Content and Supplemental Scales Flashcards

The MMPI-2 Type A Behavior (TPA) content scale was designed to measure:

Answer: Hard-driving, competitive, and time-pressured behavior patterns

TPA assesses the classic Type A behavioral pattern including impatience, competitiveness, irritability, and work preoccupation.

On the MMPI-2, the Fears (FRS) content scale elevation indicates:

Answer: Multiple specific phobias and excessive fears

FRS identifies individuals who endorse many specific fear items including animals, blood, closed spaces, and other common phobias.

The Repression (R) supplemental scale on the MMPI-2 is characterized by:

Answer: Inhibition of emotional expression and denial of psychological distress

High R scorers present as emotionally controlled, conventional, and unwilling to acknowledge psychological difficulties.

Which MMPI-2 supplemental scale assesses traditional attitudes and gender role conformity?

Answer: Gender Role - Masculine/Feminine (GM/GF)

The GM and GF supplemental scales assess endorsement of traditional masculine and feminine gender role characteristics respectively.

A high score on the MMPI-2 Social Discomfort (SOD) content scale most strongly suggests:

Answer: Shyness, introversion, and dislike of social situations

SOD reflects genuine discomfort in social settings and preference for solitude rather than fear of judgment per se.

The MMPI-2 Obsessiveness (OBS) content scale elevation is most consistent with which symptom presentation?

Answer: Excessive worry, indecisiveness, and rumination

OBS primarily captures excessive rumination, worry, difficulty making decisions, and feeling overwhelmed by thoughts.

The Addiction Acknowledgment Scale (AAS) on the MMPI-2 differs from MAC-R in that AAS:

Answer: Contains items that directly acknowledge substance abuse problems

AAS items are face-valid and directly ask about substance use, making it a measure of acknowledged rather than inferred addiction.