
Essentials of MMPI-A Assessment
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 5. December 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-471-39815-8 (ISBN)
Description
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the MMPI-A(TM)
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A(TM)) is the most widely used objective personality assessment instrument with adolescents. Essentials of MMPI-A(TM) Assessment provides an authoritative source of information and guidance to maximize the clinical information yielded from this important instrument. The book is designed to provide fundamental information concerning the procedures necessary to administer, score, interpret, and report findings from the MMPI-A(TM). Each chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that enable the reader to evaluate their grasp of principles and procedures. Important interpretive principles and approaches are underscored by the use of several clinical case examples.
Essentials of MMPI-A(TM) Assessment offers step-by-step guidance for the clinical application of this instrument in varied settings. The book also provides an overview of the relative strengths and weaknesses of this popular assessment instrument, and an overview and illustration of the MMPI-A(TM) Structural Summary approach to test interpretation. This text provides a concise, convenient, and complete introduction to the MMPI-A(TM).
Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series:
Essentials of WJ IIITM Tests of Achievement Assessment
Essentials of WJ IIITM Cognitive Abilities Assessment
Essentials of Rorschach Assessment
Essentials of WISC-III and WPPSI-R Assessment
Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment
Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment
Essentials of Cognitive Assessment with KAIT and Other Kaufman Measures
Essentials of NEPSY Assessment
For a complete list of books in our Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, visit us on the Web at: www.essentials.wiley.com
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A(TM)) is the most widely used objective personality assessment instrument with adolescents. Essentials of MMPI-A(TM) Assessment provides an authoritative source of information and guidance to maximize the clinical information yielded from this important instrument. The book is designed to provide fundamental information concerning the procedures necessary to administer, score, interpret, and report findings from the MMPI-A(TM). Each chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that enable the reader to evaluate their grasp of principles and procedures. Important interpretive principles and approaches are underscored by the use of several clinical case examples.
Essentials of MMPI-A(TM) Assessment offers step-by-step guidance for the clinical application of this instrument in varied settings. The book also provides an overview of the relative strengths and weaknesses of this popular assessment instrument, and an overview and illustration of the MMPI-A(TM) Structural Summary approach to test interpretation. This text provides a concise, convenient, and complete introduction to the MMPI-A(TM).
Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series:
Essentials of WJ IIITM Tests of Achievement Assessment
Essentials of WJ IIITM Cognitive Abilities Assessment
Essentials of Rorschach Assessment
Essentials of WISC-III and WPPSI-R Assessment
Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment
Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment
Essentials of Cognitive Assessment with KAIT and Other Kaufman Measures
Essentials of NEPSY Assessment
For a complete list of books in our Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, visit us on the Web at: www.essentials.wiley.com
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
493 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-39815-8 (9780471398158)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
ROBERT P. ARCHER, PhD, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia.
RADHIKA KRISHNAMURTHY, PsyD, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida.
RADHIKA KRISHNAMURTHY, PsyD, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida.
Author
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
Content
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. How to Administer the MMPI-A
Chapter 3. How to Score the MMPI-A
Chapter 4. How to Interpret the MMPI-A
Chapter 5. Strengths and Weaknesses of the MMPI-A
Chapter 6. Clinical Applications of the MMPI-A
Chapter 7. Illustrative Case Reports
Chapter 2. How to Administer the MMPI-A
Chapter 3. How to Score the MMPI-A
Chapter 4. How to Interpret the MMPI-A
Chapter 5. Strengths and Weaknesses of the MMPI-A
Chapter 6. Clinical Applications of the MMPI-A
Chapter 7. Illustrative Case Reports