuse and other mental health disorders, intelligence, academic aptitude and achievement, career and life planning, personal interests and values, assessment of personality, and interpersonal relationships. In addition, a new chapter on future trends in assessment discusses the changing cultural landscape, globalization, and technology. Perfect for introductory classes, this text provides students and instructors with practical tools such as bolded key terminology; chapter pretests, summaries, and review questions; self-development and reflection activities; class and field activities; diverse client case examples; practitioner perspectives illustrating assessment in action; and resources for further reading."--Publisher's description