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A RAPID PERSONALITY EVALUATION

Based on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Cornell Selectee Index
Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.1.33

1. A personality evaluation, based on the Minnesota Multiphasic Test and the Cornell Selectee Index, has been devised for rapidity and ease of administration and scoring.

2. It gives a qualitative and quantitative estimate of personality maladjustment, lends itself to group testing, and can be administered and scored by personnel with secondary education and limited training.

3. It has a high screening power—above 90 percent.

4. It may be used for screening at induction stations, selection of flying personnel, pre-employment examinations, checking progress of neuropsychiatric patients, and as an aid in differential diagnosis in some instances.

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