CLINICAL PERSONALITY ASSESSMENTS

Clinical personality assessments can only be completed and interpreted by a licensed psychologist who is trained in testing and assessments. Personality testing is usually done as a part of a larger battery of psychological assessment.  An individual or even several personality tests would not be administered in isolation without the supporting evidence from other testing and interviews.  This week you will become familiar with some of the main personality testing instruments.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

TO PREPARE

• Review the Learning Resources about the six clinical personality measures (i.e., Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2, Millon Clinical Mutliaxial Inventory-III, Personality Assessment Inventory, Revised NEO Personality Inventory, the Rorschach, the Thematic Apperception Test). Then, choose one that will be the focus of your Assignment. 

ASSIGNMENT: (2–3 PAGES, IN ADDITION TO TITLE PAGE AND REFERENCES)

Review one of the clinical personality measures from the materials you studied this week (i.e., Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2, Millon Clinical Mutliaxial Inventory-III, Personality Assessment Inventory, Revised NEO Personality Inventory, the Rorschach, or the Thematic Apperception Test) and include the following in your review:

• Provide a detailed description of a clinical personality measure (i.e., Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2, Millon Clinical Mutliaxial Inventory-III, Personality Assessment Inventory, Revised NEO Personality Inventory, the Rorschach, or the Thematic Apperception Test).
• Evaluate strengths and limitations of this personality measure.
• Provide a minimum of two (2) examples and explain how this clinical personality measure could be used in professional settings.
• Explain how a personality theory/theoretical orientation you studied in Module 1 relates to the clinical personality measure you selected for this Assignment. There is not necessarily a right or wrong answer but rather a rationale you provide in your analysis.

In addition to the Learning Resources, search the Walden Library and/or internet for peer-reviewed articles to support your Assignment. Use proper APA format and citations, including those in the Learning Resources.

RESOURCES/REFERENCES

• Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. (2008a). Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III. In, Handbook of personality assessment  Download Handbook of personality assessment (pp. 251–256; 276–281). Wiley. [Seminal] Credit Line: Handbook of Personality Assessment, 1st Ed. by Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. Copyright 2008 by JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Reprinted by permission of JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC via the Copyright Clearance Center.
• Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. (2008b). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Download Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2. In, Handbook of personality assessment (pp. 135–141; 197–204). Wiley. [Seminal] Credit Line: Handbook of Personality Assessment, 1st Ed. by Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. Copyright 2008 by JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Reprinted by permission of JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC via the Copyright Clearance Center.
  Note: The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III is now available in its fourth version, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV.
• Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. (2008c). Personality Assessment Inventory.  Download Personality Assessment Inventory.In, Handbook of personality assessment (pp. 283–289; 310–313). Wiley.. [Seminal] Credit Line: Handbook of Personality Assessment, 1st Ed. by Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. Copyright 2008 by JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Reprinted by permission of JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC via the Copyright Clearance Center.
• Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. (2008d). Revised NEO Personality Inventory Download Revised NEO Personality Inventory. In, Handbook of personality assessment (pp. 315–321; 336–342). Wiley. [Seminal] Credit Line: Handbook of Personality Assessment, 1st Ed. by Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. Copyright 2008 by JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Reprinted by permission of JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC via the Copyright Clearance Center.
  Note: The NEO Personality Inventory examines a person's Big Five personality traits (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism). The inventory comes in different versions – NEO PI, NEO PI-R (or Revised NEO PI), NEO PI-3, and NEO-4.  The NEO-4 does not include the neuroticism personality trait.
• Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. (2008e). Rorschach Inkblot Method.  Download Rorschach Inkblot Method.In, Handbook of personality assessment (pp. 345–354; 395–405; 416–423). Wiley. [Seminal] Credit Line: Handbook of Personality Assessment, 1st Ed. by Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. Copyright 2008 by JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Reprinted by permission of JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC via the Copyright Clearance Center.
• Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. (2008f). Thematic Apperception Test. Download Thematic Apperception Test.In, Handbook of personality assessment (pp. 425–435; 467–480). Wiley. [Seminal] Credit Line: Handbook of Personality Assessment, 1st Ed. by Weiner, I. B., & Greene, R. L. Copyright 2008 by JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Reprinted by permission of JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC via the Copyright Clearance Center.