
Handbook of Multicultural Assessment
Clinical, Psychological, and Educational Applications
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
4th Edition
Will be published approx. on 8. September 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
752 pages
978-1-394-23085-3 (ISBN)
Description
The most comprehensive text on testing racial and ethnic minorities in the United States and internationally
Handbook of Multicultural Assessment covers the most current assessment information in a variety of psychological and educational domains, focusing specifically on multicultural and diverse populations, including recent immigrants and refugees. This Fourth Edition represents a major update, addressing current versions of popular assessments, remote testing, and issues of fairness, intersectionality, and cultural equivalence. The focus has been expanded to more domains of application, and this edition adopts a more international perspective. The handbook highlights new and innovative testing practices and ways to overcome barriers in the assessment process. Forensic assessment is also covered.
Develop an awareness of contemporary, state-of-the-art testing practices
Learn about issues that arise when assessing multicultural populations, and take intersectional identities into account
Gain the skill to perform common assessments in a way that is appropriate to the identity of each individual
Perform assessments to discover sociocultural characteristics of individuals who have migrated from other cultures
This important resource offers an instructional text for conducting culturally competent psychological assessment for clinicians, educators, and researchers.
Handbook of Multicultural Assessment covers the most current assessment information in a variety of psychological and educational domains, focusing specifically on multicultural and diverse populations, including recent immigrants and refugees. This Fourth Edition represents a major update, addressing current versions of popular assessments, remote testing, and issues of fairness, intersectionality, and cultural equivalence. The focus has been expanded to more domains of application, and this edition adopts a more international perspective. The handbook highlights new and innovative testing practices and ways to overcome barriers in the assessment process. Forensic assessment is also covered.
Develop an awareness of contemporary, state-of-the-art testing practices
Learn about issues that arise when assessing multicultural populations, and take intersectional identities into account
Gain the skill to perform common assessments in a way that is appropriate to the identity of each individual
Perform assessments to discover sociocultural characteristics of individuals who have migrated from other cultures
This important resource offers an instructional text for conducting culturally competent psychological assessment for clinicians, educators, and researchers.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-394-23085-3 (9781394230853)
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Lisa A. Suzuki | Radhika Krishnamurthy
Handbook of Multicultural Assessment
Clinical, Psychological, and Educational Applications
E-Book
06/2026
4th Edition
Wiley
€122.99
Available for download

Lisa A. Suzuki | Radhika Krishnamurthy
Handbook of Multicultural Assessment
Clinical, Psychological, and Educational Applications
E-Book
06/2026
4th Edition
Wiley
€122.99
Available for download
Previous edition

Lisa A. Suzuki | Joseph G. Ponterotto
Handbook of Multicultural Assessment
Clinical, Psychological, and Educational Applications
Book
01/2008
3rd Edition
Jossey-Bass
€114.50
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Persons
Lisa A. Suzuki, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. She is a co-editor of the Handbook of Multicultural Assessment, Handbook of Multicultural Counseling, and Qualitative Strategies with Ethnocultural Populations. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association's Division 17, and recipient of a Visionary Leadership Award from the National Multicultural Conference and Summit (2007) and Distinguished Contribution Award from the Asian American Psychological Association (2006).
Radhika Krishnamurthy, Psy.D., ABAP is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Florida Tech. She is a co-editor of Diversity-Sensitive Personality Assessment (2018), co-author of two MMPI-A texts, and several book chapters and journal articles on psychological assessment. She is a former President of the Society for Personality Assessment (2011-2013) and the Assessment Psychology section of the American Psychological Association's Division 12 (2008). She serves on the editorial boards of several assessment journals.
Radhika Krishnamurthy, Psy.D., ABAP is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Florida Tech. She is a co-editor of Diversity-Sensitive Personality Assessment (2018), co-author of two MMPI-A texts, and several book chapters and journal articles on psychological assessment. She is a former President of the Society for Personality Assessment (2011-2013) and the Assessment Psychology section of the American Psychological Association's Division 12 (2008). She serves on the editorial boards of several assessment journals.
