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Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality, Second Edition

ISBN: 9781572306707 | 157230670X
Edition: 2nd
Format: Trade Book
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Pub. Date: 7/9/2003

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
This unique volume, widely adopted for text use, presents an integrative approach to the process of personality assessment.

Providing a solid grounding in the most widely used approaches to adult personality assessment, this invaluable text presents a framework for constructing a "moving picture" of each client by integrating data from a variety of sources. Students learn to conduct assessments that take the complexities of the individual personality into account, serve as the basis for a rational treatment plan, a... MORE
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1. Introduction to Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality1(36)
LARRY E. BEUTLER, GARY GROTH-MARNAT, and RITA ROSNER
What Is the Value and Nature of Psychological Assessment?
4(3)
Systematic Treatment Selection: A Model of Functional Elements
7(7)
Psychological Assessment and the Nature of Measurement
14(22)
Summary
36(1)
2. Approaching the Patient: Referral Contexts, Test Selection, and Clinical Judgment37(28)
LARRY E. BEUTLER and GARY GROTH-MARNAT
Contexts of Assessment
38(5)
Test Selection
43(18)
Maximizing Clinical Judgments
61(2)
Summary
63(2)
3. Identifying Treatment-Relevant Assessment: Systematic Treatment Selection65(17)
T. MARK HARWOOD and OLIVER B. WILLIAMS
Prescriptive Therapy
67(4)
Patient and Treatment Matching Dimensions: Cross-Theoretical Applications
71(5)
Introduction to the Therapeutic Principles of Training in Systematic Treatment Selection
76(3)
An Internet-Distributed Application for Implementing Systematic Treatment Selection
79(1)
Case Example
80(1)
Summary
81(1)
4. The Integrative Clinical Interview82(41)
DAVID MOHR and LARRY E. BEUTLER
Overview of Interview Formats
82(3)
Strengths of Interview Formats
85(6)
The Integrated, Semistructured Interview
91(28)
Case Example
119(2)
Summary
121(2)
5. Intelligence and Personality123(34)
DONALD H. SAKLOFSKE, ELIZABETH J. AUSTIN, GERALD MATTHEWS, MOSRE ZEIDNER, VICKI L. SCHWEAN, and GARY GROTH-MARNAT
Correlations between Intelligence and Personality Traits
124(4)
Possible Mechanisms for Intelligence-Personality Correlations
128(5)
Mental Health and Intelligence
133(11)
Emotional Intelligence
144(7)
Intelligence-Personality and Systematic Treatment Selection
151(1)
Case Example
152(3)
Summary
155(2)
6. The MMPI-2157(35)
JAMES N. BUTCHER and LARRY E. BEUTLER
Background
158(14)
Administration and Scoring
172(7)
Feedback Considerations
179(1)
Case Example
180(9)
Limitations of the MMPI-2
189(2)
Summary
191(1)
7. The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III192(35)
PAUL D. RETZLAFF and THOMAS DUNLA
Development of the MCMIs
192(2)
Description of the MCMI-III Scales
194(2)
Advantages and Limitations
196(3)
Psychometric Properties
199(8)
Administration and Scoring
207(1)
Interpretation
208(8)
Treatment Planning
216(6)
Case Example
222(4)
Summary
226(1)
8. The California Psychological Inventory227(35)
DAVID A.C. DONNAM and TIMOTHY R. ELLIOTT
Background
228(3)
Advantages and Limitations
231(2)
Psychometric Properties
233(2)
Administration and Scoring
235(1)
Interpretation
236(17)
Systematic Treatment Selection
253(4)
Case Example
257(3)
Summary
260(2)
9. The Rorschach262(53)
RADHIKA KRISHNAMURTHY and ROBERT P. ARCHER
Advantages and Limitations
264(5)
Psychometric Properties
269(7)
Alternative Instruments
276(1)
Administration
277(3)
Scoring
280(11)
Interpretation
291(12)
Treatment Planning
303(4)
Feedback Considerations
307(2)
Case Example
309(5)
Summary
314(1)
10. Integrative Personality Assessment in Special Settings315(23)
RONALD A. STOLBERG, BRUCE BONGAR, and GARY GROTH-MARNAT
Working in Special Settings
316(17)
Specific Test Differences
333(3)
Case Example
336(1)
Summary
337(1)
11. Integrative Personality Assessment with Older Adults and Ethnic Minority Clients338(18)
FORREST SCOGIN and MARTHA R. CROWTHER
Key Concepts
339(2)
General Assessment Issues
341(1)
Systematic Treatment Selection Dimensions: Relevance to Older Adults and Racial and Ethnic Minority Adults
342(12)
Summary
354(2)
12. Integrating and Applying Assessment Information: Decision Making, Patient Feedback, and Consultation356(42)
RICHARD W. LEWAK and R. SEAN HOGAN
Benefits of Integrative Assessment
359(1)
Test Integration
360(1)
Steps in Test Integration
361(9)
How to Conduct a Feedback Session
370(8)
Feedback and Therapeutic Strategies Using the STS Model
378(8)
Working with the Referral Source
386(7)
Case Example
393(3)
Summary
396(2)
13. The Integrated Psychological Report398(37)
STEVEN KVAAL, JAMES CHOCA, and GARY GROTH-MARNAT
Research and Practical Considerations
399(7)
The Use of Computers
406(1)
Components of the Psychological Report
407(10)
Examples of Case Reports
417(16)
Summary
433(2)
Appendix A. Test Scores for Case Example R.W.435(13)
Appendix B. Test Publishers/Distributors448(3)
Appendix C. STS Analysis451(12)
References463(38)
Index501
Larry E. Beutler, PhD, is Professor of Homeland Security at the U.S. Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is also the William McInnes Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, California, and Consulting Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is former Editor of the [i]Journal of Clinical Psychology[/i] and the [i]Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology[/i]. Dr. Beutler is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Society. He is a past president of the Society for Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of APA), a past president of the Division of Psychotherapy (APA), and a two-term past president of the international Society for Psychotherapy Research. Dr. Beutler is the author of approximately 300 scientific papers and chapters, and is the author, editor, or coauthor of 14 books on psychotherapy and psychopathology.

Gary Groth-Marnat, PhD, is in private practice in Santa Barbara, California, and is an Adjunct Professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute and Fielding Graduate University. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 12). Dr. Groth-Marnat has published more than 100 journal articles and chapters in books and is the author of [i]Handbook of Psychological Assessment[/i] and [i]Neuropsychological Assessment in Clinical Practice[/i]. Previously, he was Senior Lecturer in clinical health psychology at Curtin University in Perth, Australia.

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