Mental and Psychological Tests

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library. Psychological tests measure or evaluate abilities, general or specific, or personality traits. Mental tests appraise the abilities of an individual.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles /  More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides

Goldman, Bert A., John L. Saunders and John C. Bush (eds.). Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures.
          REF Z 5814 .P8 G6 2003

Murphy, Linda L., Jane C. Conoley and James C. Impara (eds.). Tests in print VI: an index to tests, test reviews, and the literature on specific tests.
          REF Z 5814 .E9 T4 2002

McDowell, Ian and Claire Newell. Measuring Health: A guide to rating scales and questionnaires, 2nd ed.
          REF WA 900.1 M12 1996

Fischer, Joel and Kevin Corcoran. Measures for clinical practice: a sourcebook.
   REF WM 145 F472 2000

Bowling, Ann. Measuring disease: a review of disease-specific quality of life measurement scales.
   REF WA 900 .AA1 B68 2001

Chun, Ki-Taek, Sidney Cobb and John R.P. French, Jr. Measures for psychological assessment: a guide to 3,000 original sources and their applications.
          Z 5814 .P8 C48 1975

Graham, John R. The MMPI: a practical guide.
          WM 145 G723 1987

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Reynolds, Cecil R. et al. (eds.). Handbook of psychological and educational assessment of children: personality, behavior, and context.
          WS 105.5 .E8 H26 2003

Hersen, Michel and Alan S. Bellack (eds.). Dictionary of behavioral assessment techniques.
          REF WM 141 D527 1988

Friedman, Howard S., (ed.). Encyclopedia of mental health.
   REF WM 13 M467 1998

Newmark, Charles S. (ed.). Major psychological assessment instruments.
          WM 145 M14p 1996

Buros, Oscar K. (ed.). Personality tests and reviews: including an index to The mental measurements yearbooks.
          REF BF 698.5 B876 V.1-2

Groth-Marnat, Gary. Handbook of psychological assessment, 4th ed.
          BF 176 G767 2003

Johnson, Orval G. Tests and measurements in child development: handbook II.
          BF 698 J636 v.2 pt.1 1976

Miller, Delbert C. Handbook of research design and social measurement, 5th ed.
          H 62 M544 1991

Conoley, Jane Close and James C. Impara (eds.). The ... Mental measurements yearbook, 1959-.
          REF BF 431 M467

Selected textbooks

Loewenthal, Kate Miriam. An introduction to psychological tests and scales.
          BF 176 L648 2001

Gopaul-McNicol, S. and Eleanor Armour-Thomas. Assessment and culture: psychological tests with minority populations.
          WM 145 G672 2002

Ramsay, Michael C. et al. (eds.). Essentials of behavioral assessment.
          WS 350.6 R157 2002

Simeonsson, Rune J. and Susan L. Rosenthal. (eds.). Psychological and developmental assessment: children with disabilities and chronic conditions.
          WS 350.6 P792 2001

Kaplan, Robert M. and Dennis P. Saccuzzo. Psychological Testing: principles, applications, and issues, 4th ed.
          BF 176 K264 1997

Anastasi, Anne and Susana Urbina. Psychological testing, 7th ed.
          WM 145 A53 1997

DuBois, Philip H. A history of psychological testing.
          BF 176 D8 1970

More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings:	Educational measurement
	Neuropsychological tests
	Personality assessment
	Personality tests
	Psychological tests
	Psychological assessment

Selected journals

Psychological assessment
Educational and psychological measurement
Journal of psychoeducational assessment
Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings:	Mental disorders -- periodicals
	Mental retardation -- periodicals
	Mental health -- periodicals
	Psychological tests -- periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

CINAHL & CINAHL Database

Suggested subject headings:	Psychological tests
	Psychometrics
	Diagnosis, psychosocial

Psychological Abstracts & PsycLIT Database

Suggested subject headings:	Psychological testing
	Psychometrics
	Testing methods

MEDLINE Database

Suggested subject headings:	Psychological tests
	Psychometrics
	Personality inventory
	Personality tests
	Intelligence tests

Sociological Abstracts

Suggested subject headings:	Psychometric analysis
	Intelligence tests
	Personality measures

Selected Journal Articles

          Lauritzen T, et al. Health tests and health consultations reduced cardiovascular risk without psychological strain, increased healthcare utilization
          or increased costs. An overview of the results from a 5-year randomized trial in primary care. The Ebeltoft Health Promotion Project (EHPP).
          Scand J Public Health. 2008 Aug;36(6):650-61

          Demakis GJ, et al. The effect of failure on cognitive and psychological symptom validity tests in litigants with symptoms of post-traumatic   
          stress disorder. Clin Neuropsychol. 2008 Sep;22(5):879-95.

          Paul B, et al. Low-back pain assessment based on the Brief ICF Core Sets: diagnostic relevance of motor performance and psychological tests.
          Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Jun;87(6):452-60.

Tabert MH, et al. Neuropsychological prediction of conversion to Alzheimer disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006 Aug;63(8):916-24.

 

          Cousineau TM, et al. Predicting physical health: implicit mental health measures versus self-report scales. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2006 Jun;194(6):427-          32.

 

          Vasterling JJ, et al. Neuropsychological outcomes of army personnel following deployment to the Iraq war. JAMA. 2006 Aug 2;296(5):519-29.

 

Dunn LB, et al. Assessing decisional capacity for clinical research or treatment: a review of instruments. Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Aug;163(8):1323-34. Review.

 

Gurrera RJ, et al. Cognitive performance predicts treatment decisional abilities in mild to moderate dementia. Neurology. 2006 May 9;66(9):1367-72.

 

Olafsen KS, et al. The Yale Children's Inventory -- a screening tool for attention deficits and related disorders. Normative data for boys. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 1999 Jun;40(2):121-5.

 

Sege R, et al. Ten years after: examination of adolescent screening questions that predict future violence-related injury. Journal of Adolescent Health. 1999 Jun; 24(6):395-402.

More reference sources

Test Collection, Educational Testing Service. The ETS test collection catalog.
          REF LB 3051 E87 1993

Sweetland, Richard C. and Daniel J. Keyser (eds.). Tests: a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education, and business.
          REF BF 176 T44 1997

Keyser, Daniel J. and Richard C. Sweetland (eds.). Test critiques.
          REF BF 176 T43 V.1-10

Specialized sources

American Psychological Association (APA).
750 1st St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
phone: (202)336-5500

Selected electronic sources

The Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
http://www.unl.edu/buros/

My Virtual Encyclopedia of Mental Health
http://www.refdesk.com/mental.html

ERIC/AE Test Locator
http://www.ericae.net/testcol.htm

Psychology.Com
http://www.psychology.com

AcademicInfo
http://www.academicinfo.net/psych.html

Author: Gongchao Yang
Copyright 1997, Rev. 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson