A review of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) and the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) with an emphasis on juvenile justice samples

Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 384-400

  Baum, Linda J ^a   Archer, Robert P ^a   Forbey, Johnathan D ^b   Handel, Richard W ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile justice; MACI; MMPI A

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MMPI; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 70449730584     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191109338264     Document Type: Review

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