MMPI-3 correct answers "An objective aid in the routine psychiatric case work-up of adult patients and as a method of determining the severity of the conditions, developed a multiphasic inventory to try to overcome shortcomings of individual personality tests"
Objective, self-report, "personalit...
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MMPI-3 correct answers "An objective aid in the routine psychiatric case work-up of adult
patients and as a method of determining the severity of the conditions, developed a multiphasic
inventory to try to overcome shortcomings of individual personality tests"
Objective, self-report, "personality" inventory
Not a personality test, it is a pathology test
Multi-phasic: Scales on same profile sheet
335 True/ False Questions
Ages 18-80+
Takes about 60 min.
T score > or = 65 is clinically significant
MMPI Strengths correct answers Most widely used objective self-report personality/pathology
inventory
Most widely researched self report personality inventory
Moderate test-retest reliability
Under-reporting & Over-reporting measures built in
Provides essential clinical information
Spanish translation with separate norms
Translated into 50+ languages
MMPI Weaknesses correct answers Pathology test, not a personality test as the name implies
Long! 335 T-F questions
Forced choice between True and False—there is no "sometimes"
Self-report measure=face valid
It's so new there are no interpretative books on it yet
, MMPI Administration correct answers Ages: Individuals Age 18 + with 8 years of formalized
education
MMPI-A: 12-18 year-olds
Administration time: about 60 minutes
Materials
Paper/Pencil Administration:
Test Booklet and Answer booklet
Scoring Stencils/computer scoring
Computerized Administration
Computer with internet access (Qglobal)
CNS (Cannot Say) correct answers Higher than 15 = Invalid Test
Difficulties with reading, extreme defensiveness, paranoid, etc.
VRIN (Variable Response Inconsistency) correct answers How consistent is the client
Looking for random answering
T-Score 80 or higher = Invalid Test
TRIN (True Response Inconsistency) correct answers Looking for Over-reporting and Under-
reporting
T-Score 80 or higher = Invalid Test
CRIN (COMBINED RESPONSE INCONSISTENCY) correct answers Combination of the 86
Pairs of the VRIN and TRIN items together
T-Score 80 or higher = Invalid Test
F (INFREQUENT RESPONSES) correct answers T-Score 100 or higher = Invalid Test
T-Score 75 or higher = Over-reporting, Significant Psychopathology and or Emotional Distress
FP (INFREQUENT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY RESPONSES) correct answers T-Score 100 or
higher = Invalid Test
Possibility of symptom exaggeration if T-Score 80-99
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