Psychological Assessment in South Africa: Research and applications

by Sumaya Laher, Kate Cockcroft, Zaytoon Amod, Katherine Bain, Fatima Bhabha, Marita Brink, Nicoleen Coetzee, Marie de Beer, Gideon de Bruin, and Diana de Sousa

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This book provides an overview of the research related to psychological assessment across South Africa. The thirty-six chapters provide a combination of psychometric theory and practical assessment applications in order to combine the currently disparate research that has been conducted locally in this field. Existing South African texts on psychological assessment are predominantly academic textbooks that explain psychometric theory and provide brief descriptions of a few testing instruments.

Psychological Assessment in South Africa provides in-depth coverage of a range of areas within the broad field of psychological assessment, including research conducted with various psychological instruments. The chapters critically interrogate the current Eurocentric and Western cultural hegemonic practices that dominate the field of psychological assessment.

The book therefore has the potential to function both as an academic text for graduate students, as well as a specialist resource for professionals, including psychologists, psychometrists, remedial teachers and human resource practitioners.
  • ISBN10 1868145786
  • ISBN13 9781868145782
  • Publish Date 1 January 2013
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 11 March 2021
  • Publish Country ZA
  • Imprint Wits University Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 592
  • Language English