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=== Validity scales===

The [[validity scale]]s in all versions of the MMPI-2 (MMPI-2 and RF) contain three basic types of validity measures: those that were designed to detect non-responding or inconsistent responding (CNS, VRIN, TRIN), those designed to detect when clients are over reporting or exaggerating the prevalence or severity of psychological symptoms (F, F{{sub|B}}, F{{sub|P}}, FBS), and those designed to detect when test-takers are under-reporting or downplaying psychological symptoms (L, K, S). A new addition to the validity scales for the MMPI-2-RF includes an over reporting scale of somatic symptoms (F{{sub|S}}) as well as revised versions of the validity scales of the MMPI-2 (VRIN-r, TRIN-r, F-r, F{{sub|P}}-r, FBS-r, L-r, and K-r).  The MMPI-2-RF does not include the S or F{{sub|B}} scales, and the F-r scale now covers the entirety of the test.<ref>Graham, J.R. (2011). ''MMPI-2: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology''. Oxford.</ref>

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! Abbreviation
! New in version
! Name
! Description<ref>{{cite web |title=Interpretation of MMPI-2 validity scales |url=https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/mtdda/webdocs/mmpi-2-training-slides/interpretation-of-mmpi-2-validity-scales |website=University of Minnesota Press |date=2015 }}</ref>
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| CNS
| 1
| "Cannot Say"
| Questions not answered (left blank or both True and False)
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| L
| 1
| "Lie" / Uncommon Virtues
| Intentional under-reporting of symptoms
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| F
| 1
| Infrequency
| Over-reporting symptoms (in first half of test)
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| K
| 1
| Defensiveness
| Unintentional under-reporting of symptoms (e.g. defensiveness, denial)
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| F{{sub|b}}
| 2
| F Back
| Over-reporting symptoms (in last half of test)
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| VRIN
| 2
| Variable Response Inconsistency
| Answering similar/opposite question pairs inconsistently
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| TRIN
| 2
| True Response Inconsistency
| Answering questions all true/all false
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| F-K
| 2
| F minus K
| Honesty of test responses/not faking good or bad
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| S
| 2
| Superlative Self-Presentation
| Improving upon K scale, "appearing excessively good"
|-
| F{{sub|p}}
| 2
| F-psychopathology
| Over-reporting symptoms in individuals with psychopathology
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| FBS
| 2 
| "Faking Bad Scale" / Symptom Validity
| Over-reporting somatic or cognitive symptoms in disability/personal injury claimants
|-
| RBS
| 2
| Response Bias Scale
| Exaggerated memory complaints in forensic settings or disability claims<ref>{{cite journal |date=2007 |title=Development and validation of a Response Bias Scale (RBS) for the MMPI-2 |pmid=17504891 |doi=10.1177/1073191106295861|last1=Gervais |first1=Roger O. |last2=Ben-Porath |first2=Yossef S. |last3=Wygant |first3=Dustin B. |last4=Green |first4=Paul |journal=Assessment |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=196–208 |s2cid=28633965 }}</ref>
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| F{{sub|s}}
| 2-RF
| Infrequent Somatic Response
| Overreporting of somatic symptoms
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| CRIN
| 3
| Combined Response Inconsistency
| Combination of random and fixed inconsistent responding<ref name="MMPI-3 Scales">{{cite web |title=MMPI-3 Scales |url=https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/MMPI-3/mmpi-3-scales |website=University of Minnesota Press}}</ref> 
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