Write a 5 pages paper on the mmpi-2 minnesota multiphasic personality inventory.

Write a 5 pages paper on the mmpi-2 minnesota multiphasic personality inventory. The major intention of this tool is to assess persons suspected to be having issues with their mental stability, or other mentally related clinical issues.

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory is an instrument that is protected. This means that only trained psychologists administer it. The test is not administered online. The administration of the MMPI does not call for direct professional participation, but the clinical interview taken before a psychological testing requires the proficiency of a qualified psychologist. The psychologist also interprets the report after the test results are released. Psychologists combine the results of the test with other tools and assess the diagnosis.

The administration of the MMPI is in two forms. People take the test either individually or in groups. The scores of the test are recorded manually or by a computer (Butcher & Perry, 2008).

&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp. The older MMPI-2 has 567 questions that have true/false choices. The other is the newer MMPI-2-RF, which has 338 items with true /false choices too. The newer MMPI-2-RF is more efficient as it saves half the time that that the MMPI-2 uses. Despite its inefficiency compared to the MMPI-2-RF, the MMPI-2 is still the most used test. This is because of many psychologists are familiar with it and its wide research base.

The MMPI-2 relies on 10 clinical scales to specify various anomalous psychological conditions. It has four scales, which assess an individual’s attitude towards taking the test, and authenticate the accuracy and honesty of the answers. Psychologists mostly refer to each clinical and validity scale by number. This is because the names given to these scales are not exact measures of the overlapping symptoms.