Posted by gardenergirl on May 8, 2004, at 10:39:38
In reply to Do you know a website that describes the types?, posted by Camille Dumont on May 8, 2004, at 0:15:38
Camille,
I'm glad your testing was helpful for you. It is strange how so much can be gotten out of what seems so mundane.I don't know of a website that gives descriptions of the profiles for the MMPI. Actually, the test is supposed to be protected material, so if there is something there, hopefully it doesn't "spoil" the test for those who are going to take it in the future.
Regarding determining your own profile...The most reliable profile is the one that has clearly defined elevations. If one scale is the highest, and the next highest are more than five points lower (some say 10 points), then you are really a single scale code type. The other elevations do add to the understanding, but your "code type" is just the single scale. For example, (warning: disclosure here!) I am a scale 4 elevation. None of the other scales when I took it a few years ago were clinically elevated. So my code type is scale 4. (Of course I prefer to use the number rather than the name of this scale, as I think the name is a bit appalling.)
So say you have two or more that are elevated and are all within 5 points of the highest scale...that would be a multi-scale code type. So 2-7-8 is a code type if 7 and 8 are within five points of 2. Again, this does not mean that there is nothing to be gained by the other scales. Code types are just typically occuring patterns that have a certain amount of research behind them to validate them. Other combinations may be significant for the person, but there may not be any research validating that code type as frequently occuring.
I hope this makes a tiny bit of sense. I feel like I am rambling.
I am interested, however, in the website you described about the inkblots. It sounds really interesting. Are you able to share the site?
gg
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