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The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI, MMPI-2, and
MMPI-A) and the Rorschach are the two tests used most widely in
clinical personality assessment to evaluate personality
functioning, current emotional state, and the presence, nature, and
severity of psychopathology, as well as to formulate treatment
interventions. Psychologists' vigorous interest in and intense
loyalty to the Rorschach and MMPI are reflected in the large and
still growing theoretical and empirical literature concerning these
tests. Given the enduring popularity of these two tests, it is
surprising to find that only a small percentage of these numerous
studies have examined the relationships between the two. Both tests
provide valuable information about an individual's symptoms,
behavior, emotions, interpersonal functioning, self-concept,
defenses, and the dynamics underlying their behavior. Although much
has been written about each test individually, little has been
written about how to use the two tests together even though many
psychologists use a battery of tests when conducting personality
assessments in clinical practice. The basic premise of this book is
that psychologists' armamentarium of assessment techniques can be
strengthened by using the MMPI-2 and Rorschach together in a
complementary fashion, and that essential information may be lost
if one test is used to the exclusion of the other. The book
examines interrelationships between the MMPI-2 and Rorschach on
several different levels including empirical and research findings,
conceptual relationships, and integrated interpretations using a
series of in-depth case presentations. A balance is maintained
between the foundation provided by research and by clinical theory
for conceptualizing, understanding, and treating patients with a
variety of psychological disorders. This volume illustrates the
contribution psychological test findings make to clinical decision
making and differential diagnosis, and discusses the links between
test data, clinical judgment, and DSM-IV.
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI, MMPI-2, and
MMPI-A) and the Rorschach are the two tests used most widely in
clinical personality assessment to evaluate personality
functioning, current emotional state, and the presence, nature, and
severity of psychopathology, as well as to formulate treatment
interventions. Psychologists' vigorous interest in and intense
loyalty to the Rorschach and MMPI are reflected in the large and
still growing theoretical and empirical literature concerning these
tests. Given the enduring popularity of these two tests, it is
surprising to find that only a small percentage of these numerous
studies have examined the relationships between the two.
Both tests provide valuable information about an individual's
symptoms, behavior, emotions, interpersonal functioning,
self-concept, defenses, and the dynamics underlying their behavior.
Although much has been written about each test individually, little
has been written about how to use the two tests together even
though many psychologists use a battery of tests when conducting
personality assessments in clinical practice. The basic premise of
this book is that psychologists' armamentarium of assessment
techniques can be strengthened by using the MMPI-2 and Rorschach
together in a complementary fashion, and that essential information
may be lost if one test is used to the exclusion of the other.
The book examines interrelationships between the MMPI-2 and
Rorschach on several different levels including empirical and
research findings, conceptual relationships, and integrated
interpretations using a series of in-depth case presentations. A
balance is maintained between the foundation provided by research
and by clinical theory for conceptualizing, understanding, and
treating patients with a variety of psychological disorders. This
volume illustrates the contribution psychological test findings
make to clinical decision making and differential diagnosis, and
discusses the links between test data, clinical judgment, and
DSM-IV.
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