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Biographical InformationBorn in Havana, Cuba  
  
  
Current PositionsProfessor Emeritus Department of Psychology Roosevelt University 430 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 Email: jchoca@roosevelt.edu
  
  
LicenseClinical Psychologist, State of Illinois (inactive)
  
  
BoardAmerican Board of Assessment Psychology
  
  
LanguagesFluency in both English and Spanish
  
  
Membership in Professional OrganizationsAmerican Psychological Association Hispanic Neuropsychological Society International Society for the Study of Personality National Latino Psychological Association National Academy of Neuropsychology Society for Personality Assessment (Fellow)
EducationBenedictine College, Atchison, Kansas September of l963 to June of l966
  
 Loyola University of Chicago September of l966 to June of l972 Bachelor of Science, l968 Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, l970 Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, l972
  
 Roosevelt University, Chicago August 2014 to August of 2022 Master of Fine Arts (MFA in Creative Writing), 2022
Clinical TrainingNorth Chicago Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Great Lakes, IL (l968-l970)
  
 Lake Forest College Counseling Center Lake Forest, IL (l970)
  
 Milwaukee Veterans Affairs Medical Center Milwaukee, WI (l970-l971)
  
 Lakeside Veterans Administration Hospital 333 East Huron Chicago, IL 60611 (1971-1972)
  
 Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL (l972)
  
 Training in neuropsychology under Joseph Bleiberg, PhD, Director of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (1980-1985)
  
Past PositionsProfessor Roosevelt University July 2015 to August 2020
  
 Chair of Psychology Roosevelt University July 2004 to January 2015
  
 Director of Doctoral Studies Roosevelt University January of 1999 to July of 2004
  
 Associate Professor, Division of Psychology Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Northwestern University Medical School 1975 to 1999
  
 Deputy Chief, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 1997 to 1999 Chief, VA Lakeside Medical Center, 1979 to 1997 Staff Psychologist, VA Lakeside Medical Center, 1974 to 1979
  
 Assistant Professor, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL September of l972 to July of l974
Current Research InterestsDevelopment of a DSM-5 based emotional questionnaire Standardization of Spanish version of above questionnaire Development of a briefer clinical version of the Rorschach
  
Teaching ExperienceCourses taught have included Introduction to Psychology, Basic Clinical Skills, Intellectual Assessment; Personality Assessment; Projective Personality Assessment; Psychopathology; Neuropsychological Assessment; Cultural Diversity, Diagnostic Seminar; and History and Systems of Psychology.

 

U.S. PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Agresti, A. A., Mouton, A., & Choca, J. (1991, October). Two dimentional analysis of Category Test performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Dallas, TX.

Agresti, A., Mouton, A., Choca, J., & Laatsch, L. (1992, August). Error pattern inde­pendence of score on Category Test performance. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Alexander, G. E., Choca, J. P., Bresolin, L. B., DeWolfe, A. S., Johnson, J. E., & Ostrow, D. G. (1987, May). Personality styles in affective disorders: Trait components of a state disorder. Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Alexander, G. E., Choca, J. P., DeWolfe, A. S., Bresolin, L. B., Johnson, J. E., & Ostrow, D. G. (1987, August). Interaction between personality and mood in unipolar and bipolar patients. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Arribas, D., Fernández, I., Corral, S., Cardenal, V., Sánchez-López, M. P., Ortíz-Tallo, M., & Choca, J. P. (2008, August). Spanish version of the MCMI-III. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Bresolin, M., & Choca, J. (1985, August). A comparative study of computer adminis­tered MMPI’s with psychiatric inpatients. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Bresolin, L., Choca, J., Okonek, A., & Ostrow, D. (1986, August). The validity of the MCMI in the assessment of affective disorders. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Chan, E., Choca, J., & Nelson, D. (2002, August). Performance Differences Between Low-Acculturated Chinese and Caucasian-American Students on the Emotional Assessment System. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Asian American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Cheney, D., Choca, J. P., Benjamin, D., Garside, D. (2015, March). Exploring the relationship of the Shipley-2 and the Computerized Category Test. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Brooklyn, NY.

