A Comprehensive Guide to the MMPI-A. Reviews the book MMPI-A: Assessing Adolescent Psychopathology (3rd ed.) by Robert P. Archer (see record 2005-04638-000). This third edition is an engaging, informative resource for clinicians and graduate students on the history, structure, interpretation, and applications of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Adolescent (MMPI-A). The MMPI-A was developed for use with the adolescent population, specifically, individuals age 14 through 18, although it can be given to individuals outside of this range under certain conditions. Its current applications include the assessment of psychopathology, level of functioning, change over time, and therapeutic change of adolescents with known or suspected psychopathology. It is often used for assistance with prediction of behavior, treatment planning, and diagnosis with adolescents in clinical and forensic settings. This book provides a more detailed description of the development of the MMPI-A and serves as a comprehensive guide to its use. This edition includes new references and information about new features of the MMPI-A (e.g., the Psychopathology Five scales, Content Component scales, and Forbey and Ben-Porath's critical item set) and a description of forensic applications. This book's strengths lie in the breadth and depth of coverage of issues related to the use of the MMPI-A. The book is very clear in its description of administration and scoring issues, including recommended training required for administration, scoring, code derivation, and interpretation. The research on which Archer bases his recommendations is described in each chapter. As a dissertation adviser and researcher, I appreciated the identification of gaps in the literature that could potentially provide fruitful research projects. Another highlight of the book is the chapter on the use of the MMPI-A in forensic settings. In the beginning of the book, Archer incorporates some information on adolescent development to provide a background for the use of the MMPI-A. It would have been helpful to include even more information about the relationship between adolescent development and psychopathology or to at least mention specific references and resources on the topic to provide a better framework for understanding differences between adolescent and adult response patterns. There were other unique considerations in the use of the MMPI-A with adolescents that could have used more explanation or a better theoretical underpinning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/bibliography/2000-2009/2005/collins_comprehensive_2005 https://www.upress.umn.edu/logo.png

Lynn H Collins (2005)

A Comprehensive Guide to the MMPI-A.

Miscellaneous publication.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adolescent development
Adolescent population
Adolescent psychopathology
Adolescent psychopathology assessment
adolescents
Age
APA
Behavior
Clinicians
Content Component Scales
Development
Diagnosis
Forensic applications
Forensic settings
Graduate Students
interpretation
item set
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Adolescent
MMPI A
MMPI-A
Personality
Prediction
Range
Research
Response pattern
Scoring
SET
Student
Time
Treatment
Treatment planning

Document Actions

Export Bibliography

University of Minnesota Press

Share

A Comprehensive Guide to the MMPI-A.