Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory

MAPI

Theodore Millon, PhD, DSc, Catherine J. Green, PhD, Robert B. Meagher Jr., PhD

The Millon® Adolescent Personality Inventory (MAPI®) is a normed assessment of adolescent personality characteristics. Guidance on using this test in your telepractice.

Age range: 13-18

Reading level: 6th Grade

Scores/interpretation: Outpatient, inpatient, and normal adolescents

Qualification level: C Additional information

Completion time: 20–30 minutes (150 true/false items)

Administration: Paper-and-pencil, computer or online administration

Scoring options: Q-global® web based, Q Local™ Software, or Mail-in Scoring

Report options: Interpretive Report

Other languages: Spanish

Trademark information: "Millon," "MCMI," "MCMI-III," "MACI," "M-PACI," "MBMD," "MAPI," and "MCCI" are trademarks and "MIPS" is a registered trademark of DICANDRIEN, INC.

Telepractice: Guidance on using this test in your telepractice

The MAPI can be used in clinical, correctional, and educational settings by psychologists, psychiatrists, and school counselors, as well as other mental health and guidance professionals.

Benefits

Use for diagnosis and treatment planning in clinical, correctional, and educational settings.
Evaluate adolescent expressed concerns, personality styles, and coping patterns to help select the best approach to treatment and identify behavior patterns.

Features

The MAPI test was designed to assess adolescent personality characteristics.

Three distinct scale dimensions: Personality Styles, Expressed Concerns, and Behavioral Patterns.
Normative data includes 430 adolescents involved in inpatient or outpatient psychological assessment or psychotherapy and 2,157 normal adolescents representing various socioeconomic levels.

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Sample Reports and Resources

Below you will find additional information on MAPI.

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Test Content

What are the main differences between the MAPI and the MACI tests?

The MACI test was specifically designed to evaluate adolescents with clinical symptoms, and the normative population consists of adolescents in a variety of clinical settings. The MAPI test was designed to identify adolescent personality characteristics and was normed primarily on individuals in settings where clinical problems were not assumed. The MACI test was published after the MAPI and is correlated with the more-recent version of the DSM, the DSM-IV. The MAPI test is correlated with the DSM-III-R.

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Is the MAPI instrument appropriate for use with normal adolescents?

Scoring

Will recording the wrong sex make a difference on the profile?

Will recording the wrong age make a difference on the profile?

Yes. There are two age ranges in the normative group, 13-15 and 16-18. Each age range has its own set of male and female norms. If the age falls outside of the relevant age range, the program will default to the norms closest to the client's recorded age. If the age is omitted, the default is 13-15.

How can a MAPI instrument be invalid if there are less that 10 omissions?

Why is the MAPI instrument invalid because Scales 1-8 are all less than 64 BR?

These scores indicate that the adolescent responded to the items with a consistent pattern of nondisclosure. The presence of defensiveness or denial should be evaluated. It is also possible, but very unlikely, that the adolescent is being honest and does not have anything significant to report.

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