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Table of Contents
Vol 6 (2024)

ISSN: 2707-1618 (print)  |  ISSN:  2617-2798 (online)African Journal of Psychological Assessment

Editorial
Assessment Futures: Reflections on the next decade of 
Psychological Assessment in South Africa
Sumaya Laher
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a166 | 21 November 2024

Original Research
Can a general factor be derived from employees’ responses to 
items on the Individual Work Performance Review?
Xander van Lill, Leoni van der Vaart
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a133 | 22 January 2024

Original Research
Montreal Cognitive Assessment test: Psychometric analysis of a 
South African workplace sample
Charles H. van Wijk, Willem A.J. Meintjes, Chris J.B. Muller
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a151 | 13 February 2024

Original Research
Invariance and item bias of the Mental Health Continuum  
Short-Form for South African university first-year students
Karina Mostert, Leon de Beer, Ronalda de Beer
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a143 | 26 March 2024

Original Research
Criterion validity of the 10 personality aspects for 
performance in South Africa
Xander van Lill, Cobi Hayes
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a129 | 16 April 2024

Original Research
Measurement invariance of cognitive and affective job  
insecurity: A cross-national study
Gina Görgens-Ekermans, Valerio Ghezzi, Tahira M. Probst, 
Claudio Barbaranelli, Laura Petitta, Lixin Jiang, Sanman Hu
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a147 | 25 April 2024

Original Research
Experiences of experts in intelligence measurement of 
South African school learners
Ilze Van der Merwe, Petro Erasmus, Werner De Klerk
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a148 | 20 May 2024

Original Research
Phonemic verbal fluency in non-WEIRD populations: Demographic 
differences in performance in the Controlled Oral Word  
Association Test-FAS
Aline Ferreira-Correia, Hillary Banjo, Nicky Israel
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a152 | 24 May 2024

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Original Research
Story-linked item design in tablet-based assessment for 
preschool children: Insights from testing
Rivca Marais, Louise Stroud, Cheryl Foxcroft, Johan Cronje,  
Jennifer Jansen
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a154 | 28 May 2024

Original Research
Systematic comparison of resilience scales using retrospective 
reports: A practical case study using South African data
Charles H. van Wijk
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a150 | 17 July 2024

Original Research
Reliability, validity and dimensionality of the 12-Item 
General Health Questionnaire among South African  
healthcare workers
Clement N. Kufe, Colleen Bernstein, Kerry Wilson
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a144 | 17 October 2024

Original Research
Examining the unidimensionality of the PHQ-9 with 
first responders: Evidence from different psychometric  
paradigms
Tyrone B. Pretorius, Anita Padmanabhanunni
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a165 | 10 December 2024

Original Research
Impact of unanswered questions on examinees’ latent traits: 
An item response theory perspective
Joseph T. Akinboboye, Musa A. Ayanwale, David A. Adewuni, 
Yohanna I. Vincent
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a161 | 16 December 2024

Book Review
Towards transformation of psychological assessment practices 
in South Africa
Erica Munnik
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a164 | 16 September 2024

Reviewer Acknowledgement
African Journal of Psychological Assessment | Vol 6 | a169 |08 November 2024

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