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Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality lnventory~2
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This inventory COi ISists ol runbered statements. Rwt each
statement and decide whether it is tTUe as applied ., )'OU or
false as applied to )'OU.
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You 818 to mark your answers on the answer sheet you have. A • ©
Look at the example cl the answer sheet shown at the ~ l I © e
H a statement is true or moetly true as appied to you,
blacken the circle marked T. (See A at the ~ ) H a
statement is falN or not usually true as applied to you, blacken the circle
marked F. (See Bat the~) Ha statement does not apply to you or if it is
something that you doni know about, make no mark on the answer sheet But
try to give a response to fN9fY statement.
Remember to give yow own opinion of yourself.
In mar1<lng your answers on the answer sheet. be sure that the number ol the
statement agrees wfth the number on the answer sheet Make your martcs heavy
and black. Erase oompletely any an8W8f you wish to change. Do not make any
marks on this booklet.
Remember, try to respoud to fN9fY statement.
Now open ti,- booklet and go ......
DO NOT MAKE ANY MARKS ON THIS BOOKLET.
4. I think I would like the work of a librarian. 24. Evil spirits possess me at limes.
6. My father Is a good man, or (If your father 26. I feel that it Is certainly best to keep my
is dead) my father was a good man. mouth shut when I'm In trouble.
7. I like to read newspaper articles on crime. 27. When people do me a wrong, I feel I
should pay them back if I can, just for the
8. My hands and feet are usually warm principle of the thing.
enough.
28. I am bothered by an upset stomach
9. My daily life is full of things that keep me several limes a week.
interested.
29. At limes I feel like swearing.
10. I am about as able to work as I ever was.
30. I have nightmares every few nights.
11. There seems to be a lump in my throat
much of the time. 31 . I find it hard to keep my mind on a task or
job.
12. My sex life is satisfactory.
32. I have had very peculiar and strange
13. People should try to understand their
experiences.
dreams and be guided by or take warning
from them. 33. I seldom worry about my health.
14. I enjoy detective or mystery stories. 34. I have never been in trouble because of
15. I work under a great deal of tension. my sex behavior.
16. Once In a while I think of things too bad to 35. Sometimes when I was young I stole
talk about. things.
17. I am sure I get a raw deal from life. 36. I have a cough most a the time.
18. I am troubled by attacks of nausea and 37. At times I feel like smashing things.
vomiting.
38. I have had periods of days, weeks, or
19. When I take a new job, I like to find out months when I couldn't take care of things
who it is Important to be nice to. because I couldn't •get going.•
20. I am very seldom troubled by constipation. 39. My sleep Is fitful and disturbed.
21 . At times I have very much wanted to leave 40. Much of the time my head seems to hurt
home. all over.
47. I am almost never bothered by pains over 64. I enjoy reading love stories.
my heart or in my chest. 65. Most of the time I feel blue.
48. Most anytime I would rather sit and 66. It would be better if almost all laws were
daydream than do anything else. thrown away.
57. I hardly ever feel pain in the back of my 79. I do not mind being made fun of.
neck.
80. I would like to be a nurse.
84. I was suspended from school one or more 103. I enjoy a race or game more when I bet on
times for bad behavior. It.
85. At times I have a strong urge to do 104. Most people are honest chiefly because
something harmful or shocking. they are afraid of being caught.
105. In school I was sometimes sent to the
86. I like to go to parties and other affairs principal for bad behavior.
where there Is lots of loud fun.
106. My speech Is the same as always
87. I have met problems so full of possibilities (not faster or slower, no slurring or
that I have been unable to make up my hoarseness).
mind about them.
107. My table manners are not quite as good at
88. I believe women ought to have as much home as when I am out in company.
sexual freedom as men.
108. Anyone who Is able and willing to work
89. My hardest battles are with myself. hard has a good chance of succeeding.
90. I love my father, or (if your father is dead) I 109. I seem to be about as capable and smart
loved my father. as most others around me.
110. Most people will use somewhat unfair
91. I have little or no trouble with my muscles
means to gain profit or an advantage
twitching or jumping.
rather than to lose it.
92. I don't seem to care what happens to me. 111. I have a great deal of stomach trouble.
93. Sometimes when I am not feeling well I 112. I like dramatics.
am irritable.
