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Psychological assessment has been a relevant and exclusive activity of Psychology, justifying an analysis of the evolution of its practice. This article identifies the tests and other psychological assessment instruments most commonly used in Portugal. A total of 1383 psychologists took part and responded to an online survey. The results show that intelligence assessment tests (Wechsler Intelligence Scales, particularly the WISC) and nonverbal reasoning tests (Raven's Matrices) are among the most widely used. There has been an increase in the use of neuropsychological tests, cognitive screening tests, behavioral assessment scales and school performance or achievement tests, while there has been a decrease in the use of projective tests. On the other hand, there was a greater use of psychopathological symptom inventories than more classic personality inventories. The discussion of the results points to the need for more research into the instruments used, focusing on data relating to the reliability, validity and standardization of their results, promoting the quality of the tests in use and ensuring a more rigorous use of the instruments available to Portuguese psychologists in their psychological assessment practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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With psychological assessment and testing being part of psychologists' identity, Portuguese and international studies have highlighted less investment in assessing children during their early years. This research aims to characterize the use of testing and other psychological assessment tools on children between 0-7 years old in Portugal. The sample is composed of 63 psychologists who answered an online inquiry within the scope of a broader study. The analysis of instruments most used allowed to reinforce that these mainly consist of tests (and less of rating scales), and also that the cognitive field is more represented than the social-emotional one, with the Wechsler WISC-III and WPPSI-R scales and the Griffiths Mental Development Scales being the most frequently mentioned instruments. The discussion of the results points to the need of further investigation aimed at guaranteeing the psychometric quality of instruments used, and of significant investment in training the field's professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire – Revised (EPQ-R) assesses the three fundamental personality dimensions: Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism, including a Lie/Social Desirability scale. This paper presents the results of the normalization study of EPQ-R in the Portuguese population, which were obtained through a large and representative community sample. A sample of 1689 subjects participated in this study (783 men and 906 women, ages 16-60 years old) from several geographic areas in Portugal. The norms of the Portuguese Version of EPQ-R were constructed considering gender and age, and significant statistical differences between several groups were found. Through a model of Item Response Theory, a DIF analysis was performed and showed the psychometric quality of the EPQ-R items in measuring the N, E, P, and L constructs, concerning gender and age variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) of Schraw and Dennison (1994) assesses two general metacognitive dimensions in adolescents and adults: knowledge of cognition, which includes three subprocesses, and regulation of cognition, which has five subprocesses. This study shows the process of translation and adaptation of MAI to the Portuguese population. Internal consistency in the dimensions knowledge and regulation of cognition was 0.82 and 0.90, respectively. The results of Confirmatory Factor Analysis suggest a factor of second order based on the correlation of two main dimensions. The declarative knowledge subscale showed better criterion validity compared to the other subscales. The MAI constitutes an adapted instrument to the Portuguese reality both for the assessment of a global metacognition score and in their two main dimensions, allowing research into the performance in learning and training processes in adults and adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the P-E-N Model, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire - Revised (EPQ-R; S. Eysenck, H. Eysenck, & Barrett, 1985) assesses the three fundamental personality dimensions: Psychoticism (P), Extraversion (E), and Neuroticism (N). This test also includes the L scale, which is a Lie/Social Desirability scale. This paper presents the results of psychometric studies obtained with the Portuguese Experimental Version of the EPQ-R (Almiro & M.R. Simões, 2007) in a sample of 671 participants. These studies include: reliability analysis (internal consistency and test-retest methods); construct validity analysis (principal components analysis) and concurrent validity analysis (using the test scores in BDI, STAI and BSI as an external criterion of validation); and item analysis (item fit, item reliability, item validity) applying the Rasch Model. These results show the good psychometric properties of the Experimental Version of the EPQ-R. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]