prevention and, 466– 471
principles of, 460
self-help, 478– 479
social change and, 480– 481
social intervention concepts, 474– 476
training for psychologists in, 481
Community Psychology(Dalton, Elias, Wandersman), 464
Competence, 86, 90
Competency to stand trial, 548, 560
Computer-assisted therapy, 82– 83
Computer-based assessment, 250–251, 273– 274
Computer-based test interpretations
(CBTIs), 250– 251
Computer interviewing, 165–166, 189
Computerized Diagnostic Interview Schedule Revised
(CDISR), 166
Concordance rate, 202, 215
Concurrent family therapy, 447, 454
Concurrent validity, 187, 189, 196, 197, 270
Concussion, 519, 536
Conditioned Reflex Therapy(Salter), 43
Conditioning, 42
Confidentiality, 87–88, 90, 121, 124
assessment tests and, 247– 248
Confirmatory factor analytic approaches, 222– 223
Conformity to norms, 156
Confound, 110, 124
Congress of Mental Science, 143
Congruence, 95, 375, 395
Conjoint family therapy, 445–447, 454
Connecticut, 53
Consequent events, 257, 280
Construct validity, 187, 189, 196, 197, 216, 252
in behavioral assessment, 270
for objective personality tests, 223
Consultation, 16–17, 476–478, 483
Consultation, by forensic psychologists, 552– 556
Consultee-centered administrative consultation,
477, 483
Consultee-centered case consultation, 477, 483
Consumer Reports, 314, 329
Contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy, 357
Content validation, 196, 216, 252
in behavioral assessment, 270
for objective personality tests, 221– 223
Content validity, 186–187, 189, 216
Contingency contracting, 410, 428, 451, 455, 496
Contingency management, 410–411, 428
Control groups, 124, 334
Controlled drinking, 501, 510
Controlled observation, 97–98, 125, 265–267, 280
Controlled performance technique, 265–267, 280
Contusions, 519, 536
Coping appraisal, 492, 510
Coping model, 503, 510– 511
Coronary heart disease, 493, 511
Correlates, 285, 307
Correlational methods of research, 101– 106
Correlation coefficient, 101–102, 125, 185
Correlation matrices, 105, 125
Counseling psychologists, 7–8, 30
Counterconditioning, 405, 428
Couples therapy, 431, 432, 450–452, 454–456.see also
family therapy; group therapy
behavioral marital therapy, 450
efficacy of, 452– 453
emotionally focused, 451– 452
Coverage, diagnosis and, 147, 152
Covert sensitization, 411, 428
Criminal cases, psychologists’roles in, 545– 548
Crisis interview, 176–184, 190
Criterion-related validity, 187, 190
Critique of therapy, 43
Cross-sectional design, 105–106, 125
Crystallized ability, 198, 216
Cultural competence, 85, 90, 324
Cultural relativity, 134, 156
Culture
clinicians’values and, 171– 172
community psychology and, 468, 481
cultural relativity, 134, 156
diagnosis and, 136
Culture-specific expertise, 85
Curative factors, in group therapy, 439, 455
Cutoff points, 131, 134, 156Dangerousness, predicting, 550– 552
Data acquisition, 272–274, 290, 324
Daubert v. Merrell Dow, 543
Death instinct, 346, 367
Debriefing, 123, 125
Deception, 121–123, 125
Decision making, 383
Defense mechanisms, 348–349, 368
Defenses, in Gestalt therapy, 386– 387
Degenerative diseases, of brain, 520, 536
Delirium, 520, 537
Demographics of clinical psychologists, 20–21,
25 – 27
Dependent variables, 107, 125SUBJECT INDEX 649