Buros-Nebraska Series on Measurement and Testing
Date of this Version
1995
Document Type
Article
Citation
Family Assessment, ed. Jane Close Conoley & Elaine Buterick Werth (Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1995).
Abstract
Assessing families suggests both interesting measurement issues
and significant clinical applications. This volume is a collection of
important papers to explore the topic in some depth.
Some of these papers were first given at the Buros-Nebraska
Symposium on Testing and Measurement. Others have been written
especially for this volume. All are outstanding examples of scholarship
in this very thorny area of psychological measurement beyond the
individual. We commissioned papers that examined the history of
measurement with families and to cover family issues that are of
particular interest to both clinicians and researchers. Overall, the authors have tackled very big issues. They have illuminated issues associated with measuring more than one person,
that is, creating constructs that define systems and interactions. They
have considered these measurements from both clinical and research
perspectives. Finally, they have created a framework that captures
normal developmental milestones for families and families in reaction
to significant stressors. It is an important work that continues the
Buros Institute tradition of being at the cutting edge of measurement
concerns.
Included in
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies Commons
Comments
Copyright © 1995 by Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. Digital Edition copyright © 2012 Buros Center for Testing.