https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/8a6127ebca6f97215794e401a4cad250.pdf b4c39497ffc69df8b17a0b17abb4f8f3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The impact of COVID-19 on psychometric assessment across industry and academia in South Africa Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mandy Wigdorowitz, Pakeezah Rajab, Tasneem Hassem, Neziswa Titi Description An account of the resource The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had changed the world in unexpected ways and psychometric assessment was no exception. Despite the advancements made in online psychometric assessment implementation, the authors of this commentary reflected on their own experiences in the context of the psychology profession in South Africa, where psychology professionals had been faced with the dilemma of halting, postponing or adapting assessments for remote implementation. Remote implementation had many challenges, notably shifting the logistics, financial burden and accountability onto the test-taker. In addition, when implementing remote testing, considerations of supervised and unsupervised testing need to be considered in terms of flexibility, control, test-taker comfort, standardisation, costs, ethical concerns and crisis management. Whilst in the private sector, remote psychometric assessment had been met with resilience and innovation, in academia, remote psychometric research was faced with unique challenges which affect all aspects of the research process and access to participation. Across both industry and academia where psychometric assessments were conducted, the scores and results need to be interpreted with reflection and caution as the pandemic had led to an increase in psychological distress in addition to the unique contextual challenges that South Africa already faced. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Subject The topic of the resource mental health, covid-19 pandemic, South Africa, academia, industry, Remote testing, Psychometric assessment Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 10.4102/ajopa.v3i0.38 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived African Journal of Psychological Assessment Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available AOSIS Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Psychology