77 The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment September 2012, Vol. 11(2) © 2012 Time Taylor Academic Journals ISSN 2094-0734 Nonclinical Correlates of the MMPI-2 Supplementary Scales using the Adjective Check List Gretchen A. Hoffman University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD Dale R. Pietrzak University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD Abstract Despite a clinical heritage, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI; Hathaway & McKinley, 1940) and the MMPI-2 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) have emerged among the leading personality tests used with nonclinical populations (Anastasi & Urbina, 1997). Although the MMPI-2 is routinely used with individuals who are not mental health clients or patients, this dimension of nonclinical test takers has received little research attention (Graham, 2000). The MMPI-2 Supplementary Scales are particularly well suited for this population given they target both psychological strengths and psychopathological concerns. Nevertheless, there is a relative dearth of research attention devoted to the MMPI-2 Supplementary Scales in nonclinical settings (Graham, Ben-Porath, & McNulty, 1999). The purpose of this study was to add to the empirical foundation of the MMPI-2 Supplementary Scales in an effort to better understand the utility of these scales with a nonclinical population who denied current involvement in psychotherapy.The sample was derived from Northeast Ohio and consisted of 285 nonclinical adults (113 males and 172 females) who denied current involvement in psychotherapy and ranged in age from 18 to 83. The Adjective Check List (ACL; Gough &Heilbrun, 1983) served as the criterion measure. Significant Pearson radjectival and scale correlations were obtained for each Supplementary Scale using the individual adjectives and Need Scales of the ACL. Logistic regression located the ACL scale(s) that significantly discriminated individuals with elevated scores from other test takers. As a result, descriptors for high scorers were constructed for each MMPI-2 Supplementary Scale. The correlates derivedwere generally consistent with past findings reported acrossclinical and nonclinical settings. Keywords: MMPI-2 Supplementary Scales; nonclinical; correlate Introduction The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI; Hathaway & McKinley, 1940) is one of the most popular and widely researched psychological tests in history (Anastasi&Urbina, 1997; Friedman, Webb, & Lewak, 1989; Lanyon & Goodstein, 1997; Lees-Haley, Smith, Williams, & Dunn, 1996; Lubin, Larsen, Matarazzo, &Seever, 1985; Piotrowski& Keller, 1992). Although originally designed to serve as an efficient tool in the diagnosis of psychopathology, it was soon