MMPI-2

1 — Development of the MMPI and MMPI-2
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MMPI
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MMPI-2

2 — Administration and Scoring
QUALIFICATIONS OF TEST USERS
WHO CAN TAKE THE MMPI-2?
ADMINISTERING THE MMPI-2
TESTING MATERIALS
SCORING THE MMPI-2
CONSTRUCTING THE PROFILE
CODING THE PROFILE

3 — The Validity Scales
SCALES ASSESSING CONTENT-NONRESPONSIVENESS (CNR)
SCALES ASSESSING CONTENT-RESPONSIVE INVALIDITY (CRI)
OTHER VALIDITY INDICATORS
PROFILE INVALIDITY

4 — The Clinical Scales
RELIABILITY OF CLINICAL SCALES
VALIDITY OF CLINICAL SCALES
DEFINING HIGH AND LOW SCORES ON CLINICAL SCALES
INTERPRETATION OF SCORES ON CLINICAL SCALES
SCALE 1 (HYPOCHONDRIASIS)
SCALE 2 (DEPRESSION)
SCALE 3 (HYSTERIA)
SCALE 4 (PSYCHOPATHIC DEVIATE)
SCALE 5 (MASCULINITY-FEMININITY)
SCALE 6 (PARANOIA)
SCALE 7 (PSYCHASTHENIA)
SCALE 8 (SCHIZOPHRENIA)
SCALE 9 (HYPOMANIA)
SCALE 0 (SOCIAL INTROVERSION)

5 — Code Types
DETERMINING CODE TYPES
RELIABILLITY OF CODE TYPES
VALIDITY OF CODE TYPES
INTERPRETIVE GUIDELINES FORTWO-POINT CODE TYPES
INTERPRETIVE GUIDELINES FOR THREE-POINT CODE TYPES
OTHER CONFIGURAL ASPECTS

6 — Content Interpretation
THE HARRIS-LINGOES SUBSCALES
SUBSCALES FOR SCALES 5 AND 0
THE MMPI-2 CONTENT SCALES
CRITICAL ITEMS

7 — Restructured Clinical (RC) and Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) Scales
RESTRUCTURED CLINICAL (RC) SCALES
PERSONALITY PSYCHOPATHOLOGY FIVE (PSY-5) SCALES

8 — Supplementary Scales
ANXIETEY (A) AND REPRESSION (R) SCALES
EGO STRENGTH (Es) SCALE
DOMINANCE (Do) SCALE
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (Re) SCALE
COLLEGE MALADJUSTMENT (Mt) SCALE
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PK) SCALE
MARITAL DISTRESS SCALE (MDS)
HOSTILITY (Ho) SCALE
OVERCONTROLLED-HOSTILITY (0-H) SCALE
MacANDREW ALCOHOLISM SCALE-REVISED (MAC-R)
ADDICTION ACKNOWLEDGMENT SCALE (AAS)
ADDICTION POTENTIAL SCALE (APS)
MASCULINE GENDER ROLE (GM) AND FEMININE GENDER ROLE
(GF) SCALES
SUBTLE-OBVIOUS SUBSCALES

9 — Psychometric Considerations
STANDARDIZATION
SCALE CONSTRUCTION
NORMS
T-SCORE TRANSFORMATIONS
COMPARABILITY OF THE MMPI AND THE MMPI-2
RELIABILITY
FACTOR STRUCTURE
RESPONSE SETS AND STYLES
VALIDITY

10 — Use with Special Groups
ADOLESCENTS
OLDER ADULTS
ETHNIC MINORITIES
MEDICAL PATIENTS
PERSONNEL SCREENING
CORRECTIONAL SETTTINGS

11 — An Interpretive Strategy
A GENERAL STRATEGY
AN ILLUSTRATIVE CASE
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE CASES
GIVING FEEDBACK TO CLIENTS
CHAPTER APPENDIX

12 — Computerized Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation
COMPUTERIZED ADMINISTRATION
COMPUTER ADAPTIVE ADMINISTRATION
COMPUTERIZED SCORING
COMPUTERIZED INTERPRETATION
ISSUES CONCERNING THE USE OF COMPUTERIZED
INTERPRETATIONS
PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES FOR COMPUTERIZED ASSESSMENT
SAMPLE OF COMPUTERIZED INTEPRETIVE REPORT
COMPARISON OF COMPUTERIZED AND CLINICIAN-GENERATED
INTEPRETATIONS
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
CHAPTER APPENDIX

13 — Forensic Applications of the MMI-2
ADMISSIBILITY OF MMPI-2 EVIDENCE
SOME IMPORTANT ISSUES IN USING MMPI-2 IN FORENSIC
SETTINGS
SOME FORENISC USES OF THE MMPI-2
PRESENTING EXPERT OPINIONS BASED ON THE MMPI-2
CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS

14 - MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF)
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MMPI-2-RF SCALES
ADMINISTRATION AND SCORING
PSYCHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS
MMPI-2 VERSUS MMPI-2-RF
INTERPRETATION
CLOSING COMMENTS
CHAPTER APPENDIX

15 - Assessing Adolescents: The MMPI-A
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MMPI-A
ADMINISTRATION AND SCORING
VALIDITY SCALES
CLINICAL SCALES
HARRIS-LINGOES SUBSCALES
SCALE 0 SUBSCALES
SUPPLEMENARY SCALES
CONTENT SCALES
PERSONALITY PSYCHOPATHOLOGY FIVE (PSY-5) SCALES
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
INTERPRETING THE MMPI-A SCALES
INTERPRETING CRITICAL ITEMS
MMPI-A INTERPRETIVE STRATEGY
ILLUSTRATIVE CASE
CHAPTER APPENDIX
References

Appendixes
APPENDIX A: KOSS-BUTCHER CRITICAL ITEM NUMBERS
APPENDIX B: INTERCORRELATIONS OF MMPI-2 SCALES FOR NORMATIVE SAMPLE
APPENDIX C: PERCENTILE EQUIVALENTS FOR UNIFORM TSCORES
APPENDIX D: FOUR PRACTICE CASES: BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND EXTENDED SCORE REPORTS

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