Part III:
MCMI-III
In-Depth
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Pearson Assessments
and the Institute for Advanced Studies
in Personology and Psychopathology
Learning Objectives…
• Comprehensive theoretical understanding of
MCMI-III personality scales
• Contextual integration of personality patterns
and presenting symptomology in MCMI-III
profiles
• Full synergistic integration of subtype and
domain data from MCMI-III into routes to
effective intervention
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Personality Scales of the
MCMI-III : Basic and Severe…
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The basic “building blocks”
of a comprehensive clinical
profile
Schizoid (Introversive) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : 1
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Weak on Polarity
Passive
Active
Self
Other
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Schizoid
Impassive
Complacent
Expressive Behavior
Self-Image
Mood/Temperament
Interpersonal Conduct
Meager
Cognitive Style
Regulatory Mechanism
Apathetic
Unengaged
Impoverished
Intellectualization
Undifferentiated
Object Representations Morphologic Organization
Avoidant (Inhibited) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model: MCMI-III : 2A
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Passive
Active
Self
Other
Weak on Polarity
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Avoidant
Fretful
Expressive Behavior
Distracted
Cognitive Style
Aversive
Alienated
Interpersonal Conduct
Self-Image
Fragile
Morphologic Organization
Fantasy
Anguished
Mood/Temperament
Regulatory Mechanism
Vexatious
Object Representations
Depressive (Dejected) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : 2B
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Passive
Active
Self
Other
Weak on Polarity
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Depressive
Forsaken
Depleted
Object Representations
Morphologic Organization
Melancholic
Pessimistic
Mood/Temperament
Cognitive Style
Asceticism
Regulatory Mechanism
Worthless
Disconsolate
Self-Image
Expressive Behavior
Defenseless
Interpersonal Conduct
Dependent (Cooperative) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : 3
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Passive
Active
Self
Other
Weak on Polarity
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Dependent
Immature
Object Representations
Pacific
Mood/Temperament
Submissive
Inept
Interpersonal Conduct
Self-Image
Inchoate
Morphologic Organization
Naive
Incompetent
Expressive Behavior
Cognitive Style
Introjection
Regulatory Mechanism
Histrionic (Sociable) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : 4
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Passive
Active
Self
Other
Weak on Polarity
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Histrionic
Gregarious
Dissociation
Self-Image
Dramatic
Regulatory Mechanism
Expressive Behavior
Attention-Seeking
Fickle
Interpersonal Conduct
Mood/Temperament
Shallow
Flighty
Cognitive Style
Object Representations
Disjointed
Morphologic Organization
Narcissistic (Confident) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : 5
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Weak on Polarity
Passive
Active
Self
Other
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Narcissistic
Haughty
Expressive Behavior
Rationalization
Insouciant
Regulatory Mechanism
Mood/Temperament
Exploitive
Admirable
Interpersonal Conduct
Self-Image
Contrived
Object Representations
Expansive
Cognitive Style
Spurious
Morphologic Organization
Antisocial (Nonconforming) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : 6A
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Weak on Polarity
Passive
Active
Self
Other
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Antisocial
Autonomous
Self-Image
Acting-Out
Regulatory Mechanism
Deviant
Cognitive Style
Debased
Object Representations
Irresponsible
Impulsive
Interpersonal Conduct
Unruly
Morphologic Organization
Expressive Behavior
Callous
Mood/Temperament
Sadistic (Aggressive) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : 6B
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Weak on Polarity
Passive
Self
Active
Other
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Reversal on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Sadistic
Precipitate
Expressive Behavior
Eruptive
Combative
Self-Image
Morphologic Organization
Abrasive
Interpersonal Conduct
Hostile
