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Posted by Dinah on January 4, 2003, at 9:57:06
Has anyone had the MMPI? I liked that one, and found the results useful.
I also had the Rorschach and found it rather less useful.
Posted by Dinah on January 4, 2003, at 10:34:30
In reply to Personality testing, posted by Dinah on January 4, 2003, at 9:57:06
How about the SCID-D? Has anyone taken it, and have you found it to be enlightening in any way? No psychologist around here seems to have heard of it.
Posted by rayww on January 4, 2003, at 10:47:55
In reply to Re: Personality testing, posted by Dinah on January 4, 2003, at 10:34:30
Here we go again. More abreviations and no links. The word "test" always scares me off.
How about Life Learning Tool To Promote Evaluation and Growth. (LTPEG)
Posted by Dinah on January 4, 2003, at 11:11:24
In reply to Re: Personality testing » Dinah, posted by rayww on January 4, 2003, at 10:47:55
Sorry, Ray. I didn't remember the names myself. But if you've taken it, you've probably taken it by its initials. I'll try to find links.
MMPI:
http://www.drjeffkaye.com/mmpi.htm
I just found that by typing mmpi into google. You can find a lot of answers that way.
Hope that helps.
Dinah
Posted by rayww on January 4, 2003, at 12:29:23
In reply to Re: Personality testing » rayww, posted by Dinah on January 4, 2003, at 11:11:24
oops, I noticed that too as soon as I posted. It was easy to find. sorry.
Posted by IsoM on January 4, 2003, at 18:07:07
In reply to Re: Personality testing » rayww, posted by Dinah on January 4, 2003, at 11:11:24
...Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders
Posted by bookgurl99 on February 1, 2003, at 9:24:26
In reply to Personality testing, posted by Dinah on January 4, 2003, at 9:57:06
I took the MMPI, and found it to be _very_ culturally biased, with almost 50's-era expectations about how people 'should' be.
For example, the 'gender' questions assume that deviation from standard masculinity or femininity are symptoms of 'illness.' This despite the abolition of Gender Identity Disorder and Homosexuality as mental illnesses by the APA.
And the method to determine this deviation is strange. The test asks things like "I am interested in participating in unusual sexual practices." Well, to me 'unusual' would be -- sex with someone who is not consenting, sex with a child, sex with non-human entities (i.e., a pumpkin, a goat, etc.). To someone else, and apparently the test writers, anything but 2-minutes missionary position heterosexual sex may be strange.
Also, for example, life experiences will affect the way you answer. I have a friend who has advanced Multiple Sclerosis. She is unable to work. The test rates her high for Somatic disorders including "hypochondriasis" because she answers yes to questions like "I feel that I am not as healthy as other people my age." Well, duh, that's her reality! That's not a mental illness!
Interestingly, my gf is about to take the MMP2 for a job as a police officer.
Posted by Dinah on February 1, 2003, at 10:29:15
In reply to MMPI _very_ culturally biased, posted by bookgurl99 on February 1, 2003, at 9:24:26
Well, that's why you don't take it over the internet. A trained person has to take your history, and use that to evaluate the results.
I don't think they much use the gender results anymore. I did tons of research on it after the psychologist refused to give me the raw scores and I think I would remember that. But those questions would still be useful to determine whether a person is conflicted sexually, right? You wouldn't answer yes if you didn't feel conflicted.
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