%0 Journal Article
%T Clinical utility of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in therapeutic assessment: a case study
%J Journal of personality assessment
%D 2008
%A Wygant, Dustin B.
%A Fleming, Karen P.
%V 90
%N 2
%P 110-118
%X 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>
%G en
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 0022-3891
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223890701845112