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O osobliwościach metodologicznych badań naukowych i diagnostycznych prowadzonych przez psychologów klinicznych
On the methodological peculiarities of scientific research and assessment conducted by clinical psychologists

Author(s): Jerzy Marian Brzeziński
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Clinical psychology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: psychological assessment; psychological theory; research process; EBA; EBPP; internal validity; external validity; clinical psychology

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the methodological peculiarities of research practice (scientific research and assessment) in clinical psychology. The author indicates typical departures of this practice from the methodological standards of modern psychology – particularly from those that constitute the patterns of evidence-based assessment and evidence-based practice in psychology: ignoring the primary role of psychological theories, too frequent departures from psychometric standards in the procedures of constructing and using psychological tests (which are sometimes pseudotests, such as Koch’s Tree Test). The importance of construct validity is stressed in the article.

  • Issue Year: 19/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 437-452
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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