Description
The MMPI®-3 builds on the history and strengths of the MMPI instruments to provide an empirically validated, psychometrically up-to-date standard for psychological assessment.
“This is the US norm version of MMPI-3″
The MMPI®-3 builds on the history and strengths of the MMPI instruments to provide an empirically validated, psychometrically up-to-date standard for psychological assessment.
“This is the US norm version of MMPI-3″
Author:
Yossef S. Ben-Porath, PhD, Auke Tellegen, PhD
Administration:Online administration, paper and pencil.
Scoring Option:Q-global™ Web-based Administration, Scoring and Reporting or Hand Scoring
:The MMPI®-3 is a contemporary personality assessment for mental health, medical, forensic, and public safety settings. This newest version builds on the history and strengths of the MMPI instruments to provide an empirically validated, psychometrically up-to-date standard for psychological assessment.
Key Features
New, nationally representative English language normative sample
Updated for the first time since the mid-1980s and designed to match US Census Bureau demographic projections for 2020, the MMPI-3 normative sample includes 1,620 individuals (810 men and 810 women) ages 18 and older from diverse communities throughout the United States.
Spanish language translation and normative sample
For the first time, the adult Spanish translation of the MMPI-3 includes norms derived from a sample of 550 US Spanish speakers (275 men and 275 women).
New and updated items and scales
The MMPI-3 includes 72 new and 24 updated items used to develop new scales (Eating Concerns, Compulsivity, Impulsivity, and Self-Importance) and to update existing MMPI-2-RF scales.
Comparison groups
Descriptive data from a broad range of settings make it possible to compare an individual’s test results with relevant groups in mental health, medical, forensic, and public safety settings.
Administration time
Only 25–35 minutes to administer by computer, and 35–50 minutes to administer by paper and pencil.
Comprehensive administration manual
The Manual for Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation provides a brief description of the background for and development of the MMPI-3, a description of the new normative sample, case illustrations, and standard procedures for administering, scoring, and interpretation.
Comprehensive technical manual
The Technical Manual describes the rationale for developing the test, the procedures used to fashion the scales and collect the new test norms, descriptive findings on the scales in a broad range of settings, and extensive psychometric findings. These findings include scale score reliability estimates as well as standard errors of measurement and empirical correlates in mental health, medical, forensic, public safety, and other nonclinical settings.
MMPI-2-RF literature appropriate for MMPI-3 interpretation
Detailed analyses reported in the Technical Manual indicate that interpretation of the updated MMPI-3 scales can be guided by over 450 peer-reviewed MMPI-2-RF publications.
Manual Supplement for the US Spanish Translation
The manual supplement provides guidance on the use of the Spanish translation of the MMPI-3, developed for use in the US. Topics covered include procedures used to collect and develop norms for the Spanish version of the test, the composition of the MMPI-3 Spanish language normative sample, psychometric findings, English/Spanish equivalence analyses, and special considerations for administration, scoring, and interpretation of the Spanish version of the MMPI-3.
Report features
- Summary page facilitates standard MMPI-3 interpretation
- Comparison Groups for mental health, medical, forensic, and public safety settings
- A Comparison Group Generator allows clinicians to create setting-specific comparison groups
- Item-level information (i.e., test taker responses and normative/comparison group frequencies) can be tailored to clinical inquiry
- Annotations provide sources for all interpretive statements and up-to-date research references for empirical correlates
- Optional gender-neutral language for interpretive reports
Score Report
This report provides scores for all 52 scales of the test and includes a summary page to facilitate standard MMPI-3 interpretation along with customizable item-level information. The report is arranged in the following sections:
- Validity Scales
- Higher-Order (H-O) and Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales
- Somatic/Cognitive and Internalizing Scales
- Externalizing and Interpersonal Scales
- PSY-5 Scales
- Item-Level Information (customizable)
Sample Score Reports
Interpretive Report for Clinical Settings
This report includes the Score Report followed by an integrated interpretation of scores organized in the following sections:
- Synopsis – summary of the major findings
- Protocol Validity – comprehensive information about potential threats to test score validity
- Substantive Scale Interpretation – description of clinical symptoms, personality characteristics, and behavioral tendencies
- Diagnostic Considerations – diagnostic possibilities indicated by test results
- Treatment Considerations – recommendations pertaining to treatment planning
- Item-Level Information – list of unscorable responses, critical responses, and optional user-designated item-level information (if selected)
- Endnotes – identification of scores associated with each interpretive statement
- Research Reference List – publications supporting empirical-correlate-based statements (updated as additional studies are published)
Sample Interpretive Reports
Public Safety Candidate Interpretive Reports
Authors: David M. Corey, PhD & Yossef S. Ben-Porath, PhD
The leading psychological screening tool for use in public safety settings has expanded its offerings. Introducing a comprehensive suite of reports to meet your personnel selection needs.
