Advances in Personality Assessment

First published in 1985. This is Volume five of Advances in Personality Assessment. The richness and diversity of the field of personality assessment is reflected in the contents of this volume. In keeping with the general goals of the Series individual chapters report authoritative reviews and advances in theory and research in a number of areas. These include applications of personality assessment to significant social problems methodological studies and reports of recent investigations using traditional objective and projective personality measures and newly developed assessment instruments. The volume begins with a comprehensive review of the assessment of alco holism and drug abuse with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.