A survey of psychological test use patterns among forensic psychologists
A survey of psychological test use patterns among forensic psychologists
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DOI：
10.1207/s15327752jpa8701_07
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发表时间：
2006-08-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Handel, Richard W.
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作者：
Archer, Robert P.;Buffington-Vollum, Jacqueline K.;Handel, Richard W.
临床心理学家经常被要求在民事或刑事案件中就精神健康问题出庭作证。确定证词可接受性的法律的标准之一包括证词是否基于在其领域获得“普遍接受”的方法。在这项研究中，我们试图评估心理测试中使用的法医评估的成员，美国心理协会的美国心理学-法律学会分部，并在美国法医心理学委员会的成员。我们目前的测试结果，从这次调查中，152名受访者的基础上，进行法医评估与成年人使用多尺度库存，单尺度测试，非结构化人格测试，认知和/或智力测试，神经心理测试，风险评估和精神病工具，性犯罪风险评估工具，能力或健全相关的仪器，和仪器用于评估装病。此外，我们还提供涉及儿童相关法医问题的心理测试结果。
Clinical psychologists are frequently called on to testify in court regarding mental health issues in civil or criminal cases. One of the legal criteria by which admissibility of testimony is determined includes whether the testimony is based on methods that have gained "general acceptance" in their field. In this study, we sought to evaluate the psychological tests used in forensic assessments by members of the American Psychology-Law Society Division of the American Psychological Association, and by diplomates in the American Board of Forensic Psychology. We present test results from this survey, based on 152 respondents, for forensic evaluations conducted with adults using multiscale inventories, single-scale tests, unstructured personality tests, cognitive and/or intellectual tests, neuropsychological tests, risk assessment and psychopathy instruments, sex offender risk assessment instruments, competency or sanity-related instruments, and instruments used to evaluate malingering. In addition, we provide findings for psychological testing involving child-related forensic issues.