MMPI3 Clinical Scales Flashcards
H-O scales
Higher order
EID
Emotional/internalizing dysfuntion
Demoralization, low morale, negative emotionality
EID marks
Less than 39 better than average emotional adjustment
65-79 significant emotional distress
Greater than 80 considerable distress, potential crisis
THD
Thought dysfunction
Paranoid and no paranoid delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations, unrealistic thinking
THD marks
65-79 significant thought dysfunction
Greater than 80 serious thought dysfunction
BXD
Behavioral/externalizing dysfunction
Substance misuse, criminal behavior, violent behavior, poor impulse control
BXD marks
Less than 39 higher than av behavioral constraint
65-79 significant externalizing behavior, likely to have caused problems
Greater than 80 considerable, likely to have caused major dysfunction, gotten them into trouble
RCd
Demoralization
Unhappiness, life dissatisfaction, low morale, risk for SI, low self esteem, worry prone, complains about feeling depressed
RCd marks
65-73 feeling sad/unhappy, dissatisfied with current circumstances
Greater than 74 significant, very overwhelmed, extremely unhappy
RCd specific problem scales
SUI (suicidal ideation)
HLP (hopelessness)
SFD (self doubt)
NFC (inefficacy)
RC2
Low positive emotions
Anhedonia, pessimistic, socially disengaged, lacks energy
RC2 marks
Greater than 65 lack of interest, anhedonia, significant lack of positive emotions
RC7
Dysfunctional neg emotion
Behavioral inhibition, stress reactive, sleep problems, worry, obsessive rumination
RC7 marks
Greater than 65 neg emotional experiences including anxiety, anger, and fear
RC7 specific problem scales
STR (stress)
WRY (worry)
CMP (compulsivity)
ARX (anxiety related experiences)
ANP (anger proneness)
BRF (behavior restricting fears)
PSY 5 NEGE
Negative emotionality/neuroticism
Behavioral inhibition, anxiety, worry, self critical, guilt prone
PSY5 INTR
Introversion/low positive emotionality
Introversion, lacks interests, pessimism, lacks positive emotional experiences
RC6
Ideas of persecution
Persecutory beliefs, suspicious and distrustful, lacks insight
RC6 marks
65-78 significant persecutory ideation
Above 79 prominent pros ideation, rising to paranoid delusion
RC8
Aberrant experiences
Disorganized thought, dissociation, delusions
RC8 marks
65-74 unusual thoughts and perceptual processes
Above 75 many unusual ….
PSY5 PSYC
Psychoticism
Unrealistic thinking, alienated from others, impaired reality testing
RC4
Antisocial behavior
Involvement w criminal justice system, impulsive, substance use, antisocial characteristics, difficulty w authority
RC4 marks
65-77 significant history of antisocial bx
Above 78 serious past and current bx
