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University of Denver

2015

Assessment

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Therapeutic Assessment In Sport Psychology, Fernando Frias Jun 2015

Therapeutic Assessment In Sport Psychology, Fernando Frias

Graduate School of Professional Psychology: Doctoral Papers and Masters Projects

This paper outlines the history of assessment in sport psychology and provides a summary of controversies and criticisms of psychological testing in athletics that have persisted throughout the development of the field. Such concerns include the use of personality inventories and tests for talent identification, the misuse of tests and related ethical concerns, cultural sensitivity of tests, and debates about the validity and reliability of assessment measures. In spite of these concerns, interest and demand for psychological assessment in sport remains. Therapeutic Assessment, an emerging but not yet well-known model of collaborative psychological assessment, addresses many of these criticisms and …


Interpreting Empirical Assessments From A Behavioral Perspective: A Rationale For Why And How, Tiffiny Mccain Mar 2015

Interpreting Empirical Assessments From A Behavioral Perspective: A Rationale For Why And How, Tiffiny Mccain

Graduate School of Professional Psychology: Doctoral Papers and Masters Projects

This paper provides a rationale on why and how to utilize assessment tools effectively within the behavioral framework through idiographic assessment. Empirical assessment instruments can provide guidance to the behaviorist that may prove useful in the idiographic formation of a behaviorally-based treatment plan. The paper will focus on two of the major traditional instrument tools, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Rorschach inkblot test.