Psychological Assessment(NURSING PSYCHOLOGY)B. Sc/GNM First year

Psychological Assessment

(NURSING PSYCHOLOGY)

B. Sc/GNM First year

1. Introduction:

Psychological assessment is a process of testing that uses a combination of techniques to help arrive to some hypotheses about a person and their behavior, personality and capabilities.

2. Purposes of Psychological Tests:- 

• It is helpful in identifying child’s strengths and weakness.

• A psychological assessment is used to assist in planning child school program.

• It are used to diagnose psychopathology and screening for job.

• It may be used in an educational setting to determine personality strengths and weakness.

3. Characterisrics: 

• Objectivity

• Standardized

• Test Reliability

• Predictive

• Practicability

• Test norms

• Test Validity

4. Principles: 

• Test are samples of behavior

• Test should have adequate reliability and validity

• Test results are dependent on person cooperation and motivation

• Test result should be interpreted in relation to other behavioral data and to case history information, never in isolation.

5. Types of Psychological Tests:

1. Intelligence test: these are used to measure intelligence, or our ability to understand the environment and interact with it. 

Example,

• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

• Wechsler intelligence scale for children (WISC)

• Stanford- Binet intelligence scale (SB)

2. Personality tests: are used to measure personality style.

Example:

• Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI)

• Inkblot test

3. Attitude tests: These tests are used to measure how an individual feels about a particular event, place, person or object. Attitude scales are used in marketing to determine individual preferences for brands.

Example: Likert’s scale

4. Achievement tests: these are used to measure how well we understand a particular topic.

Example:

• Peabody individual achievement test

• Wechsler individual achievement test

5. Aptitude test: are used to measure abilities in specific area. 

Example:

• Armed services vocational aptitude battery

• Bloomberg aptitude test

6. Neuropsychological tests: these tests are used to measure a psychological function known to be linked to a particular brain structure or pathway.

Example:

• Benton visual retention test

7. Direct observation tests: is usually conducted with families in laboratory, home or with children in a classroom.

Example:

• The parent- child interaction assessment- II

8. Sexological test: number of tests specifically meant for the field of sexology is quite limited.

Example:

• ASKAS ( Aging sexuality knowledge and attitudes)

6. Role of Nurse in Psychological Testing:- 

• Nurse should be aware about various psychological tests, which will help her to clarify the doubts of relatives or family members.

• Nurse should become familiar with many standardized tests that are available to enhance each stage of nursing process.

• Nurse should maintain safety and confidentiality of client.

• Nurse should have good rapport with family members and the client.

• Nurse should clear all doubts of family members and the client.

• Nurse should have adequate recording and reporting about observations made during administration.