A Beginner's Guide to the Mmpi-2

by James N. Butcher

Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Guide to the interpretation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Revised (MMPI-2), a personality assessment instrument. For the novice test user, nonpsychology professional, and student of clinical and personality assessment. Offers an interpretive strategy and assumes no testing or clinical background. Illustrated.

Genres: Psychology

225 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1999

About the author

James N Butcher is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Butcher received his graduate training at the University of North Carolina and served on the faculty of the University of Minnesota for over 40 years. He has written more than 50 books and 175 articles on the MMPI®, MMPI®-2, and MMPI-A, including Essentials of MMPI-2 and MMPI-A Interpretation (with Dr Carolyn Williams), published in 2000 by the University of Minnesota Press. He was instrumental in identifying the need for a revision of the MMPI, which resulted in the MMPI Restandardization Project conducted during the 1980s and 1990s.

More recently, Dr. Butcher co-authored two books published by the American Psychological Association: Assessing Hispanic Clients Using the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A (with Jose Cabiya, Emilia Lucio and Maria Garrido, 2007) and the third edition of The MMPI/MMPI-2/MMPI-A in Court (with Ken Pope and Joyce Seelen, 2006). Butcher and 25 colleagues from around the world used the Adolescent Interpretive System of the Minnesota Report to develop International Case Studies on the MMPI-A: An Objective Approach. This casebook illustrates the use of the Minnesota Report with adolescents in 15 countries outside the United States.

Reviews

[Courtney Moeller]

Thorough and informative about the developmental history, clinical use, efficacy/validity/reliability and administration guidelines.

The book also provides a broad range of examples for various reports, research-based code-types, and general interpretations.

Great book for those just beginning to learn the MMPI-2 and as a quick reference guide to aid in interpretation.