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Assessment


eISSN: 15523489 | ISSN: 10731911 | Current volume: 32 | Current issue: 7 Frequency: 8 Times/Year

Assessment (ASM) focuses on advancing clinical assessment science and practice, with an emphasis on information relevant to the use of assessment measures, including test development, validation, and interpretation practices. Articles cover the assessment of cognitive and neuropsychological functioning, personality, and psychopathology, as well as empirical assessment of clinically relevant phenomena, such as behaviors, personality characteristics, and diagnoses. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

About the Title

Keep abreast of the current research in assessment science and practice with Assessment, the journal that brings you important articles derived from psychometric research, clinical comparisons, theoretical formulations and literature reviews that fall within the broad domain of clinical and applied psychological assessment. The journal presents information of direct relevance to the use of assessment measures, including the practical applications of measurement methods, test development and interpretation practices, and advances in the description and prediction of human behavior. In addition, the journal examines the role of psychological assessment in advancing major issues in clinical science and practice.

The scope of the journal extends from the evaluation of individuals in clinical, counseling, health, and forensic settings.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/asmnt.

 

Assessment publishes articles advancing clinical assessment science and practice. The emphasis of this journal is on publication of information of relevance to the use of assessment measures, including test development, validation, and interpretation practices. The scope of the journal includes research that can inform assessment practices in mental health, forensic, medical, and other applied settings. Papers that focus on the assessment of cognitive and neuropsychological functioning, personality, and psychopathology are invited. Most papers published in Assessment report the results of original empirical research, however integrative review articles and scholarly case studies will also be considered. Papers focusing on a) new assessment methodologies and techniques for both researchers and practitioners, b) how assessment methods and research informs understanding of major issues in clinical psychology such as the structure, classification, and mechanisms of psychopathology, and c) multi-method assessment research and the integration of assessment methods in research and practice are of particular interest. The journal also encourages submissions introducing useful, novel, and non-redundant instruments or demonstrating how existing instruments have applicability in new research or applied contexts. All submissions should provide strong rationales for their efforts and articulate important implications for assessment science and/or practice.
 
Articles are invited that target empirical assessment of clinically relevant phenomena such as behaviors, personality characteristics, and diagnoses. Research subjects may represent diverse age and socioeconomic categories and both clinical and nonclinical populations. Research reviews and methodologically-focused papers will be considered.

