Psychology: Finding Tests and Measures

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This guide identifies resources for finding tests and measures used in the field of psychology. These resources are meant to serve as a starting point. There are a variety of unpublished and published tests available for use. To view a full published test, you will most likely have to order it from a testing publisher. The library does not collect published instruments. You might also check with one of your professors or a researcher who has used the test in a recent study. Unpublished instruments will sometimes appear in the article that first mentions them. If you have any questions about using these resources or would like assistance searching for tests, please see a reference librarian at the Reference Help Desk in Olin or contact the Psychology Subject Librarian, Melissa Vetter .

For background reading about finding tests and measures in psychology, take a look at the APA's Guide for Finding Information About Psychological Tests and their Tips for Searching for Tests.

Looking for testing instruments available for a certain topic?

Have a specific test in mind?

Finding Tests on the Web

Freely Available Tests

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Looking for Testing Instruments Available by Topic?

Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment
2 volume set which covers a wide range of specific areas of study in psychology, from Achievement Motivation to Well-Being (including Life Satisfaction). Each entry includes a general conceptual and methodological overview, a section on relevant assessment devices, followed by links to related concepts in the encyclopedia and a list of references. A source such as Tests in Print can be used to gain more knowledge about the tools described here.

PsycINFO (1887 - )
Covers psychology and related fields from 1887 to the present. Sources include more than 1,800 journals along with a number of books, book chapters, dissertations, and reports. Updated monthly. Washington University students, faculty and staff may forward article requests directly from this database to Interlibrary Loan.

Cumulative index to Tests in Microfiche
Provides indexing for the Tests in Microfiche Collection that is available in Olin Library in the Microforms collection on Level A in drawer number 72 of the microfiche section filed under "Tests in Microfiche." The library owns the volume covering the years 1975-2000. For more information about how to access this collection, please see a librarian at the Reference Help Desk.

Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business
Describes and catalogs tests available for use by psychologists, educators, and human resource personnel.

Measures for Psychological Assessment: A Guide to 3,000 Original Sources and Their Applications
Provides annotated references to thousands of psychological measures first appearing in journal articles or other publications.

Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes
Measures of attitude and personality are reviewed by subject experts. Each entry contains the Test Title, Test Author and Publication Date, Variable, Description, Sample(s), Reliability, Validity, Location (where the measure has been published), and Results and Comments. Scale items and scoring instructions are included if allowed by the copyright holder.

Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures
This directory is a reference to recently developed, nonstandardized, experimental mental measures without evaluation.

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Looking for Specific Tests?

Tests in Print (1 concurrent user)
An index to tests, test reviews, and the literature on specific tests. Also includes publisher and ordering information.

ETS Test Collection Database
The Educational Testing Service Test Collection database contains records on over 20,000 tests and research instruments. It provides descriptive information and contact information, when available.

Test Publishing Companies

Directories of test publishers are included in most major testing resources. The size and scope of the directory usually reflects how many tests are included in that book. For example, Tests In Print provides brief information on the greatest number of commercially available tests and, thus, has an extensive publishers directory.

Here's a link to a list of major publishers of psychological tests:

• Association of Test Publishers
  To visit an organization's web site, click on the company name.

Alternately, the Test Collection at Educational Testing Service (ETS) has a free pamphlet entitled Major U. S. Publishers of Standardized Tests, which lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of 28 major test publishers. Call or write to them for a free copy:

• Phone: 1-609-734-5689 or E-mail: internet_brigham@ets.org

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Finding Tests on the Web

There are some web sites that contain psychological tests. Usually these are set up to have the user fill out a questionnaire and take the test, providing an online study group for the researcher. The tests themselves can be a useful source for your research.

• Do not use an online test for your own work without obtaining permission from the researcher or organization who created the web site.
• Information about reliability, validity, and related research may be lacking for online tests.

To find online tests, try:

• Psychological Research on The Net (Hanover College Psychology Department)
  This site links to known experiments on the Internet that are psychologically related. They are organized by general topic area and the sites contain the questionnaires and surveys.
• The Keirsey Temperament Sorter II ®
  Free 70-question personality instrument that helps individuals discover their personality type.
• Or search Yahoo! by this path: Social Sciences > Psychology > Research > Tests and Experiments.

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Freely Available Tests

Note: Just because a test is freely available doesn't mean that you can automatically use it for your research! Please check to see if permission is needed first.

Tests in Microfiche Collection
This collection offers information on a multitude of educational and psychological tests cited in the literature, but unavailable commercially, including both never-published and out-of-print tests. This collection is available in Olin Library in the Microforms collection on Level A in drawer number 72 of the microfiche section filed under "Tests in Microfiche." The library also owns the Cumulative Index to Test in Microfiche covering the years 1975-2000. For more information about how to access this collection, please see a librarian at the Reference Help Desk.

Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures
This directory is a reference to recently developed, nonstandardized, experimental mental measures without evaluation.

Tests and Measures Available in Books

Listed below is a sampling of instruments available in books held by Washington Univeristy Libraries. You might also try searching the catalog for other testing instruments. Some suggestions for doing this include searching for the name of the testing instrument you're looking for or trying a keyword search for the type of test you're looking for and test*. Example: personality and test*. For other suggestions, please see a reference librarian at the Reference Help Desk in Olin or contact the Psychology Subject Librarian, Melissa Vetter . Note: Once you click on the lists of instruments included on this page, you'll be taken to Helen Hough's Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences page . Actual testing instruments are not available on these pages. You'll need to get the physical copy of the book to see these measures.

