Current assessment practice, personality measurement, and rorschach usage by psychologists.
In this study, we investigated current personality assessment practice and attitudes toward Rorschach (Exner, 2003) usage by 215 psychologists. We administered an Internet survey to members of the Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) and the American Psychological Association. Results were similar to those of past surveys, but the importance of using tests with strong psychometric properties was greater in this study. The majority of respondents reported using the Rorschach and supporting efforts to standardize and psychometrically validate the test. However, SPA members agreed more strongly than non-SPA members that the Rorschach is an effective test. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
Musewicz
John
J
Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Widener University. jmusewicz@mail.widener.edu
Marczyk
Geoffrey
G
Knauss
Linda
L
York
David
D
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012392:Rorschach Test / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data