Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Psychological assessment report writing'

In a study investigating the ability of subjects and their close friends or relatives (close-others) to recognize subject personality test results under conditions which controlled for the Barnum effect, 64 male and female undergraduate psychology students were administered the California Psychological Inventory (CPI). Each subject later attempted to choose his or her own unidentified CPI profile from among three, and a close-other of the subject independently made the same selection. It was found that 57.81% of subjects and 45.31% of close others were able to correctly identify subject profiles; these results were significant at the .0001 and .05 levels respectively. The 53.12% rate of agreement between subjects and close-others in profile selection also proved significant, p < .001. In contrast with results from a previous study (Carlson, 1985), it was found that subject self-perception and CPI description correspond to a highly significant ·degree.

Compreender os problemas emocionais/comportamentais vivenciados pelos jovens é um desafio para os profissionais da saúde mental. Dentre os modelos de avaliação destas dificuldades, um dos mais utilizados é o de avaliação empiricamente baseada, no qual as síndromes são elaboradas a partir de análises estatísticas que evidenciam a co-ocorrência de problemas com base em levantamentos epidemiológicos. O Sistema Achenbach de Avaliação Empiricamente Baseada (ASEBA) oferece o Youth Self-Report (YSR) como instrumento de autorrelato aplicado em adolescentes. Nesse inventário, os jovens de 11 a 18 anos fornecem informações sobre suas competências e problemas emocionais/comportamentais. Diversos estudos têm sido realizados buscando validar o YSR em diferentes países, visto a importância de se padronizar os procedimentos de avaliação para a cultura na qual vão ser usados. O presente estudo tem como objetivo validar o Inventário de Autoavaliação para Adolescentes, versão brasileira do YSR. Um total de 540 adolescentes encaminhados para atendimento em serviços de saúde mental e 2836 adolescentes não-encaminhados, com idades entre 11 e 18 anos, provenientes de quatro das cinco regiões brasileiras, preencheram o inventário. O nível socioeconômico dos participantes foi calculado utilizando o Critério Brasil. Os resultados indicam adequação do modelo fatorial do instrumento para a população brasileira (RMSEA = 0,032), bons índices de consistência interna e capacidade discriminante das escalas e itens de problemas emocionais/comportamentais. Para as escalas de competências os resultados foram menos expressivos. Diferenças nos escores foram encontradas em função do sexo e idade do adolescente, seguindo o mesmo padrão reportado nos referidos estudos internacionais. Poucas diferenças foram encontradas em função do tipo de escola frequentada, do nível socioeconômico e da região do país. Em conjunto, os resultados confirmam a validade e fidedignidade do YSR para a população brasileira, além de indicarem normas adequadas para o uso do instrumento no país<br>Understanding youths emotional/behavioral problems is a challenge to mental health professional. Within assessment methods, one of the most used is empirically based assessment, on which syndromes are elaborated based on statistical analyzes of co-occurrence of problems based on epidemiological researches. The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) provides the Youth Self-Report (YSR) as a tool to access adolescents problems. On this form, youths give information regarding their competences and emotional/behavioral problems. Several studies have been conducted in order to validate the YSR on different countries, considering the importance of standardization of the assessment procedures for the culture where they will be used. The aim of this study was to validate the Youth Self-Report (YSR) for assessing Brazilian youths. A total of 540 referred and 2886 non-referred youths, aged 11 to 18 years old, from four of the five regions of Brazil, filled out the form. Socioeconomic data were also collected. Results indicate good model fit indexes for the Brazilian population (RMSEA = 0.032), internal consistency and discriminate capacity for the problems scales. Less expressive results were found for the competence scales. Sex and age differences followed the patters established by studies from several societies. Country region and socioeconomic had low impact on the results. Taken together, the results indicate the validity and reliability of the YSR for the Brazilian population, and indicate the appropriate norms for the use of the questionnaire in this country