Choca, J. (1992, August). Treatment plan and supportive psychotherapy training with the MCMI. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Choca, J. P. (1993, August). Fifty year retrospective: Milestones and controversies. In J. P. Choca (Chair), The Category Test on its 50th year: History and future. Symposi­um conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Choca, J. P. (1996, August). The equivalence of the Intermediate Category Test and Boll’s Children’s Category Test with Hispanics. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Choca, J. P. (1997, August). Millon personality polarities and the MCMI-III. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Choca, J. P. (1998, August). The evolution of Millon personality styles. In S. Strack (Chair), Millon’s evolving theory and measures. Symposi­um conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Choca, J. P. (2000, August). Overview of the Emotional Assessment System.In J. Choca (Chair), Developing a DSM-IV psychological inventory—The Emotional Assessment System. Symposi­um conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Choca, J. P. (2003, August). Overview of the Emotional Assessment System (EAS).In J. Choca (Chair), Developments with the Emotional Assessment System—An adaptive DSM-IV inventory. Symposi­um conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Choca, J. P. (2004, July). National versus local test norms.In J. Georgas and J. Choca (Chairs), Culture and intelligence testing—Cross-cultural issues involving the WISC-III and WAIS-III. Symposi­um conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Choca, J. P. (2005, March). The Emotional Assessment System: An adaptive DSM-IV-based personality inventory.In N. Abeles (Chair), Perspectives on the future of personality assessment. Symposi­um conducted at the annual convention of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago.

Choca, J. P. (2005, August).  New developments in the Emotional Assessment System (EAS). In S. Strack (chair), New developments in psychodiagnostic assessment. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Choca, J. P. (2006, August). Historical perspectives on the influence of education on intellectual scores.  In J. Choca (chair), Relationship of education and intellectual scores across cultures.  Symposium at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Choca, J. P. (2008, March). Overview of the Emotional Assessment System.  In J. Choca (chair),  Developing a test for the 21st century: The Emotional Assessment System.  Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, New Orleans.

Choca, J. P. (2008, August). Overview of the Emotional Assessment System.  In J. Choca (chair),  Introduction to the Emotional Assessment System, a new DSM-IV inventory.  Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Choca, J. P. (2008, August). Discussant.  In S. Strack (chair), New developments in Millon inventories assessment.  Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Choca, J. P. (2008, September). Clinical assessment and diagnosis of Latinos. Paper presented at the Cultural Impact Conference, Chicago.

 Choca, J. P. (2011, August). The MCMI-III and the DSM-5.  In S. Strack (chair), How well do existing measures assess the proposed DSM-5 criteria for personality disorders?  Symposium presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Choca, J. P. (2014, June). Contemporary clinical utilization of the Rorschach. Invited address to the Minneapolis Rorschach Society, Minneapolis, MN.  

Choca,  J. P.  (2015, March). The future of the Rorschach: Reclaiming the test from the empiricist’s pawn shop. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Brooklyn, NY.

Choca,  J. P.  (2015, March). Hertz Presentation: In memory of Theodore Millon. Invited talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Brooklyn, NY.

Choca,  J. P.  (2018, March). Adjusting the Rorschach to the XXI Century. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Washington, DC.

Choca,  J. P.  (2018, March). Using the MCMI-IV in treatment.  In S. Dawood (Chair) Personality assessment and treatment planning. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Washington, DC.

Choca,  J. P.  (2019, March). Discussant. In P. Porcelli (Chair), Bridge over troubled water: Theoretical models for Rorschach interpretation.  Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, New Orleans, LA.

Choca, J. P. (2019, August). Development of the Sistema Autodiagnóstico de Balance Emocional (SABE). In J. Choca (chair), International concurrence of psychopathological disorders—Results from three different countries. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Choca, J. P., & Agosta, A. (2116, August).  Developing an inventory for the DSM-5.  Symposium presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Choca, J. P., & Arribas, D. (2009, March). Differences in the presentation of Hispanic patients on the MCMI-III. In S. Strack (chair),  Current research on psychometrics and clinical applications of the MCMI-III.  Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago.

Choca, J., Bresolin, L., Okonek, A., & Ostrow, D. (1986, March). The validity of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory in the assessment of affective disorders. Paper presented at the Conference on the Millon Clinical Inventories, Miami, FL.

Choca, J. P., Francis, K., & Garside, D. (2013, March). Factor analytic validation of the proposed DSM-5 traits. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, San Diego, CA.

