TY - BOOK ID - 46193170 TI - Psychological assessment in South Africa : research and applications AU - Laher, Sumaya AU - Cockcroft, Kate PY - 2013 SN - 1776143582 1868145794 1868145786 9781776143580 9781868145799 9781868145782 PB - Johannesburg : Wits University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Psychodiagnostics KW - Psychometrics KW - Measurement, Mental KW - Measurement, Psychological KW - Psychological measurement KW - Psychological scaling KW - Psychological statistics KW - Psychology KW - Psychometry (Psychophysics) KW - Scaling, Psychological KW - Psychological tests KW - Scaling (Social sciences) KW - Diagnostic psychological testing KW - Psychological assessment KW - Clinical psychology KW - Nervous system KW - Measurement KW - Scaling KW - Methodology KW - Diseases KW - Diagnosis KW - Psychological testing & measurement UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46193170 AB - This book provides an overview of the research related to psychological assessment across South Africa. The thirty-six chapters provide a combination of psychometric theory and practical assessment applications in order to combine the currently disparate research that has been conducted locally in this field. Existing South African texts on psychological assessment are predominantly academic textbooks that explain psychometric theory and provide brief descriptions of a few testing instruments. Psychological Assessment in South Africa provides in-depth coverage of a range of areas within the broad field of psychological assessment, including research conducted with various psychological instruments. The chapters critically interrogate the current Eurocentric and Western cultural hegemonic practices that dominate the field of psychological assessment. The book therefore has the potential to function both as an academic text for graduate students, as well as a specialist resource for professionals, including psychologists, psychometrists, remedial teachers and human resource practitioners. ER -