Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

As one of the most commonly employed and examined psychological test in all of existence, The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), was originally developed by a psychiatrist and psychologist in the 1930's (Hathaway and McKinley), as primarily a means of assessing and diagnosing a wide variety of mental illnesses, such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc...; personality characteristics, like psychopathy, narcissism, etc..., and general personality traits like ‘type A behavior’, a propensity for addiction , poor self-confidence, anger issues, etc...; the list quite long. Although, in the MMPI's infancy, there were more than a few discrepancies realized; so, to advance its overall accuracy and…

Based on the scenario provided in the reading assignment, there was additional information needed to determine if it was legally permissible for the security company to ask the questions provided in the scenario. To begin with, I needed to know if the questions asked were part of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) Psychopathology Assessment. While I consider several of the MMPI’s 567 questions clumsy, crude, and repulsive, the courts have deemed the MMPI as an allowable…

Ever since I could remember, I have always been skeptical about personality assessments because I simply assumed they all have high levels of generalizability. However, this class has helped open my eyes to the different forms of personality tests and their benefits. I never took the time to think about the different forms of determining qualities of an individual’s personality. Whether it is a projective test (e.g., the Rorschach Inkblot test) or objective test (Minnesota Multiphasic…

life and bring tremendous negative outcomes to them. As of today, various types of mental disorders are listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-V (DSM-V). Among all these disorders, personality disorder is one of the main types of disorder that impact individuals, and more specifically, the antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is one of the common personality disorders in the category of personality disorders. In order to provide optimal treatments for clients,…

for intervention. Clinicians use these ideas to assess the clients’ behavior by a set of guided questions. The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) is a self-administered tool that provides information relevant to the clinical diagnosis, treatment and screenings for psychopathology (Morey, 2012). This assessment was created as an alternative to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory that was designed to assess abnormal personality traits. The PAI was designed to be easily scored by…

Introduction The release rate of sexually violent predators (SVPs) from psychiatric hospitals is extremely low; it is almost nonexistent. The ongoing controversy of civil commitment laws among SVPs indicates a need for further research in the areas of diagnosis, treatment, and policy. This paper looks at the violent behavior of sexually violent predators and attempts to identify personality traits measured by a widely used personality inventory to predict violent misconduct among this…

General Information The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) was developed by Leslie C. Morey Ph.D. in 1991 and revised in 2007. It is published through Psychological Assessment Resource and is a multidimensional objective inventory designed to measure psychopathology and treatment planning for various psychopathological conditions. The current PAI form is not a revision of normative data, test form, or interpretative guidelines from the original 1991 edition. The current version reflects the…

does not approve of his choices. Negative Treatment Indicators-TRT (T=66), this scale suggested that Manny may have characteristics that are likely to interfere with psychological treatment. Supplementary Scales Anxiety-A (T=67), the high scores suggested that Manny is likely to experience emotional turmoil, can be cautious, cold, distant, confused and pessimistic. Repression-R (T=68), this score indicated that Manny tends to be passive in relationships. He maybe described by others as slow,…

be correlate with their personality. Based on that belief, the personality test has been designed as a hiring tool and most personality tests are presented as questionnaires that applicants are required to fill out during hiring processes. Data shows that personality test has become an industry with $400 million a year and at least 30 percent of organizations in U.S. have used that in hiring practices (Berry et al. 13). Managers are convinced that personality test enables them to select the…

these assessments before filling job vacancies. In a survey that was carried out recently, almost seventy five per cent of organizations have either used or are considering the use of personality tests in selection. When viable personality tests are used appropriately, they offer a non subjective data based method for identifying employees with high potential who are suited to fit in specific work environments. The most appropriate personality tests to be used in selection are those that measure…