Multi-dimensional personality tests
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PERSONALITY
Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Original development 1940 –Hathaway &
McKinley
(MMPI-2 1989) MMPI-2-RF 2008
Over 18 years
MMPI -A – 1992 (adolescent) 14 – 18 yrs
Clinical populations
paper-pencil, computer or audio
35-50 minutes
About 338 questions
Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory
(MMPI-2-RF)
Criterion based (or data reduction)
large pool of questions
select appropriate criterion groups
factor analysis
MMPI – 2-RF scales
50 scales
8 Validity scales
addiction scales
supplemental scales
Problems with MMPI-2
norms
inter-item consistency is low
high inter correlations between scores
validity
reading at 6th grade
self-report
California Psychological
Inventory-260 (CPI)
Developed 1956 -- revised 2005
assess normal adult personality
260 true/false questions (1/2 from MMPI)
30-45 minutes
paper-pencil
normed on college students
California Psychological
Inventory (CPI)
29 socially desirable behavioral tendencies
Interpersonal styles
self acceptance
self control
flexibility
more positive than MMPI
used for educational, vocational, counseling
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI)
Isabel Briggs Myers and Katherine Briggs
1940s
Based on Jung’s personality dimensions
126 forced choice questions
20-30 minutes
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI)
Heavily used in research
lots of validity studies
used in academic and counseling settings
vocational preferences
interpersonal interactions
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(example of MBTI types)
Measures 4 dimensions of personality
extroversion-introversion (EI)
sensing-intuition (SN)
thinking-feeling (TF)
judgement-perception (JP)
combine into 16 personality types e.g. ESTJ
Self assessment of MBTI scales
Extrovert/Introvert
Very strong E
medium E
centered
medium I
very strong I
Sensing/Intuition
Very strong S
medium S
centered
medium N
very strong N
medium F
very strong F
Thinking/Feeling
Very strong T
medium T
centered
Judging/Perceiving
Very strong J
medium J
centered
medium P
very strong P
Keirsey Temperament Sorter – II
KTS-II
Created by David Kerisey
1978
Similar to MBTI test profile
High reliability and validity
Shorter
Computerized
KTS scales
4 Scales – similar to MBTI
-- different words, same letters
(E)=Expressive vs. (I)=Attentive
(S)=Observant vs. (N)=Introspective
(T)=Tough-minded vs. (F)=Friendly
(J)=Scheduling vs. (P)=Probing
MBTI/KTS/images
Scores????
1. MBTI – individual scales
2. MBTI - combinations
3. KTS
4. “projective ABAB
Reliability ????
Validity ????
Standardization ????