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Interactive edition · in Ukrainian · version 1.0 (2026)

“Psychodiagnostics” by Leonid F. Burlachuk

The classic textbook on psychological assessment by the founder of VPA, on which generations of psychologists in Ukraine were trained — now in an updated interactive Ukrainian edition: a revised translation of the 2nd edition, modern notes that update outdated passages, redrawn figures, terms linked to the dictionary, and 21 interactive figures.

What makes it different

  • The history of psychodiagnostics in the USSR and Ukraine — from the 1936 decree that banned testing, through the revival of the 1960s–1980s, to independent Ukraine. Rarely covered in English-language textbooks.
  • “Then / Now” notes on every outdated passage: current editions of instruments (MMPI-3, WAIS-5, WISC-V, R-PAS), DSM-5-TR and ICD-11, the 2014 Standards and the ITC guidelines, with references to primary sources.
  • Interactive figures for teaching: reliability and confidence intervals, true score and regression to the mean, standard scores, item response theory, factor rotation, validity and screening accuracy, the Flynn effect, inter-rater agreement.
  • The author’s lecture “The Formation of Psychodiagnostics in the USSR and Independent Ukraine” (2016, in Russian with Ukrainian subtitles), embedded next to the topics it discusses.
  • For lecturers — ready-made class sessions with answer keys, student handouts and a projector mode for the interactive figures.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1. History of Psychodiagnostics (in Ukrainian · 5 interactive)
  2. Chapter 2. Psychodiagnostics as a Science (in Ukrainian)
  3. Chapter 3. Psychometric Foundations of Psychodiagnostics: Main Stages of Test Construction (in Ukrainian · 11 interactive)
  4. Chapter 4. Measuring Intelligence (in Ukrainian · 4 interactive)
  5. Chapter 5. Personality Questionnaires (in Ukrainian)
  6. Chapter 6. Projective Techniques (in Ukrainian · 1 interactive)

Chapter 1 is open in full; chapters 2–6 open with the introduction and the first section. The full text is available with access to the site’s materials or VPA membership.

How to cite

Burlachuk, L. F. (2026). Psychodiagnostics: Interactive edition (Version 1.0; Ukrainian translation, scientific editing and modern notes by the All-Ukrainian Psychodiagnostic Association). Kyiv: VPA. https://vpa.org.ua/textbook

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