ABSTRACT
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is the most widely used objective personality inventory in the world (Greene, 2000; Lubin, Larsen, & Matarazzo, 1984; Lubin, Larsen, Matarazzo, & Seever, 1985). Even from its beginnings, the MMPI has enjoyed popularity and has been ranked as a leading personality instrument (Archer, 1997). Taught in the majority of clinical psychology training programs (Dahlstrom & Moreland, 1983; Watkins, 1991), the test is used by most psychologists who conduct assessments as part of their clinical and consulting practice (Dahlstrom, 1992b; Moreland & Dahlstrom, 1983). The MMPI has also been the subject of extensive research interest. According to Butcher and Owen (1978), 84% of the research in the personality inventory domain has been with the MMPI. The test has been the undisputed leader in the number of test references produced each year (Reynolds & Sundberg, 1976), and Dahlstrom, Welsh, and Dahlstrom (1975) listed close to 6,000 MMPI references in their MMPI Handbook. More recently, an examination of the Eleventh Mental Measurements Yearbook, published in 1992, reveals 2,913 published refereed MMPI journal articles since the last published review in the 1978 Yearbook, an average of about 4 MMPI articles per week for 14 years! Butcher (1987b) counted over 10,000 books and articles produced on the test, and that estimate is certainly higher now given the continued pace of publications.
