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The MMPI-2 is the most widely used personality test in the United States and around the world. It is employed in mental health settings, medical centers, and correctional programs, and is frequently admitted as evidence in legal proceedings. In addition, use of the MMPI-2 in the process of screening applicants for jobs that involve public trust and safety is spreading rapidly. The fourth edition of MMPI-2: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology describes effective uses of the MMPI-2 and explains how to accurately interpret test results. Current and comprehensive, it presents detailed instructions for administering, scoring, and coding the MMPI-2. It also discusses the most recent interpretations of the test's validity, clinical content, and supplementary scales; illustrating points with case studies and examples. In addition, the book covers two new sets of scales: the Restructured Clinical (RC) scales, which help focus the interpretation of the original clinical scales; and the Personality Psychopathology 5 (PSY-5) scales, which assess major dimensions of normal and abnormal personality. MMPI-2: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology, Fourth Edition, is ideal for graduate courses in psychological assessment and an indispensable guide for researchers and clinicians working in personality assessment. Features BLIncorporates new information from recent empirical research studies BLCovers the latest developments in supplementary scales BLDiscusses using the MMPI-2 with such diverse population groups as older adults, ethnic minorities, medical patients, and prisoners BLIncludes the latest information on computerized administration, scoring, and interpretation of test results BLProvides expanded technical material

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• 1 Development of the MMPI and MMPI-2
• 2 Administration and Scoring
• 3 The Validity Scales
• 4 The Clinical Scales
• 5 Profile Configurations
• 6 Content Interpretation
• 7 Supplementary Scales
• 8 Psychometric Considerations
• 9 Use with Special Groups
• 10 An Interpretive Strategy
• 11 Computerized Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation
• 12 Assessing Adolescents: The MMPI-A

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CHOICE Review

Graham has produced another high-quality and timely book with no direct competition. Internationally known for his book on the original Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), he was one of four members of the Restandardization Committee that guided the development of the MMPI-2. Format and coverage are complete and almost identical to his recent book on the original MMPI, The MMPI: A Practical Guide (2nd ed., CH, Apr'88). The MMPI-2 is so new that there is little research available to guide its use, except for data from the restandardization project. Consequently, Graham leans heavily upon research with the original instrument and assumes that the findings are valid for the MMPI-2. The resulting book is a mixture of the old and new, and the reader must be alert to differentiate between the two. New material, on MMPI-2, includes information on development of the instrument and on its differences from the original MMPI; descriptions and norms, including a few new supplementary scales and totally new content scales; and psychometric considerations. Graham is obviously a proponent of the MMPI-2 and pays little attention to some potentially valid criticisms, i.e., the high educational level of the normative sample and whether existing code-type research on the MMPI is valid for code-types resulting from the MMPI-2. Graduate level. -P.G. Romine, Tennessee Technological University

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John R. Graham is Professor of Psychology at Kent State University. He began his work with the MMPI during his graduate training at the University of North Carolina in the 1960s. He is the author of several books about the MMPI and its applications as well as numerous empirical articles. He played a major role in the development of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A and has taught workshops on the test throughout the world.