Nichols David S
Pacific University, USA.
J Pers Assess. 2006 Jun;86(3):242-62. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8603_02.
The interpretation of MMPI (Hathaway & McKinley, 1943) profiles has emphasized a language of pathological attribution that often serves the interests of clinical description and actuarial prediction better than those of individual case formulation and an understanding of the adaptive forces involved in the production of symptomatic behavior. In this article, I illustrate a contrasting approach, one that emphasizes MMPI items and scales as instruments of personal biography, with the case of the serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmer.
明尼苏达多相人格测验（MMPI，哈撒韦和麦金利，1943年）剖析图的解读强调了一种病理归因的语言，这种语言往往更有利于临床描述和精算预测，而不是个案制定以及对导致症状性行为的适应力的理解。在本文中，我以连环杀手杰弗里·达默尔的案例为例，阐述一种截然不同的方法，即强调将MMPI项目和量表作为个人经历的工具。
