ABSTRACT
MMPI–2 research since 1990 has been reviewed to assess whether Butcher and Tellegen’s (1978) concerns and suggestions about MMPI research were being followed. Guidelines are provided for when the MMPI–2 is appropriate to administer, how to describe the sample used, assessing validity of the profile, what scores to analyze, and how to report the results. Suggestions also are presented for research within several current areas of debate in the MMPI–2: codetype comparability between the MMPI and MMPI–2, incremental validity of new or existing scales, obvious and subtle subscales, emphasis on item content, development of new scales, and correcting profiles for specific medical and physical conditions.
