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(Groth-Marnat, 2009)-the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI; Hathaway &
McKinley, 1943).
Development of the MMPI
Since its original development in 1943, the MMPI has arguably become one of the most
easily recognized names in the psychological assessment literature. According to one of the
instrument's authors, it was originally designed as an "objective aid in the routine psychiatric
case workup of adult patients and as a method of determining the severity of the condition"
(Hathaway, 1965, p. 463). Stated differently, the MMPI had the goal of providing health
professionals with a broad clinical picture in an objective and easily administered way (Archer,
2005). The authors of the MMPI were not unique in this aim; however, their approach proved to
be highly valuable.
Hathaway and McKinley employed empirical criterion keying as a highly innovative
approach to the development of MMPI items and scales. As an overview, "empirical criterion
keying" refers to selecting and assigning test items to their respective scales based on how well
they differentiate clinical groups from normative groups (Archer, 2005; Groth-Marnat, 2009).
That is, only items that differentiated a clinical population from a comparison group (e.g., non-
clinical community sample) would be selected, regardless of whether the item is theoretically
related to the scale. As an illustration, if 20% of a sample of depressed individuals and only 5%
of the normative sample responded true to the statement, "I have stomach pains," it could be
included in the depression clinical scale. Yet, if similar percentages of the depressed and
normative samples answered true, the item would not help to discriminate between groups and9
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Sharf, Allyson J. External Validation of the MMPI-A-RF with Youth with Mental Health Needs: A Systematic Examination of Symptom-Based Correlates and Interpretive Statements, dissertation, August 2019; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538766/m1/16/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .