MMPI-A: ASSESSING ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

Robert P. Archer Emstrm Vir^nia Mttikal School

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l = £ a LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHFRS 1992 Hills«l«ie, New Jrncy Hov« «nd London

CONTENTS

PRETACE XI FOREWORD xp

7 ADOLESCENT DE\TLOPMENT AND •'' PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 1

Devckipmoital tasks dunng adolescence I Adolescence and psvxhofM^Kjlogy H

24 26

2 DE\'ELOPMENT OF THE MNfFI AND THE MMPI-A

Dpvetopmcnt of the MMPI 29 The i »e of the MMPI v-Tth adolescents

of the MN(PI-A 4S 61

O ADMINISTRATION AND SCORLNG ISSLTS Q a ^ k a l i o n and l>*ckground of test users 67

Administration issues 69 Test materiak *3 Soamg the MMH-A 84

Appendix3.1 92

4 V X U I > r T . S C M ^ A N O V ^ n . A S S ^ M H ^

^ INTERPRETATION 101

MMH-A validity scale* lOI ^

Vlil CONTE?>4T9

Additional validity scales for the MMPI-A 116 Effects of response sets on standard -scales 119 A conceptual model for validity assessment 129 Summary 138 References 13^

C CLINICAL SCALE AND CODETYPE CORRELATES FOR ^ ADOLESCENTS 141

Profile elevation issues and the MMPI-A profile "shaded" zone 141

Uniform T-score transformation procedures for the MMPI-A 145

Codetype congruence issues 147 The codetype interpretation approach 150 Deriving a codetype classification for adolescents 154 Single-scale and two-point codetypes 157 Factors potenticdly affecting codetype interpretation 204 References 214

r CONTENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY SCALE ^ INTERPRETATION 219

Supplementary scales 220 Content scales 235 The Harris-Lingoes and Si Subscales 261 References 271

J INTERPRETIVE STRATEGIES 275

Steps in MMPI-A profile interpretation 276 Clinical case examples 280 Computer-based test interpretation (CBTI) systems 310 Appendix 7.1 315 References 326

APPENDDC A: ADOLESCENT NORMS ^^^ J"^0«;^"1^0^ MMPI FOR MALES AND FEMALES FOR AGES 14 AND BELOW, 15, 16, AND 17 329

APPENDDC B: ITEM COMPOSmON OF MM^-A BASIC SCALES, HARRIS-LINGOES SUBSCALES, Si SUBSCALES, SUPPLEMENTARY SCALES, AND CONTENT SCALES 347

CONTENTS ix

APPENDDC C: MMPI-A BASIC SCALE, CONTENT SCALE AND SUPPLEMENTARY SCALE NORMS FOR IS-YEAR-OLD BOYS AND GIRLS BASED ON LINEAR T-SCORE CONVERSIONS 365

APPENDIX D: T-SCORE CONVERSIONS FOR MMPI-A BASIC VALIDITY AND CLINICAL SCALES, CONTENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY SCALES, AND THE HARRIS-LINGOES AND SI SUBSCALES 379

APPENDIX E: 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) 397

APPENDIX F: LACHAR-WROBEL CRITICAL ITEMS 423

APPENDDC G: WIGGINS CONTENT SCALE ITEMS RETAINED IN THE MMPI-A 429

AUTHOR INDEX U3

SUBJECT INDEX 451