Choca, J. P., Gibeau, P. M., Craig, R. J., & Van Denburg, E. (2000, August). Diagnostic efficiency of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Choca, J., Greenblatt, R., Tobin, D., Shanley, L., & Van Denburg, E. (1989, August). Factor analytic structure of the MCMI items. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Choca, J., & Laatsch, L. (1994, August). Equivalence of the Adaptive Category Test and the full Halstead version. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Ameri­can Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Choca, J. P., & Laatsch, L. (1997, August). Developing a test for the year 2000: The Emotional Assessment System. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Choca, J., & Morris, J. (1990, August). Administering the Category Test by computer: Equivalence of results. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Choca, J., Muñoz, C., Garside, D. (2009, August). Are MCMI-III personality scales measuring personality disorders or personality styles? Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Choca, J., Okonek, A., Ferm, R., & Ostrow, D. (1982, May). The relationship of personality style and lithium efflux in affective disorders. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Toronto, Canada.

Choca, J., Peterson, C., Shanley, L., Mangoubi, E., & Richards, H. (1985, August). Models predicting length of psychiatric stay: the problem of generalizability. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Choca, J., Peterson, C., & Shanley, L. (1986, August). Racial bias and the MCMI. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological  Association, Washington, D.C.

Choca, J., Retzlaff, P., Strack, S., Mouton, A., & Van Denburg, E. (1994, August). Factorial elements of the MCMI-II personality scales. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Choca, J. P., & Rossini, E. (2008, March). Interpreting the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory.  Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, New Orleans.

Choca, J. P., Rossini, E. D., & Craig, R. J. (2005, March). Advanced interpretations for the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory. Workshop conducted at the annual convention of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago.

Choca, J. P., Rossini, E. D., & Craig, R. J. (2009, March). Advanced interpretations for the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory. Workshop conducted at the annual convention of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago.

Choca, J. P., & Rossini, E. D. (2016, March). The Practical Rorschach:  Adapting the Rorschach to the 21st century. Symposium conducted at the annual convention of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago.

Choca, J. P., Strack, S. N., & Rossini, E. (2011, March). Application of the MCMI-III in diverse populations.  Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston, MA.

Choca, J. P., Shanley, L. A., Peterson, C. A., & Hong, J. (1987, August). Post-traumatic stress disorder scale for the MCMI. Paper presented at the annual conven­tion of the American Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Choca, J. P., Van Denburg, E., Bratu, M. E., Meagher, S., & Updegrove, A. (1996, March). Personality changes of psychiatric patients with aging. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Denver, CO.

Choca, J., Van Denburg, E., Mouton, A. (1994, March). Time for a new look at an old Rorschach marker: Reaction times collected with the Hermann computer program.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

Choca, J., Van Denburg, E., Mouton, A., Shanley, L., & Levy, S. (1993, March). The use of the Hermann computer program in the administration of the Rorschach Inkblot Test. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assess­ment, San Francisco, CA.

Cook, P. K., Rossini, E., & Choca, J. P. (2003, August). Scrambled versus nested administration of items in a DSM-IV questionnaire. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Davis, W., Greenblatt, R, & Choca, J. (1991, August). Racial bias and the MCMI-II. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Dean, K. J., & Choca, J. (2001, August). Psychological changes of emotionally disturbed men with age. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

del Rosario, M., Choca, J. P., & Lu, L. (2011, August). New scale for the Halstead Category Test. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Dunkel, T. M., Choca, J. P., & Kvaal, S. A. (2008, March). Concurrent validation of a DSM-IV-based diagnostic assessment: The Emotional Assessment System.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, New Orleans.

Fenstermacher, J., Choca, J. P., & Garside, D. (2015, March). The Roosevelt University Digit Span Test (RUDS): Equivalence of Results. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Brooklyn, NY.

Grujic, Z., Choca, J., Russell, E. J., & Saver, J. (1994, July). Prosopagnosia due to unilateral left occipitotemporal infarction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, Newport, RI.

Hallongren, R. A., & Choca, J. P. (2006, August). Temporal stability of the Emotional Assessment System. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Hoffman, B., Choca, J., Gutmann, D., Shanley, L., & Van Denburg, E. (1989, August). Personality changes with aging in male psychiatric patients. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Hunter, J, Choca, J. P., & Garside, D. (2015, March). Racial differences on the MCMI-III.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Brooklyn, NY.

