Computerized psychological test usage in APA-accredited training programs

✍ Scribed by Kenneth R. Olson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 55 KB
• Volume: 57
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/jclp.1045

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Despite the advantages of computerized psychological assessment and the proliferation of assessment software, many psychologists still do not use computerized assessment, and its utilization has not increased during the past decade. Two‐hundred‐fifty‐one APA‐accredited training programs in clinical and counseling psychology were surveyed concerning their use of computerized psychological assessment. Directors reported a median of only three computerized tests used in their training programs. Twenty‐five percent of the respondents reported no computerized psychological tests in their training programs. The computerized tests most‐often used in psychology programs were compared to results of surveys of psychological tests most‐often used in clinical practice. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 57: 727–736, 2001.