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A definitive, authoritative and up-to-date resource for anyone interested in the theories, models and assessment methods used for understanding the many facets of Human personality and individual differences. Volume 2: Personality Measurement and Assessment. Covers psychometric measurement of personality.
Behavioral Measures of Personality in Children
Behavioral Measures of Personality in Children
Although it may seem self-evident, the aim of behavioral assessment is to seek documentation on the occurrence of behaviors. More recently, behavioral assessment has expanded to include cognitions as a form of behavior (Kamphaus and Frick, 2005). It is worth noting, however, that with a behavioral approach, interpretation of these behaviors is usually not made in relation to deep-seated psychodynamic processes, nor is the goal to uncover long-standing dimensions of personality or character (Thorpe et al., 2003). Instead, responses or observations are viewed simply as reports on samples of behaviors that have or have not transpired. Personality measures, on the other hand, have traditionally sought to reveal pathological states, abnormal characteristics, or normal personality ...
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