Assessing Personality Using Self-Report Measures with African American Clients

Abstract

A lack of clinically meaningful differences between groups suggests that the personality measure is useful for assessing psychopathological constructs that exist across cultures. Most of the empirical studies on self-report personality instruments have been conducted with clinical samples, but when nonclinical samples were utilized it was more likely that significant differences were found between racial and ethnic groups, suggesting that cultural or adjustment related factors may influence personality profiles. More research in this area is needed before conclusions can be made. Research to identify expected group differences could help make personality assessments more useful and help control any potential test bias. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)