An Approach for Practice Administration and Interpretation of the MMPI-2

• Published in: Psychological reports Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 69 - 72
• Main Authors: Munley, Patrick H., Null, Ursla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.08.2003
• Subjects: Humans; MMPI; Personality Disorders - diagnosis; Practice (Psychology); Teaching - methods
• ISSN: 0033-2941; 1558-691X
• DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.93.1.69

This paper discusses one teaching approach for practice administration and interpretation of the MMPI-2 in a graduate course on personality assessment. After graduate students practice scoring and interpreting the MMPI-2 inventory completed with specific response sets and practice interpreting MMPI-2 profiles of cases prepared for teaching and practice in interpretation, students practice administering and interpreting the MMPI-2 for volunteer test-takers who complete the inventory with a simulated stress response set. The simulated stress response set approach may be helpful in providing skill-building practice in the early phases of learning the MMPI-2 with volunteer test-takers, while minimizing some of the ethical concerns raised regarding actual administrations with nonclient volunteers in the early phases of training in assessment.