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Definition:
The most extensively researched and widely used personality test, which is used to screen for and diagnose psychiatric problems and disorders; revised as MMPI-2. Gen Psych, Chapter 11, Pg. 368

Examples:

 * The researchers administered more then 1,000 questions about attitudes, feelings, and specific symptoms to groups of psychiatric patients at the University of Minnesota hospital who had been clearly diagnosed with various specific disorders and to a control group of individuals who had no diagnosed disorders.
 * New items have be added to areas such as alcoholism, drug abuse, suicidal tendencies, eating disorders, and the Type A behavior pattern.
 * "I wish I were not bothered by thoughts of sex." "When I get bored, I like to stir up some excitement." "In walking I am very careful to step over sidewalk cracks." "If people had not had it in for me, I would have been much more successful." These are examples of items on the test, which are to be answered "true," "false," or "cannot say."

Links:
Antipolygraph| About.com| Eatstress.com| Drjeffkaye.com| Psychologistanywhereanytime.com|

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