Hydes, N., & Choca, J. P. (2003, August). Convergent validity of the MCMI-III and the Emotional Assessment System (EAS).Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Krueger, K. R., & Choca, J. P. (2011, November) Assessing intelligence nad pre-morbid intelligence in the Spanish speaker. Invited address at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Marco Island, FL.

Krueger, K. R., de la Torre, G. G., Fuentes, H., & Choca, J. P. (2005, August). Comparing Spanish and English norms for the WAIS and WMS.  In J. Choca (chair), Spanish language adaptations of the Wechsler scales – WISC-IV, WAIS-III/WMS-III.  Symposium at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Laatsch, L., & Choca, J. (1990, August). Understanding the Category Test using item analysis.  Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Laatsch, L., & Choca, J. (1991, August). Creation of a computer-based adaptive Category Test. In L. Laatsch & J. Choca (Co-chairs), Computer-based adaptive testing: Applications to psychological assessment. Symposium conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Laatsch, L. K., Sandlow, L., Klamen, D., & Choca, J. P. (2000, August). Problem-solving skills using Adaptive Category Test in graduate students. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Leonard, J., Choca, J. P., & Gloss, B. (2004, March). The Emotional Assessment System and Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory with juvenile delinquents: A Comparison. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Miami, FL.

Miller, K., Choca, J., DeWolfe, A., Johnson, J., & Maier, R. (1995, August). Personal­ity patterns of male psychiatric patients: Analysis of the MCMI-II across clustering methods and clinical samples. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Ameri­can Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Miller, K., & Choca, J. (1997, August). Ethnic minority and majority MCMI-III personality clusters. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the Ameri­can Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Mitchell, K. L., & Choca, J. P. (2006, August).  Computerized assessment of neurologic disease: The Emotional Assessment System. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Muñoz, C., Choca, J., Garside, D. (2009, August). MCMI-III and Hispanics. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Muñoz, C., Rossini, E., Choca, J., & Garside, D. (2011, March). Psychiatric norms for the Rorschach.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston, MA.

Myers, M., & Choca, J. P. (2005, August). Gender differences on items derived from the DSM-IV.  Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Jasinski, N. E., Choca, J. P., & Ferrell, K. R. (2007, August). Face validity of five scales of the Emotional Assessment System. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Krueger, K., de la Torre, G. G., & Choca, J. P. (2006, August). Should standard scores be adjusted for the level of education?  In J. Choca (chair), Relationship of education and intellectual scores across cultures.  Symposium at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Pérez Martínez, S., Krueger, K., Choca, J. P., & Garside, D. (2012, August). Demographic adjustments for the Spanish version of the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scale.  In J. Choca (chair), Update on the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scale.  Symposium at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Rossi, G., Strack, S., & Choca, J. (2010, March). The ability of the Grossman Facet Scales to refine the diagnostic utility of the MCMI-III: an IRT analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, San Jose, CA.

Rossini, E., & Choca, J. P. (2010, August). Trends in aging with the MCMI-III in the United States.  In J. Choca (chair), International mellowing with age—MCMI-III data from four countries. Symposium presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.

Rossini, E. D., Choca, J. P, Fenn, D. L., & Muñoz, C. (2012, March). The teaching and learning of projective tests. Workshop conducted at the annual convention of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago.

Rouff, L., Van Denburg, E., Newman, A., & Choca, J. (1995, August). Prediction of dropout in an outpatient VA psychiatric clinic.  Paper presented at the annual conven­tion of the American Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Shimoni, Y., Benjamin, D. Paul, J., Choca, J., & Kholomyansky, R. (2016, March). Using the Emotional Assessment System to identify population sub-group differences. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago.

Strack, S. N., Choca, J. P., & Haddy, C. (2003, May). Circular Structure of Emotional Assessment System (EAS) Personality Disorder Scales. Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Strack, S., Choca, J. P., & Arribas, D. (2009, March).  Profile characteristics of psychiatric patients on the MCMI-III. In S. Strack (chair),  Current research on psychometrics and clinical applications of the MCMI-III.  Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago.

Strack, S., & Choca, J. P. (2010, March).  Using gender-free versus gender norms: Do profiles change? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, San Jose, CA.

