Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and ...

CHAPTER 4 STANDARDS AND FAIRNESS79Cuban Behavioral Identity Questionnaire(CBIQ; Garcia & Lega, 1979)Hispanic Acculturation Scale (HAC;Marin et al., 1987)Children ’ s Hispanic Background Scale(CHBS; Martinez, Norman, & Delaney,1984)Cultural Life Style Inventory (Mendoza,1989)Multi-dimensional Scale of CulturalDifferences (MSCD; Olmedo, Martinez,& Martinez, 1978)Multi-cultural Experience Inventory(MEI; Ramirez, 1984)Behavioral Acculturation Scale (BAS;Szapocznik, Scopetta, & Aranalde, 1978)Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire(BIQ; Szapocznik & Kurtines, 1980)ConclusionsThe child psychologist of today has tobecome steeped in various ethical, legal,professional, language and cultural issues, andstandards of practice that face the profession.It is necessary for the practitioner to seekthis knowledge through experiences duringgraduate school and beyond. Continuousprofessional development is especiallyimportant in order to achieve fairness in theassessment process. Knowledge of cultural,linguistic, technology change, and othereffects on assessment remains in its infancy,thus portending considerable change in thefuture.and appropriate use of assessments andinterventions, limiting use of psychologicaltests to qualified professionals, andmaintenance of test security.2. The Standards for Educational and PsychologicalTesting (AERA, APA, NCME, 1999)provide a rich resource for maintainingstandards of practice.3. While psychometric evidence of content-,construct-, or criterion-relatedvalidity test bias can be found, littlecompelling evidence of bias is found forvarious groups residing in the UnitedStates. As a result, the focus has nowchanged to implicate test misuse as themajor contributing factor in improperassessment of children.4. The renewed focus on test use comes ata time when psychologists are seekingto improve test use for various culturaland linguistic groups.5. The emic perspective refers to behaviorthat is thought to be specific to a culture,whereas the etic perceptive presupposesthe behavior theory and lawsof psychology that are applicable crossculturally.6. The Guidelines for Providers of PsychologicalServices to Ethnic, Linguistic, andCulturally Diverse Populations give specificand helpful advice to the clinicianseeking to carry out a competentevaluation of a child for whom cultural/social linguistic issues provide threatsto test validity.7. There are now formal and quantifiablemethods for assessing acculturation.Chapter SummarySome of the APA ethics principles of relevanceto assessment include1. Evaluation, diagnosis, or interventionin a professional context, competence