Editor
Leonard Simms University at Buffalo, USA
Associate Editors
A. Alexander Beaujean Baylor University, USA
Cassandra L. Boness University of New Mexico, USA
Bovin, Michelle J. National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare and Boston University School of Medicine, USA
Michael Chmielewski Southern Methodist University, USA
Joshua D. Clapp University of Wyoming, USA
Jacobus Donders Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, USA
Laura Drislane University of Mississippi, USA
Thomas A. Fergus Baylor University, USA
Yuliya Kotelnikova University of Alberta, Canada
Kristian E. Markon University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology, USA
Michelle M. Martel University of Kentucky, USA
Elizabeth A. Martin University of California, Irvine, USA
Joni L. Mihura University of Toledo, USA
Adam P. Natoli Sam Houston State University, USA
Molly Nikolas University of Iowa, USA
Joshua R. Oltmanns Southern Methodist University, USA
Eunyoe Ro Southern Illinois University, USA
Gina Rossi Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium
Consulting Editors
Robert Ackerman University of Texas - Dallas, USA
Jaime L. Anderson Sam Houston State University, USA
Víctor B. Arias University of Salamanca, Spain
Mike Ashton Brock University, Canada
Lindsay E. Ayearst Independent Researcher, Canada
Joseph R. Bardeen Northern Illinois University, USA
Stephen D. Benning University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Wes Bonifay University of Missouri, USA
Robert F. Bornstein Adelphi University
Cassandra M. Brandes University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Amy B. Brunell Ohio State University, USA
Erin M. Buchanan Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, USA
Meredith Bucher University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA
Dr. A. (Arjan) C. Videler Tilburg University, Netherlands
Nicole M. Cain Rutgers University, USA
Matthew Calamia Louisiana State University, USA
Ryan W. Carpenter University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA
David S. Chester Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
David C. Cicero University of North Texas, Department of Psychology, USA
Ki Cole Oklahoma State University, USA
Olivier F. Colins Ghent University, Belgium
Ateka A. Contractor University of North Texas, USA
Christopher C. Conway Fordham University, USA
Heather Davis Virginia Tech, USA
David A. DeMatteo Drexel University, USA
Hilary L. DeShong Mississippi State University, USA
Carmen Diaz-Batanero University of Huelva, Spain
Julia M. DiFilippo Zur Institute, USA
M. Brent Donnellan Michigan State University, USA
Nicholas Eaton Stony Brook University, USA
Laszlo A. Erdodi University of Windsor, Canada
Joseph L. Etherton Texas State University, USA
Thomas Fergus Baylor University, USA
Leah Feuerstahler Fordham University, USA
Johnathan D. Forbey Ball State University, USA
Andrea Fossati School of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Eiko I. Fried Leiden University, Netherlands
Todd Girard Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Timo Gnambs Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
Sarah A. Griffin University of Houston Clear Lake, USA
Michael Hallquist University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA
Kirk S. Heilbrun Drexel University, USA
Christopher J. Hopwood University of Zurich, Switzerland
Courtland S. Hyatt Emory University, USA
Zornitsa Kalibatseva Stockton University, USA
Chester Chun Seng Kam The University of Macau, China
Sarah Karalunas Purdue University, USA
Abdolvahab Khademi University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Kevin M. King University of Washington, USA
Radhika Krishnamurthy Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Ian Kudel Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company, USA
John E. Kurtz Villanova University, USA
Daniel J. Lee National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, USA
Han-Joo Lee University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Tayla T.C. Lee Ball State University, USA
Holly Frances Levin-Aspenson University of North Texas, USA
Sara E. Lowmaster University at Buffalo, Department of Psychiatry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, USA
P. Priscilla Lui University of Washington, USA
Michelle M. Martel University of Kentucky, USA
Joshua D. Miller The University of Georgia, USA
Michael Moore Adelphi University, USA
Tyler M. Moore University of Pennsylvania, USA
Sascha Müller Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Germany
Kristin Naragon-Gainey University of Western Australia, Australia
Thomas Olino Temple University, Department of Psychology, USA
Christopher J. Patrick Florida State University, Department of Psychology, USA
Marilyn Piccirillo University of Washington, USA
Ralph L. Piedmont Center for Professional Studies, USA
Aaron L. Pincus Pennsylvania State University, USA
Lena C. Quilty Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada
Kathleen W. Reardon Cleveland State University, USA
Whitney Ringwald University of Minnesota, USA
Michael J. Roche Pennsylvania State University, Altoona
Craig Rodriguez-Seijas University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, USA
Barry Rosenfeld Fordham University, USA
Randall T. Salekin University of Alabama, USA
Douglas B. Samuel Purdue University, USA
Shannon Sauer-Zavala University of Kentucky, USA
Martin Sellbom University of Otago, Department of Psychology, New Zealand
Carla Sharp University of Houston, USA
Chelsea Sleep Cincinnati VA Medical Center, USA
Susan C. South Purdue University, USA
Matthew W. Southward University of Kentucky, USA
Kasey Stanton University of Wyoming, Department of Psychology, USA
Julie Ann Suhr Ohio University, USA
Takakuni Suzuki University of Tulsa, USA
Chand Taneja Vancouver Island Health Authority, Canada
Antonio Terracciano Florida State University, USA
Sarah A. Thomas Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Bradley Hospital, USA
Rachel L. Tomko Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Raymond P. Tucker Louisiana State University, USA
David Valentiner Northern Illinois University, USA
Carlo O.C. Veltri St. Olaf College, USA
Colin E. Vize University of Pittsburgh, USA
David Watson University of Notre Dame, Department of Psychology, USA
Frank Weathers National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, USA
Nathan C. Weed Central Michigan University, USA
Trevor Williams Northwestern University, USA
Sylia Wilson University of Minnesota, Institute of Child Development, USA
Matthew M. Yalch Palo Alto University, USA
Johannes Zimmermann University of Kassel, Germany
Assistants to the Editors
Leah Emery University at Buffalo, USA
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  • The editor invites high quality manuscripts covering a broad range of topics and techniques in the area of psychological assessment. These may include empirical studies of assessment of personality, psychopathology, cognitive functions or behavior, articles dealing with general methodological or psychometric topics relevant to assessment, or comprehensive literature reviews in any of these areas. This journal encourages submissions evaluating a) new assessment methodologies and techniques for both researchers and practitioners, b) how assessment methods and research informs understanding of major issues in clinical psychology such as the structure, classification, and mechanisms of psychopathology, and c) multi-method assessment research and the integration of assessment methods in research and practice. Additionally, the journal encourages submissions introducing useful, novel, and non-redundant instruments or demonstrating how existing instruments have applicability in new research or applied contexts. All submissions should provide strong rationales for their efforts and articulate important implications for assessment science and/or practice

