Aspects of Psychological Testing in Forensic Evaluations
Thursday, March 17th, 2016{3:25 minutes to read} In this article, we continue our discussion of the issues involved with psychological testing in forensic evaluation.
First, the evaluator must be certain that the measures have enough specificity, that is, that they directly tap into the construct of interest. In custody, for example, the construct of interest is parenting, and ideally, whatever instruments the evaluators choose to administer should bear on the parenting construct.