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1 MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory)

2 MMPI: Development Developed in 1943 by Hathaway and McKinley
Empirical, criterion-keying approach to development The most researched personality test (over 12,000 articles, translated into 150 languages) Revised and restandardized in 1989.

3 MMPI-2: Description 567 True/False questions Validity scales
Basic clinical scales (10) Content scales MMPI-2 content scales Harris-Lingoes subscales Supplementary scales (e.g., Ego strength, MAC)

4 MMPI: Validity Scales Cannot say (?) scale Lie (L) scale
F (Infrequency) scale K (defensiveness) scale TRIN VRIN

5 MMPI: Clinical Scales Scale 1: Hypochondriasis (Hs)
Scale 2: Depression (D) Scale 3: Hysteria (Hy) Scale 4: Psychopathic Deviate (Pd) Scale 5: Masculinity-Femininity (Mf) Scale 6: Paranoia (Pa) Scale 7: Psychasthenia (Pt) Scale 8: Schizophrenia (Sc) Scale 9: Hypomania (Ma) Scale 0: Social Introversion (Si)

6 MMPI: Scoring Computerized and hand scoring Creating the profile
Codetypes

7 MMPI: Codetypes 12/21 13/31 24/42 27/72 49/94 68/86 78/87 89/98

8 MMPI-A A version of the MMPI designed for adolescents
Appropriate for adolescents between 14 and 18 Interpretation similar to MMPI-2, but better norms and additional scales Less research supporting codetype interpretation


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