Table Of Content“This remarkable sequel to Wiggins’ (2003) multimethod case study
extends the Madeline G. story over a 20-year period in a manner that is
edifying and compelling. With a new set of expert collaborators employing
updated tests and advances in assessment paradigms, Hopwood and
Waugh’s text delivers vital applied learning, illustrating the power of a
longitudinal frame of personality assessment that reveals trait consistency,
age-related drifts, and new adaptations. It is ultimately person-centered
and empathic. This is an essential read for personality assessors and
therapists alike.”
Radhika Krishnamurthy , Psy.D., ABAP, Clinical
Psychology Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
“Drs. Hopwood and Waugh have assembled a remarkable revisiting of
the classic 2003 work by Wiggins, viewing the contemporary status of the
original case of Madeline through the lens of different paradigms of
personality assessment. Providing both continuity with the original as
well as insight into advances in recent years, this volume is an assessment
tour de force that should be required reading for anyone wishing to
understand the state of the art in the field.”
Leslie C. Morey , Ph.D., George T. and Gladys H. Abell
Professor of Psychology, Texas A&M University
“Personality Assessment Paradigms and Methods: A Collaborative
Reassessment of Madeline G., edited by luminaries Christopher Hopwood
and Mark Waugh, demonstrates the power of personality assessment to
reveal the inner workings of a person with a depth that is almost startling.
This book presents a mosaic of carefully hewn pieces, perspectives yielded
from the application of five paradigms for examining psychological
assessment data, which, when melded together reveal Madeline in her
uniqueness and complexity. I cannot imagine a more captivating way
for students to learn about psychological assessment or for more senior
assessors to expand their interpretive repertoires. With chapters written
by of roster of our most distinguished, talented personality assessors
Madeline G. 2.0 is a triumph.”
Virginia Brabender , Ph.D., ABPP (cl), Distinguished University
Professor (2017–2020), Institute for Graduate
Clinical Psychology, Widener University
“Destined to become a classic in 21st century personality assessment,
Hopwood and Waugh’s Personality Assessment Paradigms and Methods
should be on every clinician’s bookshelf. With chapters written by
luminaries in our field, this volume blends clinical wisdom with rigorous
empirical evidence to illuminate the nuances of human behavior and
mental life. Students and seasoned professionals alike will benefit from
this incisive, engaging book.”
Robert F. Bornstein , Ph.D., Professor of Psychology,
Adelphi University
“With the reassessment of Madeline G. almost two decades later, this
book re-invigorates Wiggins’ seminal text on personality assessment. It
provides an updated, comprehensive overview of how different personality
assessment paradigms answer three important questions: “What is
personality?” “How do we measure it?” and “What should we measure?”
The captivating Madeline G. brings each paradigm to life. This is a must-
read for practitioners and trainees and belongs on the syllabus of every
course for the next generation of personality assessors.”
Nicole M. Cain , Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical
Psychology, Graduate School of Applied and
Professional Psychology, Rutgers University
Personality Assessment Paradigms
and Methods
This book is an update of Paradigms of Personality Assessment by
Jerry Wiggins (2003) , a landmark volume in the personality assessment
literature. The first half of W iggins (2003) described five major paradigms:
psychodynamic (as exemplified by the Rorschach and TAT), narrative
(interview data), interpersonal (circumplex instruments), multivariate
(five-factor instruments), and empirical (MMPI). In the second half of
the book, expert representatives of each paradigm interpreted test data
from the same patient, Madeline.
In this follow-up, personality experts describe innovations in each
of the major paradigms articulated by Wiggins since the time of his
book, including the advancement of therapeutic assessment, validation
of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System, development of a
multimethod battery for integrated interpersonal assessment, publication
of the Restructured Form of the MMPI-2, and integration of multivariate
Five-Factor Model instruments with personality disorder diagnosis. These
innovations are highlighted in a reassessment of Madeline 17 years later.
This book, which provides a rich demonstration of trans-paradigmatic
multimethod assessment by leading scholars in the personality assessment
field in the context of one of the most interesting and thorough case
studies in the history of clinical assessment, will be a useful resource for
students, researchers, and practicing clinicians.
Christopher J. Hopwood, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University
of California, Davis.
Mark H. Waugh, Ph.D., ABPP, is Staff Psychologist at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory; Adjunct Clinical and Teaching Faculty at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and in private practice in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee.
Personality Assessment
Paradigms and Methods
A Collaborative Reassessment
of Madeline G.
Edited by Christopher J. Hopwood
and Mark H. Waugh
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Contents
List of Contributors ix
Preface xii
KRISTA K. TROBST
1 Madeline G. and Five Assessment Paradigms Two
Decades On 1
CHRISTOPHER J. HOPWOOD AND MARK H. WAUGH
2 Therapeutic Assessment of Madeline G. 13
STEPHEN E. FINN
3 A Psychodynamic Perspective on Madeline G. 35
GREGORY J. MEYER, JONI L. MIHURA, AND
MARK H. WAUGH
4 A Contemporary Interpersonal Reassessment
of Madeline G. 112
AARON L. PINCUS, CHRISTOPHER J. HOPWOOD,
AND SINDES DAWOOD
5 Madeline G. and the Five-Factor Model 132
THOMAS A. WIDIGER AND CRISTINA CREGO
6 The Empirical Paradigm and Madeline G. 145
YOSSEF S. BEN-PORATH
7 Communicating the Assessment Findings to Madeline G. 183
STEPHEN E. FINN
viii Contents
8 Past, Present, and Future in Personality Assessment 224
CHRISTOPHER J. HOPWOOD AND MARK H. WAUGH
References 232
Index 248
Contributors
Yossef S. Ben-Porath, Ph.D, is Professor of Psychological Sciences at Kent
State University. He received his doctoral training at the University
of Minnesota and has been involved extensively in MMPI research
for the past 34 years. He is a co-developer of the MMPI-2-RF and
co-author of test manuals, books, book chapters, and articles on the
MMPI instruments. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal P sychological
Assessment. Dr. Ben-Porath is a board-certified clinical psychologist
(American Board of Professional Psychology-Clinical) whose clinical
practice involves supervision of assessments at Kent State’s Psycho-
logical Clinic, consultation to agencies that screen candidates for pub-
lic safety positions, and provision of consultation and expert witness
services in forensic cases.
Cristina Crego, Ph.D., obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is
completing a Post-Doctoral Scholar position at the University of Ken-
tucky under the mentorship of Dr. Thomas A. Widiger. She began as an
assistant professor of Psychology at Longwood University in the fall
of 2019. Her research interests center around diagnosis, classification,
and treatment of maladaptive trait models and personality disorders.
Sindes Dawood, M.S., is a doctoral candidate in the clinical psychology
program at the Pennsylvania State University under the guidance of
Dr. Aaron L. Pincus. She received her B.S. in psychology with hon-
ors from Michigan State University and her M.S. in psychology from
Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests largely focus on 1)
personality disorders and personality pathology (especially narcissism),
2) interpersonal personality dynamics, and 3) personality assessment.
Stephen E. Finn, Ph.D., is the founder of the Center for Therapeutic
Assessment in Austin, TX, and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychol-
ogy at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Finn received his Ph.D.
in clinical psychology in 1984 from the University of Minnesota. In
2011, Dr. Finn was given the Bruno Klopfer Award from the Society of
