The scale 0 was developed later on in order to measure a person’s tendency to interact or withdraw from socializing, making contacts with other people, and baring responsibilities. This scale contains 46 items, and is used to measure milder degrees of excitement, grandiosity, overactivity both cognitively and behaviorally, and egocentricity. Scale 8 – SchizophreniaĬharacteristics like lack of interest, sexual difficulties, identity crisis, difficulties in concentration, peculiar perceptions, and disturbing questions of self worth are measured on this scale with 78 items. This scale is more reflective of OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder, as it was designed to measure a subject’s inability resist specific actions or thoughts, even though they are not adaptive. This scale contains 40 items and measures paranoid and delusional thoughts. It was originally developed by the author to identify the homosexual tendencies, but it didn’t work as planned. Scale 5 – Masculinity/FemininityĬontaining, 56 items, this scale measures how strongly is a person inclined towards stereotypical masculine or feminine roles. It contains 50 items and deals with measuring social maladjustment, self alienation, boredom and absence of strongly pleasant experiences. This scale contains 60 items and there are five major items measured on this scale.
This scale consists of 57 items and is used to evaluate clinical depression, characterized by lack of hope, poor morale, etc. Additionally, it’s also used to analyze neurotic concerns over bodily functioning. As the term suggests, the scale was designed to administer the symptoms of hypochondria. There are 32 items on this scale which concern physical well being and somatic symptoms. Even though the test has been programmed into computers these days, it’s a must that that psychological testing is done by a psychologist conducting the testing, based on the subject’s history and present psychological status. The test is not available online, as it’s a copyrighted property of the University of Minnesota, and a certain fee must be paid in order to use the test. The MMPI testing tools are considered to be a protected psychological instrument, meaning it can only be given and interpreted by a trained psychologist. Also, it offers larger research base.Īdditionally, there is also another version of the test, which has been designed exclusively for teenagers. This test only comprises of 338 true/false questions, and it takes half the time to complete it, which is 30 – 50 minutes to 60 – 90 of MMPI-2.īecause of MMPI-2’s familiarity with the psychologists, it’s still the most widely used test. The other form is the MMPI-2-RF, a newer version established in 2008. MMPI-2 is the traditional version which comprises of 567 true/false questions. This testing tool is administered in one of two forms at present. MMPI-2 has also been practiced in analyzing the effectiveness of treatment programs like substance abuse programs. This testing tool has also been used as a measuring instrument for various professions, especially in case of high risk jobs. Other than the clinical environment, the test is also found to be used in legal cases, custody disputes, criminal defense, and so on. Even though this tool was not designed for non-clinical uses originally, it has been found to be more commonly used in both clinical and nonclinical environments.
The test was initially designed to test people for their mental health issues, as well as assess their personality traits and psychopathology.
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