Mood/Temperament
Rationalization
Regulatory Mechanism
Dogmatic
Cognitive Style
Pernicious
Object Representations
Compulsive (Respectful) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : 7
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Weak on Polarity
Passive
Self
Active
Other
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Conflict on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Compulsive
Conscientious
Self-Image
Constricted
Reaction-Formation
Cognitive Style
Regulatory Mechanism
Compartmentalized
Morphologic Organization
Respectful
Interpersonal Conduct
Disciplined
Expressive Behavior
Concealed
Object Representations
Solemn
Mood/Temperament
Negativistic/Passive Aggressive
(Oppositional) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model: MCMI-III : 8A
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Weak on Polarity
Passive
Self
Active
Other
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Conflict on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Negativistic
Resentful
Expressive Behavior
Contrary
Interpersonal Conduct
Irritable
Displacement
Regulatory Mechanism
Discontented
Mood/Temperament
Self-Image
Divergent
Vacillating
Object Representations
Skeptical
Cognitive Style
Morphologic Organization
Masochistic/Self-Defeating
(Denigrated) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : 8B
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Weak on Polarity
Passive
Self
Active
Other
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Reversal on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Masochistic
Deferential
Abstinent
Exaggeration
Interpersonal Conduct
Regulatory Mechanism
Expressive Behavior
Inverted
Undeserving
Morphologic Organization
Self-Image
Dysphoric
Mood/Temperament
Discredited
Object Representations
Diffident
Cognitive Style
Schizotypal (Eccentric) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : S
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Weak on Polarity
Passive
Self
Active
Other
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Wavering on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Schizotypal
Estranged
Self-Image
Distraught or Insentient
Mood/Temperament
Undoing
Regulatory Mechanism
Eccentric
Autistic
Expressive Behavior
Cognitive Style
Chaotic
Object Representations
Fragmented
Morphologic Organization
Secretive
Interpersonal Conduct
Borderline (Capricious) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : C
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Weak on Polarity
Passive
Self
Active
Other
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Conflict on Polarity
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Borderline
Regression
Regulatory Mechanism
Incompatible
Object Representations
Paradoxical
Interpersonal Conduct
Uncertain
Capricious
Cognitive Style
Self-Image
Spasmodic
Expressive Behavior
Split
Morphologic Organization
Labile
Mood/Temperament
Paranoid (Suspicious) Prototype
Millon Evolutionary Model; MCMI-III : P
TM
Pleasure
TM
Pain
Weak on Polarity
Passive
Self
Active
Other
Average on Polarity
Strong on Polarity
Unalterable Polarity
Orientation
Salience of Personologic Domains:
Paranoid
Irascible
Mood/Temperament
Inviolable
Self-Image
Projection
Regulatory Mechanism
Suspicious
Cognitive Style
Defensive
Expressive Behavior
Unalterable
Object Representations
Inelastic
Morphologic Organization
Provocative
Interpersonal Conduct
MCMI-III
example
profiles…
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Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory - III
Modifying Indices
ID: A (1) Valid Profile
SCORE
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
RAW BR 0
X
Y
Z
45
70
27
TM
60
75
85
DIAGNOSTIC SCALE
115
DISCLOSURE
DESIRABILITY
DEBASEMENT
1
33
SCHIZOID
2A
37
AVOIDANT
Severe Personality
Pathology
SCORE
RAW BR 0
8B
29
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
60
75
85
DIAGNOSTIC SCALE
115
MASOCHISTIC
S
C
P
35
60
SCHIZOTYPAL
BORDERLINE
PARANOID
A
25
ANXIETY
20
SCORE
RAW BR 0
1
2A
2B
3
4
5
6A
6B
7
8A
8B
S
Clinical Personality Patterns
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
60
75
85
DIAGNOSTIC SCALE
115
33
SCHIZOID
22
AVOIDANT
29
DEPRESSIVE
64
DEPENDENT
87
HISTRIONIC
95
NARCISSISTIC
45
ANTISOCIAL
45
SADISTIC
92
COMPULSIVE
27
NEGATIVISTIC
29
MASOCHISTIC
20
SCHIZOTYPAL
Severe Clinical
Syndromes
SCORE
RAW BR 0
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
60
75
85
DIAGNOSTIC SCALE
115
T
35
DRUG
R
20
PTSD
SS
CC
PP
21
19
30
THOUGHT DISOR.
