MMPI Substantive Scale Interpretation Quiz Flashcards

RC9 (Hypomanic Activation) measures what?

Answer: Elevated mood, energy, impulsivity, and grandiosity

RC9 captures hypomanic activation: elevated mood/energy, behavioral over-activity, impulsivity, grandiosity, and excitement-seeking.

Elevated EID (Emotional/Internalizing Dysfunction) indicates what?

Answer: Broad emotional distress encompassing depression, anxiety, and negative affect

EID signals broad emotional difficulties including depression, anxiety, and pervasive negative affect, to be clarified by RC and SP scales.

BXD (Behavioral/Externalizing Dysfunction) identifies what?

Answer: Broad externalizing tendencies: antisocial behavior, impulsivity, poor behavioral regulation

BXD identifies broad externalizing behavioral tendencies to be further clarified by RC4, RC9, and related SP scales.

THD (Thought Dysfunction) elevation suggests what?

Answer: Disrupted thinking potentially including psychotic-spectrum experiences

THD indicates disrupted thinking possibly including paranoid ideation, hallucinations, disorganized thought, to be clarified by RC6 and RC8.

After finding elevated H-O scales, the clinician should examine what next?

Answer: Corresponding RC scales to identify specific clinical domains driving the elevation

The hierarchical strategy directs examining RC scales to determine which specific domains drive the broad H-O elevation.

Elevated RCd (Demoralization) specifically indicates what?

Answer: Pervasive unhappiness, life dissatisfaction, and general sense things are not going well

RCd captures the shared emotional distress component extracted from all original scales during restructuring, indicating broad demoralization.