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Strength and Problem Focussed Assessment ToolStrength and Problem Focussed Assessment Tool
The Personal Management Screening Inventory (PMSI) is a strength and problem focussed assessment device. It is not a personality inventory and it was not designed to measure or evaluate psycho-pathology or mental disease.
If you wish to evaluate or describe personality traits; if you need to investigate the presence of, or potential for, psychopathology; or if you will be tempted to view and interpret the results of the PMSI in terms of personality traits, psycho-pathology, or mental disease - then please do not use our PMSI assessment. Simple put each one of us are uniquely different and it is therefore a total myth in order to describe a personality trait or personality type. You need to watch the videos produced by the Citizens Commission for Human rights. They are really a wake up call to all of us. To view click here Protect your Children! and yourselves by informing yourself with truth! The PMSI as Self-reporting Measurement Tool.
The PMSI is self-report assessment tool that measures the degree, severity, or magnitude of a wide range of distinct and separate strengths and problems in personal, emotional, interpersonal, spiritual and physical functioning. Each subscale of the PMSI has the same format and structure, and they all have 4 to 12 items. This particular length was selected for three specific reasons: the subscales are long enough to produce acceptable reliabilities; they are short enough to keep fatigue to an acceptable level; and we use between 7 to 12 questions per construct which leads to the construction of valid and reliable assessment.
Scoring the PMSI Scales
Only one scoring formula is needed for all subscales, and each subscale produces scores that range from 0 to 100. High scores on positive strength-based subscales indicate the presence of the strengths being measured, and lower scores indicate the relative absence of these strengths. High scores on negative problem-based subscales indicate the presence of the problems being measured, and lower scores indicate the relative absence of these problems.
Interpreting the PMSI
Practitioners may choose to focus on the numerical values of the PMSI subscale scores and the client's specific item responses. However, an important feature of the PMSI is the graphic profile that it produces and which can be an important tool for gaining a rapid and comprehensive view of complex makeup of individual problem configurations. The PMSI graphic profiles is always computer generated.
Cutting Scores
Another desirable characteristic of the PMSI is that the subscales have a known clinical cutting score. The existence of such a clinical cutting score is important to both clinicians and researchers. It provides both a diagnostic benchmark and a criterion against which to judge the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions. The cutting scores are presented in subsequent chapters of this manual.
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