Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - a self-report personality inventory consisting of 550 items that describe feelings or actions which the person is asked to agree with or disagree with; many scales estimating traits and qualities of personality have been developed using MMPI itemsMMPIself-report inventory, self-report personality inventory - a personality inventory in which a person is asked which of a list of traits and characteristics describe her or him or to indicate which behaviors and hypothetical choices he or she would make

Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory

[‚min·ə′sōd·ə ¦məl·tə¦fāz·ik ‚pər·sə′nal·əd·ē ‚in·vən‚tȯr·ē] (psychology) An empirical scale of an individual's personality based mainly on the person's yes-or-no responses to a questionnaire of 550 items; included are special validating scales which measure the individual's test-taking attitude and degree of frankness. Abbreviated MMPI. Also known as multiphasic personality inventory (MPI).

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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[in´ven-tor″e] a comprehensive list of personality traits, aptitudes, and interests.California Personality inventory CPI; a self-report, true-false questionnaire designed to measure aspects of personality style. It is generally used in counseling situations or for less than severe psychopathology.Millon Clinical Multiaxial inventory MCMI; a true-false, self-report questionnaire designed to produce a profile of the personality style and structure underlying mental disorders.Minnesota Multiphasic Personality inventory MMPI; a psychological test in questionnaire form in which the answers to true-false statements show dimensions of the subject's personality structure and provide comparison with responses made by persons in various diagnostic categories.

Min·ne·so·ta Mul·ti·pha·sic Per·son·al·i·ty In·ven·tor·y test (MMPI),

a questionnaire type of psychological test for ages 16 and older, with 550 true-false statements coded in four validity and ten personality scales which may be administered in both an individual or group format. Synonym(s): Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

A widely used true-false test for evaluating a person’s psychological and personality ‘profile’

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

MMPI Psychology A widely used true-false test for evaluating a person's psychological and personality 'profile'. See Psychological testing.

Min·ne·so·ta Mul·ti·pha·sic Per·son·al·i·ty In·ven·to·ry

(MMPI) (min-ĕ-sō'tă mŭl'ti-fā'zik pĕr-sŏn-al'i-tē in'vĕn-tōr-ē) A questionnaire type of psychological test for ages 16 years and older, with 550 true-false statements coded in four validity and 10 personality scales, which may be administered in either an individual or group format.

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Related to Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: personality test, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)

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Synonyms for Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

noun a self-report personality inventory consisting of 550 items that describe feelings or actions which the person is asked to agree with or disagree with

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MMPI

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self-report inventory
self-report personality inventory