Assessment of substance abuse in psychotherapy clients: the effectiveness of the MMPI-2 substance abuse scales

Article Abstract:

Three scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) have been developed to detect individuals who abuse alcohol and other drugs. These scales are the revised MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC-R), the Addiction Acknowledgement Scale (AAS) and the Addiction Potential Scale (APS). A study of 68 psychotherapy clients who were substance abusing, compared with 392 nonabusing clients showed that the substance abusers had higher average scores for all three scales, with the AAS scale as the best predictor on its own. The AAS scale measures acknowledged abuse rather than traits linked to abuse. Respondents in some other settings may tend to be less open with pathological responses.

Diagnosis, Mental health, Drug abuse

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Introduction to the special issue on methodological issues in psychological assessment research

Article Abstract:

The editorial team reviewed over 1800 article on the subject of psychological assessment. Only 15% of the articles were regarded as comprehensive research works fit for publication while the rest suffered from some major drawback. The selected articles went through extensive reviewing before being published. The authors were asked to present remedies for the common problems they encountered during the research.

Evaluation, Endorsements, Editors, Psychological research

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Validity and utility of computer-based test interpretation

Article Abstract:

Computers have been important in scoring psychological tests, and their application is expanding. Recent uses of computer-based assessment methods are explored and their validity examined.

Usage, Computers, Digital computers, Psychological tests

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