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This second edition was undertaken to include more than 100 new references relevant to test use and provide an extensive overview of the MMPI-A Structural Summary approach developed by the author to simplify and clarify the interpretation of this test instrument. It also presents essential facts and recommendations on the MMPI-A for those clinicians, students, and researchers interested in fully understanding and utilizing this assessment instrument. The text reviews the reasons for the development of the MMPI-A and the salient features of this instrument including the validity, content, and supplementary scales and the MMPI-A Structural Summary Form. MMPI-A single scale and codetype correlates are furnished as well as clinical case examples which illustrate the most recent principles of MMPI-A interpretation. Throughout the text, emphasis is placed on presenting information in a manner that is of direct clinical relevance for the practitioner while also providing sufficient technical information and research data to serve as a guide for future researchers in this field. Additional special features include: * presentation of appropriate administration criteria for the MMPI-A; * a review of the validity assessment process, including the role of the new MMPI-A validity scales; * presentation of the MMPI-A Structural Summary form and clinical examples illustrating the use of this interpretive approach; * a rich guide to correlates for individual MMPI-A scales and for a broad range of frequently occurring two-point codetypes; * extensive and updated references to document the empirical foundations of the MMPI-A; * numerous tables and figures providing guidelines for MMPI-A interpretation; * a presentation of adolescent norms for the original MMPI, for the MMPI-A, and a specialized set of MMPI-A norms for 13-year olds; * a T-score conversion table for basic MMPI-A scales permitting estimates of the Marks and Briggs (1967) T-score values; * appendix materials listing all Lachar-Wrobel critical items and all Wiggins Content Scale items retained within the MMPI-A; and * tabular examples of item content of all MMPI-A basic, content, and supplementary scales.

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Contents: W.G. Dahlstrom, Foreword. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Adolescent Development and Psychopathology. Development of the MMPI and the MMPI-A. Administration and Scoring Issues. Validity Scales and Validity Assessment Interpretation. Clinical Scale and Codetype Correlates for Adolescents. Content and Supplementary Scale Interpretation. Interpretive Strategies. Appendices: Adolescent Norms for the Original MMPI for Males and Females for Ages 14 and Below, 15, 16, and 17. Item Composition of MMPI-A Basic Scales, Harris-Lingoes Subscales, Si Subscales, Supplementary Scales, and Content Scales. MMPI-A Basic Scale, Content Scale, and Supplementary Scale Norms for 13-Year-Old Boys and Girls Based on Linear T-Score Conversions. T-Score Conversions for MMPI-A Basic Validity and Clinical Scales, Content and Supplementary Scales, and the Harris-Lingoes and Si Subscales. T-Score Conversions for Basic MMPI-A Scales Permitting Estimates of the Marks and Briggs Adolescent T-Score Values Provided in Dahlstrom, Welsh, and Dahlstrom (1972). Lachar-Wrobel Critical Items. Wiggins Content Scale Items Retained in the MMPI-A. Scale-Level Factor Structure for the MMPI-A Normative Sample.

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