Problems and Solutions in Human Assessment

List of Figures. List of Tables. Authors. Foreword. Preface. Section I: Conceptual and Methodological Influences in the Assessment of Individual Differences. 1. Consequences of Test Interpretation and Use: The Fusion of Validity and Values in Psychological Assessment; S. Messick. 2. The Role of Social Desirability in the Assessment of Personality Constructs; E. Helmes. 3. Construct Explication through Factor or Component Analysis: A Review and Evaluation of Alternative Procedures for Determining the Number of Factors or Components; W.F. Velicer, et al. 4. Improved Standard Errors of Standardized Parameters in Covariance Structure Models: Implications for Construct Explication; M. Jamshidian, P.M. Bentler. Section II: Construct-Oriented Assessment Within the Domain of Personality. 5. Application of the Construct Heuristic to the Screening of Psychopathology: The Holden Psychological Screening Inventory (HPSI); R.R. Holden. 6. Construct Validity and the Search for Cross-Cultural Consistencies in personality; S.V. Paunonen. 7. The Challenge of Construct Validity in the Assessment of Psychopathology; L.C. Morey. 8. Individual Differences and Scientific Productivity; J.P. Rushton. 9. Recent Studies of Intelligence and Personality Using Jackson's Multidimensional Aptitude Battery and Personality Research Form; P.A. Vernon. Section III: Construct-Oriented Assessment of Individual Differences in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. 10. The Assessment of Personality Constructs in Industrial-Organizational Psychology; M.G. Rothstein, R.D. Goffin. 11. Predicting Job Performance using Personality Constructs: Are Personality Tests Created Equal? R.D. Goffin, et al. 12. What Constructs Underlie Measures of Honesty or Integrity? K.R. Murphy. 13. Construct Validation in Organizational Behavior Research: The Case of Organizational Commitment; N.J. Allen, J.P. Meyer. 14. The Construct of Goal Commitment: Measurement and Relationships with Task Performance; G.H. Seijts, G.P. Latham.