Book Title:

MMPI-A Assessing Adolescent Psychopathology.

Author(s): Robert P. Archer.

Year: 2005.

Edition: Third (3ed).

Publisher: Routledge.

Type(s): Hardcover.

Synopsis:

This third edition of Robert Archer’s classic step-by-step guide to the MMPI-A continues the tradition of the first two in presenting the essential facts and recommendations for students, clinicians, and researchers interested in understanding and utilising this assessment instrument to its fullest .

Special features of the third edition include:

• Presentation of appropriate administration criteria;
• Updated references to document the recent development of an increasingly solid empirical foundation – more than 160 new ones;
• Extensive review of new MMPI-A scales and subscales including the content component scales and the PSY-5 scales;
• Expanded variety of clinical examples; and
• A new chapter on the rapidly expanding forensic uses of the MMPI-A, including those in correctional facilities and in custody or personal injury evaluations.