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MMPI

abbr.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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Noun1.MMPI - a self-report personality inventory consisting of 550 items that describe feelings or actions which the person is asked to agree with or disagree with; many scales estimating traits and qualities of personality have been developed using MMPI items
self-report inventory, self-report personality inventory - a personality inventory in which a person is asked which of a list of traits and characteristics describe her or him or to indicate which behaviors and hypothetical choices he or she would make
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Jones, Beidleman y Fowler (1981) realizaron un estudio con 141 sujetos adultos, violentos y no violentos, internos en carceles de maxima seguridad, a los que se les administro el MMPI. Estos autores prefirieron utilizar el analisis discriminante al de los "tipos de codigo", obteniendo asi las escalas que mas contribuyeron a predecir su conducta violenta: la F (Infrecuencia), Pa (Paranoia), Pt (Psicastenia) y Sc (Esquizofrenia), clasificando correctamente al 72.9% de los violentos y al 80.6% de los internos no violentos.
(1989) found that the MMPI was the most relied upon test in assessment practice.
Assessors should be cautious about interpreting Millennial openness to admitting struggle as necessarily indicative of high psychopathology, but the presence of psychopathology as measured on the MMPI clinical scales will likely continue to predict poor outcomes for missionaries in the field, regardless of generational affiliation.
Graham (38) reported that a raw score over 16 at F scale of MMPI, which we used as a validity criteria in our study is in favor of malingering.
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Seelen, MMPI, MMPI-2 e MMPI- A in Tribunale, Giunti O.S, Firenze, Italy, 2006.
Empirical development of an MMPI subscale for the assessment of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.
Studies that have addressed this issue focused on assessing the mental health of the individual by means of psychometric tests have used projective tests and alexithymia scales15, the Mini Mental Status Examination (16) (MMSE), the Temperament and Character Inventory (16) (TCI), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (5, 17, 18) (MMPI) or the MMPI-2 (16).
As per these directives, MMPI, TSI and MVE under secretary RTA, Owais Manzoor Tarar will start operation against the two stroke rickshaws from Monday to ensure suspension of their movement on the roads.
The index developed here is defined in terms of Modified Malmquist Productivity Index model (MMPI), which can calculate progress and regress by using the factor of present time value of money.
Moreover, these disorders were correlated with psychological structure of the individuum evaluated by MMPI test.