[Experiences and investigations with a Polish abbreviated form of the MMPI (DKO 74)]

Starting from a description of the advantages and weaknesses of the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI) test, the authors discuss the development, standardization, and normalization of an abbreviated form (DKO/74) which is used in Poland. Results of investigations made to determine the suitability of the method for establishing diagnoses, which included comparative examinations of various groups of Polish and G.D.R. patients (schizophrenics, neurotics, alcoholics, oncological subjects, and criminal offenders) as well as studies into factorial validity, are presented and show the test to be a suitable instrument for clinical and psychodiagnostic examinations.