Psychological Assessment With the MMPI
Published on 1. July 1989
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-0-8058-0310-5 (ISBN)
Description
This practical volume was written for beginners wishing to learn the MMPI and advanced MMPI users wishing to improve their interpretation skills. It presents a comprehensive review of the current literature with specific information for the applied psychologist.
Critical elements include:
* an accompanying workbook designed as a review for the student/practitioner to help insure mastery of materials
* a codetype look-up table for directing users to detailed two, three, and four point codetype personality descriptions
* a concise schema for approaching the interpretation task and steps for writing a report
* coverage of the use of moderator variables, validity scales, and methods of providing test result feedback to clients
* discussions of actuarial versus clinical issues, overlap item content, and the newly restandardized MMPI -- MMPI-2
* sample computer reports and papers by leaders in the MMPI field including Alex Caldwell, Philip A. Marks, Robert P. Archer, James N. Butcher, Roger L. Greene, and Robert C. Brown, Jr.
Critical elements include:
* an accompanying workbook designed as a review for the student/practitioner to help insure mastery of materials
* a codetype look-up table for directing users to detailed two, three, and four point codetype personality descriptions
* a concise schema for approaching the interpretation task and steps for writing a report
* coverage of the use of moderator variables, validity scales, and methods of providing test result feedback to clients
* discussions of actuarial versus clinical issues, overlap item content, and the newly restandardized MMPI -- MMPI-2
* sample computer reports and papers by leaders in the MMPI field including Alex Caldwell, Philip A. Marks, Robert P. Archer, James N. Butcher, Roger L. Greene, and Robert C. Brown, Jr.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Mahwah
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8058-0310-5 (9780805803105)
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Other editions
New editions
Alan F. Friedman | Richard W. Levak | David S. Nichols
Psychological Assessment With the MMPI-2
Book
07/2000
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc
€193.45
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Content
Contents: R.P. Archer, Foreword. Development of the MMPI. Administration, Scoring, and Coding. Major Developments Subsequent to the Construction of the MMPI. Approach to Interpretation. Interpreting the Basic Validity Scales. Interpretation of MMPI Clinical Scales. Interpretation and Report Writing. Computerized Interpretation of the MMPI. The MMPI Restandardization Project. Appendices: Item Composition of the Standard Validity and Clinical Scales. Amount and Direction of Basic Scale Item Overlap and the Intercorrelations Resulting From This Overlap. T-Score Conversions for Basic Validity and Clinical Scales. MMPI Profile and Answer Sheets. Adolescent Norms for Males and Females at Ages 17, 16, 15, and 14 and Below. Item Composition of Special Scales With Direction of Scoring. T-Score Conversions for Special Scales. Nichols Critical Items List; Caldwell Critical Items List.