Integrative assessment of adult personality [electronic resource] / [edited by] T. Mark Harwood, Larry E. Beutler, Gary Groth-Marnat
- Published
- New York : Guilford Press, [2011]
- Copyright Date
- ©2011
- Edition
- Third edition.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 475 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Harwood, T. Mark, Beutler, Larry E., and Groth-Marnat, Gary
Access Online
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction to Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality / Hui-Qi Tong -- What Are the Value and Nature of Psychological Assessment? -- Systematic Treatment Selection: A Model of Functional Elements -- Patient Predisposing Characteristics -- Psychological Assessment and the Nature of Measurement -- Selecting and Implementing the Assessment Tools -- Summary -- 2.Approaching the Patient: Referral Contexts, Test Selection, and Clinical Judgment / Lisa Joseph -- Contexts of Assessment -- Test Selection -- Selecting Instruments Based on Domains of Client Functioning -- Maximizing Clinical Judgments -- Summary -- 3.Identifying Treatment-Relevant Assessment: Systematic Treatment Selection/InnerLife / R. Scott Stegman -- Systematic Treatment Selection/InnerLife -- Matching Patient and Treatment Dimensions: Cross-Theoretical Applications -- Introduction to the Therapeutic Principles of Training in STS and InnerLife -- An Internet-Distributed Application for Implementing InnerLife -- Case Example -- Summary -- 4.The Integrative Clinical Interview / Samarea Lenore -- Overview of Interview Formats -- Strengths of interview Formats -- The Integrated, Semistructured Interview -- Integrating Information from the Semistructured Interview -- Case Example -- Summary -- 5.Integrating Intelligence and Personality / Moshe Zeidner -- Intelligence and Personality: Basic Findings -- Intelligence and Traits Related to Psychological Adjustment -- Intelligence, Abnormal Personality, and Mental Health -- Emotional Intelligence -- Intelligence-Personality and Systematic Treatment Selection -- Case Example -- Summary -- 6.The MMPI-2 / Kathy Blau -- Background -- Administration and Scoring -- Assessment of STS Dimensions of Personality and Behavior -- Feedback Considerations -- Case Example -- Limitations of the MMPI-2 -- Introduction of the MMPI-2-RF -- Summary -- 7.The Personality Assessment Inventory / Daniel Pratt -- Background and Development of the PAI -- Psychometric Properties -- Treatment Process and Planning -- Advantages and Limitations -- Administration and Scoring -- Description of PAI Scales -- Feedback Considerations -- Interpretation-Integration of Information -- Case Example: Application to Patient-Treatment Matching -- Summary -- 8.The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III / T. Mark Harwood -- Development of the MCMIs -- Description of the MCMI-III Scales -- Advantages and Limitations -- Psychometric Properties -- Administration and Scoring -- Interpretation -- Treatment Planning -- Case Example -- Summary -- 9.The NEO Inventories / Sarah L. Kelly -- Background -- Psychometric Properties -- Strengths and Limitations -- Administration, Scoring, Interpretation, and Feedback -- Application to Patient-Treatment Matching -- Case Example -- A Five Factor Theory Perspective -- 10.The Rorschach and Performance-Based Assessment / Gary Groth-Marnat -- Overview of Performance-Based Assessment -- Background and Development of the Rorschach -- Psychometric Properties -- Advantages and Limitations -- Administration -- Scoring and Description of Rorschach Variables -- Interpretation--Integration of Information -- An Alternative Organization for Interpretation: Use of the Systematic Treatment Selection Model -- Feedback Considerations -- Applications to Patient-Treatment Matching -- Alternative Instruments: Other Popular Performance-Based Measures -- Case Example -- Summary -- 11.Integrative Personality Assessment in Special Settings / Keith Burke -- Working in Special Settings -- Specific Test Differences -- Case Example -- Summary -- 12.Integrative Personality Assessment with Older Adults and Ethnic Minorities / Sean Harrell -- Key Concepts -- General Issues in Assessment of Older Adults and Racial and Ethnic Minorities -- Systematic Treatment Selection Dimensions: Relevance to Older Adults and Racial and Ethnic Minorities -- Summary -- 13.Applying Assessment Information: Decision Making, Patient Feedback, and Consultation / Xiaoxia Song -- Benefits of Integrative Assessment -- How to Conduct a Feedback Session -- Feedback and Therapeutic Strategies Using the STS Model -- Working with the Referral Source -- Case Example -- Summary -- 14.The Integrated Psychological Report / Ari Davis -- Research and Practical Considerations -- Clarifying the Referral Question -- Managing Differing Agendas -- The Use of Computers -- Components of the Psychological Report -- Examples of Case Reports -- Summary.
- Summary
- "A complete, thorough, and pragmatic guide to clinical assessment, this authoritative book meets a key need for both students and practitioners. T. Mark Harwood, Larry E. Beutler, Gary Groth-Marnat, and their associates describe how to construct a 'moving picture' of each patient by integrating data from a variety of sources. Included are detailed, systematic reviews of widely used instruments together with strategies for selecting the best methods for particular referral questions. Readers learn to conduct integrated assessments that take the complexities of the individual personality into account, serve as the basis for developing an effective treatment plan, and facilitate meaningful reporting and client feedback. New to This Edition Incorporates the latest research findings and assessment/treatment planning tools. Chapters on the Personality Assessment Inventory and the NEO-PI-R and NEO-PI-3.A new extended case example runs throughout the chapters. Critically evaluates the recently published MMPI-2-RF"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781609186517 (electronic bk.)
1609186516 (electronic bk.) - Note
- AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Technical Details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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