The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is widely used for personality assessment. Along the lines of MMPI, Mallick and Joshi have developed an inventory in India. Identify the name of the inventory developed by them:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Jodhpur Multiphasic Personality Inventory (JMPI)
The MMPI, developed by Hathaway and McKinley, is a self-report inventory of 567 statements used in psychiatric diagnosis. In India, Mallick and Joshi developed the Jodhpur Multiphasic Personality Inventory (JMPI) along the lines of the MMPI.
The other three names keep the pattern ‘city + Multiphasic Personality Inventory’ but change the city: the inventory of Mallick and Joshi carries the name of Jodhpur, not of Jamshedpur, Delhi or Madras.
NCERT (2025-26): “The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) This inventory is widely used as a test in personality assessment. Hathaway and McKinley developed this test as a helping tool for psychiatric diagnosis, but the test has been found very effective in identifying varieties of psychopathology. Its revised version is available as MMPI-2. It consists of 567 statements. The subject has to judge each statement as ‘true’ or ‘false’ for her/ him. The test is divided into 10 subscales, which seek to diagnose hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, psychopathic deviate, masculinity-femininity, paranoia, psychasthenia, schizophrenia, mania and social introversion. In India, Mallick and Joshi have developed the Jodhpur Multiphasic Personality Inventory (JMPI) along the lines of MMPI.…” |