Hundreds of articles have been published on the use of the MMPI and MMPI-2 scales to assess patients who develop mental health problems in response to stressful life events. The following summaries highlight the history of research on post-traumatic stress using scales from the MMPI-2, and its predecessor, the MMPI. The articles selected for the Highlights provide valuable information for under...

Extensive research has been conducted on the use of the MMPI and MMPI-2 scales in evaluating clients for psychological treatment and there have been hundreds of publications on the MMPI and MMPI-2 in the treatment evaluation area. The following highlights describe special contributions that were made to assure that the scales on the test were appropriate, reliable, and valid in predicting sympt...

Introduction of a new version of a psychological test brings with it challenges that can be accentuated by the adversarial nature of the legal process. In the case of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF), these challenges can be addressed by becoming familiar with the rationale for and the methods used in revising the inventory, the information contain...

What is there about the MMPI scales that make them such valid and effective measures at detecting mental health and personality problems? What is the basis for their long-term survival value in personality assessment? The primary reason is that they were developed with the idea that personality scale items needed to be valid predictors before they were included on a measure. The original MMPI c...

The MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) is replacing the MMPI-2 as the most widely used personality test in neuropsychological assessment, but additional validation studies are needed. Our study examines MMPI-2-RF Validity scales and the newly created Somatic/Cognitive scales in a recently reported sample of 82 traumatic brain injury (TBI) litigants who either pass...

Our research concerns psychometric data coming from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test. MMPI is one of the most frequently used in clinical mental health personality tests as well as psychopathology (mental and behavioral disorders). We are developing the Copernicus system. It is a tool for the analysis of MMPI profiles of patients with mental disorders. In this system,...

Problem description: Our research concerns psychometric diagnoses basing on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test [1, 3, 4]. The goal of MMPI test is to count the personality–psychometric dimensions which help in differential diagnosis of given person and to assess psychotherapy results. Finally given person should be assigned to one (or two if given case is placed on a bo...

What is there about the MMPI scales that make them the most frequently used measures in assessing parents in child custody evaluations? The extensive research detailing the instruments’ validity and effectiveness is highlighted to illustrate the empirical basis of the test in this application. Early research with the MMPI on parental behavior and problems established the test’s utility in under...

What is there about the MMPI scales that make them the most frequently used measures in assessing parents in child custody evaluations? The extensive research detailing the instruments’ validity and effectiveness is highlighted to illustrate the empirical basis of the test in this application. Early research with the MMPI on parental behavior and problems established the test’s utility in under...