Overview of Brazilian Scientific Production in Psychological Evaluation

Ronilce Cavichioli de Santana,Alexandra Ayach Anache,Ariállisson Monteiro dos Santos

doi:10.1590/1413-82712015200315

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Journal: Psico-USF	Publication Date: Dec 1, 2015
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Affiliation: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

Abstract Attentive to the scenario of the Psychological Assessment, this study aimed at the meta-scientific investigation of national publications dated from 2003-2012. 696 articles obtained through Index Psi, PEPSIC, LILACS, and SciELO were analyzed under the following categories: disclosure, authorship, speech, theme and methodology. Among the results we met: a) an increase in the domestic production from 2003 to 2008 and its subsequent slowdown in publications; b) the high concentration of production in the Southeastern region of the country; c) the predominance of empirical studies for the development of instruments; d) the focus in the fields of Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, and School Psychology; e) absence of work that expose the articulation and integration of data in the evaluation process. Therefore, we discuss the need for investment in underdeveloped regions in this area of production, approach diversification, themes and contexts, and attention to the effective capability of methods integration in Psychological Assessment.

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IntroductionThe manifesto of the Working Group on Psychological Assessment (Noronha et al, 2002), and the translation of The ITC Guidelines on Test Use (International Testing Commission, 2003) into Brazilian Portuguese, are some of the examples, mentioned by Noronha and Reppold (2010), that brought to attention the need to improve the training of psychologists in this area
From 1990 to early in 2000, the Federal Council of Psychology (CFP), with the support of the Forum of National Entities of the Brazilian Psychology (FENPB), especially members of the National Association for Research and Graduate Studies in Psychology (ANPEPP), the Brazilian Institute of Psychological Assessment (IBAP), and the Brazilian Society of Rorschach and other Projective Techniques (SBRo), was Disponível em www.scielo.br involved in a wide-ranging discussion of training and technical and scientific development in Psychological Assessment (CFP, 2004)
The metascientific research has already been explored within psychology (Barroso, 2010; Cunha, Suehiro, Oliveira, Pacanaro, & Santos, 2009; Joly, Berberian, Andrade, & Teixeira, 2010; Suehiro, Rueda, Oliveira, & Pacanaro, 2009, Suehiro, Rueda, Oliveira, & Pacanaro, 2009; Suehiro, Cunha, & Santos, 2007; Suehiro & Rueda, 2009), and with it we aim to provide data on distribution of the national scientific production, in order to identify the direction the Psychological Assessment has been taking, and the gaps that remain

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The manifesto of the Working Group on Psychological Assessment (Noronha et al, 2002), and the translation of The ITC Guidelines on Test Use (International Testing Commission, 2003) into Brazilian Portuguese, are some of the examples, mentioned by Noronha and Reppold (2010), that brought to attention the need to improve the training of psychologists in this area. The recommendations noted the pertinence of development of critical and analytical skills of psychologists for the use of psychological tests and for the interpretation of the data from the assessment process

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