Optimism as an Indicator of Psychological Health: Using Psychological Assessment Wisely
| Autor: | McKee Ea, Plant Dd, Strassle Cg |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Psychotherapist
Psychometrics Mental Disorders Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Psychological evaluation Affect Clinical Psychology Mental Health Optimism Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Scale (social sciences) Health Status Indicators Humans Personality Psychological testing Personality test Projective test Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Personality Assessment. 72:190-199 |
| ISSN: | 1532-7752 0022-3891 |
| DOI: | 10.1207/s15327752jp720203 |
| Popis: | Healthy aspects of psychological functioning are often overlooked in traditional psychological assessment. When this happens, the client may become discouraged with his or her testing results, or perhaps worse, may feel that the assessor was not interested in obtaining a complete picture of who he or she is. Assessing healthy aspects of psychological functioning can be problematic, however; adding new instruments that only speak to one aspect of psychological functioning is not practical. A system is proposed in which one aspect of healthy psychological functioning--optimism--can be assessed using a standard projective test. Use of this scale can aid the assessor in conceptualizing the client's functioning and can also be a helpful tool to draw on in the course of treatment. |
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