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Re: Myers Briggs type » rnny

Posted by Dinah on February 27, 2010, at 16:43:00

In reply to Re: Myers Briggs type, posted by rnny on February 27, 2010, at 15:57:32

I took the MMPI!

It's a funny story really. I was so anxious to figure out why I did the things I did. My therapist gave me a referral to a psychologist he knew who gave me the Rorschach and the MMPI.

I was good and went into the test knowing nothing. But afterward, before I got my results even, I threw myself into understanding the tests. That evening, I was at the bookstore with an armload of books about the tests when I heard my therapist's voice, dropped the books on the nearest shelf, and bolted like a scared rabbit. Yes it was him, and yes I did confess, but he hadn't actually seen me.

I'd learned my lesson and went to a few college libraries and the internet for additional information. I found several books, some about the old version, and one a conversion from the old to the new version, that enabled me to reconstruct the test on Excel, complete with scoring protocols to give T scores both with and without K corrections, and with content and supplementary scales. When I got my results back, I discovered I'd done a really good job of reconstructing it because my results agreed with my own version results. :) And moreover, I knew *why*!

As accurate as the MMPI results were, I think my behavior was an even more telling indicator of my personality disorders. lol.

The results were that I was introspective, self analytical, introverted, and chronically depressed. My scale elevations made me a 2-7-8.

My therapist was delighted because it supported the schizotypal personality disorder he thought was accurate. I was somewhat happy because it described me pretty well. But I'm not sure it helped me understand *why* I do the things I do. And it was a rather negative characterization...

 

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