MCMI-IV Validity and Modifying Indices

Question 1

Invalidity (Scale V)

Answer 1

Composed of three items majority of individuals would never endorse

Question 2

Inconsistency (Scale W)

Answer 2

Attempts to determine level of consistency in item responses; seeks to identify examinees overall approach and ability to adequately participate in assessment

Question 3

Disclosure (Scale X)

Answer 3

Designed to indicate whether the examinee was inclined to be honest and self-disclosing or defensive and secretive

Question 4

Desirability (Scale Y)

Answer 4

Assesses degree to which the examinee’s results may have been affected by his or her inclination to appear socially attractive, morally virtuous, or emotionally well composed

Question 5

Debasement (Scale Z)

Answer 5

Helps to identify attempts by an examinee to appear more psychopathological, devalued, or impaired