Neuropsychological evaluations are typically conducted under specific preconditions as it has been long established that many factors unrelated to an individual's true neurocognitive functioning can influence their cognitive test performance. Assessment readiness refers to the extent to which a client is in a state appropriate for undergoing a neuropsychological evaluation (e.g., well rested, sober) as well as any atypical characteristics that require specific accommodations from the administering clinician (e.g., mobility limitations, colorblindness). The purpose of this study was to propose and investigate the preliminary validation of a screening measure of assessment readiness in order to introduce a systematic method for assessing this novel construct. Younger and older adults (N = 93) were administered the Barnett-Coldiron Assessment Readiness Inventory (BCARI) prior to completing a short battery of neuropsychological tests. Additionally, subject matter experts (SMEs) were asked to rate the content validity of this inventory. The BCARI showed preliminary evidence of discriminant validity when compared to other neuropsychological tests and produced the expected minimal variance in assessment readiness scores among healthy, assessment-ready participant samples and across multiple demographic variables. SMEs were largely in support of the BCARI as a valid scale for measuring assessment readiness and positively rated its application in both clinical and research settings. The BCARI shows potential as a useful tool in evaluating the profile validity of clients prior to neuropsychological testing and for reporting a standardized measure of assessment readiness within the profile validity of evaluation reports and research articles.

Keywords: Profile validity; neuropsychological assessment; screening measures; self-report scales; validity measures.

神经心理评估通常在特定条件下进行，因为长期以来已经确立了许多与个体真实神经认知功能无关的因素会影响他们的认知测试表现。评估准备度指的是客户是否处于适合接受神经心理评估的状态（例如：充分休息、清醒），以及需要从执行评估的临床医生那里获得特殊安排的任何非典型特征（例如：行动不便、色盲）。本研究旨在提出并初步验证一种评估准备度的筛查量表，以系统地评估这一新颖构念。年轻和老年成人（N=93）在完成简短神经心理测试之前接受了巴内特-科尔迪诺评估准备度量表（BCARI）的评估。此外，还请主题专家（SMEs）对该量表的内容有效性进行评分。与其它神经心理测验相比，BCARI展示了初步区分效度，并且在健康、评估准备充分的参与样本中以及跨越多个人口统计变量的情况下，产生了预期的最小变异。SMEs大多支持BCARI作为测量评估准备度的有效量表，并对其在临床和研究环境中的应用给予了积极评价。BCARI显示出潜力，可以在神经心理测试前用于评估客户的概况有效性，并且可以报告评估报告和研究论文中标准化的评估准备度量值。

关键词：概况有效性；神经心理评估；筛查措施；自评量表；有效性的测量方法。