What are Critical Responses on the MMPI-2-RF Score and Interpretive Reports and how are they different from MMPI-2 Critical Items?
The authors have designated seven MMPI-2-RF substantive scales — Suicidal/Death Ideation (SUI), Helplessness/Hopelessness (HLP), Anxiety (AXY), Ideas of Persecution (RC6), Aberrant Experiences (RC8), Substance Abuse (SUB), and Aggression (AGG) — as having critical item content that may require immediate attention and follow-up. Items answered by the individual in the keyed direction (True or False) on a critical scale are listed in the report if the test taker’s T score on that scale is 65 or higher. The percentage of the MMPI-2-RF normative sample that answered each item listed in the keyed direction is provided in parentheses following the item content. If optional comparison group data are printed in a report, the percentage of members of the comparison group that answered each listed item in the keyed direction is also reported. Critical Items, identified as such by judges, are listed (if answered in the keyed direction) on MMPI-2 reports without regard to whether there are scale
