Essentials of MMPI-A Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment Series)

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 AssessmentEssentials of WJ IIITM Cognitive Abilities AssessmentEssentials of Rorschach AssessmentEssentials of WISC-III and WPPSI-R AssessmentEssentials of Cross-Battery AssessmentEssentials of Nonverbal AssessmentEssentials of Cognitive Assessment with KAIT and Other Kaufman MeasuresEssentials of NEPSY AssessmentFor a complete list of books in our Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, visit us on the Web at: www.essentials.wiley.com