Psychological Profile Inventory for Adolescents in Malaysia

The Psychological Profile Inventory for Adolescents (PPIA) is developed as atool to identify positive and negative behaviours in adolescents, and uncover the reasonsfor such positive or negative behaviours. PPIA can also be used to identify adolescents atriskfrom psychological disorders. PPIA is suitable for use by teachers, counselors andpsychologists in schools. The resulting profile drawn can be used to understand the needsof adolescents, identify those at-risk, and plan for intervention. This paper describes thedevelopment of PPIA which took into consideration the multicultural aspects of theMalaysian population.