Psychological instruments: comparative study between cognitive-behavioral students and professionals

• Autor(a) principal: OLIVEIRA, Katya Luciane de
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: NORONHA, Ana Paula Porto, DANTAS, Marilda Aparecida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/6809
• topic: Avaliação comportamental; Avaliação psicológica; Testes psicológicos; behavioral assessment; psychological assessment; psychological tests

This research analyzed if there was any difference between the well-known psychological instruments and the ones used by cognitive-behavioral students and professionals. 40 students and 35 psychologists participated in this study. This study material was composed by two parts. The first one comprised by questions about graduation, professional activity, strategy and instruments used in the assessment. The second part constituted a set of psychological assessment instruments, and the participants task was to assign if they were known or used. Results indicated the most of students and professionals uses the interview in the assessment. The most well-known instruments were Zulliger, Escala de Maturidade Mental Columbia, Teste de Apercepção Temática and WISC-III. The most used instruments were Bender Infantil, Desenho da Figura Humana and Wartegg Test. Others studies should be made to promote the psychologists’ formation development .