Swanson, M., Craig, R., Choca, J., & Garside, D. (2012, March). Facets of personality: Factor analysis of MCMI-III personality scales for the development of empirically-based facet scales. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago.

Tullis, J. L., Choca, J., & Garside, D. (2014, March). The evolution of the Halstead Category Test. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality Assessment, Arlington, VA.

Van Denburg, E., Mouton, A., Shanley, L., & Choca, J. (1994, August). Concordance in ratings by therapists and supervisors.  Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Varn, M. E., Choca, J. P., & Kvaal, S. (2006, August). A DSM-IV-based diagnostic instrument: The Emotional Assessment System (EAS). Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Arredondo, E., Avilés-Santa, L., Choca, J., LaVange, L., Lee-Rey, E., Mosley, T., Penedo, F., Santisteban, D., Talavera, G., & Zee, P. (2011, March). Depression and anxiety in Hispanic/Latino subgroups in the United States and the relation to acculturation. Paper presented at the convention of the American Heart Association.

White, D., & Choca, J. P. (2018, August). How valid are personality clusters? Factor analysis of Emotional Assessment System personality items. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

 

 

INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Cultural Diversity immersion course for Roosevelt University in Guatemala with Professor Roberto Clemente, January 2008 and January 2009.

Choca, J. P. (2009, September). Interpreting the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory.  Invited workshop presented at the University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark.

Choca, J. P. (2010, March). La evaluación de la inteligencia con las escalas de Wechsler: Su aplicación en Neuropsicología. Invited address at the Psychology Faculty of the University of Seville, Seville, Spain.   

Choca, J. P. (2010, March). La evaluación de la inteligencia con las escalas de Wechsler: Su aplicación en Neuropsicología. Invited address at the Collegi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.   

Choca, J. P. (2010, April). La evaluación de la inteligencia con las escalas de Wechsler: Su aplicación en Neuropsicología. Invited address at TEA Ediciones, Madrid, Spain.   

Choca, J. P. (2010, April). Introduction to the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory.  Invited address at the Universidad del País Vasco, San Sebastián, Spain.

Choca, J.P. (2013, July). Evaluación de pacientes.  Invited workshop at the Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.

Choca, J. P. (2015, July). El uso del Hermann Rorschach administrator and scoring assistant Computer program. Paper presented at the Congreso Latinoamericano de Rorschach, Santiago de Chile, Chile. 

Choca, J. P. (2015, July). Rescatando el Rorschach de la casa  de empeños empíricos estadounidiense.   Paper presented at the Congreso Latinoamericano de Rorschach, Santiago de Chile, Chile. 

Choca, J.P. (2015, August). La evaluación Neuropsicológica.  Invited workshop at the Universidad of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

Choca, J.P. (2017, March). El Sistema Autodiagnóstico de Balances Emocionales: Un cuestionario para nuestros tiempos (The Sistema Autodiagnóstico de Balances Emocionales: A personality inventory for our times). Invited presentation at the Universidad de Santo Tomás, Concepción, Chile.

Choca, J.P. (2017, March). El Sistema Autodiagnóstico de Balances Emocionales: Un cuestionario para nuestros tiempos (The Sistema Autodiagnóstico de Balances Emocionales: A personality inventory for our times). Invited presentation at the Universidad Católica de Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Choca, J.P. (2017, April). Validez e importancia del Rorschach (The validity and importance of the Rorschach). Invited presentation at the Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Choca, J.P. (2017, April). El Rorschach Básico (The Basic Rorschach). Invited workshop at the Asociación Argentina  de Estudio e Investigación en Psicodiagnóstico (ADEIP), Rosario, Argentina.

Choca, J.P.  (2017, April). Comparant test projectius i qüestionatis: Novetats en el món dels exàmens projectius (Comparing projective tests and questionnaires: New developments in the world of projective tests). Invited address at the Col-legio Oficial de Psicologia de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.

Choca, J.P. (2017, April).  Etat actual del Rorschach i future:  Intents d’agilitzar el seu ús (The status of the Rorschach and its future: Proposals for making the test more useful).  Workshop done at the Col-legio Oficial de Psicologia de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.

