Forensic Applications of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2. (from the book) Roger Greene describes the use and limitations of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) in a number of forensic settings. In this chapter, Greene cautions that, despite the voluminous research on the MMPI and MMPI-2, individuals involved in legal cases (e.g., defendants, plaintiffs) have rarely, if ever, been represented in research studies. He reviews the literature related to the effects of the context in which the MMPI-2 was administered (e.g., personal injury versus custody evaluations) and its impact on MMPI-2 results. In forensic contexts, especially those involving criminal cases, those tested are typically younger and less educated and frequently come from minority culture backgrounds. Greene reviews the effects of age on MMPI-2 results (there is a substantial effect for those under the age of 20), level of education (affecting a number of scale score), and the role of ethnicity (there is no consistent pattern of differences between scale scores for any two ethnic groups). Among the issues addressed by Greene are questions of validity, item omissions, consistency of item endorsement, and research and interpretation of scales related to response style as reflected by malingering, exaggeration, defensiveness, and social desirability. Because those who are evaluated in a legal context have much to lose (e.g., freedom, custody of a child) or to gain (e.g., acquittal by reason of insanity versus incarceration, financial award in a personal injury case), Greene discusses the effects of "coaching" on MMPI-2 results. Because those involved in forensic cases may be retested some time in the future with the MMPI-2 (e.g., by opposing counsel, the result of successful appeals), he discusses the stability of MMPI-2 performance over time. In this chapter, Greene also reviews research on content-based interpretation of the MMPI-2. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/bibliography/2000-2009/2007/greene_forensic_2007 https://www.upress.umn.edu/logo.png

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Forensic Applications of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2.

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