People are willing to admit thus if the person does not admit to theseįaults they are likely to be exaggerating their virtues and laying claim toį(infrequency) Scale – includes 60 items that ask questions to determineĪny inconsistency where the client has contradicted themselves in there L(lie) Scale – includes 15 items that are common human faults that most The MMPI-2 has several scales 4 validity scales and 10 clinical scales. Number of the major patterns of personality and emotional disorders.ĭ. The MMPI-2 was designed to be used with people ages 18 and over to asses a Scoring is done by computer or by a scoring key and uniform T- scores, as opposed to conventional T- scores used on the original, in order to ensure that all scores have about the same distribution The test is rated on 4 scales of validity and 10 clinical scales. These items include edited versions of the first 70 on the original version, 4 rewritten items from the original, and minus 90 items from the original. It is written at an eighth grade level and takes 60-90 minutes to complete. The revised version was published in 1989 and, like the original is the most widely used personality inventory used today. Kaemmer all from the University of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The revised version of their test, the MMPI-2, was constructed by J.N. The MMPI was written by Starke Hathaway and J.C. One thing not assessed by the MMPI-2 is intelligence. Interestingly, the MMPI-2 is also used to assess personality in other cultures and the results are compared to our own.
The MMPI-2 is also used as a personality appraisal for fir fighters, police officers and pilots. The MMPI-2 was developed as an aid in determining mental health status and the need for hospitalization. The original version used language that was outdated and was used to assess characteristics that it did not have questions for. The MMPI-2 was constructed to give a more modern assessment than the 30-year-old original version, the MMPI. The purpose of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory is to assess characteristics that reflect an individual’s personal and social maladjustment Victoria Boccanfuso, Jamie Hseih, Shawna Metcalfe A Summary of the Minnesota Multi-Phasic Personality Inventory