Choca, J.P. (2017, April).  Presentació de casos i comparació amb el Rorschach reduït que proposa el professor James Choca (Presentation of cases and comparison with the reduced Rorschach proposed by Professor James Choca. Workshop done at the Col-legio Oficial de Psicologia de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.

Choca, J.P., & Pérez-Martínez, S. (2019, June). Introduction to the Emotional Assessment System, a DSM-5 self-report questionnaire. Workshop done at the Annual Conference of the International Council of Psychologists, Cádiz, Spain.

Choca, J.P., Paul, J., Shimoni, Y., & Benjamin, D. (2019, June). The mellowing of age: Effect of age on self-report inventories. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Council of Psychologists, Cádiz, Spain.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Bresolin, L., Choca, J., Okonek, A., & Ostrow, D. (1987). The validity of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory in the assessment of affective disorders. In C. Green (Ed.), Proceedings of the First Conference on the Millon Inventories. Minneapolis, MN: National Computer Systems.

Brinkmann, H., & Choca, J. (In print). Pruebas de Psicología Clínica. In M. Colli Alonso (ed.), Manual de Psicología Clínica. Enfoque cultural y latinoamericano. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Brujas.

Brinkmann, H., & Choca, J. (2017). The Rorschach Inkblot Test. In A. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of abnormal and clinical psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Brinkmann, H., & Choca, J. (2016). Recuperando el Rorschach: El Rorschach Elemental. Psicodiagnosticar, 26, 59-67.

Choca, J. (1980, 1988). Manual for clinical psychology trainees (1st and 2nd eds.). New York: Brunner/Mazel.

Choca, J. (1987). A system for word-processor aided school testing reports. School Psychology in Illinois, 9(3), 5.

Choca, J. (1993). Computerizing neuropsychological assessments. In B. Schlosser and K. L. Moreland (Eds.), Taming technology: Issues, strategies and resources for the mental health practitioner. Phoenix, AR: Division of Independent Practice of the American Psychological Association.

Choca, J. P. (1998). Review of the Millon Index of Personality Styles. In J. C. Impara and B. S. Plake (eds.), The mental measurement yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Choca, J. P. (1998). Review of the Basic Adlerian Scales for Interpersonal Success. In J. C. Impara and B. S. Plake (eds.), The mental measurement yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Choca, J. P. (2001). Review of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III. In B. S. Plake and J. C. Impara (eds.), The mental measurement yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Choca, J. P. (2001). Review of the REHAB: Rehabilitation evaluation Hall and Baker. In B. S. Plake and J. C. Impara (eds.), The mental measurement yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Choca, J. P. (2004). Interpretative guide for the MCMI (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Choca, J. P. (2013). The Rorschach Inkblot Test: An interpretative guide for clinicians. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Choca, J. P. (2017). Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory. Springer Encyclopedia.

Choca, J. P. (2021).  Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-IV). In I. B. Weiner & J. H. Kleiger (Eds.), Psychological Assessment of Disordered Thinking and Perception. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Choca, J., & Bresolin, L. (1993). The use of the MCMI with affective disorders. In R. J. Craig (Ed.), Basic Readings on the MCMI/MCMI-II. Hillside, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Choca, J., Bresolin, L., Okonek, A., & Ostrow, D. (1988). Validity of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory in the assessment of affective disorders. .Journal of Personality Assessment, 52, 96-105.

Choca, J. P., & Grossman, S. (2015). Evolution of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment, 97, 541-549.

Choca, J. P., Krueger, K. R., de la Torre, G. G., Corral, S., Garside, D. (2010). Demographic adjustments for the Spanish version of the WAIS-III. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 24, 619-629.

Choca, J., Laatsch, L., Wetzel, L., & Agresti, A. (1997). The Halstead Category Test: A fifty year perspective. Neuropsychology Review, 7, 61-75.

Choca, J. P., Laatsch, L., O’Keefe, G., Strack, S., Craig, R., Greenblatt, R., & Szucko, J. (2005). Manual for the Emotional Assessment System. Chicago: Roosevelt University.

Choca, J., & Morris, J. (1992). Administering the Category Test by computer: Equiv­alence of results. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 6, 9-15.

Choca, J., Peterson, C., & Shanley, L. (1986). Factor analysis of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 54, 253-255.

