Therapeutic effects of providing MMPI-2 test feedback to college students awaiting therapy.
Abstract
This study investigated the benefits of sharing Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) test results verbally with clients. Ss were randomly selected from a college counseling center's waiting list: 32 received test feedback according to a collaborative model developed by Finn (1990) and 29 received only examiner attention. Groups did not differ on age, sex, days between examiner contact, and initial levels of distress and self-esteem
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C/TA has been shown to positively influence improved self-esteem.
“These include compliance with treatment [36], therapeutic alliance with a subsequent therapist [32, 37], and the client’s satisfaction with treatment [38], as well as recovery from anxiety symptoms [39, 40], improved self-esteem [41–43], and lower levels of self-criticism [39].”
Collaborative Assessment and Therapeutic Assessment (C/TA) has been shown in controlled trials with adults to increase self-esteem.
“C/TA has been explored in several controlled trials with adults and has been shown to increase a range of process variables related to therapy outcomes. This includes self-esteem [26–29]”
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- Authors
- Finn, S. E., & Tonsager, M. E.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- ORCID
- Finn, Stephen E.
- Venue
- Psychological Assessment
- Published
- 1992-09
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 278-287
- ISSN
- 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-134X
- OpenAlex
- W2017227981
- Cited by
- 271
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 15
- FWCI
- 2.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- MMPI-2, college counseling centers, collaboration models, self-esteem, distress
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