PsycTESTS®
PsycTESTS® is a research database that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration.
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Benefits
What you can expect from PsycTESTS
Comprehensive Test Coverage
- Focuses primarily on unpublished tests, those developed by researchers but not made commercially available
- Most records link to a variety of materials describing the test in peer-reviewed literature, technical reports, or dissertations as well as links to related peer-reviewed literature describing test development, review, or use
- All records include a summary that describes the test, with its purpose and some history of its development
- Most records include the actual test instrument
High-Quality Records and Search Features
- Each record includes data on the scope of the test, test implementation, a high-level overview of the test's development, and reliability and validity data (when available)
- Users can browse tests using the test name or acronym, author, construct, or year and get directly to the test record
- Or they can create detailed searches across a variety of customized fields such as construct, index terms, author, format, population, and so on
- Search results integrate with other APA databases, offering a unified display for improved discoverability
Authoritative Sources
- Tests include those compiled from a systematic review of peer-reviewed journals published by APA, Hogrefe Publishing Group, and other large publishers; technical reports from PsycEXTRA®; contributions from individual test authors; collections from the Archives of the History of American Psychology; and more
- Records are created by skilled indexers with deep knowledge of the psychology literature
- Links are provided for each instrument to source documentation containing a full citation, DOI for the full text, and a link to the PsycINFO® or PsycEXTRA record
Additional Features
- Commercially available tests indexed by APA are also included, with links to purchase the instrument from the publisher
- Other instruments are available for download and use, and many records include documentation such as instructions or scoring sheets
- Textual information is in printable PDF; some tests are multi-media or computer software
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