Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2

This psychological test provides hypotheses regarding personality, symptoms, and diagnosis. The examiner instructs the subject to respond to 567 true-false statements. The original MMPI was published in 1943. MMPI-2 was published in 1989.

Validity Scales:

• Lie (L)
• Infrequency (F)
• Suppressor (K)

Clinical Scales:

1. Hypochondriasis
2. Depression
3. Hysteria
4. Psychopathic deviance
5. Masculinity-femininity
6. Paranoia
7. Psychasthenia
8. Schizophrenia
9. Hypomania
10. Social introversion

Special Scales:

• Anxiety (A)
• Repression (R)
• Ego strength (ES)
• McAndrews alcoholism scale (MAC)