Uso y análisis de test psicológicos por parte de psicólogos forenses y docentes.

Abstract

This article aims to describe the use and analysis of the tests according to the experience of forensic psychologists and teachers in various universities in Bogotá, to detect common shortcomings and training challenges. Regarding the methodology, it was qualitative with content analysis; the instrument used was a semi-structured interview, which was applied to 10 professional legal psychologists with experience as private forensic experts and teachers from different universities in Bogotá. The categories of analysis that were generated were: errors in the use of psychological tests, origin of these errors, difficulties encountered, psychometrics, and recommendations. The most important result of the study was to make obvious errors such as the lack of knowledge of the technical quality of the tests, the identification of the construct which should be evaluated, choice of the test, use of projective tests and tests that are not original; In relation to the origin of the errors found, the interviewees agree to attribute these to a poor and deficient formation of psychometrics in the undergraduate, and ignorance of basic statistical concepts, as well as difficulties related to limited knowledge about application, selection and use. of the psychological instruments. Finally, professionals make some recommendations to choose how to interpret a test, taking into account that they are important conditions to achieve the proper exercise of the forensic psychologist in Colombia