The Revised NEO Personality Inventory: Clinical and Research Applications (The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology) - Hardcover

Piedmont, Ralph L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306459434 ISBN 13: 9780306459436

Publisher: Springer, 1998

Synopsis

The assessment of individual differences has a long history. As early as 2200 B.C. the Chinese were employing methods to select candidates for civil service positions. Over the ensuing centuries philosophers, theologians, and the nobility all noticed and debated the role of "character" in shaping the destiny and quality of individual lives. This interest spawned widely different methods of evaluating the timbre of temperament-bumps on the head, lines on the hand, shape of the body-all of which were em­ ployed in attempts to gain insight into basic human motives. The emer­ gence of the scientific method and its application to this endeavor reinvigorated society's efforts in this direction, and an abundant variety of assessment instruments consequently became available. The outbreak of World War I created a need for the efficient assess­ ment of individual differences in large groups. Such instruments as the Woodworth Personal Data Sheet and the Army Alpha Test resulted in gen­ uine breakthroughs in assessment technology. These tests provided stan­ dardized sets of items that permitted quantitative comparisons among people. Over the years, numerous scales have been developed which have been based on widely differing levels of psychometric sophistication.

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A practical handbook for clinicians from all disciplines.
The intention of this volume is to provide the reader with a basic competency in applying and interpreting the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) in both a clinical and research context. The NEO PI-R is rapidly becoming one of the most frequently used assessment instruments in the field of personality assessment. One of the reasons for this is that it is the only commercially available measure designed to operationalize the constructs of the five-factor model of personality (FFM), a comprehensive individual-differences taxonomy. This book is aimed at clinicians and graduate students and provides a thorough overview of where the FFM has come from and the value of its applications in clinical, applied, and cross-cultural contexts. Numerous interpretive examples are presented employing both clinical and nonclinical cases. There is also a chapter on using the rater version of the instrument in clinical work with couples. Finally, for those with research interests, there is a chapter which outlines how to employ the NEO PI-R to its fullest advantage in a number of contexts, with a special eye towards conducting program evaluations that address issues raised by managed care and third-party providers. Computer programs and questionnaires are provided as guidelines for doing this type of work. I have tried to make this volume reader-friendly by presenting the material in an engaging and readable manner. I hope it will become an indispensible desk-top reference for psychologists, counselors, psychiatric nurses, social workers, and pastoral counselors.

Synopsis

The Revised NEO Personality Inventory is the first practical guide to the use and interpretation of the NEO PI-R, the only commercially available instrument to assess personality on the dimensions of the Five-Factor Model. Unlike instruments that emphasize only psychopathology, the NEO PI-R identifies personality strengths as well as problematic personality styles. Clinicians who draw upon this greatly expanded range of relevant client information can more effectively plan treatment and document progress. This volume provides -a complete introduction-a far-ranging summary of multidisciplinary, multicultural research-instructions for effective use-and a computer program and questionnaires to help researchers with new samples and outcome studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306459434
• ISBN 13: 9780306459436
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 306