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Understanding the Impact of Clergy Sexual Abuse
Betrayal and Recovery
The sexual exploitation of a child by one who has been recognized as a representative of God is a sinister assault on that person’s psychosocial and spiritual well-being. Many survivors of such abuse present with a range of symptoms consistent with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as well as common...
Published May 19th 2009 by Routledge
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The New Psychometrics
Science, Psychology and Measurement
Many psychological factors are little more than statistical descriptions of particular sets of data and have no real significance. Paul Kline uses his long and extensive knowledge of psychological measurement to argue that truly scientific forms of measurement could be developed to create a new...
Published March 1st 2000 by Routledge
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Handbook of Psychological Testing
2nd Edition
Since publication in its first edition the Handbook of Psychological Testing has become the standard text for organisational and educational psychologists. It offers the only comprehensicve, modern and clear account of the whole of the field of psychometrics. It covers psychometric theory, the...
Published October 6th 1999 by Routledge
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An Easy Guide to Factor Analysis
Factor analysis is a statistical technique widely used in psychology and the social sciences. With the advent of powerful computers, factor analysis and other multivariate methods are now available to many more people. An Easy Guide to Factor Analysis presents and explains factor analysis as...
Published November 10th 1993 by Routledge
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Personality
The Psychometric View
Although the psychometric view of personality is well established, it is little dealt with in most textbooks. Personality: the Psychometric View describes clearly the methods and findings of the psychometric testing of personality. Leading author Paul Kline discusses the theory of personality...
Published June 23rd 1993 by Routledge
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Intelligence
The Psychometric View
Paul Kline's latest book provides a readable modern account of the psychometric view of intelligence. It explains factor analysis and the construction of intelligence tests, and shows how the resulting factors provide a picture of human abilities. Written to be clear and concise it none the less...
Published December 5th 1990 by Routledge
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Psychology and Freudian Theory
An Introduction
This is a clear and accessible introduction to Freudian theory and its status in modern psychology. Paul Kline examines the evidence for and against psychoanalytic theories and shows that, far from being out of date, they can be supported by modern psychological research. He writes for the student...
Published December 19th 1984 by Routledge