Editor
New York University
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
Content
About the Editors xi
About the Contributors xiii
Preface xxiii
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF MULTICULTURAL AND DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT 1
1 Intersectional Identities in Assessment and Other Diversity Factors 3
Lavita Nadkarni and Apryl A. Alexander
2 Test Fairness, Cultural Measurement Equivalence, and Context- Based Norms 19
Jessica L. Jonson and Kurt F. Geisinger
PART TWO: CULTURAL IDENTITY PROTOCOLS 45
3 Racial and Ethnic Identity: Theoretical Advancements and Considerations for Assessment 47
Collette Chapman-Hilliard, Jatawn Tickles, and Jasmine Newsome
4 Multicultural Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment 73
Alexander W. Fietzer and Joseph G. Ponterotto
5 Assessment of Acculturation and Enculturation 107
Bryan S. K. Kim and Han Na Suh
PART THREE: THE PROCESS OF ASSESSMENT IN A MULTICULTURAL CONTEXT 131
6 Interviewing for Cultural Context 133
Ksera Dyette and Alex Lee
7 Culturally Sensitive Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment 157
Stephen E. Finn and Alea R. Holman
8 Assessing Diversity with Couples and Families 193
Shalonda Kelly, Traci Pacita Maynigo, and Kayla Janae McCellon
9 Vocational Assessment in Cultural Contexts 215
Neeta Kantamneni and Soyeon Kim
PART FOUR: ASSESSMENT OF IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 237
10 Applications and New Directions in the Assessment of Immigrant and Refugee Clients 239
Giselle A. Hass
11 Test Adaptations for Diverse Populations: Experiences from South America, East Asia, the Arab Levant, and Southern Africa 269
Sumaya Laher, Fanny Cheung, Solange Muglia Wechsler, and Pia Zeinoun
12 Psychological Assessment in Indigenous Communities 307
Damian A. Vraniak and Lisa A. Suzuki
PART FIVE: CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT 331
13 Multicultural Use of Thematic Apperceptive Techniques (TATs) and Other Narrative Assessment Methods 333
Sharon Rae Jenkins
14 The Rorschach in Multicultural Assessment 357
Luciano Giromini, Madeleine Starin, Naomi Inoue, and Nancy Kaser-Boyd
15 Diversity Sensitive Personality Assessment with the MMPI- 3 381
Kaci F. Holmes and Yossef S. Ben- Porath
16 The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory- IV (MCMI- IV): Enhancing Clinical/Contextual Understanding by Cultural/Theoretical Expansion 409
Seth Grossman and Rowena Ramnath
17 Multicultural Personality Assessment with the Personality Assessment Inventory 429
Joseph Maffly- Kipp and Leslie C. Morey
18 The NEO Inventories 453
Robert R. McCrae
PART SIX: COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT IN CULTURAL CONTEXT 471
19 Understanding Abilities in a Diverse Cultural Context 473
Lisa A. Suzuki, Kyle J. Bizal, and Kaitlyn S. Kugler
20 Wechsler Intelligence and Ability Scales 503
Andrea D. Turner
21 Multicultural Assessment with the Woodcock- Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability 537
Samuel O. Ortiz
22 A Nonverbal Solution to Assessing Intelligence 563
Brian Wilhoit, Bruce A. Bracken, and R. Steve McCallum
PART SEVEN: FORENSIC AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 583
23 Cultural Considerations in Forensic Psychological Assessment in Criminal Cases 585
Corine de Ruiter and Nancy Kaser-Boyd
24 Assessment of Race- Based Traumatic Stress: Applications to Forensic Psychology 615
Jessica M. Forsyth, Alex L. Pieterse, and Robert T. Carter
25 Cultural Considerations in Neuropsychological Assessment 635
Anna V. Agranovich, Hjalmar Zambrana- Bonaparte, and Antonio E. Puente
PART EIGHT: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MULTICULTURAL AND DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT 659
26 Evidence-Based Psychological Assessment Practice 661
Steven R. Smith and Radhika Krishnamurthy
27 Multicultural Competencies and Training in Psychological Assessment 673
Hadas Pade and Alea Holman
28 Multicultural Assessment: Trends and Future Directions 699
Radhika Krishnamurthy and Lisa A. Suzuki
Index 707
About the Contributors xiii
Preface xxiii
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF MULTICULTURAL AND DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT 1
1 Intersectional Identities in Assessment and Other Diversity Factors 3
Lavita Nadkarni and Apryl A. Alexander
2 Test Fairness, Cultural Measurement Equivalence, and Context- Based Norms 19
Jessica L. Jonson and Kurt F. Geisinger
PART TWO: CULTURAL IDENTITY PROTOCOLS 45
3 Racial and Ethnic Identity: Theoretical Advancements and Considerations for Assessment 47
Collette Chapman-Hilliard, Jatawn Tickles, and Jasmine Newsome
4 Multicultural Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment 73
Alexander W. Fietzer and Joseph G. Ponterotto
5 Assessment of Acculturation and Enculturation 107
Bryan S. K. Kim and Han Na Suh
PART THREE: THE PROCESS OF ASSESSMENT IN A MULTICULTURAL CONTEXT 131
6 Interviewing for Cultural Context 133
Ksera Dyette and Alex Lee
7 Culturally Sensitive Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment 157
Stephen E. Finn and Alea R. Holman
8 Assessing Diversity with Couples and Families 193
Shalonda Kelly, Traci Pacita Maynigo, and Kayla Janae McCellon
9 Vocational Assessment in Cultural Contexts 215
Neeta Kantamneni and Soyeon Kim
PART FOUR: ASSESSMENT OF IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 237
10 Applications and New Directions in the Assessment of Immigrant and Refugee Clients 239
Giselle A. Hass
11 Test Adaptations for Diverse Populations: Experiences from South America, East Asia, the Arab Levant, and Southern Africa 269
Sumaya Laher, Fanny Cheung, Solange Muglia Wechsler, and Pia Zeinoun
12 Psychological Assessment in Indigenous Communities 307
Damian A. Vraniak and Lisa A. Suzuki
PART FIVE: CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT 331
13 Multicultural Use of Thematic Apperceptive Techniques (TATs) and Other Narrative Assessment Methods 333
Sharon Rae Jenkins
14 The Rorschach in Multicultural Assessment 357
Luciano Giromini, Madeleine Starin, Naomi Inoue, and Nancy Kaser-Boyd
15 Diversity Sensitive Personality Assessment with the MMPI- 3 381
Kaci F. Holmes and Yossef S. Ben- Porath
16 The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory- IV (MCMI- IV): Enhancing Clinical/Contextual Understanding by Cultural/Theoretical Expansion 409
Seth Grossman and Rowena Ramnath
17 Multicultural Personality Assessment with the Personality Assessment Inventory 429
Joseph Maffly- Kipp and Leslie C. Morey
18 The NEO Inventories 453
Robert R. McCrae
PART SIX: COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT IN CULTURAL CONTEXT 471
19 Understanding Abilities in a Diverse Cultural Context 473
Lisa A. Suzuki, Kyle J. Bizal, and Kaitlyn S. Kugler
20 Wechsler Intelligence and Ability Scales 503
Andrea D. Turner
21 Multicultural Assessment with the Woodcock- Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability 537
Samuel O. Ortiz
22 A Nonverbal Solution to Assessing Intelligence 563
Brian Wilhoit, Bruce A. Bracken, and R. Steve McCallum
PART SEVEN: FORENSIC AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 583
23 Cultural Considerations in Forensic Psychological Assessment in Criminal Cases 585
Corine de Ruiter and Nancy Kaser-Boyd
24 Assessment of Race- Based Traumatic Stress: Applications to Forensic Psychology 615
Jessica M. Forsyth, Alex L. Pieterse, and Robert T. Carter
25 Cultural Considerations in Neuropsychological Assessment 635
Anna V. Agranovich, Hjalmar Zambrana- Bonaparte, and Antonio E. Puente
PART EIGHT: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MULTICULTURAL AND DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT 659
26 Evidence-Based Psychological Assessment Practice 661
Steven R. Smith and Radhika Krishnamurthy
27 Multicultural Competencies and Training in Psychological Assessment 673
Hadas Pade and Alea Holman
28 Multicultural Assessment: Trends and Future Directions 699
Radhika Krishnamurthy and Lisa A. Suzuki
Index 707