Interpreting Personality Tests
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Personality assessment is a major component of many mental health practices, as well as a required course in most graduate programs in psychology. Interpreting Personality Tests is a clear, succinct guide that offers practicing clinical psychologists and graduate students precise interpretive guidelines for the four main personality inventoriesMMPI-2, MCMI-III, CPI-R, and 16PF. This accessible book provides step-by-step procedures for clinical personality interpretation, helping mental health professionals determine the psychological health of their clients, ascertain maladjustment and problem behaviors, and ultimately reach a diagnosis. The book is divided into four chapters devoted to each of the key personality tests: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2(MMPI-2) Chapter One includes the history and development of the original MMPI, along with original MMPI norms, MMPI-2 norms, and transformed scores. There is a full interpretation of the MMPI-2 validity scales, including the Lie Scale, F Scale, Backside F Scale, K Scale, True Response Inconsistency Scale, Variable Response Inconsistency Scale, Dissimulation Index, Superlative Self-Assessment Scale, Infrequency-Psychopathology Scale, Weiners Subtle and Obvious Items, and Mean Profile Elevation. Also covered is interpretation of MMPI-2 Code Types for One-Point and Two-Point Codes.Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) Chapter Two explores the background and history of this test, including information on test development and Base Rate scores. It explains how to interpret the MCMI-III scales, including Disclosure (Scale X), Desirability (Scale Y), and Debasement (Scale Z). There arealso full interpretations for One-Point and Two-Point Codes, which includes information on Millons current thinking about subtypes of personality disorders.California Psychological Inventory-Revised (CPI-R) Chapter Three provides a general overview of the test and it
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