The minnesota multiphasic personality inventory adolescent restructured form mmpiarf is a broadband instrument used to psychologically evaluate adolescents. Personality assessment inventory clinical interpretive report. The minnesota multiphasic personality inventory adolescent mmpia is an instrument which is heavily interrelated to both the original form of the mmpi, as well as to the mmpi2. Further refinement of the interpretation focuses on the clinical, content, and supplementary scales. Personality assessment inventoryadolescent archives paa. We explored the validity of the psychopathology five psy5 facet scales of the adolescent version of the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory mmpia. The personality assessment inventory pai provides a revised manual, profile form adults revised, and critical items form revised.
Morey, 1991 is a 344item selfreport inventory that assesses various domains of personality and psychopathology among. A new standard in adolescent personality assessment the mmpi. Paia personality assessment inventory adolescent product. Paia professional manual contains information related to scoring and administration procedures, the. Personality assessment inventory abuse wiki fandom. Supplementary scales extended score report and the minnesota report macr macandrew alcoholism scalerevised ack alcoholdrug problem acknowledgment pro alcoholdrug problem proneness imm immaturity a anxiety r repression. The pai covers constructs most relevant to a broadbased assessment of mental disorders.
Personality assessment inventory pai, developed by leslie morey 1991, 2007, is a selfreport 344item personality test that assesses a respondents personality and psychopathology. Mmpia adolescent system interpretive reports, extended score report. It has been identified as the second most frequently utilized broadband instrument in the evaluation of adults by forensic psychologists and the third most frequently utilized selfreport measure in the assessment of. Clinical and forensic applications of the personality. Participants were 55 communityresiding adult women who were administered a comprehensive battery that included the pai and the clinicianadministered ptsd scale caps. This widely used selfreport inventory is an excellent measure of adult psychopathology.
Personality assessment an overview sciencedirect topics. Personality assessment inventoryadolescent 2007, the interpretive guide to the personality assessment inventory 1996, and essentials of pai assessment 2003. The personality assessment inventory pai is used in the assessment of a broad range of clinical variables and interpersonal functioning in clinical and forensic settings. The mmpia is a structured personality inventory based on the mmpi2. The paia was designed to complement its parent instrument, the personality assessment inventory pai. It includes 344 items, written at a fourthgrade reading level, covering 22 nonoverlapping scales. An introduction to the personality assessment inventory adolescent paia. Strengths and limitations of the personality inventory for. The number of studies using a wide range of objective personality assessments, followed by the leading projective personality assessments since 1990, is shown in table 16. There is ample research to support its clinical and forensic use. Use of the personality assessment inventory in assessment. While the personality assessment inventory is a relatively reliable tool for. This study investigated the utility of the personality assessment inventory pai for the assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd.
Individual or group administration designed to complement its parent instrument, the personality assessment inventory pai, the personality assessment inventoryadolescent paia is an objective personality assessment for use with. Normative data includes 430 adolescents involved in inpatient or outpatient psychological assessment or psychotherapy and 2,157 normal adolescents representing various socioeconomic levels. The personality assessment inventoryadolescent paia. Sources for these items included the millon adolescent clinical inventory maci 20, the bpd module of the structured clinical interview for dsmiv axis ii personality disorders scidii 17. Personality assessment inventory adolescent paia l. The borderline features scale is the only pai scale that has four subscales, reflecting the factorial complexity of the construct. Detecting feigning in adolescents on the personality assessment inventoryadolescent form malm et al. The configuration of the clinical scales suggests a person with a pattern of polysubstance abuse, including alcohol as well as other drugs.
Mmpia characteristics of male adolescents in juvenile. This personality assessment was designed to assess the adolescent population, ages 12 to. Evaluating the validity indices of the personality. Psychological assessment is an important aspect in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions. Personality assessment inventory adolescent clinical. It is comprised of 344 items and requires 5060 minutes to administer.
