The MMPI-2 can generate a Score Report or an Extended Score Report, which includes the Restructured Clinical Scales from which the Restructured Form was later developed. All of the MMPI-2-RF's scales demonstrate either increased or equivalent construct and criterion validity compared to their MMPI-2 counterpartsĬurrent versions of the test (MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF) can be completed on optical scan forms or administered directly to individuals on the computer. Validity Scales were retained (revised), two new Validity Scales have been added (Fs in 2008 and RBS in 2011), and there are new scales that capture somatic complaints. Retaining only 338 of the original 567 items, its hierarchical scale structure provides non-redundant information across 51 scales that are easily interpretable.
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The MMPI-2 Restandardization norms were used to validate the MMPI-2-RF over 53,000 correlations based on more than 600 reference criteria are available in the MMPI-2-RF Technical Manual for the purpose of comparing the validity and reliability of MMPI-2-RF scales with those of the MMPI-2 Across multiple studies and as supported in the technical manual, the MMPI-2-RF performs as good as or, in many cases, better than the MMPI-2. The entire measure reconstruction was accomplished using the original 567 items contained in the MMPI-2 item pool. The rest of the measure was developed utilizing statistical analysis techniques that produced the RC Scales as well as a hierarchical set of scales similar to contemporary models of psychopathology to inform the overall measure reorganization. The MMPI-2-RF was constructed using a similar rationale used to create the Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales.
A version for adolescents, the MMPI-A, was published in 1992. It was replaced by an updated version, the MMPI-2, in 1989 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, and Kraemmer). McKinley, faculty of the University of Minnesota, and first published by the University of Minnesota Press in 1943. The original MMPI was developed by Starke R. Psychologists and other mental health professionals use various versions of the MMPI to help develop treatment plans assist with differential diagnosis help answer legal questions (forensic psychology) screen job candidates during the personnel selection process or as part of a therapeutic assessment procedure. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is a standardized psychometric test of adult personality and psychopathology.