The entire measure reconstruction was accomplished using the original 567 items contained in the MMPI-2 item pool. The rest of the measure was developed utilizing statistical analysis techniques that produced the RC Scales as well as a hierarchical set of scales similar to contemporary models of psychopathology to inform the overall measure reorganization. The MMPI-2-RF was constructed using a similar rationale used to create the Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales.

In 2008, the MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form) was published to psychometrically and theoretically fine tune the measure The MMPI-2-RF contains 338 items, contains 9 validity and 42 homogeneous substantive scales, and allows for a straightforward interpretation strategy.

Restructuring the Clinical Scales was the initial step toward addressing the remaining psychometric and theoretical problems of the MMPI-2.

In 2003, the Restructured Clinical Scales were added to the published MMPI-2, representing a reconstruction of the original Clinical Scales designed to address known psychometric flaws in the original Clinical Scales that unnecessarily complicated their interpretability and validity, but could not be addressed at the same time as the restandardization process Specifically, Demoralization – a non-specific distress component thought to impair the discriminant validity of many self-report measures of psychopathology – was identified and removed from the original Clinical Scales.

In 1989, the MMPI became the MMPI-2 as a result of a restandardization project to develop a new set of normative data representing current population characteristics the restandardization increased the size of the normative database to include a wide range of clinical and non-clinical samples psychometric characteristics of the Clinical Scales were not addressed at that time.

The most historically significant developmental changes include: Additionally, there have been changes in the number of items in the measure, and other adjustments which reflect its current use as a tool towards modern psychopathy and personality disorders. Many additions and changes to the measure have been made over time to improve interpretability of the original Clinical Scales. The MMPI was designed as an adult measure of psychopathology and personality structure in 1939.

The MMPI is copyrighted by the University of Minnesota. The original authors of the MMPI were Starke R. 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. A version for adolescents, the MMPI-A, was published in 1992.

It was replaced by an updated version, the MMPI-2, in 1989 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, and Kraemmer). McKinley, faculty of the University of Minnesota, and first published by the University of Minnesota Press in 1943. The original MMPI was developed by Starke R. Psychologists 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.

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is a standardized psychometric test of adult personality and psychopathology.

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