@article{ref1,
title="Clinical utility of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in therapeutic assessment: a case study",
journal="Journal of personality assessment",
year="2008",
author="Wygant, Dustin B. and Fleming, Karen P.",
volume="90",
number="2",
pages="110-118",
abstract="In the following article, we provide a case study on a 25-year-old man who was released from a crisis stabilization unit following a suicide attempt. After completing a diagnostic intake, the client participated in a Therapeutic Assessment (Finn, 1996, 2003), which included the MMPI-2 (Butcher et al., 2001) and the Incomplete Sentences Blank (Rotter & Rafferty, 1950). In particular, in the article, we focus on how the Restructured Clinical (RC; Tellegen et al., 2003) scales can be used to form a personological conceptualization of the client. The RC scales measure important personality and affective trait dimensions including demoralization and both positive and negative affect, which allows for a clear explanation of the underlying etiological factors that influence a client's negative emotional experience. In this article, we highlight how explaining these underlying personality characteristics to the client within the framework of therapeutic assessment allowed for an increase in his insight.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3891",
doi="10.1080/00223890701845112",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223890701845112"
}