(MMPI-2) 49 pairs of semantically inconsistent responses. VRIN - Variable Response Inconsistency scale (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham & Tellegen, 1989). Low scores of 5 or less responded with a "nay-saying" test set, responding mainly "False." This can be also be High due to severe psychopathology. High scores, 13 or more, have responded to the MMPI in a "yea-saying" test set, responding mostly "True". (MMPI-2) 23 pairs of items that are semantically inconsistent. TRIN - True Response Inconsistency scale (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham & Tellegen 1989). Twenty or more left unanswered should be considered significant. More than ten left unanswered may be of clinical significance.
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It is important to look for a pattern that may exist in the items that are left blank. High scores may be due to obsessiveness, defensiveness, difficulty in reading, confusion, hostility, or paranoia.
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