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Originally Posted by Shayatanica
Taken the MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) before? I just found a pretty legitimate, automatic-scoring version of the test perchance. Since I couldn't get to sleep, I figured I'd give it a go. Nothing better to do & I love wasting my time on silly online quizzes!
I've since sent my old scores to the recycle bin... But when I took the inventory the first time, it said I was lying to make myself sound worse than I really am even though I was answering with absolute honesty! My test was, for all intents & purposes, invalid. I decided to take it again after I drank a coffee, took a painkiller, & decided I'd lie about a few answers to make myself look more "realistic"... Now my psychopathic deviant score is 20 points less, but I'm evidently not lying my *** off.
I'm just wondering -- What gives? Is it really that outlandish for an antisocial/psychopath to be totally honest & they have reverse engineered some of the answers to account for it or what? I was just doing the thing out of curiosity, but now I'm wondering if anyone else had similar experiences?
And also, if anyone's bored: http://kevin-goodman.com/?p=1245
This test is fairly short & I like the concept behind it. I scored Se-Am-Mo-Ap-En/Ti-Ln-Ls-Ma-Sn-As. You'll find out what it means when you get around to it. ; )
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I have taken the MMPI and other versions of the MMPI through my treatment providers..
the ones online are not reliable they dont take into consideration such things as the oral interview with a psychiatrist who is administering the test, other things that the MMPI tests omit is your family, cultural history, medical and psychiatric, IQ and many other parts of the diagnostic process..
the tests you find online have also been drastically edited according to what the poster who placed the tests on the websites wants you to aim for...example if the person who uploaded the test omits any of the suicidal questionaire a person who is on step away from committing suicide will get the results for their self stating they are not depressed and not suicidal...
and vice versa sites that focus on for example psychosis may edit their version so that who ever takes the test will come up showing they are psychotic....
theres also something else to consider... the psychiatric tests that are found online are grossly outdated by a yr or more. for example one MMPI test still has depression listed as a hysterical womans disease. every depression oriented question targets females not males... depression as a hysterical womans disease was outdated back in the 1970's.
if you really want to know where you would score on the MMPI with accuracy contact your treatment providers, they can help you get referred to a psychiatrist in your location that does diagnostic testing.