However, clinicians should not use a standard interpretive approach with this test, and routine clinical application is unwarranted. These findings suggest that clinicians might be able to salvage a small amount of information from the shortened (180-item) version of the MMPI-2 when MMPI-2 protocols are incomplete. Using 567 true or false questions, it rates the tester on 130 categories (validity scales included). In contrast, this short form can be used to predict whether the full-scale scores fall within the pathological range ( T≥65). The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) is the most comprehensive personality test currently available. The results suggest that, even as applied to neurologically normal individuals, the proposed short form of the MMPI-2 is unreliable for predicting clinical code types, identifying the high-point scale, or predicting the scores on most of the basic scales. However, the RC Scales address more directly the interpretive challenges that led to the development of the code-type interpretation approach. The test is used by trained professionals to assist in identifying personality structure and psychopathology. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is one of the most frequently used personality tests in mental health. The mean MMPI-2 profile of the present sample of gamblers was. Existing MMPI-2 code-type research is not usable with the RC Scales. Psychological Testing: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. In the present investigation, we used a psychiatric sample ( N=186) with normal neurological findings to examine short-form accuracy in predicting basic scale scores, profile code types, identifying high-point scales, and classifying scores as pathological ( T≥65) or normal-range. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). Limited reliability and poor predictive accuracy were recently reported for many of the MMPI-2 short-form scales in a study that used 205 brain-injured patients. This study investigated some psychometric characteristics of the 180-item version of the MMPI-2 ( Dahlstrom & Archer, 2000) in order to delineate its strengths, limitations, and appropriate scope of clinical application.
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is widely used in neuropsychology, though its length (567 items) is sometimes prohibitive.