Psychological Reports · 1965 · 33 citations · 4 references
Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyPersonality PsychologyPsychometricsScale DevelopmentDimensionality AssessmentItem AnalysisPersonality AssessmentPersonality TraitsPsychological AssessmentRating Scale DevelopmentClinical Personality AssessmentCore Personality TraitsDiagnostic Item AnalysisPersonality FacetsPersonality Trait MeasurementPersonality Trait StructurePsychometric ScalingSelf-report Measures Of Personality
By item analysis from clinical judgments, 45 new MMPI scales were derived to measure personality processes thought to be basic and clinically important, such as drives or urges, defense mechanisms, and patterns of personal interaction.
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