Nichols / Kaufman Essentials of MMPI-2 Assessment

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-03737-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Essentials of Psychological Assessment

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need toconfidentlyadminister, score, and interpret the MMPI®-2
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI®-2)is the most widely used test in the world for personalityassessment. To use it properly, professionals need an authoritativesource of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, andinterpret this test. Now thoroughly updated to reflect the latestresearch and literature on this test, Essentials of MMPI®-2Assessment, Second Edition is that source.
Like all the volumes in the Essentials of PsychologicalAssessment series, this book is designed to help busy mentalhealth professionals, and those in training, quickly acquire theknowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of majorpsychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter featuresnumerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points,and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions thathelp you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the informationcovered.
Essentials of MMPI®-2 Assessment, Second Editionadds new material on the MMPI®-2 RC and the MMPI®-2 RF,providing step-by-step guidance on test administration, scoring,and interpretation. Additionally, the author provides his expertassessment of the test's relative strengths and weaknesses,valuable advice on its clinical applications, and severalilluminating case reports.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nichols, David S.

Kaufman, Alan S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
One History and Development 1
Two Administration 19
Three Scoring 28
Four Introduction to Interpretation 33
Five Assessing Protocol Validity 45
Six The Standard Clinical Scales 89
Seven The Content and Content Component, PersonalityPsychopathology-5 (PSY-5 ), Restructured Clinical(RC), and Supplementary Scales 208
Eight Profile Patterns and Codetypes 257
Nine Strengths and Weaknesses of the MMPI-2 295
Ten Clinical Applications of the MMPI-2 307
Eleven Illustrative Case Report 323
References 343
Annotated Bibliography 359
About the Author 363
Index 365

Über Autor(innen)

David S. Nichols, PhD, worked as a staff clinical psychologist for Oregon State Hospital in Portland for twenty-seven years. He has conducted research on and written about the MMPI® for more than thirty years.