Construct validity and case validity in assessment

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 464-475

  Teglasi, Hedwig ^a   Nebbergall, Allison Joan ^b   Newman, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case formulation; Case validity; Clinical assessment; Construct validity; Explicit construct; Implicit construct; Performance test conditions

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CASE VALIDITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROL; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEARNING; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866888169     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026012     Document Type: Article

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