# of items not responded to (items left blank)ġ1-29 examine for patterns on specific scales (10% rule for missing items) Steps in MMPI-2 Interpretation per Manualġ) Evaluate acceptability/validity of the protocolĢ) Examine Clinical scales for information on symptoms and personality traitsģ) Examine Harris-Lingoes subscale scores to determine what components are contributing to the clinical scale elevations Types of Abnormal Approaches to the MMPI-2Ģ) Yea Saying (80% true responding acquiescence)ģ) Ney Saying (false responding nonacquiescence)Ĥ) Fake good (defensiveness, no problems at all) ? Cannot say, VRIN = Variable Response Inconsistency Scale, TRIN = True Response Inconsistency Scale, L = Lie Scale (pretending to be more virtuous), K = Defensiveness Scale (resisting to answer), F = Infrequency Scale (appearing more pathological then tr Six primary validity scales on the MMPI-2 New short form version (2007)- contains 338 items MMPI-2 Abbreviated version is first ? items True and False Answers only (can leave blank) (blank questions may indicate something)ħ validity scales- ?, L,F, K, F, (B)Back Page F, TRIN, & VRIN Written around the 6th grade reading level (do a reading test before i.e. How many items are on the MMPI-2 abbreviated version and whyģ70 for abbreviated protocol (all validity and clinical scales), Only if person can’t take it (i.e. Positive skew for scales since the sample was largely normal (clustered at the low or non-pathological end) Uniform T-scores (instead of linear T-Scores) produce same range, % rank, and distribution and were used for all MMPI-2 validity and clinical scales (goal is to to make them comparable) Matched to US 1980 census, but too few Asians, Hispanics & upward skew of income, education, occupation (better functioning), More Native Americans than in census. Non-representative norms based on 724 Minnesota Normals in the 1930’s (average person was 35 years old, married with 8th grade educational level) 221 psychiatric patients (w/questionable diagnoses)īetter nationwide sample (but excluded the deep south), 2600 persons from 7 states (1,138 men and 1462 women), More diverse minority samples include, Special effort to include couples. Why Did Items Need to Be Changed/Updated?
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)ġ939 Original work initiated on MMPI by Starke Hathaway and J.C.
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