Biographical

Information

Born in Havana, Cuba

Married, two children

 

 

 

 

Current

Positions

Professor and Chair

Department of Psychology

Roosevelt University

430 South Michigan Avenue

Chicago, IL 60605

Phone 312-341-6380

Email: jchoca@roosevelt.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Attending Psychologist

Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, IL

Palos Hospital, Palos Heights, IL

 

 

 

 

License

Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois

 

 

 

 

Board

American Board of Assessment Psychology

 

 

 

 

Languages

Fluency in both English and Spanish

 

 

 

 

Membership in Professional

Organizations

American Psychological Association

National Academy of Neuropsychology

Hispanic Neuropsychological Society

Society for Personality Assessment (Fellow)

International Society for the Study of Personality

 

 

Education

Benedictine University, 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

 

 

 

 

Clinical

Training

North 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)

 

 

 

Research (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 (1980-1985)

 

 

 

 

Past

Positions

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

 

 

 

Chicago Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Staff Psychologist, Lakeside Medical Center, 1974 to 1979

Chief, Lakeside Medical Center, 1979 to 1997

Deputy Chief, Jesse Brown Medical Center, 1997 to 1999

820 South Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 

 

 

 

Assistant Professor, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL

September of l972 to July of l974

 

 

Editorial

Involvement

Consulting editor, Assessment, 2003-

 

 

Current

Research

Involvement

Development of the Emotional Assessment System (EAS),

an adaptive, multimedia, computerized inventory designed to

measure personality and psychopathology.  This test has been accepted for publication by Psych Corp Assessments, Harcourt Corporation.

 

 

Teaching

Experience

Recent courses taught have included Basic Clinical Skills, Intellectual Assessment; Personality Assessment; Projective Personality Assessment; Neuropsychological Assessment; and History and Systems of Psychology.

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.  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., 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., 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., 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. 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., 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). Psychological changes of emotionally disturbed men with age. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

 

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.

 

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., 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 chaired 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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

 

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.

 

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., & 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., 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., Rossini, E., 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., 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., 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.

 

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. 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

 

 

COMPUTER PROGRAMS

 

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. (In print). The Computer Category Test [Computer program] (3rd ed.). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Multi-Health Systems.