title: Results of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 among gestational surrogacy candidates.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To obtain normative data on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) personality test for gestational surrogate (GS) candidates.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was undertaken through chart review of all GS candidates assessed at Shady Grove Fertility Center, Rockville, MD, USA, between June 2007 and December 2009. Participants completed the MMPI-2 test during screening. MMPI-2 scores, demographic information, and screening outcome were retrieved.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 153 included candidates, 132 (86.3%) were accepted to be a GS, 6 (3.9%) were ruled out because of medical reasons, and 15 (9.8%) were ruled out because of psychological reasons. The mean scores on each of the MMPI-2 scales were within the normal range. A score of more than 65 (the clinical cutoff) was recorded on the L scale for 46 (30.1%) candidates, on the K scale for 61 (39.9%), and on the S scale for 84 (54.9%). Women who were ruled out for psychological reasons had significantly higher mean scores on the validity scales F and L, and on clinical scale 8 than did women who were accepted (P<0.05 for all).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most GS candidates are well adjusted and free of psychopathology, but candidates tend to present themselves in an overly positive way.
authors.affiliation: Section of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: sck318@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Susan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Klock
authors.affiliation: Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center, Rockville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Sharon N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Covington
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013533:Gestational Carriers / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Gestational surrogacy; Infertility; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2); Psychological testing; Surrogates