These results are discussed in terms of the issues for use of the MMPI-2 compared to the MMPI.

96 for the raw scores and T-scores for each gender, indicating that rank ordering of cases is maintained between forms. In spite of significant mean differences, correlational analyses show correlations above. Comparison of mean T-scores (excluding Scale 5) showed no significant differences for Gender on the 12 scales. There were significant MMPI versus MMPI-2 differences for T-scores on all scales, and there were significant Gender by Form interactions for T-scores on all scales except Scale L, Scale K, and Scale 6 (excluding Scale 5).

Comparison of mean raw scores for the validity and clinical scales showed a small difference for MMPI versus MMPI-2 (Form) on Scales 2 and 5, small differences for Gender on Scales 1, 2, and 3, and no Gender by Form interactions. Of the 200 cases, 72 (36%) had codetypes that were both elevated and 'well defined.' The concordance rate among these 71 cases was 72%. Only 50% of the men compared to 66% of the women showed concordance between forms. The concordance rate for elevated codetypes was 58% for 2-point codetypes independent of elevation, it was also 58%. Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) items at one time, permitting comparison of alternate forms. Dahlstrom, 1989) and MMPI-2 (Butcher, W.G. It looks like the MMPI can provide plenty of empirically validated 'types' to delineate a typological approach to personality theory, which would be far more sound than something like the MBTI, and probably enriched with a wealth of correlational data from the outset (education, life outcomes, income, health, etc.).Two hundred (N = 200) outpatients completed MMPI (W.G. It was found out that male patients in the age range of 26-35 and MMPI-2 code type of 68/86 appear more in a psychiatric hospital in Federal Neuropsychiatry. If it is possible to 'code type' an average personality on the MMPI, what are the most common (and rarest) types then? Is there even a normative or perfect code type regarded as psychologically healthier/more mature than the others (culture-dependent, possibly)? Ultimately, I'm curious to know if it makes sense to think that some code types are more prevalent in the general population than others or if, on the other hand, the MMPI's theoretical framework basically assumes the average Joe to be 'untypable'.

I've read that for mental health assessment purposes code types are usually defined by the highest clinical scales with a T-score equal or greater than 65.Īre code types where all scales have T-scores lower than 65 as empirically descriptive/predictive of behavior as those whose scales have T-scores equal of greater than 65?ĭo code types lose predictive power as the T-scores approach 50 or they are equally descriptive/predictive but just more difficult to determine simply because more 'normal' personalities tend to be less distinct from each other (or do they?)?

Mmpi 2 code types