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The MMPI evaluates candidates on 10 clinical scales. The MMPI-2 is considered to be an industry-standard, which means it is likely the test you will be taking if you are asked to take an MMPI exam. It contains only 338 questions (still true or false) and can be completed in as little as 40 minutes. The MMPI-2-RF was created in 2008 and is a shortened version of the MMPI-2. The test typically takes around 100 to 120 minutes to complete. The MMPI-2 contains 567 true or false questions based on hypothetical scenarios that may or may not relate directly to the workplace. This test was created in response to heavy criticism regarding racial and economic bias in the original MMPI. The main difference between these tests is that the MMPI-2 is an updated version of the original MMPI. There are multiple versions of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, the MMPI, MMPI-2-RF, and the MMPI-2. In other words – it can show employers if you will be well-suited for the pressures and demands of various positions. This is thanks to the exam’s ability to show the test-taker’s propensity for negative behaviors caused by innate personality traits.

It is issued for a multitude of reasons, but one common reason to take this evaluation is as a pre-employment assessment. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is a psychological evaluation presented in 2 stages. Psychological Reports, 98, 870–872.Everything You Need to Know about the MMPI and MMPI-2 False assumptions about psychopathology, hysteria and the MMPI-2 restructured clinical scales. I eventually found a way to publish my ideas on the subtle items in my 2006 article on the MMPI-RF. Jim Butcher thought that most the Subtle Items were mistakes from the original sample- assuming a cognitive-behavioral model of personality. Second Edition, IAPT Press, Allentown, Pa.) An expert look at love, intimacy and personal growth. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Symposium on Recent Developments in the Use of the MMPI, Hawaii. Interpreting MMPI subtle scales as representing defense mechanisms. The10th International Conference on Personality Assessment: Brussels, Belgium.

Interpreting Weiner’s obvious and subtle scales in terms of the psychodynamics of conflict and defense. More scales using the same self-report methodology is unlikely to be very helpful. Although the MMPI-2 can provide a hypothesis about under-reporting psychopathology, only good diagnostic interviewing, document review, history, projectives, the DSM Defensive Functioning Scale and the PDM’s assessment of Mental Functioning (M Axis) can determine the meaning of the validity scales. The psychologist must then determine, how much is due to situational “state” variables, such as conscious impression management how much is due to “personality trait” variables such as neurotic level defenses such as repression, or borderline to psychotic level defenses such as denial. It would be understandable for them to “fake to look good.” The self-favorable validity scales become elevated in such situations. They wish to get or keep a position, or have use of a lethal weapon, have a favorable custody decision, adopt a child, have a medical procedure, etc. Today, the MMPI-2 is largely used on non-patient populations who are motivated to under report psychopathology.

Originally, the MMPI was used to diagnose psychiatric inpatients.