    Research participants may represent both clinical and nonclinical populations.

    In general, regular articles should not exceed 30 pages of text, excluding Title Page, Abstract, Tables, Figures, Footnotes and Reference list.

    Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal should not simultaneously submit them to another journal, nor should manuscripts have been published elsewhere, including the World Wide Web, in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content.

    This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

    Manuscript Submission:

    Manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format (rtf) electronically at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/asmnt. Figures may be submitted using any of the formats listed below. If requesting a masked blind review, please ensure that both a manuscript file with no identifying author information and a separate title page with author details are included in your submission. Questions should be directed to the ASSESSMENT Editorial Office by email: assessment.editorial@gmail.com.

    If you or your funder wish your article to be freely available online to nonsubscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in SAGE Choice, subject to the payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer review procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let SAGE know directly if you are choosing SAGE Choice. To check journal eligibility and the publication fee, please visit SAGE Choice. For more information on open access options and compliance at SAGE, including self/author archiving deposits (green open access) visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.

    Preparation of Manuscripts:

    Authors should carefully prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the following instructions.

    Authors should use the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition, 2009) as a guide for preparing manuscripts for submission. All manuscript pages, including reference lists and tables, must be typed double-spaced.

    The first page of the paper (the title page) should contain the article title, the names and affiliations of all authors, authors’ notes or acknowledgments, and the names and complete mailing addresses of the corresponding author. If requesting a masked blind review, the first page should contain only the article title and the title page should be uploaded as a separate document.

    The second page should contain an abstract of no more than 150 words and five to seven keywords that will be published following the abstract.

    The following sections should be prepared as indicated:

    Tables. Each table should be fully titled, double-spaced on a separate page, and placed at the end of the manuscript. Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Footnotes to tables should be identified with superscript lowercase letters and placed at the bottom of the table. All tables should be referred to in the text.

    Figures. Electronic copies of figures can be submitted in one of the following file formats: TIFF, EPS, JPEG, or PDF. All figures should be referred to in text. Each figure should appear on a separate page at the end of the manuscript but before the tables, and all titles should appear on a single, separate page.

    Endnotes. Notes should appear on a separate page before the References section. Notes should be numbered consecutively and each endnote should be referred to in text with a corresponding superscript number.

    References. Text citations and references should follow the style of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition, 2009).

    Authors who want to refine the use of English in their manuscripts might consider utilizing the services of SPi, a non-affiliated company that offers Professional Editing Services to authors of journal articles in the areas of science, technology, medicine or the social sciences. SPi specializes in editing and correcting English-language manuscripts written by authors with a primary language other than English. Visit http://www.prof-editing.com for more information about SPi’s Professional Editing Services, pricing, and turn-around times, or to obtain a free quote or submit a manuscript for language polishing.

    Please be aware that SAGE has no affiliation with SPi and makes no endorsement of the company. An author’s use of SPi’s services in no way guarantees that his or her submission will ultimately be accepted. Any arrangement an author enters into will be exclusively between the author and SPi, and any costs incurred are the sole responsibility of the author.

    Supplemental Materials:

    Authors are encouraged to consider submitting ancillary analyses and other relevant information as electronic supplements. Such supplements should be uploaded using the supplemental files tag in Scholar One. Only doc, docx., and .pdf files are accepted for published electronic supplements. Electronic supplemental information for published manuscripts should take the form of Tables and Figures, formatted and annotated just as they would be for a manuscript, but numbered as Table S1, S2, S3, etc. and Figure S1, S2, S3 etc. Article text should refer to material in electronic supplements as appropriate, just as they would a table or figure in the published article.

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