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The first self-assessment based on Marston's DISC theory was created in 1956 by Walter Clarke, an industrial psychologist. In 1956, Clarke created the Activity Vector Analysis, a checklist of adjectives on which he asked people to indicate descriptions that were accurate about themselves. [6]
Activity vector analysis (AVA) is a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure four personality factors or vectors: aggressiveness, sociability, emotional control and social adaptability. [1]
A personality test is a method of assessing human personality constructs.Most personality assessment instruments (despite being loosely referred to as "personality tests") are in fact introspective (i.e., subjective) self-report questionnaire (Q-data, in terms of LOTS data) measures or reports from life records (L-data) such as rating scales.
It is a type of cognitive style measurement and model, and is often compared to psychological pseudoscientific assessments such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, [1] [2] Learning Orientation Questionnaire, [3] DISC assessment, [4] and others. [5]
The following diagnostic systems and rating scales are used in psychiatry and clinical psychology.This list is by no means exhaustive or complete. For instance, in the category of depression, there are over two dozen depression rating scales that have been developed in the past eighty years.
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Many psychologists conduct assessments when providing services. Psychological assessment is a complex, detailed, in-depth process. Examples of assessments include providing a diagnosis, [7] identifying a learning disability in schoolchildren, [8] determining if a defendant is mentally competent, [9] [10] and selecting job applicants. [11]
Xurizuri Yes, DISC assessments that are normative (non-ipsative) and that do not claim to analyze 'adaptive style' are valid. However, I am not sure how to bridge the issue of mentioning what traits a DISC assessment has to have or not have to be valid in the article without running into issues of sourcing from publishers.