Handbook of Multicultural Assessment

The most comprehensive text on testing racial and ethnic minorities in the United States and internationally Handbook of Multicultural Assessment covers the most current assessment information in a variety of psychological and educational domains, focusing specifically on multicultural and diverse populations, including recent immigrants and refugees. This Fourth Edition represents a major update, addressing current versions of popular assessments, remote testing, and issues of fairness, intersectionality, and cultural equivalence. The focus has been expanded to more domains of application, and this edition adopts a more international perspective. The handbook highlights new and innovative testing practices and ways to overcome barriers in the assessment process. Forensic assessment is also covered. Develop an awareness of contemporary, state-of-the-art testing practices Learn about issues that arise when assessing multicultural populations, and take intersectional identities into account Gain the skill to perform common assessments in a way that is appropriate to the identity of each individual Perform assessments to discover sociocultural characteristics of individuals who have migrated from other cultures This important resource offers an instructional text for conducting culturally competent psychological assessment for clinicians, educators, and researchers.

About the Editors xi About the Contributors xiii Preface xxiii Part One: Foundations of Multicultural and Diversity Assessment 1 1 Intersectional Identities in Assessment and Other Diversity Factors 3 Lavita Nadkarni and Apryl A. Alexander 2 Test Fairness, Cultural Measurement Equivalence, and Context- Based Norms 19 Jessica L. Jonson and Kurt F. Geisinger Part Two: Cultural Identity Protocols 45 3 Racial and Ethnic Identity: Theoretical Advancements and Considerations for Assessment 47 Collette Chapman- Hilliard, Jatawn Tickles, and Jasmine Newsome 4 Multicultural Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment 73 Alexander W. Fietzer and Joseph G. Ponterotto 5 Assessment of Acculturation and Enculturation 107 Bryan S. K. Kim and Han Na Suh Part Three: The Process of Assessment in a Multicultural Context 131 6 Interviewing for Cultural Context 133 Ksera Dyette and Alex Lee 7 Culturally Sensitive Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment 157 Stephen E. Finn and Alea R. Holman 8 Assessing Diversity with Couples and Families 193 Shalonda Kelly, Traci Pacita Maynigo, and Kayla Janae McCellon 9 Vocational Assessment in Cultural Contexts 215 Neeta Kantamneni and Soyeon Kim Part Four: Assessment of Immigrants, Refugees, and Indigenous Peoples 237 10 Applications and New Directions in the Assessment of Immigrant and Refugee Clients 239 Giselle A. Hass 11 Test Adaptations for Diverse Populations: Experiences from South America, East Asia, the Arab Levant, and Southern Africa 269 Sumaya Laher, Fanny Cheung, Solange Muglia Wechsler, and Pia Zeinoun 12 Psychological Assessment in Indigenous Communities 307 Damian A. Vraniak and Lisa A. Suzuki Part Five: Culturally Sensitive Personality Assessment 331 13 Multicultural Use of Thematic Apperceptive Techniques (TATs) and Other Narrative Assessment Methods 333 Sharon Rae Jenkins 14 The Rorschach in Multicultural Assessment 357 Luciano Giromini, Madeleine Starin, Naomi Inoue, and Nancy Kaser- Boyd 15 Diversity Sensitive Personality Assessment with the MMPI- 3 381 Kaci F. Holmes and Yossef S. Ben- Porath 16 The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory- IV (MCMI- IV): Enhancing Clinical/ Contextual Understanding by Cultural/Theoretical Expansion 409 Seth Grossman and Rowena Ramnath 17 Multicultural Personality Assessment with the Personality Assessment Inventory 429 Joseph Maffly- Kipp and Leslie C. Morey 18 The NEO Inventories 453 Robert R. McCrae Part Six: Cognitive Assessment in Cultural Context 471 19 Understanding Abilities in a Diverse Cultural Context 473 Lisa A. Suzuki, Kyle J. Bizal, and Kaitlyn S. Kugler 20 Wechsler Intelligence and Ability Scales 503 Andrea D. Turner 21 Multicultural Assessment with the Woodcock- Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability 537 Samuel O. Ortiz 22 A Nonverbal Solution to Assessing Intelligence 563 Brian Wilhoit, Bruce A. Bracken, and R. Steve McCallum Part Seven: Forensic and Neuropsychological Assessment 583 23 Cultural Considerations in Forensic Psychological Assessment in Criminal Cases 585 Corine de Ruiter and Nancy Kaser- Boyd 24 Assessment of Race- Based Traumatic Stress: Applications to Forensic Psychology 615 Jessica M. Forsyth, Alex L. Pieterse, and Robert T. Carter 25 Cultural Considerations in Neuropsychological Assessment 635 Anna V. Agranovich, Hjalmar Zambrana- Bonaparte, and Antonio E. Puente Part Eight: Contemporary Issues in Multicultural and Diversity Assessment 659 26 Evidence- Based Psychological Assessment Practice 661 Steven R. Smith and Radhika Krishnamurthy 27 Multicultural Competencies and Training in Psychological Assessment 673 Hadas Pade and Alea Holman 28 Multicultural Assessment: Trends and Future Directions 699 Radhika Krishnamurthy and Lisa A. Suzuki Index 707