MMPI-2

1. Development of the MMPI and the MMPI-2; Development of the MMPI; Development of the MMPI-2; 2. Administration and Scoring; Qualifications of Test Users; Who Can Take the MMPI-2?; Administering the MMPI-2; Testing Materials; Scoring the MMPI-2; Constructing hte Profile; Coding the Profile; 3. The Validity Scales; Cannot Say (?) Score; L (L) Scale; Infrequency (F) Scale; Correction (K) Scale; Back Infrequency (Fb) Scale; Variable Response Inconsistency (VRIN) Scale; True Response Inconsistency (TRIN) Scale; Inrequency-Psychopathology [F(p)] Scale; Superlative (S) Scale; Other Validity Indicators; Profile Invalidity; Deviant Response Sets and Styles; Random Responding; All True Responding; All False Responding; Negative Self-Presentation; Positive Self-Presentation; 4. The Clinical Scales; Scale 1 (Hypochondriasis); Scale 2 (Depression); Scale 3 (Hysteria); Scale 4 (Psychopathic Deviate); Scale 5 (Masculinity-Femininity); Scale 6 (Paranoia); Scale 7 (Psychasthenia); Scale 8 (Schizophrenia); Scale 9 (Hypomania); Scale 0 (Social Introversion); 5. Profile Configurations; Determining Code Types; Two-Point Code Types; Three-Point Code Types; Other Configural Aspects; 6. Content Interpretation; The Harris-Lingoes Subscales; Subscales for Scales 5 and 0; The MMPI-2 Content Scales; Content Component Scales; Critical Items; 7. Supplementary Scales; Anxiety (A) and Repression (R) Scales; Ego Strength (Es) Scale; MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale-Revised (MAC-R); Addiction Acknowledgment Scale (AAS); Addition Potential Scale (APS); Martial Distress Scale (MDS); Hostility (Ho) Scale; Overcontroled-Hostility (O-H) Scale; Dominance (Do) Scale; Social Responsibility (Re) Scale; College Maladjustment (Mt) Scale; Masculine Gender Role (GM) and Feminine Gender Role (GF) Scales; Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PK) Scale; Subtle-Obvious Subscales; 8. Psychometric Considerations; Standardization; Scale Construction; Norms; T-score Transformations; Temporal Stability; Internal Consistency; Scale-Level Facotr Structure; Item-Level Factor Structure; Response Sets and Styles; Validity; Validity of the Original MMPI; Comparability of MMPI and MMPI-2 Raw Scores; Comparability of MMPI and MMPI-2 T Scores; Comparability of MMPI and MMPI-2 Configurations; Validity of the MMPI-2; 9. Use with Special Groups; Adolescents; Older Adults; Ethnic Minorities; African Americans; Hispanics; Native Americans; Asian Americans; Medical Patients; Correctional Settings; Nonclinical Settings; 10. An Interpretive Strategy; A General Strategy; Test-takking Attitude; Adjustment Level; Characterisitc Traits and Behaviors; Dynamics and Etiology; Diagnostic Impressions; Treatment Implications; Specific Referral Questions; An Illustrative Case; Additional Practice Cases; Giving Feedback to Clients; 11. Computerized Administration, Scoring, and Interpretatation; Automated Administration; Automated Scoring; Automated Interpretation; Sample of Computerized Interpreted Report; Comparison of Computerized and Clinician-Generated Interpretations; Evaluation of Automated Services; Professional Guidelines for Computerized Assessment; Evaluating the Validity of Computerized Interpretations; Conclusions and Recommendations; Chapter Appendix; 12. Assessing Adolescents: The MMPI-A; Development of the MMPI-A; MMPI-A Validity Scales; MMPI-A Supplementary Scales; MMPI-A Harris-Lingoes Subscales; MMPI-A Scale 0 Subscales; MMPI-A Content Scales; MMPI-A Harris-Lingoes Subscales; MMPI-A Scale 0 Subscales; Reliability and Validity of the MMPI-A; Interpreting the MMPI-A Validity Scales; Interpreting the MMPI-A Clinical Scales; Interpreting the MMPI-A Content Scales; MMPI-A Critical Items; MMPI-A Interpretive Strategy; Illustrative Case; 13. Forensic Applications of the MMPI-2; Admissibility of MMPI-2 Evidence; Some Important Issues; Norms; Correlates of Scales; Use with Ethnic Minorities; Profiling; Administering the MMPI-2; Scoring the MMPI-2; Interpreting the MMPI-2; Some Forensic Uses; Detecting Invalid Responding; Assessing Clinical Conditions; Screening for Substance Abuse; Predicting Dangerousness; Assessing Insanity; Assessing Competency to Stand Trial; Domestic Relations Evaluations; Correctional Settings; Personal Injury Assessments; Presenting Expert Opinions Based on the MMPI-2; REFERENCES; APPENDIXES; A. Composition of Standard Validity and Clinical Scales; B. T-Score Conversions for Standard Validity and Clinical Scales; C. Composition of Harris-Lingoes Subscales; D. Linear T-score Conversions for Harris-Lingoes Subscales; E. Composition of Si Subscales; F. Linear T-score Conversions for Si Subscales; G. Composition of Content Scales; H. Uniform T-score Convesions for Content Scales; I. Critical Item Lists; J. Composition of Supplementary Scales; K. Linear T-score Conversions for Supplementary Scales; L. Intercorrelations of MMPI-2 Scales for Normative Sample; M. Percentile Equivalents for Uniform T-scores; N. Data for Four Practice Cases