MAJ. DEPRESSION
DELUSIONAL
Clinical
Syndromes
SCORE
RAW BR 0
P
60
A
H
N
D
B
T
R
20
SS
21
25
21
57
26
32
35
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
60
75
85
115
DIAGNOSTIC SCALE
PARANOID
ANXIETY
SOMATOFORM
BIPOLAR
DYSTHYMIC
ALCOHOL
DRUG
PTS D
THOUGHT D/O
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory - III
Modifying Indices
ID: C (1) Valid Profile
SCORE
RAW BR 0
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
60
75
85
DIAGNOSTIC SCALE
115
X
Y
Z
62
65
DISCLOSURE
DESIRABILITY
DEBASEMENT
1
72
SCHIZOID
2A
79
AVOIDANT
45
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Severe Personality
Pathology
SCORE
RAW BR 0
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
60
75
85
DIAGNOSTIC SCALE
115
8B
72
MASOCHISTIC
S
C
P
94
77
SCHIZOTYPAL
BORDERLINE
PARANOID
A
81
65
ANXIETY
Clinical Personality Patterns
SCORE
RAW BR 0
1
2A
2B
3
4
5
6A
6B
7
8A
8B
S
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
60
75
85
DIAGNOSTIC SCALE
115
72
SCHIZOID
79
AVOIDANT
75
DEPRESSIVE
65
DEPENDENT
30
HISTRIONIC
30
NARCISSISTIC
25
ANTISOCIAL
40
SADISTIC
40
COMPULSIVE
55
NEGATIVISTIC
72
MASOCHISTIC
94
SCHIZOTYPAL
Severe Clinical
Syndromes
SCORE
RAW BR 0
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
60
75
85
DIAGNOSTIC SCALE
115
T
38
DRUG
R
81
PTSD
SS
CC
PP
93
65
78
THOUGHT DISOR.
MAJ. DEPRESSION
DELUSIONAL
Clinical
Syndromes
SCORE
RAW BR 0
P
A
H
N
D
B
T
R
SS
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
60
75
85
115
DIAGNOSTIC SCALE
81
PARANOID
ANXIETY
SOMATOFORM
BIPOLAR
DYSTHYMIC
ALCOHOL
DRUG
PTS D
93
THOUGHT D/O
65
81
45
32
96
56
38
The Grossman
Facet Subscales of
the MCMI-III …
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Millon’s Taxonomy:
Dimensional level
Evolutionary polarities
Pleasure
Active
Pain
Passive
Self
Other
Functional/Structural Domains
Behavioral…
Expressive Acts
(F)
Interpersonal Conduct (F)
Phenomenological…
Cognitive
Style (F)
Self-Image (S)
Object Representations (S)
Intrapsychic…
Regulatory
Mechanisms (S)
 Morphologic Organization (S)
Biophysical…
Mood/Temperament
(S)
Domain by Disorder Matrix
Behavioral
Acts
Interpersonal
Conduct
Cognitive
Style
Self-Image
Schizoid
Impassive
Unengaged
Impoverished
Avoidant
Fretful
Aversive
Depressive
Disconsolate
Defenseless
Dependent
Incompetent
Histrionic
Narcissistic
Dramatic
Representations
Object
Regulatory
Mechanisms
Morphologic
Organization
Mood/
Temperament
Complacent
Meager
Intellectualization
Undifferentiated
Apathetic
Distracted
Alienated
Vexatious
Fantasy
Fragile
Anguished
Pessimistic
Worthless
Forsaken
Asceticism
Depleted
Melancholic
Submissive
Naive
Inept
Immature
Introjection
Inchoate
Pacific
AttentionSeeking
Flighty
Gregarious
Shallow
Dissociation
Disjointed
Fickle
Admirable
Contrived
Rationalization
Spurious
Insouciant
Acting-Out
Unruly
Callous
Haughty
Exploitive
Expansive
Antisocial
Impulsive
Irresponsible
Deviant
Autonomous
Debased
Sadistic
Precipitate
Dogmatic
Combative
Pernicious
Isolation
Eruptive
Hostile
Concealed
Reaction
Formation
Compartmentalized
Solemn
Abrasive
Compulsive
Disciplined
Respectful
Constricted Conscientious
Negativistic
Resentful
Contrary
Skeptical
Discontented
Vacillating
Displacement
Divergent
Irritable
Masochistic
Abstinent
Deferential
Diffident
Undeserving
Discredited
Exaggeration
Inverted
Dysphoric
Schizotypal
Eccentric
Secretive
Autistic
Estranged
Chaotic
Undoing
Fragmented
Distraught
or Insentient
Borderline
Spasmodic
Paradoxical
Capricious
Uncertain
Incompatible
Regression
Split
