New Directions in Interpreting the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III)
Chapter One
The MCMI-III
Facet Subscales
Seth D. Grossman and Cristian del Rio
The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) possesses multiple
levels of information regarding the structure of personality that is accessible
via rational and empirical means. A recent study by the first
author (Grossman, 2004) examined the MCMI-III for its potential to support
facet subscales intrinsically tied to Millon's (1990) evolutionary theory,
the guiding framework for the development of the original instrument.
Rational examination of the 14 personality scale item pools sought a reflection
of the theory's specifications regarding eight functional and structural
domains of personality. Each personality pattern, according to the
theory, is predicted to present most saliently with two to three of the eight
personologic domains; the aforementioned analysis proposes 35 facet subscales
for the MCMI-III that coincide with personologic domains predicted
by the theory and demonstrate sufficient internal consistency to be applied
as supportive, clinical hypothesis-building subscales for t ... read full excerpt from New Directions in Interpreting the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) ebook
