Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)

Description

The MMPI-2 is self-report based assessment of personality. It has since been updated and improved (see MMPI-2-RF and MMPI-3).The MMPI-2 is self-report based assessment of personality. It has since been updated and improved (see MMPI-2-RF and MMPI-3).

Test Features

Administration details

Administration type: Self-report Approx time: 60+ minutes

Accessing the assessment and manual information

Access information:
  • Butcher, J. N., Dahlstrom, W. G., Graham, J. R., Tellegen, A., & Kaemmer, B. (1989). MMPI-2 manual. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

Reliability and Validity

Note: Listed publications are for the English version of the assessment only
  • Hill, J. S., Robbins, R. R., & Pace, T. M. (2012). Cultural Validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 Empirical Correlates: Is This the Best We Can Do?. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 40(2), 104-116. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1912.2012.00010.x

Norm information

Healthy control/general population norms:
  • Norms and comparison scores are available in the manual.