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:29:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Katia Perez Ramos.pdf: 753647 bytes, checksum: 25ab7599315fa364dd0b189fee2b2a8a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-05-12<br>Universidade Estadual Paulista J?lio de Mesquita Filho<br>The study analyzed the psychometric properties of the Scale of Assessment of Body Dymorphic Disorder - SA-BDD. Were estimated the content validity, construct validity, validity of criterion and internal consistency of the instrument. The sample was integrated by three groups: G1: 30 patients diagnosed with BDD (F = 70% and M = 30%), G2: 400 college students (F = 74.5% and M = 25.5%) and G3: 10 professionals of Psychology (N = 4), Psychiatry (N = 2), Dentistry (N = 2) and Plastic Surgery (N = 2) with clinical experience between 8 and 31 years. The SA-BDD is a 35- item instrument answered by a 4-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (fully disagree) to 4 (totally agree). Originally, items were developed to evaluate three dimensions, described in the literature as typical of the BDD: 1. Concern with a defect in appearance, 2. Suffering and loss of social and/or occupational functioning, and other, 3. Concern is not better explained by other disorders such as anorexia. Items of the first version of the scale were reformulated and divided into groups of items with 4 statements regarding each level of intensity. Five (5) more items of groups were also developed to increase the number of items for differential diagnosis (dimension 3). A theoretical analysis of the 40 groups of items, carried out by independent judges, gave measure of the content validity of the scale. Judges have not agreed on five items. The scale was then applied to G1 and G2. The factor analysis with Varimax rotation pointed to a one-dimension solution, consisting of 28 items, loading above 0.53, bringing together two of the theoretical dimensions: "Concern with a defect in appearance and suffering and loss of social and or occupational functioning, and others." The validity of criterion, carried out by the Mann- Whitney U test showed that 30 of the 35 items are sensitive to discriminate individuals diagnosed with BDD from individuals without this diagnosis. The scale showed an excellent internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha equal to 0.97. It was concluded that 28 items should be retained for a new version of the instrument (SA-BDD-28), which showed good content validity, construct validity, validity of criterion and reliability. Considerations regarding the one-dimensional solution and suggestions for further study are made.<br>O estudo analisou as propriedades psicom?tricas da Escala de Avalia??o do Transtorno Dism?rfico Corporal EA-TDC. Foram estimadas a validade de conte?do, validade de construto, a validade de crit?rio e a consist?ncia interna do instrumento. Contou-se com tr?s amostras de participantes: G1: 30 pacientes diagnosticados com TDC de ambos os sexos (F=70% e M=30%); G2: 400 estudantes universit?rios de ambos os sexos (F=74,5% e M=25,5%); e G3: 10 profissionais das ?reas de Psicologia (N=4), Psiquiatria (N=2), Odontologia (N=2) e Cirurgia Pl?stica (N=2), com experi?ncia cl?nica entre 8 e 31 anos. A EA-TDC ? um instrumento composto de 35 itens que devem ser respondidos por meio de uma escala Likert de 4 pontos, que variam entre 1 (discordo plenamente) e 4 (concordo plenamente). Originalmente, foram desenvolvidos itens para avaliar tr?s dimens?es, descritas na literatura como t?picas do TDC: 1. Preocupa??o com um defeito na apar?ncia; 2. Sofrimento e preju?zo no funcionamento social, ocupacional e outros; 3. Preocupa??o n?o ? melhor explicada por outros transtornos, como a anorexia. Os itens desta vers?o da Escala foram reformulados em itens com 4 alternativas de resposta cada referente ao grau de intensidade. Foram criados tamb?m mais 5 itens para ampliar o n?mero de itens referentes ao diagn?stico diferencial (dimens?o 3). Em rela??o ? validade de conte?do verificou-se a pertin?ncia dos 40 itens ao construto, por meio da an?lise te?rica de ju?zes. Cinco itens n?o obtiveram concord?ncia de no m?nimo 80% entre os ju?zes e foram eliminados. A escala foi ent?o aplicada no G1 e no G2. A an?lise fatorial com rota??o varimax apontou para uma solu??o unidimensional, composta de 28 itens com cargas superiores 0,53, que se agruparam em um ?nico fator (F1). Este reuniu duas das dimens?es te?ricas em uma ?nica: Preocupa??o com um defeito na apar?ncia e Sofrimento e preju?zo no funcionamento social, ocupacional e outros . A validade de crit?rio, por meio da prova U de Mann-Whitney, mostrou que 30 dos 35 itens da escala s?o sens?veis para discriminar os indiv?duos diagnosticados com TDC dos indiv?duos sem o diagn?stico do transtorno. Dentre eles encontravam-se os 28 j? apontados pela an?ise fatorial. Submetidos a an?lise de consist?ncia interna, os 28 itens resultaram em alpha de Cronbach igual a 0,97. Concluiu-se que estes 28 itens deveriam ser retidos para a constitui??o de uma nova vers?o do instrumento (EA-TDC- 28), por deterem validade de conte?do, validade de construto, validade de crit?rio e precis?o. Considera??es em rela??o ? unidimensionalidade e sugest?es de continua??o dos estudos referentes a EA-TDC-28 s?o realizadas.