Choca, J., Peterson, C., & Shanley, L. (1987). DRGs: Forests and trees. American Psychologist, 42, 189-191.

Choca, J., Peterson, C., & Shanley, L. (1987). Racial bias and the MCMI: A factor analytic study. In C. Green (Ed.), Proceedings of the First Conference on the Millon Inventories. Minneapolis, MN: National Computer Systems.

Choca, J., Peterson, C. A., Shanley, L. A., Richards, H., & Mangoubi, E. K. (1988). Problems in using statistical models to predict psychiatric length of stay: An illustration. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 39, 195-197.

Choca, J., & Pignolo, C. (In print). Assessing negative response bias and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV: a review of the literature. In L. Giromini (Ed.), Psychological Injury and Law. Urdorf, Switzerland: Springer

Choca, J., Retzlaff, P., Strack, S., Mouton, A., & Van Denburg, E. (1996). Factorial elements of the MCMI-II personality scales. Journal of Personality Disorders, 10, 377-383.

Choca, J., & Rossini, E. (2008).  Theodore Millon: Therapy with personality. PsycCritiques, 53, 9.

Choca, J., & Rossini, E. (2018). Assessment using the Rorschach Inkblot Test. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Choca, J., Shanley, L. A., Peterson, C. A., & Van Denburg, E. (1990). Racial bias and the MCMI. Journal of Personality Assessment, 54, 479-490.

Choca, J., Shanley, L. A., & Van Denburg, E. (1992). Interpretative guide to the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Choca, J., Shanley, L. A., Van Denburg, E., Agresti, A., Mouton, A., & Uskokovic, L. (1992). Personality disorder or personality style: That is the question. Journal of Counseling and Development, 70, 429-431.

Choca, J. P., & Van Denburg, E. (1996). Manual for clinical psychology trainees (3rd ed.). New York: Brunner/Mazel.

Choca, J. P., & Van Denburg, E. (1996). Interpretative guide for the MCMI (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Decker, S. L., Allen, R., Choca, J. P. (2006). Construct validity of the Bender-Gestalt II: Comparison with Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 102, 133-141.

Gibeau, P., & Choca, J. (2005). The diagnostic efficiency of the MCMI-III in the detection of Axis  I disorders. In R. J. Craig (ed), New Directions in Interpreting the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Gonzalez, P., Weitzman, O., Merz, E., Nuñez, A., Camacho, A., Buelna, C., Isasi, C., Penedo, F. J., Perreira, Smoller, S. W., Choca, J. , Brintz, C., Talavera, G. (2017). Measurement properties of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D 10): Findings from HCHS/SOL Psychological Assessment, 29, 372-381.

Haddy, C., Strack, S., & Choca, J. P. (2005). Linking personality disorders and clinical syndromes with the MCMI-III. Journal of Personality Assessment, 84, 193-204.

Hill, E., & Choca, J. P. (2001). Review of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: Computer Version 3. Applied Psychology, 8, 109-112.

Kvaal, S. A.,  Choca, J. P., & Groth-Marnat, G. (2003). The integrated psychological report [pp. 398-433] . In L. E. Beutler and G. Groth-Marnat (Eds.), Integrative assessment of adult personality (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford. 

Kvaal, S. A.,  Choca, J. P., Groth-Marnat, G, & Davis, A. (2010). The integrated psychological report. In L. E. Beutler and G. Groth-Marnat (Eds.), Integrative assessment of adult personality (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford. 

Laatsch, L., & Choca, J. (1991). Understanding the Halstead Category Test using item analysis. Psychological Assessment, 3, 701-704.

Laatsch, L., & Choca, J. (1994). Cluster Branching methodology for adaptive testing and the development of the Adaptive Category Test. Psychological Assessment, 6, 345-351.

Ramos, A. R., Tarraf, W., Rundek, T., Redline, S., Wohlgemuth, W. K., Loredo, J. S., Sacco, R. L., Lee, D., Arens, R., Lazalde, P., Choca, J. P., Mosely, T. Jr., & Gonzalez, H. M. (2015). Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Neurocognitive Function among Hispanics/Latinos. Neurology, 84, 391-398.

Rossini, E., & Choca, J. (2008). Interpretation of the MCMI-III. In T. Millon and C. Bloom (Eds.), The Millon inventories: A practitioner’s guide to personalized clinical assessment (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford.

