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  <id>11876</id>
  <title>Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.11876</doi>
  <code>11876</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <initialism><em>initialism</em>: MMPI</initialism>
  <synonym><em>synonym</em>: MMPI-2-RF</synonym>
  <definitions>
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      <id>1</id>
      <text>Questionnaire type of psychological test for ages 18 and older. The RF version has 338 true–false statements with seven validity and ten personality scales that may be used in either an individual or group format.</text>
      <notes>
        <item>This test has been used outside clinical psychology in legal cases, to screen applicants for certain jobs, and to evaluate treatments for substance abuse.</item>
      </notes>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 881 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)</item>
      </sources>
    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11876</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-07-23T13:37:47+00:00</accessed>
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