Editing Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (section)

{{Short description|Standardized psychometric measure of psychopathology and personality}}
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The '''Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory''' ('''MMPI''') is a [[Standardized test|standardized]] [[Psychometrics|psychometric]] test of adult [[Personality psychology|personality]] and [[psychopathology]].<ref name="Camara">{{cite journal | url=http://antonioepuente.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2000.Camara-Nathan-and-Puente-2000-psych-test-usage.pdf | title=Psychological test usage: Implications in professional psychology | author=Camara, W. J., Nathan, J. S., & Puente, A. E. | journal=Professional Psychology: Research and Practice | year=2000 | volume=31 | issue=2 | pages=141–154 | doi=10.1037/0735-7028.31.2.141 | access-date=2014-01-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318172127/http://antonioepuente.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2000.Camara-Nathan-and-Puente-2000-psych-test-usage.pdf | archive-date=2017-03-18 | url-status=dead }}</ref> A version for adolescents also exists, the [[MMPI-A]], and was first published in 1992.<ref name="z455">{{cite web | last=Butcher | first=James N. | title=Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent | website=Pearson Assessments US | date=17 Dec 2021 | url=https://www.pearsonassessments.com/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Personality-%26-Biopsychosocial/Minnesota-Multiphasic-Personality-Inventory-Adolescent/p/100000465.html | access-date=13 Jun 2024}}</ref> [[Psychologist]]s and other mental health professionals use various versions of the MMPI to help develop treatment plans, assist with [[differential diagnosis]], help answer legal questions ([[forensic psychology]]), screen job candidates during the [[personnel selection]] process, or as part of a [[therapeutic assessment]] procedure.<ref name="Butcher-Williams">{{cite journal | title=Personality assessment with the mmpi-2: historical roots, international adaptations, and current challenges | author=Butcher, J. N., & Williams, C. L. | journal=Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being | year=2009 | volume=1 | issue=1 | pages=105–135 | doi=10.1111/j.1758-0854.2008.01007.x}}</ref>

The original MMPI was developed by [[Starke R. Hathaway]] and [[J. C. McKinley]], faculty of the [[University of Minnesota]], and first published by the [[University of Minnesota Press]] in 1943.<ref name="MMPI-1">{{cite journal | title=The Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory | year=1943 |author1=Schiele, B. C. |author2=Baker, A. B. |author3=Hathaway, S. R. |journal=Journal-Lancet | issue=63| issn=0096-0233 | pages=292–297| url=http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=6&sid=2e82c8f0-be16-46c9-a0f8-d5b18f9ab03f%40sessionmgr111&hid=109&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=psyh&AN=1944-03192-001}}</ref> It was replaced by an updated version, the MMPI-2, in 1989 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, and Kaemmer).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Principles and applications of assessment in counseling|author=Whiston, Susan C.|date=2013|publisher=Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning|isbn=9780840028556|edition= 4th|location=Belmont, CA|pages=210|oclc=798809560}}</ref> An alternative version of the test, the [[MMPI-2]] Restructured Form ([[MMPI-2-RF]]), published in 2008, retains some aspects of the traditional MMPI assessment strategy, but adopts a different theoretical approach to [[personality test]] development. The newest version ([[MMPI-3]]) was released in 2020.<ref name="MMPI-3 product page">{{cite web |url=https://www.pearsonassessments.com/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Personality-%26-Biopsychosocial/Minnesota-Multiphasic-Personality-Inventory-3/p/P100000004.html |title=MMPI-3 product page}}</ref>