Minnesota
(mɪnɪˈsəʊtə)
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In phr. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: a personality test made up of over 500 items, the responses to which are graded for various personality traits in accordance with criteria calculated from groups of normal subjects and subjects with clinically diagnosed psychiatric disorders. (Cf. M.M.P.I.).
| 1946 Jrnl. Appl. Psychol. XXX. 517 The present paper presents preliminary data on the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) with respect to differential diagnosis, with secondary findings upon the subject of overall identification of ‘abnormals’ from people in general. 1952 L. W. Ferguson Personality Measurement viii. 235 (caption) Classification of items in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. 1973 Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. CXXII. 65 The tasks presented to the subjects consisted of Block Counting..and the Depression scale from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). |