Problems and Solutions in Human Assessment Honoring Douglas N.Jackson at Seventy

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SECTION I. Conceptual and Methodological Influences in the assessment of Individual Differences Consequences of Test Interpretation and Use: The Fusion of Validity and Values in Psychological Assessment Samuel Messick Educational Testing Service The Role of Social Desirability in the Assessment of Personality Constructs Edward Helmes Edith Cowan University Construct Explication through Factor or Component Analysis: A Review and Evaluation of Alternative Procedures for Determining the Number of Factors or Components Wayne F. Velicer, Cheryl A. Eaton, and Joseph L. Fava University of Rhode Island Improved Standard Errors of Standardized Parameters in Covariance Structure Models: Implications for Construct Explication. Mortaza Jamshidian University of Central Florida and Peter M. Bentler University of California, Los Angeles SECTION II. Construct-Oriented Assessment Within the Domain of Personality 95 5. Application of the Construct Heuristic to the Screening of Psychopathology: The Holden Psychological Screening Inventory (HPSI) 97 Ronald R. Holden Queen`s University 6. Construct Validity and the Search for Cross-Cultural Consistencies in Personality 123 Sampo V. Paunonen The University of Western Ontario 7. The Challenge of Construct Validity in the Assessment of Psychopathology Leslie C. Morey Texas A&M University 8. Individual Differences and Scientific Productivity 173 J. Philippe Rushton The University of Western Ontario 9. Recent Studies of Intelligence and Personality using Jackson`s Multidimensional Aptitude Battery and Personality Research Form 195 Philip A. Vemon The University of Western Ontario SECTION III. Construct-Oriented Assessment of Individual Differences in Industrial/ Organizational Psychology 213 10. The Assessment of Personality Constructs in Industrial-Organizational Psychology 215 Mitchell G. Rothstein and Richard D. Goffin The University of Western Ontario 11. Predicting Job Performance using Personality Constructs:Are Personality Tests Created Equal? 249 Richard D. Goffin, Mitchell G. Rothstein The University of Western Ontario and Norman G. Johnston Private Practice, Toronto 12. What Constructs Underlie Measures of Honesty or Integrity? 265 Kevin R. Murphy Colorado State University 13. Construct Validation in Organizational Behavior Research:The Case of Organizational Commitment 285 Natalie J. Alien and John P. Meyer The University of Western Ontario 14. The Construct of Goal Commitment: Measurement and Relationships with Task Performance 315 Gerard H. Seijts University of Manitoba, and Gary P. Latham University of Toronto 15. A Perspective 333 Douglas N. Jackson The University of Western Ontario