Psychological Tests and Measures: Tests for Children, Adults, Family Issues

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Measurement For Children, Adults and Family Issues

In addition to scholarly discussions of measurement, most of these books also contain examples of measurement tools.

RJ 503.5 .M47 1994
Assessment of behavioral, social, & emotional problems: direct and objective methods for use with children and adolescents. Merrell, K. W.
Chapters include descriptions of tests used in various assessment techniques; e.g., observation, interviewing, sociometric, etc. Sources for the 50 tests listed in Appendix.

RJ 503.5 .B43 1997
Assessment of childhood disorders. (3rd ed.) Mash, E. J. et al.
Most chapters include descriptions of assessment tools for the disorders discussed, e.g., attention deficit disorder, fears and anxieties, autism, family conflict, etc.

BF722.M45 2003
Behavioral, social and emotional assessment of children and adolescents. (2nd ed.) Merrell, K. W.
Reports latest research, best practices and professional standards.

RC 455.2 .M38P38 1999
Couple and family clinical documentation sourcebook. Patterson, T. et al.
Forms, inventories, checklists, handouts, and clinical records for assessing & treating clients.

Raynor Reference HQ 728 .T68 2001
Handbook of family measurement techniques. Touliatos, J. et al.
Vol 1 & 2 contain abstracts for over 900 instruments. Vol 3 contains 168 of the instruments abstracted.

RC 488.5 F73 1987
Handbook of Measurements for Marriage and Family Therapy, Fredman, N.
Provides a mix of background info, descriptions of tests and copies of unpublished tests.

Dahlberg, L. L., Toal, S. B. and Behrens, C. B.
Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools. 2nd ed.
files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED486261.pdf
Contains more than 100 tools to evaluate programs aimed at preventing youth violence.

HQ 1061 .R44 v. 1-3
Research instruments in social gerontology. Mangen, D. J. et al.
Reviews of 400 instruments measuring topics from demography to intelligence and personality.

RC 473 .P78S38 1995
Sourcebook of adult assessment strategies. Schutte, N. S. et al.
Numerous scales for measuring psychopathology; includes administration, scoring, reliability, validity, etc.