A Cross-Cultural Psychological Assessment Manual

Alan J. Raphael, Ph.D., ABAP is Board Certified in Assessment Psychology. He is the CEO of International Assessment Systems, Inc. He is a former Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami. He is the co-developer of the Advanced Psychological and Neuropsychological Scoring System for the Bender Gestalt Test. Dr. Raphael is the President of the American Board of Assessment Psychology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Assessment Psychology. He is the former co-editor of the Archives of Assessment Psychology journal. He has published three books and over 30 professional articles. Dr. R. Lauren Miller, Psy.D., J.D. is the Associate Clinical Director and a Consultant for International Assessment Systems, Inc., where she provides neuropsychological and psychological testing to personal injury litigants for issues related to brain injury, psychological trauma, and/ or vocational rehabilitation. Dr. Miller served as an adjunct faculty member and clinical supervisor for seven years, teaching and training doctoral-level assessment and psychopathology. Theresa Ascheman Jones, Psy.D. is a Forensic Psychologist and conducts evaluations for the Court regarding competency to stand trial and violence risk. She is the primary neuropsychological evaluator and consultant at a forensic hospital. She regularly serves as an expert witness to the Court. Charles J. Golden, Ph.D., ABAP, ABCN, ABPN is internationally known for his clinical research in neuropsychological assessment. He has given over 1000 presentations, posters, and workshops, and published over 500 articles, book chapters, and books. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and holds a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology, and Psychological Assessment. He received the DistinguishedNeuropsychologist Award from the National Association of Neuropsychologists in 2003.

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Administration

3. House-Tree-Person Test

4. Draw-A-Person Test

5. Kinetic Family Drawing Test

6. Free Drawing Test

7. Advanced Scoring System for the Bender Gestalt Test – Revised (ABGT-R)

8. Case Examples

9. Research on the Cross-Cultural Psychological Assessment Battery: The Raphael Methodology (CCPAB)

Appendix A: Scoring Key for HTP, KFD, and Free Drawings

Appendix B: House Drawing Inquiry Phase Sample Questions

Appendix C: Tree Drawing Inquiry Phase Sample Questions

Appendix D: Person Drawing Inquiry Phase Sample Questions

Appendix E: Kinetic Family Drawing Inquiry Phase Sample Questions

Appendix F: Quantitative Interpretation of The RGBGT

Appendix G: Bender Gestalt Test – Advance Interpretation Scoring Key

References

Index