Essentials of MMPI-A Assessment
Essentials of Psychological Assessment

1. Edition December 2001
304 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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).
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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
RADHIKA KRISHNAMURTHY, PsyD, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida.