Essentials of PAI Assessment
Essentials of Psychological Assessment

1. Edition April 2003
272 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently
administer, score, and interpret the PAI
The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) provides critical
information for psychologists about a client's psychopathology and
constructs for effective treatment. To use this test properly,
professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance
on how to administer, score, and interpret the test. Written by the
developer and foremost authority on the PAI, Essentials of PAI
Assessment is that source.
Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment
series, this book is designed to help busy mental health
professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to
make optimal use of major psychological assessment instruments.
Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting
key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material,
as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your
grasp of the information covered.
Essentials of PAI Assessment is the only concise book of its kind
to provide state-of-the-art interpretive and administrative
guidelines to using this popular self-administered personality
test.
Overview.
Administration.
How to Score the PAI.
Introduction to Interpretation.
Assessing Profile Validity.
The Individual PAI Scales.
Interpreting Two-Point Code Types.
Strengths and Weaknesses of the PAI.
Clinical Applications of the PAI.
Illustrative Case Report.
References.
Annotated Bibliography.
Index.
About the Author.