1. TESTING IN WESTERN EUROPE An overview from test publisher side Conference on Psychodiagnostics Kiev, 5 th December 2009 Jacopo Tarantino, Publishing Director, Giunti O.S. Organizzazioni Speciali 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.1

2. The Test Publisher The Test Publisher (TP): 1.A no-typical scientific publisher: tools instead of contents 2.Tests validity must be evidence based 3.TP closely works with Research (universities) 4.More like a pharma company than a book publisher 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.2

3. The Test Publisher Test development and use Research Publishing 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.3

4. The Test Publisher Psychodiagnostics in western European countries: back home -1905: intelligence assessment by Binet (France) -1921-27: personality assessment by Rorschach (Switzerland: Hans Huber) -I & II WW: test boom in US -1947: test publishing in Austria (Schuhfried) -1948: (new) test publishing in France (ECPA) -1949: test publishing in Germany (Hogrefe Verlag) -1950: test publishing in Italy (Organizzazioni Speciali) -1957: test publishing in Spain (TEA Ediciones) -1991: establishment of European Test Publishers Group (ETPG) 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.4

5. The Test Publisher The ETPG -A business community for testing in Europe -Members: 23 companies and 20 countries -To promote test quality -To defend copyright and legal use of tests -To improve ethical and effective use of tests 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.5

6. What is a test? … a measuring tool that must be: 1.valid (it should measure what it pretends to measure) and 2.reliable (measure’s outcomes should be stable) 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.6 empirical evidence

7. What is a test? … a cultural tool that is influenced by culture. So, it must be: 1.adapted to local lingual and socio-cultural contexts (no cultural bias) and 2.standardized on the local target population (creation of local norms), otherwise 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.7 it doesn’t “work”

8. What is a test ? 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.8 New tests published in Italy in the last 20 years … a technique more and more used

9. The most used tests 23.663 administrations WISC cognitive assessment 6-16 years 5883 administrations WPPSI cognitive assessment in preschool age 3160 administrations MMPI-A personality assessment 3082 administrations Tressoldi-Cornoldi dis-ortography assessment 2659 administrations Vineland social ability 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.9 The big five in child clinical psychology (Italy: 2008)

10. The most used tests 113.319 administrations MMPI-2 personality 9976 administrations WAIS cognitive assessment 9618 administrations SCID-II personality (DSM-IV) 8075 administrations PFS frustration and anger 5240 administrations BDI-II depression 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.10 The big five in adult clinical psychology (Italy: 2008)

11. The most used tests 13.976 administrations BFQ & BFQ-2 personality (Big Five) 7050 administrations WIS/SVP job-values 6116 administrations SDS professional interests 4400 administrations DAT-5: RA abstract reasoning 4300 administrations 16PF-5 personality 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.11 The big five in I/O psychology (Italy: 2008)

12. The most used tests Projective techniques Adult clinical personality Adult no clinical personality Adult cognitive assessment Child cognitive assessment RorschachMMPI-216PFRaven MatricesWISC-IV TATMCMI-IIIMBTIWAIS-III Coloured Matrices *** NEO-PI-R***WPPSI-III 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.12 The most diffused in the world tests in each field

13. Hot topics Learning Disabilities ADHD Autism In child clinical psychology Evidence based psychotherapy Positive Orientation In adult clinical psychology Emotional Intelligence Positive orientation Leadership In I/O psychology 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.13 As constructs

14. Hot topics Item Response Theory (IRT) Psychometrics Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) Video stimulus Technology Situational Testing Design 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.14 As techniques

15. Thank you! 19/10/2015©2009 Giunti O.S.15