7. MODIFYING INDICES-3
X: Disclosure Index
• Reveals: was client frank & self-revealing or reticent &
secretive?
• Raw score < 34 or > 178 = invalid
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8. MODIFYING INDICES-4
Y: Desirability Index
• To what degree are results influenced by Ss’ desire to look
good.
• BR scores > 75 = putting oneself in a favorable light.
• Higher the score, more likely to be hiding something.
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9. MODIFYING INDICES-5
Z: Debasement Index
• Opposite of Y.
• BR > 75 = deprecate/devalue oneself
• Perhaps a cry for help.
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10. Profile Consideration
Low Disclosure (X) & Desirability (Y) BR,
high Debasement (Z) = moderate
exaggeration, probably corrected by MCMI.
Low X, Y & Z are high = Ss endorsed
antithetical symptoms & characteristics,
doubtful validity.
Low X, High Y = + impression management
X & Z, & man of the severe psychopath scales
are elevated = “cry for help” profile.
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11. Test Invalidity Conditions
No gender indicated
Age <18, or unknown
Missing items > 11
Two or more Validity items = True
Raw X (Disclosure) < 34 or > 178.
No BR scores on Clinical Personality Patterns
(1 – 8B) are above 59.
• No clear personality pattern = no interpretation
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13. CLINICAL PERSONALITY
PATTERNS
Principles of Interpretation
• Individual Scales:
BR points > 75 or 85.
Severe Personality Pathology and Severe Syndromes
scale.
• Configurations:
Interpret configurally only the two or three highest
elevations among basic personality style scales.
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14. CLINICAL PERSONALITY
PATTERNS
Haddy et al. (2005)
• 14 two-point code-types that occurred frequently
in sample of clinical inpatients and outpatients.
• Accounted for 72.2 % of these patients.
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59. 參考資料
Hsu, L. M. (2002). Diagnostic Validity
Statistics and the MCMI-III.
Psychological Assessment, 14,
410-422.
Strack, S. (1999). Essentials of
Millon inventories assessment.
Weiner, I. B. & Greene, R. L. (2008).
Handbook of Personality Assessment.