113. I know who is responsible for most of my
94. Much of the time I feel as If I have done troubles.
something wrong or evil.
114. Sometimes I am so strongly attracted by
95. I am happy most of the time. the personal articles of others, such as
shoes, gloves, etc., that I want to handle
96. I see things or animals or people around or steal them, though I have no use for
me that others do not see. them.
97. There seems to be a fullness In my head 115. The sight of blood doesn't frighten me or
or nose most of the time. make me sick.
98. Some people are so bossy that I feel like 116. Often I can't understand why I have been
doing the opposite of what they request, so Irritable and grouchy.
even though I know they are right. 117. I have never vomited blood or coughed up
99. Someone has It In for me.
blood.
119. I like collecting flowers or growing house 138. I believe I am being plotted against.
plants.
139. I would rather win than lose in a game.
120. I frequently find it necessary to stand up
140. Most nights I go to sleep without thoughts
for what I think Is right.
or ideas bothering me.
121 . I have never Indulged In any unusual sex
141. During the past few years I have been
practices.
well most of the time.
122. At times my thoughts have raced ahead
142. I have never had a fit or convulsion.
faster than I could speak them.
143. I am neither gaining nor losing weight.
123.. If I could get into a movie without paying
and be sure I was not seen I would 144. I believe I am being followed.
probably do it
145. I feel that I have often been punished
124. I often wonder what hidden reason without cause.
another person may have for doing
something nice for me. 146. I cry easily.
125. I believe that my home life is as pleasant 147. I cannot understand what I read as well
as that of most people I know. as I used to.
126. I believe in law enforcement 148. I have never felt better in my life than I do
now.
127. Criticism or scolding hurts me terribly.
149. The top of my head sometimes feels
128. I like to cook. tender.
163, I do not have a great fear of snakes. 183. I do not like everyone I know.
184. I daydream very little.
164. I seldom or never have dizzy spells.
185. I wish I were not so shy.
165, My memory seems to be all right.
186. I am not afraid to handle money.
166, I am worried about sex.
187. If I were a reporter I would very much like
167. I find it hard to make talk when I meet to report news of the theater.
people. new
188. I enjoy many different kinds of play and
168, I have had periods in which I carried on recreation.
actlvitie~ without knowing later what I had
been doing. 189. I like to flirt.
190. My people treat me more like a child than
169. Wh?n I get bored I like to stir up some a grown-up.
excitement.
191 . I would like to be a journalist.
170. I am afraid of losing my mind.
192. My mother is a good woman, or (If your
171. I am against giving money to beggars. mother Is dead) my mother was a good
woman.
172. I frequently notice my hand shakes when 1
try to do something. 193. In walking I am very careful to step over
sidewalk cracks.
173. I can read a long while without tiring my
eyes. 194. I have never had any breaking out on my
skin that has worried me.
174. I like to study and read about things that I
195. !"9re Is v~ry little love and companionship
am working at.
m my family as compared to other homes.
175. I feel weak all over much of the time. 196. I freque_ntly find myself worrying about
176. I have very few headaches. something.
197. I think I would like the work of a building
177. My hands have not become clumsy or
oontractor.
awkward.
198. I often hear voices without knowing where
178· Sometimes, when embarrassed, I break they come from.
out in a sweat which annoys me greatly.
208. I hardly ever notice my heart pounding 227. I don't blame people for trying to grab
and I am seldom short of breath. everything they can get In this world.
228. There are persons who are trying to steal
209. I llke to talk about sex. my thoughts and Ideas.
210. I like to visit places where I have never 229. I have had blank spells in which my
been before. activities were interrupted and I did not
know what was going on around me.
211 . I have been inspired to a program of life
based on duty which I have since carefully 230. I can be friendly with people who do things
followed. which I consider wrong.
212. I have at times stood In the way of people 231. I llke to be with a crowd who play jokes on
who were trying to do something, not one another.
because it amounted to much but because
232. Sometimes In elections I vote for people
of the principle of the thing. about whom I know very llttle.
213. I get mad easily and then get over It soon. 233. I have difficulty in starting to do things.
214. I have been quite Independent and free 234. I belleve I am a condemned person.
from family rule.
