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Old 08-23-2018, 07:12 AM
 
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I took this MMPI-2 test of 350 questions, which was supposedly the short version. The results were very elaborate and tough to understand. My score at the bottom said 50.3. What does this mean?
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Old 08-23-2018, 07:38 AM
 
Location: Central IL
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Under what circumstances did you take this test? It is not typically available to the general public. If you took an authentic version it should have been administered by a professional in an office-type setting and you would not get the results without a lot of interpretation given - you would never just get a score.

That said, the real test has many subscales all measuring different aspects such as anxiety, self-esteem, depression. Honestly I don't even know if there is a meaningful "overall" score. You should be speaking with the mental health professional who administered it to you. And if you somehow took it yourself, throw it away.
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Old 08-23-2018, 09:55 AM
 
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Under what circumstances did you take this test? It is not typically available to the general public. If you took an authentic version it should have been administered by a professional in an office-type setting and you would not get the results without a lot of interpretation given - you would never just get a score.

That said, the real test has many subscales all measuring different aspects such as anxiety, self-esteem, depression. Honestly I don't even know if there is a meaningful "overall" score. You should be speaking with the mental health professional who administered it to you. And if you somehow took it yourself, throw it away.
I managed to find a page online where I could take the full version with 500-some questions or the short version of 300-some questions. I answered true or false for all questions, then clicked score. There was a huge analyse of 9 or 10 aspects, half of them had a score of 100, but it was a real cluster of info. At the bottom said 50.3 which I think was an overall or average of other combined measures. From a brief google search I see that any score under 55 is "normal" or "no interpretation". I guess scores above 50 or 60 indicates a person with inconsistent answers or whose being less honest with themselves. It was only for fun.
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Old 08-23-2018, 10:02 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Maybe I should take the test!

I'm not sure I've been labeled today.

I'm not sure everything about my life has been misinterpreted by idiots today.

Would this test solve one or both of those problems? If so, I'm in!
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Old 08-23-2018, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Clovis Strong, NM
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Sounds similar to a psych test I took when I was trying to get on with CA Department of Corrections about 12 years ago.
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Old 08-23-2018, 02:59 PM
 
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A guy on YT took it and said it helped him figure out where in the US he should move to. I must have missed out on how he actually connected the score to where he fits in to move to.
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Old 08-23-2018, 03:22 PM
 
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I took this MMPI-2 test of 350 questions, which was supposedly the short version. The results were very elaborate and tough to understand. My score at the bottom said 50.3. What does this mean?
Typically, a clinician scores and interprets the assessment.

I administered two today. The clients go over the results in a followup.

A single composite score doesnt really tell you anything. The way the results are graphed across multiple domains and where they fall along a continuum of functionality are the aspects that provide information.
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Old 08-23-2018, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Middle America
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Sounds similar to a psych test I took when I was trying to get on with CA Department of Corrections about 12 years ago.
Probably. It is commonly used as one test of several in psych evals that help assess fitness for duty.
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Old 08-23-2018, 03:54 PM
 
Location: Southern New Hampshire
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OP, where online did you find the test? It sounds bizarre, honestly, for you to be able to take such a comprehensive test under such, well, odd circumstances. Was it definitely a legitimate version of the test?
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Old 08-23-2018, 05:04 PM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-divi...linical-scales


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