MMPI-A

Question 1

Major differences

Answer 1

K is measured but no K correction used in scoring other scales (overpathologizies)

When we didn’t have MMPIA we gave MMPI but didn’t use K → but they all came out looking normal

MMPI 2 norms overpathologize adolescents and MMPIA underpathologize

MMPI-A questions added for various age-specific domains:
o Peer group,
o attitudes towards teachers
o relationships with parents,
o eating dosrders
● also a lot of questions that have nothing to do with kids – e.g. occupation

Major changes to scale F, 5 and 0

Problem with F scale is that normal adolescents scores too high so needed to make it more unusually so only 5% different from conventional and not 10% as original MMPI

The number of adolescents with divorce parents were underrepresented

The MMPI-A is not as resilient as MMPI-2
?=30 question validity as opposed to ?=60
*Check content if it is more than 10)

Question 2

Individual Scale differences

Answer 2

Scale 1
●Fatigue, energy, eating problems, academic problems, insecurity and fear fo failure

Scale 2
●Withdrawal and eating problems

Scale 3
●Possible food restriction

Scale 4
●Academic problems, authority problems, alcohol and drugs, sexual acting out

Scale 5
●High scores adolescents are less likely to act out and less likely to have academic problems –
*being crosss-identified might be a buffer for certain type of problems

Scale 6
● Same as MMPI2

Scale 7
● Give them chance to perseverate ad ruminate about things, depression, anxiety, indecisive, difficulty concentrating, shy, perfectionistic, guilty over perceived failures.
● List making without doing anything on the list

Scale 8 
●	Fearful confused, disorganized, isolated
*drugs and alcohol
*poor self concept
*feel inferior 
*academic and behavior problems
*often rejected by peers and withdraw  
●	Normal high 8 – is artsy 

Scale 9
Extreme impulsivity
Behavior problems
Alcohol and drug problems (self-medicating mania)