ABSTRACT
Most practitioners tend to view the clinical scales as giving some indication of problem areas for a client. We feel such a viewpoint is incomplete because these scales also can, in some instances, indicate strengths and/or coping behaviors for the person. The term “elevation” as used with the clinical scales usually indicates that a scale score is above 65 T-score points (70, MMPI). This scale has been affected by the redistribution of the clinical scales in their transformation from linear T-scores on the MMPI to uniform T-scores on the MMPI-2. The distribution of the 1 scale for women has not been changed significantly, but the distribution of this scale for men has (Strassberg, 1991).
