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Personality Assessment

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Administration and interpretation of psychological tests are hallmarks of the clinical psychologist. Whereas other mental health professionals, along with the clinical psychologist, develop an expertise in interviewing and treatment, psychological testing represents a clinical skill that is unique to the psychologist. In this chapter, we focus on use of psychological tests in the objective assessment of personality.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 44242, USA

    Yossef S. Ben-Porath

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, USA

    James N. Butcher

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    Michel Hersen

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Ben-Porath, Y.S., Butcher, J.N. (1995). Personality Assessment. In: Heiden, L.A., Hersen, M. (eds) Introduction to Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1573-3_6

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