235. I was a slow learner In school.
215. I brood a great deal.
236. If I were an artist I would like to draw
216. Someone has been trying to rob me. flowers.
217. My relatives are nearly all In sympathy 237. It does not bother me that I am not better
with me. looking.
244. Something exciting will almost always pull 262, In a group of people I would not be
me out of It when I am feellng low. embarrassed to be called upon to start
a discussion or give an opinion about
245. When I leave home I do not worry about something I know well.
whether the door is locked and the
windows closed. 263. I am always disgusted with the law when a
crlminal Is freed through the arguments of
246. I believe my sins are unpardonable. a smart lawyer.
247. I have numbness In one or more places on 264. I have used alcohol excessively.
my skin.
265. I am likely not to speak to people until they
248. I do not blame a person for taking speak to me.
advantage of people who leave
themselves open to It. 266. I have never been In trouble with the law.
249. My eyesight Is as good as It has been for 267. I have periods In which I feel unusually
years. cheerful without any special reason.
250. At times I have been so entertained by the 268. I wish I were not bothered by thoughts
clevemess of some criminals that I have about sex.
hoped they would get away with It.
269. If several people find themselves In
251 . I have often felt that strangers were trouble, the best thing for them to do Is to
looking at me crltlcally. agree upon a story and stick to it.
252. Everything tastes the same. 270. It does not bother me particularly to see
animals suffer.
253. I drink an unusually large amount of water
every day. 271 . I think that I feel more Intensely than most
people do.
254. Most people make friends because friends
are likely to be useful to them. 272. There never was a time in my llfe when I
liked to play with dolls.
255, I do not often notice my ears ringing or
buzzing. 273. Life Is a strain for me much of the time.
289. I am easily embarrassed. 311 . I often feel as if things are not real.
290. I worry over money and business. 312. The only interesting part of newspapers is
the comic strips.
291 . I have never been in love with anyone.
313. I have a habit of counting things that are
292. The things that some of my family have not Important suclrt as bulbs on electric
done have frightened me. signs, and so forth.
293. I almost never dream.
314. I have no enemies who really wish to harm
294. My neck spots with red often. me.
320. 1have been afraid of things or peo 1 339. I have sometimes felt that difficulties were
1knew could not hurt me. P e that
piling up so high that I could not overcome
them.
321. I have no dread of going into a room b
myself where other people have air Y 340. I love to go to ctances.
gathered and are talking. eady
341. At periods my mind seems to work more
322. I am afraid of using a knife or anYth· slowly than usual.
very sharp or pointed. '"9
342. While in trains, busses, etc., I often talk to
323. Sometimes I enjoy hurting persons 11 strangers.
ove.
324, I can easily ~e other people afraid of 343. I enjoy children.
me, and sometimes do for the fun of it.
344. I enjoy gambling for small stakes.
325, I have more trouble concentrating than
others seem to have. 345. If given the chance I could do some things
that would be of great benefit to the wor1d.
326. I have several times given up doing a
thing because I thought too little of my 346. I have often met people who were
ability. supposed to be experts who were no
better than I.
327. Bad words, often terrible words, come into
my mind and I cannot get rid of them. 347. It makes me feel tike a failure when I hear
of the success of someone I know well.
328. Sometimes some unimportant thought will
run through my mind and bother me for 348. I often think,, wish I were a child again.·
days.
349. I am never happier than when alone.
329. Almost every day something happens to 350. If given the chance I would make a good
frighten me.
leader of people.
330. At times I am all full of energy.
351. I am embarrassed by dirty stories.
331. I am inclined to take things hard.
352. People generally demand more respect
332. At times I have enjoyed being hurt by for their own rights than they are willing to
someone I loved. allow for others.
333. People say Insulting and vulgar things 353. I enjoy social gatherings just to be with
about me. people.
356. I find It hard to set aside a task that I have 374. Most people will use somewhat unfair
undertaken, even for a short time. means to get ahead in life.
357. I am quite often not in on the gossip and 375. It makes me nervous when people ask me
talk of the group I belong to. personal questions.
358. I have often found people jealous of my 376. I do not feel I can plan my own future.
goodl ideas, just because they had not 3n. I am not happy with myself the way I am.
thought of them first.
378. I get angry when my friends or family give
359. I enjoy the excitement of a crowd. me advice on how to live my life.
360. I do not mind meeting strangers. 379. I got many beatings when I was a child.
361 . Someone has been trying to influence my 380. It bothers me when people say nice things
mind. about me.
