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    The document discusses interpretation of scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). It provides the following key points: 1) Interpreting MMPI scores requires extensive clinical experience, training in administration and scoring, and an understanding of psychometrics, clinical assessment, and ethics. Laypeople should not interpret their own or others' scores without professional help. 2) T-scores of 65 and above are considered significantly elevated on the MMPI-2, with 70 and above highly elevated. Validity and clinical scales measure different constructs like depression, paranoia, and social introversion. 3) Early interpretations assumed high scores matched criterion groups, but profiles are complex. Analyzing two

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    The document discusses interpretation of scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). It provides the following key points: 1) Interpreting MMPI scores requires extensive clinical experience, training in administration and scoring, and an understanding of psychometrics, clinical assessment, and ethics. Laypeople should not interpret their own or others' scores without professional help. 2) T-scores of 65 and above are considered significantly elevated on the MMPI-2, with 70 and above highly elevated. Validity and clinical scales measure different constructs like depression, paranoia, and social introversion. 3) Early interpretations assumed high scores matched criterion groups, but profiles are complex. Analyzing two

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    The document discusses interpretation of scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). It provides the following key points: 1) Interpreting MMPI scores requires extensive clinical experience, training in administration and scoring, and an understanding of psychometrics, clinical assessment, and ethics. Laypeople should not interpret their own or others' scores without professional help. 2) T-scores of 65 and above are considered significantly elevated on the MMPI-2, with 70 and above highly elevated. Validity and clinical scales measure different constructs like depression, paranoia, and social introversion. 3) Early interpretations assumed high scores matched criterion groups, but profiles are complex. Analyzing two

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    InterpretationoftheMMPI

    Note:
    ScoringoftheMMPIisasimpleprocedure,interpretingthosescoreshoweverisanextremelydifficultprocessthatonlybecomes
    easierwithexperience.InterpretationoftheMMPIscalesdemandsahighlevelofpsychometric,clinical,personological,and
    professionalsophistication,aswellasastrongcommitmenttotheethicalprinciplesoftestusage.Peoplehowhavenothadadequate
    trainingintheadministration,scoring,andinterpretationoftheMMPIshouldnotanalyzetheirownoranother'sscoreswithoutthe
    helpofaqualifiedprofessional.
    Foranexplanationofthetenmajorscales,clickhere.

    What'sSignificant...AndWhat'sNot
    Foreachofthescalesthecontrolgroupprovidedthebasisforwhatthestandardscorewouldbe.Tscores(meanof50andstandard
    deviationsof10)wereusedtocomputethestandardscores.ThereforeaTscoreof50isatthemeanofthecontrolgroups,andaT
    scoreof70istwodeviationsabovethemeanandconsideredsignificantlyelevatedfortheMMPI.Duetonewnorms,ontheMMPI2
    aTscoreof65issignificant.

    ValidityScales
    LLieAsignificantlyhighscoresignifiesthetesteeislying,ortheymaybeextremelypiousorreligious.
    FInfrequencySignificantlyhighscoresonthisscalebringthevalidityofaprofileintoquestion.
    KCorrectionSignificantlyhighscoresonthisscaleindicateatesteeisdefensiveandattemptingtohidesomething.
    ContentScales
    HsHypochondriasisSignificantlyhighscoresindicatethattesteeexpressesstressinphysicalterms
    DDepressionSignificantlyhighscoresindicatedepressionandhopelessness

    HyConversionHysteriaSignificantlyhighscoresindicatethattesteeexpressesemotionwithoutinsight
    PdPsychopathicDeviateSignificantlyhighscoreindicatesthattesteeismaladaptiveandfightsauthority
    MfMasculinityFeminitySignificantlyhighscoreindicatesarejectionofgenderroles
    PaParanoiaSignificantlyhighscoresindicatethatthetesteehasanexaggeratedviewofothersfeelingstowards
    himself
    PtPsychastheniaasignificantlyhighscoreindicatesobsessiveworrying
    ScSchizophreniaPeoplewithschizophreniausuallyscorebetween70and80,butneverabove90.Scoresthathigh
    indicateasituationalproblem,notschizophrenia.
    MaHypomaniaPeoplewithsignificantlyhighscoreshavetoomuchenergyandareunabletogetanythingdone
    SiSocialIntroversionScoresabove70indicatethatthetesteeiswithdrawn

    InitialFormsofInterpretationandtheTwoPointCode
    Theoriginalapproachtointerpretationofthescoreswassimple.Mostusersassumedthatanindividualwithcharacteristicssimilarto
    thoseofoneofthecriteriongroupswouldlikewisehaveasignificantelevationontheappropriatescale.Hence,psychopathswould
    haveahighelevationonthePdScale.However,interpretationofthescoresisnotthatsimple.Experiencesoonshowedthata
    disturbedindividualcouldhaveelevationsonallthescales.Psychologiststhereforeturnedtowardspatternanalysis,butstudies
    showedthatthisapproachwasequallyfutile.
    Atthispoint,cliniciansbegantolookatthepossibleadvantagesofanalyzingthetwohighestscales.Byconductingresearchon
    peoplewhoshowedspecifictwopointcodes,developerscouldempiricallydeterminethemeaningofMMPIelevations.Thevalidity
    oftheMMPIwasthereforeincreasedbyfindinghomogenousprofilepatternsdeterminingthecharacteristicsofpeoplewhodisplayed
    thesepatterns.Hencenewcriteriongroupswerecreated,comprisedofpeoplegroupedonthebasisoftheirMMPiprofiles.This
    approachtointerpretingtheMMPIscoreswasmoreeffectivethananypreviousattempts.


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