MMPI-2: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology - Hardcover

Graham, John R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195114817 ISBN 13: 9780195114812

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Up-to-date, detailed, and comprehensive, MMPI-2: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology, 3/e, encompasses all that has been learned about the original MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) and its revisions--the MMPI-2 for use with adults and the MMPI-A for use with adolescents. Ideal for graduate courses in psychological assessment, it is also useful as a reference guide for researchers and clinicians. The text begins by describing the development and revision of the original MMPI and then focuses on the MMPI-2, presenting detailed instructions for administering, scoring, and coding the test. The interpretation of validity, clinical, content, and supplementary scales is discussed and illustrated with cases. A section concerning the use of the MMPI-2 with special populations such as older adults, ethnic minorities, medical patients, and prisoners is also included. The development of the MMPI-A is described and its interpretation is illustrated.
This new edition incorporates information from a large number of recent empirical research studies and includes approximately 400 new references. It also provides details on several new scales that were developed after the MMPI-2 was published. Two new validity scales, Superlative (S) and Infrequency-Psychopathology F(p), and two addiction scales, Addiction Acknowledgment (AAS) and Addiction Potential (APS), are presented. The Hostility (Ho) scale, which has been very successful in predicting negative health events such as coronary artery disease, is also described. This third edition adds a new chapter on forensic applications of the MMPI-2, and offers appendixes containing a wealth of technical information about the numerous MMPI-2 scales.
Used widely throughout the U.S. and around the world, the MMPI-2 is a unique, invaluable instrument. Thorough and practical, MMPI-2: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology, 3/e, enables students, researchers, and clinicians to understand this important tool and use it effectively.

About this title

About the Author

John R. Graham, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Kent State University.

Review

"Very comprehensive and provides both theoretical background and practical applications."--Matthew Burns, Central Michigan University

"An excellent update to a classic text. At once practical and theorectical, useful for neophyte and seasoned professional alike. The best book of its kind on the market." --Seth Finkle, Westchester University

"Excellent, readable, clear."--Louis Blumberg, San Diego State University

"A very current revision. I find the information on the new Hostility scale most helpful and the forensic chapter excellent, most welcome, and much needed. A very thorough, very readable book."--John J. Johnson, Saint Mary's University, MN

Praise for previous editions (first six quotes): "Graham is uniquely qualified to write this manual on how to interpret the MMPI-2....[It is] readable, instructive, and authoritative."--Contemporary Psychology

"A must for any graduate-level course on personality assessment."--Karen Multon, University of Missouri

"Excellent reference and source book for beginners and experienced MMPI-ers."--Karen Greenbaum-Maya, California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

"Destined to become indispensable."--The Independent Practitioner

"An excellent text for teaching and instructional purposes and for use in clinical practice. Very accessible and readable."--James Lictenberg, University of Kansas

"Not only an excellent text but also an invaluable reference tool for use in both assessment and research applications of the MMPI-2."--Clinton Martin, Virginia Medical Center

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0195114817
• ISBN 13: 9780195114812
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 528