Labile
Paranoid
Defensive
Provocative
Suspicious
Inviolable
Unalterable
Projection
Inelastic
Irascible
Grossman Subscale Domains are highlighted
MILLON CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY - IIITM
COMPLETE LISTING OF MCMI-III GROSSMAN FACET SCALE SCORES
1 Schizoid
6B Sadistic
1.1 Temperamentally Apathetic
1.2 Interpersonally Unengaged
1.3 Expressively Impassive
2A Avoidant
6B.1 Temperamentally Hostile
6B.2 Eruptive Organization
6B 3 Pernicious Representations
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2A.1 Interpersonally Aversive
2A.2 Alienated Self-Image
2A.3 Vexatious Representations
2B Depressive
7.1 Cognitively Constricted
7.2 Interpersonally Respectful
7.3 Reliable Self-Image
8A Negativistic
2B.1 Temperamentally Woeful
2B.2 Worthless Self-Image
2B.3 Cognitively Fatalistic
3 Dependent
8A.1 Temperamentally Irritable
8A.2 Expressively Resentful
8A.3 Discontented Self-Image
8B Masochistic
3.1 Inept Self-Image
3.2 Interpersonally Submissive
3.3 Immature Representations
4 Histrionic
8B.1 Discredited Representations
8B.2 Cognitively Diffident
8B.3 Undeserving Self-Image
S
4.1 Gregarious Self-Image
4.2 Interpersonally Attention-Seeking
4.3 Expressively Dramatic
5 Narcissistic
C
5.1 Admirable Self-Image
5.2 Cognitively Expansive
5.3 Interpersonally Exploitive
6A Antisocial
6A.1 Expressively Impulsive
6A.2 Acting-Out Mechanism
6A.3 Interpersonally Irresponsible
Compulsive
Schizotypal
S.1 Estranged Self-Image
S.2 Cognitively Autistic
S.3 Chaotic Representations
Borderline
C.1 Temperamentally Labile
C.2 Interpersonally Paradoxical
C.3 Uncertain Self-Image
P
Paranoid
P.1 Cognitively Mistrustful
P.2 Expressively Defensive
P.3 Projection Mechanism
Avoidant Facet Subscales:
Sample Items
1: Interpersonally aversive
146
T I always wonder what the real reason is when someone is acting
especially nice to me.
48
T A long time ago, I decided it's best to have little to do with people.
2: Alienated self-image
47
T
I tend to always blame myself when things go wrong.
40
T
I guess I'm a fearful and inhibited person.
3: Vexatious representations
99
T In social groups I am almost always very self-conscious and tense.
174
T Although I'm afraid to make friendships, I wish I had more than I do.
Narcissistic Facet Subscales:
Sample Items
1: Admirable self-image
141
F I feel that most people think poorly of me.
94
F People can easily change my ideas, even if I thought my mind
was made up.
2: Cognitively Expansive
26
T
Other people envy my abilities.
67
T
I have many ideas that are ahead of the times.
3: Interpersonally Exploitive
38
T
I do what I want without worrying about its effect on others.
5
T
I know I'm a superior person, so I don't care what people think.
MILLON CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY - III
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FACET SCORES FOR THREE HIGHEST PERSONALITY SCALES BR65 OR HIGHER
CODE
SCORE
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
RAW
BR
5.1
6
53
Admirable Self-Image
5.2
2
45
Cognitively Expansive
5.3
6
92
Interpersonally Exploitive
CODE
0
SCORE
60
70
FACET SCALES
80
90
100
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
RAW
BR
8B.1
2
43
Discredited Representations
8B.2
1
10
Cognitively Diffident
8B.3
5
69
Undeserving Self-Image
CODE
0
SCORE
60
70
FACET SCALES
80
90
100
PROFILE OF BR SCORES
0
60
70
80
FACET SCALES
RAW
BR
90
100
C.1
4
62
C.2
4
67
Interpersonally Paradoxical
C.3
6
75
Uncertain Self-Image
Temperamentally Labile