Personality Assessment Instrument
Personality Assessment Instrument
Dechazlon C. Burnett
Psych/525
March 30, 2012 Nancy Berman Lees
Personality Assessment Instrument There have been a lot of assessments used in the selecting of possible top candidates in the job market today; it has also been used very well in the educational system as well. Looking more in depth of what Personality Assessment is all about, According to "The Free Dictionary" (2012), it is defined as a “questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of a person 's personality traits; "a personality inventory is a direct test of personality, as contrasted with a projective test". Which brings us to the reason for this paper; we will be discussing Bulimia Nervosa, and how the analyzed medical issues the mental are related to Bulimia Nervosa. We will take a look at how this particular instrument is being used to describe the disease. Also we will discuss the characteristics uses and the purpose of this disease as well. Lastly, we will go deeper in looking at the purpose of the actual test here, called the (BULIT-R) which is the Bulimia Test Revised. The relationship between DSM-IV, BULIT-R and MMPI-3 will be analyzed closely. Then of course we will discuss the summary of the two by looking at the difference and looking at the psychometric properties of the BULIT-R test that is used for many individuals that are known to have Bulimia Nervosa. Below let’s talk more in depth about Bulimia Nervosa.
Bulimia Nervosa “Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder that is chiefly characterized by binge eating coupled with feelings of loss of control while eating, using inappropriate methods (such as self-induced vomiting, dieting, and excessive exercise) to prevent weight gain and extreme concern about body weight and shape (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Associations, 1994)” (Fernandez,Malacrne, Wilfley, & McQuaid, 2006, p. 404).The thing with Bulimia is that individuals try to lose the unwanted weight , by fasting, using
Dechazlon C. Burnett
Psych/525
March 30, 2012 Nancy Berman Lees
Personality Assessment Instrument There have been a lot of assessments used in the selecting of possible top candidates in the job market today; it has also been used very well in the educational system as well. Looking more in depth of what Personality Assessment is all about, According to "The Free Dictionary" (2012), it is defined as a “questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of a person 's personality traits; "a personality inventory is a direct test of personality, as contrasted with a projective test". Which brings us to the reason for this paper; we will be discussing Bulimia Nervosa, and how the analyzed medical issues the mental are related to Bulimia Nervosa. We will take a look at how this particular instrument is being used to describe the disease. Also we will discuss the characteristics uses and the purpose of this disease as well. Lastly, we will go deeper in looking at the purpose of the actual test here, called the (BULIT-R) which is the Bulimia Test Revised. The relationship between DSM-IV, BULIT-R and MMPI-3 will be analyzed closely. Then of course we will discuss the summary of the two by looking at the difference and looking at the psychometric properties of the BULIT-R test that is used for many individuals that are known to have Bulimia Nervosa. Below let’s talk more in depth about Bulimia Nervosa.
Bulimia Nervosa “Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder that is chiefly characterized by binge eating coupled with feelings of loss of control while eating, using inappropriate methods (such as self-induced vomiting, dieting, and excessive exercise) to prevent weight gain and extreme concern about body weight and shape (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Associations, 1994)” (Fernandez,Malacrne, Wilfley, & McQuaid, 2006, p. 404).The thing with Bulimia is that individuals try to lose the unwanted weight , by fasting, using
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