Caution Around the Use of the MACI to Assess Adolescents

question 22

Multiple Choice

Caution around the use of the MACI to assess adolescents stems from all of the following except:

• A) more research is needed to establish the validity of the inventory
• B) test norms are based on a very small sample size
• C) the research which has been done has been conducted primarily by the test developer
• D) the limited research restricts the extent to which new information can be added to the knowledge base on which interpretation of the inventory is based.

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Suicide

Choosing to end one's own life intentionally.

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