Essentials of 16PF Assessment - Paperback

by Heather E. P. Cattell (Author), James M. Schuerger (Author)

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Complete coverage of the widely used 16PF measure of personality

Essentials of 16PF Assessment is a valuable guide to administering, scoring, and interpreting this popular measure of normal personality. Using the proven Essentials format, Cattell and Schuerger clearly describe how to use the instrument; provide critical information about its validity and reliability; and include helpful guidelines for using the instrument effectively with individuals, couples, and families, in settings ranging from clinical and forensic to corporate environments and other workplaces.

Essentials of 16PF Assessment provides comprehensive coverage of test administration, scoring, and interpretation. As well, this informative resource provides expert assessment of the method's relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on its clinical applications, and illuminating sample cases.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of a major psychological assessment inst rument. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your understanding of the information covered.

Author Biography

HEATHER E. P. CATTELL, PhD, is an author of the 16PF Fifth Edition Questionnaire, published in 1994, which she worked on with her father, Raymond Cattell, the developer of the original 16PF. She has written many articles and chapters on the 16PF and coauthored the 16PF Cattell Comprehensive Personality Interpretation report.

JAMES M. SCHUERGER, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at Cleveland State University. He conducts workshops nationally on the 16PF, worked with Raymond Cattell at the University of Illinois for many years, and is the author of the Adolescent Personality Questionnaire--the junior version of the 16PF.