The main purpose of this article and this special section is to encourage greater attention to
evidence-based assessment (EBA) in the development of a scientifically supported clinical …

Advances in measurement of child and adolescent social, emotional, and behavioral
functioning and clinical disorders have been remarkable and remarkably reviewed in the …

This article addresses the following cross-cutting issues evident in the special section of this
issue:(a) current diagnoses do not provide adequate validity criteria;(b) the heterogeneity …

In the past decade, there has been considerable attention devoted to evaluating the
scientific merit of psychological treatments. In 1995, Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) of the …

Assessment has been a historical strength of psychology, with sophisticated traditions of
measurement, psychometrics, and theoretical underpinnings. However, training …

In an era of evidence-based practice, why are clinicians not typically engaged in evidence-
based assessment? To begin to understand this issue, a national multidisciplinary survey …

Objective To provide an evidence-based review of measures of psychosocial adjustment
and psychopathology, with a specific focus on their use in the field of pediatric psychology …

Evidence-based assessment (EBA) emphasizes the use of research and theory to inform the
selection of assessment targets, the methods and measures used in the assessment, and …

A recent special issue of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology included papers focused on
evidence-based assessment across several broad domains of assessment in pediatric …

This article introduces a new feature in the journal: Evidence Base Updates. Starting with
this issue of the journal, there will be one such update in each issue. The updates will focus …