A clinical guide to assessing level of ego development using psychological testing

2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Trimboli ◽  
Charles W. Keenan ◽  
Rycke L. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Treatment Planning ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Ego Development ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Neurotic Symptom ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Personality Functioning

This article presents a clinical guide for relating psychological test findings from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 and Rorschach Technique to various levels of ego development. The original three validity and 10 clinical scales from the MMPI and a selected group of traditional determinants from the Rorschach are employed. Expected testing results from these instruments are derived from both the authors' clinical experience and the research literature. These results are presented along a continuum of nine levels of ego development and their associated disorders. The nine levels of ego development are “normal” neurotic, neurotic trait, and neurotic symptom organization; high-, mid-, and low-level borderline organization; and affective, cognitive-affective, and cognitive psychotic organization. The relationships between typical testing responses and indices of personality functioning at each level of ego development would hopefully facilitate accurate diagnosis, which in turn would result in more effective treatment planning.

scholarly journals Mis- or Missed Diagnosis: A Series of Four Cases

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Sheela Sreedharan ◽  
Bhat Sangeetha Govinda ◽  
Iyer Satishkumar Krishnan ◽  
Kumar Kavita Krishna
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Planning ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Missed Diagnosis ◽  
Time Diagnosis

Diagnosis forms the backbone of treatment planning. Accurate diagnosis is essential to initiate the appropriate treatment at the apt time. Diagnosis involves eliciting the signs and symptoms of the patient and their accurate interpretations. The subtle signs that can go unnoticed lead to misdiagnosis and subsequent agony to the patient. Alertness on part of the clinician is important to avoid this error. Reported in this paper are four cases that were wrongly diagnosed either due to lack of clinical experience or due to omission of careful clinical, radiographic, and histopathological examinations.

MMPI-2 in Child Custody Litigation

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Roma ◽  
Federica Ricci ◽  
Georgios D. Kotzalidis ◽  
Luigi Abbate ◽  
Anna Lubrano Lavadera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Custody ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Custody Evaluations ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Forensic Assessments ◽  
Child Custody Evaluations ◽  
Italian Women

In recent years, several studies have addressed the issue of positive self-presentation bias in assessing parents involved in postdivorce child custody litigations. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is widely used in forensic assessments and is able to evaluate positive self-presentation through its Superlative Self-Presentation S scale. We investigated the existence of a gender effect on positive self-presentation bias in an Italian sample of parents involved in court evaluation. Participants were 391 divorced parents who completed the full 567-item Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 during child custody evaluations ordered by several Italian courts between 2006 and 2010. Our analysis considered the S scale along with the basic clinical scales. North-American studies had shown no gender differences in child custody litigations. Differently, our results showed a significantly higher tendency toward “faking-good” profiles on the MMPI-2 among Italian women as compared to men and as compared to the normative Italian female population. Cultural and social factors could account for these differences.

Binocular optometric complex and amblyopia. From accurate diagnosis to effective treatment

2020 ◽  
pp. 239-240
Author(s):  
V.O. Balasanyan ◽  
◽  
I.E. Aznauryan ◽  
A.A. Shpak ◽  
M.I. Uzuev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis

MMPI and Clinical Scales Compared

1974 ◽  
Vol 125 (584) ◽  
pp. 42-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. G. Stephens ◽  
M. Valentine
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric History ◽  
Check List ◽  
Psychiatric Interview ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Manifest Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Depression

The aim of the investigation was to compare rating scales for syndromes as given by a psychological test, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), with those derived from a standardized psychiatric history (CAPRICE System). The first is dependent on information supplied directly by the patient, who answers a check-list; the second is based on a psychiatric interview and the completing of a codified case-history. The computerized form of the MMPI was employed (Fowler and Miller, 1969), and the scales selected were those corresponding with manifest anxiety (At scale); depression (D scale); phobias, obsessions and compulsions (Pt scale); and schizophrenia (Sc scale). The nearly corresponding scales derived from the CAPRICE System (Valentine, 1973) are the scales for Anxiety, Depression, Obsessional-Compulsive Disorder, and Psychosis.

Use of the MMPI—A to Assess Personality of Juvenile Male Delinquents Who are Sex Offenders and Nonsex Offenders

1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Losada-Paisey
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Discriminant Function ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Juvenile Male ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Psychopathic Deviate ◽  
Juvenile Males ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigated the relationship between offender type and personality in 21 juvenile males adjudicated for crimes of a sexual nature and 30 juvenile males adjudicated for nonsexual offenses including Possession of Narcotics, Burglary, Criminal Mischief, Assault, and other crimes involving property. Subjects who were aged 13 to 17 years (mean age 15) and committed to the State of Connecticut, Long Lane School, were administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Adolescent (MMPI–A). Scores on Psychopathic Deviate and Schizophrenia scales contributed most to the juveniles being classified as sex offenders, whereas scores on Hysteria and Psychasthenia contributed primarily to subjects being classified as nonsex offenders. A single discriminant function attained statistical significance, thereby correctly classifying 77% of the nonsex offenders and 71% of the sex offenders. Results indicate that sex offenders may be distinguished from nonsex offenders according to clinical scales of the MMPI–A.

MCMI-II Personality Traits Associated with the MMPI-2 Masculinity-Femininity Scale

Assessment ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
Mark A. Blais
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Behavioral Correlates ◽  
Personality Functioning ◽  
T Score ◽  
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory ◽  
Paranoid Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder Scales ◽  
Report Measure

There has been limited research into the behavioral correlates associated with the Masculinity-Femininity ( Mf) scale of the MMPI (and the MMPI-2). In this study, both the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory—II (MCMI-II), a frequently used self-report measure of personality functioning, and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 (MMPI-2) were administered to a group of 76 female psychiatric inpatients. The sample was divided based upon MMPI-2 Mf scale T scores. Subjects with a T score >50 were assigned to the high- Mf group ( n = 28), whereas subjects with a T score >50 were assigned to the low- Mf group ( n = 48). The two groups were compared across the 13 personality disorder scales of the MCMI-II. The results showed that subjects in the high- Mf group had significantly higher scores on the MCMI-II Narcissistic, Antisocial, Aggressive/Sadistic, and Paranoid personality disorder scales. A correlational analysis revealed that the MMPI-2 Mf scale was significantly correlated with these four MCMI-II personality disorder scales. These results are discussed in light of their clinical implications and the limitations of the study.

Associations Among the MCMI-II Clinical Syndrome Scales and the MMPI-2 Clinical Scales

Assessment ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Blais ◽  
Kenneth B. Benedict ◽  
Dennis K. Norman
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Clinical Syndrome ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Axis I

The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory—II (MCMI-II), a frequently used self-report measure of psychopathology, contains nine scales designed to assess Axis I psychopathology (the clinical syndrome and severe syndrome scales). This study explored the relationships among these nine MCMI-II clinical syndrome scales and the clinical scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 (MMPI-2). A sample of 108 psychiatric inpatients was administered both the MCMI-II and the MMPI-2 within 7 days of admission. Pearson correlation coefficients and principal component factors were obtained for the MCMI-II and MMPI-2 scales. The results provided support for the convergent validity of all the MCMI-II Axis I scales. However, the majority of the MCMI-II scales failed to demonstrate adequate discriminant validity in relation to the MMPI-2 scales. The principal component analysis revealed that method variance was the principal influence in determining factor loadings for the majority of test scales. This finding suggests that these two popular self-report tests differ substantially in how they measure psychopathology.

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