ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: ADOLESCENCE Volume 1 USING THE MMPI WITH ADOLESCENTS This page intentionally left blank USING THE MMPI WITH ADOLESCENTS ROBERT P. ARCHER Firstpublishedin1987byLawrenceErlbaumAssociates,Inc. Thiseditionfirstpublishedin2016 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RN andbyRoutledge 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©1987byLawrenceErlbaumAssociates,Inc. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilised inanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownor hereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformation storageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksorregistered trademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanationwithoutintentto infringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:978-1-138-94766-5(Set) ISBN:978-1-315-64149-2(Set)(ebk) ISBN:978-1-138-95161-7(Volume1)(hbk) ISBN:978-1-138-95197-6(Volume1)(pbk) ISBN:978-1-315-66790-4(Volume1)(ebk) Publisher’sNote Thepublisherhasgonetogreatlengthstoensurethequalityofthisreprintbut pointsoutthatsomeimperfectionsintheoriginalcopiesmaybeapparent. Disclaimer Thepublisherhasmadeeveryefforttotracecopyrightholdersandwouldwelcome correspondencefromthosetheyhavebeenunabletotrace. USING THE MMPI WITH ADOLESCENTS Robert P. Archer Eastern Virginia Medical School C U LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS 1987 Hillsdale, New Jersey London Copyright ® 1987 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 365 Broadway Hillsdale, New Jersey 07642 Cover design by Beth-Ann Schmalz Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Archer, Robert P. Using the MMPI with adolescents. (Personality assessmeent) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. 2. Adolescent psychology. I. Title. II. Series. [DNLM: 1. MMPI. WM 145 A672u] BF698.8.M5A73 155.5 86-30933 ISBN 0-89859-939-3 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Charles Spielberger and Robert Vidaver The largest part of helping is to give courage -IRISH PROVERB This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS PREFACE xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv FOREWORD xvii 7 INTRODUCTION: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT 1 Changes and Challenges in Adolescence 2 Impact of Developmental Tasks on Adjustment 4 Contrasting Views of Adolescent Development 7 MMPI Implications 9 2 DEVELOPMENT OF THE MMPI WITH ADOLESCENTS 13 Overview 13 Major Contributions 15 The Continued Controversy and Confusion Regarding Norm Selection 19 The Effect of Adult and Adolescent Norms 21 Implication of Findings Regarding Adolescent and Adult Norms 29 3 THE INTERPRETATION OF ADOLESCENT PROFILES 33 General Administrative Guidelines 33 Short Form Issues 35 Profiling Adolescents' Response Patterns 36 Issues of Profile Validity 38 Critical Items 44