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Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520
(612) 627-4821
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ADVISORY BOARD

R. Michael Bagby,  PhD
• Senior Psychologist and Director,
Clinical Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Canada
• Director, Psychological Assessment Service, CAMH 
• Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Kyle Brauer Boone, PhD
• Director, Neuropsychological Services and Training, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
• Full Professor-in-Residence, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

Bruce M. Cappo,  PhD
• President, Clinical Associates, P.A., Lenexa, KS

Stephen E. Finn, PhD
• Member, Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Austin, TX
• Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Training Program, University of Texas, Austin   
     

Nathan  C. Weed
• Professor, Department of Psychology, Central Michigan University


The Test Division publishes the following
well-researched tests of personality:

          MMPI-2
          MMPI-A
          SNAP

In development is the MPQ™, a test of normal personality.

The University of Minnesota Press also publishes test monographs, manuals and supplements, as well as books documenting these instruments.

The Test Division's well-established research and development program supports the instruments it publishes. The Test Division also actively facilitates translations of its tests.


Request for Research Proposals for Fiscal 2008/2009

Deadline: June 30, 2008

The Press invites proposals for research and development on its instruments
          MMPI-2
          MMPI-2-RF
          MMPI-A
          SNAP
          MPQ

having identified the following priorities:

Collection of normative data on the Spanish versions of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF developed for use in the US and translated by Rosa Garcia and Alex Azan

Validation studies of the MMPI-2-RF in all settings: clinical, forensic, medical, personnel

Completion by author Clark of the revised version of the SNAP (Schedule for Normal and Abnormal Personality), the SNAP-2

Exploration of collecting a national normative sample for the MPQ (Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire), authored by Auke Tellegen

Requests should be submitted for each project for which you are requesting funding on the attached forms by June 30:

• Request for Research Funding (Word or PDF)
• Request for Product Development Funding (Word or PDF)

In completing the forms, please provide thorough and detailed responses. Requests will be formally reviewed by the Test Division’s Advisory Board as to the quality of the proposal and the importance of the proposed research/development. The advisors will be asked to comment on the strengths and/or weaknesses of new proposals and on the progress reported on requests for renewal funding of previously supported research.

Previously Funded Research

If you received r/d funding this fiscal year from the Press, please submit progress and expenditure reports to Beverly Kaemmer, Test Division Manager, kaemm002@umn.edu by June 30:

• Progress Report (Word or PDF)
• Expenditure Reports (Word or PDF)

Progress Reports must be received before funding requests for 2008/2009 are considered.

Questions about submitting requests and reports should be sent to Beverly Kaemmer kaemm002@umn.edu.


The MMPI-2/A Workshop & Symposia program, sponsored by Kent State University Department of Psychology, and coordinated by the University of Minnesota Press, regularly conducts workshops and an annual symposium on recent research on the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A.

Distribution and marketing of the MMPI® instruments is licensed exclusively to Pearson Assessments, as are scoring and interpretive reporting services.

   
A new version of the MMPI-2, the MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form), will be released Summer of 2008.

FBS (Symptom Validity Scale) added to MMPI-2 scoring materials & Extended Score report (available through Pearson Assessments)

Statement on the
addition of the FBS