Information
/ Born in Havana, CubaCurrent
Positions / Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
Roosevelt University
430 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone 312-341-6380
Email:
Attending Psychologist
Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, IL
Palos Community 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 College, Atchison, KansasSeptember 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
Staff Psychologist, VA Lakeside Medical Center, 1974 to 1979
Chief, VA Lakeside Medical Center, 1979 to 1997
Deputy Chief, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 1997 to 1999
820 South Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL
Assistant Professor, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
September of l972 to July of l974
Current
Research
Involvement / Development of the Emotional Assessment System (EAS),
an adaptive, multimedia, computerized inventory designed to
measure personality and psychopathology.
Development of a new edition of the Halstead Category Test.
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.
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.
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. & 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., 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., 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.
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.
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 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.