Sample epot case descriptions do not accompany mmpia reports, but are provided here as background information. Morey, 1991 is an instrument designed for use in a wide range of clinical settings. Each item is a statement about the respondent that the respondent rates with a 4point scale 1not true at all, false, 2slightly true, 3mainly true. The validity of various indicators of response distortion on the personality assessment inventoryadolescent paia.
Training and topic overview this twoday workshop focuses on the personality assessment inventory pai, an instrument designed for use in a wide range of clinical settings. Objective personality assessment has generated numerous scientific publications in our recent literature. Minnesota multiphasic personality inventoryadolescent. Pdf evaluating the validity indices of the personality. Scale icn inf nim pim som anx ard dep man par scz bor ant alc drg agg sui str non rxr dom wrm. Personality assessment inventory adolescent paia acer. Testing the dimensionality of the selfconsciousness scales. Pdf evaluating the validity indices of the personality assessment. The mmpi is the most widely researched instrument for personality assessment.
The mmpia rapidly became the most widely used objective personality assessment instrument with adolescents in research, clinical, and forensic settings. The psychometric properties of the personality assessment. Evaluation of the paia anxiety and depression scales. An introduction to the personality assessment inventory. The personality assessment inventoryadolescent test is a tool used to assess.
Diagnostic efficiency of the personality assessment. Additional mmpia sample reports, product offerings, training opportunities, and resources can be found. Limitations of the personality assessment inventory. Convergent and discriminant validity of the anx and dep scale scores were. Personality assessment inventory sigma assessment systems. Personality assessment inventoryadolescent software portfolio used to score and interpret paia results, the paia sp provides comprehensive and accurate clinical interpretive reports based on onscreen administration of the paia or handentry of an adolescents item or scale raw scores. The minnesota multiphasic personality inventoryadolescent mmpi. Published in 2007, the personality assessment inventory adolescent pai a is rapidly becoming a widely used adolescent personality measure in psychological assessment, particularly with forensicdelinquent adolescents.
Past research has established strong psychometric properties of several indicators of response distortion on the personality assessment inventory pai. However, the mmpia is designed to be used with adolescents ages 1418. However, to date, it has been unclear whether the response distortion indicators of the adolescent version of the pai paia operate in an equally valid manner. The personality assessment inventory is a psychological test used to identify abnormal personality characteristics in adults age 18 and older.
The mmpia is designed to measure characteristics of. This 22item test can help you determine the need for followup with a full evaluation of. Clinical assessment of child and adolescent personality and behavior third edition paul j. Morey, 2007 contains validity scales used to detect and measure the amount of response distortion presented by each individual taking the assessment. Personality assessment inventory pai revised manual. Personality styles, expressed concerns, and behavioral patterns. The antisocial features scale includes three subscales. Rating scales 144 behavior assessment system for children, 2nd edition basc2 145. Its development grew out of the interest expressed by many professionals who wished to use the pai with the adolescent population in clinical settings. Paper and pencil, online administration and scoring via pariconnect. Personality assessment inventory adolescent paia psychology. Personality assessment inventory pai, authored by leslie morey, phd, is a multiscale test of psychological functioning that assesses constructs relevant to personality and psychopathology evaluation e. A comparison of findings with the piy and the minnesota multiphasic personality inventoryadolescent mmpia in juvenile justice samples helps to identify broader considerations about how youths in juvenile justice settings respond to. The current study investigates the extent to which the minnesota multipha sic personality inventoryadolescent mmpia profiles of 196 male adolescents evaluat ed in a south carolina detention center could be successfully discriminated from the p rotocols of 200.
Clinical assessment of child and adolescent personality. Pai, paia, personality assessment inventory, adolescents, response distortion. The mmpia normative sample consists of 1,620 adolescents 805 boys. Participants were classified as either ptsd or nonptsd based on. The personality assessment inventory pai provides information relevant for clinical diagnosis, treatment planning and screening for psychopathology. A new standard in adolescent personality assessment. The literature indicates forensic adolescent males differ in many domains from nonforensic adolescent males.
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