The Psychological Profile Inventory for Adolescents (PPIA) is developed as a
tool to identify positive and negative behaviours in adolescents, and uncover the reasons
for such positive or negative behaviours. PPIA can also be used to identify adolescents atrisk from psychological disorders. PPIA is suitable for use by teachers, counselors and
psychologists in schools. The resulting profile drawn can be used to understand the needs
of adolescents, identify those at-risk, and plan for intervention. This paper describes the
development of PPIA which took into consideration the multicultural aspects of the
Malaysian populatio