Ruocco, A. C., Swirsky-Sacchetti, T., & Choca, J. (2007). Assessing Personality and Psychopathology after Traumatic Brain Injury with the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III.  Brain Injury, 21, 1233-1244.

Sheridan, E. P., & Choca, J. P. (1991). Educational preparation and clinical training within a medical setting. In J. J. Sweet, R. H. Rozensky & S. M. Tovian (Eds.), Handbook of clinical psychology in medical settings. New York: Plenum.

Strack, S., Choca, J. P., & Gurtman, M. B. (2001). Circular structure of the MCMI-III personality disorder scales. Journal of Personality Disorders, 15, 263-274.

Turanzas, J., Cordón, J. R., Choca, J. P.,  & Mestre, J. M., (2018). Evaluating the APAC (Mindfulness for Giftedness) Program in a Spanish Sample of Gifted Children: A Pilot Study. Mindfulness, (), 1-13. doi:10.1007/s12671-018-0985-1

Van Denburg, E. J., & Choca, J. P. (1997). Interpretation of the MCMI-III. In T. Millon (Ed.), The Millon inventories: Modern clinical and personality assessment. New York: Guilford.

Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Arredondo, E., Avilés-Santa, L., Choca, J., LaVange, L., Lee-Rey, E., Mosley, T., Penedo, F., Santisteban, D., Talavera, G., & Zee, P. (2014). Depression, anxiety, antidepressant use and cardiovascular disease among  Hispanic men and women of different national backgrounds: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Annals of Epidemiology, 24, 822-830.

Zilmer, W. J., & Choca, J. (1989). An innovative rehabilitation program: Indoor golf for psychiatric patients. Clinical Kinesiology, 43, 69-70.

 

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS / COMPUTER PROGRAMS / Media

Choca, J. P. (2015). The Emotional Assessment System: A DSM-5 diagnostic questionnaire.  Chicago: Choca Assessments. 

Choca, J. P., & Garside, D. (2015). The Emotional Assessment System: A DSM-5 diagnostic questionnaire [Computer program].  Chicago: Choca Assessments. 

Choca, J. P. (2015). The Sistema Autodiagnóstico de Balance Emocional: Cuestionario para el DSM-5.  Chicago: Choca Assessments. 

Choca, J. P., & Garside, D. (2015). The Sistema Autodiagnóstico de Balance Emocional: Cuestionario para el DSM-5 [Computer program].  Chicago: Choca Assessments. 

Choca, J. P. (2016). Demonstration of the Rorschach Test (Video). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Books.

Choca, J. P. (2018).  Hermann10: A Rorschach administrator and scoring assistant [Computer program developed in collaboration with Jeffrey Kunka]. Chicago: Choca Assessments.

Choca, J. P., & Morris, J. (Producer). (2019, March 22). Interview with Dr. James Choca in The Blot Spot [Audio podcast).  Retrievable from https://theblotspot.com/podcast/tbs-podcast-episode-4-interview-with-dr-james-choca/.

Choca, J., Garside, D., Naden, G., & Fenstermacher, J. (2015).  Hermann: A Rorschach administrator and scoring assistant [Computer program] (3rd ed.). Chicago: Roosevelt University.

Choca, J., & Garside, D. (1989, 1992).  Hermann: A Rorschach administrator and scoring assistant [Computer program] (1st and 2nd eds.). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Multi-Health Systems.

Choca, J., Laatsch, L., Garside, D., & Arnemann, C. (1987, 1994). The Computer Category Test [Computer program] (1st and 2nd eds.). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Multi-Health Systems.

Choca, J., Laatsch, L., Garside, D., Gupta, R., & Fenstermacher, J. (2009). The Computer Category Test [Computer program] (3rd ed.). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Multi-Health Systems.

AWARDS

United States Training Grant, 1969-1970.

Semester sabbatical from Roosevelt University, Chicago, to write an interpretative book for the Rorschach Inkblot Test, 2009.

The Marguerite R. Hertz Wards of the Society for Personality Assessment for work done with the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory in memory of Dr. Theodore Millon, March 2015.

Semester sabbatical from Roosevelt University, Chicago, to develop a DSM-5 inventory for the use of the Spanish speaking population, 2016.