The development of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Bibliographic Data

ID5083632
AuthorsRoderick D Buchanan (0000-0002-9139-9656, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume30
Issue2
Pages148-161
Publication date1994-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/1520-6696(199404)30:2<148::aid-jhbs2300300204>3.0.co;2-9
PMID8034964
OpenAlexW2042853160
LanguageEN
Citations received11

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was constructed at the University of Minnesota before and during World War II. In its developmental phase, the MMPI was conceptualized as an efficient way of detecting psychiatric disturbance. The test's construction was made possible by atypical cooperation between psychologists and psychiatrists, within the context of a crisis in the U.S. public mental health care system. The MMPI was designed to meet the diagnostic needs of psychiatrists. As such, it represented the operationalization of medical hegemony. However, the interpretation of the MMPI shifted significantly after the war, reflecting organizational reform in clinical psychology and changing professional relationships between psychologists and psychiatrists.

Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Mental health · Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory · Operationalization · Personality · Personality test · Psychiatry · Psychological Testing · Psychometrics · Sociology · Test validity · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History · Medical History and Research · Psychology · Social Psychology

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