Professional Practice Guidelines for Occupationally Mandated Psychological Evaluations

Psychological evaluations are relied on by employers, professional licensing boards, and civil service commissions to make hiring and employment decisions affecting individuals, orga- nizations, and the public. To promote best practices, these professional practice guidelines were developed for use by psychologists who perform clinical evaluations of individuals for occupational purposes, regardless of whether the evaluation is intended to obtain employ- ment, to achieve licensure/certification, or to maintain either. These guidelines were created by the Committee on Professional Practice and Standards (COPPS) to educate and inform the practice of psychologists who conduct occupationally mandated psychological evaluations (OMPEs), as well as to stimulate debate and research in this important area

Emerging issues in traumatic stress studies

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“statcheck”:Automatically detect statistical reporting inconsistencies to increase reproducibility of meta-analyses.

We present the R package and web app statcheck to automatically detect statistical reporting inconsistencies in primary studies and meta‐analyses. Previous research has shown a high prevalence of reported p‐values that are inconsistent ‐ meaning a re‐calculated p‐value, based on the reported test statistic and degrees of freedom, does not match the author‐reported p‐value. Such inconsistencies affect the reproducibility and evidential value of published findings. The tool statcheck can help researchers to identify statistical inconsistencies so that they may correct them. In this paper, we provide an overview of the prevalence and consequences of statistical reporting inconsistencies. We also discuss the tool statcheck in more detail and give an example of how it can be used in a meta‐analysis. We end with some recommendations concerning the use of statcheck in meta‐analyses and make a case for better reporting standards of statistical results

Responses to the publication of the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM 5

The idea and practice of ‘diagnosis’ in psychiatry has always been controversial. Controversy came to a head in the period preceding and immediately after publication of the latest version of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5. There was widespread international discussion and debate not only in scholarly journals but in mainstream and social media, and to the formation of International DSM Response Committee and an International Summit on Psychiatric Diagnosis. This article documents that process and outlines the issues that provoked, and continue to provoke most controversy, from the (admittedly personal) perspective of those involved. It ends with suggestions of alternatives to diagnosis, which avoid some of these problems and outlines how these are being taken forward. The next ten years are likely to see significant change

Subject Index

Subject Index (4 pages) A-Z A AAMD Adaptive Behavior Scale School Edition, 25 Acceptability of microcomputers, 145- 147 Access limitations, test security, 182- 183 Access to directions, 184-185 Adaptive Behavior Inventory for Children, 25 Adaptive testing, 6-7,15-16, 245-247 Adjective check list, 249 American Educational Research Association.Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, 147,228-229, 240 American Psychological Association Ethical Principles of Psychologists, 147,230,257-259, 263-265 American Psychological Association General Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services, 229, 257- 258, 263-265 American Psychological Association, Guidelines for Computer-based Tests and Interpretations, 14,43,147-148, 245-273 American Psychological Association Specialty Guidelines for the Delivery of Services, 229 American Psychological Association Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, 147, 228-229, 240, 255-256, 259-260, 262-263, 266-269American Psychological Association Standards for Providers of Psychological Services, 147,229 Analogue assessment, 131-133 Answer registration, 190 Anned Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, 229,245, 248-249 Artificial intelligence (AI), 16, 158, 180,217-221 Assessment-classification model, 161 - 164 Association for Addvancement of Behavior Therapy, 147 ... V/W Valid computer-assisted test interpretations, preconditions, 1-6 Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, 25 Vineland Social Maturity ScaleRevised, 25 Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, II, 25 Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, 16-18,24-25 Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, 25 Wide-Range Achievement Test Revised,25 Woodcock Reading Mastery Test, 25, 33 Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement, 25 World Health Organization\u27s International Classification of Diseases, 20, 2

First- and second-time parents’ couple relationship: from pregnancy to second year postpartum

First- and second-time parents’ couple relationships were studied from early pregnancy to the second year postpartum. The Relationship Questionnaire (RQ) was administered to Portuguese couples (N = 82), first- or second-time parents, at the first, second and third pregnancy trimester, childbirth, 3 and 18 months postpartum. Adverse changes in positive and negative partner relationship dimensions were reported from early pregnancy to the second year postpartum by all participants; in the same way by mothers and fathers and by first- and second-time parents. Second-time parents reported a worse couple relationship (lower RQ-positive scores) than first-time parents, but only during pregnancy. Results from the present study suggest a decline in partner relationship quality during the transition to parenthood both in mothers and fathers, as well as in first- and second-time parents.This research was supported by FEDER Funds through the Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade – COMPETE and by National Funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia under the project [PTDC/SAU/ SAP/116738/2010]

Book reviews

Nancy M. Petry Pathological gambling: Etiology, comorbidity, and treatment American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 2006, x + 417 pp. ISBN 1-59147-173-7 | Marvin Zuckerman Sensation seeking and risky behavior American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 2008, xix+309 pp. ISBN 1-59147-738-

Psychosocial factors influencing the experience of sustainability professionals

Purpose The study seeks to gain insight into psychosocial factors influencing sustainability professionals in their work to lead by influencing and improving pro-environmental decision-making in their organisations. Approach Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis as a framework, the study enquires into the lived experience of sustainability professionals and leaders from the UK and Canada. The primary data source is semi- structured interviews, analysed with frame and metaphor analysis. Findings Key psychosocial factors involved in participants’ experience are identified, specifically psychological threat coping strategies, psychological needs, motivation and vitality, finding complex interactions between them. Tensions and trade-offs between competency, relatedness and autonomy needs and coping strategies such as suppression of negative emotion and ‘deep green’ identity are modelled in diagrams to show the dynamics. How these tensions are negotiated has implications for psychological wellbeing and effectiveness, as well as for pro-environmental cognition and behaviour. Implications The concepts and models presented in this paper may be of practical use to sustainability professionals, environmentalists and organisation leaders, for example in identifying interventions to develop inner resources, support authentic and effective action and disrupt maladaptive responses to ecological crisis. Originality/value The paper contributes insight to understanding of underlying processes shaping environmental cognition and behaviour, particularly in relation to psychological threat coping strategies and interacting factors. With a transdisciplinary approach, the methodology enables nuanced interpretation of complex phenomena to be generated, and addresses gaps in psychology and organisation studies sustainability research, with implications for the future study of sustainability leadership