Das Krankheitsbild der Adipositas hat sich weltweit zu einem relevanten Gesundheitsproblem entwickelt. Die bariatrische Chirurgie wird zunehmend als wirkungsvolle Behandlung bei schwer ausgeprägter Adipositas eingesetzt. Jedoch ist über die Rolle psychologischer Variablen im bariatrischen Behandlungsverlauf noch wenig bekannt. Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht Einfluss und Veränderung patientenberichteter Gesundheitsmerkmale in der chirurgischen Adipositastherapie. Dazu werden in einer naturalistischen Beobachtungsstudie Patienten mit schwerer Adipositas vor und im Durchschnitt zwei Jahre nach einer bariatrischen Operation (OP) befragt. Ziele der Arbeit sind 1) die Charakterisierung adipöser Patienten vor OP hinsichtlich bio-psycho-sozialer Variablen; 2) die Identifikation möglicher Einflussvariablen auf den gewichtsbezogenen Behandlungserfolg nach OP; 3) die Untersuchung von Auswirkungen der OP auf das Essverhalten; und 4) die Analyse von Veränderungen in der essstörungsbezogenen Psychopathologie und in der gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualität nach OP. Die Ergebnisse der bariatrischen Patienten werden im Vergleich zu denen konservativ behandelter Patienten betrachtet. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Patienten mit bariatrischem Behandlungswunsch eine somatisch und psychisch belastete Patientengruppe darstellen. Die bariatrische OP führt im zweiten postoperativen Jahr zu einer nachhaltigen und klinisch bedeutsamen Gewichtsreduktion. Der präoperative Body-Maß-Index, das Bildungsniveau und aktives Problembewältigungsverhalten sind mit dem Gewichtsverlust nach OP assoziiert. Im Vergleich zur konservativen Behandlung berichten die Patienten, die sich der OP unterziehen, über stärker ausgeprägte Verbesserungen in ihrem Essverhalten und eine Steigerung ihrer Lebensqualität. Auf Basis der Befunde wird ein routinemäßiges Monitoring der somatischen und psychischen Situation der Patienten nach bariatrischer OP empfohlen, um die gezeigten Behandlungserfolge optimal zu sichern.<br>Obesity has become a relevant global health problem. Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for severe obesity. However, while the number of operations performed continues to increase, the role of psychological variables throughout the bariatric surgery pathway remains uncertain. The present dissertation investigates the patient-reported health status as it impacts and results from bariatric surgery. In a naturalistic observational study, patients with severe obesity are assessed before and, on average, two years after the surgical treatment. Main aims are 1) to characterize obese patients prior to bariatric surgery in terms of biological, psychological and socio-demographic variables; 2) to identify possible predictors for the postoperative weight-related treatment success after bariatric surgery; 3) to examine changes in eating behaviors; and 4) to analyze changes in eating-related psychopathology and in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The outcomes of surgical patients are compared with those of conservatively treated patients for the same follow-up period. The findings show that bariatric surgery candidates represent a vulnerable patient group with high physical and psychological burden. In the second postoperative year after bariatric surgery, a sustainable and clinically meaningful weight reduction is achieved. The preoperative body mass index, education level and active coping behavior are associated with weight loss after surgery. Compared with conservative treatment, patients who undergo bariatric surgery report not only greater improvements in their eating behavior and eating-related psychopathology but also an increase in their HRQoL. Based on the results, the provision of a routine monitoring of the somatic and psychological situation of patients following bariatric surgery is recommended to secure longer-term treatment success.

One of the standard roles of educational psychologists is to conduct assessment and communicate the outputs in a form of psychoeducational reports, to suggest a guide for appropriate prevention and intervention work with children and adolescents with a variety of special educational needs to their parents, teachers and other professionals. However, the outcome of the examination is often not presented sufficiently, on an adequate level, to become a useful source of information for further work of educators, for reasonable accommodations and support. The presented diploma thesis aims to contribute on the basis of theoretical background and a presented qualitative research to extend a general theoretical framework on real usability of psychoeducational reports, implemented by school psychologists and the possibilities of optimizing the form and content of these reports. Specifically, the point is to improve the efficacy and usefulness of the report and make it optimally usable for the teacher or educational advisor when designing and implementing an individualized training plan for the pupil with special educational needs in an inclusive school-based setting. The thesis tries to map the usefulness of different kinds of psychological reports. Data collection was conducted via interviews. The target group...

Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia apresentada à Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação<br>O presente trabalho tem como objetivo identificar e analisar questões e dilemas éticos frequentemente presentes na prática de avaliação (neuro)psicológica forense e cujo conhecimento é essencial para os psicólogos que interagem com o sistema legal.São examinadas questões que atravessam mais especificamente a prática da avaliação forense, nomeadamente, a identificação do cliente e das entidades a quem o psicólogo forense deve responsabilidades, as questões psicolegais presentes no pedido de avaliação, os requisitos formais de consentimento informado, consentimento informal e notificação de propósito, os limites de confidencialidade, conflitos de interesse, relações múltiplas e clarificação de papéis, competência profissional, influências culturais e suas potenciais consequências para a validade dos resultados obtidos.No que diz respeito aos instrumentos e técnicas de avaliação (neuro)psicológica são consideradas questões relativas ao contexto de avaliação e aos critérios de seleção dos instrumentos psicométricos em contexto forense. O impacto da presença de terceiros é igualmente abordado centrando-se nos contributos da psicologia social e da neuropsicologia, na análise de questões relativas à validade da avaliação e dos resultados obtidos, à proteção dos materiais de testing, a casos excecionais e recomendações.É também referida a elaboração do relatório (neuro)psicológico forense sendo analisadas considerações éticas que o psicólogo deve ter durante a sua redação, mais concretamente no que diz respeito à compreensibilidade (extensão, organização dos dados e uso de jargão profissional e de rótulos) e interpretação da informação veiculada (informação relevante, distinção entre factos e inferências, questão jurídica de fundo). São ainda feitas recomendações no que respeita a redação do relatório na ausência de entrevista clínica e problemas associados a pedidos de modificação do relatório.Por último, são referidas considerações éticas específicas em avaliações (neuro)psicológicas com aplicação na área civil, nomeadamente, na regulação do exercício das responsabilidades parentais e avaliação de dano pessoal.<br>This paper aims to identify and analyze ethical issues and dilemmas frequently present in the practice of forensic (neuro)psychological assessment and whose knowledge is essential for psychologists who interact with the legal system.Issues that more specifically cross the practice of forensic assessment are examined, namely, the identification of the client and the entities to which the forensic psychologist owes responsibilities, the psycholegal issues present in the referral question, the formal requirements for informed consent, assent and notification of purpose, the limits of confidentiality, conflicts of interest, multiple relationships and clarification of roles, professional competence, cultural influences and their potential consequences for the validity of the results obtained.With regard to the instruments and techniques of (neuro)psychological assessment, questions related to the assessment settings and the criteria for selecting psychometric instruments in a forensic context are considered. The impact of third-party presence is also addressed by focusing on the contributions of social psychology and neuropsychology, the analysis of issues related to the validity of the evaluation and the results obtained, test security, exceptional cases and recommendations.The elaboration of the forensic (neuro)psychological report is also mentioned and are analyzed ethical considerations that the psychologist must have during its writing, more specifically with regard to comprehensibility (report length, organization of data and use of professional jargon and labels) and interpretation of the information conveyed (relevant information, distinction between facts and inferences, ultimate legal question). Recommendations are also made regarding the forensic report writing in the absence of a clinical interview and the problems associated with requests to modify the report.At last, specific ethical considerations are referred to in (neuro)psychological assessments with application in the civil area, namely, in child custody evaluations and assessment of personal injury.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) has been asserted by proponents of the technique as being superior to standard paper-and-pencil measurements in terms of the reliability and validity of the information obtained; however, this claim has not yet been fully evaluated in the literature. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to evaluate one aspect of this assertion by comparing the utility of EMA and retrospective measures of depressive symptoms in predicting health-relevant biological and behavioral outcomes. It was hypothesized that (1) the EMA measure will have better predictive utility when examining objective sleep quality (a biological outcome), and that (2) the retrospective measure will have better predictive utility when examining blood donation intention (a behavioral outcome). Ninety-six undergraduate females participated in this 2-week study. Depressive symptoms were measured momentarily and retrospectively using the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). The biological outcome was assessed by actigraphy, whereas the behavioral outcome was measured via a self-report questionnaire. Unfortunately, it was not possible to fully test these hypotheses due to the failure to observe relationships between the predictor variables and the outcomes. The reported results, although limited, did not provide support for the hypotheses. Supplemental analyses revealed a moderate to high amount of shared variance between the EMA and retrospective measures, a similar extent of random error in both measures, and potentially a greater degree of systematic error in the retrospective measure. Due to the paucity of literature examining the claim of superior reliability and validity of EMA versus retrospective measures, as well as the failure of the current study to evaluate this assertion sufficiently, it appears that this claim remains unfounded. Therefore, suggestions for future research are provided.