The MMPI/MMPI2 personality disorder scales: Contemporary norms for adults and adolescents Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Eleven personality disorder scales for the MMPI, as described in DSMIII, were derived by Morey and his colleagues from the original MMPI item pool through a combination of rational and empirical strategies. These new scales have enjoyed popularity among clinicians. Normative tables for each of these scales, with and without overlapping items, were constructed from MMPI responses from a large contemporary normal reference sample of adults and adolescents without any physical or mental handicaps who were selected randomly from a threestate area in the Midwest. Some items from the Morey Personality Disorder scales were deleted during development of the MMPI2; separate normative tables have been prepared for the scales so affected, which allows clinicians who are using the MMPI2 to continue to use these slightly modified scales. Copyright 1994 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company

published proceedings

  • Journal of Clinical Psychology

author list (cited authors)

  • Colligan, R. C., Morey, L. C., & Offord, K. P.

citation count

  • 59

complete list of authors

  • Colligan, RC||Morey, LC||Offord, KP

publication date

  • January 1994