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General information

 

Course unit name: Psychological Evaluation

Course unit code: 568386

Academic year: 2020-2021

Coordinator: Antonio Andres Pueyo

Department: Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology

Credits: 5

Single program: S

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Estimated learning time

Total number of hours 125

 

Face-to-face and/or online activities

50

	-  Lecture with practical component	Face-to-face		42
	-  Group tutorial	Face-to-face		8

Supervised project

30

Independent learning

45

Teaching blocks

 

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Reading and study resources

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Book

Meehl, P. E. (1954). Clinical verus Statistical Prediction.Echo point Books and Media.Minessotta.

Edició de 1963  

Wiggins, J. S. (1988). Personality and Prediction: Principles of personality assessment. Florida: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company.   

Signh,P.P., Bjorkly,S and Fazel,S. (eds) (2016). International Perspectives on Violence Risk Assessment. Oxford Univ. Press. New York.  

Chapter

Haynes, S.N., Nelson, K., & Blaine, D.D. (1999). Psychometric issues in assessment research. In P. C. Kendall, J. N. Butcher, G. H. Holmbeck (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in clinical psychology (2^nd edition). New York: Wiley & Sons, Inc.   

Article

American Psychological Association (2002). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. American Psychologist, 57, 1060-1073.   

Edició en paper.  

Paunonen, S. V. (1998). Hierarchical Organization of Personality and Prediction of Behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(2), 538–556.  

Edició en paper  

Ozer, D., & Benet-Martinez, V. (2006). Personality and the prediction of consequential outcomes. Annu. Rev. Psychol., 57, 401–421. doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.57.102904.190127  

Edició en paper  

Forero, C. G., Gallardo-Pujol, D., Maydeu-Olivares, A., & Andres-Pueyo, A. (2009). A longitudinal model for predicting performance of police officers using personality and behavioral data. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36(6), 591–606. doi:10.1177/0093854809333406   

Desmarais, S., & Singh, J. P. (2013). Risk Assessment Instruments Validated and Implemented in Correctional Settings in the United States: An Empirical Guide  

Guy, L. S., Packer, I. K., & Warnken, W. (2012). Assessing Risk of Violence Using Structured Professional Judgment Guidelines. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 12(3), 270–283. doi:10.1080/15228932.2012.674471  

Company Martínez, V., & Andrés-Pueyo, A. (2015). The Spanish version of the Criminal Sentiment Scale Modified (CSS-M): Factor structure, reliability, and validity. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 7, 67–72. doi:10.1016/j.ejpal.2015.03.001   

Jaffee, S. R., Strait, L. B., & Odgers, C. L. (2012). From correlates to causes: Can quasi-experimental studies and statistical innovations bring us closer to identifying the causes of antisocial behavior? Psychological Bulletin, 138(2), 272–295. doi:10.1037/a0026020  

Edició en paper