PPT 8

Question 1

MMPI-A-RF

Answer 1

Age range 14-18 (same as the MMPI-A)

Question 2

MMPI-3

Answer 2

Controversy! Misleading name

Updated the MMPI-2-RF
- Changes in society
- Demographic changes
- Decreased stigma of mental health issues

Goals
- New norms
- New scales
- Improved existing scales

Considered switching to Likert format

Question 3

Added New Scales

Answer 3

Added items to capture new content
- Eating concerns (EAT)
- Compulsivity (CMP)
- Impulsivity (IMP)
- Self Importance (SFI)
- Combined Response Inconsistency (CRIN)

Question 4

Outcome

Answer 4

335 items (3 less than the MMPI-2-RF)

Question 5

New Norms

Answer 5

Collected between 9/2017 and 12/2018

Question 6

Spanish-Speaking Norms

Answer 6

All items translated into Spanish

Question 7

For more info see the MMPI-3 Technical Manual

Question 8

Interpretation

Answer 8

Similar to the MMPI-2-RF
- Higher Order scale
- RC scales
- Specific Problem scales (some changes)

Question 9

MMPI-3 Cases

Question 10

Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)

Answer 10

Developed by Les Morey, 1991
18 years old and older

Question 11

PAI

Answer 11

344 items
- More than 17 unanswered, consider invalid

No item overlap

4 point Lickert scale
- Totally False, Slightly True, Mainly True, Very True

Convert raw scores to T-scores
- (Mean =50, SD = 10)

Elevations 70 and above interpretable
- Elevation reflects severity of psychopathology
- Configuration reflects form of psychopathology

Question 12

Possible Advantages Over the MMPI-2

Answer 12

Through development using a number of methods: rational item development (from DSM), factorial factor development, and empirical validity

• Psychometrically strong
• Lickert scale
• Easy to score
• Easy to interpret
• Short

Question 13

Possible Disadvantages to the MMPI-2

Answer 13

Like a symptom checklist
Loss of rich data

Question 14

False - Sometimes true- Mostly true - True

Answer 14

Recently I’ve had much more energy than usual.

The idea of settling down has never appealed to me.

I’ve never been in trouble with the law.

Question 15

PAI Profile Sheet

Question 16

4 Validity Scales

Answer 16

• Response Inconsistency
• Response Infrequency
• Negative Impression Management
• Positive Impression Management

Question 17

Interpretation

Answer 17

Morey believes patterns are important but that codetype is not useful

Recommends considering the unique scale scores pertinent to the construct

Question 18

Gender, Race, and Age Influences

Answer 18

• PAR (Nonwhite: +65T, 18-29 years: +5T, 60+ years: -4T)
• BOR (18-29 years: +6T, 60+ years: -4T)
• ANT (Male: +3T, 18-29 years: +7T, 60+ years: -4T)
• AGG (18-29 years: +5T, 60+ years: -4T)
• STR (18-29 years: +4T, 60+ years: -4T)