Essentials of Culture in Psychological Assessment

Integrate cultural awareness and humility into your psychological assessments In Essentials of Culture in Psychological Assessment, editor Jordan A. Wright curates a collection of invaluable work that helps psychological assessors be more deliberate in acknowledging—and, in some cases, mitigating—the role that culture and cultural experiences can play in the psychological assessment process. It encourages assessors to think about cultural issues as they relate to clients, including the cultural background clients bring with them to the assessment and the oppressive experiences they may have endured. You'll explore the roles that power and privilege might play in the assessment process and the cultural variables that affect the interaction with clients and the process as it unfolds. You'll also discover how culture and oppression can be considered and accounted for throughout the entire lifecycle of a psychological assessment. Readers will also find: Tools and strategies for conducting culture-informed and diversity-sensitive psychological assessment Techniques for understanding the data that arises from clients from various backgrounds Ways to integrate culture into every aspect of psychological assessment Perfect for psychology clinicians of all kinds, Essentials of Culture in Psychological Assessment is a can't-miss resource that will inform, improve, and transform the way you conduct psychological testing and assessment on clients from a variety of cultural backgrounds.

List of Contributors ix Series Preface xi About the Editor xiii Introduction: Culture, Oppression, and Privilege in Psychological Assessment 1 Part I General Considerations 23 One History of Cultural Bias in Assessment 25 Two Social Justice in Psychological Assessment 39 Three Collecting Cultural Information 69 Four Fairness and Bias in Educational and Psychological Testing 87 Five Culture and Cognitive Measures in Psychological Assessment 111 Six Culture and Tests of Academic Achievement 137 Seven Culture and Tests of Personality and Psychopathology 167 Eight Culture and Assessment of Behavioral and Social-Emotional Functioning in Children 195 Part II Assessing Specific Populations 237 Nine Assessing Linguistically Diverse Clients 239 Ten Assessing Black and African American Clients 269 Eleven Assessing Latine Clients 293 Twelve Assessing Asian American Clients 311 Thirteen Assessing American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Clients 337 Fourteen Assessing Sexually Minoritized Clients 353 Fifteen Assessing Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients 379 Sixteen Assessing Neurodivergent Clients 405 Seventeen Assessing Economically Marginalized Clients 429 Eighteen Assessing Clients with Physical and Medical Disabilities 467 Nineteen Assessing “Non- Minoritized” Clients 503 Index 529