362. I can remember "playing sick" to get out of 381. I don't like hearing other people give their
opinions about life.
something.
382. I often have seriouS disagreements with
363. My worries seem to disappear when I get people who are close to me.
Into a crowd of lively friends.
383. When things get really bad, I know I can
364. I feel like giving up quicldy when things go count on my family for help..
wrong.
384, I liked playing "house. when I was a child.
365. I Uke to let people know where I stand on
385. I am not afraid of fire.
things.
386. I have sometimes stayed away from
366. I have had periods when I felt so full of another person because I feared doing
pep that sleep did not seem necessary for or saying something that I might regret
days at a time. afterwards.
367. Whenever possible I avoid being in a 387. I can express my true feelings only when I
crowd. drink.
368. I shrink from facing a crisis or difficulty. 388. I very seldom have spells of the blues.
409. It bothers me to have someone watch me 426. I used to like to play hopscotch and jump
at work even though I know I can do it rope.
well.
427. I have never seen a vision.
410. I am often so annoyed when someone
tries to get ahead of me In a line of people 428. I have several times had a change of heart
that I speak to that person about it. about my lifework.
437. I am usually very direct with people I am 456. I would like to wear expensive clothes.
trying to correct or improve.
457. People can pretty easily change my mind
even when I have made a decision about
438. I dread the thought of an earthquake.
something.
439. I readily become one hundred percent 458. I am made nervous by certain animals.
sold on a good idea.
459. I can stand as much pain as others can.
440. I usually work things out for myself rather
than get someone to show me how. 460. Several times I have been the last to give
up trying to do a thing.
441 . I am afraid of finding myself in a closet or
small closed place. 461 . It makes me angy to have people hurry
me.
442. I must admit that I have at times been 462. I am not afraid of mice.
worried beyond reason over something
that really did not matter. 463. Several times a week I feel as if something
dreadful Is about to happen.
443. I do not try to cover up my poor opinion or
pity of people so that they won't know how 464. I feel tired a good deal of the time.
I feel. 465. I like repairing a door latch.
444. I am a high-strung person. 466. Sometimes I am sure that other people
can tell what I am thinking.
445. I have frequentty worked under people
who seem to have things arranged so that 467. I like to read about science.
they get credit for good work but are able
to pass off mistakes onto those under 468. I am afraid of being alone In a wide-OP8fl
them. place.
..., am greatly bothered by forgetting ..,.,..,._ 492. I always try to be pleasan1 even when
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put th'ngs
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""'.,'ti I others are upset or critical.
493. When I have a problem it helps to talk it
n,e one to whom I was most attached
113· and whom I most admired as a child over with someone.
8 woman (mother, sister, aunt, or othe~ 494. My main goals in life are within my reach.
woman).
495. I believe that people should keep personal
problems to themselves.
474. I like a~entu_re stories better than
romantic stones.
496. I am not feeling much pressure or stress
these days.
475. Often I get confused and forget What 1
want to say. 497. It bothers me greatly to think of making
changes in my life.
47s. I am very awkward and clumsy.
498. My greatest problems are caused by the
471. 1really like playing rough sports (such as behavior of someone dose to me.
football or soccer).
499. I hate going to doctors even when I'm sick.
470. 1hate my whole family.
50(). Although I am not happy with my life, there
479, some people think it's hard to get to know is nothing I can do about it now.
me.
501 . Talking over problems and worries with
480. I spend most of my spare time by mysett. someone is often more helpful than taking
drugs or medicine.
481. When people do something that makes
me angry, I let them know how I feel about 502. I have some habits that are really hannful.
it. 503. When problems need to be solved, I
482. I usually have a hard time deciding what to usually let other people take charge.
do. 504. I recognize several faults in myself that I
483. People do not find me attractive. will not be able to change.
505. I am so sick of what I have to do every day
484. People are not very kind to me. that I just want to get out of it all.
485. I often feel that I'm not as good as other 506. I have recently considered killing myself.
people.
507. I often become very irritable when people
486. I am very stubborn. Interrupt my work.
487. I have enjoyed using marijuana. 508. I often feel I can read other people's
minds.
488. Mental illness is a sign of weakneSS.