Millon Pre-Adolescent Clinical Inventory
M-PACI
Millon® Pre-Adolescent Clinical Inventory is specifically designed to identify psychological problems in children. Unlike instruments that focus on a single clinical area such as anxiety or depression, M-PACI® provides an integrated view that synthesizes emerging personality styles and clinical syndromes, helping detect early signs of Axis I and Axis II disorders. Guidance on using this test in your telepractice.- Age range:
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9 – 12
- Reading Level:
- 3rd Grade
- Publication date:
- 2005
- Qualification level:
- C
- Completion time:
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15–20 minutes (97 true/false items)
- Administration:
- Paper-and-pencil, CD, computer or online administration
- Scores/Interpretation:
- A sample of 292 pre-adolescents, ages 9-12, from 53 sites from across the U.S.
- Scoring options:
- Q-global® web-based, Q™ Local Software, Mail-in and manual
- Report Options:
- Interpretive and Profile Reports
- Telepractice:
- Guidance on using this test in your telepractice
Psychologists, psychiatrists, school psychologists, and other mental health professionals can use M-PACI results to help pinpoint the source of pre-adolescent issues. M-PACI is used for pre-adolescent assessment in outpatient, inpatient, day treatment, and residential treatment settings.
Benefits
- Evaluate troubled pre-adolescents to confirm diagnostic hypotheses.
- Contribute to individualized treatment planning by providing an integrated picture of emerging personality patterns and current clinical signs.
- Measure progress before, during, and after treatment.
Features
M-PACI was developed by Dr. Theodore Millon, a leader in the field of personality development. The normative population of the M-PACI consists of 292 pre-adolescents, ages 9–12, from 53 sites from across the U.S.
- Fewer than 100 questions which take most pre-adolescents only 15–20 minutes to complete.
- Age-appropriate language, requiring minimal reading level.
- Validated against expert clinician judgments and other leading self-report inventories for this age group.
- Includes a summary of potential treatment strategies, tailored to each patient.
Scales
Sample Reports
Interpretive Reports provide an integrated analysis of results with regard to the patient’s emerging personality patterns and current clinical signs. Profile Reports present a graphic representation of base rate scores for all 14 scales and two response validity indicators in an easy-to-read graph.
The following resources are available for M-PACI.
Select a question below to see the response.
Test Content
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The M-PACI items are at the third-grade reading level.
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No. The inventory was developed and normed based on the responses of 9- to 12-year-olds who were being seen in clinical settings. It should not be used to screen non-clinical cases for psychological problems.
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Yes, but only with children who have been referred for evaluation and/or counseling due to apparent behavioral and/or emotional problems. In other words, it should only be used with clinical cases.
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No. The children involved in the M-PACI development and validation research were between the ages of 9 and 12. Thus, there are no data to support M-PACI use with children outside this age range. The scoring software will not score the inventory if the child is younger than 9 or older than 12.
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Not at this time.
Administration
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Twenty minutes or less.
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No. The M-PACI inventory can be administered on-screen using this software or it can be administered paper and pencil.
Scoring
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If five or more items are omitted (either left blank or double-marked) the inventory is unscorable. If possible, the child should be asked to answer omitted items so that the inventory can be scored.
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