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A "Common-Language" Version of the California Child Q-Set for Personality Assessment

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Caspi, A; Block, J; Block, JH; Klopp, B; Lynam, D; Moffitt, TE; Stouthamer-Loeber, M
Published in: Psychological Assessment
January 1, 1992

J. Block and J.H. Block's (1980) California Child Q-Set (CCQ), a unique instrument used by professional observers to assess children's personalities, has contributed important information about the nature of personality development. The authors of this article introduce language-simplifying modifications to the items in the original CCQ for this assessment procedure to be used with a wide range of nonprofessional observers (e.g., parents with little formal education). Reliability and validity assessments show that the "common-language" version of the CCQ can be used with lay persons to yield reliable, valid, and valuable information about the links between personality functioning and problems in adaptive functioning in diverse populations.

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Psychological Assessment

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ISSN

1040-3590

Publication Date

January 1, 1992

Volume

4

Issue

4

Start / End Page

512 / 523

Related Subject Headings

  • Clinical Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1503 Business and Management
 

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Caspi, A., Block, J., Block, J. H., Klopp, B., Lynam, D., Moffitt, T. E., & Stouthamer-Loeber, M. (1992). A "Common-Language" Version of the California Child Q-Set for Personality Assessment. Psychological Assessment, 4(4), 512–523. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.4.4.512
Caspi, A., J. Block, J. H. Block, B. Klopp, D. Lynam, T. E. Moffitt, and M. Stouthamer-Loeber. “A "Common-Language" Version of the California Child Q-Set for Personality Assessment.” Psychological Assessment 4, no. 4 (January 1, 1992): 512–23. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.4.4.512.
Caspi A, Block J, Block JH, Klopp B, Lynam D, Moffitt TE, et al. A "Common-Language" Version of the California Child Q-Set for Personality Assessment. Psychological Assessment. 1992 Jan 1;4(4):512–23.
Caspi, A., et al. “A "Common-Language" Version of the California Child Q-Set for Personality Assessment.” Psychological Assessment, vol. 4, no. 4, Jan. 1992, pp. 512–23. Scopus, doi:10.1037/1040-3590.4.4.512.
Caspi A, Block J, Block JH, Klopp B, Lynam D, Moffitt TE, Stouthamer-Loeber M. A "Common-Language" Version of the California Child Q-Set for Personality Assessment. Psychological Assessment. 1992 Jan 1;4(4):512–523.

Published In

Psychological Assessment

DOI

ISSN

1040-3590

Publication Date

January 1, 1992

Volume

4

Issue

4

Start / End Page

512 / 523

Related Subject Headings

  • Clinical Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1503 Business and Management