Prototypical MMPI factor scale profiles: Potential uses in assessment and selection.

Abstract

The factor scales of the MMPI (Johnson, Butcher, Null, & Johnson, 1984) provide dimensional or trait personality measures based on that instrument, and these scales can be scored in addition to the standard clinical scales. Prototypical profiles on the factor scales were identified using Q-type factor analysis, and the profiles characterized 73% of crossvalidation samples of normals and psychiatric patients. The prototypical profiles permit the characterization of the entire factor score profile, just as the standard scale profiles are often categorized and interpreted in a configural fashion. The uses of these profiles for selection applications and personality interpretation were described, and it was concluded that they represent a reasonable basis for describing personality configurations based upon the MMPI factor

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