Most cited papers in Psychological Testing and Assessment
What are the most cited papers in Psychological Testing and Assessment?
The most cited paper in Psychological Testing and Assessment is "Construct validity in psychological tests." (Lee J. Cronbach, Paul E. Meehl, 1955), with 11,076 citations. Next come "A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology." (8,768) and "Validity of the Trail Making Test as an Indicator of Organic Brain Damage" (7,715).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 722 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Construct validity in psychological tests. Lee J. Cronbach, Paul E. Meehl · Psychological Bulletin | Jul 1955 | 11,076 |
| 2 | A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology. Douglas P. Crowne, David Marlowe · Journal of Consulting Psychology | Aug 1960 | 8,768 |
| 3 | Validity of the Trail Making Test as an Indicator of Organic Brain Damage Ralph M. Reitan · Perceptual and Motor Skills | Dec 1958 | 7,715 |
| 4 | The standards for educational and psychological testing. Daniel R. Eignor · American Psychological Association eBooks | 2013 | 7,079 |
| 5 | Personality Structure: Emergence of the Five-Factor Model John M. Digman · Annual Review of Psychology | 1990 | 6,515 |
| 6 | Understanding and using the Implicit Association Test: I. An improved scoring algorithm. Anthony G. Greenwald, Brian A. Nosek, Mahzarin R. Banaji · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2003 | 5,900 |
| 7 | Validity of psychological assessment: Validation of inferences from persons' responses and performances as scientific inquiry into score meaning. Samuel Messick · American Psychologist | Sep 1995 | 4,122 |
| 8 | Scale Development Research Roger L. Worthington, Tiffany A. Whittaker · The Counseling Psychologist | Nov 2006 | 4,013 |
| 9 | Factor analysis in the development and refinement of clinical assessment instruments. Frank J. Floyd, Keith F. Widaman · Psychological Assessment | Sep 1995 | 3,844 |
| 10 | Trail Making Test A and B: Normative data stratified by age and education Tom N. Tombaugh · Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology | 12 May 2003 | 3,278 |
| 11 | Normal personality assessment in clinical practice: The NEO Personality Inventory. Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae · Psychological Assessment | Mar 1992 | 3,250 |
| 12 | The international personality item pool and the future of public-domain personality measures Lewis R. Goldberg, John Anthony Johnson, Herbert W. Eber et al. · Journal of Research in Personality | 26 Oct 2005 | 3,236 |
| 13 | Toward an adequate taxonomy of personality attributes: Replicated factor structure in peer nomination personality ratings. Warren T. Norman · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology | Jun 1963 | 2,529 |
| 14 | Uses and abuses of coefficient alpha. Neal Schmitt · Psychological Assessment | Dec 1996 | 2,399 |
| 15 | Defining empirically supported therapies. Dianne L. Chambless, Steven D. Hollon · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 1998 | 2,327 |
| 16 | The SCL-90 and the MMPI: A Step in the Validation of a New Self-Report Scale Leonard R. Derogatis, Karl Rickels, A F Rock · The British Journal of Psychiatry | Mar 1976 | 2,324 |
| 17 | Reporting practices in confirmatory factor analysis: An overview and some recommendations. Dennis L. Jackson, James Arthur Gillaspy, Rebecca J. Purc‐Stephenson · Psychological Methods | Mar 2009 | 2,280 |
| 18 | Sugestões para o uso do mini-exame do estado mental no Brasil Sônia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Ricardo Nitríni, Paulo Caramelli et al. · Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria | Sep 2003 | 2,240 |
| 19 | A personality trait-based interactionist model of job performance. Robert P. Tett, Dawn D. Burnett · Journal of Applied Psychology | 28 May 2003 | 2,239 |
| 20 | Content validity in psychological assessment: A functional approach to concepts and methods. Stephen N. Haynes, David C. S. Richard, Edward S. Kubany · Psychological Assessment | Sep 1995 | 2,234 |
| 21 | The imposter phenomenon in high achieving women: Dynamics and therapeutic intervention. Pauline Rose Clance, Suzanne Imes · Psychotherapy | 1978 | 2,204 |
| 22 | Research design in clinical psychology Alan E. Kazdin · Journal of Clinical Psychology | 1952 | 2,162 |
