Comparisons of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals' mental health functioning with that of cisgender individuals rely almost exclusively on screening measures. The limited research with TGD individuals and omnibus assessment measures has primarily used previous iterations of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (MMPIs). This study sought to examine the psychometric functioning of the MMPI-3 with a TGD community sample (n = 97) and compare mean scores across TGD and cisgender subsamples. We expected MMPI-3 substantive scale reliability to be comparable across all samples and subsamples. Individual MMPI-3 scales were expected to demonstrate appropriate convergent and discriminant validity with relevant criterion measures in the TGD sample. Results generally supported MMPI-3 scale score reliability and validity with TGD individuals. Next, three sets of mean score comparisons were conducted across all MMPI-3 substantive scales: (a) TGD individuals not currently in mental health treatment and the MMPI-3 normative sample, (b) TGD individuals not currently in mental health treatment and TGD individuals currently in mental health treatment, and (c) TGD individuals currently in mental health treatment and an outpatient mental health sample. Fewer differences were found between TGD individuals in our sample who were not currently in mental health treatment and the MMPI-3 normative sample compared to previous work. This initial study indicates that MMPI-3 scales largely have appropriate psychometric properties when administered to a TGD sample and that the test may be helpful in identifying mental health needs of TGD individuals. Needs and directions for further research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

---

在变性人和性别多样化样本中探索明尼苏达州多相人格量表 (MMPI)-3。

跨性别和性别多样化（TGD）个体与顺性别个体的心理健康功能的比较几乎完全依赖于筛查措施。对 TGD 个体和综合评估措施的有限研究主要使用明尼苏达州多相人格量表 (MMPI) 的先前迭代。本研究旨在通过 TGD 社区样本 (n = 97) 检查 MMPI-3 的心理测量功能，并比较 TGD 和顺性别子样本的平均得分。我们预计 MMPI-3 的实质性量表可靠性在所有样本和子样本中具有可比性。预计各个 MMPI-3 量表能够通过 TGD 样本中的相关标准测量来证明适当的收敛和判别效度。结果普遍支持 TGD 个体的 MMPI-3 量表评分的可靠性和有效性。接下来，对所有 MMPI-3 实质性量表进行三组平均分比较：(a) 目前未接受心理健康治疗的 TGD 个体与 MMPI-3 规范样本，(b) 目前未接受心理健康治疗的 TGD 个体与 TGD目前正在接受心理健康治疗的个体，以及 (c) 目前正在接受心理健康治疗的 TGD 个体以及门诊心理健康样本。与之前的工作相比，我们样本中当前未接受心理健康治疗的 TGD 个体与 MMPI-3 规范样本之间的差异较小。这项初步研究表明，当对 TGD 样本进行测试时，MMPI-3 量表在很大程度上具有适当的心理测量特性，并且该测试可能有助于确定 TGD 个体的心理健康需求。讨论了进一步研究的需求和方向。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。