Psychological evaluation is a method that uses a variety of methodologies to develop hypotheses about people’s strengths and weaknesses, skills, and limits in terms of their behavior, personality, and talents. The goal of this initial qualitative study was to show parallels and variations in attitudes toward test formulation and adaption in Italy and Croatia, taking into account the historical context of psychologists’ development in these two countries. A questionnaire having 32 attitude items was completed by 565 Croatian and 1474 Italian psychologists. Psychologists in both countries said they utilize tests regularly, with Croatians using them substantially more often than Italians, although the standard deviation in Italy was higher. In both countries, there was broad agreement that the use of psychological tests should be limited to certified psychologists and that although non-psychologists may administer and score tests, only psychologists should interpret them and provide feedback. As for online administration, in general, both countries had a moderate agreement concerning the benefits of this kind of administration, the enhancement of its quality, the potential risk of fraud, privacy violation, and poor test administration quality. Italian psychologists were substantially less happy with their bachelor’s and master’s degree training than Croatian psychologists in Croatia. Although the two countries under investigation had quite different origins, these descriptive first findings revealed many parallels in the answers and, more importantly, in the significance of “safeguarding” tests and testing against misuse.

psychological testing, testing practice, test use, European Federation of Psychologists’ Association