Posted by Larry Hoover on October 17, 2004, at 14:12:56
In reply to Re: Yet Another Personality Test, posted by vwoolf on October 17, 2004, at 13:51:39
> What does it mean that I scored so high on just about everything? Can anyone help? I keep feeling crazier and crazier, and it doesn't help that even on tests I come up as seriously disturbed. My T says I'm not, but it doesn't feel that way to me.
First off, the sort of test you did there is a screening test. It's not designed to sort out the differences between stable personality, for example, and emotional distress which might temporarily occupy one's mind. The high scores could reflect emotional intensity, and nothing more.
Really, the most useful test of this sort is the 2nd version of the MMPI. It has something like 800 questions. You do it on a computer, and it's scored by the computer. Then, a person trained in interpreting the patterns of scores can make assessments of states (emotional issues) and traits (stable personality), based on the various scores, and also how they cluster together.
Lar
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