•     Aday LA. (1989). Designing and conducting health surveys: A comprehensive guide. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
  (list of 4 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Allen JP & Columbus M (1985). Assessing alcohol problems: A guide for clinicians and researchers. [NIAAA Treatment Handbook Series 4] [HE 20.8308/2:4] Bethesda, MD: NIAA.
  (list of 75 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Allison, DB (1995). Handbook of assessment methods for eating behaviors and weight related problems: Measures, theory, and research. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage Publ.
  (list of 45 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     American Psychiatric Association. Task Force for the Handbook of Psychiatric Measures. (2000). Handbook of psychiatric measures. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
  (list of 104 instruments on accompanying CD - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Antonak RF & Livneh H (1988). Measurement of attitudes toward people with disabilities: Methods, psychometrics and scale. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas
  (list of 24 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Bearden WO; Netemeyer RG & Mobley MF. (1993). Handbook of marketing scales: Multi item measures for marketing and consumer behavior research. Newbury Park, Calif: Sage Publ.
  (list of 125 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Bearden WO; Netemeyer RG &  Mobley MF. (1999). Handbook of marketing scales: Multi item measures for marketing and consumer behavior research. 2nd ed. Newbury Park, Calif: Sage Publ.
  (list of 197 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Bonjean CM; Hill RJ & McLemore SD (1967). Sociological measurement: An inventory of scales and indices. San Francisco: Chandler Publ.
  (list of 25 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Brodsky SL & Smitherman HO (1983). Handbook of scales for research in crime and delinquency. NY: Plenum.
  (list of 99 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Brunner GC II & Hensel PJ (1994). Marketing scales handbook: A compilation of multi-item measures. (3 vol. set.) Chicago: American Marketing Association.
  (list of 1955 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Cook JD; Hepworth SJ; Wall TD & Warr PB (1981). Experience of work: A compendium and review of 249 measures and their use. New York: Academic Press.
  (list of 93 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Corcoran K & Fischer J (2000). Measures for clinical practice: A sourcebook. 3rd Ed. (2vols) (2nd ed). New York: Free Pr.
  (list of 423 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Dahlberg LL; Toal SB; & Behrens CB (1998). Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviors among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools. Atlanta, Ga.: Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  Also available on the web as a PDF file: www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/measure.htm
  (list of 110 complete instruments - - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Fischer J; Corcoran K (1994). Measures for clinical practice: A sourcebook. 2nd Ed. (2vols). New York: Free Pr.
  (list of 334 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Fredman N; Sherman R. (1987). Handbook of measurements for marriage and family therapy. New York: Brunner Mazel Publ.
  (list of 24 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Gallo JJ; Reichel W & Andersen L. (1988). Handbook of geriatric assessment. Rockville, Md.: Aspen Publishers.
  (list of 30 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Hill PC & Hood RW (1999). Measures of religiosity. Birmingham, Ala.: Religious Education Press.
  (list of 124 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Jones RL (1996). Handbook of tests and measurements for Black populations. (2 Vols). Hampton, VA: Cobb & Henry Publishers.
  (list of 82 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Kane RA & Kane RL (1981). Assessing the elderly: A practical guide to measurement. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books.
  (list of 33 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Magura S; Moses BS. (1986). Outcome measures for child welfare services: Theory and applications. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America. Pg83-196
  (list of 2 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Mangen DJ & Peterson WA (1982). Research instruments in social gerontology. (3 vols). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Pr.
  (list of 298 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     McDowell I & Newell C. (1987). Measuring health: A guide to rating scales and questionnaires. New York: Oxford Univ. Pr.
  (list of 46 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Miller DC (1983). Handbook of research design and social measurement. 4th ed. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications.
  (list of 36 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Miller DC (1991). Handbook of research design and social measurement. 5th ed. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications.
  (list of 51 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse. (1973). Drug Use in America: Problem in Perspective, Appendix 1, Patterns and consequences of Drug Use. [Y 3.M 33/2:1/973/app/v.1] Wash., D.C.: NCMDA.
  (list of 9 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Nehemkis A, Macari MA & Lettieri DJ (1984). Drug Abuse Instrument Handbook: Selected Items for Psychosocial Drug Research. [NIDA Research Issues 12]. Rockville, MD: NIDA.
  (list of 42 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Price JL and Mueller CW (1986). Handbook of organizational measurement. Marshfield,Mass.: Pitman.
  (list of 26 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Robinson JP, Athanasiou R & Head KB (1969). Measures of occupational attitudes and occupational characteristics. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
  (list of 56 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Robinson JP, Shaver PR & Wrightsman LS (1991). Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes. San Diego: Academic Pr.
  (list of 112 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Robinson JP, Shaver PR & Wrightsman LS (1999). Measures of political attitudes. Measures of social psychological attitudes, v.2. New York: Academic Pr.
  (list of 149 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Rubin RB, Palmgreen P & Sypher HE. (1994). Communication research measures: A sourcebook. New York: Guilford Pr.
  (list of 68 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Shaw ME & Wright JM (1967). Scales for the measurement of attitudes. NY: McGraw Hill.
  (list of 186 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Spreen O & Strauss E (1991). A Compendium of neuropsychological tests: Administration, norms, and commentary. NY: Oxford University Press.
  (list of 16 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington))
•     Thompson JK: Heinberg LJ; Altabe M; & Tanleff Dunn S (1999). Exacting beauty : theory, assessment, and treatment of body image disturbance. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association.
  (list of 36 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Touliatos J; Perlmutter BF & Straus MA (2001). Handbook of family measurement techniques. (3 vols.) Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications.
  (list of 189 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)
•     Tzeng, Oliver CS (1993). Measurement of love and intimate relations: theories, scales, and applications for love development, maintenance, and dissolution. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.
  (list of 28 complete instruments - compiled by Helen Hough, UT-Arlington)