| 23 | The next Big Five Inventory (BFI-2): Developing and assessing a hierarchical model with 15 facets to enhance bandwidth, fidelity, and predictive power. Christopher J. Soto, Oliver P. John · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 7 Apr 2016 | 2,135 |
| 24 | Domains and Facets: Hierarchical Personality Assessment Using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae · Journal of Personality Assessment | Feb 1995 | 2,112 |
| 25 | Alliance in individual psychotherapy. Adam Otto Horvath, A. C. Del Re, Christoph Flückiger et al. · Psychotherapy | 2011 | 2,049 |
| 26 | Psychometric Properties of the HEXACO Personality Inventory Kibeom Lee, Michael C. Ashton · Multivariate Behavioral Research | Apr 2004 | 1,991 |
| 27 | Linguistic styles: Language use as an individual difference. James W. Pennebaker, Laura A. King · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1999 | 1,861 |
| 28 | The relation of the Trail Making Test to organic brain damage. Ralph M. Reitan · Journal of Consulting Psychology | 1955 | 1,836 |
| 29 | Current Concepts in Validity and Reliability for Psychometric Instruments: Theory and Application David A. Cook, Thomas J. Beckman · The American Journal of Medicine | 28 Jan 2006 | 1,771 |
| 30 | The HEXACO-60: A Short Measure of the Major Dimensions of Personality Michael C. Ashton, Kibeom Lee · Journal of Personality Assessment | 20 Jun 2009 | 1,745 |
| 31 | How do self-attributed and implicit motives differ? David C. McClelland, Richard Koestner, Joel L. Weinberger · Psychological Review | Oct 1989 | 1,701 |
| 32 | Confirmation of the dimensional structure of the scl-90: A study in construct validation Leonard R. Derogatis, Patricia A. Cleary · Journal of Clinical Psychology | Oct 1977 | 1,577 |
| 33 | Psychometric Evaluation and Calibration of Health-Related Quality of Life Item Banks Bryce B. Reeve, Ron D. Hays, Jakob Bue Bjørner et al. · Medical Care | 18 Apr 2007 | 1,511 |
| 34 | Objective Tests as Instruments of Psychological Theory Jane Loevinger · Psychological Reports | Jun 1957 | 1,507 |
| 35 | Comparative Studies of Psychotherapies Lester B. Luborsky · Archives of General Psychiatry | Aug 1975 | 1,499 |
| 36 | Differentiating Entrepreneurs from Small Business Owners: A Conceptualization James W. Carland, Frank Hoy, William R. Boulton et al. · Academy of Management Review | Apr 1984 | 1,462 |
| 37 | The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory P. G. Britton, R. D. Savage · Elsevier eBooks | 1966 | 1,451 |
| 38 | The efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Jonathan Shedler · American Psychologist | 2010 | 1,421 |
| 39 | Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes: Robert P. Jordan · Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian | 26 Oct 1992 | 1,360 |
| 40 | Path-goal theory of leadership: Lessons, legacy, and a reformulated theory Robert James House · The Leadership Quarterly | Sep 1996 | 1,340 |
| 41 | Mediators, moderators, and tests for mediation. Lawrence R. James, Jeanne M. Brett · Journal of Applied Psychology | May 1984 | 1,335 |
| 42 | The Prevalence of Personality Disorders in a Community Sample Svenn Torgersen, Einar Kringlen, Victoria Cramer · Archives of General Psychiatry | Jun 2001 | 1,329 |
| 43 | The nature and measurement of meaning. Charles E. Osgood · Psychological Bulletin | 1952 | 1,326 |
| 44 | Facet Scales for Agreeableness and Conscientiousness: A Revision of the NEO Personality Inventory Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae, David A. Dye · Personality and Individual Differences | 1991 | 1,313 |
| 45 | The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group. Elliot Aronson, Judson Mills · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology | Sep 1959 | 1,312 |
| 46 | The dose–effect relationship in psychotherapy. Kenneth I. Howard, S. Mark Kopta, Merton S. Krause et al. · American Psychologist | 1986 | 1,309 |
| 47 | The effectiveness of psychotherapy: The Consumer Reports study. Martin E. P. Seligman · American Psychologist | 1995 | 1,260 |
| 48 | Approach-avoidance motivation in personality: Approach and avoidance temperaments and goals. Andrew J. Elliot, Todd M. Thrash · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2002 | 1,260 |
| 49 | Norms of Collegiality and Experimentation: Workplace Conditions of School Success Judith Warren Little · American Educational Research Journal | 1982 | 1,247 |
| 50 | Interpreting the magnitudes of correlation coefficients. James F. Hemphill · American Psychologist | 2003 | 1,246 |
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