- NEW! Correctional Candidate Interpretive Report (CCIR)
- NEW! Dispatcher Candidate Interpretive Report (DCIR)
- NEW! Firefighter Candidate Interpretive Report (FCIR)
- UPDATED! Police Candidate Interpretive Report (PCIR)
Each report includes full scoring information (see Score Report) and an integrated interpretation of scores specifically for police, correctional, dispatcher, or firefighter/medic candidates. Reports are organized in the following sections:
- Synopsis—summary of major conclusions
- Protocol Validity—comprehensive information about test validity with guidance on implications of overly positive self-presentation
- Clinical Findings—description of clinical-level symptoms, personality characteristics, and behavioral tendencies
- Diagnostic Considerations—diagnostic possibilities indicated by test results
- Comparison Group Findings—substantive scale findings in the context of the candidate comparison group
- Job-Relevant Correlates—potential problems in 10 job domains identified as relevant to candidate suitability
- Item-Level Information—list of unscorable responses, critical responses, optional user-designated item-level information, and critical follow-up items for candidate evaluations
- Endnotes—identification of scores associated with each interpretive statement
- Research Reference List—sources supporting empirical-correlate-based statements (updated as additional studies are published)
Sample Public Safety Candidate Interpretive Reports
MMPI-3 Free Trial
Now’s your chance to try out the new MMPI-3 for free! Qualified professionals can receive two free clinical interpretive reports on Q-global® or Q Local® and access the first chapter of the manuals and user’s guide.
- MMPI-3 Manual for Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation First Chapter
- MMPI-3 Technical Manual First Chapter
- MMPI-3 User’s Guide for the Score and Clinical Interpretive Reports First Chapter
Online Learning Modules
Learn about the MMPI-3 through these complimentary online learning modules. Continuing Education Credits are not offered for viewing these modules.
Four modules offer approximately three hours of comprehensive MMPI-3 content:
- Introduction to the MMPI-3 [70 minutes]
- MMPI-3 Scales [38 minutes]
- MMPI-3 Interpretation [33 minutes]
- MMPI-3 Case Illustrations [24 minutes]
The following resources are available for MMPI-3.
Flyers
- Brochure
- MMPI-3 By the Numbers
- MMPI-3 Reference List
- MMPI-2-RF Reference List
- MMPI-3 Interpretation Worksheet
- MMPI-3 Pricing
- Report Exchange Flyer
- MMPI-3 PSCIRs Flyer
- MMPI-3 Standard Comparison Groups
Podcasts
- The Testing Psychologist: Journey to the MMPI-3 with Dr. Yossi Ben-Porath
- The Testing Psychologist: Remote Administration of the MMPI-3 with Dr. Dave Corey
About the MMPI-3
- MMPI-3: A New Norm (2:01)
- Advantages of the MMPI-3 (1:34)
- Resources for learning the MMPI-3 (2:26)
- Setting-specific applications (2:45)
- Administration and Technical Manuals (2:51)
Scales
- Developing the MMPI-3 scales (1:11)
- Scale overview (1:47)
- Validity Scales (1:32)
- Higher-Order Scales (0:57)
- Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales (1:01)
- Specific Problem (SP) Scales (1:07)
- PSY-5 Scales (0:57)
Norms
- MMPI-3 Norms (1:47)
- How the MMPI-3 norms have changed (1:20)
- Spanish-Language translation and norms (1:15)
Administration, Scoring, and Reporting
- Administration, scoring and reporting options (2:11)
- Police Candidate Interpretive Report (1:17)
- Interpretive guidelines (1:17)
